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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
1
Local column from Moravia reporting social visits and family details. Hazel Hellyer returns from Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Jennings spend Friday with relatives. subscription rates listed. Residents visit Centerville Alicia Chariton Mt. Pleasant and Ankeny are noted. editor Wayne Pitman Davis.
Hazel Hellyer hosted Miss Ruby Whitehead on Tuesday while Hazel Hellyer and Milton Holland families joined in. Raymond Perry and Gary visited Dell Hellyer, with Clarence Whitehead and B C Whitehead families nearby. Edward McCord home hosted Friday, James Nash and Janet at Harley Tisue home. Mrs Jay Massman Paul Massman daughter and Mrs Albert Vickroy son were called.
Mrs. Mina Luse visited with her son Guss Luse and family. Mrs. Bert Luse left for Chicago to visit her daughter. Leonard Palmer and family spent Wednesday evening with the Wendell Murdy family. T. J. Luse and Jerry called on Claude Hawk. Richard McDanel spent Thursday and Friday at Lake Wapello with scout troops. Wendell Murdy family visited Brian Karr in Knoxville. Daisy Simms of Princeton Massachusetts visits Charles Laws. Oren Davis called at Will Davis land Mile Main. Gaylord McDanel and family attended McDanel langi in Centerville park. Wendell Murdy and sons at Ben Tones home.
Brompton by Mrs M Boardman and families attend gatherings in Albia Moravia and nearby towns. Residents visit relatives in Dallas Center Camp Crowder Iceland and Moulton. Guests include Mr and Mrs Herman Johnson Russell Darby Ed Robinson Mary McCoy and others with birthdays and dinners noted.
Mrs Ben Blumer and family hosted and visited friends Thursday and Friday evenings. The Tomlin family helped with a threshing job Monday. Dorothy Jean Lockmon and Edna Ward were seen in Mora and Centerville, with several calls among neighbors including the Stockers and Fletchers. Joan Gideon underwent appendicitis surgery in Centerville on Monday.
A local column notes summer hardships and small pleasures from a neighborhood writer. It mentions war’s reach from nearby Navy families, weather shifts toward autumn, and practical farming tasks such as corn canning and tomato ripening. It records modest social visits and family events of residents around Centerville.
New Hope community notes recent gatherings and visits. Families including the Donovans, Harshs, Hiatts, Coffins, and McDanels shared time at several homes in Mt. Ayr and Centerville area. Visits spanned Monday through Sunday with outings to Paris Mo and Moberly hospital and a McDanel reunion in Centerville park.
Omega by Mrs Stella B Lockman lists visits and calls at Raula Lockman and nearby homes. Social rounds include club meetings with seven members and one guest, threshing kitchen helpers, guests dinners, and several rounds of visiting relatives across Ottumwa and local homes.
Kinser Valley social roundup: LeRoy Wilson and Henry Sytsma visited Albia Saturday night. Mrs G R Darby ill but improving. doctor called Wednesday. John Robinson and Ivan Hoadley visited Thursday. Ed Peterson and wife of Flint Michigan came Friday for a week with Mia Peterson. Curt Goudy and family of Ottumwa plus Ed Peterson and wife called Sunday. Zella Wilson family at Wilson reunion in Moravia, about 45 attendees. Donald of Camp Gordon Georgia arrived Monday for a 10 day furlough with relatives. The Junior Donovan and John Wood families spent Sunday at the…
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