Local Iowasville community notes and visits
A long village page records weekend visits and cordial calls among residents of Centerville and nearby areas. Families such as the Walters, VanDorins, Free, Faber, Hawk, Roberts, Gideon and related kin are listed visiting, hosting, or traveling from Des Moines, Ottumwa, Lone Rock and Hesitare Town. Conversations mention projects like a cement feeding floor and cane planting, with many Sunday gatherings and neighborly errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Boardman
Tyather
Kernieth
Homer
Mra
Rita
Des Moines
Guy Roberts
Merle Henderson
Canterville
Roberts
Kenneth Free
Ottumwa
Harold Hawk
Followwill
Centerville Sund
E. G. Hawk
Lois
Carolyn
Andichard
Proceedings Of The Board Of Supervisors Continued
Proceedings show multiple township receiving and counting boards with named elected officials and clerks including Pleasant Sharon Taylor and U DELL townships. Lists judges such as Abe Gonner J F Hudson Lara Climie Clyde Sorrell and clerks like Amelia Panteep John Golic Ruth Alexander plus counting boards under various party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant
Abe Gonner
J. F. Hudson
B. Bozwell
Amelia Panteep
Arthur Streepy
Dean McDonald
Lara Climie
Clyde Sorrell
Gertrude Samson
John Golic
Sharon
Theo Miller
J. L. Dodd
Effie Gallaher
C. C. Coulson
H. E. Glick
Pearl Hiner
Grace Veach
Rowena McFatridge
Fred Tillmont
Helen Orelup
Udell
H. B. Spring
Fudge
C. BE. McGraw
J.w.torrance
Maurine Stratpy
Muriel Spurgeon
I. Winena
Minnie’ Replogle
Ora Fowell
Bertha Dots
Local election ballots list multiple judges and clerks by precinct
The document catalogs voting officials across numerous townships including WALNUT TWP, WASHINGTON TWP, WELLS TWP, and VERMillion area. It names many judges and clerks with party affiliations D or R and notes a counting board under Marion Proctor. The page also records meeting adjournment by Harry Stickler and county auditor Grace L. Bedinger, plus a brief wartime mothers note from Grinnell about Everett Bump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut P. Clarkdale
Alice Johnson
Frank Caraccio
Chas. E. White
Joe Maleta
Jasper Sacco
John Maletta
Sarah Meade
Joe Varese
Bert Scott
Dorthy Moden
Walmp
Rathbun Pet
Vince Kuchan
Joe Welk
Wm, Katich
Tony Cebultar
Andrew Rice
Laddie Todey
Albina Yakovich
John Rice
Victor Brigkey
Pauline Swaep
Cee Walnut
Walnut City
Pet
John M. Smith
Leater Sawyer
L. E. Evans
Logan Smith
J. H. Zimmer
Roy Stoner
Walter Miner
J. M. Wakefield
Dallas Walker
Mra
Jens Wakefield
Washington
T. T. Murdy
A.M. Ranes
A. J. Horn
Don Wright
Harman Tiffany
Richard Ballew
George Lane Dyudge John Yates
Elizabeth Horn
Inez. Abrams Rohl
WELLS
J.O. Patterson
J. E. McKenzie
J. 8. Lynch
Cleo Hartley
Ernest Patterson
Harold Davin
Tom Kirby
Bubls Sleeth
Faith Hutchinson
Oscar Miklen
Garden and tragedy echo through Milton Lott tale
The text gives gardening tips on wind protection rotation and berry care, then recounts the 1846 Milton Lott tragedy where Henry Lott clashed with Sidominadora Sioux near the Boone and Des Moines rivers, ending with a violent incident at the cabin involving Mrs Lott and her young son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lott
Des Moines
Tl Lott
Pea’s Point
Lott
Sidominadota
Sission Sioux
Sidominadora
First White Man Death in Boone County 1846
Dr. John B. Briggs recounts the 1846 Boone County tragedy of Islam Lott who perished after twenty miles battling bitter cold near Poo a Point. A snow grave marks the spot as described in the April Palimpsest from the State Historical Society of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Islam Lott
John B. Briggs
Palimpsest
Stateistorical Society of
Iowa
Wastepaper drive seeks hidden Iowa history in scraps
