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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
8
Pleasant Hill group Clover Leaf Club met on December 15 with Verda Argo and a large crowd. Members enjoyed a cooperative dinner and gift exchange in the afternoon. Quilting and rug rag making were the activities.
Fern Penfield and Argo families dominate the reader with a long roll of names and notes from Moravia. Jan 6 is the next meeting date with Fern Penfield leading. The report covers visits by Arlo Fenton, deaths of Rev LeRoy Sparks, church pastorage, Christmas greetings, illnesses, oyster suppers, wood cutting, and a parade of neighbors and church events around Moravia including Dicks, Tarbells, Hamonds, Irwins and related families.
Uncle Sam touts U S Savings Bonds as smooth path to progress. Enroll in Payroll Savings Plan at work or Rond-a-Month Plan at your bank to accumulate bonds, promising $4 back for every $3 invested in ten years. Treasury Department promotes nationwide savings drive.
Russell Darby and family visited with kin during Sunday dinner and helped saw wood Thursday and Friday. Dr Chester sale near Albia drew a good crowd. The Russell Darby clan plans a Christmas auto trip to Clay Center Kansas to stay with Royce Maxwell family. About two inches of snow fell over the weekend, temperature 22 degrees Monday morning. Several local families, including Foster and Moffitts, planned visits and holiday greetings. The column notes custom of recording guests in The Union.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gladfelder and Robert and Judy Kay visited Monday evening at the V C Easter home. Those spending Thursday evening at the V C Easter home were Mr and Mrs Virgil Kaster Dale and Dallas and Mr and Mrs Olin.
For sale phrases describe rubber stamps to be made to order. Prices: one line two inches or less 60c. Two lines 90c. Three lines 1.20. Printed in The Moravia Union.
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