Local Happenings Around Centerville and Nearby Areas
Community notes cover visits and dinners among locals in Centerville Moravia Albia and surrounding towns. Frances Burton returns from winter with family in Mt. Lebanon Penn and Mediapolis. Numerous guests visit Tadlock Marshall Mason and others including Robb Main Porters and Tisues with hospital calls and Brownie Troop tour activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Burton
John Burton
Mt. Lebanon
Penn
G. E. Goodwin
Mediapolis
Minta Shoemaker
Martha Ransom
Clyde McGee
Centerville
May Richey
St. Joseph Hospital
Tom Robb
Des Moines
Harry Woodward
Benny Tarbell
Eric Main
Jerry Marshall
Neal Burton
Washington
Grant Tadlock
Tadlocks
Buttons
Dave Porter
David
Angel
Carl Tisue
Gary
Alan
Grace Whitehead
Zenith Hiatt
Scherri Main
Helma Tisue
A. G. Mason
Carriage Light Inn
Albia
Richard Mason
Oskaloosa
Harold Mason
Moravia
Griffinsville N Bend News and Church Supper Note
Attendance at Sunday school was 29. A church supper is planned for May 6 at 6 PM featuring a pot luck. Mr and Mrs Raymond Charity will show slides. Mr and Mrs Russell Shepard visited Tom Lindoff in Burlington to view the record high floods. Mr and Mrs Harold Huff spent the day in Iowa City with their sons Clair and Ron and families. Mr and Mrs Merl Adams were also mentioned in the visit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Charity
Russell Shepard
Tom Lindoff
Burlington
Harold Huff
Iowa City
Clair
Ron
Merl Adams
Social visits and family gatherings noted around town
A sequence of brief social updates lists visits and gatherings. Names include Doyle Hampton Emil Long Merl Adams Ruth McNair Betty Wood Donna Beaty Fred Shepard Russell Shepard and others, with events at homes in Harvey, Melrose, and nearby areas on Wednesday through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John David Bohms
Harvey
Red Rock Lake
Doyle Hampton
Emil Long
Ed Adams
Harold Huff
Merl Adams
Opal Lemley
Oma Teater
Russell Shepard
Jim Walker
Hope Teater
Ruth McNair
Ruth
John Milburn
Cheryl
Christine
Dennis
Jerry
Julie Long
Mike O’donnel
Lowell Shepard
Fred Shepards
Russell Shepards
Merrill Shepards
Betty Wood
Donna Beaty
Rudie Blozovich
George Lains
Ryman McDanels
Guy
Lyndon McDanels
Ernest Hinks
Ed Navin
Melrose
Ora Rinehart
Lowell Shepards
Emil Longs
Flossie Walker
Mrs
Clint Albertson
VOSBURG Social News Highlights Local Events
Mrs. Truxton Dicks and Mrs. Wayne Christy attended Clover Leaf club at DeWayne Moore home. Families visited funeral relatives of Minnie Adams at Turner Funeral Home. United Methodist Women gathered with many attendees. Ray Rinehart celebrated his birthday at George Rinehart home. Dicks and Dicks visited U N I college Cedar Falls. Wayne Christy attended style shows in Center ville and Moravia High School. Pasadena visitors, Center ville events, and weekend visits across several homes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truxton Dicks
Wayne Christy
Clover Leaf Club
DeWayne Moore
Russell Brown
Dick Brown
Turner Funeral Home
Minnie Adams
United Methodist
Sibyl
Maude
Lorraine Whitehead
Verna Hart
Maxine Sheldon
Glennie Dicks
Vera Firkins
Clara
Theresa Brown
Paul Dicks
Fonda
Joyce
Carol
Don Whitehead
Sally
Susan
Jan
Moravia High School
Ray Rinehart
George Rinehart
Rays
U.N.I College
Cedar Falls
Ray Messamaker
Purdum
Chris Spencer
Sunday Visitors Gather for Local Family Dinners
The report lists numerous relatives and friends spending Sunday at various homes in the area. Names include Christy, Rees, Messamaker, Whitehead, Shahan, Brunt, Frame, Couch, Spencer, Hiatt, Brown, and Tharpott, with stops in Eddyville Des Moines Moravia Bloomfield and Mon day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Christy
Jim Rees
Pleasantville
Doug Messamaker
Ray Messamaker
B. F. Whitehead
Bernis Shahan
Keith Brunt
Eddyville
Clayton’ Sheldon
Flo Frame
Fred Couch
Roger
Lisa
Des Moines
Carol
Stanley Spencer
Ralph Spencer
Larry Hiatt
Chad
Dick Brown
Russell Brown
Moravia
Marvin Tharpott
Bloomfield
Don Whitehead
Unionville Society Notes from Mrs. Clifford Burger
Local residents share weekend visits and attendance at the Ottumwa Legion and Auxiliary convention. Families from Kelley Iowa Seymour Chariton and Slater join gatherings, funerals, and temple events while many members travel to Knoxville and Des Moines for meals and dam area tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Kelley
Kelley
Bob Harsch
St. Louis
John Harrington
May Belle Brain
Lois Kelley
Ellen Davis
Edith Hull
Legion and Auxiliary
Ottumwa
Raymond Wagner
Seymour
Ronald Marvin
Chariton
Neal Wagner
Randy
Myrtle Harrington
Helen’ Harrington
Jerry Wilson
Homer (Buelah) Locker
Slater, Ta
Lutheran Church
Vernon Burger
Dwight Powell
Knoxville
Red Rock Dam
Marie Webber
Wayne Webber
Des Moines
Jack Hopkins
Jenifer
Harold Hegbee
Lowell McConnell
Donald Ewing
Carrie Cross
Rusty Sellers
Bagley
Local Visits Highlight Busy Weekend In Iowa Town
Mr and Mrs John Burger and Richard Burger visited Merle Burger in Moline Illinois where he has been a patient at Lutheran hospital for five weeks. A bustling weekend included guests from Hartwick Cedar Rapids Houston and Columbus as family members gathered for a Saturday supper and other social calls. Iva Morrison remains hospitalized in Iowa City and well wishes go to her for a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burger
Richard Burger
Moline
Tit
Merle Burger
Lutheran Hospital
Noel Ward
Clifford Burger
Hanibal
Russell Alden
Howard Alden
Houston
Tex
Alice Alden
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Don Hargraves
Terry Russell
Carol Irelan
Lamont Graceland College
Wiita
Also Mentioned on This Page
Griffinsville N. Bend
Daphne Shepard
Ellis van Sickle
Frank Woodward
Gro-Mo-Co
Allis-Chalmers
Outboga & Leisure Products
van Dorin Implement Co
Allis Chalmers
NEW Idea
Vosburg
Unionville
Dr. L. den Hartog
Optometrist
Dial
Iowa
R. E
Dick” Cooper
Centerville, Iowa
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Clyde Surrymore
Christ
R Trelan
Justin Bailey
Curt Baiey
Willard Brain
B. W. Meyer
N. Clinton ST
Thur
Sat
T.V
Moravia Electronics
Paul Witt
All Meas Bologna
Ham Butts
Gall
van Camp Pork & Beans
Allen
West Side
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!