The 1942 spring wastepaper collection urges Towans to rescue old newspapers magazines and manuscripts from attics garages and sheds. Valuable items such as Atlantic Harper's Weekly Goddy's Lady Book Midland Monthly and rare works by A M Lea and A R Fulton are at risk if destroyed. Save materials for local librarians or the State Historical Society of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Towans
Red Cross
Harper's Illustrated Weekly
Goddy
Lady Book
Midland Monthly
Hawkeye
A. M. Lea
Wisconsin Territory
A. R. Fulton
Iowa
Social Roundup At Local Homes This Weekend
West Point er Mr. and Mrs. Carl VanZante and Ronald Lee visited the Lute Hiatt home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Perry were at the Newton Long home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown with children spent Sunday at the A. J. Brown home. Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Hagerman and Mr. Johnson were present Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl VanZante
Ronald Lee
Lute Hiatt
Elbert Perry
Newton, Long
Lloyd Brown
A. J. Brown
Arlen Hagerman
Mr. Johnson
Evening Socials Highlight Hagerman and Neighbors
Reading through a string of social notes, the Will Hagerman family hosted and hosted again with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Glaspie and family visiting. Leslie Plants family and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Main stopped by, while Carl VanZante and family along with Carol Brees joined a weiner roast at Sam Shepard’s home. The Garden of gatherings includes a Friday at Will Hagerman’s and Sunday at Guy Mc Kern’s parental home with Ardyce Rex Hagerman visiting Dorothy and Jerry Brown on Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hagerman
Grover Glaspie Jand
Ralph Davis
Leslie Plants
Eric Main
Carl VanZante
Carol Brees
Weiner
Sam Shepards
Lloyd Brown
Elbert Perry
Guy McKern
Ardyce
Rex Hagerman
Lorothy
Jerry Brown
Lincoln Fans Language Change After War Year
In a Tama county town Berlin, renamed Lincoln after World War I, residents shifted to American practices. The German Savings Bank became Lincoln Savings Bank, a local insurer dropped German from its name and vowed no further German language political printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tama County
Lincoln
German Savings Bank
Lincoln Savings Bank
Parking theft hits sheriff's office in Maquoketa
Sam Higgins of Zwingle reported a daytime tire theft in front of the sheriff's office at the court house in Maquoketa. A horse show was added to MacArthur Week in Bedford, with events on June 6 and June 16, organized by the Bedford Horse Show Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Bump
Grinnell
W. Lonie
Ballarat
Victoria
Australia
Maquoketa
Sam Higgins
Zwingle
Bedford
Bedford Horse Show Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tifornia
Enon
Hawk
Boonbll Davis
A. Sarath
Hesitare Town
Dale
Haver Free
Dallas Faber
Gandey
Griffin
Sun Simmons
Centerville
Grandma
Grandpa Walters
Merle Walters
Aubrey Walters
Larry
Loven Mea i
Shirley
Dim Feld
Gerald Roberts
W VanDorin
AA Prem
Abbywig
Bly Jo Couoy
Floyd McFall
Jerry
J. C. Lockman
Max
Fred VanDorin
Vera
J. ‘T. VanDorin
Leo
Louis
Clara Selby
RB. _S
Faber
Mary Jo
Dein
Bernadine Elgin
Virginia
Jack Camel
Rodger Gideon
Joanne
Janice
Lee VanDorin
W._H. VanDorin
Senter
Centrox
Nterville
J. T. VanDorin
I Uaneeeebe
Carolyn Walter
Walter Gideon
Pras Rae Ld Ed
Gardner
The
Board of Supervisors
Appanoose County
Grace L. Bedinger
Nancy
Zanie Bushmiller
Courtesy
United Peature Syndicate
Harry Stickler
Walker
Pape
Ross Wells
Fred Gardiner
North Hardin Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Hag
Sugar Bowl Candy
Leith
Victory Gard Gardens
Milton Lott
West Point
Miles
Milear
Miles Pe
C. T. Slavin
M. D
Frank Swaim
Chicago
Moravia Union
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