Potts and neighbors Sunday visits and travels
A souped up rural social roundup lists Mr and Mrs Horton Potts visiting Albia and Louilla while many families including Nash Nash and family Hellyer Scott and others attend events from state fairs to picnics. Several households host dinners and attend gatherings in Albia Cedar Rapids Eddyville Iconium Newton Long Des Moines Rockford Illinois and Oklahoma with various births deaths and travels noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton Potts
Albia
Louilla
Bert
Nash
Donald
Frank
Lew
Gerald
Junior Rinehart
Dell Hellyer
Ned Argo
Raymond
Floriene Perry
Carl Dicks
Esther Sheldon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Delmar Jennison
A. W. Scott
Bert Nash
Dick and
George Hellyer
Moravia
Eddyville
Will Haver
Iconium
Sun
Local social visits noted at Miller and Callen homes
Junior College and stays at the Atty. C. E. Miller home, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Callen spent Tuesday at the Clarence Miller home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty. C
Moravia Residents Share Weekend Visits and Outings
Moravia area residents spent Sunday visiting Willie VanDorin and Ivan Harsh. Rollie Brown and Lloyd Brown attended a sale in Albie, with family members often visiting in Albin and Melrose. The Browns and Watts families were seen at the state fair last week and shoppers in Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Free
Willie VanDorin
M. D. Watts
Ivan Harsh
Rollie
Lloyd Brown
Albie
Lloyd Beaty
Albin
Rollie Brown
Ralph Davis
Helen
Zelia Derby
Melrose
Moravia
Rex Haver
Enon community notes signal homecomings and visits
Enon J J Selby welcomed all children home last week. Funkhouser family from Kansas City arrived Tuesday evening. Selby family from Florida arrived Wednesday evening. Helping Hand club met with 17 present and stitched pillow slips. No meeting next Thursday. Russell Davie family visiting. plan Phoenix trip around the 16th. Faber and Mary Jo at Van Dorin home. Van Dorin ill. Wendell Roberts and family visited then left for California for work. Marjorie and Donna Roberts on sick list. Sunday visitors at VanDorin included Shaw family, Arthur Shaw, Lucile Coltrain, J T VanDorin, Leo. Homecoming plans for Enon on Sunday 27 with Morning address by Rev W P Donahoo and afternoon by Rev O C Morgan of Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J J. Selby
Russell Davie
Phoenix
Arizona
R. S. Faber
Mary Joe
van Dorin
VanDorin
Wendell Roberts
Guy Roberts
California
Marjorie
Donna Roberts
Lowell VanDorin
Geo, Shaw
Frank Shaw
Billy
Arthur Shaw
Lucile Coltrain
J. T. VanDorin
Leo
W. P. Donahoo
O. C. Morgan
Albia
Farewell gathering at Coy Luse home shifts to Centerville
Maini Station Tuesday evening a group met at the Coy Luse residence for a farewell at 7 30 pm moving to Centerville Thursday. Attendees included Merie Walter and family, Hilton and Luse families, Jack Cody Irene Grover and others with many visits reported and best wishes for the new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coy Luse
Centerville
Merie Walter
Wm. Hilton
Jack Luse
Cody Luse
Irene Main
Grover Easter
Clyde
Frank
Kenneth Gladfelder
J. W. MecDanes
Bill Reeves
Teta and Doyle
Otis Ballanger
George Hiatt
Hannah Gladfelder
Lynn Hilton
James
Carl al
Johnnie Foster
Gertie Boyer
John Whicker
Jess Gladfelder
Dr. Gilliland Letter Read At Iconium Homecoming
A 1936 Iconium Homecoming letter from Clarence V. Gilliland reflects on past gatherings, world crises, and church duty. He urges readers to embrace moral law, progress, and Christ’s teachings, calling for wider church involvement and readiness for a final homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gilliland
Iconium
England
Europe
Christ
Jesus
Heve
Jeonium
Feonium
Clarence V. Gilliland
Valley town notes and visits reach across region
Kinser Valley Frank Thompson travels toward the Harve McCumber farm to check cattle. G B Spencer and wife visit Darby family in Ottumwa. Ralph Spencer delivers papers for Billie Spencer. Zell Wilean and wife journey to Centerville with Harry Sytsma for medical care. Mrs Ed Peterson of Flint Michigan and her age Ivan tipechey at Princeton ill. Mrs Hoadley stays with sister Mrs Curt Goudy in Ottumwa before leaving Monday morning. Stanley Sawieky and Springfield visitors attend Joe Scavenger funeral in Albis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thompson
Avery
Harve McCumber
G. B. Spencer
Hill
Grandmag
Princeton
Ill
Mra. Hoadley
Curt Goudy
Ottunwa
Tweeng Lee
Otte We Roy and
Hiernes
Mra
Mee
Hoadley
Stanley Sawieky
Springfield
Sun Gey
Searsant and
Coumne
Joe Scavenger
Albis
W. Cohngam
Local Visits and Neighboring Calls Shape Weekend
