Moravia News From 1935 Local Chronicle Highlights
A January weather spell paralyzed travel as subzero winds swept Moravia. Notable items include Leon Kaster injuring a foot with a slipping axe, Leonard Palmer becoming Wabash section foreman, and Orph Kaster buying Moravia pool hall. Events cover civic duties, school board elections, band ratings, anniversaries, and local sports with multiple mentions through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Kaster
Leonard Palmer
Paris
J. W. Albert
Beta Coltrain
Orph Kaster
Moravia
Rollie McDonough
Jas
Wright
Local Christmas Visits And Dinners Around Moravia
Local residents gather for Christmas activities with family dinners and visits. Families including Broshar Burns Veach Hiatt Schreiner Swenson Plants Slavin Behrens Les Main Duvall Hudgens Reich Cooper Boyer and others plan holiday time with relatives in Centerville Williamsburg Des Moines Iowa City and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Broshar
Virgil Burns
Wm. Burns
John Veach
Centerville
J. T. Hiatt
Ella Hiatt
Hiatteville
Allen Hiatt
Vernie Hiatt
Exeter
Nebr
Dale Schreiner
Ottumwa
J. H. Schreiner
Russell Swenson
Frank Selby
Raymond Plants
Clemens
Towa
John Plants
Noorden Slavin
Towa City
Cc. T. Slavin
Lera Behrens
J. C. Behrens
Williamsburg
Harriett Les Main
Simpson College
Madge Duvall
Drake University
Des Moines
Paul Watts
Carson
Iowa
Mias Myrtle Hudgens
Des’ Moines
Lem Hudgens
Donald Reich
Iowa City
Jamen Reich
Stella Reich
Julia Cooper
Clifford Boyer
Moravia
Moravia News Briefs and Christmas Visits
Moravia area reports a second snowfall of winter with ice on walks and travel difficulty. Local residents and families, including Miss Maxine Tisne and Miss Irene Main, return home for Christmas. Several visits and retirements are noted among Moravia families, with shoppers and students listed visiting relatives and towns nearby.
Church activity schedule and events listed
Currench 10 a m Sunday School with Mrs Birdie Main superintendent at 11 a m Communion at 2 80 p m Evening advice 7 80 p m Bible Study at the church basement Tuesday 7 80 p m Christmas program planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Main
United Brethren Sunday Schedule With Christmas Program
Reading shows United Brethren holds Sunday worship at 11 a.m. Morning service at 11 and evening at 7 30 with Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m A Christmas program is announced for the week ahead at the local church under church superintendent M H Johnson.
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule Notes
The article lists worship and program times for a Methodist Episcopal church. Sunday 10 4. m. ming worship at 11 00, Epworth League 6 30, Evening service 7 30. No prayer meeting until Wednesday Jan 1. Wesley Morning worship 9 30, Sunday School 10 30. Pastor Chas L Ellis is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Wesley
Chas
L, Ellis
Christmas church notices and social updates in Centerville
Teonium Circuit and Fairview Sunday Schools hold sessions at 10 a m and 9 a m with sermons and evangelistic service at 7 30 p m. Local families travel for Christmas visits, attend funerals, and plan gatherings at Centerville and surrounding towns including Mt. Pleasant and Indianola. The Kensington club shared a Christmas gift exchange as news of weddings and family trips unfolds around holiday plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenca Gordner
Simpson College
Indianola
Donald Gordner
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
T. R. Gordner
J. C. Rosseau
Spencer
Iowa
Don Furrer
Nevada
Ira Callen
Monjay
Kenneth Blackman
Sewall High School
Charles Blackman
University of Iowa
M. K. Blackman
For Sale and Estray Notice from Corydon Iowa
FOR SALE eight young pigs one creed son Cleo Barnes tp Estray notice Strayed from the D D Smith place one year old ling one spring heifer Notify Frank Swain For Rent three hundred sixty acres RB C Smith estate D M Anderson attorney Attor Hate Woodruff guardian Corydon Iowa ltp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piga
Creed
Cleo Barnes
Estray
D. D. Smith Place
Frank Swain
RB. C
Smith Estate
D. M. Anderson
Attor Hate Woodruff
Guardian
Corydon
Lowa
Teonttum M. E. Aid Enjoyed Christmas Dinner Program
Teonttum M E Aid enjoyed a noon Christmas dinner for about 56 served by the On Time division. Decorations suited the season as an interesting program featured a vocal duet by Mrs Mary Alle m and Mrs Claes Brown with Mrs Nellie Thompson at the piano, a short reading, a Christmas prayer, a roll call and Christmas numbers. A grab bag gift exchange added to the afternoon’s enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary ‘Allem
