Pleasant Grove Community News Bulletin
Illness of the local teacher closed school last Thursday. Miss Wilma VanZante was rehired for another year. So and Sew club met Laura Lockman last Thursday. Several local families visited, traveled, or hosted events from Friday through Sunday, including the Wilson, McCloud, VanZante, Lockman, Williams, Steele, Homerin, and N. G. Wilson households with gatherings at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma VanZante
Sew Club
Laura Lockman
Frank Wilson
N. G. Wilson
Centerville
McCloud
Florence Steele
Alabia
Ruth Wilson
Paul
McCloud’s
VanZante’s
Marve Lockman
Wilson
Earl Williams
Chariton
Minnie Smith
Clell
Albia
Wm. Steele
Denny Homerin
Mrs. C
Local Social Notes From Moravia and Surrounding Towns
In the afternoon they called on the C. A. Felton family who moved recently to a farm northeast of Moravia. Numerous neighbors attended church and visits stretched to Albia and Centerville. Several households shared calls, quilting sessions, and social visits, with plans to attend a funeral in York, Nebraska. The Wesley ladies plan a Thursday meeting with Mrs. Altan Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Main
Harrison McCloud
York
Nebr
Charles McCloud
Ladies Aid Quilt Event Near Piano
Mrs Coulson S Callen and Miss Mintia Lillie Sylvia and Elsie attended a Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Juanita Dooley's home Thursday afternoon. Twenty three ladies were present and knitted a comforter and quilted on a quilt. Those visiting Tom Jones home Sunday included Mr and Ora Jones and daughters Betty and Mary and Mr and Mrs Jim Walker from near Piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Callen
Mintia
Lillie
Sylvia
Elsie
Juanita Dooley
Tom Jones
Ora Jones
Betty
Mary
Jim Walker
Local neighbors share news and visits in muddy week
Mr. Vernon Kaster and wife plan to move to a home once thought to belong to John Clark in Darby. John McDanel had the misfortune to nosed a cow with blackleg. Wilie McDanel visited R. H. Kaster Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Belle Whicker learned her brother-in-law Joe Stodgill of Bosomfield was ill after a light stroke. The Olin Foster home held a party for Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Eaton and two Lineville daughters with candy, singing, and piano and banjo. Rev. and Mrs. Craig Weathers of Chicago Heights are visiting the Boyer family. The Boyer children brought dinner baskets to share Sunday. Irene Moffitt spent the weekend with relatives. Y. A. Boyer, Ira Boyer, Maud and Richard were at the Moffitt home for Sunday dinner. Roads are muddy and folk either walk or stay in. The Foster and Henry Foster families visited Forrest Mericle Sunday. Delmont Moffitt and wife visited Roy Scott after church. Johnnie Eaton’s have rented the old Gladfelder home south of Maine church and are moving there with daughter Iona in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Kaster
John Clark
Darby
John McDanel
Blackleg
Wilie McDanel
R. H. Kaster
Belle Whicker
Joe Stodgill
Bosomfield
William Visted
Olin Foster Home
Johnie Eaton
Lineville
Ohor
Eaton
Craig Weathers
Chicago Heights
F. A. Boyer
Boyer
Irene Moffitt
Y. A. Boyer
Ira Boyer
Maud
Richard
Moffitt
Johnnie Eaton
Iona
Olin Foster
Henry Foster
Forrest Mericle
Delmont Moffitt
Roy Scott
David Gladfelder
Maine
Hiattsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Sewing Club
Hiattsville residents share Sunday visits at parental homes and with relatives in Moravia and Centerville. 4-H meeting attendance and quilting circle activity are noted, with several invitations and health updates among local families.
Evening Visit Highlights Neff Family Ties
Hiatt and his brother Lute host a gathering with extended family. Mrs Bessie Neff of near Blakesburg visits daughter Mrs Orville Burton and family along with relatives and friends in the Hiattsville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lute
Hiatt
Bessie Neff
Blakesburg
Orville Burton
Hiattsville
Local groups host events and birthdays noted in Albia area
Iconium Miss Ester Sheldon visited Albia while M. E. Ladies Aid postponed lunch until April 1. A cooperative dinner is set for March 25. A garage supper fundraiser netted 48.96 dollars for fire truck materials. Neighbors attended a surprise birthday for Mrs. Russell Brown. Several families shared Sunday visits and Easter prep at Ray McCord and H. A. Lemaster homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester Sheldon
Albia
Lester Derby
M. E. Ladies Aid
Co-operative
Russell Brown
Dora Hellyer
Chas. Hellyer
Nettie Hellyer
Promise City
Elleanan Hellyer
Mystic
Dell Hellyer
Will Free
Ray McCord
Orville Callen
Edward McCord
H. A. Lemaster
Leta Haver
Roscoe Argo
Clara Brown
Jose Lemaster
Pearl Broshar
Moravia
Fred Argo
Rex Haver
Phyllis
Edward
Stack
Vinton
A. J. Brown
Robert Turner
Vern Turner
Ray Rinehart
Board of Supervisors
A. d. Brown
Osa Brown
L. L. Funkhouser
Dora Hellyer’s
Community Notes From Albia and Surrounding Towns
