Local residents gather for Albis Farm Bureau meeting
Fine weather brings a pleasant day as several ladies from the vicinity attend the Farm Bureau hall gathering in Albia for a monthly program. Dinner is enjoyed and attendees include Annabelle Walter at Iconium program and a Sunday school party. Multiple visits note exchanges among Van Dorin, Faber, Walter, and Griffin families with kinship and social events throughout the area.
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Farm Bureau Hall
Albis
Annabelle Walter
Iconium
Roy Purvis
Francis
Gomer Stocker
Dallas Faber
Mearl Walter
Dean Faber
Des Moines
R.S. Faber
Sylvan van Dorin
Marie Didine
Walter
W. H. van Dorin
Frances Griffin
Minois
Albia
Joe Griffin
Ottumwa
Marie Johnson
Leo
J. C. Lockman
Aubry Walter
Maple Grove News Notes Family Visits and Celebrations
Maple Grove social pages report frequent visits and gatherings. The Paxston and Tubaugh families, along with friends, enjoyed dinners and Sunday calls at various homes. A kitchen shower for Basil Tadlock drew 66 guests, with many gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Paxston
Pearlie Boyer
Norris O'Conner
Carol Jean Paxaton
Wilma Whicker
Karen Boyer
Frank O’conner
Kenneth O’conner
Carl Boyer
Milo Walker
Datie Whicker
Butch
N. L.nasairdad
Dale
Caro Jean
Clair Sellers
Basil Tadlock
Kenneth Doud
Grant Tadlock
Berel Arnold
Leo Bimbi
Pete Christani
Winston DuVall
Helen
Bud Walter
Ralph Tucker
Merel
Walter Scott
Mra
Emery Hiatt
Hart
Curtis Tomlin
Claude Hawk
Carl Tisue
Tadlock
Raymond Ashby
John Dodd
Wedding and community notes at the Donovan home
Frank Chambers hosted 45 relatives and friends for a cooperative dinner on Sunday. The gathering honored Mr. and Mrs. Elvy Gillaspie with gifts, while many neighbors and relatives from Ames, Ottumwa, Centerville, and nearby towns attended various social visits, church events, and a Golden Wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. George Hiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chambers
Elvy Gillaspie
Bert
Little Bear
Wyo
George Hiner
Glen
Elsie Martin
Bert Rinehart
Mary Lou Serald
Verl Hardy
Johnnie Jim
Billy Hiner
David and
Dennis
Bert Meadows
Pearl Hiatt
Theo Miller
van Lemaster
Ernie Tucker
Richard Ballew
D. E. Wynes
Clara Carlson
Marion Hunter
Gerald Hunter
Jayne
Joellyn
Gary Frank
Karl Fischer
Karlene
Peter Dinen
W. E. Donovan
Elgy Gillaspie
Junior Donovan
Beasie Donovan
Will Donovan
Grace Dooley
David, Dick
Lynda Wood
Howard Harper
Brookfield
Ames
Colorado
Beverly
Karleen Fischer
Fischer
Centerville
Lute Hiatt
Mary Warner
Burton
Don Pettibone
Loyd Carter
Arch Herron
St. Joseph Hospital
Mia
Jokes and a baseball game mix at busy station
A young husband stacks six bags on a station platform as a vacation begins and quips about missing tickets in the old bureau. A dusk baseball game runs long with banter from the crowd and a jab at a player named Blind Tom. A birthday party involves a neighbor boy Johnny invited with a dare, while a wife teases a sleeping husband about someone rifling his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Parishioner Criticized By Minister’s Son During Visit
A clergyman's wife learns of her son's awkward moment when the minister's young son bluntly tells a visiting lady she is homely. The boy excuses it as a joke, prompting his mother to remark the joke would be sharper if aimed at Mrs. Jones with a compliment instead.
