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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1972
Page
1
A local reader laments the Christmas season’s commercialization and strain from constant hustle. They note the pressure to secure proper gifts for everyone, expressing disappointment in the modern holiday atmosphere.
The narrator recalls visiting Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity, noting a stable basement now overlain by the church, and describing poverty and peddling in Bethlehem. The Jerusalem scene is described as strife torn, with a Royal Jordanian Embassy recording on Jerusalem. Mr and Mrs Jim Kearney win a United Airlines prize trip to Australia.
Nellie Gilliland Thompson born Sept 10 1880 on a Franklin Township farm died Dec 1 at Franklin General hospital Hampton Iowa after a Dec 4 stroke. She married F Archie Thompson Feb 27 1907 at her parents home Iconium, lived on a farm near Iconium until his death in 1946, then moved to Iconium. Survived by daughter Marjorie and husband Pearl Kelsey Hampton IA, two sons, a grandson, two brothers and three sisters, lifelong Methodist, quilting for church, active in the community.
The North Bend Ladies Aid gathered Wednesday afternoon for a Christmas exchange. Gifts were placed around a tree as Joyce Phillips the president opened with a poem. Members listed include Bonnie Mary Sue Capital Donna Edith Beaty Sally Sharon Daphne Delores Shepard Leela Lain Ruth McNair Josephine Moffitt Maxine Rinehart and Bonnie Ronnie Joyce.
A family notice lists Emily wife of Wayne Thompson, Alicia, and five grandchildren including Bruce Thompson of Mankato Minnesota Roger Stumpe of Kansas City Kansas and Constance Thompson. The message refers to four years and five winters and names relatives across locations.
Fragment from an obituary notes Albia resident Mrs Patricia Talmadge and Des Moines connections with David M. Kelsey of El Paso Texas. Mentions five great grandchildren William Cynthia Sandra Kelsey John Becky Talmadge and one sister in law Mrs H R Gilliland Albia plus ten nieces.
A funeral service for a local resident was conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the TIconium United Methodist church with Rev. L. B. Deedrick officiating. Burial followed in the TIconium cemetery, among many mourners including nephews and friends.
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