Weekend Socials Across Ottumwa and Vicinity
A long list of visits and gatherings fills a weekend in Ottumwa and surrounding towns. Families from Des Moines and Newton visited relatives in Martinsburg and Perry while servicemen, veterans, and friends shared meals and stories at homes, churches, and parks. Notable stops included Cedar Rapids, Kirksville, and Rochester with extended stays and travel between Ottumwa, Knoxville, and Mishawaka as kin celebrated, hosted, and observed Sunday proceedings.
New Hope Bible School and Club Notes
New Hope’s Wesley Chapel W S C S met with 18 ladies and guests to quilt and study Old Testament books. Ancient attendees include Anna Hiatt Elsie Callen and Juanita Dooley, with Bible School announced for June inviting neighborhood children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Anna Hiatt
Elsie Callen
Rubye Brees
Mary Meadows
Juanita Dooley
Juanita
Henry Witt
Florence Hiatt
Pearl
Scott
Martha Hiatt
Eva Hiatt
Elsie Martin
Pearl Scott
Monica Fischer
Karline
Lu‘cile Carter
Elizabeth ‘Turner
Danny
Ronald Lee
VanZante
Elsie
Sylvia Callen
Dorothy
Genevie Donovan
Bill Callen
Max Martin
Ivan Harsh
Edna Meyers
Chicago
Ill
Irven Kalvig
Miss Meyers
Kalvig
Gerald Hunter
Frank Chambers
Janet Fritz
E. A. Schindler
Don Pettibone
Margaret Burton
Des Moines
Trenton A
Loyd. Carter
Bob
Ernest West
Fairy Belle
John Grimes
Ralph Goode
R. C. Wilson
Frances Burton
Margaret
Frank Hiatt
Hiatt
Zoe Callen
Homer
Jr. Donovan
John Wood
Lynda
W. E. Donovan
Lynda Wood
Loyd Carter
Virginia
Jim Herron
Jr. White
Bob Evans
Phil Cobb
Janet Cobb
Lowell Harris
Newton
David West
Bill Hareh
Iconium Social Notes From County 4H Tour and Nearby visits
Community announcements list guests, visits, and gatherings around Iconium and nearby towns. Names include Mrs George Hammond, Bert Luse, Virgil Dooley, Kenneth Daniels, Blanche Argo, Gerald Smyth, Bert Rinehart, Glen Turner, Phyllis Broshar, Keokuk graduation trips, and multiple family get togethers. The Argo family report Robert L Argo’s transfer to a Japanese unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Clyde
Darlene Gladfelder
Bert Luse
Fred Dusablon
Irven Kaling
Carol Brees
Danny
Virgil Dooley
Eva Hiatt
Martha Hiatt
Dorothy
Genevie Donovan
Kenneth Daniela
Blanche Argo
the Glen
Albia
Carolyn Swift
Alcia. McCord
Bennie Whitehead
Laura
Lissie Kelsey
Rosa Beaty
Charlie Ellis
Kelsey
Verna McAninch
Johnnie Hutton
Gerald Smyth
Newton
Mrt
Bert Rinehart
Gerald
Mary Lou
Lorraine Hammond
George Hiner
Glen Turner
Phyllis Broshar
Clarence
Addie Sheldon
Merle Dicks
Jay Argo
Local notes from Des Moines area and surrounding farms
A letter from their son Richard in the U S Navy says he will arrive in Des Moines by plane Wednesday and after a nine day leave be sent to Corpus Christi Texas Mr and Mrs Jack Penfield drove a truck load of his bus pupils to Lake Wapello for a picnic Friday Mr and Mrs Bill Hiner and family of Centerville Lorraine Hammond visited Bert Rinehart Sunday Doyle Christy assists George McComb with farm work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hammond
Viola
Kathleen Halton
Max Hidmifford
Oakdale
Lara Crawley
Mt.Pleasant
Harrison Mote
Edward R. Haver
Rex Haver
John Pendleton
Nina Gold
Des Moines
Celia Green
Newton
Fred Tillmont
Attie Brain
Albert Brain
Sidney Helms
Martinsburg
Virgil Ketchem
Perry
Merle Smith
Déan Brain
Dave Ward
Drakesville
George Irelan
Ward
Norman Ward
Charley ‘Tyrrel
Detroit
Mich
J. D. Pence
Orman
Mack Whicker
Hattie Hammond
Cedar Rapids
Warren DuVall
Ruth Gibbons
Blanch Graham
Miss Gibbons
Boston
Fred Dotson
Dayton Dotson
Korea
Daphen Ostergren
Richard
Carol
Kenneth Smith
Don’ Cobbler
Marilyn
Dickie
Ottumwa
Dotson
Ostergren
Cobbler
