Contum Family and Relatives Visit, War News Noted
Icontum Beaty and family plus Rosa Beaty and Mrs. Donald Rhee visited the Huff and Brown households. Several relatives gathered at A. J. Brown’s home including Russell Brown Lloyd Brown Varsal Hough and families. War news includes Ferrell Purvis on furlough from Italy and Floyd Green reported wounded in France now in an England hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Beaty
Lloyd Beaty
Donald Rhee
Marshalltown
Harold Huff
A. J. Brown
Brown
Russell Brown
Lloyd Brown
Varsal Hough
Dean
Berle Brown
W. E. Kelsey
Ida Argo
Rex Dick
Ned Argo
Ottumwa
Lottie Swan
Tconium
Wendl Coulson
Gustaf
Shirley Jean
Jim Shehan
Guy Argo
James Nash
Ferrell Purvis
Italy
Clinton
Fred Taylor
Floyd Green
France
England
John McAninch
Jimmy
Albia
Harry Scott
Robert
Don Lowe
Floyd Lowe
Missouri
Jerry Brown
Kenneth Brown
Kinser Valley Social News and Visits
Albert Brain and Lester hosted a Sunday gathering. Mrs. Ervin Long visited for a weekend, with Mr. and Mrs. Zell Wilson and others calling on neighbors. Des Moines and Albia connections appear among locals, including H. M. Smith and family, and road projects by Mr. Poole across Kinser and Soap creeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Darby
Albert Brain
Lester
Uere
Ervin Long
Zell Wilson
Pearl Hiner
R. Darby
Albia
Henry Sytsma
H. M. Smith
Des Moines
Grand View
Frank Selae
Gus Luse
Gerald
Unionville Social Roundup and Local Notices
Unionville residents host visitors from Fort Dodge Chariton and Chicago as local gatherings, church events and family visits unfold through the week. Military and religious figures attend meetings and conferences while area residents share news of travel illness and a death in Whitelake South Dakota.
Unimportant Cogitations by Inez Faber
A diary fragment details a Saturday filled with mud, flies and household chaos. The author plans to use a new note pad to organize chores from meals to cleaning, while mentioning reoccurring delays and a humorous aside about butter and churning. Local neighbors and families are listed with visits and gatherings around Albia.
New Hope Social Roundup
New Hope residents and visitors share time with relatives and friends across Centerville Oska loosa Fort Dodge and Des Moines. Hattie Hixon hosted relatives while Ed Kennedy spent the weekend at home with Fort Dodge folks. Rev L B Hawes led a Youth Fellowship meeting in Oska loosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. £. Donovan
Forest Jacobs
Ronnie
Raymond
Centerville
Hattie Hixon
Donald Sanders
Duane Coffin
Charles Burton
Oskaloosa
L. B. Hawes
Clarabel McDanel
Mardeena Wilson
Ed Kennedy
Fort Dodge
Ora Harsh
Des Moines
Ivan Harsh
Bernard Myers
QC. A. Burton
Bert Luse
Robert Luse
Bert Meadows
John
Filla Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Elsie Martin
Local families share meals and visits this Sunday
Mrs. Earl Boyer and family joined Mr. and Mrs. Boyer for Sunday dinner at the IvG Boyer home. Ralph Turner and family visited Clair Potts while Emma Woods and Henry Arthian dined with Oral Peters. Christopher Bogart hosted guests and several attended the Fall Festival in Albin. An unusually colored six foot snake was killed on a farm by Arthur Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Boyer
Ralph Turner
Clair Potts
Trenton Wilson
Emma Woods
Henry Arthian
Oral Peters
Emil Halden
