Local Happenings and Family Visits Across Towns
Local residents including Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson Mrs Alice Wilson of Moravia and families from Seymour and Waterloo spent weekends with relatives. Iowa Wisconsin football game in Iowa City noted. Junior class play Friday at the school house promised laughs. Families visited graves, attended sales, and shopped at Schreiner Evans hardware amid weekend gatherings and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson
Alice Wilson
Moravia
Leonard Wilson
Ronnie
Adda Lou
Seymour
Jim Rousseau
Mr. Rousseau
Sovilla
A. G. Mason
Ottumwa
Harold
Mason
Richard
Iowa City
William Green Hill
Rex Tisue
Monroe Lewis
Denver
Cole
Charles Hellyer
Promise
City
Luther Caster
Mr. Caster
Maude Coltrain
Lewis
Tom Ray
Sales Cemetery
Town
Flossie Hellyer
F. W. (Bil Wakerfield
Council Bluffs
P. D. Schreiner
Howard Evans
Community Moves and Visits Across Moravia Area
Local residents from Moravia Ottumwa Centerville and surrounding towns enjoyed gatherings Sunday and Saturday visiting friends and relatives in Kirksville Fairfield Ottumwa and Omaha. Notable events include church missionary meeting with Indian program, Junior class play Friday, and multiple families hosting guests from Aquila Moulton Agency and Centerville. Hospital updates include Grant Everman ill in Centerville St Joseph’s hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene
John Veach
Mary
Frank Veach
Centerville
Paul Phillips
Moline
Evermans
Moravia
Louis Schaffner
Clarence Schaffner
Horace
Omaha
Nebr
T. R. Gardner
Charles Coffin
Maude Coltrain
Glen Stephenson
Udell
Stephenson
Rebecca May
Farnk Veach
John
CWO
Lester Sawvel
James Sawvel
Newton
Richard Veach
Joellyn
J. P. Day
Craig
Marion Adams
Bloomfield
Carl Tisue
Paul Casady
Unionville
Lissie Kelsey
Jay
Ur bana Doers Elect Nancy Vance President
The October meeting of the Ur bana Doers held at Dorothy Archer s was called to order by vice president Marilyn Sinclair. Elections were held and nominees named include Nancy Vance for president and Sonja Foster for vice president with Dorothy Archer secretary Marilyn Sinclair treasurer Eloise Leffler historian and Virginia Strong reporter. The group distributed new record books and discussed the 4 H banquet and next meeting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Dorothy Archer
Marilyn Sinclair
Nancy Vance
Sonja Foster
Eloise Leffler
Virginia Strong
Dorothy
Mrs. Archer
Father and Son Banquet at Unionville Methodist
The annual Father Son banquet at Unionville Methodist church in Unionville will be served in the social room Thursday evening at 7:00. Seymour Men’s quartet will sing and Dr. Frank Lister, former District Superintendent and Bloomfield Methodist pastor, will speak. Men and boys are invited. program in sanctuary then downstairs for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville Methodist Church
Ladies of the Church
WSCS
Seymour
Iowa
Frank Lister
Bloomfield Methodist Church
W.5.c
Mission Band Meets With Gary Charity
The Mission Band held a Friday after school meeting at Gary Charity home. Mrs. Fred Hammond read another chapter of the book. Mrs. Harold Mason assisted in the quiz. Refreshments of steamed hamburgers cocoa and candies were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Band
Gary Charity
Fred Hammond
Harold Mason
Udell Socials Feature Weekend Visits and Travel
Udell area residents hosted relatives and friends during a busy weekend. A. F. Argo’s Wright Iowa home hosted Mrs. H B Spring Mr and Mrs Alvin Spring and others. Visitors included Dewey Houser Sr and Jr of Chariton Williamson and Newton families traveled to Knoxville to see Donald Burkland. Cap Dale Stuckey from Selma Alabama attended with his mother Josie Stuckey. Livestock moved to Peoria for Henshaw. Couples from near Mt Ararat called on Harry Wilkinson then toured Soap Creek foliage. Des Moines visitors joined Francis Berkshire and family in Udell. Reverend C Grisso from Pennsylvania visited the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Carter
