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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
2
Preliminary results from Iowa Extension Entomologists indicate a potential outbreak of chinch bugs in 1941. Large numbers survived winter, especially in southwest and west central Iowa, with experts predicting possible losses in western Iowa if conditions are favorable for pests. Complete results due in ten to fourteen days.
A correction notice apologizes to the George Steel family of Des Moines for a baby girl’s misspelled name previously published. The piece also lists numerous local visits and visitors to the Boyer households, plus notes on mumps affecting Glarabel McDanel and rural weather asking for rain with upcoming April showers.
Hedge College Herman Brown and Ed Shipley of Livonia visited at the parental Bill Brown home. Gaylord McDanes children have measles, Vera Van Dorin has mumps, Grandma Jones returned from the hospital. Many neighbors and relatives, including the Wilson and Luse families, are mentioned in gatherings, dinners, and health notes amid local comings and goings.
A farm journal style entry reports lamb losses from a broken shoulder and a dying lamb, a calf incident, and a poultry flock strike resolved with 19 eggs collected next day. The writer muses on family dynamics with stepfathers, discusses weather, garden plans, child rearing opinions, and lists social visits to local homes and neighbors. continuous, reflective, period-era voice.
Kinser Valley and nearby residents share weekly updates. Kinser Valley Grant Lincox works as a business caller at C. D. Cubit. Zell Wilson cleans seed for his brother Dick. C. D. Cubit visits on Saturday. Donald Darby visits parental home then returns to Simpson College. Zed Wilson and Henry Felton households are active with calls and meals. George R. Darby and son Donald seek eye treatment in Ottumwa. A cooperative sale purchases sow and pigs. The mumps measles spread. Zell Wilsons help make mattresses in Albia. Dallas Faber visits Wm VanDorin, Jep Lockman and I. G. BR Darby also call locally.
Local residents from Moravia and Centerville visit and host callers during a midweek period. Archie Herron enters St Joseph Hospital for treatment in Centerville while residents like Ruth Renton and the Vess Hiatt home circle are noted guests and gatherings occur at E F and E E Stocker homes.
A sequence of visits and calls across Moravia and nearby homes shows Franklin Moffatt and Mary Moffatt calling on Roy Sheldon, J E Dicks, and other residents Wednesday and Sunday. Numerous pairs including Thelma, Carolyn Ann, Ellen, and others dropped by homes of Stansberry, Go lob, Ogle, Argo, Turner, and Dicks over several evenings and Sunday afternoons.
The record lists attendees at Main Station Sunday School and church gatherings, with many Gladfelder family members and in-laws visiting Keith and Clyde Gladfelder homes. Several mentions include McDanel, Townsend, Boyer, Hannah Glade der, and other relatives visiting throughout the week, with multiple gatherings noted at local homes.
A fragmented notice notes Mx and Mrs Newton Long at a Sunday gathering near a Perry home. Claude Hawk and children spent Sunday at the Lloyd town home, with W E. Dee also mentioned in the sparse readable text.
Fragmentary sentences place individuals at various homes in Grinnell and nearby towns. Ronald Lee visited Carol Brees, while plants aided Bill Long in repairs. Relpth Davis and Helen stayed with relatives, and Cass-Hamilton joined Friday night at Lloyd town home amid yard work and statues order.
4-H Dairy Club seeks good purebred or grade dairy heifers born since July 1 1940 to sell to members. Ernest M Wright field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy Association asks breeders to contact their local county agent or the Iowa State Dairy Association in Waterloo Iowa.
Monroe County announces early 1940s Tenant Purchase loans through the Farm Security Administration. Eligible non owners earning most income from farming urged to apply at the Albia office. county committee will select farmers for purchases, with options hoped by July 1. Old applicants urged to update net worth and changes.
Enon community notes recount a pleasant Thursday afternoon with Mump patients recuperating while Mrs Ed Robinson Mrs J T Van Dorin and Mrs Clara Selby visited Mrs Howard Whisler. Families hosted and traveled for Geralds birthday and Kinship visits to Trenton and Guy Roberts house as Claude Hawk and Kenneth Free joined relatives.
Dale and Mra and J J Jones visited Curtis Tomlin and Mrs Dorit on Sunday afternoon. The Lockmans have mumps and Dallas Faber family attended Sunday dinner in Albia. Mr Foglesong visited his sister Merle Walters family. Bert Oden and Rube Withrow called from Ex-One. F P Hawk arrived to spend weeks at B G Awk home. John Dille bought a cow. many customers joined.
Pearl Hiner and family spent Sunday at the Chris Bogart home. Lois Argo is having mumps. Robert Foster and family and Jack McKern visited Ted Broshar home. Dell Hellyer and Hazel spent Sunday with Emma Youngs. Ina Miller called at Riley Callen's Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Foster visited Kenneth Gladfelder. Gerald Starr and Ada Wright spent Monday with Fern Wright. Dick Miller, Nancy, and Mary Miller visited Ted Miller Sunday afternoon. Rolla Foster and son were Saturday at Johnny Foster. Dewitte Yenger and Barbara Louise visited grandmother Yenger south of Biskesbure. Mrs. Alfred Carlson and Merle Miller called at Emma Youngs and Dewitte Yeager Monday. Robert Foster and family spent Sunday evening at Grover Ester’s. Gerald Burton and family were Sunday evening visitors at Carol Brees. Lute Hiatt, Carl Van Zante, and Ronald Lea visited with Carol Brees. Robert Foster and family spent Friday evening at Kenneth Gladfelder’s. Pearl Hiner and Mrs. Fern Wright called at Ted Miller’s Sunday evening. Fern Wright hosted at dinner Sunday for Harold Wright of Waterloo and guests including Nip Smith of Croston, Gerald Starr and Ada Wright of Moulton, J. D. Stansberry, Jo Ellen and Jerry of Moulton. Mrs. F W Wright spent Saturday in Albia.
The Agricultural economists at Iowa State College report March 1 egg production per hen reached a record high due to mild winter weather and abundant feed. Hatchery bookings rose 26 percent from a year ago, February chick production up 70 percent, while prices stayed below last year but may rise as demand strengthens.
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