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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
3
Mrs John Bickford and her daughter Mrs Hugh McFatridge of tear Iconium left Friday to visit relatives at Kansas City and with their son and brother Lee Bickford at Tryon Oklahoma.
Numerous Centerville Ottumwa and Des Moines trips fill the week. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Horter, Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt, Doris Pennington, Mary Rose Main, and many more visited relatives, attended meetings, or hosted guests. Travel spanned Centerville Des Moines Kansas City Des Moines Chicago Seattle and Colorado with family reunions and gatherings noted throughout.
Hon Hugh Laird and wife of Tempe Arizona dined with Mr and Mrs G B Johnson as others joined a large Moravia area gathering. The Lairds planned a trip to the New York World’s Fair via Reno San Francisco and Medford Oregon visiting relatives. A cooperative dinner at Charles Coffin’s honored Mrs Varn Adgets and visiting Dumé nt residents with local families in Unionville and Centerville. Additional Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs A J Brown and family and many others from Udell and Centerville.
Mi and Mea Carl Black and his daughter visited Mo ravia Friday. Paul Black, brother of Mi Black, was injured in a railroad accident while assisting loading coal. He fell from the engine breaking his back in two places and is hospitalized at Fort Dodge, Iowa, likely to be off work for months.
The snippet notes Mrs. Whicker’s post appendicitis return home, Ernest Boyer of Los Angeles visiting Kansas City connections, a McCahill reunion in Centerville with multiple local family names, a Clara Morrison visit to view Cereus blossoms, and references to Mrs. Ira Boyer and Lydia Boyer among others. The passage mixes travel, family visits, and a plant bloom anecdote from a park gathering.
Workers Kenneth McDaniel and Quy Mil have spent summer shaping the F. A. Boyer farm. The men, along with Mr and Mrs Join E Metanel BanalsVelday, are preparing foal mines. Dorie and Dugal note reunions and visits with Clarabel McDanel. Centervilla reports work this week.
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