Allattaville Ladies Aid Meeting and Neighborhood Shower
The Allattaville Ladies Aid hosted 12 members on Thursday afternoon with Nellie Rose Genevie Donavan and Frances Burton as hostesses serving fruit salad and Angel Food cake Frances Burton to be host again. Mrs Ella Burton held a miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Merley Smith inviting about 76 neighbors and friends at her home Friday evening. The former Mildred Cridlebagh taught at Denrey school for four years. Guests received many gifts. Dessert included fruit salad cake and coffee. A charivari followed with elpars and candy bars as treats. Mericle girls papered for Mary Meadows Anna Hiatt Thursday and George Purner’s on Friday. My and Mrs Harley Burton visited Des Moines for Gua Pabst’s funeral. Robert Burton spent time with home folks. Bayard Neff and Igons Bernard and Clifton of Rockford IL arrived Friday for several days. Kenneth Free hosted dinner for Bayard Neff and sons. Hatley Burton’s visited Henry McDonald. Blanche Talbot spent Sunday with Hatley Burton. Lloyd Rose and children visited Kenneth Free. Virgil Dooley spent Sunday in Centerville caring for Evans grocery. Harley Burton Virgil Dooley and family also visited Lydia Rose’s home Sunday evening.
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Ladies Aid-niét-at The-Church
Nellie Rose
Genevie Donavan
Frances Burton
Ella Burton
Merley Smith
Kenneth
Irma Johnson
Curtla Tomlin
Kenneth Blumers
J. T. VanDorin
Floyd McFall
Jerry
Runsell Hindman
Claude Hawk
Harry Tisue
Paul Boyer
George Boyer
Lynn Hilton
Char. Jene Townsend
Gerald Hawk
Willie McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
T. L. Gladfelder
Cyril McDanel
Utterback
Moulton
Wm. Tomlin
Carl Tomlin
Junior McDanel
Keith
Kermit Gladfelder
Leslie Elledge
Grover Easter
Grover Kaster
Earl Exline
T.L. Gladfelder
Hannah Gladfelder
Mina Luse
Frances Gladfelder
Land Family
Canterville
Frank Gladfelder
George Hiatt
A. G. Turner
Edgar Stanaberry
M. E. McDanel
Bob Smith
Centonville
Mina Luge
Des Moines
Willie McDan
John Platt
Faye
Centerville
Trenton Gladfelder
John Sufficool
Monte Ochler
Ottumwa
Ralph Tisue
Creston
Lyn Hilton
Kathryn
Willia McDanel's
Community Guests and Home Visits Highlight Weekend
Ada Wright hosted and travels mentioning Fern Wright home. Ned Argo and Ottumwa guests visited Jay Argo. Johnny Foster and Ted Broshar households hosted. Pearl Hiner hosted a guest from Columbus Ohio who left Thursday night. Dewitte Yeager and Emma Young hosted. Fern Wright and Dana Dee visited Joel Stansberry east of Moulton. Kenneth Gladfelder did paper hanging at Pearl Hiner and Johnny Foster. Ava Foster spent time at Foater’s. Ada Wright Vivian Wright and Dana Dee called at Eph Wilson Saturday.
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Ada Wright
Fern’ Wright
Ned Argo
Ottumwo
Jay Argo
Johnny Foster
Ted Broshar
Berniece. McKay
Columbus
Ohio
Pearl Hiner
Dewitte Yeager
Emma Young
Fern Wright
Dana
Par ty at Kenneth and Irma Johnsons Draws Local Guests
Enon residents hosted a party at Kenneth and Irma Johnsons on Friday night with Bernard and Clifton Johnson of Rockford in attendance. Sunday meals featured E G Sinncox Clair Rose Harmon Dorin Wailes Blahvonne Jacquette Weston Centerville and many VanDorin family members visiting kin and friends across Albia Centerville Oskaloosa and Rockford.
Iowa Items From The Field And The Home Front
A compilation of quirky notices from Iowa towns. Q Lauer of Waverly finally toured the Panama Canal only to be kept 500 feet away due to wartime restrictions. A doughnut weighing over half a ton impresses Sweet City visitors, while a Fremont County minister shapes his own walnut coffin. A Cherokees county family endures an owl night visit at a window, and a Manchester clerk reports no marriage license refund amid a separation. Anamosa notes spring arrivals, Atlantic reports a husband winning a divorce trial, and Independence sees a street light blackout after bulb vandalism. A Glenwood team accidently falls into a well, Indianola store gains a gunny sack confession of restitution, and Soldier man survives a tractor rollover. A WPA historian marker search hints at further local lore.
