Freshmen Party and School Notes Highlight 1938 Activities
The issue summarizes a freshmen party with egg rolls and candy bar antics, new library book Wapello Chief by Moore, and reports from various school groups. Teachers attend a southeastern convention in Ottumwa, hikes planned by PTI girls, NYA activities, a Comical Speech Club formation led by Eugene Main and Jack Long, FFA state inspection results, homemaking progress, and music program updates including instruments and chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MHS
Iowa
Moore
Eugene Main
Robert Strunk
Jack Long
Blanche Amides
Frances Broshar
Francis Argo
Junior Allen
John Edward Broshar
LeRoy Brown
Velda Brown
Anna Callen
Faealus Closter
Donald Doud
Virginia Gibbons
Goldie Glor
Mar
Jorie Gordon
Eva Maye Trelan
Lyle Jones
Hilda Whisler
Roberta Main
Bety Strunk
Doris Long
Local Happenings and Community News Notes
Mr and Mrs M P Main and other families attended the U B Conference in Albia and shared a cooperative dinner at Clair Potts home. Ernest Easter became parents of Leonard Lee born September 24 at St Joseph hospital Centerville. August Stafford visited Mary Stafford and son Paul in Moravia. Julia Cooper funeral at Centerville featured many locals. Other brief visits include Des Moines residents, Unionville dinner guests, and Ottumwa and Oskaloosa trips by residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Main
W. P. Davis
Harold Mason
Horton Potts
Albia
Clair Potts
Ernest Easter
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Leonard Lee
August Stafford
Des Moines
Mary Stafford
Paul Stafford
Sidney Helms
Albert
Brain
Julia Cooper
H. K. Smith
Toledo
Iowa
U. B
Moravia
Austin Jay
Preston Hiatt
Knoxville
J. B. Kinion
Ottumwa
Rex
Kinion
J.T. Day
Leila
Stella Albright
J. H. Schreiner
Oskaloosa
Schreiner
Abbott Hospital
M. E
Christian
Epworth League
Abe Ballinger
Kirksville
Hazel McCumber
Colorado
Chas. Hellyer
Promise City
Dora Hellyer
Will Free
A. J. Brown
Osa
Ida Argo
Lemuel Hellyer
Carl Wetterlind
Billy
Red Oak
Jessie Tennis
Orin Lyon
Ray MecCord
Cinda Fleming
Walnut City
Edgar Breese
Ray McCord
Jens Derby and Son
Parental Derby
Frank Martin
J. E. Dicks
Anna Funkhouser
Jane Murphy
Lewis Main
Mary Lou
Harold Argo’s
Bert Rinehart
Charles Chester Turner
Robert Turner
Chas
Tarbell
Vern Turner
Near Oskaloosa
Lloyd Turner
Chariton
Kenneth Free
Haver Free’s
Roy Gilliland
Herbert
Iowa City
Nellie Thompson
Flossie Gardner
Archie Thompson
Wayne
Carrie Turner
Edward McGord
James
Merl Adams
North Bend
Theo Adams
Theo
Adams
Mary Brown
Bert Adams
Troy
Roy
Teonium
Albert Adams
Plano
Eddy Adama
Earl Adams
Loretta
Theo ‘Bohn
John David
Merl Adama
Duanne
Jessie Sheldon
John William McAnineh
Missouri
McAninch
Bert Sheldon
Iconttum Methodist Sunday School
Elmer Gorden
Drakesville
Jas. Wood
B. E. Turner
P. B. Chenault
Waterloo
Peter Thomas
W. N. Miller
Glade Yost
John
Rev. Thomas
Samuel Hudgens
W. N .Miller
Eleanor
Wilbur Miller
Confidence
Thomas
D. L. Strunk
Fairview Scholhouse
Charles McDowell
Verner Hawk
Chicago
Lena Herman Hughes
Clarence
Nellie Bass
Victor, Jr
Fairfield
Fairy Mctham
Brazill
Kants
Gates
Herman
Ivis Carter
Near Moulton
Carter
Sarah Underwood
Claudine Underwood
John Underwood
James Bruckshaw, Jr
J.B. Bruckshaw
Sarah 1
Underwood
Anna Walter
Lizzie Thompson
Pocatella
Idaho
Claud Underwood
Thomas Thompson
Ira Robb
Emma, Lister
Abbie Lister
Tra Robb
Keosauqua
F. H. Buckmaster
Old Settlers
Phyllis Derby
Dale
Dale Belle
Blakesburg
Derby
P. A. Bair
C. M. Tomlin
Dwight Garrison
Homer Wagner
Iconium Sunday School attendance and community notes
Iconium M E reports 66 attendees 8 visitors at Sunday School and Epworth League service. A stream of local visitors and callers from Kirksville Colo rado Promise City Oskaloosa North Bend Chariton Centerville and Moravia share events. Births marriages birthdays and estate sales cited along with church meetings and local hospitality through the week.
