Local Happenings In Putnam and Surrounding Areas
Virginia Pettibone visited at the home of her daughter Mr and Mrs DB D Brede in Putnam Illinois. Families and friends visited across several towns including Mediapolis Centerville Centerville Thailand and Davenport with guests from Nebraska Pueblo Colorado Iowa and Ontario. A musical at Mediapolis High featured Kelli Goodwin. various gatherings and dinners were held including Thanksgiving at Geneyie Kalgig and Bessie Donovan’s home with relatives from Corvallis Knoxville Woodstock Joliet and Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Pettibone
DB. D. Brede
Putnam
Frank O'Conner
Fay Paxston
Norris O'Conner
Carl Boyer
Kenneth O’conner
Scott O’conner
Frances Burton
G. E. Goodwin
Mediapolis
Carl van Zante
Charles van Zante
Thailand
Air Force
Harry Junior Stocker
Debbie
Mike
Sarah Stockers
Jackson
Miss
Marcia Burton
Brad
Chris
Martha LaMar
Davenport
Junior Stocker
Stella Remmark
Jeff
Gerald Burton
Geneyie Kalgig
Bessie Donovan
Arthur Donovan
Corvallis
Ore
Edward Donovan
Woodstock
Ill
John Woodscof
Knoxville
Jr. Donovan
Cindy
Larry Carson
Mark
Local Social Notes From Centerville And Knoxville
The brief items report Woods visiting Knoxville on a Saturday night and Elberta Heriford hosting guests with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Heriford visiting Centerville as Tuesday afternoon callers.
News of Interest From SALEM by Hazel Hellyet
Social notes from Salem recount visits and gatherings among local families. Mrs. Gene Huff spent Sunday night in Ankeny with Bill Wallace’s family as Wallace underwent surgery in Des Moines. Several residents attended a Knoxville craft show and hosted relatives from Knoxville and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Hazel Hellyet
Gene Huff
Ankeny
Bill Wallace
Des Moines
Clarence Whitehead
Maude Whitehead
Centerville
News from Franklin via Mrs Earl Swift and friends
Local notes report visits and gatherings across Franklin including Mr and Mrs Earl Swift at St Marys Albia alfalfa banquet and various family drop ins at Calhouns Ammons Hershburger Teno and Runnells households with FFA and FHA skating party noted. Speaks of Sunday suppers and Thursday evenings among area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Ammons
Angie
Lloyd Ammons
Charles Jennings
Lloyd Johnson
Marie van Welden
Roscoe Argos
Earl Swift
Duane Wilsons
Patty Teno
Dorothy Calhoun
Albia
St. Mary’s Church
Delbert Calhoun
Tom
Derene Hershburger
Moravia
Karl Calhoun
Pearl Runnells
David Teno
Tom Teno
Mark
Maureen Derby
Julie
Jeff Aby Parryr
Delbert Calhouns
ENON News: Robertson Family Host Dinner in Honor
NADINE DOMMER reports a dinner held Sunday at Laurence Dommer’s for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robertson of Mountain Grove Missouri. Guests included the Herschel Kelley family LaVern Horn family Russell Kelley Mrs Ida Kelley Dennis Kelley and Jane Parks of Ottumwa. Robertsons visited the Robertson mother Mrs Ida Kelley. Don Klampe family attended Nazarene Church homecoming revival and dinner. David and Sandra Lock spent the day in Enon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wew Coop
Laurence Dommer’s
Ray Robertson
Mountain Grove
Herschel Kelley
LaVern Horn
Russell Kelley
Ida Kelley
Dennis Kelley
Jane Parks
Ottumwa
Birthday Party At Jim Knapp Home Celebrates Katrina
Saturday and Sunday gatherings trace visits to Maggie Faber and Ardis Walters. Katrina Knapp celebrates a birthday with cake and ice cream at the Jim Knapp residence. In attendance are Harolds Lock Faber J Johnson Delaney Dommer and Walters families plus Katrina Knapp and Kat Knapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kat Knapp
Harold Teater
Centerville
Richard Delaney
Ardis Walters
Jim Knapp
Katrina
Griffinsville N Bend News Highlights
Attendance at Sunday School was 40. Three birthday offerings noted. Visitors included Mrs. Nancy Milburn and three children from Loveland Indiana. Local families hosted and visited, with multiple supper and calling visits across Griffinsville and nearby homes. Larry Streepy and sons traveled from Overland Park Kansas to visit Lynn Lemley's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Milburn
