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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
5
Community notes record New Hope by Genevie Donovan and Wesley Chapel W. C. meeting set for Thursday afternoon the 24th with Mrs Evelyn Daniels. Local residents attend Davis County fair and visit relatives while extended families manage illnesses and recoveries.
Frank Channers spent Tuesday evening at the Frank Hiatt home. Virginia Carter of Des Moines spent the weekend at home. Mrs. Loral Bryant visited Udell friends. The Carol Brees and Lute Hiatt families met the infant Ernest Mayton Brees. Harry Phillips and George Turner households hosted guests Wednesday. Orville Burton hosted at Vet Callen home Monday afternoon. The Woodward family enjoyed Sunday at the Cody Luse home. Hiatt and Martha Hiatt attended a dinner at Jake Day’s and Ralph Hiatt funeral services. Burton visited Laura Vinzant at Centerville Friday. J. F. Chambers visited with his daughter R. E. Ballew in Moulton. George Hiner and Glen visited Frank Chambers Thursday. Faber home welcomed visitors Sunday afternoon. James Williams and family visited Marvin Vance Sunday evening. Me and Mrs. Lowell VanDorin with Louis and James visited J. T. VanDorin Monday evening.
Obituary note on Uncle Eph Wilson's passing. Community updates include Monroe township picnic at Ralph Spencer’s, 4-H achievement meeting, and multiple visits among Van Dorin, Simmons, Walter, and Faber families across Enon and nearby towns. Reports mention trips to Oskaloosa fair, Centerville rodeo, Davenport excursion, and Sunday church gatherings.
A long list of social visits and dinners unfolds with numerous Ottumwa and area residents visiting relatives and friends in Iowa. Names include Hammond, Argo, Brown, Christy, Dicks, and Tarbell among others, with travel to Nebraska and Sheffield noted and a Hammond reunion at Moravia.
Clifford Caster and wife surveyed their corn prospect while LeRoy Wilson cleaned his threshing machine at home. Roy Darby dined with his father George and picked blackberries after. E F Wilson obituary noted by Zell, funeral at Moravia Methodist Church. Four inches of rain fell over the weekend with more forecast. Dana Wright visited Zell Wilson’s family.
Maple Grove scene with multiple local families visiting, hosting, and traveling. Names include Tucker Tubaugh DuVall Johnson Dodd Scott Tadlock Walter, with references to gatherings at Loren Walter's and Gabe Johnson's, attendance at a Centerville fair, and trips to Albia Ottumwa Eldon Minnesota.
Attendance at Fairview church was 27. District superintendent delivered the worship message. Various local families and friends visited, dined, or called at each other’s homes amid a flurry of social activity and illness.
The town reports continued rainfall this past week and threshing work underway nearby. Appanoose county fair drew several locals, with social visits noted including Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brown and Jerry at the Bill Parson home in Centerville. Des Moines guests Albert Buettner and family spent Sunday with the Dell Hellyer household.
Monnie Rose and family come back from a Hellyer home vacation while Mr. and Mrs. George Hellyer and daughters host evening callers. Janet and Gary Jennings of Centerville visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jennings. Several families attend to help serve supper to Albia Lions at Iconium Methodist Church.
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