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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
2
Sunday dinner guests at the Roscoe Argo home were Mr and Mrs Will Haver. Several community members attended a fireman supper at Iconium Saturday evening and many visited relatives across town, including Cornell College student Charles Youngker returning home Thursday.
Moravia area residents gathered for social calls in Iconium this Saturday evening. Theodore Glascow is visiting with sister and family Mrs Leslie Plants and Mrs Margaret VanZante. Meat everyone attended Harry Woodward sale last Tuesday. Lute Hiatt and Ruby visited Carl VanZante Sunday afternoon. Mrs VanZante and Mrs Lois Mason helped Velda Brown cook for Woodsiwers Fun day. Long Brothers hauled soy beans from Carl VanZante to Lute Hiatt. Harold Mason and Mr Harold Mazon shopped in Centerville. Ralph Davin and Harold Mason took hogs to Ottumwa Thursday. Several from the vicinity attended the Moravia Mystic ball game Thursday evening. Jerry Brown spent Saturday night with his grandparents, his works were in Albis.
Mrs Carrie Boyer and Mrs Ice Koehler sponsored a miscellaneous shower Thursday afternoon for Mrs Selah Belle Alden. Guests played games and visited with husbands while Mrs Alden opened gifts. Cookies and cocoa were served.
Norman Hanes Mrs Sarah Hanes Claude Paris spent evenings at the Bera Golfitin house. Rosa Deineher Unidrivilla visited daughter Mininie Wood who had flu. Mrs Fanny Wood Sarah Hanes Bertha Miller and Eleanor Milley visited relatives in Unionville. A hammer mill owned by Loyd Dexter ground for W N Miller and D L Stramk. Ray Tomlin Patricia Gxa Wood Ida Caylor shared Tuesday with Mrs Cecil Tadlock. Rev and Mrs Peter Thomas were supper guests with Mr and Mrs John Tadlock. Mr and Mrs J J Stevens of Moulton former residents called on friends. Mr and Mrs Claud Paris Helena Walter Connie visited Elsie Coltrain and children in Moravia. Lazell Strunkard Betty were Sunday dinner guests at the Strunkard home. Fuller Mrs Carl Elgin called on Mrs J J Ullem. Lester Smith spent weekend at Jesa Smiths. Cecil Parcel family moved to a farm near Sigourney. Carl Elgin moved to J J Ullem place. Ullem and Bessie Donovan were Albia shoppers. Jegs Smith Carlyle Long attended a sale in Centerville. Bessie Donovan spent Friday with Carl Elgin. Jens Smith spent Thursday with C Elswick in Moravia. Carlyle Long attended a sale in Albia Saturday. Carl Elgin entertained her parents Carlyle Long and yon and Mya James Long Sunday near Hayesville. J Ullem saw wood Monday fusion.
In Maple Grove several locals and visitors are listed attending a sale hosted by Harry Woodward last week. The report notes visits with friends, farm gatherings, a Father and Son banquet in Moravia, sap gathering, and various family outings across nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Lee Johnson hosted evening callers while Milo Foster and Lea Johnson spent Sunday with family. Eugène Tisue was ill and missed school. Several locals attended the Harry Woodward sale. Lyndon McDanel hauled wood and owns a wind charger. Families gathered for dinners and visits across Centerville and nearby homes.
Visitors from Sa turday to Monday included Cétilbon Mra Mita Tuse at Robert Luse home and Reba Callen of Bartlett Iowa. Various locals spent weekends at home or with relatives. attendance at Webley Sunday School was 84. Mrs Richardson called on Mrs R E Luise. Mr and Mrs Jim Cline received news from Mrs Guy McDanel of Gallup N M about an upcoming sinus operation.
The District Court of Appanoose County Iowa appoints Harry Greenleaf as Administrator with Will annexed of the estate of Jackson House deceased. All owed parties must pay and all claims must be presented to the court for allowance by the specified dates January 24 1989 and February 2 1989. M G Luse Clerk of Court.
City area notes list residents visiting homes and attending events from Monday to Tuesday. Names mentioned include Mrs Elmer Lockman Mrs E M Coltrain Dayne Taylor Bernard Panes Harley Tisue Charley Pitty and others amid health concerns and local visits.
A stream of diary-like observations details family tensions and everyday mishaps. The writer reflects on misunderstandings and stubbornness, notes about a chain letter, opinions on scrambled eggs, and a chaotic morning with a broken oil bottle and a restless household.
Readable fragments show Sunday visits among families including Mr and Mrs Veas Hiatt, Mrs Hessie Davis, and the Brandon family. An auction for a fire truck raised 71 dollars. A birthday dinner honored Mrs Lyda Argo, with many relatives attending. Funeral details reported for Chas Dinn in Fremont with burial in Ottumwa.
Mt Pleasant Arch Héron notes neighbors and relatives aiding Le Roy Brown who is seriously ill but improving. Harold Brown worked Monday for Iva Blackwell. W A Brown and Zelda Brown were in Albis Friday morning. Mr Wilson the assessor edited in this neighborhood that week. Zelda Brown returned to actor Monday after several weeks away.
Friday evening visits at the E F Wilson home. numerous neighbors and families listed in a lively social roundup. A rash of colds left the Jep Lockman family on the sick list. several households hosted or visited kin during the week.
Local farm near Canter area updates as Lucille Exline spends Sunday night with Dewey Houser children while parents visit hospital with Dewey Jr. Merle Johnson and Lionel Spring visit Donna McConnell and Mary Ellen Houser. Mary Ellen Houser and others travel to Numa for three ball games, including a doubleheader won by Udell. Caretta Whisler visits Juanita Harrett. Mrs. Carl Alden calls Harold Spring. Rev. lo Ogden and Edward Streepy improving. Loral Bryan and Harold Mishler travel back to Minnesota for work.
Minadilti and Dewey Houser Jr. faced medical crises with throat infections and complications leading to hospital care. Sunday guests included Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Johnson and families, and Har ol d Hedgecock relatives from Centerville and Iconium. Local residents report illness and moving plans affecting Fay Porter and Glenn Gordy families.
Sunday dinners and visits populate a busy social week in Albia Ottumwa Centerville and nearby. The list includes Mr and Mrs Chas Horn and daughter Nelile, Kenneth Johnson at the Hermon Johnson home, Russell Darby Dorothy Boardman Billings family others. Community members visit, call and entertain at several local residences.
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