Local families note illnesses and travels in Friday to Sunday notices
Main Station Jock Luse suffered a Friday stroke and remains critically ill. Cyril McDanel learns of his brother in law Bill Monroe of Albia being injured in a Davenport area auto crash. Mrs Lucille Hank Davison of Des Moines spent the week with her mother and sister. Mabel Gladfelder visits her brother Lester Stockwell near Bussey. Locals attended Salem Homecoming and visited John Platt. George Wendell Gillis hospitalized in Centerville with throat infection. he is four years old. Dorothy Lee Brain visited Doris and Codyne Lane. Willia McDanel and family spent Sunday at Lynn Hilton’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock Luse
Cody
Cyril McDanel
Bill Monroe
Albia
Davenport
Lucille Hank Davison
Des Moines
Lee Johnson
Lloyd McDanel
Mabel Gladfelder
Lester Stockwell
Bussey
Salem
John Platt
George Wendell Gillis
Centerville
Geo. Gillis
Dorothy Lee Brain
Doris
Codyne Lane
Willia McDanel
Lloyd McDaniel
Kathryn
Lynn Hilton
Iconium News Notes From Week of Local Doings
Attendance at two Sunday schools totaled 116 with 58 at each church. Rev. Kenneth Hunt of Cincinnati preached at the Christian church morning and evening and stayed at the A. J. Brown home. Harry Jennings and daughter moved to the Roll McCord house east of town. Jennings teaches the Tconium school. George Argo and daughter Kathryn plan to move from Ft. Dodge to Iconium. Geo. resigns due to ill health. Mrs. Hazel McCumber visited family then left for Colorado. Will Free attended the Corn Festival at Blakesburg. relatives visit Mrs. Robert Turner in Centerville Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hunt
Cincinnati
Christian Church
A. J. Brown
Harry Jennings
Walnut City
Roll McCord
Jennings
Tconium
George Argo
Kathryn
Ft. Dodge
Iconium
Geo
Hazel McCumber
Dora Hellyer
Mystic
Colorado
Will Free
Blakesburg
Centerville
Robert Turner
Pearl Runnells
Mabel Hiner
Ottumwa
Edgar Breese
Osa
Lloyd Beaty
Plano
Lake Wapello
Ned Argo
Earl Swift
Russell Brown
Betty Jean
Dickey
Loyd Masaman
Harry Bown
Dean Snook
Carrie Turner
Haver Free
Lloyd Turner
Chariton
South Bend
Ind
Orville Callen
Alta Main
Helen
Moravia
Anna Burns
Albia
Burns
Fred Duckett
M. E. Ladies Aid
Aid
County Aid
Hunt
Lottie Swan
Chas. Argo
Lyda Argo
Ona
Don Hellyer
Hazel
George Hazelwood
Alph Breese
Claude Breese
Carl Hazelwood
Delia Dotson
Eva Runnells
Jeff Patrick
U. S. Mangle
Harvey Main
Jess Funkhouser
Ed Main
John Hutton
Picnic and visits span a busy rural week in Iowa
Residents and relatives gathered at Lake Wapello for a Sunday picnic. Ottumwa visitors, Centerville callers, and local travelers filled a week with church, kin, and social events. Illness and injuries touched families, with arm fractures, serious illness, and a few hospital plans noted. many names and places weave a detailed community report.
Local Notes From Urbana And Vicinity
The column records residents returning from Ottumwa to harvest crops and moving into the Giles house then planning to occupy Mrs. Inez Williams home. It notes Mrs. R. B. McAlister visiting her daughter Mrs. R. A. Faber, and a September 28 Wednesday club meeting at Mrs. Inez Williams with a quilting project. Next meeting October 12 at Mrs. W. A. Wilson’s for an all day session with covered dish and thimble. Participants include R. A. Faber and sons at Bloomfield, John Fisher's well on Marion Fisher’s farm, Chas Blumer working there, R. A. Fisher and Francis Stocker exchanging soy bean harvest work, Lloyd Stocker assisting O. S. Miller with hammer mill soy bean processing, and a reunion for John Fisher and family at Ottumwa along with LeRoy Harvey and family, Mrs. Oscar Harvey and Leslie Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raul Lockman
Ottumwa
Raulie Lockman
Giles
Inez Williams
R. B. McAlister
R. A. Faber
Francis Stocker
Lloyd Stocker
O. S. Miller
John Fisher
LeRoy Harvey
Oscar Harvey
Leslie Harvey
Local Social Gossip From Rockford Moravia and Centerville
Community notices recount visits and health updates. Families including Boyer Ridge McDanel Stites Eaton Foster and Moffitt share recent gatherings and illness recoveries. Des Moines Des Moines hospital center Des Moines area care noted.