Claes Brown
Nellie Thompson
Carrie
Nellie J ‘Haines
Red
Cane as personal proparty in historic times
Fragmentary OCR passage describes a cane owned by a person named pritit used as a weapon against sabre tooth tigers and for travel on rough roads. It notes biblical prophets and kings depicted with staves and mentions Disraeli with multiple canes for different periods, suggesting cultural symbolism of canes across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritit
Disraeli
Mystery Race of India Buras ki and their unknown origin
Pathinder Magazine notes a small northern Indian group the Buras ki whose language and habitat set them apart from other peoples. Some anthropologists link them to the ancient Oro-Magnon race and the cave paintings found in Europe, suggesting very early skull development comparable to modern humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Pathinder Magazine
First Airmail Flights in Early 1911 Highlights
The world’s first special airplane mail service ran in England between London and Windsor in September 1911, while the first official mail flight by airplane occurred in India during the All-India exposition in February 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eingland
London
Windsor
India
Willing Workers Annual Turkey Dinner Held
The Willing Workers club held its annual turkey dinner with a Christmas tree and gift exchange at the home of Mrs. Roscoe Argo on December 78. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rinehart, Mrs. Ollie Moffatt presiding, and many members and spouses who enjoyed chocolate creams and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Winaler
Jackie
Jerry
Oakland
Calif
Berkeley Ephremity
Mra
O. D. DuVall
Bill Wilson Jein
Blakesburg
Forrest Main
Richard Burton
Donald Kay‘ter
Clifton Boardman
C. E. Winsler
N. BR
Ward
Margaret
J. A. Winsler
J. H. Rice
G. B. Winsler
Georgiana
F. A. Miller
Centerville
Frank Selby
Kensington Club
J. B. Sneed
J. L. Johnson
D. E. Bishop
Oren Gould
Greenview
Minois
F. L. Gould
Homie of
Mth
Roncoe Argo
Turkey
Ollie Moffatt
Veneil Coulson
Roy Purvis
Mia
Bert Rinehart
Ruucell Brown
Vern Turner
Robert
Swift
Carolyn Ann
George Shahan
Johnn Moffatt
Edna
Daisy
Rex Haver
Phyllis
Everett Stoneberry
DeWayne
Carolyn McVey
Roscoe Argo
Herbert Dodge
J. L. Haines
Red Oak
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seventh District
The
United Brethren Churches of
R. C. Wilson
Aire
H. K. Smith
R. J. Funkhouser
Albert Brain
England
Geo. Winsler
Presia
Ek Ruth Johnson
Maxine Tisue
Fleiss Kaster
MHS
Towa Southern Utilities
Theigh
Glee Clube
Lass No
M. E
Geo. Jones
Seymour
Moraviana
Wilson
HE Gick
Av. G. Turner
Appatoos Cran Poy
M. H. Johnson
Geo. Firking
FEBA
Wm. H. Young
Boath of Education
L. H. Priebe
Near Moravia
Albia
Dorothy Wilson
Cedar
Leete
Town-Nebraska
Methodist Episcopal Church
Moravia Pta
Unionville Pta
Unionville
Moravia Group
Merle Miller
Amy Wilson
Julia
Cooper
Maude Coffin
Oehler
Odd Fellows
Moulton
Mre. C. A. Hiatt
Wennerstrum
Harry Stamos
Paul Underwood
Joe Gray
Wennerstrom
Supreme Court
Se Aaeal
Morevia High School
Clade
Charlee Reich
Harriett Lee Main
Agness Seanaberry
Wilma VanZante
Wilda Hist
Eyslyn Stauber
Clare McKern
Jacquelyn Winaler
Wandy Kasteree DuVall
Aylis K. Hough
Kens Marina Eloise Easter
Thos
Ale Oliver
Donna Foater
Lena Day
Gt Glee Callen
Susie Tarr
Ae Kenneth Hiatt Cox
Dyphen
Herschel Johnson
Verniece Jernice Lang
Beulah
Kenneth Coltrain
Morabe High School
F. F. SS
Ames
R. W. Winsler
Otha DuVall
Moravia High School
Beulah Bishop
Mabis Bosse
San Meto
May Maxine Tisne
Gus Tisne
Highway Number 60
Ma Oehler Broa
Zerbe
John Miller
Teontum
Melvin Betterly
Tme Heavy
Rajza
Abe
Fort Madison
Elkader
Abe Funkhouser
Atlanta
E. L. Main
Susan Horner
R. L. Tarr
J. P
J. W. Hallen
Dale Caris
Theo Miller
Francis
D. K. Orelup
Mary Zerbe
J. W. Zerbe
Eddyville
Genevieve Wheeler
Clifford Hardie
Audubon
Q. C. Smith
Paul
Francia Smith
Naples
A. M. Smith
North Liberty
W. J
H. K
W. A. Smith
Haver Free
Wayne Ammona
Cambria
Fairfield
Stockport
Ralph Hicks
Blue Island
J. J. Hicks
Barbara McCumber
JO. More
Keith Mora
Ruth More
Washington, D. C
Ming Susie Tarr
Fort Madison Busings College
RL. Tarr
Camaron
Mats
Hardy
Church of Christ
United Brethren
H. Johnson, Su
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Episcopal
Teonium
Fairview
Iton
J. W. Stine
Frank Swaim McBayla
Borse
Teonttum M. E. Aid
Ynsurvea
Chet Broshar
Ingurea
Smith & Veach
Rexall Drug Store
Moravia Union
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