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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1934
Page
4
The community notes 19 attended Sunday school at Fairview with plans for election of officers. Many locals hosted or visited relatives and friends through the week, with gatherings, ice cream, watermelon, and multiple family groups sharing time at various homes including Gladfelder, McDanel, and Klaimer households.
Nellie Beer files a petition against Olive Paris and several Anders and Thomasson spouses seeking $200 plus interest costs and attorney fees on a December 1924 promissory note, foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 7 and 8 in Block 2 Highview Addition Centerville, appointment of a receiver, and equitable relief. The defendant R. E. Thomasson is urged to appear by October 1984 term.
Grand jurors were called into session at Centerville at 12 o clock Monday to consider twenty cases. Jurors listed include J. D. Minnes Moravia John McNair Mystic W. G. Harper Unionville A. H. Barker Brazil Ray Fox Moulton and T. J. Gorman Dean.
Community notes record the arrival of a son to Mr and Mrs A C Faber at the Udell area with mother and baby doing nicely. The column also details a club meeting hosted by Mrs J L Jones with 18 ladies and 12 children, quilting, embroidery and refreshments, plus various social visits, school plans, and a large Van Dorin family gathering with 62 attendees.
West Point residents and families filled a weekend with visits across Albia Rollie Brown and family visits at multiple homes including the Carl Derby home. Irene Main began teaching, Doyle Beaty and family visited Rollie Brown, and others spent Sunday at Birdie Main and Lake Wapello locations.
Pleasant Hill notes report Mr and Mrs Riley Chadwick and sons visiting Milly Chadwick in Dea Moines. Allan Lines and children from Melrone visit. Ella Blue, Louise Walter Guffy, Clay and Ort Haver, Harold and Kenneth Fenton share Sunday with Geo Turney. Frank Tarbell and Theda spent Tuesday with E C Moore, helping George Hammond cut corn.George Hammond and family host Milly Chadwick and George Curtis welcomes a new baby born Friday August 24. Mabel Hammond and Jean visit Martha Massman. Will Callen and Mayme spend Friday with Vera Moore. Fairle Crosby visits aunt Mrs Dolph Tarbell. Mrs Jack Murphy visits daughter Mia Hammond.
Russell and Donald Darby plan to leave for the State Fair Thursday and stay three or four days. H. M. Smith finished road work near the Jimmie Van Dorin place and will work north of the Valley for several days. Grandma Darby visited Frank Selack, with Mr. and Mrs. Grooms of Blakesburg also in attendance. Reba Callen visited with Dorothy and Donal Darby, Mrs. J. H. Davis joined Grandma Darby for singing. The Jahnean child injured a thumb on a washing machine. Dr Slavin treated him. Russell and Donald Darby plus Wm. Hoadley and Leonard Johnson returned from the fair after 3–4 days. WH. M. Smith and Mr. Heater visited the G. R. Darby home.
Franklin and Mrs Lake Firkins with son Jack called at Fred Tarr home on Tuesday evening. Mrs C H Runnells visited B F Stansberry home Wednesday. Mike Knowles stopped by Monday. Clarence Keltner family and Ralph Runnels spent last weekend with C H Runnels. Herbert Dodge family visited 5 F Stansberry on Sunday. C H Runnels and family visited Lovilla Sunday. Mrs C H Runnels spent a day last week at Bill Stephens home.
Mrs. Cecil Parcel and children and sister Mrs. Viola Garrison and baby spent Saturday at the Don Hayes. Doane Parcel spent Thursday afternoon with Junior Smith and Jess Smiths family. They gathered Sunday at the J. W. Elawick home north of Albia. Mr. and Mrs. Carlysle Long returned to the James Long home after a visit in Missouri. Viola Garrison and baby went home to Centerville Sunday after an extended visit with Mrs. Cecil Parcel. The D. J. UHem family went to Main Grove Sunday for Uncle Ben Cook’s hundredth birthday on Monday August 27. O. A. Anderson and two daughters of Des Moines visited their uncle Jess Smith Tuesday and Wednesday. James Long family were Albia callers Saturday night. Cecil Parcel and family visited Sunday with Mrs Parcel’s sister and brother-in-law Mr and Mrs Otis Seals near Plano. Jens Smith were business callers in Centerville Monday. W. J. Kastor and wife visited the Albia fair one day last week.
A Coulson reunion gathered at Centerville park with Dr and Mrs Coulson and families along with Mr and Mrs Levi Coulson and Mr and Mrs John Stevens and families. Local visits include Ardig Callen staying with Wanda Jones, Mintia Callen visiting Burlington relatives, and others from Centerville Cincinnati Denver and nearby towns.
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation notified county agents it is ready to buy 60 000 to 150 000 tons of soybean hay grade equal to or better than U S No 2 at 16 dollars per ton. Plan aims to conserve soybean hay supply and ease forage shortages in drought areas. The President's Drought Relief Committee named a Livestock Feed Committee to coordinate feed conservation and distribution and adjust livestock numbers accordingly. Secretary Wallace estimates grain per animal unit will rise about 8 percent and hay per hay consuming animal about 17 percent despite drought due to ongoing commodity adjustments.
A clearing house organized by the Iowa Extension Service links farmers with surplus feed to those seeking winter boarding for cattle or hogs. Cards from southern and northern areas detail numbers, kind of stock, and settlement terms, enabling cross-state exchanges and direct contact via Dr. K. W. Stouder and county agents.
The County Board of Supervisors met in special session on August 27 1934 with D P Fenton presiding and J A Stamps and J A Morrison present. They adopted a resolution fixing tax levies for 1934 across multiple funds not to exceed four mills and noting an emergency levy of 18000 authorized by the State Comptroller.
An obscure advert promotes Adigrika from Smith and Vench Drugta claiming sleeping on the left side worsens heart gas and that one dose releases poisons and relieves heart pressure for a sound night’s sleep.
Fall changes in poultry management from moving pullets to a new house bring handling challenges. Iowa State College specialist H L Wilcke notes weather and day length affect feeding and exercise, recommending artificial lighting and avoiding overcrowding. He urges selecting vigorous pullets with laying potential and selling others. Lester Brain traveled to Cedar Falls to pick up his niece Juli Cooper, who will teach at Moravia grade school this year.
Iowa State College animal husbandry expert C C Culbertson states pigs cannot efficiently use coarse roughage and cannot fatten on corn fodder or corn silage. He suggests feeding green corn with limited grain to sustain growing pigs, noting feeder pigs may gain value this fall. If pasture or grain is unavailable, selling pigs may be the practical option.
A surprise birthday picnic for Mrs. Vinzant’s 72nd birthday was held Sunday in Centerville City Park. Relatives and friends joined in the celebration with a long table of foods and a large cake bearing Happy Birthday.
Governor Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts urges support for business initiative and warns against socialism. He argues codes will only temporarily aid labor and that under socialism workers lose courage and progress, becoming enslaved and unable to live without work.
In a statement from the Eagle Grove Eagle the editor argues that while general conditions have improved since 1832, the gains are tiny relative to expenditures. The piece criticizes the costs of policy and contends that normal business has not been restored despite billions spent.
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