Nevada seen anew after Pearl Harbor attack by returning sailors
Tommy Main and Jay Main told in Moravia how the Nevada battled at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The ship was beached after taking heavy damage but fought on, later restored quicker than sister ships, with crew pride fueling the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Jay Main
United States Navy
Moravia
Union
U. S
Nevada
Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States
Keith Wheeler
Hospital Point
Pacific
Battleship Row
Arizona
Vestal
Pearl
Dairy 4 H Calf Club Sees Large County Participation
In 68 counties reporting on 4 H dairy calf club work there are 1041 boys and girls enrolled with 1768 dairy heifers.
Salem social notes include multiple local visits and funerals
Hazel Hellyer and family hosts and visits across Salem with numerous relatives. Gary Perry injures foot, taken to a doctor. Various residents attend funerals and gatherings at homes, the Deli Hellyer, and the Cass Hamilton and Teater households amid Sunday and weekday social rounds.
Insect Control Lessons From The Garden Season
A retro garden advisory notes severe potato and vine crop damage from leafhoppers and beetles. It urges thorough spraying or dusting with options like Bordeaux mix, lead or calcium arsenate, and sulfur dust every 10 days from June 1, plus beetle prevention strategies for cucumbers melons squash and cabbage worms. Hog profits, state college economists say, remain strongest livestock income in the year.
What You Buy With War Bonds
In this war our wounded fighting men have a greater chance for recovery than in any previous conflict because of the medical aids and services developed by the War and Navy Departments. One aid is the Hospital Transport Plane service bringing our wounded back from Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Navy Departments
Africa
Kinser Valley Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Kinser Valley notes record visits by Mrs. Zell Wilson and Le Roy Wilson to her uncle John Robinson and other callers including G R Darby. The Wilson family went to a theatre in Albia and attended a funeral in Moravia. Russell Darby took hogs to Ottumwa. Edgar Wilson visited the Darby home. LeRoy Wilson attended a priming event Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. R. Darby
Zell Wilson
LeRoy
John Robinson
LeRoy Wilson
G. R. Darby
Frank Paxton
Tommy
Will Judge
Floyd Caster
Albia
Darrell
Tommy Judge
Dick Johnson
Donald Davis
Sunny
Judge
Chance Lavely
Moravia
F.F. A
Russell Darby
Ottumwa
Edgar Wilson
Scattersburg Echoes of Reunions and Travel
Scattered notes describe social visits in Albia Unionville Blakesburg Moravia and Moravia including the Lockman reunion at Albia Park and several gatherings attended by the Blumers Gilliland and Benson families. The piece ends with condolences for Chance Lavely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Blumer
Elbert Lockman
Albia
Unionville
Kermit Cross
May Benson
Hosea Gilliland
Blakesburg
Lockman
Albia Park
Lloyd Lockman
Judy
Marshall Drake
Iber, Blumer
Mettie Blumer
Moravia
Mra. T. Fletcher
Chance Lavely
Enon By Mrs J T VanDorm Funeral for Letha Horn Held at Moulton
Relatives and neighbors share condolences as the community notes the death of Letha Horn. Loren Walter and family visited Pearl Walter while Mrs Lula Tillmont and Madge Hough called on Guy Roberts. Janet Davin and Jimmie Davin stayed with Claude and Harold Hawk over the weekend. Kenneth Free and Claude Hawk attended the Horn funeral in Moulton. Dale Free remained with family afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. VanDorm
