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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
3
The Moravia Union, a weekly paper from Appanoose County Iowa, is printed every Thursday and entered as second class mail matter at the Moravia post office under the act of March 8 1879. Publishers are H. E. and W. T. Smith.
Politicians latch onto next year’s primaries and general elections as they shape policies to win votes. Roosevelt’s Atlanta visit, Manning of Ottumwa, and WPA work figures spark cross party scrutiny, with Iowa below quota and Georgia above, fueling campaign strategy and potential fund reallocations ahead of November 1936.
Thanksgiving Day brought a warm family gathering at the P. A. Tarr residence west of Moravia. A cooperative dinner featured two turkeys and all trimmings enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Firkins and their son.
A large gathering of McCord Vosburgh Tarr and related families from Iowa Missouri Arizona and Wyoming shared thanks for Mrs Tarr s recovery and sent best wishes to ill sister Mrs Alma Crum. Relatives from Mitchell Lusk Albin and Muscatine visited over Thanksgiving while celebrations included noting the birth of Mary Agnes Geis born November 24 and named for two grandmothers.
Social notes report visits and gatherings across Ottumwa and nearby towns. Blue Front hosts Marve Lockman family friends at Thanksgiving, while Van Long and family and Harry Wood wards receive guests. Mrs Van Long learns of her father’s death in Oklahoma and travels by Milwaukee.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hiatt and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wilson with families attended a birthday dinner Sunday at the T. J. Turner home in Moravia given for Mr. Turner’s wife. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hiatt visited Mr. and Mrs. Franklin’s home afterward.
Sunday visits span Blakesburg Moravia Centerville and Albia as families including the Meads Hunters Chambers and Scotts gather at homes. Thanksgiving dinners feature the Chambers, Ballew, Wynes and other area families. Suffering cold for Alfred Carlson and two hogs found dead prompt veterinary notes.
Families including McDanel Gladfelder Luse and Luge shared Thanksgiving at multiple homes. Names appear with kin, like Earl Majin Knoxville and Pearlie Boyer, Bill Reeves, and Reeves and Meta, plus visits by Lyndon McDanell and others. Evening callers and a 20th wedding anniversary are noted amid local social visits.
The listing notes Will Rogers in In Old Kentucky at the Dec 4 5 7 run with Dec 9 showing Pidd Asisire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat. Also Dec 10 features Ralph Bellamy in Navy Wife and Carl Brisson in Ship Cafe. December 11 and 12 present Loratta Young Henry Wilcoxon and Alan Hale in The Crusades.
Sunday greetings and Thanksgiving gatherings across Centerville highlight visits from Des Moines and Buckeye Arizona travelers. Relatives, neighbors, and guests shared dinners, birthdays, and short trips while tracking long list of names including Vosburgh, Argo, Sheldon, and McCord families.
The organization announced its officer slate including president Mrs Merle Dicks vice president Mrs Elbert Moore secretary Mrs Berle Beat assistant secretary Mrs Howard Skiimer treasurer Mrs Penfield and assistant treasurer Mrs Ben Allem. They plan a meeting this week with Mrs Penfield.
Town farmers expect 1996 to mimic or exceed 1985 profits as Iowa State College agronomists report a favorable outlook. Demand rises with industrial activity and credit ease, while foreign demand remains weak. Hog prices rise for 1986 86 but will ease later. hog production resumes growth, with a late winter market surge expected. Cattle feeding may increase amid high moisture corn reducing cash grain sales.
The report projects demand and production trends for 1936 in the northwestern Corn Belt, noting favorable feed to butterfat ratios at Towa, expanding egg and poultry sectors, and lamb and horse stock shifts. Grain crops show larger 1935 supplies, slight acreage changes, and soybean declines with weather risks affecting wheat and export potential amid wartime developments.
The Moravia Marketing association sent a car of hogs and cattle to the St. Louis market on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Wakefield traveled from Tipton to spend Thanksgiving at the P. D. Schreiner home, with Bill remarking that Tipton’s temperature feels like Florida compared to here.
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