Albia Fall Festival and Local Visits Chronicle
Franklin By Mrs John Moffatt notes many in the area attended the Albia Fall Festival last week. Various callers frequent the Roscoe Argo, Hugh McFatridge, Frank Cox, and John Bickford homes. The piece highlights church, club, and social events including a sorghum evening and a Miller family gathering with a weiner roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moffatt
Albia
Robert Jennings
Charles
Roscoe Argo
Clinton Albertson
Hugh McFatridge
Dewayne
Stansberry
Casper Smith
Rex Haver
Phyllis
Centerville
Frank Cox
Burdett Cox
Will Moffatt
Basil Harteen
Lloyd Johnson
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Irene
John
Miller Church
Union Township Ladies Club
D. L. Strunk
Floyd Wood
Harry DuVall
Venetah Andrews
Freda Wood
Bill Wilson
Leo VanDorin
Junior Tisue
DeWayne Robinson
Billy Wilson
Harold Dean Tisue
Dweena Robinson
Duane Wood
James Wilson
Dick Johnson
Keith Wood
Adell 4-H Club Meets. Attendees Named
Miller by Venetah Andrews notes the Adell 4-H Club meeting held Monday night with attendees including Centerville club agent Mr. Tuller, members Joe Price and son, Dwight Powell family, Lawrence Powell and others. Additional social visits and Friday evening gatherings are mentioned among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venetah Andrews
Adell
David Koehler
Tuller
Centerville
Joe Price
Joe
Dwight Powell
Ellis
Oris
Earl
Darrel
Awrence Powell
Donald
Robby ‘Whisler
Dickie Caylor
Carl Miller
Gabe Purdum
Harley
Winfred Heckman
Dale Simons
Dave Caylor
Floyd Wood
Homer
C. H. Andrews
Arthur Dean
Venetah
Marilyn Koehler
Moravia
Ben Williams home hosts a busy social week
Grand River residents Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor and other guests visited the Ben Williams home. The So and Sew club met at Margaret VanZante’s new home. Various families attended Albia festival and held weekend visits in Pella and Ottumwa. Fairview church reconstruction after January fire to be dedicated on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John VanZante
John Taylor
Grand River
Ben Williams
Ralph Shelquist
Jim Bennet
Carl VanZante
Ben Jones
Donald
Pella
George Shahan
B. F. White
Clyde Plummer
Kenneth Plummer
Ottumwa
Center'ville
Taylors
T. R. Gardner
Albia
Local visits and gatherings around Boardman home network
Residents frequent the Boardman circle with visits to Max McCoy home and Otumwa, Albia, and Avery. Fragments note dinners at A J Billings home in Albia and Earl Boardman hosting guests such as Eddy Cor meny and Gene Cor meny. Several attend fall festival in Albia. other visits include Wilson, Fisher, and Barns households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. BE
Boardman
Earl Boardman
Max McCoy
Frances Robinson
Mabel Barnes
Ed Robinson
Deena Lee
M. E Boardman
M. E. Boardman
A. J. Billings
Albia
Eddy
Gene Cormeny
Max
Janella Maxine
W. U. Wilson
Community Notes From Main Station
Sunday school attendance figures and visits dominate the column. Gladfelder family activity includes hosting Clyde Gladfelder and others, with several trips to relatives in Winterset and Cincinnati. Papering work by Clyde Gladfelder and Tom Philby, plus visits by McDanel and Easter families, fill weekend social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Gladfelder
Kenneth Gladfelder
T. H. Philby
Clyde Gladfelder
Colorado
Ray Harrison
Yvonne
Winterset
Tom Philby
Salem Social Notes From Hazel Hellyer
Salem guests and local gatherings fill a week with birthday wishes and family visits. Gary’s birthday is noted with Perry family visits in Centerville Albion and Moravia contexts. Attendees include Hellyer Potts Long McKern Perry Davis Brown Robb Woodward and Whitehead.
Local families gather for Sunday visits and calls
Mrs Raymond Perry and Gary join Mr and Mrs Dell Hellyer and family along with several others for a Sunday gathering at Horton Potts and other homes. Hazel Hellyer visits Robert Tarr and spends time with Glen Overturf as molasses is made. Dorothy Brown stays with Velma Overturf. Ralph Davis and Helen enjoy Sunday at Edward McCord home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hellyer
Charles Jones
Horton Potts
Dell Hellyer
Glen
Blanchfield
Lake City
Towa
Ralph Davis
Helen Money
Newton Long
Jean
Guy McKern
Centerville
Elbert Perry
Ardyce Hagerman
Raymond
Perry
Gary
Mra
Lloyd Brown
Grover Gillagpie
Edward McCord
Ella Jean Woodward
Lela Marie Davis
Raymond Perry
James Nash
Cass Hamilton
Horton Potta
Gus Luse
Gerald
Robert Tarr
Hazel
Dorothy Brown
Velma Overturf
Helen
Jerry Brown
Kenneth Brown
Seventeen Line community notes and egg loss incident
Seventeen line column records visits across the Boyer Burns Hiatt and Hilton families with church and social calls. A local mystery unfolds as Roy Hills reports 18 dozen eggs missing from a basement, a sheriff alerted and Ervin Millers returns an uncashed check for unsold eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hills
New London
Ervin Millers
Hills
Moravia Union Moravia subscription note and local items
A column of community notes from Moravia Illinois includes a subscription payment of 1.60 to the Union and thanks for the home town paper, plus postcards from service members in Italy and reminiscences from local events. It references a football opener in Hannibal Missouri and a National Convocation trip in Wisconsin with a China correspondent involved.
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Moravia Union
Moravia
Mr. Davis
Union
Wayne
Hannibal
Ledger Force
Clache Park
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wisconsin
China
Bill Sinn
United States
America
Bill
Chungking
National Herald
Dick Baker
Iowa
Long Way From Home and War News in China Broadcasts
Unreadable National Herald story notes wartime newsprint shortages in China and upcoming events. Gordon Gammack, a Des Moines Register reporter, will speak at Fairfield high school auditorium next Thursday evening. The Lions Club is mentioned with school band performances. Billy Reese donates a book to servicemen in Long Beach, with a reader’s note requested. Gerald E. Kirk, a marine in the South Pacific, responds to the donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Herald
China
Gordon Gammack
Des ‘Moines Register
Fairfield High School
Lion’s Club
David Pullma
Billy Reese
Annie Kiesel
Indianola
Long Beach
Calif
Reese
Gerald E. Kirk
South Pacific
Clock hunt ends in long drive after sighted dock pickup
A Lamon store clerk was surprised when a customer asked for an alarm clock left from a shipment received the day before. The customer drove 90 miles after seeing the shipment on a nearby city dock, saying he had been without a clock for two years. In Urbana and vicinity notes, locals visit, host guests, and relocate addresses include LeRoy Harvey now at 408 N Minnesota Ave Sioux Falls SD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamon
Young- White Rock pullet hatched February 22
A five and a half months old White Rock pullet hatched February 22 appeared August 18 with a brood of nine chicks. The bird belongs to R. W. Peterson near Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Peterson
Stuart
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