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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1974
Page
1
A large Muskovie duck wanders through Moravia, briefly sheltered by Johnnie Whicker who fed it tomato plants. Meanwhile highway crews begin dirt hauling for the Milwaukee railroad overpass, detours loom north of town, and area farms prep fields despite mid April risks. School term tensions in Moravia and Centerville prompt closed sessions and job-appreciation hopes as Highway 5 projects press forward.
A string of weekend visits and gatherings across Salem include Miss Kristie Rose of Des Moines staying with Dick and Hazel Hell yer, Mr and Mrs Clarence Whitehead hosting, Bobby Whitehead at Easter services, and multiple family drop ins from Friday to Sunday at various local homes such as the Robert Miller and Gene Huff houses.
The column lists numerous local visits and gatherings from Vosburg and nearby areas. Families such as Argo, Brown, Dicks, Calhoun, Rinehart, and Callen share Easter weekend activities, dinners, and church events. Attendees include Des Moines and Waterloo visitors with extended family and friends from Carlisle and Indianola.
McGuire home in Humeston hosts Jim Rees and family from Presesntville who spent Sunday afternoon at Ray Messe. Waysie Christy sailed on Da e Iatr at Chae ton hospital. Roy Argo and others attended the Easter cantata at Albia Trinity Methodist church Sunday evening. Clare Brown visited Earl Swift home Monday.
A dense listing of local Easter visits and family gatherings across Coulson and nearby homes. Numerous names and households are noted as guests for supper, dinners, or Sunday meals, including the Hiatt, Free, Wade, Ballanger, McDanel, Gardner, and Henshaw families among others. The fragment mentions visits to and from Joplin, Albia, and other places, with several hospitality events recorded over a weekend.
Mrs Daphne Shepard reports Sunday School and theater events with no children present. Neighbors Daphne and Delores Shepard called at John Marlin Jr home and Eather Baldwin. Ruth McNair Mildred Tarbell attended a cousin Damon funeral in Dallas Melcher. Visits and family ties described among the McDanels Lemleys and Marlin Terreter at Albia. Vicki Terreter funeral at Trinity Methodist in Albia noted.
Fragmented OCR lists names and households visiting relatives and neighbors on a Sunday such as Talbot family, Mrs Lain, Polk Be, Mabe Rh ts, Guy Me, Shel Notte, Emil Harold Huffy, Bob Mitchell and family, David Spillman, Merl Adams, Duane Adams, Russell Shepard, Ar oni, Mrs Emil, Charley Wakefield and others seen as guests or callers in a small town social page.
The Avenue Christian Church of Centerville, with sponsors, hosted a dinner at Marie Weber's home to foster fellowship and make crafts for elderly shut-ins. David Manning plans to assist with the project alongside his parents.
Mrs Howard Burks and ADELL group plus Eli Painovich and children Leslie Sam and Aimee of West Des Moines visited Mrs Alice Simms Thursday. Marie Weber hospitalized at Davis County Hospital Bloomfield, improving after return home. Jewel Burkland visited Agnes Bear. Families from Keota and Numa spent Sunday with Alice Simms. Mary Weilbrenner called to Grand Junction Colo for brother's death. Donald McCarty of Ottumwa visited the Burkland home Monday afternoon.
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