12 Feb 1942
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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
1
The fragment announces a Thursday publication by H. E. Smith with subscription rates and a note referencing Congress on March 8 1879. It appears as a brief newspaper notice about mail matter and periodical details from an 19th century publisher.
Fairview residents spent Sunday afternoon visiting the W G Harper home and the Clint Irelan home. Howard Proctor and Dority traveled to Centerville. Raymond family and Sam Proctor family shared time at Irelan and Proctor households. Rowena Perry spent the weekend with her parents near Blakesburg. Mildred Proctor with Duane and Mary visited Florence Black on Thursday. Emory Coltrain and family visited Sam Proctor on Tuesday.
Local residents and families made multiple calls to neighbors and relatives across Franklin and surrounding towns. Frequent visits included McFatridge, Argo, Haver, Shehan, Dicks, Swift, Stansberry, Lamar, and Rinehart households with several names appearing at Centerville Moravia Creston and Dell Hellyer homes.
Missionary society members invite friends to meet Friday February 20 1942 at the Baptist church for World Day of Prayer with a special program and later announcements. Also coverage of Baptist Young People Union meeting February 9 in Unionville with 88 attendees and refreshments.
Blue Front residents Mr and Mrs Ben Jones and Donald helped Wendell Murdy butcher a beef Thursday Mrs Pearl Hiner entertained the circle Tuesday All members were present Mr and Mrs Homer Hamilton and Mr Frank Hamilton visited Jake Simbro home in Glenwood Mo Mrs Simbro is still poorly Mr and Mrs John VanZante visited Sam Shepard home in Albia Thursday helping Lora Elaine celebrate birthday Mr and Mrs Ralph Shelquist Frances and Lucille visited relatives in Ottumwa Sunday Mrs Ben Williams and Mary Marie were in Ottumwa Friday and Monday consulting an oculist Donald called at Chance Safe ly home Sunday afternoon Chance is still improving slowly Mr and Mrs Roy Argo and baby and Mr and Mrs John Van Zante attended dinner of the So and Sew club Sunday in honor of families leaving the neighborhood in the spring
The report records a cooperative family dinner at Pleasant Grove schoolhouse Sunday attended by Argo and family. It notes Argos will move to a noir farm west of Iconium. Other entries cite visits at Rufus Easter home in Moravia and a Friday time with Ruby Brees and M Wright in Moulton.
Seattersburg visitors include Mr and Mrs Lawrence Slauson of Oregon with Mrs ee Banga H Z Girl Mrs Marve Lockman and Max ina Lockman. Centervilla callers Nik and Ii George Bcott and E mily visited Roy Scott at home. Bundsy evening spent at Marve Lockman home. Mr and Mrs Raymond Lockman Maxine and Billie visited Albia Saturday. Glen Lockman in Albia Friday buying a new Maxin Japior. Mrs Raymond Lockman Maxine and Bill spent Sunday afternoon with Clint ingen family. Burdock Zasuil of Hiteman visited Sunday at eres gar eater.
A reflective column muses on an oddly springlike winter, noting clocks turning back on a birthday, angling weather oddities, and garden buds hesitating between leaf and bloom. The作者 peppers memories of baking days and a plan to convert recent pork into lard, echoing farm life and seasonal rhythms.
A snowbound week brings multiple small gatherings in Enon and nearby towns. Families such as the Fabers VanDorins Free and Walters host and attend events, with birthdays and anniversaries celebrated, visits from relatives including Arthur Shaw from Vallejo, and neighbors sharing ice cream and cake amid a string of hospitality.
Salem area families and friends spent weekends with relatives across nearby towns. Jaunt to Knoxville Iowa included Mr and Mrs Orville Mason and others. Sunday calls at Jess Gladfelder and Dell Hellyer homes. Local visits to Albin and Naples S D noted.
The report notes 61 attendees at Sunday School and church. Families including the Grovers and Exlines spent Sunday with Ella Platt. many in the community attended a Blackwoods concert in Darby. Several Gladfelder family members visited Clyde Gladfelder's home and other local homes over the weekend in Fairfield and surrounding areas.
West Point residents and families hosted and visited over the weekend with gatherings at Albia and Centerville homes. The notices mention Mr and Mrs Ralph Davis, Mr and Mrs Livya Brown, Mr and Mrs Leonard Perry, Mr and Mrs Carl Dicks, Elbert Perry, Arlen Haagerman, and others attending suppers and visiting relatives, with a death in the Haagerman circle prompting sympathy.
A fragmented local note records youths from the vicinity visiting Pearl McCrory on her birthday Tuesday evening. Mentions of LeRoy Brown shucking corn for Tom McCrory, and Davard Penispert visiting the Pom McCrory home. Also notes Homer Brown's Wednesday afternoon visit and W. L. Clark transporting hogs to Ottumwa. John W. Kenton willed feed for Tom McCrory after Sharp. Continuous garbled names follow as scattered fragments.
Brown and Moravia callers visited Thursday afternoon while Kenton family members returned home Friday from Mrs. Mart Kenton’s aunt’s home in Russell Albia. Saturday brought Ed Delong Wayne Piper and family Harry Robinson Tol W Kenton Ruth Dortha Heiner Brown Iva Daphen Ethel Homer Charles plus W A Brown Roy Harold Pearl James McCrory Lor Mae Beace Join W Kenton Ruth Dortha spent Sunday at Howard Besco’s home. Homer Charles Brown spent Sunday at James Mc Tory. John W Kenton Dortha Ruth spent Saturday evening at Homer Brown’s home.
New Hope residents including Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kluger and family of Lake View Iowa visited the parental Roy Scott home for a weekend gathering. Earl Donovan of Woodstock Illinois was a dinner guest at his grandfather Will Donovan's home. Several others, such as Mrs. Martha Hiatt and the Howell family, spent Sunday at various parental homes and hosted or visited relatives across Albia and nearby communities.
Local notes describe modest activity in Kinser Valley with visits among the Herman Johnson, E. Caster, and G. R. Darby families. Arnold Anderson and Sylvan VanDorin are mentioned, along with a Coast Guard son’s upcoming departure. A humorous wartime clock-change anecdote and minor farm chores wrap the column.
Unionville history notes describe winter schooling planned by Abt Thompson and a growing frontier town. It mentions key residents like Clayecey Leven Dean and Mrs Eaton, church formation by the M B E Church, a 1847 marriage, and rapid growth with stores opened by John Miller and others around 1850.
A detailed local portrait outlines Unionville's early growth since 1856, highlighting railroad impact, hotels, stores, and medical presence. It covers education from 1850s log schools to district organization, and chronicles Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Dunkard, and local lodge histories, leaders, and current membership.
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