Local Happenings Across Moravia and Nearby Towns
Moravia and surrounding communities feature a busy weekend with visits from relatives and guests. Notable events include anniversaries at Orleans church with a basket dinner, a crowd at Old Threshermans convention in Fairfield, and several trips to Des Moines Des Moines for medical or family affairs. Many residents host relatives from roles in Des Moines Waterloo Nampa and other places while preparations for future moves and schooling are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Witherby
Harold Witherby
Steelville
Oxford
Ohio
Moravia
Frank Wilsons
Art Fox
Earl Hardin
Faulkton
S. C
Ralph Tuttle
Robert Larson
Mr. Larson
Stanley Hartman
Cedar Rapids
Charles Burton
Orville Burton
Hinttaville Social Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
Hinttaville society roundup lists Sunday gatherings with Otha Fenton and unionville guests at Centerville park. Ottumwa visitors Roscoe Bailey and Keokuk guests Inez Harman join Bert Meadows and families for dinners and informal calls across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otha Fenton
D. S. Fentons
Unionville
Roscoe Bailey
Ottumwa
Guss Hiatts
Virgil Dooley
Kenneth Daniels
Unionville- Wesley
Centerville Park
Minnie Sharp
Bert Meadows
Kellerton
Inez Harman
Keokuk
Gus Hiatt
Lute Hiatt
Otha Fenton Home
Mark Allen
O. V. Fenton Jr
Safety rules urged for corn picker use on farms
Nationwide farmers are urged to follow strict safety rules for corn pickers after a surge of injuries. The New Idea Division Areo Manufacturing Corp warns against touching moving parts and stresses shutting off power, keeping shields, and proper clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idea
Areo Manufacturing Corporation
Fairview Neighbors and Visitors Report Various Local Outings
Fairview community notes a calf incident injuring no one but damaging Bobby Stocker’s car. Various families visited kin and hosted dinners, teas, and church events across Centerville, Oskaloosa, Belle Plaine, and Des Moines. Neighbors include Stockers, Proctors, Woodwards, Hiatt, Lockmans, and Gatekeepers with routine social visits and a field show trip noted.
Pleasant Hill News Roundup from Local Families
Pleasant Hill notes detail visits and gatherings among local families including the Cline, Moore, Callen, Argo, Exline, Dicks, Brown, McAninch, Sheldon, and Tarbell households. Recent trips home, dinner gatherings, afternoon calls, and a funeral in Centerville are recorded, with hospital visits to Mrs. Clel Sheldon.
Centerville and Des Moines visitors attend Russell Brown home
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Callen visited at the Bill Callen home on Sunday Florence Dicks called on Nona Dicks Saturday afternoon Mr and Mrs Don Polson and children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jay Argo Mr and Mrs Harry Lemaster Mrs Pearl Broshar and Cotty Swan of Centerville spent Thursday and Friday at the Russell Brown home and canned peaches Mrs Richard Dunham and Debby of Des Moines were weekend visitors at the Russell Brown home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Etcheson
Greenville
Ill
Fred Hiatt
Carl Hiatt
Laredo
W. C. Bivin
Birdle Main
Maude Coltrain
Nelle Utterback
Louis Schaffner
Orleans
Ray Fenton
A. R. Fenton
Des Moines
Elizabeth Ann Fenton
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Ira Robb
Clyde
Piano
Fairfield
Bruce Gardner
D. D. DuVall
Carson Jordan
University Hospital
Iowa City
Frank Wilson
Richard Mason
Harry Felton
Hattie Woodruff
Albert Tubaugh
Don Cobbler
F. K. Smith
William E. Swanson
George Steele
Connie Norton
Ottumwa
W. S. Norton
Swanson
Korea
Sth Air Force
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Della May Points
Barbara Yeager
Nancy
Billie
Linda
Judy Points
Grandpa
Grandma Norton
Woodrow Norton
Centerville
Charlie
