This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Neighborhood social rounds and church night notes
A long list of Sunday and weekday visits, picnics, and guests across Blakesburg, Ivory, and nearby towns. Families such as Harsh, Hiatt, Burton, Donovan, Jacobs, Gladfelder, Fischer, and others are recorded hosting or attending events at homes, churches, and the Corn Carnival. Community life centers on 4-H activities, visits, and family gatherings through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Betty Harsh
J. F. Chambers
Blakesburg
Gerald Hunter
Frank Hiatt
Will Donovan
Genevie
Elsie Martin
Vet Callen
Virgil Dooley
Ron Woodward
Ernest West
Margaret Burton
Des Moines
Orville Burton
George Hiner
Glen
Forrest Jacobs
Rex Rice
Glen Jacobs
Kerl Fischer
Karline
Meder Dinen
Loyd Carter
Ivan Harsh
Hiattsville
Martha Hiatt
Karl Fischer
Beverly
Ames
Lute Hiatt
Carl van Zante
Carol Brees
Ottumwa
Valley Jacobs
Beulah Meyers
Centerville
W. E. Donovan
Junior Donovan
Karen Jean Woodward
Andy Mosley
Oroville Burton
Lute Hitt
Thursaday
Bert Meadows
Vic Harsh
Glee Harsh
Gaylord McDanel
Kay Herron
Karline Fischer
Dixie Foster
Ceniterville
John Wood
Albia
Darlene Gladfelder
Lawrence Hardin
Indiana
Milo Shaeffer
Chicago
Clyde Gladfelder
Harley Tisue
Henry Rosencrants
Ray Harrison
Ladies Aid
Robert Foster
Darlene
Carl Tomlin
J. P., Foster
John Broshar
Clair, Callen
Kenneth Gladfelder
Judy
Bert Luse
Kermit Gladfelder
Walnut City
Kester Gladfelder
Fenton
Frank Gladfelder
Guy McKern
Jack McDanel
Keith Gladfelder
Grover Easter
Aquilla Ballenger
Trenton Gladfelder
Clair Callen
Earl Boyer
Gilbert Pearson
Lester Sawyer
Carolyn
Clell McDanel
Doyle Britton