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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
1
Local church notes slow February meeting with Miss Belle Andrews leading devotions and Mrs James Walls in charge of a lesson on Mission Work Among Our Foreign Neighbors. Residents and visitors from Ottumwa Chicago Moulton and Bloomfield are listed with family updates and visits.
Gerald Gay of Hilton and Mr. Smith of Lovilla called Thursday while working on the Farm Bureau drive. Loren Walter called Sunday. G. R. Darby and Zell Wilson called in Albia Wednesday. G R was having teeth pulled. LeRoy Wilson and G R Darby visited Pat Briner home Saturday. Leo Hoffman tagged sheep for Zell Wilson Monday. Visitors Sunday at Russell Darby home included Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Boardman, Earl Boardman and M. M. Darby. Zell Wilson family visited Moravia Sunday with Fern Wright family. Groundhog Day tale noted. Lawrence Dommer helped Charley Anderson cut posts Friday.
Inez Faber recalls a long campus visit with a schoolboy, meeting friends and teachers, helping with lessons, and noting the mix of studies and activities. She describes dorm life, yearbook photo selection, dorm meals, and the campus social scene, including a humorous escape with galoshes and a detour home. She mentions the Hereford show nearby and the pull of both campus and fairground events.
Betty Jean Foster reports Mr and Mrs FP E Moffitt received a call from son Ivan who will be stationed at Omaha Nebraska. His wife plans to visit home. Mr and Mrs Versil Easter and Patty and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Davison visited Roy Hiatt. Frank and family helped Kenneth O Connor move to Lester Morris farm. Mr and Mrs Trenton Gladfeldar hosted guests.
Mrs Lloyd Rose and family spent a day at the Ernest Hiatt home. Numerous neighbors and relatives from Hiatt, Meadows, Dooley, McDanel, Chambers, and Arnold families visited in Centerville, Moulton, and Odelle for socials and a Grant Powell funeral. W.S.5.0.5. plans a Thursday meeting with Mrs. George Scott.
Bernice Johnson and Gabe Johnson family members and guests spent Sunday with Dan Brackett in Albin. Mentions of visits by Bernice Johnson in Centerville and by Harry Felton with daughter Helen in Albin. A farewell party at John Dodd’s for Ha Glick and Virgil Johnson families featured music, pie, coffee, and cocoa with many neighbors in attendance.
Saturday evening supper guests at the William Whicke home and Sunday visitors at the Kenneth McDanel home included Irmel Terry and June, Delbert Foster and Darrel, Orval Terry and Charlotte, and Mrs. Terry. Various families hosted guests Sunday and Friday with numerous relatives listed at the Foster, Easter, Davison, Boyer, and Olin Foster households.
Women with mechanical aptitude are urged to enlist in the WAC at once. Other skills are needed too, and untrained women can learn lifelong useful abilities. The Army needs 249 types of jobs and invites applications at the nearest U.S. Army recruiting station or by writing The Adjutant General, Room 4415, Mae Building, Washington.
Mrs Harold Hawk spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Mearl Walter Ruth Blumer stayed with Mrs Mary Clester Helping Hand club met with Mr and Mrs Edd Robinson Thursday embroidery work and wooded sawing The women will meet again Thursday Leo VanDorin stayed with Blois Jones Thursday night Mr and Mrs Kenneth Free and Dale had dinner Friday Mrs J Lockman and Don visited Friday evening Mrs Hilbert Roberts and Rita of Des Moines spent Saturday night at the Guy Roberts home and Sunday with sister Mrs Gaylord McDanel Claude Hawk and family visited Truxton Dicka home Sunday Mr and Mrs Harold Hawk spent Sunday with relatives in Center le ar Loren Walter and daughters and Marvin Gardner and daughters had dinner at the Mears Walter home and helped Annabelle celebrate her birthday Howard Whisler and family spent Sunday with his sister Mrs Illiam McCoy and family L B Van Dorin and family of Albia spent Sunday with us and Sunday evening at the W H Van Dorin home Wayne Thompson entertained relatives Sunday for birthdays of Mrs Kenneth Free and Mrs Haver Free Mr and Mrs R S Faber and Mary Jo spent Sunday afternoon at the Fred VanDorin home Clell Blumer and family spent Sunday evening at the Fred Blumer home Sunday evening visitors at Claude Hawk home were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Free and Dale Mr and Mrs Henry Kaldenberg and family of Des Moines visited in Moravia Wednesday Mrs Earl Wayland of Davenport spent Wednesday and Thursday at A S Mangle home Mr and Mrs W C Smith and son of Laredo Missouri visited last weekend in Moravia
New Hope society notes list Tuesday and Sunday gatherings. Mr and Mrs Theo Miller and others visited Frank Chambers and Loyd Carter homes. Several Hiatt, Hiatt family, and Harsh relatives joined outings, hospital calls, and suppers near Centerville and Moravia. A wartime appeal ends the item urging war bond purchases.
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