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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
2
The Salem community shares a long list of Christmas dinners and visits. Numerous households including the Longs, Perrys, Nashs, McCords, Hellyers, Gladfelders, and others hosted relatives and friends across multiple days. Several local youths attended events, with choir practice and speaking achievements noted amid health updates and holiday travel.
The Fuller Christmas tree and program drew a good crowd despite icy roads. Families across the area, including the Cecil Parcel and Donavan households, shared Christmas celebrations at relatives’ homes in Exline, Albia, Cedar Rapids, and nearby towns.
Moravia Rouse and Mrs. Lloyd Brown attended a sleb at the Ivan Harsh home on Wednesday. Chub met at the Harold Mason home on Tuesday with a gift exchange in the afternoon. They voted for an oyster supper at Lloyd Brown's on New Year’s Eve. A new president, Mrs. Newt Long, was installed. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Derby and family hosted at the Aigia Derby home, with Barold Mason and others present.
Lula R. Tillmont reports on the first semester ending with a Christmas program on December 23. Pupils exchanged gifts, delivered candy and cards to elderly neighbors, and created holiday artworks while decorations highlighted a festive fire tree and evergreen motifs. Illness caused absences. Berniece VanDorin read a library book. Clair Sincox visited. Christmas Seal sales reached $1.85. the school closed for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Miller hosted guests Sunday at their home, with Mr. and Mrs. Davis and other friends dining. In a separate note, dinner guests joined at the Rop Fisher residence Sunday afternoon.
Kinser Valley residents report visits with relatives and friends. Mrs Zell Wilson hosted Thursday afternoon. G R Darby home seen Tuesday night. Clifton Boardman called Thursday. Willie Van Dotin and wife went to Albia to see his ill mother at her daughter’s. LeRoy Wilson joined relatives at Brompton Christmas program. Darby youngsters joined Moravia youths for a trip to Albia and attended Vesper services at Albia M E church. Darby twins planned Jimmie’s birthday supper with Forest Main family. G R Darby in Albia Monday after ankle injury. Moravia Union appeared in holiday attire as usual.
Scattersburg residents including Mr and Mrs Jim Hayes Mr and Mrs Bernard Hayes and families spent time with relatives Tuesday and over the weekend. Numerous local households hosted and visited kin with dinners and gatherings at Lockman Tomlin and Scott homes. Janet Lee visited Guy Roberts Sunday as crowds enjoyed a festive afternoon.
Udell Route residents share New Year wishes as families from Seymour Moravia and Center Village visit relatives. Local scenes include Christmas gatherings at Denny school with Miss Mildred Cridle baugh and students, cooperative dinners at Rumley and McMann households, and a butcher day at Sanders home with Emma Miller.
Saturday visits fill the week with family and friends. Local households including Ben Jones and Cass Hamilton host gatherings with relatives from Eddyville to Moulton and Centerville. School holds a Christmas tree event as Enid Long recovers.
New Hope Sunday notes a visit from Mr and Mrs Keith Roze and family to John L Hopkins near Unionville. Mrs Hopkins injured ligaments in a bad ice fall and will be in a coat for weeks. The New Hope club met at Ivan Harsh’s with needlework a cooperative dinner and a Christmas gift exchange. Various neighbors and relatives visited in Centerville, Albia, and Blakesburg, with dinners and Christmas activities noted. A funeral for Mrs Dora Ketchum Powell at Wesley Chapel is mentioned, with burial in Denny cemetery and condolences extended.
The article lists numerous households visiting each other over Christmas and Sunday, with extended families and friends from Sidney and nearby towns gathering at Fern Wrights, Johnny Foster and other homes. Names include Biddle Cheree Dyphion, Carl Davis, Charlene and Billy, Lula Miller, Ernest Hiatt, ZelI Pence, Richard, Gertie Boyer, Paulina Dotta, and many Miller and Wright relatives, plus others from Udell, Moulton, and Albin Wyoming.
Enon Helping Hand club gathered with Mr and Mrs Rodger Gideon Thursday in a 30 person gathering. Members quilted and produced wood while pupils and teacher Guy Argo staged a Christmas program. Santa delivered gifts as parents and friends attended.
The article notes multiple Christmas gatherings involving Camp of Centerville, Laurence Johnson near Keosauqua, Ed Johnson home, Clair Sincox Albia, Grant Sincox with a sprained shoulder, and visits by Henry Sytsma Kenneth Johnson Bobby Richy at various homes including Robert Jennings, Hedrick, Blakesburg, Brompton, Albia, and Hedrick residents, with Mrs Hopkins Christmas program attendance and neighboring housework activities.
Appanoose County Board proceedings list payrolls, equipment purchases, and road maintenance. Named personnel include E. O. White, E. C. Long, J. F. Bryan, Davis Burgher, and others with details on patrols, drag work, and repairs. Various suppliers such as Fisher Lumber Co and Gibbs-Cook Tractor Co are cited for equipment and service.
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