New Hope News Moves Through Social Week
New Hope residents share visits and gatherings from Tuesday through Monday. Elsie Martin returned from Rockford Illinois to join family events. Harris reunion near Knoxville and Coffin reunion in Centerville Park highlighted a busy period with numerous unlisted attendees and several ties to the local farms and fair visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank ‘Hiatt
Apent Tuesaday
Tom Hiatt
Elsie Martin
Rockford, Ill
Herbert Me
Dane
Roy Scott
Ruth Kiuver
Carol Ann Apent Pinewaay
Delmont Moffatte
Charles Coffin
Car Coffin
Ome
Bon_ Pettibones
Atate
Theo Miller
Earl Fischer
J. F. Chambers
Grace Dooley
Nadine Wood
Dickie
W. &. Donovan
Earl Gay
Don Brackett
Albis
Sim Howell
Mystic
W. E. Donovan
Im Howell
George Howell
Fcnhool
New Hope
Migs Vera Stevens
W.E. Donovan
Genevie
Dorothy
Local families gather for picnics visits and parties
A long list of social visits fills a week with friends studying at the Howard Whisler home and Z. T. Van Dorin residence. Relatives from Albia Dayton Oska Loosa and Joliet share meals, birthdays and ice cream at VanDorins while noting hospital welcomes, a tonsil operation, and trips to Lincoln Nevada and Centerville as part of community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Whisler
Ellis Robinson
W. T. Pelkington
Albia
Hayden Jones
Evan Adderson
Entle Pelkington
Beverly
Batty
C. F. Griggs
Marion
Mabel Rupert
Donna
Moines
Z. T. van Dorin
Ab Pollard
C. W. McIntire
John J. Johnson
LeRoy Harvey
Dayton
Ohio
R. S. Faber
John Milleman
Wayne
Barbara Harvey
Mary Jo Faber
Faber
Faber-Hoffman
Oska‘loosa
Clara Selby
J. L. Jones
Milo Foster
Thomas Donnely
Joliet
Ill
J. T. VanDorin
Ellahvonne Wailles
Betty Hiatt
Guy Roberts
Doyle McDanel
Kathryn Sellers
Faber and Family
Dallas Faber
Mra
Merle Walters
Geo. Reid
Jim
Larry
Loren Thompson
Kenneth Free and Dale
Loren ‘Thompson
Ls B. VanDorin
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
LeRoy
Louis
Carolyn
Grandpa
van Dorin
Patchwork of laundry days and a family reunion
A memoir piece recalls Monday afternoons doing ironing and patching overalls for boys, shifting to school prep and sliding, with reflections on cooler weather, then a long note about a family reunion after 90 years, noting a cousin’s resemblance to relatives and sharing memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Stone
Monroe County
Clarke County
Ernest
Irvin Smith
George R
Uncle
California and Vicinity Sunday Gatherings Noted
The item lists local residents including Mr and Mrs Jake Day and families at various social hours around California. It mentions Walt, Mr Mines, Mr DeBoule and daughter, Harley Tisue, Cart, Charles Pitt, Bernard DeBoule and others sharing time Sunday at home and in town venues with neighbors and friends in a cheerful community scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Chas
Mary
California
Walt
Mines
Walt Tars
Mr. DeBoule
Ters
Parana
Harley Tisue
Cart Sreve
Bay
Charles Pitt
Main Moines
Wailes
Cedar
Tome
Bernard DeBoule
Albia
Ruth Wilson
Iona
Navy Courtmen Practice Basketball on Shipboard
Navy sailors emphasize perfect physical fitness and offer top athletic facilities aboard ships and ashore. Pictured are bluejackets on the aircraft tender Wright practicing basketball on deck as intra fleet competitions and multi sport programs foster rivalries and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
U. S. Navy
U.S.S. Wright
Aporta
Uncle Sam
Local gatherings and reunions fill Centerville and Ravoria
Coulson and Callen families hold reunions at Centerville park and the Community Building in Moravia while several households attend picnics, ice cream socials, and a state fair. Visits include Miller, Phillips, Packard, Mericle, and Shoemaker families with multiple trips and home gatherings noted across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Miller
Francis Miller
C. S. Callen
Lillie
Sylvia
Elsie
Coulson
Centerville Park
