Kinser Valley Scribes News From Albia Sale and Local Updates
Local Chronicle notes Kinser Valley events with the McGuire machine sale in Albia and visits among families. LeRoy Wilson buys a corn picker. Lyle Cloyed and family visit Missouri. temperature 24 degrees. corn gathering half done with yields high around 80 bushels. Fence view dispute over old Foster graveyard settled by township viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Valley
Zell Wilson
McGuire Machine
Albia
Mrs. Wilson
Grant Lincox
Lyle Cloyed
Lyle
Missouri
Raleigh Medicine Co
Russell Darby
Foster Graveyard
Ervin Long
Ottumwa
LeRoy Wilson
Ivan Hoadley
Local Meeting Notes Include Wilton and Darby Help
Wednesday evening session listed LeRoy Wilton as representative with Mr. M Darby assisting Fussell in corn gathering Friday. The fragment records informal local civic activity and cooperative tasks among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nother
LeRoy Wilton
Mr. M. Darby
Fussell
Milledgeville Social Notes Reflect Local Visits
Mrs Armand Repp of Albia spent Monday at Roy Sulser’s home. Families and friends shared visits and birthday celebrations across Milledgeville, including gatherings at the Sulser, Taylor, Fenton, Tarbell, and Martin households. A Pleasant Hill school program and other local social activities were noted among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Repp
Albla
Roy Sulser
Jess Elgin
Duane Sulser
Stephen
Dwight Fenton
Gale Hixembaugh
John Sulser
Hurley Davis
Roy
Argo
Ashby
Pleasant Hill
Unionville Community News Update and Social Notices
A lengthy Unionville column lists a farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Stewart moving to Kansas City, visits from several families, revival plans, weekend activities, and local social gatherings. Also noted are births, hospital stays, church events, and garden chores including composting instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
5. V. Stewart
Kansas City
Local Social Notes From Coulson And Surrounding Areas
Social column lists visits and visits including Mrs Theo Miller and family, Mr and Mrs Clarence Schaftsner in Ferriday La, Heth Boblenz family hosting, trips to Newton and Centerville, 4 H events, and residents like Dorothy Burns Donna Underwood Mary Schrodt Madge Lee and Arthur Kenworthy noted among locals in Coulson area through November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callen
Lillian
Sylvia
Elsie
Quceta
Coulson
Bertha
Mabel
Clarence Schaftsner
Ferriday
Heth Boblenz
Theo Miller
Francis Miller
Newton
Donna Underwood
Mary Schrodt
Madge
Lee
Russell
Burns
Centerville
Donna
Mary
Charlene
Perry Mikéls
Des Moines
Perry
Arthur Kenworthy
Missouri
C. S. ‘Callen
Kenneth O'Conner
Sharon
Gary
Stella Sears
David West
Bill Lee
Guy Argo
Centerville social notes recount visits and celebrations
Carrie Turner and Nellie Thompson helped at a sale in Centerville while Wayne Thompson’s household hosted guests. Local residents including the Ellises Kelsey Browns and Rineharts visited various homes. Lawrence and Lorraine’s 18th birthday was celebrated with supper guests. Artis Carpenter rests at Des Moines Veterans Hospital. Visitors and callers filled a busy weekend with multiple house visits and a Stanley party at Gertrude Sheehan’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Turner
Wayne Thompson
Nellie 1
Thompson
Centerville
Charles Ellis
Leo Billings
Lawrence
Lorraine
N. L. Harrington
Margaret
Artis Carpenter
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Nellie Thompson
Lissle Kelsey
Jay Argo’s
LeRoy Brown
Sheryl
Beryl Brown
Robert Blue
Brown’s Singspiration and Sunday Calls Noted
Afternoon Singspiration at Cin Anath involved Addie and others while Friday and Thursday visits linked to Argo’s, Centerville, and Bert Rinehart’s. Visitors included Sheldon, Lester and Rena Breese, Beryl Brown, Mrs George Hammond, Lorraine, Mrs Dorman Irwin, and Linda.
Salem Area Social and Visiting Roundup
Mr. and Mrs Henry Cordes of Miami Florida and relatives from Guernsey Iowa visited local homes Thursday. Families hosted dinners and attended W S C 8 events while neighbors helped with church and school activities. Corn picking nears completion as residents share weekend visits and rides mineração.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cordes
Miami
Florida
Guernsey
Iowa
Dave Ankeny
Dell Hellyer Horton Potts
Jess Gladfelder
Cass Hamilton
Clarence Whitehead
Delbert Calhoun
Raymond Perry
Edward McCord
Centerville Sale
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Charles Jennings
Jerry Brown
California
Kenneth Gladfelder
Judy
Maple Grove Social Roundup Recaps Local Visits
Sunday dinner guests and callers fill the Maple Grove tally, with families from Tadlock, Tomlin, McDanel, Tucker, Kinnamon, Johnson, Sellers, and others dropping by. Residents list visits to Grant Tadlock, Basil Tadlock, Ralph Tucker, Gabe Johnson, and Loren Walter homes, plus a note of Maple Grove scholars visiting their teacher Mrs. Ger.
