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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
3
A Moravia Moravia district room reports playful fifth and sixth grade activities including Columbus tale, Christmas play rehearsals, and student Santa letters from Dec 6, 1938. Poems and lines about farm life and Jack Frost appear with local visitors and home notes from Albia and nearby homes.
Hazel College members Dorothea and Donald Darby T R Gardner and family Zell Wilson and LeRoy attended Sunday School in Moravia. Herman Johnson and family called at Grant Lincox and E C Caster home Sunday afternoon. George Darby and family visited Zell Wilson home. Harry DuVall and wife of Moravia joined Mrs Amy Clough Carl Cloved and family Willie VanDorin George Darby and family and Kenneth.
Scattered social items report visits by Scattersburg residents including Rudolph and Everett Gilliland of Adel Illinois families at various homes. Several gatherings list Carl Tomlin Walter Harper Burdette Cox and George Scott households with Sunday and Saturday visits. A knee injury during wood hauling is noted, along with illness improvement for Mrs Ray Lockman and a weekend social at Ray Tomlin’s near Unionville.
District Court in Appanoose County Iowa announces formal probate of the last will of Mary P. Pence deceased. A December 6 1938 filing led to a January 6 1939 hearing for final proof. All interested may appear to contest probate. clerk Howard Evans records the notice.
In the Southern District of Iowa Ottumwa a bankruptcy matter, No. 6032, Lester E. Burgher of Moulton Iowa, is ordered to fix January 20 1939 as the date for creditors and interested parties to file written appearances and grounds of opposition to the discharge in Creston office of the Clerk. J W Kridlebaugh referee in bankruptcy Chariton Iowa signs the order.
Rural Urbana notes many neighbors visiting at the Ben Coop home and John Fisher residence. Revival meetings at Center draw a large crowd before roads worsen and illness halts further events. Este Lockman’s illness and death shock the neighborhood while families travel to Moravis and loving area homes.
The past two weeks saw T. E. Robinson, previously employed by W. V. McAlister, return to his home near Elkhead, Missouri, on Sunday.
A flurry of Saturday and midweek visits as Udell Route 1 families and Centerville residents traded and called on relatives. Highlights include wind mill tower construction for a radio wind charger, tooth extraction, church attendance, and multiple callers at the Harry Rumley and Mearl Walter homes.
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