Moravia Moravia Area Social and Visiting Notes
In Moravia and nearby, numerous calls and visits marked the week. Families including Brown Watts Mason Davis and Harsh share visits, fodder hauling, dehorning calves, and a Merry Mixers rock party with Rex Haver and Argo families plus guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Brown
Kate Brown
M. D. Watts
Moravia
Harold Mason
Ralph Davis
Helen
W. P. Davis
Roy Argo
Lloyd Beaty
Lloyd Brown
Will Davis
Paul Derby
Rex” Haver
Ross Argo
Jay Argo
Local Housing and Neighbor News Brief
Main Station Lynn Hilton moved to the Mc Fair place south of Alfred Carlson's. Bill Reeves moved to the Homer Long farm. Carl Main bought the Ladies Aid house and plans to fix it up and move in. Mr. and Mrs. Trenton Gladfelder and Shirley Townsend and family spent Thursday evening at Kenneth Gladfelder's. Mrs. Jack Luse and Mrs. Clyde Gladfelder are improving. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McDane and Kathryn spent Sunday at Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Hilton
McFair Place
Alfred Carlson
Bill Reeves
Homer Long Farm
Carl Main
Ladies Aid House
Trenton Gladfelder
Shirley Townsend
Kenneth Gladfelder
Jack Luse
Clyde Gladfelder
Lloyd McDane
Kathryn
Lee
Johnsons and neighbors share Sunday visits across town
John Hutton spent Sunday at Russell Main s Mr and Mrs Guns Luse. Mrs Vone Jones Willie McDanel called at Jack Inse s Sunday. Kenneth Galdfelder visited Friday at Lyndon McDanel s. Gertie Boyer returned home after a month with J P Foster. Lester Stockwell and family were at Clyde Gladfelder s Sunday. Robert Foster and Lyndon McDanel at Kenneth Gladfelder s Saturday night. Carl Tomlin at Wm Tomlin s. J P Foster at Lew VanDorin s Centerville Sunday. Willie McDanel and family at Lynn Hilton s Thursday night. Lew Hiner family at Kenneth Gladfelder s. Shirley Townsend family at Peleg Printy s Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Gladfelder
Robert Foster
Lyndon McDanel
Kenneth Gladfelder
Carl Tomlin
Wm. Tomlin
J. P. Foster
Lew VanDorin
Centerville
Willie McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Kathryn
Lynn Hilton
Lew Hiner
Shirley Townsend
Peleg Printy
Local Albia Area Moving and Visiting Roundup
Franklin A X and Charlie LaMar were Albia callers Friday. Several families moved within the vicinity this week including Browns to the Ike Turner farm and Shehans to the Schott house. Willing Workers club met with Mrs Carl Wetterlind for a well attended session of embroidery and quilting. Next meeting set with Mrs Glen Turner on March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. X
Charlie LaMar
Albia
Ben Derby
Earl Swift
Harry Brown
Ike Turner
George Shehan
Shehans
Wes Scott
Herbert Dodge
Louilla
Clelt Sheldon
W. A. Simmons
Unionville
Bert Way
Walter McCauley
Avery
John Moffatt
Mary
Daisy
Roy
Henry Elliott
Alicia
Coy Swift
Lois
Dwight Runnells
Jess Derby
Jim Shehan
Leo Ward
Lois Swift
Fred Ammons
Willing Workers Club
Carl Wetterlind
Glen Turner
Harold Callen
Daisy Moffatt
E. F. Stansberry
Kinser Valley Family News Highlights Local Visits
The Kinser Valley notes cover visits by the M. M. Darby family to Blakesburg and Centerville, porch calls by Ed Robinson and Mrs. J. H. Davis, a barn project with Frank Selac, and a road trip to Moravia. Mentions include Donald Darby, Dorothea Darby, the Darby clan, and neighbors such as Clifton Boardman and G. R. Darby, with remarks on a rock road needing repairs. The Westward letter from J. J. Taylor and family adds a distant update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Darby
J. W. Cohagan
Blakesburg
G. R. Darby
Donald
Rollie Carter
Hilton
Russell Darby
Frank Selac
Donald Darby
Clifton Boardman
Centerville
Ed Robinson
Charles Heater
Newburn Place
Roy Darby
Grandma Darby
J. J. Taylor
Colfax
Idaho
Dorothea Darby
Guy Roberts
Irwin Lincox
Albia
Grant Sincey
J. H. Davis
Moravia
Local Residents Attend Centerville Music Contest
Mr and Mrs Hever Free and Emily and Mr and Mrs Orval Callen joined the Centerville music contest on Saturday evening. The Dicks family hosted visitors Clyde Dicks Merle Dicks Evelyn Dicks and others Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hever Free
Emily
Orval Callen
Centerville
Clyde Dicks
Merle Dicks
Evelyn Dicks
Persientel
Lloyd Mebane Gud
Bateryn
Lee Jobitsus
Bert Sheldon
Gilbert C.hhildren
Ethers
PROGRAM KING THEATRE ALBIA IOWA EVENTS
The Albia program shows week by week film lineups including Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor in Camille on March 17 and 18, a Mickey Mouse cartoon, Don’t Tell the Wife and Oh Susanna with Gene Autry on March 19 and 20, The Last of Mrs Cheyney with Crawford Powell and Montgomery on March 21 and 22, Mind Your Own Business with Ruggles and Brady on March 28, and Lloyds of London with Tyrone Power Carroll and Bartholomew on March 24 and 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greta Garbo
Robert Taylor
Camille
Guy Kibcbee
Una Merkel
Gene Autry
Joan Crawford
Wm. Powell
Robert Montgomery
Mrs. Cheyney
Charlie Ruggles
Alice Brady
Tyrone Power
Madeline Carroll
Freddie Bartholomew
Lloyds OF London
Family dinner marks Callen 50th anniversary celebration
Community notes record Moore and children attending the Will Callen home for a Sunday dinner honoring the couple’s 50th anniversary. Numerous local families share greetings as churches, schools, and clubs report activities, gatherings, and reorganizations across Ottumwa area.
