Community Notes From Moravia And Nearby Towns
Residents attended a funeral at Moravia U B church for Mrs. R. J. Funkhouser on Sunday. Distant relatives plan to remain in Missouri as Floyd Lockman works there, Raul Lockman moves to Ottumwa to run a restaurant, and a farewell party for the Lockmans drew 35 guests. Local visits include many friends and neighbors hosting dinners and calling on familiar homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn
Bill Taylor
Alva Cridlebaugh
Wanda
R. J. Funkhouser
U. B
Moravia
Harry Burton
Doris
Arthur
Simpson Hiatt
Denny School
Mildred Cridlebaugh
Wilbur Porter
Jerry Cane
Munson
Monroe
Iowa
Alya Cridlebaugh
Wm. Horstman
Keith Phillips
Otis Exline
Francy Huffman
Raul Lockman
Ottumwa
R. A. Faber
Albia Park
Homer King
Kenneth Free
Flora Jones
Carl Coop
Ben Coop
Mina Coop
Lloyd Stocker
B. T. Cary
Elbert Lockman
Donahoo
Chas. Blumer
Alva Tubaugh
E. A. Tubaugh
Valley Social Notes Chronicle Visits and Reunions
Kinser Valley residents recount visits and gatherings from Monday to Sunday. Willlie Van Dorin and son Sylvan aided brother Jimmie on his house. John Robinson stopped Tuesday to see sister Mrs. G. R. Darby on his way to Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie van Dorin
Sylvan
Jimmie
John Robinson
G. R. Darby
Moravia
C. V. Heater
Eric Foster
Zell Wilson
Ted Wilson
Community Members Attend Social and Work Trips
Scattersburg resident Frank Lockman aided with Elbert Lockman’s work on Monday. Bernard Hayes made a business call in Ottumwa on Wednesday morning, while Ray Lockman and Mrs. Ellen Ward visited Ottumwa on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Irelan visited Unionville with her parents on Wednesday. George Scott and family called at their parents’ home Wednesday evening. Elbert Lockman and wife were Ottumwa visitors on Thursday after moving there on Monday. Lucille Caltrain, Mrs. Ward, and Mrs. Edna Ward attended a Sunday School convention at Prairie Chapel on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lockman
Elbert Lockman
Bernard Hayes
Ottumwa
Ray Lockman
Ellen Ward
Gerald Irelan
Unionville
George Scott
Scott
Lucille Caltrain
Albert Martin
Lucy
Fairfield
Allen Hiatt
Emma Young
Johnny Hutton
Dewitte Yeager
Ina Moffitt
Elanor Barton
Mina Dowd
Dele Linder
Rex Wilkening
Hayesville
F. W. Wright
Richard Miller
Bill Hanley
Jerry
Gerald Starrall
Moulton
Lester Smith
Wahoo
Nebr
Misa Pauline Williams
Stubby Jones
Cecil
Carl
Bernard Creech
Kirksville
Rollie Foster
Robert Foster
Vivien Wright
Dick Wilson
Chris Bogart
Bogart
Gus Bogart
Drakesville
Myr
Clarence Dowd
Salem Area News Roundup Sees School Start and Visits
Douglas Salem and Donna Batterson of Aurora NL and Wilma Batterson of Whit ing Indiana visited Alva Criddlebaugh last Sunday. Salem School opened September 5 with Beulah Brown teaching. Salem Ladies Aid met Thursday. Mrs. Ross Starka and Mrs. John Clayworth saw Oske loosa relatives at the Oskalooosa fair. Roas Starks family visited Lee Walker Thursday evening. Miss Juanita Harriet of Udell visited Arlene Fenton. Salem church homecoming set for September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Batterson
Donna
Aurora
Wilma Batterson
Whiting
Indiana
Alva Criddlebaugh
Harry Burton
Centerville
Salem School
Beulah Brown
Salem Ladies Aid
Ross Starka
John Clayworth
Oskeloosa
E. Reide
Wm. Horstman
Roas Starks
Leona
Lee Walker
Juanita Harriet
Udell
Sunday Visitors Fill Rural Iowa Homes
A series of social calls and visits are listed from Fairfield to Drakesville and Kirksville. Residents including Biddle Martins, Lucy Martin, the Hines, Wrights, Miller family, Stansberrys and many more exchanged weekend hospitality and afternoon chats. The notes recount neighborly gatherings and family meals across several towns.
