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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1943
Page
4
Students respond to a patriotic talk urging full duty while addressing past campus lapses in car usage and public behavior. Home economics, music, and commercial club news outline projects, contests, and fundraisers with upperclassmen leading program printing efforts and field trips.
In a school note students describe library clean up and organizing books by alphabet. They mention spading around trees for violets from the woods, weather showers, and hope for better conditions after practice.
Allied forces in Tunisia achieved a junction between U S second army corps and the British eighth army about 15 miles east of El Guettar on the Gafsa Gabes road. They pressed from Wadi Akarit north of Oudref as air power kept hammering Axis positions. more than 101 Axis planes were destroyed over three days with Allied losses.
Emma Ray Miller compiles a sequence of visits and callers across Udell Route 1, listing gatherings at the homes of Glasgow, Fowler, Kelley, Harrett and others. The notes name Mrs. Nellie Hornady, Ross Spurgeon, Pearl Porter, June King, Wail Whitall, and multiple families as they drop in for visits, dinners, and doctor trips in Centerville.
Kinser Valley reports include Darby and Campbell families helping saw wood on Wednesday and G R Darby visiting Gue Luse and Pearl Hiner Friday. Troy Lockman left for the west coast after a two week furlough. Harry Kosman sought a work horse. Community trips to Moravia and Dr Parrott’s Yarm west of Albia are noted. Plowing sod for oats dominates activity with little else to report.
Unionville and Centerville residents appear in a stream of social notes. The report lists visits and travel by Mrs. David Caylor, Mrs. Frank Hughes of Clarence, ts H. M. Bowers, Mrs. P. A. Bair, Ensign George M. Brooke, Mrs. Amande Miller’s 68th birthday, John Gates at Great Lakes, William Morrison’s Libertyville trip, LaVern Cox’s Navy induction, P. L. Veitch’s trip from Charles City, and multiple gatherings at friends’ homes and church events. References to funerals for Mrs. McDonald tie the community together with travel and family visits through the week.
Mrs. Lloyd Brown and Mrs. Carl VanZante with son attended a dinner for Howard Derby at the Al Derby home. Mr. and Mrs. Lute Hiatt visited the Carl VanZante residence. Mrs. Lloyd Brown and Mrs. Carl VanZante plus son joined a club gathering at Mrs. Ralph Shelquist's home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Perry stayed several days at the Elbert Perry home to assist with osts. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Derby and…
Franklin By Mrs Tobin Moffatt Everett in Moravia Thursday. John Moffatt and son Roy were Albia callers Friday. Bill Summers helped John Moffatt scatter Tuesday and Wednesday. Hugh McFatridge was in Albia last week. Dewey Arnold spent last Sunday at the Everett Stansberry home. John Moffatt called at the Bill Summers home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Roscoe Argo spent Wednesday at Hal LeMaster home. Adolph LeMaster helped with farm work at Argo home. John Clark called at John Moffatt home one day last week. Andrew Golob sawed wood for Gay Swift and Roy Miller Monday. John Moffatt got seed oats at Harry Kosman home Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Hal LeMaster and son Adolph with Mr and Mrs Pearl Wugene Broshar and daughter Tydith Ann spent Sunday at Argo home. Mr and Mrs Clark spent part of last week at John Clark home. Mrs John Clark and daughter were callers at Bill Summers home Tuesday. Read the want ads.
Brompton residents host visitors including Mrs M E Boardman and family while Ottumwa guests call on Harold Howard and relatives. Des Moines move affects the Odam family. Ottumwa shopping and Sunday calls populate a weekend of neighborhood greetings among Boardman, Ostermeyer, McCoy and Shafer circles.
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