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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
4
Churches announce 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m preaching service 7 p m Christian Endeavor 8 p m evening service 1:30 p m Thursday mid week service 1 30 p m Saturday juniors meet Pastor F C Scott leads the church with these weekly times.
The Moravia Methodist Episcopal church lists services from 10:00 a m Sunday School, 11:00 a m worship, 7:00 p m Epworth League, 8:00 p m preaching, and 9:30 a m Wesley Chapel preaching with 10:30 a m Sunday School. The last quarterly conference will be held next Sunday August 16 at 2 p m after a cooperative dinner following morning services. Dr J T Boeye district superintendent will attend for the dinner and preside at the conference. Members and friends are urged to bring baskets and prepare reports for the church leaders. CHAS L ELLIS Pastor.
The Church of Christ Bible School opens at 9 a.m. with Homer Utterback as superintendent and communion at 10 a.m. Rev. Arthur Stanley from Nampa Idaho is expected to preach Sunday August 22 morning and evening. Pastor W. J. Hastie plans August vacation. Evangelist L. L. Chamness closed a three week Missouri meeting last Sunday and called on Moravia friends before continuing to Iowa for fall and winter meetings.
An Iconium Circuit news brief notes a Sunday School gathering at Fairview at two in the morning. The item records the unusual early hour and location.
Morning worship at 9 46 a m Teenium Sunday School at 10 a m Sermon subject A Secure Dwell ing Place Evening service evangelistic in nature held in cooperation with Epworth League Hilton Epworth League in the evening at 8 o'clock Fourth quarterly conference at Main s Grove south of Moravia on Highway 60 August 18 Dr Boege will be with us Circuit picnic all day Two ball games 3 W STINE Pastor
The McClain family reunion assembled at the P. O. Schreiner home in Moravia on Sunday August 8 with members from Fremont Ottumwa Oskaloosa Birmingham Centerville and Fremont Nebraska. Attendees included J B McClain A W McClain Véra McDowell Martha Louise Robert McDowell Nellie McDowell J L Akerman John Akerman Ollie Akerman E H Akerman Fred Akerman Harold Akerman Nova Wilson Margaret F C Gearhart Freids Saundra Howard Evans F W Wakefield and P D Schreiner. next year’s reunion will be at J L Akerman home in Fremont Iowa.
The seventeenth annual Lockman reunion was held at Scatteraburg school house grove on Sunday August 8. About 100 Lockman descendants attended a basket dinner with lemonade ice tea and ice water. A short program preceded a social afternoon as retiring officers were noted and new officers elected for the coming year. Next year’s reunion is planned for Albia city park.
A dense list of local visitors and travelers appears, with Ottumwa Centerville Centerville and surrounding towns represented. People from Albia Davenport Bloomfield Knoxville and Kansas City were noted visiting or hosting relatives and friends, with several family and birthday gatherings and multiple weekend trips to Lake Wapello, Lake Tacoma, and Ozarks.
Thirty five members of the Epworth League at Moravia Methodist church enjoyed a picnic, supper and outing at Lake Wapello last Thursday evening.
Prominent Mystic United Brethren minister Rev William Bainbridge died at his Center Street home in Centerville after three years of illness. He served pastorates in Clarinda Mystic Morley Olin and Goodell before settling in Centerville six years ago. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Centerville Methodist Church with Rev F C Scott of Moravia and Rev C Merritt La Grone officiating.
Thousands from Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri are expected in Mystic for the eighth Apanoose County 4 H Club Calf Show opening Wednesday through Saturday. Livestock exhibits are anticipated to surpass prior years with new features including a complete carnival company. Hal Burke will lead a Thursday evening dance at the Dream Land Ballroom as a highlight of the week-long event.
A cooperative dinner gathered residents of Moravia including Mr and Mrs Frank Adams and relatives from Port Huron Centerville Des Moines and Moulton. The gathering featured extended family such as the Adams Jarvis Robinson Albertson Lockman and Kingery clans with two grandchildren absent. The afternoon was spent in visiting.
The Iconium M E Church talent show Marrying Margaret drew a large crowd on Friday August 6 with strong acts by Kathryn Argo Grace Argo Wayne Thompson Lucille Swift Clarence Sheldon and others. Receipts topped 20 with 65 donated toward new song books and plans to repeat the play next Friday August 13 at Hilton Hall.
Mrs. Chas. Rennella of Moravia sustained a painful ankle injury last Monday morning while milking a cow. The cow startled, causing a dislocation as Mrs. Rennella attempted to restrain it.
Eugene Wilcox and Everett Morris, long time workers with the Milwaukee bridges painting group near Moravia, departed Saturday with the crew for Ottumwa where they will be employed for an extended period.
Descendants of Daniel Pence gathered at Elmer Shake home on the first Sunday in August for a reunion in Wyoming mirroring Iowa events. After a picnic lunch they recalled old times, attended a neighbor’s funeral, and welcomed first reunions for Nell Pilkington and Richard LeRoy Patterson. Attendees included multiple DuValls, Pilkingtons, Pence clan members, and the Elmer Shake family.
Mrs. Lee Tadlock hosted a Thursday afternoon party for Lorene Tadlock’s thirteenth birthday. Thirteen guests played games and enjoyed lemonade wafers and cake as they sang. Lorene received several gifts and celebrations ended with warm wishes. Miss Maxine Tisue of Centerville visited Mr. and Mrs. G C Tisue over the weekend.
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