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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
4
Miller family and relatives from Kansas City and Iowa communities gather for visits over several days. Floyd Wood travels to Iowa City for medical consult, while Coffin and Campbell families plan an weekend visit to Maquoketa. Charles Oldham obituary affects Frederick Koehler’s family. other relatives visit near Albia Des Moines trips noted. Rainfall reported during the week with social calls across multiple households.
Moravia council met in regular session with all members present. Minutes approved and June treasurer report read. Totals listed for general, highway, light, fire maintenance, cemetery, drag, hall, band, and fire equipment funds. Several bills approved. License issued for cigaret tee rise and beer. estimates accepted. mayor authorized to hire trucks for rock haul. Adjourned and called session July 22 1940 with Gardner absent.
Franklin Hart Swift and daughter Thelma were Albia callers on Monday fore noon. John Moffatt was a caller in Albia on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Bickford spent Monday afternoon at Hugh McFatridge. Mrs. George Shehan spent Thursday at Jim Shehan's. John Moffatt and Delmont Turner were Albia callers Thursday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McFatridge were Centerville callers Wednesday afternoon. Dwight Runnells called at Roy Sheldon’s Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheldon and children visited in Centerville Tuesday afternoon. Henry Elliott John Henry and Charley Lord stayed Saturday night and Sunday at John Moffatt Hanna. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Murphy and son were Sunday evening callers at John Moffatt’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducker and others called at Hugh McFatridge and John Moffatt residences. Mrs. Rex Haver and daughter Phyllis, Mrs. L. M. Cater and granddaughter Beverly Cater, Mrs. Roscoe Argo, Mrs. Basil Harteen, Mrs. Beryl Brown and son Kenneth, and Susan Catlen gathered at Vinton Lundy’s Friday afternoon to help Mellie Stack celebrate her 80th birthday with ice cream and cake. They departed in the evening wishing Mrs. Stack many more happy birthdays.
Kinser Valley residents report frequent Sunday and weekday visits among neighbors. Families including McIntire, Caster, Wilson, Brown, Kenton, Herron, and McCrory shared calls at homes across Albia, Moravia, and Lake Wapello areas. Delegates attended Des Moines Democrats convention. Stocker reunion at Lake Osks.
New Hope Sunday visitors include George Hopkins and family from Ottumwa with Robert and Richard Rose. Many local families attended gatherings at Loyd Carter, Don Pettybone, and Frederick Hahn homes. Several groups visited Oska loosa park for the Locke Stocker reunion and others spent Sundays at various homes including Donavan and Hiatt families.
Main Station on Hester and Gladfelder families spent Sunday with friends and relatives including Donald Boyer Herbert McDanel and Lester Stockwell. Carl Tomlin visited New Sharon with Keith Roberts and the new baby. The note mentions the first Iowa newspaper founded at Dubuque in 1886.
Mr and Mrs Earnest Hiatt and children attend an ice cream supper at Robert Luse s Tuesday evening. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Juanita Dooley Thursday afternoon with good attendance. They meet in two weeks with Mrs Pearl Scott. Miss Goldie Hiatt of Des Moines visited home folks last week. Little Sandra Hiatt was ill but improved. Gus Hiatt and Bert Meadows mended fences for Von Tracy last week. Marilyn Rose hosted Tuesday night with Virginia Hiatt. Friends of Mrs Mildred Smith are glad she came home from Centerville hospital and is doing fine. Robert Richard and Bill Derby of Albia are visiting Marilyn and Merton Rose. Mr and Mrs Lute Hiatt with Rubya and Carol Breece visited Carl Van Zante s Sunday afternoon. Miss Ruby Whitehead visits Virgil Dooley s a few days. Pearl Hiatt and daughters Evelyn and Goldie and Beverly McGee vacation in the Ozarks. Mrs Anna Hiatt entertains her Sunday School class this Tuesday afternoon at her home. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Rose and family attended the Iconium home coming Sunday. Earnest Hiatt and family visited Guy McDanel s Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bert Meadows and Guy Hiatt s called near Blakesburg Sunday.
The report mentions Homer Brown Leroy Homer Charles and Don Gale as Moravia ballers Monday afternoon. Eva and Ethel Brown visited the John W Kenton home Monday with Dean Bobby and Barbara Ann in attendance.
A stray dog in Waverly Texas wears a collar tag identifying owner contact Leslie K. Hull. The message reads I’m Wimpy and I am lost with the location Waverly. Local readers are urged to help reunite the animal with its owner.
Maple Grove residents attended the Stocker Locke reunion in Oskaloosa. Peggy Hopkins visits Lois Jean Scott. Families including Brown Boyd Broshar Main Tadlock Scott and Wilson share Sundays with relatives. Glicks attend the Centerville park reunion.
The page lists a long sequence of visits and social calls in De Witt Iowa. Mrs John Stevens and Ethel visit Mrs Lola Goodale while Shirley Townsend and family spend Sunday at Lyn Hilton's with Charlene staying longer. Josephine McDonald returns from hospital after 34 days. Numerous neighbors and relatives including Vernon Easter John Ray Sweetman Mrs Rose Albia Frank McDonald Olin Foster Eli Hiatt Charley Boyer W W Munn J W McDanel Wm Hilton Doyle Hampton Donna Long Ernest Hiatt Daphne Hitton Audrey Gladfelder Claude Gladfelder Eva Rose Hilah Horstman T. M. Stagner Brizendine Floyd White Ben White Lin Hilton Jean Hiatt Len Burns and son Levi Coulson John Stevens Rufus Bethel Coulson Vet Callen Lyndon McDeneland Lloyd Clark Archie Hiatt Esters Hiatt Whisler reunion Centerville Park visitors and other named families are noted with multiple gatherings and birthday celebrations.
Wayside r Mrs. Tom McCrary James Pearl and Edward Poirits and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Norton and Connie were callers at Billie Norton's Friday Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tuttle and children June Jerry and Jack were Moravia callers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Chance and son of Jovilla called on Billie Norton Fri- A Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Easter and children were Moravia caller a Fri Mrs. Ralph Tuttle and daughter June Ellen were Albcia callers Fri day. Iva Turner and Jerry Tuttle were Lovilia callers Thursday. Pearl James McCrory June Tuttle Dora Fae Della Mae Norton
A flurry of Sunday gatherings and Friday parties marks a busy weekend scene in Moravia. Ed Points, Dora Faye and Della Mae Norton joined relatives in Ottumwa, while Mr. and Mrs. Turner visited Mrs. Bille Norton. Local families attended the Lake Vanello and Whisler reunions, hosted ice cream and cake at Faber’s, and shared birthday and homecoming celebrations with neighbors and extended kin across nearby towns.
In Chariton hardware dealer Gifford Tuttle notes odd buys like shafts wagon box sides and harness hooks, questioning the era of the machine age. Farmer XK B Clark near Ames reports a well geyser at 118 feet blasting for 45 minutes then settling into 56 minute cycles, waters receding after reaching 166 feet. Lois Mayhew of Albert City Spencer, 19, who fell from a tree at eight and had arm amputation, continues daily tasks and aims for a Bakersfield junior college license with automatic signals. Byam's in La Porte City displays winter goods early, urging shoppers amid heat despite approaching cold.
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