Mary Dille
Gravity
Amy Lockman
Thomas Robb
Washington
Camerons
W. R. Day
Hopehawk
Fairfield
J. W. Halden
Luther Caster
D. E. Bishop
Moravia
Day
Dr. Day
Bill
Bertha Reeves
Rochester
Mining
Gollaher
Mayo Clinic
George Gollaher
Arlington
Max Gollaher
Fred
Bob Gollaher
M. H. John
Clarence Scott
Mike Murphy
Margaret Murphy
Faye Scott
Betty
Mona Main
Rosalie
Sue Sneeden
Tommy Penfield
Richard Perry
George Hammond
Lorraine
Jack Penfield
Tommy
Birdie Main
A. J. Brown
Clinton Albertson
Darlene
Henry Sonnenburg
Granger
Iowa
Beryl Brown's
Beryl Brown
Ned Argo
Keith
Laura Jo
Dorothy Barker
Barbara Courtney
Earl Swift
Carolyn
Clair Long
Gordon Repp
Mra
LeRoy Brown
Sheryl
Edith Dicks
Cambria
Bertha Wright
Dorothy
Corydon
L. G. Beaty
Robert L. Argo
Japan
Truxton Dicks
U. S. Navy
Corpus Christi
Texan
Lake Wapello
Bill Hiner
Centerville
Lorraine Hammond
Bert Rinehart
Doyle Christy
George McCombs
Boyer Ridge Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Wanda Cochran reports a day of visits and calls as families from Reinbeck and nearby towns shared time at various homes. Numerous relatives stopped by for Sunday and weekend gatherings, with several youngsters helping with chores and a recovering Henry Foster receiving well wishes.
Blue Front By Mrs John Van Zante
Miss Maxine White visits her aunt Mrs John Ver Ploeg near Albia. Wendell Murdy family spend Sunday at Ben Jones home. Miss Hazel Hellyer closes a term with a picnic. will teach again next year. Delores Shepard visits VanZante grandparents. Ronald Lee VanZante visits Hiatt. John VanZante family visit Marysville. So and Lew club meets with Alice Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine White
John Ver Ploeg
Albia
Wendell
Murdy and Sons
Ben Jones
Hazel Hellyer
Miss Hellyer
Lute Hiatt
Carl VanZante
Wendell Murdy and Sons
Harry Woodward
Danny
Neal Brees
Ralph Shelquist
Ottumwa
Delores Shepard
Albla 1A
Grandma VanZante
Ronald Lee VanZante
John VanZante
Marysville
Iowa
Lew Club
Alice. Woodward
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Paul Spencer
John Spencers
John’s
Spencers
Melrose
Bob Coady
J. L. Dodd
Roscoe Pennington
J. N. Cunningham
Mike
Mishawaka
Ind
Lee Hiatt
Charlie
Mary Platt
Richard l
Carol Ann
Kenneth Metz
Don Cobbler
Sgt
Fred Stanley
Pfister
Boardman
Blakesburg
Aan
Furner
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Osteopathic
Moravia Theater
Bomba & the
With Johnny Sheffield
Also
Three Stooges
Albia Sales CO
Sale Pavilion
H. C. Peterson & Sons
Paul Morehead
New Hope
Iconium
WMA
Atx Nk
Rankin
Ave
Bonellas School
Broshar
Janet van
Duvall
Fisher
Mary L
Easter
Eri
Potts
Schrodt
Norma
Steffan
Thompson
Mildred
Ance
DaVorisia Wakefield
Verna
Joyce
Sandifer
Mar
Stocker
Shirley Vance
Vance
Wilson
Dortha
Geraldine
Halden
Kathleen
Turner
Aileen
Weak
John c
Bishop
Rere
Martin
Joyce Ann Tate
McDanel
Kathryn
Pettibone
Ann
Robert
Lawyer
Mitzi
Hawk Richard
George
Janet
Repogl Callen
Joan
Mary
Veril D
Marga
Tadlock
Vance DaVonnaarry
Wakefield
Verna Hiatt
Joyce Apaveree
Marjorie
Shirley
Mer
John
Carole
Kathry
Sawyer
Mitzition
Menu
Waunete
Kathleen Vis
Miller
Philip
Moravia Union
Boyer Ridge
Wanda Cochran
Glen Fowler
Dallas Faber Home
Leroy Barnes
Reinbeck
Towa
Lester Cochran
Ivan Moffit
Laverne Roby
Donna Jean Cochran
Faye Sweeden
Vera Sufficool
Charlotte and
Paul
James Easter
Lester
Eddie
Judy
Bud, Fenton
Olin Foster
Kermit , Gladfelder
Arthur Farris
Henry Foster
Forest Mericle
John Eaton
Hubert Benge
John van Zante
E. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Hotel Annex
Hilan
Arthur
Andy) Andrews
Allis Chalmers Combine
Allis Chalmers Tractor
Allis Chalmers
Roderick Lean
Mulkey
John Deere Tractor
Bivin & Robb
New Idea Farm Implements
Lowell McElderry