Community greetings and visits in Centerville area
Multiple local households share weekend and weekday visits across Centerville Ottumwa and vicinity. Names include Turner Haver Rinehart Swift Brown Shehan Calhoun Dicks Argo Derby Ullem O Hara Humphie Gillaspie Minnes Broshar Lemaster and others. Family gatherings celebrate a seventy six birthday at the J. H. Shehan home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Turner
Alicia
Mra
Rex Haver
Edward
Phyllis
Bert Rinehart
Earl Swift
Centerville
Harry Brown
A. J. Brown
George Shehan
Carl Calhoun
Marie
Evelyn Dicks
J. H. Shehan
W. G. O'Hara
Ben Ullem
Kenneth
Merle Dicks
Evelyn
Rex
C. S. Argo
Ben Derby
Joe McLaughlin
Joe Notar
Orlie Farris
Robert Blue
Shehan
Ray McCord
A. E. Derby
Pearl Kelsey
Nevada
Archie Thompson
Grover Gillaspie
David
Earl Turner
Leighton
Hazel College Families Gather for Weekend Visits
Hazel College, Freddie VanDorin and family spent Sunday afternoon at Jep Lockman home. Hughie Lewis and wife of Des Moines spent the weekend at E. C. Caster and Ed Ferest homes. Callers at Ed Johnson home Sunday included Mr and Mrs Joe Peranza, Mr and Mrs Pat Fisher, Mr and Mrs Will Anderson and niece Miss Fosenburg of Albia, and Mr and Mrs Grant Lincox Clair, Leo, Clifford and Clarence Caster, and Kenneth Johnson were callers in Unionville Missouri Sunday afternoon. Kenneth Free and family spent Sunday at BH G Sincox home. Herman Johnson and family spent Saturday evening at Ed Johnson home. Miss Madge Robinson and Smother were callers at BB G Sincox home Saturday morning. Mrs Jep Lockman was a caller at R G Faber home Friday. Mr and Mrs Zell Wilson and Mrs Amy Clough attended the funeral of John Morgan Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie VanDorin
Jep Lockman
Hughie Lewis
Des Moines
E. C
Kenneth Johnson
Unionville
Kenneth Free
G. Sincox
Herman Johnson
Ed ‘Johnson
Madge Robinson
Smother
G.sincox
R. G. Faber
Zell Wilson
Amy Clough
John Morgan
Lavish Social Orbit Amid Hiatt Family Gatherings
A crowded Hiattville gathering marked a chaiivari for Mr and Mrs Loren Walter at their new home on Monday. Funeral rites for Sherman A. Kinion were held at Salem church on Friday with burial in Denny cemetery. Numerous Hiatt family members and locals hosted and visited at homes across the weekend, including Osborn, Dooley, Neff, Tarr, Hellyer, and Perry households, plus several trips to Ottumwa and Keokuk for events and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaiivari
Loren Walter
Sherman A. Kinion
Salem Church
Denny Cemerary
Virgil Dooley
Pearl Hiatt
Frank Heeckman
Gus Hiatt
Cliff Neff
Bert Meadows
John
Ella i Hiatt
Charles Mitchell
Albis
Lloyd Rose
Otis Burton
Roy Dooley
Virgil, Dooley’s
Lute Hiatt
Harley Burton
Lloyd Carter
Gus Hatt
Mra
Earnest, Hiatt
U. 8
Hiatt
Cogitations on gardens children and money era musings
A reflective column ponders why pests vanished from the garden this year while last year was rife, jokes about chickens and crops, and muses on mistaken place names. It muses on parenting, class, and the allure of wealth, ending with a humorous craving for a new posing knife.
Garden Dream Strengthens Through Time and Loss
A reflective piece recalls choosing garden work over other wants as a source of joy. The writer laments chores, contemplates money for books and home repairs, and notes a family illness that postponees a planned weekly column. Garden activity remains the hopeful focus amid personal strain.
Visitors At C A Barton Home And Local Hosts
New Hope area social notes list visitors at the C A Barton home on Thursday night and multiple calls at various local homes. Families from Centerville Albia Ottawa Unionville and Des Moines are recorded as guests or visitors alongside local residents.
Sunday Visits Share Weekend Social Roundup
Local households report numerous Sunday calls and family gatherings. Neighbors from Albia Centerville and Nevada Iowa, including the Hidats and Hiner households, spent afternoons and evenings visiting Ted Miller Emme Young Pearl Hiner and various relatives, with several couples hosting guests and sharing meals.