Iconium Community News Briefs and Local Visits
Attendance for Sunday school and church at the Christian church. Numerous local residents and guests attended the funeral of Mrs. Belle Bressler in Moravia and Roy Purvis services in Moravia. A box supper at Iconium school raised 30 dollars. Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Hiner noted. sales and open house events planned nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Brown
Kenneth
Ned L. Argo
Keith
LeRoy Brown
Paul Carruthers
Leo Beaty
Ottumwa
Roy Purvis
Methodist
Moravia
Iconium School
W. E Kelsey
George Hiner
Jay Argo
John McAninch
Laura Martin
Algin Derby
Ladies Aid
Boyer Ridge social updates and visits noted
Betty Jean Foster and Rex Foster plus numerous relatives visited and hosted in Boyer Ridge. The group went to James Easter and Henry Foster homes, with calls at many residents including Olin Foster, Carl Boyer, and Delmont Moffitt. Attendees traveled to Iowa City and Kansas City for events, and several attended TeRoy Purvis funeral in Moravia.
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Betty Jean Foster
Dean Hoffman
James Easter
Merline Clark
Rockford, Il
Doyle Mericle
Ray Stickier
South Dakota
Charles van Dorin
Bertha Foster
Henry
Olin Foster Homes
V. C. Kaster
Jack
Iowa City
Rex Foster
Veril Kaster
Mr. Elson
Kansas City
Norris O'Conner
Frank Moffitt
F. B. Moffitt
Allen Bear
Jimmie
Bob Moffitt
Clifford Pfannebecker
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Bnon
Jerry
Mead Walter
Arthur Johnson
Floyd
Charley Bettis
Marie
Clarence Benyen
Harold Hawk
Foe Griffin
Pearl Hiner
J. I
Fred
Glen Fowler
Birdie Main
F.goodrich
West Side Square
Maple Grove
Mrs. Fay Paxaston
Erma Tubaugh
Russell Tubaugh
Seth Dayton
Harry Phillipa
Fannie Callen
Loren Walter
Clarence Dowd
Wilbert Johnson
Virgil Johnson
Dale Derby
Baby
Gabe Johnson
Maxine Scott
Marjorie Paxston
Carol Jean
Edna Horn
Rosemary
Ray Tubaugh
Albert Tubaugh
L. E
Junior
Darwin Jordan
Dale Paxston
Mildred Sellere
Eddie
Eugene Tublugh
Mrs. W. Donovan
Frank Turner
Ed Shutts
Marybeth Turner
George Turner
Wesley Chapel
C. S
Ronald Woodward
Harry Woodward
Tom Robb
Mrs
Roy Scott
John and
Margaret Burton
Frank Hiatt
Allen’s News Shoppe
Iowa
Tom
Wade
John
Waterloo Hawks
Globe Trotters
Centerville High School
Laura Dicka
The
Christian Church
A. J. Brown
Osa
Jimmie Brown
W. E. Kelsey
Russell Argo
Belle Bressler
Turner Funeral Home
N. L. Argo
Claud Shepard
Corydon
Laura Allen
Chariton
Fred Besco
Russell
Rosa Beaty
John Beaty
Marshalltown
James Potter
Davenport
Ardys Carpenter
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
A&p
N. Side Sq
Pol. Adv
Boyer Ridge
Betty Jean
James Beige
Raymond Farris
Lester Cochran
Virgil Easter
V. C. Easter
Lum‘ber
Forest Mericle
Henry Foster
Charles Broshar
James Kaster
R. H. Kaster
Win Kaster
R. H. i. Kaster
McKern-Main
Olin Foster
A. ©. Kaster
Raymond Deering
Turner Funeral Theme
Ambulante Service
Goulds Water Systems
Goode Seed & Feed Co
Pol
George A. Wilson
U.S
Kenneth A. Evans
Thomas E. Dewey
Muon Am Mel
P. Lynhort de
Earl Warren
A John Ms. Grimes
Bin
Beardsley
Chad
Akers Ig Auditor of State
Harry D. Lirn
Robert £. Larson For
Carl W. Reed
Commerce
Sec. of Agriculture
Republican State Central Committee
Ec Sr Ancora
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