Local Happenings and Social Visits Reported
Local residents shared weekend visits and calls with friends and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Mearl Walter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson, Roscoe Fenningtos, and Marvin Gardner. Alva Cridlebaugh spent the weekend in Des Moines with Ruby Davis. Alice Simmons cared for grandchildren in Silvis as their mother stayed with a hospitalized husband in Peoria, Richard Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Baughman
Ruby Davis and
Des Moines
Alice Simmons
Silvis
Richard Welch
Galesburg
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Bethany Student Traces English Tour Stay in Ludlow
Tim from Bethany College West Virginia traveled with 20 students for four months and wrote from Ludlow where he lodged in a hotel dating to 1550. He tours an 11th century church and a castle, detailing his stay and observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tim
Bethany College
West Virginia
Ludlow
Community Notes From Humeston And Nearby
Theresa Brown and Gerry Agang joined Ernestine Argo in Ottumwa on Wednesday. Clover Leaf Club hosted a surprise house warming at Wayne Christy home in Humeston with attendees including Paul and Dicks families and Edith Callen. Weekend visits spanned Argo and Brown households with many relatives calling on friends and relatives in Humeston Albia and Des Moines. Wayne Messamaker returned home after army discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Brown
Gerry Agang
Ernestine Argo
Ottumwa
Clover Leaf Club
Wayne Christy
Humeston
Paul Dicks
Roy Argo
Truxton Dicks
Edith Callen
Paul
Gene McGuire
Delbert Calhoun
Karl
Kenneth Calhoun
Pearl Crow
Centerville
Sibyl Whitehead
Roscoe Argo
Rex Haver
Fay Scott
Clara Brown
Virgie Boyer
Russell Brown
Dick Brown
Brad
Albia
Joe Alley
Des Moines
Doug Messamaker
Dale Laws
Johnnie Laws
Clayton Sheldon
Ferrell Frame
Gordon Bushy
Cecil Welsh
Chet Saladin
St. James
Tom Hartz
Sheryl
Lori
Wayne Messamaker
Army
Gerald Argo
Bryan
Melinda
Tom Dellopoulos
Kevin
Christine
Carlisle
Lloyd Johnson
Marie van Weelden
Charles Jennings
Marshalltown
Arlie Pitman
Grace ‘Glick
Carl
Hedrick
Dellmar Glick
California
Carol
Stanley i Spencer
Betty Jean Dunham
Lester Yeaman
West Des Moines
B. F. Whitehead
Griffinsville-N Bend Notes and Local Social News
News of Interest at Griffinsville-N Bend reports attendance at Sunday School and local social events. Mr and Mrs Delmont Moffitt attended a Republican gathering in Centerville Community Center Monday night. The piece lists visits, birthdays, travel to Des Moines and Ottumwa, and various local residents’ activities, including family trips and cooperative dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffinsville - N. Bend
Shepard
Delmont Moffitt
Centerville Community Center
Lyndon McDanel
Russell Shepard
Iowa City
Ryman
Hope Teater
Thelma Dearing
Flossie Walker
Ethel Wells
Daphne Shepard
Ava Long
Ruth McNair
Velma Milburn
Dollie Huff
Josephine Moffitt
Bertha Moffitt
Trene Bear
Des Moines
Floris
California
Elsie Albertson
Ottumwa
Guy McDanel
Social Evening Gatherings Across Local Families
Sunday and Saturday visits filled with relatives and friends across multiple households. The Barrells Albertsons Huff and Huffs hosted events, while the Shepard and Lindoff families spent time in Burlington, with Adams and Long families also hosting. Missouri visitors and Whitmores joined the gatherings. Coralville references include Mary Louise Fox and her son Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Walkers
Artie Barrell
Clint Albertson
Harold Huffs
Russell Shepard
Tom Lindoff
Burlington
Ed Adams
Harold Huff
Merl Adams
Emil Long
Hope Teater
Missouri
Ruth McNair
Paul
Chad
Kari Whitmore
Mary Louise Fox
Danny
Dennis
Don
Coralville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gust Wentland
Chesterton
Ind
Jack Whitlock
Hammond
Lois Fowler
Glen Fowler
Elsie Adams
Tim Adams
New York
Oxford Col
Moravia
Dorothy Walker
Republican
Iowa
Gt Inbenederon News of Interest
Larry Whitehead
Chariton
Jim Rees
Pleasantville
Ray Messamaker
Ozark Opry
Harry Jennings
Pearl Runnells
Miller Church
Unionville
Clarence Ballanger
Cincinnati
Mystic
Plano
Promise City
Seymour and Unionville
Iowa Telephone Company
Continental Telephone System
Harry Robertson
George Lain
Jim Walker
Ferrell Purvis
Lowell Shepards
Russell Shepards
Guy McDanels
Jim
Brunt
Democratic
Appanoose County
American Institute of Business
Parks & Brunt Ford
Ford Garage
Tenderloin
Pillsbury Biscuits Rolls
Donuts
Libbys
Allen
West Side
Folger’s
Lope
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!