Hazel Bellman
John Foster
Winterset
Frank Lockwood
Martha
Barbara
Homer Bellman
Virginia Carter
Marilyn Hiatt
Des Moines
Donald Bellman
Elmer Bellman
Indianole
Frank Hiatt
Lee Hiatt
Bette Day
Carol Lee
Marsha
Max McDonough
Lee Dayle
Dell Donshoe
Phillip Ritchison
Ralph McDonough
Phyllis
Garnett McDonough
Leo Dagle
Debbie Dagie
Cantrell
Raymond
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Edwin Clark
Ames
Keith Clark
Moravia
Bill Callen
Bob Gollaher
Ottumwa
Cheyenne
Wyo
Eddie Callen
Harry Felton
Udell
Myrl Airshie
Birdie Main
Baldwin Park
Calif
Junction City
Kas
Gaylord Airshie
Ft. Riley
Kenneth Free
U. S. Mangle
Davenport
C. L. Hartinger
Walter Foland
Wichita
Denver
Colo
Kansas City
Karl Tuttle
Methodist Church
Booster Club
Curtis Burton
Preston Hiett
Carl Davis
Sidney
Neb
Charles Coffin
Clell
Carl Coffin
Promise City
Garland Houser
Centerville
Clell Coffin
Selix-Bohrer Implement Company
Albert Veach
Rosa Knight
Bernard Barnthouse
Newton
Aaron Campbell
T. E. Campbell
Alvin Spring
Gloria
Sherry
A. F. Argo
Wright
Iowa
Lionel Spring
Dewey Houser, Sr
Chariton
Dewey Houser, Jr
Williamson
Winfred Heckman
Albert, Burkland
Frank Heckman
Knoxville
Donald Burkland
Lloyd Whisler
Bernard Rouse
Lisbon
Carroll Sailor
Bill and Carroll, Jr
Mr. Rouse
Margaret An Witta Henderson
Paul Henderson
Cedar Rapids
Dale Stuckey
Selma, Alabama Air Base
Josie Stuckey
Jay Leonard
Mt. Ararat
Harry Wilkinson
Unionville
Soap Creek
Marshall Hedgecock
Warry Jennings
R. Ray Haun
Gragy
Waterloo
Francis, Berkshire
Berkshire
C. €. Grisso
Pennsylvania
Centerville Families Attend Weddings and Visits
Karen Moore spent Friday evening to Sunday at the Nelson Ballanger home near Centerville. Elschlager, Powell and Moore families attended a relative’s wedding in Knots. Reams visited Morlans in Ottumwa and with kin Sunday afternoon. Brethren church Women’s Missionary Society met, themed New Testament Source of Eternal Truth, with readings, music, and new calendars adopted. Funeral notices for Elmer Walker in Centerville were announced. Rev Francis Berkshire reported his father’s injuries. Community members visited, hosted, and supported families across Udell, Ottumwa, and Centerville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Elschlager
Centerville
Ora Powell
Marlyn
Zola Saum
Josie Stuckey
Dorothy Berkshire
Koehler
Margaret Henderson
Dee Whisler
Della McConnell
Jasie Stuckey
Joe Davenport
iCenterville
Woodrow Duty
Lester Murdy
el Paso
Ill
Marvin Yeager
Elmer Walker
Udell
Miller-Wherle Funeral Home
Ora Cridlebaugh Walker
Lee
Jesse
Sylvia O'Donnell
Treva Claxton
Minnie Mrick
Denver
Francis Berkshire
Harry Berkshire
Masontown
Penn
Berkshire
Alden-Powell Marsh
Bill Hoover
Ottumwa
Rex Albertson
Alf Hayworth
Lionel Spring
Glenn Matthews
Lloyd Whisler
Harold Spring
Bill Morgan
Billy Jean
Don Ream
Cecil Morgan
Unionville
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Terloo
Carrie Tisue
Edd DeHall
Prairie City
Homer Hamilton
Hamilton
Jake Simbro
Glenwood
A. E. Pence
James Evans
Glen Evans
Schreiner-Evans Hardware
Forrest Gearhart
Freeda
Ambulance Service
Turner Funeral Home
Drety
Fred
Gardner Hatchery
Mes McGhghy
Moravia Theater
Joan Davis
Arthur Blake
Héexs
Firestone
Oehler Bros
Peart Iingery
Donald
Kirksville
Russell Alden
Cleol Blumer
Clarence Shirkey
Dean Shirkey
Danny
Fairfield
Cleo Ragan
Catherine Teller
Leonard Palmer
Bryan Karr
Otley
Urbana Doers
Jay Argo
Charles L. Johnston
Appanoose County
Unionville Methodist
Mission
Gary Chority
H. B. Spring
Joe Moore
Harold Henshaw
Peoria
Henshaw
KE. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Hotel Annex
Karen Moore
Nelson Ballanger
Frank Swaim
Moravia, Iowa
Albia
Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
Fort Defiance
Jennifer Jones
Mickey Rooney
Bill Maudlin
Willie
Joe
Funeral Sprays
Richey Florists
N. Sra St
Ford Service
General Motor
Bring Your Automotive Repair Service
Briccs Motor Co
Ford Dealer
Democrat Rally
Moravia Community Hall
Democratic Club
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