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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1928
Page
3
Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodge members and families enjoyed their annual eggs roast at the I O F hall on Friday evening. Eggs plentiful and all attendees feasted on the hen fruit. Games and social time wrapped up a delightful event with Melton at 73 noted as cabinet head.
The operetta In Old Louisiana will be presented by the High School Gleem Clubs at the school gym Friday evening. It promises to be a stellar attraction and an ad in this issue invites readers to turn in their copy and read the opera story. Miss Thelma Johnson spent vacation from Centerville work with friends in Chicago.
Allen T. Boller has been elected athletic coach and manual training instructor at Nevada High School in Nevada Iowa. Former Moravia High School teacher, he led football and basketball teams there despite limited material. Moravia boards had re elected him before the Nevada offer, and locals anticipate his impact on the town’s school and streetscape.
Antiquity Lodge No. 252 calls a second degree meeting Thursday April 12. Cream chicken dinner Friday in the church basement. Church board meets tonight after prayer. Sunday services include missionary societies and choir, Epworth League at 6:86 pm, Sunday School in basement rooms. Wesley preaching at 4:30 pm with later activities. Scattersburg Sunday School at 2 pm. W H M S meets next week at Mrs. Albert's home.
Moravia students celebrate Richard Sneed for taking first place in the District Declamatory Contest held in Toledo Iowa last Friday ordered victory qualifying him for the state contest in Algona April 20. Other district winners included Edward Burchett of Bloomfield in dramatic class and Mary Gary of Toledo in humorous class with delegations from Keokuk Whit Cheer Colfax Moravian Pleasantville Bloomfield Toledo Washington and Kinross.
State health experts promote a statewide immunization program against Diptheria urging free parent request blanks and 160 complete toxin antidote treatments per community. Immunization aims to prevent epidemics, requiring broad participation before cases arise and highlighting painless injections with minimal after effects.
The Church of Christ lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. Communion and sermon on New Testament Conversion. Evening sermon at 7 40 p m titled Power of the Gospel. Choir practice Thursday evening and Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Burl Stanley home.
Jake Brackett 20, a Coulter-Disc Co. employee, was fatally injured when a 1900 pound wedge fell on him at the ring press in Galesburg Illinois. He suffered a spinal fracture and paralysis with little chance of recovery. He had a wife and a five year old child. Mrs Marion McCrory, his sister, was notified. Moravia Iowa April 9 1928.
The United Brethren in Christ church reported strong turnout for last Sundays services and an evening Easter program. The event featured violin solo by John William Johnson, a dramatical piece "Stephen A Soldier of the Cross" by Miss Helen Main, and praise for the two young singers. The congregation praised the hourlong program and urged continued prayer and fellowship.
Miss Lulu Boyer and Mr. Nash Stocker were married by Rev. D W Thompson at the United Brethren parsonage in Moravia on Saturday evening. The couple, both from near Unionville, will make their home on a farm northeast of Unionville after April 22.
Mrs Geo Johnson hosted the W F M S meeting on April 4 with a devotions topic The Palms and a discussion on Religious Education led by Mrs Lise Mrs Carter shared about the Alderman School at Changli China using the Changli Number from the March Woman's Missionary Friend The group closed with refreshments of peaches cake and coffee and a brief note on party platform relevance.
The Democratic meeting at the courthouse in Centerville Saturday selected delegates to the state convention: Bert Abrogast, Mrs. Kate Paul, Mia Beggs, A. McElroy, Emma Stuckey, V. W. Munn, Dr. J. M. Strwi- Ivant, C. A. Hornaday, T. G. Daniels, Lloyd Ellis, W. S. Bradley, Mrs. H. L. Dukes, Jim Keller, T. W. Killion, D. F. Rice, Mrs. W. B. Hayes, Mrs. Wm. Seath, H. Valentine, Mrs. Laura Cambron, E. R. Marple, Austin Stuckey. Delegates to the state convention will be uninstructed on presidential endorsements, though Meredith is favored by many. T. W. Killion was endorsed for the National Convention as representative from the eighth district.
E H Boyer marks his 81st birthday on Saturday April 7 at home. about thirty relatives attended despite blustery weather. Mrs E Al Boyer was bedbound. Lunch featured sats and a well filled cake baked by Mrs Geo Boyer and iced by granddaughter Mrs Rissie Gladfelder. Afternoon socializing and music followed.
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