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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
2
A personal diary notes pleasant weather and Thanksgiving celebrations in Iowa. The writer recounts visiting relatives in Kankakee and Grinnell, praises meals and family gatherings, laments traffic deaths, recalls childhood motorcycle trips, and mentions Christmas plans and local acquaintances in Moulton, Udell, and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs Ora Powell spent last week visiting relatives and friends across Kansas. On Sunday they visited Mr and Mrs Will ard Cook and family in Lincoln.
Doris Moore Exline Charley Sidwell and Zena Wahl were business callers in Bloomfield Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Zell Musgrove were callers in Unionville Mo Saturday afternoon. Gene Hamm spent the past week with his parents Olan and Mrs Hamm. Zena Wahl and Charley Sidwell visited Rex Wahl home Mystic Iowa Tuesday evening. Mrs Joan Stengston and daughter of Alpha NL spent last weekend with her mother.
A long list of Thanksgiving gatherings includes Chloe Kozeliska and family in Minneapolis visiting relatives, Edgar Moore and Bill Parcel families in Centerville and Unionville, and numerous others from Marshalltown to Kalona. Multiple dinners, club meetings, and social calls show a tight network of local kin and friends with extended travel and holiday hospitality. Ed die Moor e, Mary Withrow, and Zena Wahl appear among frequent hosts and guests, with notes on community happenings and a death in Center ville.
Chloe Sebalt and Six were present for Sunday School at Hilltown on the first day of December. Mr and Mrs Bill Glotfelty returned home to Agen cy after spending Friday night with Laverne Sebalt. An after Thanksgiving turkey dinner was enjoyed Sunday by relatives at the John Ballanger home.
A aphorism declares personal growth begins within the individual. It emphasizes responsibility for self betterment as the sole area one can reliably influence.
The O H M Club met with Ona Bassett on November 21. The group opened with a song and a Psalm reading, roll call listed six members and one child. Reports were read and approved. a card was sent to Clarence Howard, husband of Marion, injured in a hunting accident. Prizes were awarded in contests. next meeting set for Blanche Mason’s home on December 19 with a noon cooperative dinner and grab bag gift exchange.
Cloverettes 4-H Club met November 26 1968 at Rita McCullough home with Kristin Johnson demonstrating Rainbow Milk Drink The Christmas party is set for December 21 at 7 30 PM at Monterey Community Hall Reporter Karen Johnson.
Locals including Merval Moulton Sharon and Starrs joined relatives in Ottumwa and Moulton for Thanksgiving. A planning meeting in Des Moines with Rainbow for Girls leaders outlined Sharon's session theme One Nation Under God. Others attended Holiday On Ice in Ankeny and a Russell Thanksgiving visit with extended family and a church dinner nearby.
The Appandhose County Republican Women’s Club met Tuesday evening at Mrs Gracie Clark’s Mystic home. After the business meeting and program, hostesses Mrs Ted Clark and Gloria Cortesio served refreshments. Several members and guests visited over the weekend with relatives in Des Moines, Urbandale, and Ankeny, and many attended events and hosted Thanksgiving gatherings.
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