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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1943
Page
2
The notice lists Moravia in Appanoose County Iowa as a second class mail matter under the 1879 act. Wayne Pitman is identified as Editor and Publisher. The item appears in a weekly publication cycle published every Thursday.
Clarksville Mo March 24 1948 Dear Editor we miss our Mora via Union like missing a letter from home spring weather here but wish to be back in Iowa My son Pfe James L Buckingham is somewhere in Alaska for over a year James Bucking ham is known in Moravia Pfc Max P Buckingham US Marine Corps my youngest son is here visiting stationed at Cherry oint Respectfully Mrs Leo Smith Moravia Iowa March 24 1943 Dear Mr Davis Thank you for letting us visit your printing office I had fun watching the printing press Your friends The Second Grade
Unionville residents and guests are listed with travels to Pleasant and Centerville on various business and social calls. Visitors include Mr. Walter Proctor and Catherine Hiatt, Mr. Robert McMullin and sons Jimmie and Neal, plus Jack and Richard. Mrs. Pearl Wood and Doyle attended events in Centerville. The Rev James A Wilson is ill and several family members welcome visiting relatives.
Kinser Valley residents gather for Sunday visits with Judge FeYoung family. Oscar VanDorin funeral attended at Turner funeral home with many locals present. Sylvan VanDorin and Troy Lockman arrive from the east and west coasts to honor their grandfather. Families host dinners and visit relatives in Moravia as John Rollinson stops by en route.
New Hope by Mrs W Donovan notes gatherings at Ivan Harsh home last Wednesday with guests Clifford Paxaton R C Wilson and Trenton. Other visits include the Burtons hosts for Friday at Stewart families and multiple social calls among Otumwa residents and nearby towns.
A writer reflects on a stalled New Year’s resolution, lingering winter, and small everyday events. He recalls three recent sales with familiar neighbors, notes garden plans, and jokes about canning meat jars. Seasonal signs drift between speakers of ordinary life and hopeful warmth.
West Point residents and families visited Albia during the weekend with calls from Mr. and Mrs. Will Hagerman and family Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Zante and Ronald Lee. Dale Derby aided Zell Callen with mail routes part of last week. Perry brooder house being built by Carl Derby for Elbert. Centerville calls by Lloyd Brown and family. Zella Derby and Edna Davin visited Elsie Alberts on Tuesday.
The column lists numerous visits and social calls by Mrs. M. E. Boardman and local families, including dinners at Russell Darby and A. D. Billings homes, weekend stops in Des Moines Ottumwa and Burlington, and plans for the Odams to move to Des Moines. Several Joins include Harold Howard, George Reid Jr, J. E. Stafford, and families visiting kin in Moulton Ottumwa and Blakesburg.
The Garand semi automatic rifle is superior to the old Springfeld rifle and is the standard issue for the U S army. They cost 85 dollars each and are made at a rate of one per minute firing sixty 80 calibre shells a minute. Every man in America could buy one for the army though not that many are needed. Buy more War Bonds and top your county quota by investing at least ten percent of your income each pay day.
Coulson visits by Mrs Theo Miller and Mr Mrs Robert Prevo stop at Will Stufflebeam home. Oska looga resident Mintia Shoemaker visits Callen home. Martha and Sdith Coulson travel to Centerville Friday. King plans indefinite stay at Stufflebeam home to assist with farm work. Francis Miller and Ray call on Theo Miller Tuesday evening. Ernest Hiatt and family visit Centerville Saturday. J F Chambers and wife spend Tuesday evening with E O Tucker. Theo Miller visits Van Lemaster home Sunday. Elsie Martin spends Sunday with E O Tucker and recently returned from Rockford visiting daughter and family.
Dora Norton records a string of Midwest visits and health updates including Mrs Opal Ragon with Mr and Mrs Teller, William Brown and Ray in Ottumwa for Mrs Brown's operation, Kincade family calls, Norton grandchildren with grandparents, a funeral in Rockford, Weedrow Norton's return from Iowa City hospital, Adda Long visiting New Sharon, and Albia Moravia and Bettendorf attendance.
Blue Front Mr and Mrs Harold Wright of Waterloo spend a week at Ben Williams home. Mr and Mrs Edd DeHaas of Heures visit Hamiltons. Roy Himelick of Albia guests of Ralph Shelquist. Lyle Jones ill with pneumonia. Sunday dinners include Harold Wright and Raymond Williams with Lela Davis and Kenneth Coltrain. Elbert Moore family visit Mrs Moore and Flo. Daughters of Jake Simbro visit Hamiltons. Sam Shepard and children of Albia call on John VanZante.
Miller Mrs. Lee Tadlock helped care for her measles-stricken daughter Lorene Tubaugh near Blakesburg. Mrs. Ben Knight and Rosa Maybelle returned home. Cart Alden and Gail moved last Saturday. Lee Dawson near Albia and Mrs. Glenwood joined on Tuesday. Dawson and Wood attended Fred Moza sale. Eleanor Miller attended a class play at Unionville Thursday and stayed Friday. Campbell took Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moss to Ottumwa Friday. W. S. Morrison visited Friday evening with Miller and Strunk families. Lazelle Strunk and family dined with D. J. Strunk Sunday. Mike Dommer and daughter Mia visited Unionville. Minnie Wood and family hosted visits from David Caylor and others Sunday.
Court appoints Chester Broshar as administrator with will annexed for the estate of W T Van Dorin deceased in Annanoaose County Iowa. Creditors must file claims by court with authentication for allowance and debtors to pay the estate. Court date March 23 1943. attorney CG L Johnston for estate. clerk M G Luse.
Obituary and community brief record layings to rest for father this Saturday. Enon Bible School planned for Sunday April 4 at 10 am. Neighbors and relatives from Des Moines Ottumwa Alb ia and Unionville join visits and family calls across LeRoy, Albia, and Knoxville area.
History repeats as Al Falkenhainer of Algona was elected Algona Red Cross chairman in 1917 and led two drives. In 1918 Kossuth county reported over subscription to its quota, the first in the nation. The current drive is under County Chairman M. H. Falkenhainer, his son.
Franklin area residents are listed visiting relatives and friends across multiple households last week. Names include Moffatt, Argo, Haver, McFatridge, Cox, Stansberry, Rinehart, Elliott, and others with calls from Cedar Rapids to Albia and Mystic.
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