World War II end hopes and notes from Moravia
War news reads as Tuesday dawns with hints of Japan’s surrender terms and calls to end fighting. Local column covers readers’ letters, atomic power cautions, poetry page plans, subscriptions, and notices from The Union including Moravia civic items and service members missing in action inquiries.
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United States
Japan
Switzerland
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Marjorie Wilson
Detroit
Union
Moravia Union
Miller By Venerah Andrews Miller By Venerah Andrews
A Floyd Wood home gathering organized a girls 4 H club with officers elected Frede Wood president Janet Wilson vice president Mary Katherine McCarty secretary and reporter Venerah Andrews treasurer and Nancy Wilson historian F E Boyer led the group Home Economist Harl Ellerton spoke The rest lists visits birthdays and social calls across local families and a Union Office greeting cards advertisement.
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Floyd Wood
Frede Wood
Janet Wilson
Mary Katherine McCarty
Venerah Andrews
Nancy Wilson
F. E. Boyer
Harl Ellerton
Boyer Ridge Social Notes From Centerville Area
Betty Jean Foster reports a busy week of visits and gatherings in Boyer Ridge. Families including Boyer Whicker Easter and Moffitt clusters, plus Smith and Kaster households, shared time across Centerville and nearby homes with many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer Ridge
Betty Jean Foster
Sam Boyer
F. A. Boyer
J. W. Whicker
William Whicker
Trenton -Gladfelder
Chester Hackethorne
Jimmie
Centervilel Park
Sunny
Geneover
Betty Jaan
Rex Foster
Allie Boyer
Russell Burns
Peyl Sweden
Lester Cochran
Jack McDanel
F. E. Moffitt
John Clark
Roberta
Norma
Rockford
Minols
James Easter
Irene
Florice
Boyer
Dixie Kay
Paul Oehler
Thair
Vesta Oehler
Grover Kaster
Jimmie Dotson
Olin Foster
Betty Jean
Rex
Tone Scott
Frank O'Conner
Carl Boyer
Keith Gladfelder
Norma Lee
Lloyd Davison
Archie McKern
Frank Gladfelder
James Kaster
Phyllis Lockman
Averil Kaster
Robert
Grover Easter Home
Sears
Kenneth O'Conner
Clara Morrison
Sam and
Roy Boyer
John Kelly
Frank ‘Woodward
And
Mees
Harley Woodward
Fam
When You and Friends Visit, It Reaches The Union
Local readers share social happenings as The Union records visits, gatherings, and outings among friends and neighbors. The item notes casual get togethers and calls for submissions of similar news to the paper.
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Union
Moravia Social Roundup Sees Neighborhood Visits
Franklin and Mrs John Moffatt host events as families including Haver Bickford Sheldon and Stansberry crews gather around harvest and Sunday calls. Relatives and friends from Albia Stam ford and Kansas City visit Rex Haver Summers Argo and Moffatt homes while Iris names appear among local callers and a final note orders printing services from Moravia Union.
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Hugh McFatridge
John Bickford
Moravia
Frances Sheldon
Phyllis Haver
B. F. Whitehead
iClarence Whitehead
B. F. Stansberry
Albia
Francis Frame
Frances
Darwin Sheldon
Rex Haver
Edward Haver
Henry van Weilden
J.D. Minnes
Edna Jordan
Kansas City
Adolph Lemaster
Roscoe Argo
E. F. Stansberry
Clell Sheldon
Fannie Stickler
Stamford
Unimportant Cogitations Reflect on War Time Shortages
A reflective piece narrates coping with soap sugar shoes and rationing during wartime. It notes stockpiling habits, neighbor sharing, and varied farm yields across fields. The writer also mentions radio news, atomic developments, and plans to keep working despite weariness. A closing classifieds fragment lists greeting cards and carbon salesbooks.
Udell Route 1 social notes from Bonnie Ramsey
Sunday visits fill Centerville and surrounding towns as families like Moffatts Clancys Rumleys and Bakers gather. News covers meals, shows, hospital arrivals, and haying helpers with many appearances by Glenn Clancy and Bonnie Rumley.
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Udell
Bonnie Ramsey
Threshers Help and Visits Gather in Centerville Area
Local residents and visitors frequent the Dell Hellyer and McKern households to help cook for threshers. Des Moines visitors Monnie and Jack Rose arrive, with Mrs. Rose extending her stay. Centerville outings include Whiteheag and Hamiltons. Multiple families, including Perry, Brown, Long, Nash, and Firkins, share meals and greetings during a busy week of threshing season.
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Mra
Elbert Perry
Newton Long
Jean
Lloyd Brown
Dorothy
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Orpha Taylor
Guy McKern
Mrs. Monnie Rose
Des Moines
Dell Hellyer
Mr. Rose
Mrs. Rose
Hazel
Monnie Rose
Idward
McCord
Orville
Centerville
Roy Sheldon
Dell Heliver
Ruth McCord
Leonard Perry
Floriene Dicks
Raymond Perry
Jake Firkins
George Argo
James Nash
Maple Grove Social Ties Shown Across Visits
Residents and relatives of Maple Grove, including Mrs. Russell Tubaugh, Joy, Mrs. Ray Tubaugh, Donna Rae, and Mrs. Albert Tubaugh, visited near Blakesburg while others like Susan Anderson, Carol Jean Tubaugh, and Jam es attended from Centerville to Blakesburg and Albia. Family gatherings, shopping trips in Centerville, and community events such as a sale in Bloomfield are noted among neighbors including the Arnolds, Dowd, Felton, and Gilliland families.