Loveland
Raymond Clark
Merrill Shepard
Ethel Baldwin
Dollie Huff
Opal Lemley
Vera Taits
Merl Adams
Dessie Tompson
Russell Shepard
Ryman McDonell
Emil Long
Hope Teater
Community Notes From Clint Albertson Area
Tuesday home events recount social visits and birthday celebrations among Huff Shepard Gillespie Hiatt and related families. broadcasts include Friday gatherings with Adams Beaty Lain and Rinehart households plus a Wednesday birthday party for Lynette with Beaty O Connor and Kaster present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Huff
Clint Albertson
Steve Shepard
Shimene
Merril Shepards
Carl Gillespie
Ernest Hiatt
Russell
Howard Phillips
Pes Fergurson
Colfax
Ora Rinehart
Merl Adams
Rudy Blozovich
George Lain
Polk Cozad
Indianola
Joyce Phillips
Lynette
Edith
Donna
Susan Beaty
Leela Lain
Sharon and
Shimene Shepard
Helen O'Connor
Marilyn Kaster
VOSBURG Social News Highlights From St Marys Albia
Mrs Dick Brown reports a busy Vosburg scene. Attendees at St Marys Church supper in Albia include Mr and Mrs Russell Brown and Mr and Mrs Dick Brown with Brad. Past Matrons were hosted by Mary Martin while Sibyl Whitehead kept Moravia Garden Club lively. The Messamaker family hosted Ray and a Portland guests before their move to Baltimore. Truxton Dicks and Paul Dicks hosted dinner. alfalfa banquet drew the Hartz, Brown and Christy families in Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brown
Dick Brown
Brad
Earl Swift
St. Mary's Church
Albia
Phyllis
Glennie Dicks
Mary Martin
Ray Bruntmyer
Hans
Eric
Portland
Ore
Ray Messamaker
Baltimore
Sibyl Whitehead
Moravia
Johnnie Laws
Craig Sheldon
Marshalltown
Clapton Sheldon
Don Whitehead
Sally
Susan
Joyce Christy
Robin Spencer
Central College
Pella
Barbara Christy
George Rinehart
Tracy
Stacy
Don Wake
Pickering
Fred Christy
Paul
Wayne Isty
Jim Rees
Pleasantville
Gerritt Messamaker
Doug Messamaker
Sheryl Hartz
Wayne Christy
Joyce
Carol
Franklin Happy Helpers
It Is Well With My Soul and the Tragic Voyage Tale
A fragmented reminiscence links the hymn It Is Well With My Soul to Horatio Spafford and the Ville du Havre disaster. It notes Spafford’s Chicago roots, his wife Anna, their children, and his grief after the ship sank en route to France along with his faith testing questions and renewed trust in God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ville du Havre
France
New York City
Ville de Havre
Chicago
Anna Lawson Spafford
Horatio Gaws Spafford
New York
Atlantic
Mr. Spafford
Mrs. Spafford
Wales
Ville du ‘Re
Sud
Spallard
Jesus
Paul
Spafford
Local families share visits and gatherings across Iowa towns
Des Moines shoppers Phyllis and Glennie Dicks and Theresa Brown with others visited area friends on Thursday in Des Moines and Oskaloosa. Several Sunday dinners featured extended family groups including Rineharts, Christys, Spencers, and Messamaker relatives in Moravia South Amana and Pickering Missouri. Community groups met at the Franklin Happy Helpers 4H club and Ottumwa outings were noted.
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Guardian
Carmer’s Inc
Bon Eatee
Eran Mering Pie Hive
Claude Hawk
Agent National Bank
Iowa
William R. Adler
Optometrist
South Malin Albia
Keith Chelsing
Paul Mihalovich
John Deere
Allis-Chal Mems
NEW Idea
Franklin
ENON
Nadine Dommer
Lee R. Benz
Insurance Agency
Owa
Pdon
Ardis Walter
Griffinsville N. Bend
Daphne Shepard
Vosburg
Ercy Laws
Theresa Brown
Ernestine Argo
Gerry Agans
Oskaloosa
Michael Bruntmyer
Jennifer
Janelle
Minneapolis
Roscoe Argo
Randy Whitehead
Larry Whitehead
Doug
B. F. Whitehead
Bill Wiand
Jerry
Edith Callen
Elaine Spencer
Lewis Rinehart
Jimmie
Ray Mallone
Ray Rinehart
Tom Hartz
Eldon, Huedepohl
South Amana
Paul Dicks
Alia
Goodyear - Atlas - Mohawk
Stanley
PCA
Sound
FCA
the Go Ahead People
Jerry Moore
Lowe
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