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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
2
Local residents list a flurry of weekend and midweek visits across Iconium. Families including Brown Beaty Dicks Argo and Turner households frequent parental homes, with several Ottumwa guests and kin visiting relatives. Kids plan Christmas program at Iconium School.
Enon Helping Hand Club met with Mrs. J L Jones and Kenneth Free last Friday with 89 at dinner and 5 more in the afternoon. Women will meet Mrs Maurice Lillard next Thursday. Members aided Mike Bokras shredding fodder Thursday and Friday forenoon. Several notes of illness, visits, and family events follow including a birth, travel to Ottumwa, and local visits among Albia and Bayard Neff homes.
Miller and Liberty school pupils celebrated Areten Paris eighth birthday hosted by Claude and wife at their home with teachers Miss Oliver Swaim and Mrs Wilbur Miller. Local residents attended church services and visited relatives in Ottumwa Centerville Moravia and nearby towns. Millers at various events. a funeral held for Mrs Frank Strunk. school dismissals for Thanksgiving and upcoming appointments noted.
The M. E. ladies hosted a Monday dinner at the Earl Swift home for 32 teachers, speakers, and visitors, reflecting community hospitality and involvement.
Numerous local families shared Thanksgiving meals and visited at various homes including the Coulsons, Browns, Hiner and Purvis households. The week featured school visits, a Lamar school program, and multiple Tuesday and Thursday gatherings.
Mrs F L OConner spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs John Stevens. Miss Alice Campbell visited over the weekend at her home near Exline. Mr and Mrs Virgil Tharp and family plan to move to Centerville soon. Marjorie OConner called on Leola Minnicks Thursday. Mr and Mrs J R Callen and family also noted.
Residents spent Sunday at the H. M. Van Antwerp home near Rathbun. Mr. F. P. Coulson and daughters attended the funeral of Mrs. L. Main in Centerville Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. O’Conner and family spent Sunday at the William Espy home. Mrs. C. B. Callen and daughters and Mrs. R. E. B. Luse attended Ladies Aid at the home of Mrs. John Tucker Thursday.
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