Family and friends flock to Centerville area reunions
Many visitors gathered across Centerville and nearby towns over Labor Day weekend, as relatives from Rockford Ill, Davenport, Des Moines, Chicago and beyond joined Hiatt, Easter, Main, and other families for reunions and visits at homes, parks, fairs, and farms. Attendees included Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Mooney, Mr. Jones, the Loomis and Smith families, and multiple descendants, with trips to the Iowa State Fair and Moravia Fall Festival noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hensgel
Kennewick
Wesh
Vesa Hiatt
Charles Broshar
Lester Jones
Upland
Calif
Alonzo Turner
Ulmont
Moravia
David Dohrmann
Waterloo
Mary Rose Main
Davenport
Almont Main
Paul Broshar
Art Boecklemann
Arnold Cutkamp
Des Moines
Richard Rajgnie
Garnet McDonough
Donna Underwood
Roger Poling
Ottumbva
Weekend Visits and Local Social Roundup in Centerville
Families and friends from Centerville Exline Mt Pleasant and nearby towns gathered for weekend visits dinners and company. Notable attendees included Mrs James Wood Mrs Hart Mrs Kathleen Halden and Leota Mockmore with locals sharing news of relatives and recent trips to the Iowa State Fair. The piece lists numerous households hosting and visiting during a busy social span with remarks on Dean McConnell and Blanche Deahl plus a family get together at Cecil Morlan home featuring many relatives and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Halden
Mt. ‘Pleasant
Emil Halden
Leslie Cook
Exline
John Stevens
Leota Mockmore
Centerville
Mabel
Bertha Coulson
Praer
Guy McConnell
McConnell
Blanche Deahl
Cecil Morlan
Lorance
Bob Morlan
Joe Moores
Alvin Springs
Gene Dixons
Cecils
Woodrow Dutus
Mexico
Robert
Udell Community News Highlights Visits and Family Events
Udell residents share visits and gatherings with relatives and friends across nearby towns. Attendees include Houser, Henshaw, Spring, Moore, Morlan, Kilpatrick, and Burkland families. A Morlan property sale and a birth announcement mark local happenings in the week's social calendar.
New Hope Community Notes Record Social Gatherings
Wesley MCF met with Genevie Donovan and 24 children and five adults attended. Numerous local families and friends visited homes, attended fairs, and joined church events. Several weddings and reunions were noted, with travel to Centerville, Oskaloosa, and Des Moines for family and community activities.
Local Social Notes From Centerville and Surrounding Areas
Centerville area reminders of visits and illnesses fill this social page. Families including Miller Byre, Andrews, Tadlock, Tubaugh, and Means share hospital, dinner, and Sunday gatherings, with Edith Caylor and Osa Wood noted among frequent relatives. Locals travel to Ottumwa and Albia, while Garner Cleaver begins work as a Jones Dairy milk truck driver and Melrose hosting Doris Means.
Local visit roundup from Seymour and Belle Plaine
Ms Reo Bryant of Seymour spent Thursday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Bob Strunk and Barbara. Mr and Mrs Harold Cornell Forrest and Mary Jane returned to Riveria Calif Friday morning after two weeks with her sisters and families Mrs Norman Kelley and Mrs Joe Tadlock and her mother Mrs Lovell Reagan. Jackie and Jerry Tubaugh returned to their home in Belle Plaine Saturday after visiting the past 10 days at the Albert Ray and Richard Tubaugh homes. Mr and Mrs Bob Strunk and Barbara called Tuesday afternoon at the Reo Bryant home near Seymour. Mark Gillaspie of Hiteman spent Sunday with his great grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Tubaugh while his parents attended the state fair. Kenny Tadlock spent Monday in Belle Plaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Woodward
Jeanine
Norman Bangert
Marshalltown
Woodward
0. G. Woodward
Howard Smith
Hugo Johnson
