Unionville High School Dedication for Armistice Day Ceremony
Unionville observed Armistice Day with the dedication of the new high school gymnasium at 2 p m. Superintendent Lloyd Ransom led the ceremony. The program featured grade pupils under Miss Ruth Allender and Miss Mary Keegan, highlighting the building being debt free and funded by on hand money without government aid. Mrs Amanda Miller, a former longtime teacher, received a warm welcome and recalled early school days with former pupils and current board members in attendance.
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Lloyd
Ransom
Ruth Allender
Mary Keegan
C. A. Tweedy
Board of Education
Amanda Miller
Armistice tribute frames town veterans memory
The piece recalls Paul H. Davis a Cincinnati born educator and WWI veteran who returned to lead his alma mater as principal. Speakers including County superintendent L. E. Johnson and Senator Hugh Guernsey honor athletics and patriotism. Local events note weddings, anniversaries, and a first gymnasium basketball doubleheader.
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Jer
Paul H. Davis
Cincinnati
Ira Rogers
Merrill Morrigan
Ernest Wilcox
Horse Shoe
Soap Creek
Battle
France
L. E. Johnson
Charles Johnston
Centerville
Hugh Guernsey
James A. Wilson
Board m
Salem and nearby residents keep busy social calendar
A lengthy list records Salemers visiting relatives and friends across Centerville Albia Moravia Keosaqu a and Des Moines. Attendees include Hort onts, Nashs Hellyers and Hellyer kin, Rineharts, Browns, and many others visiting homes, attending basketball games, church services, and school events over a recent weekend.
Unimportant Cogitations on Pride and Lost Items
A reflective essay blends self-deprecating humor about pride and intelligence with a domestic anecdote about misplacing items and uncovering a stray sandpaper wrapped in stockings. The narrator confesses awkward social missteps and describes hunting through trunks and drawers, ending with the melted snow and found muslin in an old safe.
Local Family Social Visits Across Albia and Moravia
Mr Pleasant Clifford Huff visits his brother Clyde. Gay Hinton family spends Sunday at C C Smith home. W A Brown family and C C Smith make Albia calls. Harold Brown stays at home, W A Brown family visit Charles Brown home New Sharon. Nan and Kate McCrory move to Moravia. Ed Brown family and children visit Albia. Louis Clark and Homer Brown travel to Albia. Mrs Clyde Huff and baby ...
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Clifford Huff
Clyde
Gay Hinton
C. C. Smith
W. A. Brown
Albia
Harold Brown
Charles Brown
New Sharon
Nan
Kate McCrory
Moravia
Ed Brown
Chil Paren
Homer Brown
Louis Clark
Homer Chas
Clyde Huff
Baby
Local Residents Share Weekend Visits and Election Efforts
Scattersburg and nearby communities report weekend visits among residents including Miley Lockman and C A Adams. People attended gatherings at J W Lockman and Ray Tomlin homes, with others visiting Centerville doctors and Moravia trips. The note mentions a widespread voter turnout and a candy supper event at Scott Friday night.
Supply Store in Centerville Satur Influx from area
Centerville saw a Saturday gathering as shoppers and locals from nearby areas visited the town. Willie McDanel called at Lynn Hilton’s home Saturday evening.
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Centerville
Willie McDanel
Lynn Hilton
Social notes from Urbana area activities and visitors
Mr and Mrs George French of Kansas City spent a few days at the Wm Stocker home. Hunters noted in the open season visited northern Iowa. Families and friends visited the Stocker and Fisher homes. Urbana Center Sunday School paused for two weeks due to a missing stove. A distant fire was mistaken for a local blaze before proving to be an oil train burning at Floris Iowa. John Stocker and family from Ottumwa visited the Stocker home.