Franklin Willing Workers meet and quilting day recap
The Franklin Willing Workers club gathered with Mrs. Beryl Brown on a Wednesday in September for a well attended session focused on quilting and canning peaches. Upcoming plans mention a meeting with Mrs. Clarr Brown on September 21. Nearby visits and Labor Day events are noted among local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Club
Beryl Brown
Clarr ‘Brown
Bill Robinson
John Mofffatt
Wes Scott
Albia
Mary
Daisy Moffatt
Delmont Turner
Leo Seals
Centerville
John Moffatt
Henry Elliott
Mystic
Local Social Roundup in Centerville and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs Tom Hiatt traded in Centerville on Saturday. Earnest Foster visited at Earl Foster home and has worked for Jim Cline and Riley Callen. Harry Rumley called the vterin lary reporting a horse with sleeping sickness. The Moffatts Floyd Lee Clancy family and others traded or visited Centerville Unionville Brookfield and nearby towns over the weekend. Calvin staying with grandparents and attending Unionville high school. Several families traded in Centerville Saturday evening and visits included ice cream and cake at the Rumley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hiatt
Centerville
Earnest Foster
Earl Foster
Jim Cline
Riley Callen
Harry Rumley
Vterin
Lary
Moravia
Will Moffatt
Floyd and
Lee
Emma Miller
Unionville
Glen Clancy
Brookfield
Calvin
Laverne
Bonnie Lee
Berniece
Edd Rumley
Donar Sanders
Narlene
Donald
Social notes from Centerville area events and travels
The item lists local people visiting, returning home, or traveling. Salients include Clyde Gladfelder family welcoming a daughter after a Sunday visit to Guy McKern’s. Susie Tarr arriving home from Fort Madison for a weeklong vacation. Donald Whitehead, George Hellyer and Roy Adams at a birthday party. Clark Hellyer with the Moravia band on a booster trip. Charles Youngker commuting to Mt Vernon and Cornell College. sympathy extended for Ella Funkhouser. Bertha Martin helping with peach canning. Dell Hellyer group visiting Tarr’s. and Bert Nash reported with a sick colt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Gladfelder
Guy McKern
Newton Long
Dorothy McKern
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Will Haver
Jess Gladfelder
Centerville
Susie Tarr
Robert Tarr
Fort Madison
Donald Whitehead
George Hellyer
Roy Adams
Joesphine
McDonald’s
Clark Hellyer
Moravia
Sturday
Cisrence Whitehead
Ray McCord
Dick Hellyer
Charles Youngker
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Charles
Cornell College
Ella Funkhouser
Bertha Martin
Hazel and
Clark
Bert Nash
Administrator's Notice for Turner's Estate in Appanoose Iowa
On August 23 1938 the District Court of Appanoose County Iowa appointed the signer administrator of the estate of B E Turner deceased. All debts should be paid to the administrator and any claims presented to the court for allowance. Dated August 41 1940s George Hia rt Administrator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose
Iowa
B. E. Turner
George Hia
Aditiaurant
Unimportant Cogitations and Everyday Irritations
A reflective diary style piece notes flies in an unt screened house, mixed weather woes, canning tomatoes, and water for shade trees. It reflects comic, self deprecating humor as the author vents about heat, rain, and domestic chores during a busy summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiapsis
The Unwelcome Task of Waiting for Flies
A diarist notes daily chores and parental resistance to chores before school, arguing boys can change clothes while reading. The writer decides to delay window screening and accept the ongoing need to address pests, concluding with a plan to avoid unscreened windows.
