Blue Front By Mrs. John Van Zante
Blue Front by Mrs John Van Zante notes social visits and visits to Albia worries, with multiple families including Van Zante, Jones, Shelquist, Gardner, and Shepard, plus military updates as Pvt Francis Shelquist is in Japan and Set Lyle Jones heads to Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. van Zante
Ben Jones
Wendell Murdy
Edna Davis
Velda Brown
Ralph Shelquist
T. R. Gardner
Albia
Donald Jones
Jim Bennet
Ben Williams
John VanZante
Sam Shepard
Carrol Brees
Danley
Carl VanZante
Francis Shelquist
Japan
Lyle Jones
Manila
Valley Social News Highlights From Lovilla and Albia
Kinser and George R Darby note Sunday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Gullion and H H Derby near Lovilla. Al bia callers include Ervisi Longs and Wilsons. Week end hostesses include H H Derby of Albia with Ervin Long. Moravia visits by the Darbys and Tse. A well attended gathering at Jack and Virginia Campbell's followed by shop ping in Albia. Wood sawing expected to be big this week with local Bean County area activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Long
Russel Darby
Son
Ervin
Moravia
T. J. Tse
Fall Wilson
Jack and
Virginia
Campbell
Albia
Bean
Clarence’ Caster
HE. C. Custer
Charles Johnson
Community Guests and Visits Highlight Weekend
The list of Sunday dinners and visits includes Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hunter and family at the Frank Chambers home, plus numerous relatives and friends from Des Moines Mechanicsville Portsmouth Centerville and Blakesboro. Events feature Halloween party attendance, homecomings, box suppers and hospital visits as neighbors catch up across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Hunter
Marion Hunter
Frank Chambers
Richard Ballew
Elmer Pennington
Des Moines
Charles Coffin
Carl Coffin
Mit
Bud Fisher
Mechanicsville
Edna Messenger
Portsmouth
Virginia
Forrest Jacobs
Dick Wilson
Maurdeena
Jay
Ivan Harsh
James Murphy
Margaret Burton
Genevie
Dorothy Donovan
John, Wood
Lynda Kay
Clyde Meyers
Elsie Martin
Charley Coffin
Forrest’ Jacobs
Ray
Janice
Jimmy Fisher
Hattie Hixon
George Scott
Baby
Centerville Hospital
Ben Pettibone
Davia Burgher
Centerville
Georgia
Mariann
Roy Scott
Hiattsville
Carl Coffih
Will Miller
Lynn Hilton
Loyd Carter
Maple Grove
Orville Burton
Margaret
Charles
Russell Warner
Blake
Clyde Gladfelder
Cave
Lyndon McDanel
W. Munn
Earl Boyer
Kenny
Claude Hawk
Showers
Ray Harrison
Clair Callen
Lorena Smith
Ruby Johnson
Kester Gladfelder
Norris O’conner
Robert Foster
Arthur McKern
Bert McKern
Local families attend services and community gatherings
Community notices detail funeral services for Mrs. Alice Sanders and visits among neighbors. Families such as the Dono vans, Carters, and Hiatts share Sunday and Wednesday gatherings at homes near Moulton and Humeston. A pheasant hunt outing involves Dick Wilson, Trenton and Jay Harsh, and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Harsh
Peppes
Davis Butcher
Don Pettibone
James Murphy
Roy Scott
Delmont Moffitt
Gene McGuire
Humeston
Dick Wilson
Trenton
Jay
George Scott
Versa’ Robb
Trenton McDanes
Franklin And Area Social Notes Update
Franklin and nearby communities share visits and calls among residents. John Moffatt hosts, Stevens suffers heart attack, church events at Fairview and quarterly conference, family trips to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, and local socials including hunting trips, hospital calls, and Sunday School attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bickford
Moravia
Hugh McFatridge
John Moffatt
Frank Cox
J. J. Stevens
Moulton
Stevens
E. F. Stensberry
Dewayne
Cedar Rapids
Jack Colwell
Centerville
Boyer Ridge news from Moravia Union
Esther Babb called at the Foster homes. families visited, and several members attended meetings. Averill Easter underwent surgery in Iowa City and is recovering. Wynona Whicker’s condition improves but wings toward a hospital stay and possible Colorado transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Babb
H. G
Olin Foster
Richard Davison
Lloyd Davison
Frank Moffitt
Grinnell
Iowa
Bob
Kenneth O'Conner
GM. Feltner
Grover Kaster
Opal Kaster
Betty Jean Foster
Centerville
Jim Kaster
Iowa City
Averill
Frank O’conner
Chester
Lester Stuart
Richard Horsman
Clifford Pfannebecker
Averill Easter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Swaim
Angel’s Garage
Rex Angel
Gardner Hatchery
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Osteopathic Physicians
A&p
Chevrolet
Universal Car Company
State and
Haynes
L. A. Osborn
New‘ Hope
W.E. Donovan
L. P. Clow
Wilkinson
Painta
East Side
Franklin
Darlene Gladfelder
Lacour
George Hiatt
Clyde McKern
Janet
Bell- Whicker
Trenton Gladfelder
Fairview
Keist
Fairfield
Sheryles Elledge
Grover Easter
Opal Easter
Clyde Gadfelder
Darlene
Bert Luse
Arthur MecKern
Drover Easter
Forest Moffitt
Sharp and Greenleaf
Workman Gas Station
Shale
F. A. Boyer
Wells & Burgher, Aucts
Boyer Ridge
Moravia Union
Scar
Ati
Miles
Veach Drug
Gira
Alka-Seltzer Veach
J. W. Whicker
Whicker
Wells & Burgher, Auctioneers
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