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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1935
Page
7
A whirlwind of social calls and visits fills the period, with Mr and Mrs Harve Beaty and John at Alec Allerdyce’s in Numa, and many others including Roy Purvis Wenell Coulson and Andy Brown calling in Centerville and Hazel Rinehart’s circle. Separate gatherings include birthdays, Saturday visits to Albia and Moravia, and weekend calls at various homes around the county.
Salem residents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and sons joined Bert Nash for Sunday dinner. Several locals visited Moravia for eighth grade exams and social calls. Des Moines visitors were noted, with teachers and nurses assisting at Tarr home.
Franklin Mr and Mrs Jake Firking and son Jack spent Sunday at the Fred Tarr home Mr and Mrs Ben Derby spent Sunday with Mrs Swift and Earl Swift and family Mr and Mrs Wayne Ammons and children and John Moffatt were callers at the Fred Ammons home Friday Mrs Marie Dodge and sons were callers at Rex Haver home one day last week Harold Stufflebeam of Albia was a business caller in this vicinity Friday Guelda Argo spent the week end with Thelma Swift Mr and Mrs Earl Swift and daughter spent Thursday at the parental Cap Dicks home John Moffatt was a caller at the Scott Repp home Friday afternoon Mr and Mrs Herbert Dodge and children and Edward Haver spent Sunday at the E F Stansberry ome Mr and Mrs John Moffatt were a callers at the Frank Cox home in Moravia Tuesday
Pleasant Hill residents recorded a flurry of Sunday visits as Merle Dicks hosted guests. Others included Harry Brown and son Leroy, Flo and Clyde Elgin at Charles Tarbell’s, George Hammond family with Rosa Murphy, Vera Moore and Billie with George Hammond’s group, Orlando Sears and son with L L Murl Lang, and Earl Swift’s family with Cap Dick. Jimmy McAninch listed as sick.
On Monday February 11 Urbana reports widespread illness. Rev Vangilder state Sabbath school organizer spoke at Urbana Center on Sunday. Local social notes include Inez Williams and daughter Bertha visiting Dick Faber, Vern Turner and family moving to a farm near Iconium, and Stafford and Bates families as Sunday guests at Miller home in Brompton. Mrs Ruth Fisher and Albert Cooper are ill. Cary McCoy and daughter Clella mentioned.
Moravia on edge as boys and girls basketball clash Cincinnati rivals in a tense playoff. amid the excitement a measles scare prompts nurses exams and a postponed band concert. Students recount eighth grade exams, radio talks, and spring baseball plans as Moravia reels through a week of sports and health alerts.
Sunday dinner guests included Russell Tubaugh from Ottumwa. Edd Barnes was reportedly at his home. Mrs Gus Johnson is improving. Max McCoy and his sister Cletis attended last week’s basketball game in Moravia.
A MHS page item notes a student song about measles and a gum prank. Clifton Boardman dedicates a song to MHS titled The Object of My Infection Has Changed My Complexion from White to Roay Red. Poets on the dean’s desk sign off with unsigned verses about measles and school.
Brush report notes Velma Boshak Ewing as teacher and marks six months of school this week. Clifford Tisue has been neither absent nor tardy this year while Clifford and Halle participated in class activities.
Eighth grade examinations at Mo Ravia scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Seventh and eighth grade history finish textbooks this week with extensive notebook work. Eugene completed seventh grade history and has done review work. Sixth grade geography covers Canada and US possessions. seventh grade geography to begin Africa after exams. Sixth grade history studies the Mexican War. Seventh grade arithmetic reviews percentages. Sixth grade language covers parts of speech and letter writing. Eugene completes seventh grade language with extensive review. Clifford and Hallien maintain civics notebooks. Eugene excused from seventh grade music exam for perfect choir score. Ronald practices multiplication and division using the 8s and studies McCall and Horn Ashbaugh spellers across grades. Keith to finish fifth primer and learn 45 addition combos. Ronald and Carl study letter writing and contractions. Carl reads multiple readers and tackles subtraction and multiplication. continues spelling with McCall and Horn Ashbaugh. Carl learns days, months, holidays, and eight poems. Lower grades decorate February windows. plans for new booklets. Valentine box opens at 2 PM on Valentine Day.
Coulson Miss Mintia Callen spent one last week at the R. E. Luse home. H. M. VanAntwerp called at the J. R. Callen home Monday. Reba Callen returned to her school near Numa Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Beaty and family moved to the Tom Jones home one day last week. Donna Doggett entered Coulson school Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hiatt and Virginia spent Friday night at the Jim Cline home. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Callen and Dale called at the R. E. Luse home. Goldie Hiatt spent Sunday afternoon at the Mearl Walter home. J. R. Callen, Jim Cline, Mearl Walter, R. E. Luse, Theo Miller and Frank Coulson were in Mora Monday afternoon. Elouise Walter was absent from Moravia High School Friday. Atty and Mrs. C. E. Miller of Albia spent Sunday at the Theo Miller home.
Hazel College John Earl Spencer was a caller in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sytsma and Mrs. Grant Lincox have been on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Carter were called to Moravia Sunday to see Evelyn ill with German measles. Mrs. Sytsma visits Albia for a few days with relatives. Rollie Carter and Mrs. Hazel Wilson recently with Mrs. Sytsma. Kenneth Johnson spent the weekend with grandparents. Eph Wilson called Monday at the Grant Lincox home. E. C. Carter and sons and Kenneth Johnson were callers in Albia Saturday.
Hiattstown residents share visits and gatherings at numerous homes including the Neffs, Roses, Coulsons, and Hunters. Marshalling bridge club entertainment, family updates, and attendance at local events are noted. A wedding announcement, a birth, and a tire sale promotion with prices wrap the community snapshot.
Enon hosted about thirty relatives and friends for Mrs Kenneth Free's birthday. Refreshments included pie cocoa and coffee as James Williams assisted Free with wood. The club met with Mr and Mrs M E Boardman. bad weather and roads kept attendance to 10. No meeting this week.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Knagg and a husband suffering nervous prostration debating sanatorium treatment. The Wise Doctor counters by suggesting the couple try a few months in one themselves first, implying personal experience may prove more persuasive than remote advice.
A brief exchange depicts a motorist and a pedestrian near an accident scene. The motorist says he intended to yield but needed to determine the pedestrian’s direction first, illustrating uncertainty after the collision.
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