Dowd Brothers Hit Jackpot In Hog Litteres
The Dowd brothers Donald and Delmar Dowd score again in hog production. Monday night one son began shelling out little piglets and Donald helped in births until about 3:00 a.m. Tuesday the count reached 16 and rose to 21 by morning. Eighteen piglets still active, with two under three pounds at birth, a strong birth weight. The Dowds split the litter into two groups taking shifts at meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowd
Donald
Delmar
Moravia school debates dances and noon-hour dance lessons
A Moravia school prompts debate over junior senior prom dances and noon hour dance lessons as officials weigh risks of youth dancing and driving dangers while praising the town’s clean community and limited tavern presence. The note ends by offering sale bill printing services for broader ad reach.
Opposition to Rathbun dam argued by Chariton landowners
Excerpts from a Chariton River Landowners Assn circular oppose the Rathbun dam citing 18,000 acres to be inundated, costs exceeding benefits, and loss of drainage. It notes protest letters to Congress, limited notices, and calls for investigation under Circular A-47, with flood data and economic estimations from 1925 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton River
Assn
Rathbun Dam
Washington
Rathbun
Iowa-Missouri State Line
Congress
Iowa
Chariton Valley
Centerville
Iowa State Planning Board
Iowa-Missouri Line
House
Col. Potter
Wm. Lodwick
Army Engineers
App. Iti
Bureau of the Budget
Appanooge County
Udell News: Local Visits and Funeral Notices
Mrs H B Spring and Udell residents share Sunday visits with relatives in Genterville Centerville and Keswick. Harlan Ketchem 93 of Glendale Calif. dies. funeral held in Cameron Mo. Residents attend services in Osakaloosa and Des Moines. Udell Junior class to stage The Big Blow Up Thursday at the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Morey
Tona Betson
Genterville
Kenny Selix
Dewey Houser
Pervis Cridlebaugh
Keith Cridlebaugh
Mexico
Elmer Brown
Hawthorne
Calif
Denver
Ora Powell
Marlyn
Walter Mitchell
Centerville
Lionel Spring
Alvin Springs
Edd
Dee Whisler
Minnie Replogle
Martha Bryant
Loral Bryant
Alice Joy
Joe Moore
Sammy
Timmie
Lora Sue
Robert Morlan
Unionsville
Harry Wilkinson
H. B. Spring
Harlan Ketcham
Glendale
Cameron
Thayne Bryant
Zelma Bryant
Grate Bishop
Des Moines
Alva Cridlebaugh
Hiattaville
Clara Mason-Howar
Keswick
Oskaloosa
Harold Henshaw
Billy Moore
Tri-Cities
Edna Moore
Udell
Davies
Max Buzzard
Alvin Spring
Lloyd Selix and Sons
Merle
Bowes Visit Davenport and Local Calls Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Clyde Bowes traveled to Davenport Thursday to visit their daughter. Rosa Beaty and Linsie Kelsey attended a club at Verda Argo's. Ben Whitehead and wife called in Albia on Saturday and Mrs Whitehead visited her sister Alda McCord. Rosa Beaty left Wednesday after several days with sister Lissie Kelsey. Skeeter Pickrell visited Harry Scott's home Wednesday. Nellie Marrow and Ola Brown called on Lissie Kelsey Saturday. Clarence Whitehead and family spent Sunday at Ben Whitehead's home. Harold Argo and family visited Jim DeWitt's in Ottumwa. Don Whitehead and Harold Argo spent Sunday with Hazel Moore in Moulton.
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Clyde Bowes
Davenport
Rosa Beaty
Linsie Kelsey
Verda Argo’s
Ben Whitehead
Albla
Whitehead
Alda McCord
Lissie Kelsey
Skeeter Pickrell
Harry Scott
Nellie Marrow
Ola Brown
Clarence Whitehead
Harold Argo
Jim DeWitt
Ottumwa
Don Whitehead
Hazel Moore
Moulton
Families Gather For Sunday Visits At Area Homes
Jed Thursday evening at the Clarence Whitehead home. Mr and Mrs Jerald Fenton, Stephen, Connte and Carol, Sue Sweeden and Lynn Sweeden spent Sunday at the Robert Sweeden Sandy and Bobby Whitehead spent Sunday evening with their grandparents, Mr and Mrs Harold Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
Clarence Whitehead
Jerald Fenton
Stephen
Connte
Carol
Sue Sweeden
Lynn Sweeden
Robert Sweeden
Sandy
Bobby Whitehead
Harold Argo
New Hope Community Notes Preview Mutual Social Visits
New Hope Wesley Chapel met on Wednesday evening with 17 present. Friends and families, including Judy McKlwain and birthday guests, shared ice cream and cookies. Numerous visitors traveled between local homes in a pattern of weekly calls and social visits, with families attending events, meals, and small gatherings across Albia and Centerville area households.
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Wesley Chapel
Frank McKillwain
Judy McKlwain
Loyd Carter
Richard Goughnour
Richie
Phoenix
Arizona
Jim Herron
Kay
John Horstman
Bob Evans
Bill Long
Gladys Harsh
Winifred Schrodteft
Miinais
Irven Kalvng
Fred Dusablon
James Wilson
Jay Wilson
Lute Hiatt
Carol Brees
Lee Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Orville Burton
Russell Warner
Blakesburg
Diane Kincade
Newt Long
Ernest West
Knoxville
Dorothy
Genevie Donovan
John Wood
Lynda
Donovan
Anna Hiatt
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Moravia Union
Moravia
Towa
C. R. and
H. K. Charity
Editora Publishers
Monroe
United States
Rays Ramblin
A. M. Wilson
Albia, Iowa
Peoples Abstract & Title Co
Centerville National Bank
Meredith BR. Griffing
Leonard Sammon
Moulton, Iowa
Ministerial
Chariton
Rais
Tse
Lconium
Rosalie Sweetlan
Gens
Kelly
Captain Kidd
Esther Wilams
Howard Keel
Jupiter
Marlon Brando, Jean Simons
Desiree
Cinemancepe - Oeler
New Hope
Theo Miller
Betty Jordan
Eddie
Kansas City
Ivan Harsh
Karl Fischer
Karline
S. D. Sprinkle
Bill
Bob
John Peterson
Bill Callen
Don Pettivone
Gerald Morgan
Albia Hospital
Cecil Martin
Ben Martin
R. C. Wilson
Harry May
Eva Hiatt
David
Iowa University
Louise West
Albia
Turner Funeral Home
Deste
Moravia Telephone Company
V.A.C. Demonstrator
Seeows — Planyers — Bpreaders
Goode van Lead & Feed Co
Goode
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