Marker proposed for Poweshiek aviator death site
Amid local talk, Poweshiek county residents discuss placing a marker for Billy Robinson Grinnell’s pioneer aviator who died in 1916 while attempting an altitude record. Speculation remains on whether a crash was caused by defect, nav, or heart attack.
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Poweshiek County
Billy Robinson
Grinnell
Robinson
Poweshick
Sunday Schools and Community Visits Report
Sunday school attendance reached 48 with numerous gatherings across Moulton and Centerville areas. Many families including Boyers Gladfelders McDanels Hilton Exline Easter Tomlin and Hiatt visited relatives and friends across several homes and Sunday afternoons.
Picnic and school notes highlight student achievements
A mix of classroom updates and activities describes picnic planning at the school, 120-word Gregg dictation awards for Virginia Argo, and upcoming events. It notes the commercial students picnic, a May 4 Play Day at Parsons College with identified participants, and kittenball with forty-five players.
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Virginia Argo
Gregg Company
Virginia
Bernadine Bishop
Dorothy Lee Brain
Pearl McKern
Centerville
Bluffs
Mas
Local Visitors and Calls Through The Week
Names of residents and visitors appear across days of the week with many host/guest pairings. People including Tuttle Norton Kincade and Hickenbothem visit at homes in Centerville New Sharon and at W S Norton as relatives share weekends and afternoons.
Sheep Scabies Eradication Efforts Underway in Iowa
Dr. H. A. Seidell announces extensive Iowa efforts to dip known infected sheep bands, with many new cases traced to sales barns or out-of-state imports. Dipping vats are being added at sale barns, and fat lambs may be branded for direct market animals. Sales from trucks outside barns face the same dipping rule, aided by farm groups reporting suspected cases to curb spread.
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Iowa
H. A. Seldell
Department
Animala
Seidell
Heavy spring pig losses hit Iowa hog producers
Iowa hog producers face heavy spring pig losses as February and March pigs fail to mature for the 1940 crop. Field Secretary R. L. Pemberton cites cool damp and cloudy weather that kept pigs indoors with insufficient exercise. Hog flu coughs and other disorders increased death toll beyond normal for this season.
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Iowa
R. L. Pemberton
Iowa Swine Producers’ Association
Pemberton
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Moravia
Williams Clothing Company
ALBIA
W.W. Munn Jeweler
Biddle
Enon
Frank Cortesio
Appanache County
Cortegio
Wea
Mystic
Mystic Commerce Association
Cortesio
Q. Lauer
Waverly
Paneama Canal
Mr. Lauer
Panama Canal
Sweet City
Viking Club
Corfin
F. G.gonzales
Tabor
Fremont County
Gonzales
Jim Graves
Cherokee County
Manchester
Anamosa
Charlene Guilford
Cass Township
Mr.Guilford
Atlantic
James Wade
Whitney
Independence
Lonnie Ross
Glenwood
Louis Spillman
Indianola
Hyda
God
Albert
Stoll
Soldier
Mr. Stoll
Seeks Markera
C. Thomspacn
WPA Histor
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel
Majestic Theatre
Buccessoer
DR. Brooks
Kingsley Stager
Dick Recer
New Hampton
Brooderhouse
Jackson No. 8
Shelby County
Virginian Mahberg
Panama
Harlan
Stanley Drier
Hardin County
M. D
H.s. Brewsbasket
Plana
Emily Free
MHS
Parsons College
Fairfield
Dorothy Hiner
Dorothy Mae McCrory
Phyllis Hiatt
Blanche Amides
Rowena Perry
Mary Ellen Ellison
Lorene Tadlock
Elaine Anderson
Hattie Underwood
Lois Argo
Carol Jolly
Lela Luse
Lucile Johnson
Grace News
Dora Norton
Neil Brackett
Dicky Hughes
Willard Cloyed
Richard
Blue Jay
Phyllis Laws
Deana McDonough
James Crow
James Main
South America
North America
Daisy McCrory
Bluebird
Jackie Ray
Jackie
Wayside
Jack Tuttle
Ralph Folie
Virgil Easter
Francis Kincade
Woodrow Norton
Lois
Carolyn
Harold Brown
Pepper Eee
Ernest Kincade
Ralph Tuttle
Jack
Doc Roberts
Edward Points
W. S. Norton
Glen Norton
Connie
W. S. Norton’s
Jerrie Norton
W. 5
Norton
June Tuttle
Doris Faye
Della
Mae Norton
Richard Hickenhooper
Clell Long
Mrs. Hickenbothem
Billy Norton
Francis Turner
Tuttle
Clifford Roger
Junior
Harold Dean Tisue
Lynch Building
Jones
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
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