Pleasant Grove Social Round Many Local Visits Reported
Pleasant Grove neighbors share a flurry of visits and travels. Frank Wilson and son John Allen travel to Cincinnati while Roy Woodward joins the high school band to Unionville. Families gather for con ferences dinners sales and social events from Albia to Monroe county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
Frank Wilson
Lottumwa
Delmar Wilson
Ronald Woodward
Roy Purvis
Unionville Old Settlers Echo Moravia Band Praise
Unionville patrons praised the Moravia school band after Saturday performances. The Old Settlers thanked the Big Boss H K and Union Office for support and anticipate a larger two day event next year with many local families and visitors attending. Local residents and visitors from Seymour and Centerville joined the reunion, with notable mentions of families and babies winning shows and reconnections across area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Moravia
Old Settlers Association
Union
H. K
Mazie Buckmaster
H. QO. Sawyers
Orlando Clemmens
Seymour
I. R. Cook
Des Moines
Iowa
Moravia notes on local gatherings and visits
Moravia residents share molasses making days. Merry Mixers hosted an ice cream party at Leslie Plant's home with guests including Carl Van Zante Harold Mason Ralph Davis and others. Earl Espy ill visits by Lloyd Brown family. Mrs Lute Hiatt with Carl Van Zante. Tyan Harsh Betty visit Matt Watts. Elie Main and children with Helma Plants. Club met with Jessie Davis. Fall Festival and Colt Show at Albia drew many attendees. Carl Derby visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Derby
Leslie Plants
Carl van Zante
Harold Mason
Ralph Davis
All bin
Lloyd Brown
Earl Espy
Lute Hiatt
Tyan Harsh
Betty
Matt Watts
Elie Main
Helma Plants
Jessie Davis
Albia
Silo and bean-raising aid at Centerville event
At Centerville, Friday, Lloyd Brown aided Jay Argo to fill a silo two days last week. Marve Lockman assisted Carl Van Zante in putting up beans a few days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Lloyd Brown
Jay Argo
Marve Lockman
Carl van Zante
Also Mentioned on This Page
NYA
Emily Free
Vocational Agriculture Department
George Hellyer
Donald Whithead
Jim Hilton
Jack McDonough
Wilbur
Phyllis Laws
John Laws
Dwight Main
Herbert Main
Virginia Zike
Richard Hudgens
Richard Johnson
Dale Callen
Harvey Coulson
Daisy McCrory
Dorothy Kenton
Phyllis Zike
Louise Rouse
Mary Ellen Ellison
James Hilton
Roy Adama
Duane Veach
Tom Zike
Tars
Grace Argo
Ellen
Robbie
Donna
Three Bears
Mother Bear
Patricia Ann
Father Bear
Richard McCrory
Baby
Freddie DuVall
Marilyn Hiatt
Fern Foster
Howard Dale Paxston
Petunixs
Dahlias
Gladiolas
Betty Davis
Nasturtiums
Boy
George Tracy
Richard Smith
Bunny
Mary Rose Main
Goat
Dorothy Robinson
the Fox
Delma June Veach
Robert Johnson
Bobby Hiatt
Bobby Paxston
Betty Ann Veach
Mary Rita Helen Main
Moravia Midwest Rendering Co
Centerville Motors
Centerville, Iowa
Iconium
Pleasant Grove
Alice Fritchle
Anna Sharp
Clifford Paxston
Alta Main
Hattie McCloud
Masonica
Harry Woodward
Ronald
Ella Jean
John Allen
Cincinnati
Roy Woodward
HN. Main
Ray McCloud
Thomas Allen
Rebb
Main
McCloud
Denny Homerin
Thomas Allen Rubi
van Zante
J. Oh. Sutter
Wilson
Ruth Wilson
Turner Funeral
Goodyear Speedway
Ella
Oehler Bros
Bi AB FF
AL To
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Aceas
Potaan Pex Tou
Chas. Johnson
Chas. Argo
Loyd Carter
Hiattsville
M. E. Boardman
Browpiun
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