Arthur Johnson
Albin
Chris Bogart
Jess Hiner
Pearl Hiner
Rex
Billy Angel
Carol Brees
Donley
Carl VanZante
A. G. Turner
Carol Brees and
Centerville Business
Kenny
Ella Platt
Faye
Grace Hiatt
C. G. Turner
Sorghum party and neighborly visits in Enon
Enon recounts social gatherings and visits: senior girl scouts and sponsors watched sorghum making with a Weiner roast. Dweena, Dewayne Robinson, and Leo VanDorin attended at Woods sorghum factory. multiple family visits and weekend activities with Hawk, Walter, Vance, Faber, Free, and VanDorin families. weather and school party noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. VanDorin
Dweena
Dewayne Robinson
Leo VanDorin
Woods
Yvonne Gardner
Walter
Carl
Nancy Carol
Albia
Aubrey Walter
Jerry
Marvin Gardner
Mearl Walter
Kenneth Free
Haver Free Home
L. B. VanDorin
Marvin Vance
William Vance
William Vance, Jr
RaDonna Jean
Hubert Vance
Faber
Mary Jo
Fred VanDorin
James Williams
Harold Hawk
Jeanne
Followwill
Centerville
Darwin
Blaine
Hugh Crawley
Pearl Walter
Local social rounds hinge on visits and meetings
Mrs Lloyd Rose and family hosted Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Cyril McDanel and Clair. Evelyn Hiatt of Centerville spent the weekend at home. Devotions and music were shared at the C Callen home with Miss Lillie Callen and Miss Elsie Callen among the participants. Several visits occurred Sunday including Lori, Dooley, and Hiatt households, while Grading began on the Tadlock road east of the corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Rose
Cyril McDanel
Clair
Virgil Dooley
Hiatt
Tom Hiatt
Evelyn Hiatt
Centerville
Iolks
C. 3
Callen
Lillie Callen
Elsie Callen
Eva Tucker
Mae MacDonald
Edith Hiatt
Max McDanes
Ottumwa
Virgil Dooley Andlson
Lester
Loren Walter
Chester
Sanders
Gus Hiatt
Bert
Meadows
Frank Hiatt
Glenn Derby
Alicia
Don Pettibone
Mary Meadows
Hygiene Blomgren
Adala Daniels
Lucille Daniels
Palo Alto
Calif
Clarence Dowd
Delmar, Dowd
L. B. Hawes
Oskaloosa
Charles
Arlene Arnold
Basil
Imogene Tadlock
Rodger Gideon
Grant Tadlock
Pete Crestani
Bert| Arnold
Tadlock Corner
Maple Grove Social Roundup From Centerville Area
Imogene Tadlock and families visiters and hosts share a day by day sequence of small town calls and hospital visits. Arlene Arnold and Imogene Tadlock stay with friends while Dwight Stocker at St Josephs hospital is called on. Ranch neighbors attend the Fall Festival in Albia and Centerville shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene Tadlock
Hugh Mullin
Ira Mullin
Af Moulton
Berl Arnold
Arlene Arnold
Arlene
Betty Strunk
Dwight Stocker
St.Joseph's Hospital
Centerville
Donald Dowd
Dean Andrews
Grant Tadlock
Emma Ray Miller and neighbors gather for visits
Udell Route 1 residents record Friday and weekend calls at Mary Fowler home. Mrs. Alice Kelly returns from visit to daughter Mary Houser and family. Writers and friends called on Leota Foster and Mrs Thistleweight. Hugh Crawley and children visited Mary Harrett's mother. Duane Glasgow called at Dennis Glasgow's home. Hannah Stevens shares work with Pearl Porter. Howard Hedgecock family also visited Porter home. Edith Bryant called on Alice Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Ray Miller
Mary Harrett
Mary Fowler
Alice Kelly
Mary Houser
Dennis Glasgow
Mon Lay
Leota Foster
Os Thistleweight
Hugh Crawley
Lloyd and James
Duane Glasgow
Hannah Stevens
