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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
4
The report lists numerous Wednesday and weekend social calls across Monterey vicinity. Residents including the Lawsons, Kinslers, McCulloughs, Fosters, Tharps, and Smith family members visited relatives and friends in Bloomfield Centerville Offuma Kirksville St. Louis Moulton and nearby homes. Several households hosted guests and shared time with ill relatives.
Orange residents Mr and Mrs Howard Alexander and Mrs Biay Whisler with daughter Linda spent Sunday at the H D Alexander home. Lois Harris had her tonsils and adenoids removed at Gilfillan Clinic. Bill Squires and Gloria June were Centerville visitors along with Mr and Mrs Edmond Veach. Harold Wheeler and Daisy Tensing visited Bill Squires. Tensing accompanied later to Centerville. Robert Harris and sons spent Sunday at Max Harris home. Wilma Harris visits grandparents H M Boermerman and relatives in Blakesburg.
The clipping records 28 attendees at Hilltown Sunday School on June 11 and lists numerous social calls and visits among residents, including Mrs. Clarence Hansen in Knoxville, visitors to M. G. Stevens and Laverne Sebolt homes, and relatives calling at the Tom Gorman and Maggie James residences. A zoo anecdote ends the item with a joke about a visitor remarking on a kangaroo sign.
The Sunday School attendance for June 11th was 27. Mrs Roy Yates who suffered a stroke recently is somewhat improved in health. Teta and Freda Gravitt visited at the home of their sister Mrs Mx and family over the day.
Miss Helen Hanes spent Saturday night with Shirley and Marve Lee Spurgeon. Otis Horn was a business caller in West Grove Wednesday. Patty and Barbara Witt of Chariton are visiting at the Austin Yates Lees Harris had her tonsils removed Friday at Bloomfield. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hutchison, Oran and Verl and Mary Hanes spent Friday evening at the Lewis Hanes home. Inez Ransom is enjoying a fishing trip in Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ransom and Mrs. Otis Horn were Sunday morning callers at the Roy Yates home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yates and daughter of Thayer spent Thursday evening with his mother Mrs. Roy Yates. Misses Helen Hanes and Janette Swartz spent Sunday afternoon with Bonnie Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Squires were shopping in Centerville Saturday. Gerald MacMains, living on the Clarence Killion farm, is reroofing his home. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hanes, Helen, Glen and Roy Yates were Blakesburg and Drakesville callers Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Horn were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Lewis Hanes home.
Local notices recount moves and visits among residents. Mr and Mrs Henry Burgher relocate to Roy Henderson apartments in Moulton while relatives in Kirksville and Fulton share health updates and condolences. Funeral services for Mrs Elmer Kerns were held, with Mary Burgher assisting.
Navy recruiters from Ottumwa say there is no waiting list and enlistments are open. They will be in Bloomfield on the 2nd and 4th Fridays and in Centerville on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month to provide information on Navy career advantages.
Harold Cartwright Farm Bureau Fieldman announces a tractor mounted sprayer demonstration in Moulton on Saturday June 17 from 10:00 a m to 4:00 p m at Main and Fourth Streets. The device sprays corn borers weeds and livestock buildings and features fingertip control a brass boom adjustable from ground level to six feet a pump delivering up to 200 pounds pressure and 15 gallons per minute. Miss Edith Clark attended a three day International Conference on Foreign Affairs at Grinnell College over the weekend.
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