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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
4
Social visits fill the week with Mrs. Ben Williams hosting and gatherings at the Turner, Hamilton, Bickford, Van Zante, and Rumley residences. Band trips, market shopping, and school activities knit the community as surveyors plan to begin work on the north road this week.
Duane Coffin and Emma Miller visited the Guss Hiatt home while Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rumley were beaving in Unionville Tuesday. Glen Clancy returned Thursday from Colorado with brothers Harl and Luke. they are in poor health. Mrs. Minnie Moffatt visited the Harry Rumley home Monday. Cleo Walker called on Calvin and Lavern Rumley last week. Will, Lee Moffatt and Ray Tomlin were business callers in Moravia Monday. Calvin, Laverne and Bonnie Lee Rumley visited Donar Sanders on Sunday afternoon, with calls in Moravia Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Taylor and Teretta spent Sunday afternoon at the T. J. Fletcher home. Mrs. Bessie Proctor and Doris spent Wednesday at the Clint Ire Lan home. Edith and Tommy Proctor spent Friday at the Sam Proctor home. Jeretta visited J. W. and Raymond Lockman Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Mattie Fletcher spent Monday at the J. J. Taylor home in Moravia. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Proctor and Johnnie and Duane spent Sunday evening at the Clint Trelan home. Mrs. Grace Hayes and Gretchen Proctor spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hayes and Larry. T. J. Fletcher and Howard Proctor were business callers in Center ville Saturday. Mrs. Bessie Proctor spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Mildred Proctor. Sam Hudgens of Moravia has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Grace Rhee, and other relatives the past week.
Franklin Guelda Argo of Ottumwa spent part of last week at the Karl Swift. Herman Sytsma of Albia was a caller at the Roscoe Argo home Wednesday forenoon. Thelma Swift and Guelda Argo spent Tuesday night at the Merle Dicks home. Mrs. Edward Binger, son Colvin and Mary Moffatt of Ottumwa, and John Moffatt were Saturday afternoon callers at the Roy Ogle home. Mrs. John Moffatt, daughter Daisy, and Delmont Turner visited relatives in Mystic Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, son Charles Richard, daughters Colleen and Kay, and Carolyn McVey of New Sharon visited Sunday at the Everett Stansberry home. Carolyn remained for a longer visit. George Shehan and family were callers at the Earl Swift home Sunday evening. Stella Argo and Susan Callen spent one afternoon last week at the Harry Lemaster home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheldon and children Donald and Darlene visited Sunday at the George Hammond home.
New Hope Club met at Keith Rose home last Wednesday with guests including Carl Coffin, Lloyd Rose, Mer ton, and the Derby brothers for Albia. The community mourns the accidental death of Stevie McKern who had lived with the Utterbacks. Several residents traveled to Muscatine and Memphis Missouri for visits, with varied family stays at neighboring homes and weekend gatherings across several farms and towns.
August 16 17 features Three Mesquiteers in Rocky Mountain Ranger and Phantom Raiders with Walter Pidgeon and Florence Rice. August 18 19 shows Mickey Rooney Judy Garland and Lewis Stine in Andy Hardy Meets a Debutante. August 20 features Gene Raymond Wendy Barrie in Cross Country Romance and Judy Canova Alan Mowbray in Scatterbrain. August 21 22 presents Edward G Robinson Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart in Brother Orchid.
A National Defense Advisory Commission overview outlines the plan to raise Army and Navy strength, expand training and equipment, and mobilize industrial capacity. It details funding requests, strategic goals, and the need for coordinated production and logistics to support 1.2 million soldiers and related forces. The article emphasizes urgency, modernization, and the nation’s unified effort to prepare for total war.
Bloomfield area residents and families are listed with visits and gatherings. Names include Hiatt Harsh Scott Burton Carter Turner Delong Sayre Carhartt Forster and others. Activities cover weekend visits, reunions, teaching changes, and trips to Des Moines Albia and Lake Okoboji.
Mrs Ona Boardman and Mrs Eva Billings called on Mrs Elwood Stafford Wednesday. Hyelyn Collins Chas and Jake Delong spent Sunday afternoon at the Elwood Stafford home. Mr and Mrs Henry Horn and son were Sunday dinner guests at the John Fisher home. Rosalie Stafford spent Wednesday afternoon at the M E Boardman home. E F Boardman and Wilma were in Ottumwa Sunday. Mrs Chas Horn is staying at the Calvin Martin home helping care for her new grandson. Mrs Katie Miller was a dinner guest Sunday at the M E Boardman home.
Kinser Valley residents report calm days with cool weather following recent showers. Visitors include Mr and Mrs G R Darby and Donald at Harry Felton's, Mrs Clarence Stocker and her sons, and Lester Pollard of Guthrie Center with his family. Darrel and Floyd Caster visited LeRoy Wilson and rode to Brompton. Amy Clough remains ill with rheumatism. A coal firm finished prospecting the C D Cubit farm and moved to a new site, suggesting possible strip mining in the area.
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