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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
2
Second class mail notice from Moravia Iowa paper Moravia Union. published Thursdays by H K Smith. Subscriptions listed as one year six months and three months with rates shown.
Attendance at Sunday School included Christian 49 and M E 64. Virginia Argo led the Epworth League service Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Brandon and family of near Askaioosa called on relatives Tuesday. Jess Murphy accompanied them home for a few days. Archie Thompson and Ray McCord hosted Tuesday dinner. Will Kelsey visited with Rosa Beatty Saturday evening. The Firkins family and Jack joined Argo brothers for Sunday dinner. Harry Brown cut wood for A. J. Brown Monday. John McAninch and son with Will Kelsey visited Albia Saturday. Grace Calhoun hosted a school friend from Albia over the weekend. Harry Leamaster and Clark Newby butchered two porkers Friday. Mrs. Will Callen is improving and up part time. M E Aid met Thursday with Group 4 serving luncheon. large attendance. An appliqued quilt was framed for Bertha McNeil Payne in Washington DC. Afternoon program led by Mabelle Newby. Edith Tarr devotional. birthday song for Allis Argo. A Thanksgiving Prayer was dedicated to the Aid. Bible verse contest was a feature. names drawn for the Christmas exchange.
Enon I. J. Smith sold his farm to an Oklahoma buyer and plans a closing out sale on Wednesday December 15. Neighbors host a farewell social for the Smiths and the Giltner family this Friday. Local clubs report quilting and embroidery interest and several residents' weekend visits and comings.
The Roman Acta Sanctorum traces St George born in Cappadocia and martyred April 23, 303, noting a dragon slaying tale and later legends linking him to Godfrey of Bouillon, Richard I, and English chivalric feasts. The Saxon martyrology kept April 23 sacred to him with jousts and tournaments until Elizabethan reforms ended them.
The piece extols the Christmas spirit over Santa myth and holiday food, then shifts to calendar duties, farmers meetings, class activities, and student notes. It highlights local school happenings like pep meeting planning, new journal staff, art projects, and upcoming visits to Ottumwa Orphans Home.
The Christmas decorations in the first grade room include Santa Claus and a December calendar drawn on the blackboard. The psychology class visited Wednesday morning. The Fairies read a book about a boy who rides in an airplane as Richard Smith did. Second grade notes Jack bringing a white Christ Hinds Lee and a log cabin. Morning inspection uses color coded feathers to mark chores completed.
Pleasant Grove residents helped with a men’s bazaar last Thursday night while Daphan Wilson was sick. Fern Wright visited Ted Wilson’s Thursday. Glenn Garrett, Frank Wilson and families attended a Farm Bureau oyster supper at Hilton Friday. Ruth Wilson and son Paul visited N. G. Wilson’s Friday afternoon. Glen Fowler traveled to Centerville Saturday. H N Main shopped in Ottumwa. A cooperative supper with club families was held at the Van Long home Saturday evening followed by rock games with Mildred Robb and Clifford Parkston winning prizes.
Mrs Ella Funkhouser hosted guests with Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Frank Hickman and Mr Frank Boyer and Mrs Anna Woodward. Neighbors Ruth Hough and Ivan Boyer called on Clifford Paxston. A family weekend extended by Ted Wilson and his kin at Fern Wright and Lute Hiatt homes. The A B Ladies plan monthly church dinner and Aid Wednesday.
A Chicago Tribune essay lauds Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen for the accidental discovery of X rays in 1895 at Würzburg. The Prussian professor, born 1845, identified radiation passing through opaque matter and exposing photographic plates, revolutionizing surgery and inspiring further research.
Mrs Tom Camieron and her daughter Elizabeth were seen visiting Albia on Friday afternoon.
C A Woodcock came back last week from Des Moines where he spent time with relatives.
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