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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
4
The church lists Sunday morning communion and evening services at Cutikcue Bible School. A Tuesday young peoples Bible study and Thursday evening studies for all ages are held, with attendance rising in the youth group. Minister W. G. Lagle invites all former attendees and new visitors.
United Brethren Church lists 10 a m Sunday school with M. K. Blackman as superintendent and an 11 a m worship service. Junior C. E. at 2 30 p m PLC E U at 6 46 p m. Daily Vacation Bible School planned after public school ends watch for announcements. W M A World Day of Prayer May 26. Easter Sunday urged worship God somewhere with cordial invitation from Pastor T J Zike.
The Moravia Methodist Episcopal Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m plus Epworth League at 6 20 p m and preaching at 7 30 p m draw crowds. Tuesday night was high school night with 25 youths pledging to unite with local churches. Various themed nights continue through Friday with choirs led by G W Scott and a pastor Chas L Ellis urging attendance.
Irene Main supervises the Bible School at 10 a.m. Communion at 10:50 a.m. Sermon by the pastor at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Long service at 7:30 p.m. Sermon at 8 p.m. Sunrise devotional at 6:30 a.m. Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. Rev. Geo A. Civey, pastor.
Sunday School attendance was good at Iconium despite room for more. Both Iconium churches could be filled each Lord's Day if the community recognizes these privileges. Preaching at Fairview M E church next Sunday morning. Easter call to loyalty to one's own church and Sunday observance.
Church note urges members to attend two services at Hilton next Sunday. Preaching at 11 p m and 8 o'clock in the morning. Pastor P Spurloge asks everyone to make it a red letter day for Hilton.
Eleanor Roosevelt appeals during the Christmas Seal Campaign to discover tuberculosis in early stages. She cites dangers of spread, need for regular health checks for children and adults, and warns of household contagion from untreated TB. She urges communities to pursue prevention and rapid care to reduce the disease’s impact on families and society.
The Hustlers 4-H club met at Margaret and Rubye Hiatt home with Mardeena Wilson presiding in the president’s absence. Members present included Mardeena Wilson Betty Luse Margaret Burton Josephine McDonald Rubye and Margaret Hiatt plus Mrs 0 A Burton Mrs Clyde McDonald George and Mrs Lute Hiatt. An Easter Egg Hunt followed a patterns lesson and refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for April 15 at Duris and Veryle Bell’s home.
The Beauty Shop will be closed next Monday. Miss Epperson asks that appointments be made early for Easter and the junior senior banquet.
The birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Roe Abee Mrs. Paul Brosher and Harold Hudgens were celebrated at the Paul Brosher home Sunday. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hudgens Miss Myrthe Hudgens of Des Moines Mr. and Mrs. Roe Abee and sons Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hudgens and children Dorothy Nowell Ada Buyer and the Brosher family.
Frank Swaim, Mrs. Fred Tillmont, N. R. Ward, and many others are listed as visiting Centerville Albia Moravia and surrounding towns. Reports include illnesses, travel to Madrid Cincinnati Des Moines and Washington DC, church, club activities, and a funeral. Families travel to see relatives and attend events across Iowa and Missouri with several residents temporarily away for medical care or visiting kin.
Classified blurbs advertise asphalt roofing for sale and miscellaneous items. Includes entries for beans oats and hay, posts, a 1936 Dodge coach with defects, and various buyers and travel requests, all with partial contact details and scattered misspellings.
The Moravia C E Chapter held a Tuesday meeting featuring the initiation of Mrs Emil Halden into the Order and a social hour honoring two departing members, Mrs Gael Broshar and Mrs Nadine Winater, who received gifts from the chapter and Past Matrons. A May meeting will elect new officers.
Mr and Mrs Harold Prow and children and Mrs Blanche Sparka of Centerville were guests Sunday at a dinner at the Henry Prow home in honor of their granddaughter Patsy Prows eighth birthday anniversary.
State fair officials announced the 1998 Iowa State Fair will be renamed the Iowa Territorial Centennial Fair and run from August 24 to September 2. Exhibits will cover Iowa’s history from 1938 to today with pageants and panoramas, produced with county and statewide cooperation to draw native Iowans home for the centennial celebration.
Milkweed plants provide milk used in medicine, dyes, fibers, and foods. Some species are toxic, used for poison and hunting, while others yield greens and salads. The plant family spans about 2000 species, with India and the Americas hosting diverse forms, including giant tree-like varieties cultivated or escaped into the wild.
Paho notes bamboo rivals the palm as a useful plant. A grass not a tree, bamboo can reach 100 feet, a foot thick. Chinese workers rely on bamboo in fields, homes, beds, and even seeds for meals. Bamboo’s yellow stalks once replaced hardwood poles in pole vaults, though risks remained.
The Class Nine annual Easter breakfast will be held at the Moravia M. E. church recreation room at 6:30 Sunday morning. Evangelist Gus Scott will lead the service followed by a pro rata 25 cent maximum cover charge for the meal featuring grapefruit sausages eggs hot biscuits butter honey and coffee. All Class Nine members and their families are urged to attend.
Mrs. M. K. Blackman hosted the Woman's Missionary Association of the United Brethren church Friday afternoon. Program leader Mrs. John Dille presented on Problems and Opportunities of the Rural Youth. Various members delivered readings, statistics, and reports before a social hour and refreshments.
Donald W. Darby of Monroe township was elected president of the Young Democrats club of Monroe County at a well attended meeting in Albia. Other new officers include Mrs. Leo Coady, William Murphy, Alois Dailey, and Mrs. C. Rowe. Delegates to the Sioux City state convention May 16 were named.
The Iowa State Department of Health bulletin Cancer Primer defines cancer as an orderly growth of body cells and notes rising county death rates among ages 35 to 70. It lists over 600 forms, urges early treatment by surgery or radiotherapy, and withholds value from other methods. It outlines early signs and prevention, and offers free copies from Health Des Moines.
A reflective verse notes loved ones who have died pass through an unseen door yet remain near. The wall between world and afterlife may hide them, but nothing truly real is lost. They wait beyond the wall for us.
Merit examinations for positions in the Iowa Unemployment Compensation Commission are announced. Open to men and women with varied age limits and experience requirements. Applicants must have full-time paid work in related fields and be residents of the state and U.S. citizens. Postmark by May 6, 1938. For details write Walter L. Daykin.
Celebrate anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. James Rousseau of Spencer as they mark their fifteenth wedding anniversary and attend Mrs. N. G. Wilson and spouse’s eighteenth wedding anniversary. Guests include the Wilsons, Frank Wilson and family, Nancy Rousseau, and Riley Callen family. Rousseaus depart Monday.
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