Interesting Letter From Mrs Blainche DuVall Chugwater Woman Describes Hottest Wyoming Summer
Mrs. Blainche DuVall writes from Chugwater Wyoming August 24 1980 detailing a record hot summer drought with hard rain in August and flood periods. She notes drought impact on crops cattle and milk prices, family visits and daily chores, and anecdotes of travel weather and local incidents while contrasting Western resilience with Arkansas and Kentucky distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chugwater
Wyoming
Mrs. Lynch
Will
Betty Marie
T. Y. Ranch
Bessie
Yallow Stone Park
Berniece
Rex
Centerbury
Ohio
Combine
Winnie
Husband
Grand Junction
Cole
W. W. Russell
Texas
Arkansas
Uncle Sam
Kentucky
Unionville and Moravia Residents Visit and Callers Event
Mr and Mrs Chester Sanders and gon Royce were callers at J J Stevens home Sunday. Mrs Mary Fowler visited Sunday at her son Alvin Fowlers home. Jacob Moffat of Moravia visited Sunday at Will Moffats near Unionville. Tom Hiptt and daughter Beulah were Moravia business callers Saturday. Charley Coffin and daughter Mary visited Centerville callers Saturday. Russell Fowler worked for Willie Callen last week. Mary Fowler visited her brother Andy Hayworth last week. Kenneth Hiatt visited Carol and Earnest Foster Friday. Charley Foster with Lizzie Van Dorin and Fannie Stickler visited John Wednesday. Will Moffat worked on his car in Unionville Wednesday. Floyd and Lee Moffat visited Earl Fosters Thursday. Mae Rumley with Calvin LaVerne and Bonnie Lee visited her mother Emma Ray Thursday. Donna McKern visited Beulah Hiatt and attended Teachers Institute in Centerville Thursday and Friday. Mildred Clancy visited Will Moffat Wednesday afternoon. Johnny and Earl Foster were Unionville callers Tuesday.
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Chester Sanders
Gon
Royce
J. J. Stevens
Mary Fowler
Alvin Fowler
Jacob Moffat
Moravia
Will Moffat
Unionville
Tom Hiptt
Beulah
Charley Coffin
Mary
Centerville
Russell Fowler
Willie Callen
Andy Hayworth
Kenneth Hiatt
Carol
Earnest Foster
Charley Foster
Slaters
Lizzie van Dorin
Fannie Stickler
John
Harry Rumley
Floyd
Lee Moffat
Earl Foster
Mae Rumley
Calvin
LaVerne
Bonnie Lee
Emma
Ray
Donna McKern
Beulah Hiatt
Teachers Institute
Mildred Clancy
Johnny
Richard Maseman
Jack Pangburn
Howard Bane
Fiona
G. FP. Penfield
Lloyd Beaty
Ronald. Rowe
Chillicothe
Rowe
St Ottumwa
Elva Gilliland
Roy Gilliland
Charles Emerson
D. F. Hiner
Harve Beaty
Numa
Tom Jones
Guy Jones
Jay Massman
J. &. Dicks
Jack Murphy
Albia
Mra
Mias Wilcox
Oskeloosa
rMa
J. E. Dicks
Karl Swift
Harry Brown
Lloyd Brown
A. J. Brown
Louie Priebe
Kenneth
Tish Murphy
Ottumwa
Arlo Funkhouser
Thhildren
Seonium
Harry Lemaster
Phylisa
Lytle Argo
Lottie Swan
Russell Brown
Priebe
Des Moines
Louie
Mary Maiken
Berle Beat
D. F
Community notes from Moravia and Coatavile area visits
BRUSH visits with the Walter Lemaster and Raymond Stites homes near Coatavile Missouri. Local families including Wilsons Tisues and Foster share weekends and church activity in Moravia with multiple calls and hog deliveries. A Washington dispatch notes reduced currency and mentions farm prosperity.
Eulogy on Arizona Glow Shows Land of Sunlit Wealth
Poetic tribute extols Arizona as The Gold Spot of the Earth praising climate health waters and diverse riches. It highlights cotton alfalfa wheat fruits and citrus, mines cattle and wildlife, Grand Canyon tourism, climate, Indians and culture, growing Phoenix and lasting nostalgia for home.
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Arizona
Dama
Nightingale
Old Grand Canyon
Old Phoenix
Home Sweet Home sung at Coffin reunion
A reading of the poem Home, Sweet, Home by Odley Wilson opened the Coffin family reunion with a moment of reflection and shared reminiscences among relatives.
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Odley
Wilson
Coffin
Community notes recount births and visits in Centerville
Richard Maseman spent one night with Jack Pangburn. Mrs. and Mrs. Lloyd Beaty welcomed a 9 pound baby girl born Tuesday. Rev Ronald Rowe and Mrs. Rowe joy over a new boy born in Chillicothe. The piece lists many local visits, a hip injury, schooling moves, and a local show in Centerville with Gamble promotions.
Pleasant Hill Community Notes and Social Visits Begin
Local families in Pleasant Hill report visits and gatherings across Albia Des Moines and New Sharon. Mayme Callen teaches at Pleasant Hill school starting May 8 while Kenneth Priebe starts Albia high school. The adage simplicity of law noted.
Social Visit and Shopping Roundup in Local Towns
Mr and Mrs Jeff Pattick visited on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Grant Tadlock and children and others spent Sunday at Casa Hamiltons. County grader works roads this week. Centerville shoppers and Albia shoppers noted. Will Hicks home hosted Van Long family Sunday. John VanZante and Henry Sytama called on Albia Friday. Julia Woods and daughter Emme visited Jim Moore Sunday. John Plant and son Leslie were Moravia shoppers Friday. Dick Wilson threshed clover for Lee Hiatt Saturday.
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Jeff Pattick
Grant Tadlock
Lloyd Brown
Dorothy
Casa 'Hamilton's
van Long
Centerville
Albia
Will Hicks
John VanZante
Henry Sytama
Mra
Julia Woods
Emme
Jim Moore
John Plant
Leslie
Dick Wilson
Lee Hiatt
Enid Long and Helen Hamilton visit Carter household
Enid Long and Helen Hamilton called at Evelyn and Helen Carter's on Wednesday evening. The note mentions towns taxing the Tent Thumb golf courses and remarks that the little fellows sometimes handle the business money. A casual line adds butter should be in every diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid Long
Helen Hamilton
Evelyn and
Helen Carter
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Blainche DuVall
Cheyenne
Ewart
East Flats
Carl K. Long
Blanche Williama DuVall
Harley Tisue
Evelyn
Ernestine
Clifford
Carl
Walter Lemaster
Delmar Wilson
Josephine Foster
Raymond Stites
Coatavile
Missouri
Gertrude
Althea Green
Evelyn Stauber
Charlie
Mary Platt
Roscoe Pennington
Elex Main
Earl Main
Gus Tisue
Jack Clark
Dale Harrison
Charles Enos Hlatt
Leon Oehler
Ernestine Stauber
Carl Tiaue
Homer Wilson
Washington
Iconium
Towa
Moravia Ball Park
Hiteman
Pleasant Hill
Berle Beaty
Weneil Coulson
Plano
Gray Penfield
Elbert. Moore
Fred Priebe
Daughters
L. H
Howard Fenton
Opal
Arlene Fenton
Elbert Moore
Frank Tarbell
Theda
Walter Booth
W. C. Bivin
West Side Cafe
W. Ih
Sandy
West Side Square
Moravia, Iowa
Albia, Iowa
Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s of
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