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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
3
A reflective piece recalls Easter, family, and small town humor. Vignettes include togas at the editor’s home, a reconditioned guitar, Uncle Hugo’s dinner, and a running gag about the widow and the editor’s misprints. Anecdotes touch on horses, buggy days, and a Methodist bishop quote.
The Moravia Community Club outlined a series of noon dinners to strengthen business ties and community spirit. Three meals are planned at the Church of Christ, United Brethren Church, and Methodist church, with details to be announced. The club reports easy membership growth and will cooperate with the American Legion to send a boy to Hawkeye Boys State next year.
The town council named Presley K. Horner as Mayor to succeed L. B. Hiatt and begin duties after formalities. Horner has previously held the office twice, including a first term cut short by illness, and later completed an unexpired term of L. H. Berry. He also served on the town council.
Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Zike, Mrs. Zell Callen, and Mrs. John Dille motored to Marshalltown Town on Wednesday morning to attend the mid year conference of the United Brethren church. The conference is in session for one day.
Rev. R. L. Brown was called to Des Moines Monday to give the opening prayer in the State Senate chamber. He was accompanied to the capitol city by Rev. T. J. Zike and Albert Brain.
Don Blackman a University of Town freshman spending spring vacation with his parents is a member of the University first year basketball squad. Don is working out as a pitcher.
Ira L. Sales, 61, died at the Hutchison home in Centerville shortly after 7 p m Sunday from heart failure. A widower and blacksmith, he leaves his mother Mrs A M Graham of Moravia and brothers Earl of Des Moines and Will of Centerville. Funeral at Beckner Funeral Home Wednesday at 2:00 p m with burial in Exline.
Two Moravia residences will undergo modernization this spring. Mr and Mrs T B Cameron upgrade a water system and other conveniences in their east side square home recently bought from Mrs Edna Castles. The Rollie McDonough house next door will receive remodeling including new basement and heating plant in the former J H McCauley property.
M. E. Friday serves a full dinner including breaded lovi with brown gravy creamed potatoes and parsnips. Cottage cheese carrot pineapple salad bread butter and a slice of imperial cake accompany coffee.
Interest grew as Moravia held its first extensive intra mural basketball program after the season. Varsity players coached teams. noon-hour games kept curricular duties intact. Bull Dogs won the boys division and Bumble Bees the girls division in the Soap Creek Valley Conference with multiple notable records. The FFA basketball squad also performed well, facing Centerville Oskaloosa Chariton and Corydon, with plans for a broader program next year.
Last week relatives announced Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Hiatt have moved to Greeley Colorado where Hiatt bought and will run a harness and shoe repair shop. They left Moravia for a Denver visit three weeks ago and may have planned to relocate. Hiatt, a former Moravia mayor, has long served Turner & Son and led local Magonie and Eastern Star chapters. Their departure creates a void in community service and business leadership.
Four federal surveyors, led by civil engineers George M. Perham and Woodward F. Thorntenson, arrived in Moravia with rooms at Blumenstock apartments. The team includes Paul Oliver of Sidney Iowa, licensed chemist and UM Iowa graduate, and Donald Lawrence of Cresco Iowa. The mission is a typographic survey for mapping purposes.
Q. E. S. Degree Moravia Chapter C E 8 held initiation after the regular chapter business session Monday evening. Mrs. John Dille and Mrs. Clifford Paxston are the new members of the Order. Mrs. C. M. Me. Fatridge is also a new member by affiliation.
Mrs. Ernest Tubaugh, living four miles west of Blakesburg, was badly burned Tuesday when lard splashed on her dress and set her clothing on fire at her home. The Blakesburg Excelsior reports the accident with details available as press time.
Lord Frank Swaim buys the Moravia residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P Hamilton. The Hamiltons plan to move to their farm northwest of town with their son Homer Hamilton and wife.
