Local social notes from Kirksville area visitors and illnesses
Local brief records guests and visits including Riley Crabtree in Kirksville Carl Tisue in Creston Francis Miller's Iowa City study status. Hospitalized child Charles Ralph Turner ill with intestinal flu. Wanda Irene Selby born Sept 29 to Verlin Selby OsKaloosa. Death call for Charles Miller prompts Francis Miller return from University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Murdy
Udell
Leonard Palmer
Cora Main
Ralph Tisue
Chariton
Joseph C. McNabb
Norborne
M. K. Blackman
Charles Ralph Turner
Bert Turner
Verlin E. Selby
Local social notes from Creston area residents
A long list of visiting relatives and guests from Creston and nearby towns includes Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Crawford of Creston, Mrs. J. P. Day and her newborn Carol Lee, Mrs. Fred Hammond and Viola, Mr. and Mrs. Oren Davis on a Phoenix visit, Lester Brain and family, Earl Brain and a Wyoming trip, and several extended relatives from Centerville, Exeter, Gravity, Lucerne, and Newton visiting local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol Crawford
Creston
Nice
Charles Crawford
South Dakota
Chas
Pabst
J. P. Day
Carol Lee
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Centerville
Lee Hiatt
Fred Hammond
Viola
Tom Crawley
Unionville
Max
Crawley
Oren Davis
Phoenix
Ariz
Clyde Smith
Laverne Davis
Lyman Main
Steven Graham Dinderman
Jack Dinderman
Cedar Rapids
Lester Haskill
Ruby Haskill
Jerry Myers
Des Moines
Wilbert Hiatt
Earl Brain
Hedrick
Moravia
Lester Brain
Earl
Wyoming
Fred Underwood
Exeter
Nebr
Allen Hiatt
Underwoods
R. E. Hiatt
Frank Swaim
Emily Creech
Gravity
J. W. Halden
Harry Burmeister
T. B. Vincent
Williams
Sharon Kay
Lucerne
Carol Wilson
Powersville
Wendl Johnson
Newtown
John Nowels
Dorothy
Ernie Kaster
Anna Kaster
Kaster
Rockford
East
Wedding at Little Brown Church in Nashua
Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson and Mrs Alice Wilson traveled to Lanesboro Minnesota for a visit with Freeman Weidman and wife Then they attended the wedding of Dorothy Jeanne Wilson and Francis Carver of Spencer at the Little Brown Church near Nashua at 1 30 Sunday and returned home that evening.
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F. A. Reich
Galesburg
Frank Hiatt
J. F. Powell
O. A. Hiatt
John Johnson
W. L. Palmer
Centerville
Goldie Ray
T. J. Zike
W. C. Millemon
New Ulm
Minn
John Milleman
Jackie Winsler
Ottumwa
C. E. Wasler
Frank, Wilson
Alice Wilson
Lanesboro
Freeman -Weidman
Little Brown
Nashua
Dorothy Jeanne Wilson
Francis Carver
Spencer
Tharp Wedding Recalls Service, Society Guests
Main Tharp wedding continues page one with cake cutting and ice cream treats. Bride’s china gift from groom inspires notes of distinguished families and a San Francisco honeymoon after a 30 day leave. Groom, a pharmacist’s mate, recently returned from Asiatic duty. guests include A C Main family and relatives from Albia and Centerville.
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China
Tharp
Moravia
Dainsville
Albia High School
Albia
Chautauqua
United States Navy
Canseau
Phillipine Islands
Fourth Marines
Shanghai
San Francisco
Calif
A. C. Main
Harriet Lee
Mary Rose
Ben Tharp
Richard
Frank
John
Gary
Ray Tharp
Pee. Cora Main
Lester Jones
Upland
Christine Main
Centerville
Beulah Bishop
For Sale Apples and livestock offered by local farmer
Auction style listing shows handpicked apples and spray treated deep red Jonathans Roman Stem and Iowa Blush offered by Fred Coltrain with delivery options and phone 2117. Also two yearling steers and some fat calves advertised by John Smith burg AOL.
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Jonathans
Iowa
Earl May Hatchery
Fred Coltrain
John Smithburg
Je E
AOL
Brethren Church Schedule Announced for Sunday Services
Sunday Church School starts at 10 a.m. with Carl Van Zante as superintendent. Worship follows at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship at 7:30 p.m. WMA meets Friday afternoon led by Mrs. Ruth Hopkins and Miss Waughop. Everyone invited.
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Carl van Zante
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Menu For Wednesday October 16
Church kitchen plan lists fried chickens mashed potatoes gravy and creamed peas with turnips Waldorf salad date pudding with whipped cream bread bitter pickles coffee. Mrs Ray Utterback dies at Ottumwa home. funeral planned Thursday in Ottumwa as family notes her passing.
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Ray Utterback
H. N. Utterback
Ottumwa
Utterback
Class 9 Event Chicken roast at church basement
Class 9 will hold its annual chicken roast in the Methodist church basement at 7 30 Wednesday evening Oct 16. All members urged to be present.
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Methodist Church
Shall We Join THE LADIES By H. L. M.
The narrator recalls a sweltering August 1928 arrival in Cainaville Missouri to promote a Chautauqua. He believes the 1,500-inhabitant town will yield easy promotion and notes lodging via a hotel on the guarantors list. He checks his map, registers at the hotel, and begins meeting committee members amid early morning quiet.
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Cainaville,’Mo
Missouri
Dainsville
Empty Missouri home and a failed show in a mining town
A performer recalls arrival in a Missouri mining town to find an empty house left by evacuated owners. Despite hard work the show flopped and puzzled the booking agent's choice of venue. The circuit then moved on to other Missouri towns in the tour from the Dakotas.
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Missour
Missouri
Dakotés
Return to small town Missouri days of Chautauqua memories
The memoir recounts a 1920s Chautauqua tour through small Missouri towns including Eagleville and Davisville. The narrator describes staying with the Morgan family, tasting fried corn and biscuits, and noting the desolation and later changes in towns after years away. She recalls travels from Dakota to Missouri in 1928 and reconnecting with familiar places and people, including a burned drug store and Morgan daughters in New York.
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Dakota
Missouri
Davisville
Moravia
Eagleville
New York City
Family weekend gathering and illness noted in Ames area
Billia K Young sick with intestinal flu a week. Kenneth Roland Hartford and Alan Griffith Des Moines hosted by Lawrence Roland and Claire Spencer Albia. Boone Ledges visit with Jo an Callen Otie Whicker Max. Marie Young Ames ISU student joined, Lulu and Margaret Burton, Mardeena Wilson visit Mt. Pleasant for parade honoring Governor Wilson before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billia K. Young
Wm. Young
Kenneth Roland
Hartford
Alan Griffith
Des. Moines
Lawrence Roland
Claire Spencer
Albia
Zell Callen
Joan
Otie Whicker
Max
Ledges Park
Boone
Ames
Charles
Lulu Burton
Hattie Leach
Mt. Pleasant
Margaret Burton
Mardeena Wilson
Iowa Wesleyan College
Governor Wilson
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BP PeniNat
Riley Crabtree
Kirksville, Mo
Lou Main
John Callen
Alvin Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Francis Miller
University of Iowa
Charles Miller
August Stafford
Mary Stafford
Brompton
Chester Broshar
Nadine & George
Barry
Little Brown Church
DR. Hess
Yeach Drug Store
Unitet
Brethren
Methodist
John H. Goode
Beauty Shop
Kansas
Buatantor
Mr. Morgan
Morgan House
Marie
Iowa State College
Mattrean
Wrva Turner
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