Letha
Horn
Chance Lavely
Loren Walter
Pearl Walter
Lula Tillmont
Madge Hough
Guy Roberts
Lockman
Mearl Walter
Dallas Faber
Marjorie Roberts
Des Moines
Janet
Jimmie Davin
Hartford
Towa
Claude
Harold Hawk
Margaret Harrison
Robert
Claude Hawk
W. H. van Dorin
Marvin Gardner
Yvonne
Kenneth Free
Letha Horn
Moulton
Dale Free
Moravia social notes show family visits and community events
Grandmother Jones hosts Moravia gatherings as Hawk and Davis children stay with the Hawks. Families including Simmons, Walter, Gideon, VanDorin, and Gideon attend ice cream and tea, with Don Lockman visiting from the U. S. C. G. in San Francisco on furlough. Rain and creek flooding impact the area, while local agriculture discusses Tama and Boone oat seed prospects and disease resistant varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Moravia
Hawk
Davis
E. G. Hawk
George Simmons
Centerville
Mearl Walter
Rodger C Gideon
Wayne Blumer
Sbrizbee
Ariz
Glen Burns
Obe Burns
Fred Blumer
Rodger Gideon
Don Lockman
San Francisco
Calif
Glen van Dorin
Guy Roberts
Walter Gideon
Gome
Flora Tones
Mra
Uy C. Lockman
Don
Max
Leo VanDorin
Dallas Faber
Local Happenings In Area Families This Week
Mr and Mrs George Robinson and son Richard visit relatives at Lucas. Mr and Mrs William Barnes and children Charles and Rosemary visit Albia, at Virgil Johnson home. Zelma Hopkins from Blakesburg visits aunt Chance Lavely. Mrs Raymond Ashby and Mrs Bert Luse travel to Chicago to spend the week with daughters Lela Luse and Mrs Dick Morrison at the Morrison home. Freeman Weidman of Harlan visits over the weekend and attends the funeral of cousin Mrs Clarence Horn in Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hellyer
George Hiatt
Glennie
Elin Platt
Faye
Gary Perry
John Smith
Will Havers
Edward McCord
Martha
Deli Hellyer
Clarence Whitehead
B. C. Whitehead
Rubye
Centerville
Jess Gladfelder
Rubye Whitehead
Horton Potts
Cass Hamilton
Clarence Horn
Moulton
Jimmy McAnineh
Connie
Ella Tisue
Robert Tarr
Chance Lavely
Newton Long
Jean
Elbert Perry
Roberta Tarr
Clarence Teater
Hamilton
Ted Teater
Guy McKern
Hannah Gladfelder
Jesa Gladfelder
Trey Adams
Raymond Perry
Gary
Dell
George Robinson
Richard
Lucas
William Barnes
Charles
Rosemary
Albia
Virgil Johnson
Zelma Hopkins
Blakesburg
Raymond Ashby
Bert Luse
Chicago
Lela Luse
Dick Morrison
Morrison
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Majestic ‘Theatre
Graves TO
Cairo
Franchot Tone
Anne Baxter
Coney Island
Betty Grable
George Montgomery
the Hard Way
Ida Lupino
Dennis Morgan
Ritz Theatre
Genterviie
Ghost Riders
Johnny 2
Mack Brown
Wwith
George Sanders
Gail Patrick
Sun
Dorothy Lamour
Calais
Annabella
John Sutton
Bela Lugosi
East Side
D. E. Bishop
Salem
Victory Gardens
Lowa State College
L. H. Robinson
Graham Property
Sick Bay
Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Kinser Valley
Enon
Iowa
Ambulance Service
Tama
Boone Oats
Frances Hettler
Iowa State College
Pyres As
Gardner Hatchery
Pam
Mr. Yates
Claire Trevor -Plus
Justice” the Range Busters
Miea Seareateatea
Sete Peete
Alan Ladd
Loretta Young
China
Laurel & Hardy
Thurs
Jean Arthur
Joel McCrea
George Ellzy
Smith-Hughes Agriculture Department
W. B. Searcliff
Signatur
Moravia Public School
Carpenter
Wayne
Moravia Public Schools
William B. Scarclify
Paul Broshar
Moravia Independent School District
John D. Veach
E.R. Easter
William Gardner
Frank Lathen
Chestele Broshar
P. D. Schreiner
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