Blakenburg visited the M. M. Darby family from Saturday to Tuesday and spent time with grandma Darby Sunday. Mrs. Geo. Clough of Madison Wisconsin visited her mother here Friday and returned home Monday night. Dorothea Darby attended an Epworth League meeting at Centerville Monday night. Omega J. J. Taylor and Zulg Taylor from Moravia were at L. Ward's Sunday. Freda Mabel and Dwight Stocker joined Gomer Stocker after Sunday School. Mrs. Laurence Ward visited Bill Irelan Sunday evening. L. Kelly cut corn foray Lockman. Jennie Anderson and Arthur visited Gomer Stocker Monday. Bert and Marshall Drake called on Elmer Henderson Sunday. George and Wanda Johnson from Des Moines, with Cecil, and Gabe Johnson with daughter Wanda, spent Monday at Gomer Stocker's. Burdette Ward visited Laurence Ward Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Taylor
Zulg Taylor
Moravia
L. Ward
Freda
Mabel
Dwight Stocker
Gomer
Cecil
Des Moines
Gabe Johnson
Wanda
Gomer Stocker
Burdette Ward
Laurence Ward
Sunday Socials And Injuries At Local Gatherings
Dickie Brown suffered a head cut and Dale Beaty a bruised chin after an incident while they ran together on Saturday night. A long list of neighbors and relatives visited various homes and attended church and social events on Sunday and Wednesday, including reunions and gatherings at the Bert Sheldon and Clelt Sheldon homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie Brown
Dale Beaty
Dickie
Dale
Nonna Yents
Roy
Herbert
Theresa Ferren
Cleil Sheldon
Ferrel Frame
Maxine
John William McAninch
Bert Sheldon
Claude Hawk
Truxton Dicks
Albia
Berte Beaty
Lloyd Beaty
Parental Beaty
Berle Lloyd
John
Plano
Wendl Coulson
Vinton Lundy
Will Kelsey
John McAninch
Rev
Lawson
Tthe Christian Church
Edgar Breese
Lester Breese
Nona ‘Yonte
Roy Herbert
Bert. Sheldon
Clarence
Jessie
Clelt Sheldon
Ployd Ullem
Unionville Visitors and Departures Round Out Summer
Local residents hosted guests from Belleflower California Lusk Wyoming Chicago and St Louis while others travel to Tabernach and Oakland Farm. Navy man Robert Stanley returns for a visit as families plan future moves and a public sale is announced for the Unionville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Frederickson
Naoma
Jessie Culp
Paul Davis
Belleflower
Calif
Agnes McCall
Eunice Carr
Allerton
H. M.underwood
W. C. Swaim
Lusk
Wyoming
Robert Stanley
C. A. Stanley
Uncle
Sam
P. L. Veitch
Lincoln
Oakland Farm
Unionville
Urban Hil
Knoxville
Sale of Doctor Patterson estate goods noted
The sale featured Frank Swaim of Moravia and Rawleigh Morrison among buyers. Mrs Sarah Arnold returned from Omaha to help care for Mia Zella Wilson while Wilson recovers. Out-of-town relatives attended the H A Herman reunion from Waterloo, Brazil, Ottumwa, and Fairfield. Newly elected Methodist Sunday School officers include Emily M. Plitt as Superintendent and Gladys Underwood as assistant. Officers of the Womans Foreign Missionary group were elected with Mrs B C Bowers as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawleigh Morrison
Frank Swaim
Moravia
Patterson
Sarah Arnold
Omaha
Nebru
Mia
Zella
Wilson
J. Edison
Waterloo
James McGrann
Dixie
Brazil
Selix
Margaret
Wayne Morrison
Wayne Jr
George van de Gore
Ottumwa
Victor Basa
Ana
Victor Jr
Fairfield
Methodist Sunday School
Emily M. Plitt
Gladys Underwood
Edna May Strank
Carl Alden
Writa Stanley
Bowers
Wayne Underwood
Forrest Harrington
Mable Robb
Ruth Allender
Ruby Underwood
Home Department
Myrtle Harrington
Womans Foreign Missionary
B. C. Bowers
Lois Kocher
Emily Plitt
Mazie V. Dukes
Hiattsville Residents Share Weekend Family News
Hiattsville and surrounding families reported recoveries and visits from Monday through Sunday. R. C. Wilson returned home after an appendicitis operation and was improving. Dozens of local relatives and friends, including Miss Josephine Scott, Miss Rubye Hiatt, the Rose and Jolly families, and the Glick family, gathered at various homes in social visits and a family reunion at Streepy’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Wilson
Josephine Scott
Rubye Hiatt
Tucker
W. A. Rose
C. A. Butz
Centervillis
Elsie Martin
Alfred Carlson
J. R. Jolly
Cleland
Carol Jolly
Frank O'Conor
Kermit Rose
W. A. Rose Androthy Rose
Paul Broshar
Waterloo
Lloyd Carter
M. E. McDanel
Streepy
Glick
Frank Glick
Abingdon
Ill
Ang
Community Notes on Sunday Visitors and Illness
Long column lists Sunday visitors and social calls around Boyer Ridge. John Whicker, ill for some time, showed some improvement after a doctor visit. Nearby families from Moravia, Rockford, Chariton and Des Moines were mentioned, with meals and get-togethers noted.
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Newton Long
Jean
Guy McKern
Lionel Potts
Arthur Lewis
Robert Jennings
Harry Jennings
Robert Tarr
Fred Tarr
Eden Closter
Alvin Rouse
Enon
Maini Station
Los Angeles
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Peter
Victor Hugo
Kinser Valley
Omega
Turner Funeral Home
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W. O. McDaniels
Milledgville
Forrest Kaster
Ernie Kaster
Anna Kaster
Betty Jean Kaster
Orph Kaster
John Foster
Dale Lower
Rockford
John Clark
Wanda Easter
Leon Oehler
F. A. Boyer
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Ira Boyer
Jackie Winsler
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Jean and
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