Mr. Pleasant and family visit Albia. Edward Pointa spends time with W A Brown. Ed DeLong calls for Howard Besco. neighbors attend Mrs Fred Shaw's sale. Ethel Brown visits Ruth Kenton. Floyd Long and Tom McCrory host guests. Various locals including W A Brown, Homer Brown, and Kentons appear in Moravia Albia Centerville and Moravia visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Brown
Albia
Edward Pointa
Ed DeLong
Howard Besco
Fred Shaw
Ethel Brown
Ruth Kenton
Floyd Long
Tom McCrory
Frank Wilson
C. Smith
Centerville
Ben Allem
Harold
Zelda
Homer Brown
Moravia
Homer
John
Albcia J
Edward Pvuints
C. C. Smith
Ivan Tuller
Welds Hiatt
Helping Hand club meets at Faber home
Enon Norman Giltner has been quite sick but is better now. Wm. Boardman is seriously ill. Helping Hand club met with Mr. and Mrs. R. Faber Thursday with 21 present. They quilted a Dutch Rose project for grandma Faber to piece for Dallas and embroidered towels. Men sawed wood and made posts. They will meet again with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gillaspie. Mrs. J. L. Jones visited R. S. Faber's over the weekend. Fred Van Dorin and Betty Hintt visited Sunday. Gerald Roberts spent Sunday with Leo Van Dorin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Giltner
Wm. Boardman
Helping Hand Club
R. &. Faber
Grandma Faber
Dallas
Russell Gillaspie
J. L. Jones
R. S. Faber
Salem community notices and gatherings this week
The Oyster supper in Tesnium drew several locals. The Merry Mixers club met Mrs. Newton Long. Families and friends visited in Woodburn Centerville Knoxville and Brush, with numerous dinners and Sunday gatherings at Jennings Tarr Gladfelder Hellyer and related homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tesnium
Merry Mixers Club
Newton Long
Robert Jennings
Charles
Harry Jennings
Donald Tarr
Ida Grove
Town
Fred Tarr
Charles Youngker
Donald
Woodburn
Earl Main
Wanda
Knoxville
Kenneth Gladfelder
Lyman Main
Jess Gladfelder
Joe Martin
Horton Potts
Dell Hellyer
Dora Hellyer
Guss Tisue
Will Haver
Centerville
Guy McKern
Dorothy
Bert Nash
Robert Tarr
Harley Tisue
Pearlie Boyer
Brush
Local Social Visits Touch O. S. Miller Home
Brompton Mrs Emma Kitterman and mother visited with Mrs Emma Johnson Friday. Mrs Lulu Tillmont spent Wednesday night with Mrs Ona Boardman. Mrs Clarence Wilson and children visited recently with Mrs Ed Robinson. Mrs Mary Dille John Dille and family of Moravia, Mr and Mrs A L Stafford and daughter of Des Moines visited at the O S Miller home Sunday. Max McCoy and mother spent Sunday at W J Anderson's. Roy Fisher and family visited at the Bill Wilson home Sunday afternoon, Mrs Ed Robinson and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kitterman
Emma Johnson
Lulu Tillmont
Ona Boardman
Clarence Wilson
Ed Robinson
Mary Dille
John Dille
Moravia
A. L. Stafford
Des Moines
O. S. Miller
Max McCoy
W. J. Anderson
Roy Fisher
Bill Wilson
Notable Visits And Medical Update From Local Homes
Sunday afternoon visits included Clarence Wilson and Elwood Stafford households with Jake DeLong and Chas DeLong. J E Stafford and B Miller were in Blakesburg on Wednesday. Pearl Lavely stopped by M E Boardman last Monday evening. Grant Lincox and wife visited Herman Johnson, while W P Boardman, operated on for ruptured appendix at Albia hospital Saturday night, remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wilson
Jake DeLong
Chas DeLong
Elwood Stafford
J. E. Stafford
Miller
Blakesburg
Pearl Lavely
M. E. Boardman
Grant Lincox
Herman Johnson
W. PF. Boardman
Albia Hospital
Scattersburg Bible School to Reorganize at Fairview
Scattersburg Bible School at Fairview will be reorganized Sunday April 4 at ten o'clock. Everyone welcome as this is a union school. Several local residents are noted visiting or hosting events including Mr and Mrs George Scott, Lloyd Lockman, Fred Blumer, Elbert Leckman, Mrs Truxton Dicks, Elvin Stecker, and the Tomlin and Ward families. Birthday Sale prices on batteries offered by Gamble Stores, last chance Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Fairview Schoolthouse
George Scott
Scott
Lloyd Lockman
Keith Roberts
Elvin Stecker
W. T. Irelandhnie
Laurence Ward
Wm. Tomlin
Carl Tomlins
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Floravia Union
Appanoose County
Iowa
Congress
H. K. Smith
Pleasant Grove
Anna Kaster
Ernie Kaster
John Stevens
Naomi
Leta
Clyde
Iveta
Ethel Lucile
C. S. Callen
Sylvia Hiatt
Ernest Hiatt
Virginia
Robert
Jim Cline
Betty Jean
Rex
Forest Marble Home
Alfred Carlson
Hter
Mary Putman
E. R. McCann
J. R. Callen
Martin Callen
R. E. Luse
Wesley Ladies
Altan Chambers
Coulson
Centerville Monument Works Co. S. Eggert
Green
J. N. Maring
Bateman’s Shoe Store
Southern Utilities Company
D. C. Pollard
J. D. Minnes
Adm
U.S. Mangle
Boyer Ridge
Harold Hudgens
A. &. Hiatt
Gus Hiatt
John Chambers
Frank Chambers
Lloyd Rose
Harry Brown
Iconium
Virgil Dooley
Margaret Hiatt
Forest Main
Aid
Add
Alta Chambers
Gus Hian
Datiels
Kenneth
Pearl Walter
Harley Burton
Burton Law
J. C. Nett
Alver
Rose
Keith
Denny
Hope
Cervivills
Mr. Pleasant
Nathe
Addres
Enon
Salem
Brompton
Gamble
Union
W. A. Brooks
Central Shoe Store
West Side Square
Town Club
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