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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
3
Attendance at Sunday School and Church was fifty seven. Sunday evening visitors at the Clyde Gladfelder home were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Duff and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Trenton Gladfelder. Clyde Gladfelder and Darlene visited Lyndon McDanels.
Kinser Valley social roundup lists visitors and gatherings from Ottumwa area including Donald Darby Zell Wilson family John Visser Ed Boland Max McCoy and spouses. Farmers Ervin Long Russell Darby and Earl Boardman acquired a threshing machine to start work this week. The piece notes community visits and a birthday dinner for Mrs H H Derby with local attendees.
A local note list records visits and gatherings around Des Moines Albia and Moravia. Numerous families including Burton Donovan Pettibone and Coffin share meetings at homes, harvest work and farm bureau events with several dinners and phone exchanges noted. The piece ends with condolences for Harry Tisue and a sales advertisement pitch.
Miss Dee Fenton spent part of last week with Dorothy Brown. Funeral services for Harley Calhoun were held in Center Point, Iowa. Hazel Hellyer returned home from Des Moines after a five day visit with sister Monnie Rose and family. Numerous local families and visitors are listed as callers and attendees at homes, dinners, and events across Centerville, Albia, Oskaloosa, Moravia, and Corydon with scores of names and places repeated. Sympathy extended to the bereaved families of Harry Tisue. Local sports saw a 2 to 1 baseball score in Corydon as Albia visits.
Mrs George Hammond and Mr and Mrs Elbert Moore hosted a Stanley party Thursday with a large crowd including Orville Callen of Indiana Fay Chambers Lester Charlotte of Phillips Neb Gilbert Callen and family Lloyd Clark and children Verna and Helen McAninch. Emmett Derby Larry visited Penfield Sunday morn Haver Free dislocated her shoulder Friday recovering. Gnville Callen stayed with Lloyd Clark Thursday night and Norris Callen and family visited Friday. Hollis McConahay and Donald Clark with Columbus relatives also mentioned.
Mrs. Mary Meadows spent Sunday to Wednesday in Des Moines visiting her daughter. Marilyn Rose attended a 4-H meeting at Roberta Benz's. Paul Cridlebaugh has been discharged and is at his parents’ home. W A Rose of Memphis visited the Lloyd Rose home Sunday. The Cyril McDanel family drove to Knoxville after Max McDanel worked for Bud Waughop. Mr and Mrs Carl Hiatt did chores for Ernest Hiatt while in Missouri. Harley Calhoun, uncle of Mrs. Lloyd Rose, died and funeral services were held at Center Point. Bert Meadows spent Sunday at Virgil Dooley’s. George Turner’s family visited Don Pettibone’s Sunday.
Maple Grove notes list social visits across Delta Iowa with families visiting stores, home gatherings, Sunday outings, and help canning beans. Residents include Johnson, Scott, Davis, Derby, Dowd, Tubaugh, Tadlock, Mullen, Gil, and Arnold, with trips to Lake Wapello and Centerville.
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