Birthdays, visits mark community in Centerville area
Residents of Centerville and surrounding towns celebrated birthdays and hosted guests from several states. Mrs. John B. Kinion observed her 94th birthday with visits from Moravia and Shenandoah acquaintances. Numerous relatives traveled from Colorado, Missouri, and Iowa to join family gatherings, dinners, and church events amid a busy period of social calls and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Kinion
Kirks
Agency
Moravia
Charles Jones
Shenandoah
Elva Holloway
Lucille Woodson
Michael
Stratton
Colo
E. G.hawk
Blakesburg
Ottumwa
Albia
Mettie Roland
George Ire- Jan
Yuima
C. W. Craver
Jessie Collins
Mt. Union
J.W. Routh
Pueblo
Cold
Routh
Craver
Delia McCrory
Cleo Barnes
Denver Cale
Carrie Tisue
Dan Spears
Lovilla
Rex Tisue
Sons
Waterloo
Nell Pelkington
Flagstaff
Arizona
John L. Johnson
Warren
Harry, DuVall
John Veach
Mary
Frank Veac
E. H. Knudsen
Cedar Rapids
New Hope Social Notes From Wesley Memorial
Genevie Donovan reports 22 members attended at Wesley M. F. Wednesday evening. Neighbors and relatives visited homes, hosted by Mrs. Fred Lindley and Mrs. Maude Coltrain. Attendees included the Hiatt and Turner families, with several trips to Ottumwa Des Moines and Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M
Fred Lindley
Ernest West
Maude Coltrain
Zoe Callen
Opal
Iva McDonald
Centerville
Wess Hiatt
Alice Wilson
Frank Hiatt
Helen Callen
Harry Felton
Ivan Harsh
Ottumwa
Anne Pettibone
Dale Brede
Klemme
Iowa
Dorothy
Genevie Donovan
Orville Burton
Rubye Brees
Ernest
Anna Hiatt
George Turner
Virginia Goughnour
Rickie
Guy McKer
Boyd Paxston
New Long
Charles Cunningham
Des Moines
Bill Berry
Princeton
W. L. Millemon
Preston Hedgecock
Richard Goughnour
Loyd Carter
Richard
Louise West
Doris Long
Dorothy Perry
Marybeth Rodgers
Steve
Karl Fischer
Lute Hiatt
West Point Social Notes Highlight Ottumwa Visitors
West Point social roundup lists neighbors and relatives visiting and hosting across Ottumwa and Albia. Families including Argo Exline Hoffman Hagerman Pickrell Simmons Brown and McCombs are tied to Sundays dinners picnics and group gatherings at Lake Wapello and local homes with church aid events mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Exline
Unionville
John Exline
Roscoe Argo
Robert Jennings
Leo Hoffman
James Simmons
Delbert Hayworth
Ottumwa
I Lake Wapello
Freda Hagerman
Hazel Cooper
Ben Pickrell
Harold Hoffman
Shanghai By Mary Lou Rinehart Shanghai By Mary Lou Rinehart
Mary Lou Rinehart reports on social visits in Shanghai with multiple local families. Gerald Rinehart hosts Wednesday evening guests while Friday sees Fred Christy at Aubrey Christy’s home. Weekend plans include Landgrebe family gathering at Lloyd Landgrebes with Elaine Christy’s birthday party attended by local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Murphy
George Hammond
Gerald Rineharts
Fred Christy
Aubrey Christy
Kenneth Landigrebe
Vicky
Gary
Larry
Ronald Landgrebe
Denny
Bill Landgrebe
Randy
Lloyd Landgrebes
Elaine Christy
Clinton Albertson
Darlene
Dick Brown
Russell Brown
Local families gather at multiple gatherings this week
Merle Dicks, Mr and Mrs Gilbert Callen, and Mr and Mrs Gerald Rinehart with Mike attended gatherings while Mary Lou Rinehart visited Hazel Hellyer. Families met at Centerville for a watershed meeting and Legion Auxiliary in Moravia. Several couples hosted events at Bert, Glen, and Gerald Rinehart homes with extended relatives visiting across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Dicks
Gilbert Callen
Gerald Rinehart
Mike
Mary Lou Rinehart
Hazel Hellyer
James Nash
Harley ‘Tisue
Edna Nash
Wayne Christy
Elaine
Aubrey Christy
Bert Rinehart
Russell Overturf
Rita
Glen Overturf
Floyd Green
Fred Taylor
Elaine Christy
Janet
Lloyd Landgrebes
Leonard Moore
Lloyd Moore
Fred Christy
Barbara
Roy Argo
George Hammond
Fred
Public Sale Ads Spur Large Crowd and Territoryreach
Taylor families led by Lloyd Brown and Harold Young with Gerald Davigan form part of a notice urging readers to print public sale bills in The Union to attract a broad audience. The piece promotes The American Weekly magazine bundled with the Chicago American and hints at sales success.
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Johnson
Cameron
John Robison
John Tadlock
Frank Swaim
Almont, Main
Charles Sloan
Odet, Til
Flora Jones
W. H. van. Dorin
Robert Hensyer
Kennewick
Washington
Keith
Darrell
Nancy
Dwight Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Vess Hiatt
Ella Foster
Charley VanDorin
Church of the Nazarene
Richard Butler
Louisana
Roy Matherly
Cody Luse
W. H. George
Fairfield
Aaron Campbell
Ted Campbell
Gerald Campbell
Oakland Cemetery
Jake Campbell
Joh Dalton
New Sharon
W. B. Stone
Henry Simmons
George Edward Simmons
Tracy
Frank Paxston
Dale Callen
Craig and
Bruce
J. R. Callen
Harry Phillips
Lloyd Luse
Selah Dew
Reinbeck
George Dew
Gladbrook
Harold Hudgens
U.S
U. S. Hiatt
Carrie Tisué
Glen Overturt
Ira Robb
Promise City
W. C. Bivin
Oldsmobile
FORD
Chevrolet
Mercury
Cadillac
Albia, Iowa
New Hope
Real Union
Woodrow Norton
Uden
Allis-Chalmers
McClurg Implement Co
New Idea
West Point
Mrs
Clell Sheldon
Fred Argo
Clayton Sheldon
Linda
Clair Potts
Edris Jones
Lucille
LaVona Exline
Verta Hoffman
LeRoy Brown
Will Hagerman
Martha Potts
Vinton Lundy
Andrew Mosley
George Mosley
George McCombs
John McCombs
Jess Lackender
Stella Argo
Rex Haver
Hugh McFatridge
Lloyd Callen and Sons
Gene McCrory
Aid
Shanghai
Turner Funeral Home
Wayne
Phono
Mary Wheeler
Gardner Hatchery
Marilyn Monroe
American Weekly
Chicago American
Amos-McGhghy
Roddy Kilowatt
Pen Reddy
Iowa Southern
Southern Uilities Cours
IH Hesaw
Veach
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