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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
2
New Hope residents and neighbors host showers and visits across Centerville Blakesburg Unionville and surrounding areas. Families including Pettibone Burns Hunter Turner Harsh Watts Dooley and McDanel feature in Sunday gatherings hospital news and a Keosauqua linked funeral observed in Albia with extended kin involved.
Mr Pleasant Dwight Stansberry called at the W A Brown home Tuesday night. Buel Taylor and Arch Herron helped Albert Rouse saw wood Wednesday. W A Brown spent Sunday at Homer Browns. Afternoon callers were Arch Herron and John Kenton. Homer Brown and Fiverett Stansberry called at W A Brown s as C C Smith and W A Brown were Moravia callers one day last week. Ed Delong helped Howard Besco with butchering Monday. Buel and Harold Taylor were Moravia callers Monday morning. Ethel Brown left Friday morning for Iowa City where she entered the University hospital for treatment.
Salem households hosted and visited including Mr. and Mrs. Newton Long and Jean at John Zimmer's, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jennings and son at the Roscoe Argo home, and multiple neighbors at meals and gatherings. 4-H banquet attendance noted, plus several residents ill and some travel to Ottumwa.
Social notes recount gatherings at the Gladfielder and Perry homes, with frequent calls in Albia. Donald Whitehead speaks at a declamatory event and basketball is played at a Numa Friday gathering. Cards note Mrs Rowe’s illness in Grinnell and Miss Murphy’s improving condition in OsKaloosa hospital.
Udell notes cover visits by Mr. and Mrs. Chas Benz to California mother. Fifteen attend Consolidated Ladies Aid at Mrs Raymond Byers. families gather for birthdays at Spring, Henderson, and Udell homes. Civil War veteran Edward Streepy ill with flu. Mrs Minnie Replogle visiting Cedar Rapids. Mrs Powell improving after illness. Rev Hugh Guy preached at Udell Christian church. Miss Louise Condra stays with Plano area relatives. various locals honored in gatherings and dinners.
The Sunday School had 30 attendees at Fairview. The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs. Jack Luse on Thursday for a cooperative dinner and bring your own work. Several residents visited and hosted events around the area, including birthdays, dinners, and a variety of Sunday gatherings, with many names noted among the local families.
Sunday school attendance and church notices mix with social calls in Centerville. Families such as Penfields Funkhousers and Dicks share meals and greetings while neighbors report travel, illnesses, new arrivals, and holiday preparations including a Christmas program and quilting event. Laura Jean Ullem born Nov 23 with two teeth. many locals mentioned in varying visits and activities.
Franklin Hugh McFatridge called in Iconium on Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Fred Argo spent Sunday at the Bert Sheldon home. Earl Swift and daughters Thelma and Carolyn Ann were Thursday visitors at the Cleo Regan home. John Moffatt attended the Carl Elgin sale Tuesday. The Argo family and Everett Stansberry were Albia callers Monday. Janet Cedar Rapida residents Mary Andrews and Helen McFatridge with daughter Janet spent part of last week at Hugh McFatridge and Everett Stansberry homes. Vera Firkins visited Monday at the Argo brothers home. Earl Swift and daughter Carolyn Ann were second ium callers Thursday. James and Delbert Calhoun spent the weekend at Carl Calhoun's home. George Shehan and children visited John Moffatt's home Friday morning.
Brompton LaDonna Jean Vance visited Saturday night and Sunday with her grandmother Mrs A J Billings. Johannes were business callers in Ottumwa Friday. Ed Robinson and families spent Friday at the Mogbey home in Chariton. Wilma Boardman spent the week end at the Boardman home. O S Miller spent the week end at the Boardman home. G S Miller and Geo Reid and family were business callers in Albia Friday. Archie Billings Eva Boardman and Elmer Vance spent time with relatives.
A reflective diary tone recalls damp chilly December mornings and random musings on weather, license plates, oil booms, and family anecdotes from Oklahoma. The author notes frustrations with cold, hopes for June, and thoughts on oil profits and farming upbringings.
Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Elwood Stafford and daughter visited the Chas DeLong home, sharing a family gathering during the weekend.
Personal reflections on oil luck and family reads mix with a pub note about a missing Fourth Reader. The writer recalls children, neighbors, and a flivver on vacation, then lists weekend visits and small town happenings around Theo Miller, Wesley, and Centerville.
Kinser Valley reports a sequence of Sunday callers including Zell Wilson and family guests. George R. Darby visited Harry Felton, and Harry DuVall with his wife and Amy Clough explored Zell Wilson’s home. The Swift Co Moravia gathered a chicken load Friday with Lester Brain and John Garner handling culling.
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