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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
4
A string of community gatherings fills the weekend with family reunions at Glick McDanel in Hedg e College and Brocket in Albia. Des Moines business calls, visiting relatives from Sigourney to Des Moines, and Monroe County Fair attendance pepper the schedule as neighbors connect at various homes and parks.
Zell Wilson and family attended the Stocker reunion at Albinelty park. Mr and Mrs M M Darby and Myrtle spent Sunday in Blakesburg at Willard Cohagen home. Herman Johnson and family visited H C Caster home. Jack Madlabn and family moved into Foster recently. Andy Madison works in Racine Wisconsin. Relatives from Avery visited Clarence Wilson. Willie VanDorin family visited Albia relatives. Dorothea Darby returned from Cedar Falls summer school and will teach Foster school. Henry Systma family visited Zell Wilson. Donald Russell and Roy Darby returned from Madison Wisconsin after funeral of uncle George Clough. Valley folks shopped Moravia and Albia Saturday. Curtis Robinson returned to Foster from Del Monte Co work east of the state.
Mr and Mrs R E Luse and Migsea Folie and Betty visited Frank Cooper home in Centerville Sunday. J H Callen family attended Glick reunion in Centerville park with forty one relatives present. The Callens and others shared a pleasant day together.
Local residents hosted gatherings at multiple homes including the Clyde Gladfelder and Ora Sufficool residences. Attendees from Moravia and Liberty Center visited. wood cutting and social visits noted. Also listed is a probate notice in Appanoose County for the estate of George W. Lloyd with August 1 1992 hearing in Centerville and details on administrator bonds and final report.
The Busy Bee 4-H club met with vice president Gertrude Green on August 4. Members and guests from Sidney Des Moines Oskaloosa and Des Moines attended a social evening with cake and ice cream. A show plan for the 4-H club was discussed and several members were noted.
Moine s spent the week end with Laur enes Johnson. Erma Johnson returned home Friday after two weeks with Grandma Sincox. Ed Johnson and wife visited the B C Caster home Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Bid Lewis and son of Des Moines and Mrs Ellen Sincox and sons Tom and Frank of Rexfield spent Sunday at the Grant Sincox home. Dorthea Darby returned home from Cedar Falls College Friday. Henry Systma and family spent time at home. E G Sincox and family were in Centerville Saturday.
The Busy Bee club of Chariton township led eleven clubs at the Mystic 4-H Show winning five ribbons and securing garments for the State Fair. Dorothy Wilson Mabel Foster Josephine Foster Ciortrude Greens Evelyn Stauber win placements in various contests. Evelyn and Mabel send garments, while Dorothy prepares a child’s dress for the Iowa State Fair.
George Clough died August 10 1932 at Madison Methodist Hospital aged 68. Funeral rites were held in Black Earth with Masonic and Odd Fellows honors. Survived by wife Amy Darby, father C M Clough, sisters Mrs Ole Olson and Miss Besnie Clough, brothers Frank Harry Jerome, plus relatives from Tawa who attended.
A past-wide view of economic cycles notes periods of collapse followed by prosperity and uses examples from 1857 1873 1893 1921 1932. It also mentions Mr and Mrs Clarence Failor and daughter Jane Ardis visiting Waterloo Iowa with a Washington trip planned.
The Moravia district calls for sealed bids by Sept 10 1932 for 125 tons of No 1 Lump Coal with scheduled deliveries by Oct 16 1932 Jan 1933 and Feb 1 1933. Bond of 200 funds and mine source must be stated. A bank receivership notice orders creditors to file claims by Oct 1 1932 and warns claims not filed by then are barred.
Des Moines gears up for an eight day fair opening August 26 with new thrill attractions including a railroad collision auto polo and Hollywood film shoot. The livestock show will be the largest in the United States with entries from over fourteen states and about 6000 head competing for more than 70000 dollars in prizes. 4-H youth lead in livestock, demonstrations and judging events drawing 2000 farm youngsters for over 12400 dollars in prizes. Numerous department shows report record entries as the Iowa fair promises one of the state's biggest exhibitions in history.
The August Farm Bureau meeting will be held Thursday evening weather permitting. A program is being arranged. Election of officers for this year will be in the women's department. It will mark the second year in home management. Lesgong will begin September 5.
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