Moravia area gossip notes mark 50th anniversary and visits
Community news records observance of a 50th wedding anniversary at the W H Callen home in Teonium with Lilly Sylvia Elsie and Mintia Callen and Mrs Cynthia Callen of Moravia in attendance. Local residents share weekend visits, school board meeting, Ladies Aid gathering, and social calls among Moravia Lineville and Unionville families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cline
Lilly
Sylvia
Elsie
Mintia Callen
Cynthia Callen
Moravia
W. H. Callen
Teonium
Forrest Mericle
Henry Foster
Johnnie Eaton
Lineville
Claud Wren
J. R. Callen
Reba
Dale
R. E. Luse
Theo Milter
Jim Cline
R. EB. Luse
Schol Board
Morayin
C. S. Callen
Ladies Aid
Wesley
Garnet
Neva
Mr. Hopkins
Local Family Dinner Hosts and Visitors Across Several Homes
Salem and Newton area families hosted dinners and Sunday meals with many names and recurring visitors. Multiple households including the Gladfelder, Hiatt, McCord, Perry, Jennings, Nash, Hellyer, McKern, and Miller families appear across Newton, Albia, Centerville, and Oskaloosa locations with Thursday and Sunday gatherings noted along with several callers and house guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zimmers
Newton Long
Roy Hiatt
Eslher
Guy MecKerny
Dorothy
Jess Gladfelder
Frank Gladfelder
Milo Main
Will Davis
Robert Tarr
Fred Tarr
Oskal
Community families gather for weekend visits
Omega The Andy Maddison family and Arthur Anderson of Des Moines spent the weekend at parental Jimmie Anderson's home. Milton Stocker and family attended a birthday dinner at Sim Stocker's home. Fay Paxston spent Sunday evening at Gomer Stocker's. Doyle McDanel and sons visited Gaylord McDanel's home. Matt Huber and Eugene Lockman families visited J R Lockman's home. Ray and daughter Phyllis visited later. Fay Paxston and family visited Clint Paxston's. Delmar Espy joined Paxston's visit. Bonie Verlin Stocker and Mrs Stocker joined J R Lockman’s wife Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Maddison
Arthur Anderson
Des Moines
Jimmie Anderson
Milton Stocker
Sim Stocker
Slakesbury
Fay Paxston
Gomer Stock
Doyle McDanel
Gaylord
McDanel
Matt Huber
Eugene
Lockman and Son
J. R. Lockman
Ray Lockman
Phyllis
Clint Paxston
Delmar Espy
Fay Paxston’s
Bonnie and Verlin
Gomer Stocker
Sunday School Attendance and Local Social Notes
Teenium Attendance at Sunday School and communitySocial updates from Christ Methodist area recount visits Friday and Sunday. Mrs Belle Sheldon with L L Funk Houser. Berl Beaty family at Havre Beaty home. Fred Duckett and Ray McCord with relatives in Oskaloosa. Edith Tarr Ruth McCord Chas Youngker called at Archie Thompson. Frank Argo of Oskaloosa a business caller. Edgar Breese birthday. Lester Breese and family visited Mystic. Blanche De Berand sent greetings from Floral Park. Archie Thompson visited Centerville hospital to see new grandson David Maurice Kelsey, weighing 18½ pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brown
M. E. Ladies Aid
Edna Moffatt Elliott
Methodist
Marie Dick
Josephine Murphy
Josephine
Jay Massman
Richard Fa Violet
Will Free
Berle Beaty
Bonnie Lou
Adda Rose
H. N. Beaty
Ray McCord
Belle Sheldon
L. L. Funkhouser
Berl Beaty
Havre Beaty
Fred Duckett
Mystic
Lyon
Oskaloosa
Edith Tarr
Ruth McCord
Chas. Youngker
Archie Thompson
Frank Argo
Edgar Breese
Lester Breese
David Maurice Kelsey
Glen Derby
Alicia
Emmit. Derby
A. J. Brown
Osa
Algin Derby
Hugh Thompson
Old Customs And A Global Tonic Revealed
A column extols old world remedies and a tonic called Worlds Toing as a bridge between European wisdom and American science. It touts health benefits for catarrh digestion and fatigue, urging neighbors to try it after seeing others improve. The ad-like piece vouches for taste and effectiveness across different homes and climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Toniz
Hazel College and family visit Brompton home