Donahoos celebrate sixtieth wedding anniversary in Lincoln
Mr. and Mrs. F L Donahoo of Lincoln Nebr observed their sixtieth anniversary with a family dinner at their son John Donahoo’s home 2968 N 52nd St Lincoln. Relatives from Iowa and Montana attended and the couple’s grandchildren were present. The couple’s long history includes moves from Iowa to Kansas back to Iowa and finally Nebraska in 1918. The event blended photos singing and a display of gifts as the family gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Donahoo
Lincoln
Nebr
Ofitheir
John Donshoo
N. 52Nd St
Donahoo
Par
W. P. Donahoo
Moravia
Donshoo
Lucy Smith
Blakesburg
Iowa
Ottumwa
I. P. Teter
Kansas
Nebraska
Cleven
Duane Coffin
Beryl
Charles
Ruth
Paul, Donahoo
Elvin
Bonnie
Lloyd
Donahoo Anniversary Picnic And Family Updates
The Lincoln item records a gathering on Monday the 17th at Mr. and Mrs. F L Donahoo’s for an anniversary picnic with guests delivering gifts. On Tuesday April 18 dinner was served to eighteen relatives. Also noted are anniversary celebrations for Mr. and Mrs. Garry Coffin and various family visits and callers, including J T VanDorin and others visiting local homes and aiding Mrs. R S Faber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Donahoo
Paul Donahoo
Garry Coffin
J. S. Coffin
Moravia
Local visits and social calls in Cedar Rapids area
Residents from the vicinity attended multiple social events and home visits. Mrs Jean Sheldon hosted guests while numerous families including the Moffatt, Stansberry, Shehan, and Sheldon households were seen at churches, birthdays, and Friday and Sunday gatherings in Albia and nearby towns.
Enon School Dinner Brightens Community Weekend
Enon Mra Floya Jones and Mrs R Faber spent Friday with Enon residents. A cooperative dinner followed Saturday with a short program and prizes for the children. Miss Wilma awarded prizes and said the teacher will return next year.
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P Moravia Union
Appanoose County
Congress
Antith
Vosburgh
Jim Minnes
Pearl Broshar
Russell Brown and
H. A. Lemaster
Mellie Stack
Vinton Lundy
C. T. Slavin
Robert Turner
Teonium, Iowa
Roscoe Argo
Hazel College
Hiattsville
Salem
Jake Firking
Son
Fred Tarr
Kathryn Argo
Hazel
Hellyer
Robert ‘Tarr
Kathryn
Argo
U. B
Guy McKern
Elbert Perry
Clyde Gladfelder
Dell Hellyer
Horton Potts
Joe Martin
Flossie Tarr
George Hellyer
Quentin Hudson
Junior Youngker
George Hell
Yer
Donald Whitehead
Keokuk
Madison
Nauvoo
Illinois
Dell
Roberta Tarr
Bill Reeves
Carl Wetterlind
Billy
Harry Jennings
Robert Jennings
Hazel Hellyer
Mo‘vavia
Leonard ‘Perry
Raymond Perry
Will Haver
Jake Firkins
Edward McCord
Russell Bole
Fred
Robert Tarr
Hrank Swaim
Towa
Dr . M. Patrick
Gite
Krapfel
Maljestic
Centerville, Iowa
DR. Brooks
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Gardiner
Peutn
Doris Lorg
Rosemary Main
C. A. Barton
George ‘Howell
Clyde
3. F. Chambers
John L. Chambers
John .S. Chambers
Albia
C. A. Turner
Charles Turner
Herbert McDanel
Billie
Lloyd MecDanel
Keith Rose
John Hopkins
Allen ‘Hiatt
Charles Fisher
Ottawa
Roy Scott
Junior Donavan
Orval Burton J
Lee i Hiatt
George Howell
Dick Wilson
Sim Howell
Myatic
Carl Coffin
Duane
Biddle
Chris Bogart
Rolla Foster
Johnny Foster
Geo. Firking
Maxine
Dick Milley
Nancy
Ted Miller
Esther Hiatt
Friend
Gerald Burton
Fern Wright
Eph Wilson’s
Pearl Hiner
T Ray
Jake Foster
Dick Miller
Mex Adler
Ted, Miller
Curtis Tomlin
Richard
George Scott’s
Witer Harter
J. C. Lockman’s
Faber
Mary
Fred VanDorin
Mya
Glen VanDorin
A. O. VanDorin
Carl Bettis
Mire
J.t.van
J. T. VanDorin
W. H. VanDorin
Andrew Anderson
Mandy Larnen
Betty Hint
Franklin
Joe Jaque
Cedar Rapids
Everett Stansberry
Marie Dicks
John Moffatt
I Stansberry
Roy Sheldon
Donald
Darlene
Heey Moffatt
Ellen Shehan
Mia
Wes ‘Scott
Inez
Ray
Daisy Moffatt
George Shehatt
Briday
Dai
Henry Elliott
Mystic
Delmont Turner
Sin
Jack
Lapent
Irene
Daisy
James Calhoun
Roy Moffatt
E. F. Stansberry
Emmett Derby
Harry Lemanter
Russell “Brown
Betty Jean
Rickie
Pearl Eugene Broshar
James
Mellie Stackland
Wiston Lundy
Rostoe Argo
Ret Haver
Edward and
Apent
Hert Rinehart
Vern Sheldon
Albin
Snd
Jennie Sheldon
George
Shehani
Ellen
Ida
Enon
Floya Jones
Apna
Lockman
Dele
E. G. Sincox
Hilbert Roberta
Rita
C. B. Akers
Municipal League
Police Department
Fire Department
Gopher Gradin
G. Cemeterias i
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A. General City
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