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Byrle Hall
Lorene Halstead
Iris Hull
Austin
Minn
Centerville
Jane Ellen
Paul Veitch
Ruth Allender
Des Moines
Russell Alden
Carl Alden
Opal Crawley
Lela Sloan
Herschel Henry
Friends Church
Oskaloosala
Sloan
Unionville
Horton Potts
Ned Argo
Bert Nash
Kenneth
George Rinehart
Betty Jean Brown
Hazel Hellyer
Neal Nash
L. R. Perry
George Hellyer
Quentin Hudson
Keosauqua
Albert Crocker
James Nash
Oehler
Ted Teater
Leonard Hensley
Clarence Teater
Bert Rinehart
Frank
Lew Rinehart
Dell Hellyer i
Albia
Guy MecKern
Dorothy
Newton Long
Jean
Will Haver l
B. C. Whitehead
Dell Hellyer
Donald Nash
Moravia
Hazel
George
Clark Hellyer
Hilton
Jess Gladfelder
Kathryn Argo
George Howell
Evelyn Brackett
Sim Howell
Harold Turner
George Turner
Jimmie
Centerville Hospital
Hal Carter
John Fletcher College
Oskaloosa
Cecil Howell
Elsie Martin
Herbert McDanel
Billie
Lyn
Don McDanel
Genevieve Donavan
Charles Dooley
Keith Rose
Robert
Richard
W. A. Rose
Memphis
Lulu
Margaret Burton
Epworth League
Flora Pettibone
Don Pettibone
Pearl Hunter
Blakesburg
Mildred Wynnes
Frank Chambers
Chambers
M. E
Delmont Moffitt
Nancy Jo
Roy Scott
Orval Burton
Lulu Burton
Carl van Zante
Dorothy Kauslick
Mary Louise
Grace Dooley
W. E. Donavan
Frank Hiatt
Fred Hiatt
Clyde Hiatt
Allen Hiatt
John
Ellen Hiate
Lee Hiatt
Wess Hiatt
Lute Hiate
Frank Chambera
Newmen Daniels Home
George French
Kansas City
Wm. Stocker
Howard Whisler
W. W. McAlistter
T. E. Lockman
H. H. King
R. A. Faber
W. V. McAlister
Marion Fisher
Ralph Frederickson
Glen
D. F. McAlister
Jas, Minter
Wilson Leonard
Urbana Center
Floris
Iowa
John Stocker
Ottumwa
Mrs J F McAlister Helps With New Baby Visit
Mrs J F McAlister spent several days last week at the Ralph Tubaugh home caring for the new baby. Harold McAlister is back in school after weeks of absence due to a broken leg. Mrs R A Faber spent Monday with Sylvia Stocker.
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J. F. McAlister
Ralph Tubaugh
Harold McAlister
R. A. Faber
Sylvia Stocker
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Moravia Union
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H. K. Smith
Udell
A. L. Dukes
H. L. Dukes
Myr
L. G. Wisgerhof
Marengo
Wingerhof
A. S. Dukes
Ola L. Potts
Garden Grove
Clarence Hood
B. A. Fuller, Jr
May Jackson
Lottie Dukes
Cora Fuller
F. N. Harrison
B. A. Powers
Harry Lee, Jr
Wisgerhof
Dukes
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Smith—Jones—Brown
Phyllis Derby
Dalen
P. A. Bair
John R. Smith
Tam
Jack Bailey
Mage Luse
Salem
C. T. Slavin
Mr. Pleasant
Miley Lockman
C. A. Adams
J. W. Lockman
Gerald Irelan
Ray Tomlin
J. J. Taylor
Coulton
Faith Hanea
Miller
Church
Clyde Beaty
Mystic
Ralph Mericle
Maurice Walter
Riley Callen
Bertha
Mabel Coulson
Lillie
Sylvia
Elsie Callen
I. C. Callen
Clarence Dowd
John Stevens
Charley Boyer
Lola Boyer
Mabel
Bertis Coulson
Gertie Boyer
J. R. Callen
Ardis
Glee
Dale
Scott
The
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Clark
Grace L. Bedinger
Laurence Osborn
Centerville Motors
Centerville, Iowa
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