Callen
Moravia
Paul Miller
Des Moines
Harry M. Phillips
Janet
Join Packard
Riley Callen
Packard
Kenosha
Wis
Forrest
Mericle
Foster
Visiting relatives fill weekend at Callen home
Salina McCann of Wyoming along with Mrs. salttonerodk and her Kansan family met at the C. F. Callen residence recently. Juanita Dooley Evelyn Hiatt and families spent Thursday afternoon there. Don Pettibone Loyd Carter and their families were evening callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina McCann
Wyoming
Salttonerodk
Kansan
Juanita Dooley
Evelyn J. Hiatt
Riley Callen
Don Pettibone
Loyd Carter
West Point Families Take Extended Midwest Trip
West Point residents Mr and Mrs Will Hangerman and children returned from a three week vacation that covered Idaho South Dakota Montana and Nebraska. Locals attended the state fair in Des Moines and Ottumwa visitors were noted Friday. Education updates mention school starting with Maxine Frame as teacher and various local gatherings and visits across Nebraska Cincinnati and Washington D C reflecting community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hangerman
Idaho
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Carl VanZante
Lloyd Brown
Des Moines
Ralph Davis
Elem
Ottumwa
Friays
J . Ardyea
Rex Haagerman
Dorothy
Jerry Brown
Riday
Ronald Gee
Paeksite Lute Hiatt
West Point
Maxine Frame
Labor Day Crowds Pack Highway No 60 Celebration
A large crowd attended the Cincinnati Labor Day events on Highway No 60 Monday and Monday night. Families including Mr. and Mrs. Lin Hilton and others were noted in attendance. Several residents returned home from trips, with Geo. McDonald coming home from Rockford Illinois to finish school. Various locals visited family homes and the Des Moines state fair was a recent outing for Birnie Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Ott
Des Moines
Iconium
Jake Fi
Zamity
E. Kelesy
Nevada
Pearl Kelsey
Bert Rinehart
Mary Lou
George Hiner
Rena ‘Beaty
Lincoln
Nebe
Bavarday
Sewarden
Seward Park
Alice
Paintioss
Chiee Loth
Fairbury
Nebr
Rose Heaty
Andy Brown
Ona
Bery Brown
Kenneth
Kelsey
Rosa Beaty
Sds Baers
Howard Teater
Centerville
Clell Coulson
Te Hospital
Fréd Tarr
Miscouri
Alinda
Diacomfort
Lin Hilton
Im. Hilton
Kansas
Geo. McDonald
Rockford
Ill
Doyla Hampton
Emil Long
Birnie Tucker
Wm. Reeves
Geo. Balamean
Chicago
Neva Anderson
John Espy
Hiteman
Eli] Hiatt
Xlaisa Young
Ben White
Wm. Hilton
Lin
Hilton and churchgoers in small town notices
Local society notes record visits and Sunday activities across Centerville and nearby towns. Names include Hilton, Floyd Ransom, Walter Phillips, Gladfelder, Grover Kaster, Clyde, Mina Luse, Jimmie Hiatt, Arch McKtn Newton, Ty. Gladfelder, Mary Hoskinson, Paul Boyer, George Boyer, and Will Norton. Also mentions Des Moines fair attendance, cistern digging, and weekend gatherings. A Tama boy saves his baby brother from a barrel, and Irving McShane relocates a swarm of bees in Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladfelder
Des Moines
Teall Elledge
Clyde
Darlene
Mon
Mina Luse
Centerville
Arch McKétn
Newton
Glad
Mary’, Hoskinson
Mra
A Carter
Lee Main
Paul Oyer
Paul Boyer
George Boyer
Truck causes wall breach in Reinbeck garage incident
Tom Duff of Reinbeck faced a near completion of a non accident record when his semi truck rolled downhill after he failed to set the brakes. The vehicle crashed through a garage wall creating a five foot square hole and sustaining damage to the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Duff
Reinbeck
Duff
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Thelma
Missouri
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Frank Wilson
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Harold Mellgreen
Taylorville
Will Garner
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Waukon
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Gtaleys
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