Army camp life diary from Mississippi to Louisiana
A soldier recounts travel from Missouri to Alexandria Louisiana, describing camp routines inspection cleanliness and discipline. He notes loafing time with games and a 8,000 seat tent show, the heat red soil and frequent rain, racial segregation guards and plans for maneuvers in Texas, plus letters home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Ft. Dodge
Don Fortney
Dick Swallowson
Abe Gritoriss
Barney Stange
Coon Rapids
Alon
Rossae
Missouri
Mississippi
Ozarks
Louisiana
Pairfield N. G
Local notes from Boyer Ridge community update
Community brief from Boyer Ridge includes visitors and illness reports. Mya and Lydia Boyer feel unwell while H Easter injures eye splitting wood and doctors remove splinters. Belle Whicker dines with Averill Easter. Lau, a junior college teacher, visits Ida Irene Moffatt with flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Boyer
H. Easter
Belle Whicker
Averill
Misa Lau
Centerville
Ida Irene Moffatt
James Kanter
Boyer
Goughnour
Jim Wlem
Unimportant Cogitations Poultry Report
A cheeky farm diary notes Hen No 1 with 3 of 14 chicks alive and Hen No 2 with 12 surviving, while Hen No 3 holds 12 eggs and Hen No 4 has 14 eggs split between Tuesday and Wednesday. It drifts into recollections of a war veteran’s son buried with honors and a stray tale about a man who lost cows and two hardheaded sons, then lists local residents and weekly visits around Moravia and Centerville, with social calls and neighborly chatter filling a spring narrative.
Sunday social rounds around Centerville work
Reid and Doyle McDuanel family and numerous neighbors spent Sunday afternoon visiting centers in Center ville. Several callers including Hawk, Rouse, Herron and West families joined, with a later evening gathering at the Ken neth Free and Verne Schoech homes. A rain Monday lightly noted lettuce news from Mrs Merle Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dorin
Kenneth Pies
Dale
Merle Walter
Apent
Bud” Walter
Enon
Pasketch
Indie
Fred VanDorin
Vera
Sind
Mts
Glen van Dorin
Bloomfield
R. 9
Faber
Dallas Faber
Kenneth
Free
Lou
Ottumwa
Z . H. VanDorin
Kenneth Free
Verne Schoech
Howard Whisler
Aubry Walter
Maurice Walter
Phyllis Arnold
Carolyn Walter
Eolan
Dean Faber
Marjorie
Cleo
Sylvan
Cleol VanDorin
Troy
Don Lockman
George
Local Social Roundup From Kinser Valley Area
Kinser Valley residents share Sunday visits with Russell Darby family and Charley Anderson’s household. Feltons move cattle to pasture. G R Darby visits Forgy and Frank Selac homes. Russell Darby to shear sheep this week with Karl Huff as utility. Bert Crawl ill in Iowa City hospital with heart ailment. Charley Anderson helps with tile. Rain needed for oats and pasture. visitors include Frank Selby, Harry DuVall, Fate Pollard, Phyllisroid, from Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Sanders
Russell Darby
Charley Anderson
Feltons
G. R. Darby
Forgy
Frank Selac
Karl Huff
Hoffman
Jack Judge
Bert Crawl
Iowa City
Clough
Frank Selby
Harry DuVall
Moravia
Russel Darby
Famiy
Fate Pollard
Phyllis Roid
Local residents gather for weekend family visits and hospitality
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis and family from Des Moines and Johnny Herman of Minnesota visited at the Robert Jennings home. Mrs. Alice Mindenall of Grand View Iowa spent Saturday night at her home. Mrs. Mindenall's family, known in the community as Dot Jennings, were mentioned. Mr. Gay McKern and others were noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. VanDorin
Feeneth Free Home
Tussi
S. H. H. Griffin
Baturda
Injew
Dallas Faber
J. L. Jones
Faber
George van Dorin
Dean Faber
Re. Hilbert Roberts
Pita
Des Moines
Guy Roberts
Otis Stafford
Roy Fisher
Mary Louise
Herman Johnaan
Snd Phi. i i
John Johnson
Moravia
W. Fy
F. Boardman
W. C. Bivin
Arthur Lewis
Johnny Herman
Minnesota
Robert Jennings
Alice Mindenall
Grand View
Iowa
Menall
Dot Jennings
Gay McKern
Hiatt Family Social and Town Visits Chronicle
Hiattsville residents and relatives gather for Sunday dinners and calls. Kenneth Hiatt, stationed at Scottafield army camp near St Louis, visited over the weekend with U S Hiatt family. Various locals including Harley Burton, Rosa Hildebrand, Pearl Hiatt, and Miss Hazel Hellyer attended visits at multiple homes and a Den ny school term closed with a picnic at Centerville park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Dooley
Kenneth Hiatt
Scottafield
St. Louis
U. S
Frank Chambers
Virgil Dooley
Lloyd Rose
Iconium
Walnut City
Margaret VanZante
Ruby Brees
Lute Hiatt
Harley Burton
Marshall White
Andra
W. B. Coulson
Arthur Swan
Ardith and
Hugh
New Sharon
Iowa
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Ploravia Guion
Appanose County
Congress
H. K. Smith
Texas
Fanchen Winslet Beauty Shop
Lynch Home
Ivan J. Walter
Marshall D. Huston
M. D. Phyalelan
Aoe Intel
Gardner Hatchery
Boyer Ridge
Donald
Roy Scott
Gene McCuie
Dennis Scott
St. Joseph Hospital
Frank Hiatt
Lee Hiatt
J. F. Chambers
Genevie
Junior Donovan
Dick Wood
Ivan Harshi
Russell Warner
Orval Burton
Lloyd Carter
C. C. Cullers
Paris
Cullers
Moberly
Mildred Wynnes
Kensington Club
H. H. Pabst
New Hope Club
Elsie Martin
Riley Callen
Cliff Neff
O. A. Burton
Mis
Catherine Hiatt
Elsie Marin
Johns Cleaver
W. E. Donovan
Dickie Wood
Cleaver
Grover, Long
Erna Tucker
Zell Hiatt
Corydon
Scott Tucker
Eva Hiatt
Kate
Roger
Earl Hiatt
Misa Lulu Burton
Doyle Hampton
Doyle
Ivan Harsh
Malakives
Mt. Ayn
Newton Long
Jean
Clyde Gladfelder
Carl Dicks
Fairsfield
Elbert Perry
Raymond
Leonard Perry
Neal Nash
Lyman Main
Jess Gladfelder
Myr
Freeman Jolly
Alfred Carlson
Leila Luse
Minnie Rinehart
Albia
Otto Callen
Susan Callen
Maywood
Dell Hellyer
Bert
Roy Adama
Helen
Lloyd Brown
Hazel Hellyer
Denny
Bert Rinehart
Frank
Lew Rinehart
Donald Nash
Clark Hellyer
West
Ottumwa Hospital
Phore
Glen McAlister
R. EB. Robinson
R. A. Faber
Ronald
Mets Harbour
Irvin Faber
Loyd Stocker
Kinser Valley
Salem
E. N. Catterlin
Chas. Laws
Hiattsville
Brompton
Jake
Bill DeLong
Evelyn
Collins
Chaz
DeLong
Elwood Stafford
Milton Stocker
Leo Stocker
Urbana and Vicinity
Ernest West
Frank Swaim Moravia
Owa
Reddy
C. T. Slavin
Senate
49Th General Assembly
County Recorder's Office
Grace Bedinger
Appancose County
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