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Russell Tubaugh
Joy
Ray Tubaugh
Donna Rae
Albert Tubaugh
Ernest Tubaugh
Blakesburg
Susan Anderson
Centerville
Irene Tadlock
Carol Jean Tubaugh
Russell
Ray
James
Lon Arnold
Steve Gillland
Frederick
Claude Paris
Grant Tadlock
al Crestani
Victor Crestani
Lee
Dale Arnold
Bert Arnold
Albia
Basil Tadlock
Charles Arnold
Donald
Delmar
Maxine Scott
Helen Felton
Delmar Dowd
Russel
Richard Tubaugh
Bloomfield
Walter Scott
Albis
Fred Coltrain
Emery Coltrain
John Scott
Harry Felton
Helen
A. Jd, Walker
Woodrow Walker
Broomfield
John Dodd
Albert Tubaugh Hame
Beri Arnold
Keith
Lois
Earl
Steve Fterith
Gilliland
Frederic
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Congress
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
MA Tine Merb
L. F. Bisby
Tawa Bres
Logarty
Editors Publishers
Rl Tuttle
Des Moines Register
Ivan Walter
Marvin W. Burton
75Th Regiment
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Pageant of Poetry
Los Angeles
George Wendell Cloyed
Arlington, Va
Cloyed
W. G. Firkins
Raula Lockman
Ning Jarvis
William Ray
Pfe. Curtis
D. Coltrain
Lester Brain
J. Morris
Leo Kaster
Anna Sharp
Ethel van Cleef
Cecil B. King
D. G. Love
Russell Gilagpie
Howard Teater
DeWayne Stansberry
Vernon W. Kaster
Jess Smith
Richard Hudgens
Harvey Andrews
Arthur Dean Andrews
Near Seymour
C. H. Andrews
Will Miller
Eleanor
Wilbur Miller
Carl Coffin
Duane
Aaron and
Ted Campbell
Ted Campall
Osa Wood
Freda
Dave Caylor
Charley Stevens
Ben Knight
Mountain Grove
Ethel Cleaver
Jerome
John Tadlock
D. L. Strunk
James Wood
Art
Lou Wood
Moulton Sunday
Charley Hopkins
Lee Tadlock Home
Venetah Andrews
Lea Tadlock
Kenny
Alta Commer
Beulah Stafford
Winston DuVall
Jen
Robert Seals
Centervile
Orvile Boswell
Art Allen
Andg
Loren Alden
Russell Alden
John Sufficool
Milo Walker
Keith Phillips
Wm. Horstman
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Spencer
Franklin
John Moffatt
Inoz Faber
Russia
Avia Union
Morayig Union
Daisy
Roy
Mary
Ray Tomlin
Judy
Patty
Cordell
Wm. Moffatt
Sgt. Lee
Pfc
Floyd Moffatt
Glenn Clancy
Bill
Jack
Hillene
Rose
Kathryn
Coner Sanders
Norleen
Bonnie Rumley
Bonnie
Mrs. Sanders
Ernest
Babe) Foster
Alice Sanders
Harry Rumley
Burness and
Douglas
Emma Ray
Moulton
Sgt
Lee Moffatt
Pfe
Bonnie, Burness
Douglas Rumley
Preston Smith
Basil Hunt
Jack Clensy
Willard Brooks
Judy of
Ottumwa
Tommie Dowd
Rumley
Harry Rumiley
Burness
Bonnie and Douglas
Edd Rumiey
Unionville
Joe Wilson
Joe
Navy Bir
Ernacs
Foster
Cic St. Joseph Hospital
Alvin Wiliam
Leota Bond
Bonnie and Barnes Rumiley
Mildred Clancy
Cpl
Mre
Bill Baker
Brookfield
Ferrele Watts
Joyce Ann
Chicago
Linois
Glenna Clancy
Cpl. Baker
Mrs. Watts
Faye Garner
Frank Hopkins
Tom Hiatt
Harry Rumiey
Bonnie, Burness and Couglas
Clancy
Doner Sanders
Joyea Ann Watts
Kathryn Clancy
Glen Clancy
Walter Whisler
Irving J. Hickman
Burness Rumley
Harley Burton
Mya
Devette White
Zillene
Jack Clancy
Joyce Ann Watts
Bush Clancy
Timothy
Fulton
Goode Seed & Feed Co
Salem
Herel Hellyer
Clarence Whiteheag
Denny Arge
Bennie Younghur
Buckeye
Arizona
B. C. Whitehead
Doris Long
Dorothy Perry
Ethel Hamilton
Jim McAnnich
Connie
Cass Hamilton
Newton Lane
Centerville Park
Haver Free
Bennie Youngker
Robert Jennings
Edward McCord
Mrs
Harley Trove Home
Barbara Broshar
Mirrotone
Paul
Turner Radio & Recording Service
Drake Ave
Maple Grove
Imogene Tadlock
Albia Electric CO
N. W
Cargill
Gardner & Son
Moravia, Iowa
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