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Grant
Leonard Matthies
Agency
Cheryl Christine
Virgil Johnson
Gabe Johnson
Clair Sellers
Russell
Halloween party guests mingle in Centerville area
Centerville residents hosted and visited Friday to Sunday with overnight guests from Clinton Mystic Unionville Moulton Walcott and Albia. Families included Wilson Exline Kenyon Panghorn Lindskoog Hanson and others as visitors and locals attended dinners and gatherings.
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Menllough
Centerville
John Wilson, Jr
Clinton
George Exline
Almon Kenyon
Mystic
Georgia Panghorn
Moulton
Harold Exline
Ed Bradley
Shirley Farnsworth
Unionville
John Lindskoog
John
Geraldine Wilson
George Hanson
Walcott
Mr. Davis
Davis Hardware
Albin
Clarence Schaffner
J. L. Dodd
Schaffner
Cecil Comstock
Frank Comstock
Albia
Basil Tadlock
E. G. Hawk
Local visits and social calls in Roy Moffatt area
Mrs Ed McDonald spent Thursday evening at the Coy Swift home. Mrs Olive Moffatt and son Roy were callers at the Nel Lamar home Saturday. Glen and Howard Housley visited the Roy Moffatt home Saturday. Mrs Roy Moffatt and children Linda and Francis returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed McDonald
Coy Swift
Olive Moffatt
Roy
Nel Lamar
Glen
Howard Housley
Roy Moffatt
Linda
Francis
Social calls noted from Ottumwa area residents
Mr and Mrs Coy Swift hosted a viats visit lasting a few days with the Art Ekwall family in Ottumwa. Neil Lamar called at Roy Moffatt’s home Friday afternoon. Kenneth Calhoun visited Coy Swift Wednesday morning. Mrs Olive Moffatt spent Saturday night with Frank Cox. Roy Ostemier called at Fd McDonald’s home one day last week. Mr and Mrs Burdette Cox and children Ramona Dale and Rowena visited Frank Cox Sunday evening.
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Harold Taylor
Betty Lou
Otha Taylor
George Curtis
Elaine
Anita
Centerville
Donald Hammond
Ottumwa
Earl Fenton
Jerald Fenton
Stephen
Connie Sue
Dwight Fenton
Jess Elgin
Roy Sulser
John Sulser
Duane Sulser
Harley Sulser
Mansell Tarbell
Arlo Fenton
Frank Tarbell
Tom Massman
Hattie Ely
G. A. Vickray
Eric Alden
Edd Rumley
Oca Scott
Rev. Richmond
Sullivan
Ind
Eltenburg
Perry
Moore
Agnes
Des Moines
Maynard
More
Sunnyslope
Vern Johnson
Kathy
Claus Johnson
Sandra Fenton
Fenton
Donald Cross
Parental Cross
Minnie Tharp
Perry Cross
Robert Cross
Deg Moines
Russell Kel Jey
Mildred Hinote
Paul Hinote
Burlington
Lester Smith
Lawrence Cox
Wayne
Jerry Hinote
Lester
Hinote
Oakville
American Legion Auxiliary
Nays
Arina Walter
Walter Sellers
Bagley
Towa
Robert
Coy Swift
Art Ekwall
Neil Lamar
Roy Moffatt
Kenneth Calhoun
Olive Moffatt
Frank Cox
Roy Ostemier
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Kinser Valley
George BR. Darky
Davis Paint Store
Gene Stanley
Briggs Motor
Tractor Division
Milledgeville
G. A. Vickrey
Janice
Larry
Mrs. Stover
Frank Martin
Basil Martin
Beatrice Bowers
Belle Andrews
J. H. Plitt
Richland
Leonard Walker
Glenwood
Harry Rumley
Emma Ray
Pearl Dudley
E. Smith
Fay Smith
Saw Wood
Hershel Kelley
Kelley
Otis Tweedy
D. Bostell
Griffith, Ind
Otis
D. A.edy
Dale Walton
Ottumwa Hospital
Dorothy Burns
Charlene Burna
Coulson School
Lester Cochran
Herb Boblenz
Maxa
Prus Heeies
Tconium
Mrs
George Hammond
E. N. Catterlin
Hotel Annex
Jaws and
Salem
Fedyer
Maple Grove
Ralph Tecker
Oehler Bros
Albia — Moravia
Franklin
John Moffatt
Nash
Nash Statesman
Plymouth
Nash Tudor
Ford A
David Clark
Nash Co
Library
Albia Sales CO
Sale Pavilion
H. C. Peterson & Sons
Paul Morehead
Orrertxrines
Reddy
Southern Utilities Company
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