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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1964
Page
6
Local residents hosted and attended numerous gatherings across Blakesburg and Ottumwa areas. Families including the Hiatts, Fishers, and Woodwards shared meals and birthdays while relatives and patients visited Otumwa hospital and nearby towns. A long list of kin traveled to see loved ones, attend weddings, and celebrate a 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cox in Waterloo.
Centerville visitors Dr and Mrs Rex Haver and Mr and Mrs Edward Haver spent Wednesday afternoon with Leo Hoffman family. Jack Hoffman and Danita joined Thursday at the Hoffman home. Haver family served lunch at Goode and Wi-hama sale Friday. Kenneth Hoffman attended a Moravia Thespian play with Darlene Fisher and Julie. Kenneth Fisher and Darlene attended a ball game at Moravia Saturday evening. Leo and Kenneth Hoffman called on George Rinehart Sunday. Lloyd Johnson and family visited Roscoe Argo Sunday. Edward Haver and Julie were Sunday dinner guests at Glen Wakefield in Mystic. Bill and Russell Hoffman visited Monday afternoon.
A string of social gatherings and visits across the community is reported. Ernest Hiatt and Sandra Gouleen hosted supper guests including Lote Hiatt, Ivan Harsh, Frank Lathan, Theo Miler, and sisters Elsie and Lillian Caen. Misses Connie Boblenz and Linda Davis shared time with friends, with many couples and families visiting relatives and neighbors in the area.
Sunday gatherings filled with weddings and family visits in Moravia and surrounding towns. Neighbors like the Strunks, Tubaughs, and Calhouns shared events while relatives from Centerville Ottumwa and Des Moines joined, and church life paused briefly for illness and travel.
Mrs Wayne McDanel hosts guests including Elmer Hiatt and Gary Hiatt at a Sunday dinner with the Ensil Hiatt and Wayne McDanel families. Many neighbors and relatives visit in Columbus Junction and Mystic while birthdays, calls, and dinners mark a busy week in Hiattsville.
Unionville reports Mrs John Nicolette was brought home from St Joseph hospital Centerville on Monday. Mr and Mrs Ned Purdum visit in Arizona with their daughter Gloria then proceed to California for a family visit. Metta Harrington entertained the Woman's Society of Christian Service on Thursday afternoon and Wayne Hinote led a devotional lesson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Greet and family visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Green. Green has returned from navy duty. Mrs. Gertrude Roll of Hot Springs South Dakota visits Mrs. Writa Irelan.
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