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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
1
At a June 13 1944 meeting held at the regular business location in Rathbun Iowa the stockholders unanimously adopted a resolution dissolving the Enterprise Coal Company as of that date dated June 18 1944.
George Reid and family visited B A Tubaughs. Wednesday club, hosted by Mrs Nandifer, sewed for Red Cross in Albia. Next meeting August 16 with Mrs H H King. R A Faber and family visited. Don Sandifer to return from Colby Kansas this weekend. Vaughn Faber set to travel to Dakota wheat fields. Charles and Mrs Davis attended Chamberlain reunion in Louilla. Eugene Lockman bought the Amy Lockman farm now Dane Taylor’s. James Williams and family stopped by R A Fabers Tuesday evening. Mrs Thompson’s funeral attended by R A Faber and Mrs Ben Coop. Mrs James Williams’ sister visiting. Ernest West killed four rattlesnakes in hayfield. Kenneth Pree and family with Flora Jones and Donna Wailes at James Williams home Sunday evening. R A Faber and family visited Ernest West Sunday evening.
Mrs. Lloyd Rose and neighbors assisted Mrs. Madelyn Ross with cooking for threshers last Monday. The children's Bible school ended Friday with a short program. Mrs. Ileta Argo and daughter Colleen came from the hospital to Cyril McDanes home.
A reflective column notes recent rain turning dust to mud, replanting fields, and the hope for late harvests. The author ribs desk clutter and muses on hairpins found amid a stray eraser, poking light at daily rural life and chores.
Friday rain praised as a welcome timing. Argo family and others visited Albia and Marysville events. Multiple callers and visits described including Moffatt, Sheldon, Stansberry, Dodge, Derby, and Kitterman households with mentions of Mary, Daisy, Roy, Bobby, and Dale. Thresher preparations noted with Amy Stansberry helping.
A nostalgic meditation on mothers, school days, and vacation routine. The writer notes how appreciation for time off grows after children return to books and pencils, imagines a year with 86 weeks of school, and recalls a Sunday heat caused by closed north windows unseen by all. The piece connects family life, anticipation of change, and domestic quirks.
A series of Sunday dinners and visits occurred across area households. Biddle and Boyer families joined the Bogarts and Boyers for meals while others like Potts, Turner, and Wilson family members visited kin near Moulton, Centerville, and Walnut City. Several couples planned trips and hosted relatives, with haying and picnics noted as part of weekend activities.
A long list of social visits and family gatherings across Exon community includes Betty Miller Lester Russell and Betty Strunk at a Lake Wapello picnic, plus various travel and dinner visits involving Koehler, Tadlock, Woodward, Boyer, Knight, Tubaugh, Campbell, Miller, Gibbs, Wood, and Andrews families around Moravia Centerville Ot tumwa and Blakesburg.
The Iconium churches held their annual homecoming on August 6 at the Methodist church. Sunday school attendance reached 167, with Rev. Ruby Jones delivering the morning sermon. A noon basket dinner followed in the basement, then an afternoon program featuring the Moravia band, the Myatic quartet, reader Mrs. Ray Miller, and singer Goldie Ray. The Iconium male quartet, comprising Wayne Thompson, Richard Callen, Clarence Whitehead, and Dwight Clark, performed two numbers.
District Court in Appanoose County Iowa announces August 7 1944 filing of L C Main will with September 4 1944 probate date. The Mystic quartet performed with multiple duets and a reading from Rev Wesley Hustad. Delighted locals list visiting kin and War news includes Floyd Main wounded in France hospital in England. Main family homecoming invites descendants to attend.
A series of Sunday visits and dinners involve the Boardman, McCoy, Billings, Robinson, Darby and Darby families along with guests including Roy McCoy and Vera Selman. Verbal updates place events at Sam Hurliman, William McCoy, Ed Robinson, M. B. Boardman, Harold Scurlock, Centerville, Ottumwa, Albia and Fort Monmouth. Union classifieds get results.
Mrs Ida Argo stays with Mrs Haver Free while Mr Free visits his daughter Mrs Wayne Ammona and family at Burlington. Mr and Mrs John Lowery and Mr and Mrs Lester Breese spent Sunday with Mrs Edgar Breese and son Leo. Read the want ads.
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