Commercial Club Meeting Notes and Senior Elections
The Commercial Club held its regular meeting on April 18 with Edna Mae presiding. Twenty four members attended. minutes from the last meeting were approved. Seniors will meet May 2 at noon in the bookkeeping room to select girls for future offices, with elections to follow. Initiation committee includes Oneita Whicker Barbara Briskey and Lois Hiatt. Senior girls listed birth months. Next meeting set for May 9 during fifth period. On April 26 the group toured Ottumwa and the Iowa Success School, viewing demonstrations of machines like Comptometers and Stenographs. Some toured YMCA for dinner. others shopped downtown before returning at 1:46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora
Edna Mae
Oneita’ Whicker
Barbara Briskey
Lois
Marilyn Rose
Doris Callen
Rebecca
Rozencranta
Doris Jéan Fisher
Bonnie Stocker
Jerry, Tuttle
Edha
Mae Luse
Onella Whicker
Lois Hiatt
Phyllis Haver
Lillian Rick
Deena Lee Robinson
Ronald
Ottumwa
Iowa
What would you do with your personal things
In an economics class a discussion asked how to handle personal belongings during a luggage inspection. The prompt notes the scarcity of news this week and invites readers to engage with the available content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Lockiman
Phyllis
Franklin By Mrs John Moffatt Franklin
Franklin is noted with birth details for Linda daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Moffatt born Thursday morning at Smith hospital Albia. Local visits include Louise Foster Moravia staying with Frank Cox, and multiple calls and dinners at Roscoe Argo home and with Bernard Kitterman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Moffatt
Smith Hospital
Albia
Linda
Louise
Wayne Foster
Moravia
Frank Cox
Russell Brown
Roscoe Argo
Joe Lucas, Jr
Roy
Henry Vanweelden
Bernard Kitterman
Richard, Rinehart
Denver McBeth
Be.f
Stansberry
Clayton Sheldon
Neal
Craig
Diana
Otis Fuller
Francis Frame
New Hope Community Highlights Meetings and Local News
The New Hope Community W E S L E Y W C S met Thursday afternoon with Thelma Phillips leading a business session and an officer election naming Juanita Dooley president Genevie Donovan vice president Edith Hiatt promotion secretary Mary Meadows recording secretary and treasurer Evelyn Daniels secretary of Local Church Activities Gladys Harsh supply secretary and Thelma Phillips secretary of Spiritual Life. Local social notes mention Herron family moving to Corydon and various visits to homes including the Frank Hiatt and Lute Hiatt households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae McDonald
Edith Hiatt
Pearl Scott
Ella Turner
Centerville
Aunt Martha Hiatt Celebrates 105th Birthday in Neighborhood Gathering
Aunt Martha Hiatt marked her 105th birthday with a large gathering last Wednesday. Many relatives and friends attended including Mr and Mrs Lute Hiatt and several Hiatt family members. Cards poured in, including one from England, as neighbors shared visits, meals, and tribute in a small community observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hiatt
Lute Hiatt
Clyde Hiatt
Zoe Callen
Centerville
Wess Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Carl VanZante
VanZante
Charles
Martha
England
Russell Hingit
Elsie Martin
Genevie
Dorothy Donovan
Karline Fischer
Lucile Carter
Virginia
Allie Boyer
Lola
Frank Chambers
Marilyn Hiatt
Bert Meadows
Tom Pettibone
Maude Goffin
Ivan Harsh
Community Notices From Main Street Residents
Sunday guests and visits fill a Iowa town page with multiple pairs of hosts and visitors. Names include Foster, Gladfelder, Horstman, Rogers, Woodward, Woodward siblings, Luse, McDonald, and Zimmerman among others. Events mention moving to a new home near Hiattsville and family gatherings at various homes in Des Moines and Adel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Bill Long
John Horstman
Robert Foster
Twyla
Des Moines
Ed Points
Clifford Rogers
Mary
Charles
Adel
Iowa
J. P
Lillian
Karen
Ronnie Woodward
Luse
Cody Luse
George McDonald
Dick Wilson
Hiattsville
Norma Lee Gladfelder
Frank Gladfelder
Clarence Dowd
Donald
Ted Miller
Irene VanDorin
Hail Storm Spurs Recoating at John Hutton Home
Lora Fenton reports a severe hail storm damaged the John Hutton residence. Ed Points and family visited Omaha business callers last Thursday. George McDonald and Cody Luge guests joined J P Foster and Minnie Yeager for visits and a quarterly meeting at Iconium drew Lee Benze Kermit Gladfelder Averill Easter Ray Harrison Trenton Gladfelder and Ber McKern families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Fenton
John Hutton
Thin Ates
Trenton Gladfelder
Omaha
Nebraska
Ed Points
George McDonald
J. P. Foster
Minnie Yeager
Iconium
Lee Benze
Mia
Kermit Gladfelder
Averill Easter
Ray Harrison
Cax] Tomlin
Beré McKern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Harris
Hutnoy
Ita Whicker
Seara
Batty Halden
Edna Mae Luse
Dean Tomlin
Commercial Club
Hiatt
Kathryn McDanel
Mrs. Wolf
Wayne
Dean’ Tomlin
E N. Casterlin
Optometrist
Hotel Annex
Lincoln
Mukden
Sudan
Goode
Franklin
Mrs
John Moffatt
Appanoose County
County Board of Supervisors
The
Board of Supervisors
Doyle E. Hampton
New Hope
Wesley W
C. S
Herron
Corydon
Loral Bryant
Minnie Replogle
Udell
Karen Woodward
Mary Sehrodt
Junior Donovan
Loyd Carter
Bob
Howard Harper
George Scott
Mark Bryant
Lucille West
David
Orville Burton
Virginia Carter
Des Moine
Lloyd Rose
Don Pettibone
Charles Burton
John Burton
Rockford
Illinois
Ron Woodward
Karl Fischer
Daphen Hilton
Pearl, Morris
Carl Whisler
Pat Rogers
Eva Hiatt
Maude Williams
W. E. Donovan
Dorothy
John Wood
Albig
Harry Woodward
Jim Herron
Kay
Loyd Cartey
Frank Swaim
Moravia Dairy
John Foster
Cody Luge
Office OF
Republican
John L. Dillon
South 18Th
Zephyr Cleaners
Towa Vem
Carr’s Sewing Machine Service
State Highway Patrol
Zeke Morlan
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