Local Social Roundup From Albia and Neighbors
Islanders visit Albia households as numerous guests, relatives, and friends travel among Albia Ottumwa Des Moines Oelwein Russell Chugwater Jew City Rickard Burtok. Names include Boardman Reid Miller Sprague Allison Jett Mettlin Stafford Leach and Johnson with multiple appearances at homes and a hospital visit noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Boardman
Harry Newell
Albia
Geo. Reid
0. Miller
L. C. Johannes
Larry DeWayne
Hazlet
C. Sprague
Geo. Allison
Oelwein
Geo.j. Mettlin
A. J. Mettlin
Russell
W. A
Clarence
Jim Wilson
Ed Robinson
Iowa City
Evelyn Collina
Ottumwa
Richard Burton
Minnie White
Othello Cary
Carl Cloyed
Jim Leach
Art Johnson
Chugwater
Wyo
August Stafford
Des Moines
J. E. Stafford
Miller
Howard Whisler
Ida Anderson
Chariton
W. F
E. F
Paul Stafford
C. S. Miller
Blakesburg
L. C. Johnson
Lo Donna Jean Vance
theAlbert Billings
Herman Johnson
E. F. Boardman
Ilda Anderson
Cheriton
Burnt sugar bread and future pies in a daydream
A narrator rails at pressing deadlines and weather woes while baking turns chaotic. Burnt bread and soggy pies loom as company approaches, prompting plans to improvise with bread and honey. The piece blends humor about self reliance with a calm drift toward next day chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Raymond
Beck
Eby
Ottumwa Visitors Page Names Local Residents
Boardman spent the week end with J Raymond Trout and Paul George in Ottumwa. My and Mrs Q O S Miller, Mr and Mrs J E Stafford and daughter Rosalie, and Mr and Mrs M E Boardman were recent callers in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boardman
J. Raymond Trout
Paul George
Ottumwa
QO. S. Miller
J. E. Stafford
Rosalie
M. E. Boardman
Valley Residents Share Visits and Fires Near Darby Farm
Kinser Valley John Robinson acted as caller in the valley Thursday evening. Mrs. G. R. Darby and Mrs. Zell Wilson called at the J. H. Davis home Monday. Donald Darby attended a teach lara meeting at Ottumwa Tuesday. A fire destroyed a hay stack and chicken house at the C. V. Heter farm Wednesday. A local fire crew saved the Roy Darby farm building and hay stacks after a spark from a passing freight train. The Zell Wilson family attended a Des Moines Wilson reunion on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robinson
G. R. Darby
Zell Wilson
J. H. Davis
Donald Darby
Teachlara
Ottumwa
Hammond
Roland
Moravia
C. V. Heter
EB. CG. Caster
Igeo
Donald
Kenneth Free
Curtis Tomlin
Harry Felton
Gardner
Curt Goudy
Centerville
Morrel
Thomas Pew
Lovilla
Moulton Residents Visit Fern Wright Home Tuesday
Biddle Mr and Mrs Nip Smith Joel Dean Stansberry Arthur Wright and Don Wright visited Fern Wright home in Moulton on Tuesday while Mrs Flo Hiner Eleanor Burton Ina Miller and Emma were also noted in the brief social mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nip Smith
Joel Dean Stansberry
Arthur Wright
Don Wright
Moulton
Fern Wright
Flo Hiner
Eleanor Burton
Ina Miller
Emma
Local social notes from Missouri families visit guests and events
Friday and Sunday visits occur among Emma Young Lena Hutton and Frank Hiatt in Purdin Linens Marceline Missouri. Fern Wright and Truman Myers host at Des Moines. Jerrold J born to T J Iuse family. Glasswood and homecomings noted at Salem and Miller church. Several gatherings at Johnny Foster Lew Hiner Fern Wright Pearl Hiner and others detailed with Monday and Sunday activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Miller’s
Rolla Foster
Albia
Johnny Foster
Dewitte Yeager
Louise Young
Geo. Hazelwood
Hoonifim
Chris Bogart
Pearl Hiner
Salem
Robert Foster
Gerald Burton
Miller Ehurch
Dorothy Davis
Elmer Vance J
Fern Wright
Lew Hiner
Jess Hiner
Kenneth Gladfelder and Sons
Vivien Wright
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floravia Union
Appanoose County
Iowa
Congress
H. K. Smith
Teenium
Tilton’s Shoe Store
North Side Square Centerville
Oskaloosa
A. C. Faber
Waterloo
Sylvia Stocker
R. A. Faber and Family
iMr
J. F. McAlister
Glen McAlister
Mily Lockman
J. F
Fred Coltrain
Wilbur Elswick
Eugene Tubaugh
Elswick
Goulds
Urbana and Vicinity
Centerville Clay Products Co
van Buren Street
Boyer Ridge
John McDanel
Clarabelle
Doris Stites
Rockford
Ill
Velda Eaton
Ira Boyer
Bob Miffitt
Minnesota
John Eaton
Iona
Betty Jean Foster
Henry Foster
Claude Wren
Olin Foster
Nelson Ballanger
Richard Goughnour
Virgil Kaster
James Kaster
Claude McDanel
Indignola
Methodist Hospital
Irene Moffitt
F. E. Moffitt
Opal Goughnour
St. Joseph Hospital
Bob Moffitt
Paulina
A. Boyer
Tra Boyer
Brompton
Urbana Township
Monroe County
C. T. Slavin
Savely Farma
John H. Good
Baute
Pea Co
Mpanian
D-X
Oehler Oil Company
Put Nyrsa
Eel E
Chas. Johnson
Oehler Bros
Chas
Argo
Teonium
Loyd Carter
M.E. Boardman
Kinser Valley
Biddle
Turner Funeral
Ambulance Service
West Side Square
Albia Town
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