Hazel College E. C. Carter and family and Kenneth Johnson spent Sunday at the Herman Johnson home in Brompton. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Carter and Henry Sytsina shopped in Albia Saturday. Donald Foster shopped in Albia Saturday. Henry Kolling and son Kenneth and brother Roland and E. G. Sincox and family of Albia were callers at the Grant Sincox home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Carter spent Tuesday at Centerville, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruckshaw of Centerville were callers at the Koll Carter home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Carter
Kenneth Johnson
Herman Johnson
Bromp-ton
Rollie Carter
Henry Sytsina
Albia
Donald Foster
Henry Kolling
Kenneth
Roland
E. G. Sincox
Fawity
Grant Sincox
Centerville
Mrs. Bruckshaw
Chas
Heater
Finley
Chicago
Howard Robinson
E. F. Boardsman
John Fisher
Ottumwa
Fisher
Ottumwa Hospital
Eva Boardman
C. S. Miller
Local notes of visiting friends and county residents
Illness improving with brief sitting, social visits and daily rounds reported. Local residents and families like Boardmans, McCoys, Harthees and Shipments to Chicago are noted with meetings in Albia Ottumwa Blakesburg and Finley Newburn farm.
Weekend Socials Across Moravia and Centerville
A muddled list of Sunday visits and Saturday night calls from Moravia and Centerville. People such as Raymond Williams Ulsa Mangle Emma Wood and Pauline Williams appear at multiple homes including Jim Moore Ben Jones and John VanZante. The Moravia band earns a superior claim while various residents travel between Centerville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Williams
Ben Williams
Jeff Patrick
Ulsa Mangle
Henry Arthian
Emma Wood
Harry Hillman
Jim Moore
Chance Lavely
Ben Jones
Pauline Williams
Centerville
Cass Hamilton
Enid Long
Vivian Hudgens
Helen Hamilton
Moravia
Jack Long
Lyle Jones
Local residents trade and visit around Centerville and Moravia
Udell Route 1 residents Mr and Mrs Tom Hiatt traded in Centerville while Harry Rumley Calvin and Laverne Rumley visited Unionville with grandparents Mrr and Mrs Kidd Rumley. Moravia hosts activity as Mr and Mrs Earl Foster traded there on Friday and ice cream and cake at Harry Rumsey home followed by radio listening. Carl and Ernest Foster visited relatives Sunday as Floyd Moffatt Calvin and Laverne Rumley also stopped by. Multiple calls, visits, and movements of local families including Rumleys Dudleys Clancys and Millers appear, with Donar Sanders hauling fodder and moves involving Frank Gunner and the Hinote place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hiatt
Centerville
Harry Rumley
Calvin
Lauverne
Unionville
Mrr
Kidd ‘Rumley
Earl Foster
Moravia
Mor
Perry Ofiller
Harry Rumsey
Ant Hiatt
Carl
Ernest Foster
Floyd Moffatt
Laverne Rumley
Laverne
Honnie Lee
Glen Clancy
Donar Sanders
Dorothy
Mae Rumley
Mildred Clancy
Emma Miller
Will Moffatt
Perry Milley
Claud Callen
Thistlewaite
Tommy Doud
Ed Rumley
Harry
Pearl Dudley
Ray
Jas
Dudley
James
Ernest
Leona Dudley
Perry Miller
Glen Carney
Frank Gunner
Andy Lookabile
Philip Hinote
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moravia Union
Appanoose County
Iowa
Congress
H. K. Smith
Franklin
Kinser Valley
Country Air Mystic
King Theatre
Enon
Bible School
Russell Gillespie
L. B. VanDorin
Clara Selby
J. T. VanDorin
Russell
Grover Gillespie
Newton
Dave Gillespie
Louis
Geo. Shaw’s
Claud Hawk
Leo VanDorin
Grandma Selby
FP. Morelock
Milwaukee Railroad
Coulson
RK. E. Luse
Betty
Ne0 Miller
Ernest Hiatt
Virginia
Robert
Johnson
Virgil Johnson
George McDonald
Janes Hlton
Cleland
Mr. Pleasant
Homer Brown
John Kenton
Homer
W. A. Brown
Velda Hiatt
Edward
Arthur Points
Pearl McCrory
Salem
Bert Nash
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
George
Dick and Clary
Jean
Jess Gladfgider
Guy McKern
Ted Testers
Theola
L. R. Perry
Omega
Teenium
Thebussk of Christ
Hazel College
CKES
Gamble Stuen
Brompton
Udell
Frank Swaim
Atbia
Midwest Rendering Co
Ada Neft
Species Co
Wmeloe
Wmlser
Meenih
General Motors
Lowa
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