Centerville
LaVerne McDanel
Pearl Richardson
Des Arc
Ark
McDan
Jim Hayes
Cynthia
Zula Taylor
Cleo Ragan
Billy
Lonnie White
Des Moines
Ragan
Elva Tennant
Beverly Hills
Cali
Harold Mason
Europe
U. G
Dewey Houser, Jr
Knoxille
Grant Banks
Hal Dixon
Moulton
Merna Hen- Shaw
Edna Moore
Henshaw
Joe Moore
Billy Moore
Mofine, Ill
Merna Henshaw
Jerry
Gary
Evelyn
Nelson Balanger
Carl Phillips
Harold
Spring
Jay Leonard
Ararat
Harry Wackinson
Robert Kilpatrick
Aurora
Joyce
Janice
Alan
Alvin Spring
Dewey Houser
Merle Houser
Lloyd Selix
Lionel Spring
Centerville Park
Dale Exline
Navy
Roger Morlan
Lisbon
Iowa
Lorance Morlan
Woodrow Duty
Mexico
Cecil Morlan
Gusty” Ogder
Johnstown
Penn
Ruth Ogden
Ollie
Mae Morlan
Morlan
Udell
Albert Burkland
Robert
Ind
Burklands
Donald
Gloria
Sherry Spring
Janice Kilpatrick
Harold Spring
Ora Powell
Marlyn
Zola Saum
Preston Hedgecock
Moravia
Marvin Hedgecock
Seger Murdy
Moulon
Dean Fever
el Paso
Ill
Lester Murdy
Ben Glasgow
Frank Stajcar
Mildred
Clinton
Peter Krasnovich
Howard Hanson
Morrison, QL
Edd Gotheridge
Wesley
Dorothy
Genevie Donovan
Ivan Harsh
Bill Callen
Gordon Hill
Freddie
W. L. Milleman
Frank Hiatt
Allie Phillips
Oskaloosa
Vess Hiatt
Karl Fischer
Karline
Irven Kalvig
Bin
Fred Dusablon
Harley Vinzant
Don Pettibone
Beverly Fischer
Rochester
Minn
B.C. Wilson
Junior White
Trenton Wilson
Jay Wilson
Floyd Simmons
W. L. Millemon
Hiatt
Dellamae Jacobs
Kenneth Daniels
Duane Wood
Ida Caylor
Lee
Jackie
Jerry Tubaugh
Beverly Simmons
Donna Rae
Dixie Rae Tubaugh
Andy Andrews
Elanor Burton
Gerald Burton
Kermit Strickler
Garner Cleaver
Roy Tubaugh
Roberta Sue
Irma Jo
Belle Plaine
Albert Turbaugh
Delmar Dowd
Richard Tubaugh
Janiece
Bill Tolbert
Seymour
Harold Hoffman
Vivian
Bill Ho
Eleanor Miller
Wilbur Miller
Jerald Gillaspie
Hiteman
Albert Tubaugh
Grantree
Joe Padlock
Lazelle
Wilbur
Donnie
Lois
Iva Strunk
Raleigh Morrison
West Grove
Claude Paris
Ray Tubaugh
Ottumwa
Cecil Comstock
Doris Means
Albia
Margaret Comstock
Jones Dairy
Norman Kelley
Joe Tadlock
Crystal
Harold Cornell
Richard
Clifford Caster
Patty
Aisster
Melrose
Walter Abbas
Charles Cleston
Dugie
Reo Bryant
Bob Strunk
Barbara
Forrest
Mary Jane
Riveria
Calif
Lovell Reagan
Albert
Ray
Mark Gillaspie
Kenny Tadlock
Names Gathered at Local Weekend Visits
A sequence of weekend and Sunday visits marked by Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Miller and family, Osbursburgh’s py and Larry Derby at Cen terville Junior College, and many from the vicinity including the O Haras Calhouns Browns Exline Derbys and Sheldons with various hosts and dinners noted through the weekend. The community’s social circuit included visits among Roy and Emmett Derby, Karen Rose, Monte, Laura Martin, Fern Callen, and others, with multiple Sunday gatherings at the Sheldon and Calhoun homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Derby
Centerville Junior College
Mra
Melvin Miller
Paul
Joyce
Roy Miller
Hattie Miller
W. G. O'Haras
Carl © Calhouns
Dick Browns
Mrs. Exline
Emmett Derby
Karen Rose
Monte
Laura Martin
Fern Callen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyle Jones
Virgil Johnson
Ben Jones
Keith More
Margaret
Jean
Elizabeth
Harlan
More
Peter Crestani
Chicago
Lena Bimbi
Howard Goering
Melcher
Turner Funeral Home
Bik H
Gardner Hatchery
Maurice Walter
Lowe
Fira Bates Sampte and I
Wichita
Kansas
Lewis Hares
James Wood
R. C. ‘Hart
Emery Hiatt
Frank Wilson
Alice Wilson
J. R. Callen
Lloyd E. Luse
G. E. Goodwin
Linda
O. A. Burton
H. B. Spring
Basil Phillips
Mystic
New Hope
Emda
Richey G Florists
N. Ard St
Miller Byre, Arthur Andrews
the Moravia Union
Osbursburgh
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Moravia Union
Amos McGhghy
Sanitone SS
Hun
C. Freddy Deal
Albia Cleaners
McClurg Implement Co
Allis-Chalmers
New Idea
Zeke Morlan
Appancose County
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