Mr and Mrs Paul Coffin and daughter Shirley move to Moulton where he becomes manager of the Swift and Company produce buying station. The Coffins had worked with Swift in Moravia and Centerville plants, and neighbors regret their departure but celebrate the promotion.
The harness repair shop setup for Turner & Son by L. B. Hiatt moves to the Moravia Hotel building. Frank Hammond will run it alongside his shop repair business. The Union urges the public to utilize the service.
Melvin Stocker 61 of Ottumwa and formerly Moravia was found dead in his bed Monday morning while working near Kansas City with a Milwaukee bridge crew. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 PM at the Moravian Methodist Church with burial in Moravia cemetery. Mo ravia J O O F lodge members will take part. He is survived by his wife, a son Versal Stocker of Ottumwa, and siblings Mrs E F Wilson, Harry Stocker, Gomer Stocker, Mrs Gabe Johnson, Mrs Chas Walden, and other relatives. A follow up obituary will be published later.
Members and guests enjoyed a social afternoon on Thursday April 6 at Mrs Paul Broshar home. A two o clock luncheon with Easter decorations featured green and yellow decor. Chinese Checkers at six tables crowned Mrs T J Zike and Mrs Theo Miller top players.
The Highway Mill operated by F W Hiatt announces it now handles a full line of Staley feeds. Previously Moravia supplied this brand through Gardner and Son Hatchery.
Those spending Easter at the Clyde Gladfelder home included Mrs Hannah Gladfelder Mrs Belle Whicker Mr and Mrs Frank Gladfelder Eeith Kermit and Kester Mr and Mrs Guy McKern Mr and Mrs Albert Neal Perry Mr and Mrs Roy Hiatt and Ester Mr and Mrs Cliff Easter and Patty Mr and Mrs Jess Gladfelder Mr and Mrs Kermit Gladfelder Robert Charles and Gene Mr and Mrs Trenton Gladfelder Mr and Mrs Bert Luse Mrs Gretchen Luse Billy and Lela Mr and Mrs Lester Stockwall and Phyllis of Bussey Mrs Dessie Stansberry Margaret and Jo Ann of Moulton Mr and Mrs Tom Philby Agnes Opa and Junior.
The Moravia Community Club and Basil Cowell Post of the American Legion will select a boy to attend the Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge June 3 to 10. Last year Roy Adams represented Moravia and spoke of the program’s value. Selection will be made by May 1. The program aims to teach government principles through practical experience in city county and state offices in a nonpartisan setting.
Rev and Mia hosted Moravia high school basketball coach Bruce Gardner and instructor Ray Pierce at a 46:80 o clock Monday dinner honoring Tom Zike on his 17th birthday. The event also served as a farewell for Claire Ronald and Roy Woodward as they prepare to move to Wyoming.
Moravia High School will compete in nine events at the district music contest in Oskaloosa this Thursday through Saturday. The exact schedule was unclear Wednesday after a late-week cancellation. Expected entries include orchestra, band, boys glee club, mixed chorus, trombone quartet, and soloists Duane Veach, Grace Argo, Virginia Argo, and Tom Zike. The contest is seen as among the best in years with high standards and potential Division 1 ratings for state finals.
Interest ran high in Easter observances with large attendance at all church services. A Friday pageant at the Methodist Church titled The Challenge of the Cross featured a union cast and concluded with the Lord's Supper led by Rev. Zike and Rev. Brown. The cantata The Crucifixion opened Sunday evening by the United Brethren choir under Ray Pierce, with solos by Pierce, Gardner, Veach, Zike, Tom Zike, and Juanita Smith. Otha Lee DuVall of Des Moines visited with her parents C. D. DuVall and wife.
Captain John Raymond Lovell and Mrs Lovell with children visited Ottumwa relatives before Lovell's selection for the General Staff School in Berlin Germany for two years. They sail July 19 aboard the President Roosevelt and Lovell plans to study military leadership and skiing for alpine duties while Mrs Lovell will study German to support their children's schooling.
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