Local Social Notes From St Joseph Area Gatherings
George Hellyer, son of Mr and Mrs Dell Hellyer, a cook at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois, spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Mrs and Mrs Robert Jennings and Charles visited Mrs Harry Jennings and baby at St Joseph hospital Sunday afternoon. Mrs Beryl Perry and family at Albin spent Saturday night and Sunday at Raymond Perry home. Mrs Will Haver is slowly improving. Mr and Mrs Edward McCord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hellyer
Dell Hellyer
Great Lakes ‘Naval Training Station
Illinois
Robert Jennings
Charles
St Joseph Hospital
Harry Jennings
Beryl Perry
Albin
Raymond Perry
Will Haver
Edward McCord
Albia
Doyle Hampton
Ralph Davis
Helen
Donald Whitehead
Billy Luge
Russell Spavin
Horton Potts
Joe Martin
Helen McAninch
Casa’ Hamilton
Nellie Haines
Red Oak
Will Have
Alfred Carl-Ton
Elbert Perry
Guy McKern
Jimmy Long
Rockford
Newton Long
Jamie
Lloyd Brown
Jerry
Carl Derby
Ronald Lee VanZante
Grandpa VanZante
Hellyer
George
Rex Haagerman
Donnie Sears
Will Haagerman
Leslie Plants
Alicia
Dale Derby
Edward Haver
Arlen Haagerman
Dorothy Brown
Will Hangerman
Dorothy and
Carl VanZante
Centerville
Albia Social Roundup Appends Weekend Visits
Sunday visitors fill Albia as families and friends from Red Oak Fairfield and Rockford gather at multiple homes including Dell Hellyer Joe Martin and Guy McKern. Local residents share weekend hospitality with extended kin and neighbors, noting trips to Moulon Trenton and Mt. Pleasant and dinners and calls at several hosts.
Cumulative War Canning Talk Evokes Frugal Rural Life
A reader recalls attending Food For Defense style meetings and fretting over a two year supply goal. She muses on canning efforts, jar purchases, and repurposing jars and tins, while sharing neighborly updates and local visits amid wartime thrift and community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Moffatts Host Family Visit and Jury Service Note
Saturday evening at the W. E. Donovan home Mr and Mrs Delmont Moffatt and daughters spent Friday afternoon at the parental Roy Scott home Mrs Frances Burton who is serving on the petit jury returned to Centerville Monday morning Junior Donovan is spending a few days at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Miller
Carl Coffin
Roy Scott
Will Long
Loyd Carter
Rollie Carter
W. E. Donovan
Genevie
Dorothy
John Wood
Albia
George Scott
Mariann
R. C. Wilson
E. F. Wilson
Logan Strunk
Frank Hiatt
Delmont Moffatt
Frances Burton
Petit Jury
Centerville
Junior Donovan
Thursday dinner guests at the Fred Blurier home
Thursday dinner guests at the Fred Blurier home included Lo D. W. Fullerton and family from Crivitz Wisconsin, John Arthur and Jackie, Max Fullerton and son Bobby, Mrs. Clea Brocker and son Carl Edward, and Doris Burns. The Fullertons arrived Monday for visits with relatives near Gene Huston’s family, while Virgil Johnson and others planned meetings in Unionville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blurier
Lo D. W. Fullerton
John
Arthur
Jackie
Dre
Max Fullerton
Bobby
Crivitz
Wis
Clea Brocker
Carl Edward
Doris Burns
Fullertons
Gene Huston
Fami
Virgil
Unionville
Johnson
Song
Bed Press
Blumer
West Point and Centerville Folks Visit Across Town
West Point residents and relatives visited at Carlson Derby and VanZante homes on Sunday. Ronald VanZante spent time with his grandfather Saturday. Several families, including the Haagermans and Browns, shared meals and called on neighbors in Centerville and Albia during the weekend. Visitors from Dallas and Ottumwa arrived for weekend stays, while local gatherings included ice cream at the Boardman home and a victory meeting in Urbana township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Stafford
Dallas
Texas
Elwood Stafford
Des Moines
Wendall McKay
Ottumwa
E. McKay
Rosalie Stafford
Chas. 'DeLong
Homer King and Son
M. E. Boardman
M. E. Boardmen
California and Vicinity Social Roundup
Sunday at the Joe Martin home Charles and Mary Platt spent Saturday at the Lea Hiatt home Mrs Bernard DeBoyle and Virginia spent Monday evening at the Tommy Main home while Margaret attended a party at Mrs Corey s Mr and Mrs Fred Lindley and family spent Sunday afternoon with her father Milo Foster Mr and Mrs Starley Tiave spent afternoon with My and Mrs C Tisne Gus Tiave and Mr and Mrs W o Tisne were calling in Albin Monday's
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton Potts
Joe Martin
Charles
Mary Platt
Lea Hiatt
Bernard DeBoyle
Virginia
Tommy Main
Margaret
Corey
Fred Lindley
Milo Foster
Starley Tiave
C. Tisne
Gus Tiave
W, O Tisne
Albin Monays
Local Social News Highlights From Albia Area
A series of social visits and moves are reported across Albia and nearby towns. Families including Hiner, Hamilton, VanZante, Jones, Lemaster, Jordan, and Wirg Myrtle names appear along with employment notes for LaZelle Williams at Hercules Manufacturing in Centerville.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ploravia Union
Hopayia
Ose
Iowa
Congress
H. K. Smith
Salem
C. T. Slavin
M. D
Coats
Ow! Drug Store
Ted Teater
Theola
Clarence Teater
Guy MecKern
Jean
Gary
Hazel Ana Clark Hellyer
Clyde Gladfelder
Moulon
Roy Hiatt
Aannah Gladfelder
Frank Gladfelder
Versal Easter
Patty
Darlene
Trenton Gladfelder
Donald
Gene Boyer
Dean Tomlin
Ella Platt
Faye
George Hiatt
Billie
A. G. Turmer
Grover Easter
Clark George
Fairfield
Cody Luse
Ronald Woodward
Jean Woodward
Codyne Luse
Lloyd McDanel
Laurence A. Osborn
Cincinnati
Appanoose County
Mrer
Servinis
Mousie
Lowell Huston
Maple Grove
Walter Scott
John Scott
Harry Felton
John Broshar
New Sharon
Grant Tadlock
A. E. Shull
Daisy Donahoo
Delbert
Wanda
Clarence Dowd
Noel Smith
Missouri
Virgil Johnson
Harry Glick
J. L. Boda
Walter Whisler
Eugene Main
Carol Ann
Theodore Bro- Hae
Robert Foster
J. P. Foster
Ruth Broshar
Daisy
Richard McCror
Clarence Felton
Levi Robinson
Ralph Robinson
Donnie
Gabe Johnson
Francis Berg
West Point
Brompton
Wool Growers Attention
Bernstein
Washington Ave
Ig i
California
and Vicinity
Pearl Hiner
Homer Hamilton
Ben Williams
LaZelle
John. VanZante
Sam. Shepard
Delmar
Chris Bogart
Ben Jones
John VanZante
Chance Lavely
Ray Lemaster
Wendell Murdy
LaZelle Williams
Hercules Mfg. Co
Gwendolyn Lemanter
Mary Marie Williams
Circle
Jim Moore
Exmes
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel
Majestic Theatre
Brooks
Ralph E. Walker
Monroe County
Fo Shell
L’aiglon
HURST
U.S. Defense
Centerville Town
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