Dicks and Friends Hold Reunions Across Centerville Area
Mr and Mrs Will Free led a Hedrick reunion while the Dicks group gathered in Corydon Park. Attendees from here included multiple Dicks family members and inlaws. visiting locals spanned Centerville, Albion, Chariton, and Moravia. Notable events included parish visits, funeral attendance, and a Moravia band stop en route to the Fall Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Free
Hedrick
Corydon
Cap Dicks
Merl Dicks
Harry Brown
Ferris Frame
Earl Swift
Truxton Dicks
Clyde Dicks
W. Dicks
Ned Argo
L. L. Funkhouser
Dora Hellyer
Centerville
Mary Kingery
Coy Swift
Ray McCord
Edgar Breese
Gilbert Callen
Ferrer Frame
William Spurlock
Chicago
Haver Free
Carrie Turner
Edward McCord
Moravia
Local residents enjoy Saturday music and marching
The community gathered for a belated Saturday event with good music and a parade. Ill resident Mrs. Noma Yontz was taken to Centerville hospital Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheldon and their children moved into the vacant property left by Will Callen and Mayme last spring. Rev. and Mrs. E P Spurlock depart for Fairfield to attend a Methodist conference today. They are expected back for the next year. Sunday visitors at Lyde Argo’s included Mr. and Mrs. Will Haver, Mrs. Lottie Swan, Mrs. Fred Duckett, and Mrs. Frank Swan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noma Yontz
Centerville Hospital
Roy Sheldon
Childdren
Will Callen
Mayme
Newton
E. P. Spurlock
Fairfield
Town-Des Moines
Lyde Argo’s
Will Haver
Lottie Swan
Fred Duckett
Frank Swan
Pleasant Grove School enrolls several pupils and losses a member
Pleasant Grove Our School opened the last Monday in August with students Wayne Allen Tom Robb in eighth grade Mark Allen and James Wilson in seventh John Allen Wilson in third and Boyd Paxston in second Mr and Mrs Chas Printy are new tenants Frank Wilson delivered hogs and sheep to Ottumwa for neighbors Several local visits occurred including the Garrett Paxston Hopkins and McCloud households A death mourns the community Ella Funkhouser longtime member and club mother of the So and Sew club is remembered with sympathy for her family and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Allen
Tom Robb
Mark Allen
James Wilson
John Allen Wilson
Boyd Paxston
Chas. Printy
H. N. Main
Frank Wilson
Ottumwa
J. H. Sutter
Glen Garrett
Columbia
Iowa
Clifford Paxston J
Boyd
Lyle Hopkins
Denny
McCloud
Ruth Wilson
Paul
Eunice Sutter
Fred Argo
Ella Funkhouser
Mrs J E Sharp Visits Centerville Relative Over Weekend
Mrs J E Sharp of Centerville spent Sunday with G B Johnson and family, enjoying a quiet day at their residence. Details of the visit are limited to this brief social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Sharp
Centerville
G. B. Johnson
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Filoravia Union
Appanocosa County
Congress
H. K. Smith
Urbana and Vicinity
Ted Miller
Kenneth Gladfelder
Johnny Foster
Gerald Burton
Lide Hiatt
Doris Smith
Fern Wright
Mary Putman
Alfred Carlson
Kinser Valley
Douglas Salem
Beane
King Theatre
Biddle
Veach Drug Store
Franklin
Udeil
Salem
Tconium
Pleasant Grove
C.T. Slavin
M. D
Frank Swaim
Moravia, Iowa
Zead
Speedway
Goodyear
Hal Weather
Goddear
Goodyear Batteries
Oehler Bros
Educt
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Lake
Staes
B.X
Oehler Oil Company
Chas. Johnson
Chas
Argo
Kontum
Loyd Carter, Hiansville M. &. Boardman, Brompton
Brownbilt
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