William
Henry Norton
Albia
Roland White
Warren, NL
Frank Woodward
O. G. Woodward
Wm. Woodward
Harry Woodward
Frank Swaim
Ira Boyer
Harold Mason
Beverly Woodward
Norma Allison
Margaret Simmons
Rathbun
Jennie Pollard
Kenneth Palmer
Ft. Worth
Texas
Eldred Palmer
Billy Gene
Greentop
Leonard Palmer
Elvie Bickford
E. G. Hawk
Basil Tadlock
Carolyn Hawk
Charles
Elaine
A. G. Broshar
Waterloo
Harry Pabst
Hicks ‘Pabst
Lester Brain
Earl Brain
Hed Pick
Howard Smith
Richard
Fort Riley
Kansas
John VanDalen
Charley
Mary Platt
Janie Albertson
Marion Condra
Alvin Albertson
Ft. Dodge
Garland Houser
Charles Coffin
Mesa
Jim Vaughn
Silvis
W. B. Stone
Scarsboro
Dale Laws
Paul Dicks
Nicky
John Laws
Stone
Mr. Vaughn
Laws
John Robison
Richard Veach
JoEllyn
Gallatin
Jamison
Jamesport
Fred Cox
Virgil Mercer
Dorothy
Cyril Mullins
Otha Mercer
Maurice Walter
Marcia
Ron Woodward
Everett Gardner
J. R. Small
Hubert Helmick
Evelyn
Grandpa Small
Ramona Cox
Marianne Scott
Selah Hiatt
Vance
Methodist Church
Annesee
Wesley Chapel
Hershbnger
Bill Clancy
Milton Stocker
Gomer Stocker
Milton
Ralph Cline
Chugwater
Wyo
Elbert Moore
Gilbert Callen
Roscoe Argo
Lucille Exline
Dick Brown
Russell Brown
Jessie McAninch
Addie Sheldon
Nona Dicks
Bill Moore
DeWayne Moore
Haley Scott
Bess Callen
Bill Callen
Frank Tarbell
Fern Penfield
Verna McAninch
Goodwin Whitmore
Charles McAninch
Mary Jo Sheldon
Merle Dicks
Clel Sheldon
Ottumway Hospital
Florence Dicks
Don Polson
Jay Argo
Harry Lemaster
Pearl Broshar
Cotty Swan
Richard Dunham
Debby
Moravia church events and area social gatherings noted
A series of small town gatherings is recorded with multiple households attending dinners, club meetings, and family visits. Attendees include Mrs. Lloyd Brown, Mrs. Delbert Calhoun, Mrs. Chauncey Cole, Hazel, Mrs. Andy Mosley, Mr. Cass Hamilton, the McAninch and White families, and many others from Moravia and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Brown
Moravia U. B
Delbert Calhoun
Chauncey Cole
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Andy Mosley
Legion Auxiliary
Cass Hamilton
Jim McAninch
Clarence Whitehead
Iowa City
Karl Lee
Amy Hiner
Raymond Perry
Icel Christy
Jess Gladfelder
A. W. Kincade
Salem
Chariton Township Farm Bureau
Dick and Clark Hellyer
Moravia
Robert Jennings
Knoxville
Fred Sheldon
Albia
Karl. Lee
Carl Calhoun
Elbert Perry
Newton Long
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lou Whitworth
San Antonio
Neice
Arthur Andrews
Bill Tolbert
Cary Andrews
Seymour
Charley Andrews
A. L. Cline
Loves Park
Illinois
James Cline
Velma Boshak Higgins
Mr. Higgins
Jefferson, Iowa
Mrs
Cass Main
Franklin of
Lamont
Frank Main
Laddy Teddy
John Laws Home
Junior Hoyer
Estes Park
Lester Sawyer
Hillsboro
Stevie
Marty
Rollie McDonough
Madera
Calif
Jack
Max
Leo Dayle
Richard Raymie
Ferne Hughes
Mrs. Felton
Car
Ralph Davis
Claude Hawk
Harold Hawk
Henry Goemaat
New Sharon
Central Reformed Church
Oskaloosa
Marion Davis Go
Earl Exline
Dixie
Veril Easter
Jean van Dyne
Charles Broshar
R. R. Pennington
Hero Boblenz
Ams McBrighy
Ambulance Service
Turner Funeral Home
Iowa
Moravia Theater
Ford Service
General Motor
Brices Motor Co
FORD
Hinttaville
Fairview
Ben Woodward
Bobby Stocker
Henry Goema
Anna Lockman
Marve Lockman
Burdett Cox
Walter Harper
Buell Taylor
Burdette
Belle Plaine
Funk
Dayne Taylor
Otha
Taylor
Bert Vickrey
Ivan Walters
Roy Gilliland
Pleasant Hill
David Clark Nash Co
Library
St. Albla
Hazel Hellyer
George Hellyer
Karol Ann
Paul Runnells
Pearl Runnells
Eugene Jackson
Homer Hamilton
Allie Pence
L. P. Perry
Sandra
George McCombs
Hart
Guy McKern
Kenneth Gladfelder
Judy
Mary Wheeler
L. P. Clow
West State St
Centerville, Iows
Hollingshead Jewelry Weat
Side Square
Wayne
New Idea
Allise Chalmers
Allis Chalmers
Woods Bros. Combine
John Deere B
John Deere H
Farmall
Allis-Chalmers
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