Pearl Porter
Howard Hedgecock
Porter Home
Edith Bryant
Coulson Community Dinners and Gatherings Noted
Mrs Ernest Hiatt and family hosted Coulson residents with Will Hilton and others joining Sunday. Doyle Mericle and family dined with Vina and Neva Marcile on Thursday. Multiple visits occurred at the Hilton, Miller, and Luse homes with neighbors and friends gathering for meals and social events. The Coulson school group marked no birthday party for Sandra Hiatt on Friday. W.S.C.S. met at C Callen's home Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hiatt
H. L. Hilton
Will Hilton
Doyle Mericle
Vina
Neva Marcile
John Stevens
Clyde
Ireta
Ethyl
Ranes
Perry Nickels
Eva Tucker
Theo Miller
Bert. Luse
R. E. Luse
van Lemaster
Sadie Philby
Bert Luse
Frank Hiatt
Coulson School
Sandra Hiatt
W.S.C.S
Boyer Ridge Sunday Guests and Local News Notes
Betty Jean Foster reports a Sunday dinner at the Ira Boyer home with Mr and Mrs Henry Foster and Mr and Mrs Olin Foster and families. Sgt Doyle Mericle of Camp Butner NC was honored at a Clyde Beaty home dinner. Larry Pfannebecker visits Averil Kaster home as his mother travels to California. The Kaster and Terry families share Sunday time at various homes. Carson and Sgt Mericle called at the Foster homes, and Larry McDanel spends the week with his grandparents. Milo Walker and Frank O Connor families note weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Foster
Earl Boyer
Ira Boyer
Henry Foster
Olin Foster
Clyde Beaty
Sgt
Doyle Mericle
Camp Butner
N. C
Larry Pfannebecker
Averil Kaster
California
Virgil Kaster
Irmel Terry
Kenneth McDanes
Carson
Henry and Ee
Larry McDanel
Milo Walker
Frank O'Conner
Hedge College By Mrs. T. J. Luse
Centerville and Albia social notes record Mr. and Mrs. Guss Luse and T. J. Luse at events on Wednesday and Friday. The Festival day shoppers in Albia included numerous local families and friends, with Sunday visits noted among Cedar households and the Johnsons.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moravia Union
Moravia
Appanooge County
Iowa
Congress
Wayne Pitman Davis
Quality Cleaners
Kinser Valley
Unionville
Essie Whisler
J. H. Goodwin
Fort
Dodge
Jesse Goodwin
R. E. Wilson
George Brain
P. E
More
Florence
Shank
Brighton
William Perking
Chariton
Masonic Lodge
George Brooke
New York
J.g
Brooke
Glen Ogden
Navy
Pawtucket
R. L
Patricia Jones
Chicago
B. M. Jones
Will Allender
Ruth Allender
Vernon Burgher
Ramona
Ronald
John Price
Los Angeles
Waterloo
J. A. Wolf
Mike Dommer
Sarah N. Stone
Frank Smith
Cairo
Lulu Koehler
Fenton
Gilbert Herman
Fonda
Sandra
William Morrison
James A. Walls
Verdean Selix
Methodist
Gale Purdum
Mary Catherine McCarty
Your Community War Fund
National War Fund
Inez Faber
Mee
Herbert McDanel
James Herron
Mary Kathryn
Loyd Carter
Myers
Jimmy Main
Ivan Harsh Famil
Will Donovan
George Turner
Roy Scott
George Scott
Karl Fischer
Spencer
Biddle
Enon
Florence Bogart
M.j.bartle
Zelda Nickell-Hunter
West Jackson Centerville
Hiattsville
Maple Grove
Udell
Coulson
Turner
Vicenne Noa
Boyer Ridge
Hedge College
T. J. Luse
Guss Luse
Harold Mason
Wendell Murdy
David
Ralph Davis
Raula
Lockman and
Manuel
U. S. Mangle
Gaylord McDanel
John Johnson
Horton Potts
LeRoy
Mra
Frank Wilson and Sons
Cecil Coulson
Linda and
Merrill
Man From
Frisco
Michael O'Shea
Hopalong Cassidy
Guernsey
J. N. Funkhouser
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