Moravia Triumphs Over Lovilia in 26 to 3 Victory
Moravia boys basketball traveled to Lovilia and won 26 to 3, with Kaster scoring 17 points on eight field goals and one free throw. The defense held Lovilia to only two field goals in the second half as Moravia led 3-3 after the first quarter and 8-7 at halftime, setting up a strong push toward the regional tournament at Ottumwa in early March featuring Mornyng 25 FG FT PF Eastor 2 18 Smith 0-0 Hughes 2 Jordan 4 Stocker 1 Morris 0 Lovilia 17 PFE Richmond 1 C Gasper 1 Carr 0 Hethering 1 Sofranko 1 Slay 0 3 d Gasper 0 GRACE NEWS.
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Kovitla
Moravia
LoVilla
Kaster
Hughes
Moravis
Lovilia
Ottumwa
Eastor
Smith
Play At Teonium Was Well Attended
Reports from Moravia say the Chariton Township Farm Bureau Play Mother Mine at Teonium Christian Church Friday evening drew a large audience. The cast plans further showings in other towns and may bring the production to Moravia.
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Moravia
Chariton Township Farm Bureau
Teonium Christian Church
Morjavia
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Bow Lockman at Home
A birthday dinner was hosted at Mrs. Fred Hammond’s house on Sunday February 1 in honor of her mother Bow Lockman. About twenty five relatives and friends attended carrying well filled baskets. A plentiful noon meal was served and the afternoon featured music as guests wished Mrs Lockman many more happy birthdays.
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Fred Hammond
Bow. Lockman
Christian Dinner Menu and Retro Meal Notes
Christian Dinner Menu lists dishes for Wednesday March 4 including chicken and gravy mashed potatoes dressing home made hominy pickles bread and suet pudding with coffee. Mrs A B Dille returns from Chicago after visiting her son John Dille and family. Mr and Mrs John Dille and son accompany her home and then travel back to Chicago. Guy McKern and family, longtime Tarr farm residents west of town, plan to move to the N J Main farm west and north of Moravia.
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A. B. Dille
John Dille
Chicago
Munday
Guy McKern
Tarr
N. J.main Farm
Moravia
Local firm truck burned in Mystic oil fire
A Mystic Oil Co bulk station fire last Thursday destroyed a Morayin Oil Co truck and an air house while preventing a storage tank from igniting. The Moravia Oil Co truck operator Frances Oehler was not at the Mystic station when the blaze started.
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John
Moravia Oil Co
Mystic Station
Moravia ISD Annual Meeting Notice 1941
Notice to qualified electors of Moravia Independent School District Appanoose and Monroe counties Iowa that the annual meeting will be held at the Town Hall on the second Monday in March 1941 at 12:00 noon closing 7:00 p m A director to serve a three year term to succeed W C Bivin Dated February 20 1931 Chester Broshur Secretary
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Moravia
Appanvoss
Monroe
Iowa
W. C. Bivin
Union Church services and activities schedule
Bible School at 9 45 a m. Union church services at the U B Church Junior Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Quentin Hudson leader Union services at 7 30 p m Ladies Aid all day Wednesday March 4 dinner at noon
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Bible School
U. B
Junior Christian Endeavor
Quentin Hudson
Ladies Aid
M E Church Sunday School Invites Members
M E Church notes Sunday School at 9 48 a m with good attendance last Sunday. If not attending elsewhere you are invited to join. No preaching morning or evening. Evangelistic services at U B Church with offerings at Sunday School close. Wesley Chapel preaching at 9 40 a m and Sunday School at 10 30 a m with B G Hawkins pastor.
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U. B
Miller
Wesley Chapel
B. G. Hawkins
Peculiar Sacred Lily Of India Blooms At Moravia Home
Have Peculiar Plant at the Moravia home of Mr and Mrs Oliver Elswick a Sacred Lily of India also known as Snake Lily is blooming. The plant with a spotted stem grows to a remarkable height and blooms without earth or moisture for about two weeks each year after the bulb is four years old. The Lily emits an odor likened to a dead snake during bloom and has attracted local interest.
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Oliver Elswick
Moravia
India
Elywick
4-H Club Meeting Set at Foster Home
The girls of the Chariton Township 4-H Club will meet at Josephine Foster’s home on Saturday afternoon February 28. All girls interested are urged to attend.
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Chariton Township
Josephine Foster
M E Friday Dinner Menu at Smith Drug Store
Menu lists chicken mashed potatoes baked beans parsnips cottage cheese salad toast bread butter pie coffee and vooth paste special two cents and 26 cents toothpaste offer. Dy West Tooth Paste available for 30 cents at Smith Drug Store.
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Smith Drug Store
West
Sunday Church and Scout Meetings Report
Teonium Circuit and Centerville area churches announce Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 9 45 a m. Youth and Epworth League events listed. Boy Scouts meet Saturday at 7 p.m. Two new scouts Wayne Thompson and Richard Massman noted. Older Boys and Girls Conference delegates from the Irenium charge attend. Revival-related events postpone George Washington social. Hilton and Moravia churches plan services and a revival period with song and messages.
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Teonium
Christian Church
Wayne Thompson
Richard Massman
Ivenium Troop
Althea Green
Centerville
Irenium Charge
A. Ma
Young People's Choir
Epworth League
Murchard
George Washington
Moravia
Pala
Hilton
Young People’s Choir
Piye Song
Lagle Garage Relocates To Moravia Facility
Lagle Garage moves from the Karso building to the former Ford garage in Moravia after March first. The expansion provides more floor space and new showroom room for Chevrolet cars distributed locally by Universal Car Co of Canterville, reflecting increased business growth.
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W. G. Lagle
Ford
Moravia
Mr. Lagle
Karso
Chevrolet
Universal Car Co
Cantervilla
Former Moravia resident Mrs Caudle dies in Chicago
Former Moravia Moravia M E Sunday School member Mrs D R Caudle died January 2 in Chicago at her daughter’s home after three years there She would have been 93 January 10 if living Survived by two sons three daughters nine grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren Funeral services held in Chicago Friends in Moravia mourn her long residence with J B Kinion and many who knew her
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Moravia
M. E. Sunday School
D. R. Caudle
Chicago
McCrory Mounts Hammer Mill on Truck for Onsite Grinding
McCrory offers mobile feed grinding with a hammer mill mounted on a truck ready to bring the mill to customers. The notice notes a shift from feeding at the mill to milling at the feed site, expanding local service. It also mentions the Waughop family moving to Centerville, joining Farmers Exchange there, and a regional Legion meeting attendance by Moravia residents and local couples.
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Geo, McCrory
C. C. Waughop
Centerville
Waughop
Farmers Exchange
Waughops
Com
Ladies Day at Mrs Bruce Spencer's Church Event
Mrs Bruce Spencer hosted a ladies day last Thursday inviting the community. The church urges participation to grow in every ring of church work and asks locals to attend and support church activities led by minister J W Zevbe.
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Bruce Spencer
Hilton
P T A Meeting Scheduled for Monday March 2nd
The Parent Teachers Association plans a March 2 gathering with entertainment from the 2nd and 3rd grades under Mrs Luge, two special musical numbers from the same groups, music by the high school boys glee club, humorous reading, vocational guidance, and talks by Supt Michener and Mrs Ulmont Main on child nutrition plus a session supervised by Mrs Luge.
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Parent Teachers Association
Luge
Michener
Ulmont Main
Union Revival Meetings Continue This Week
Revival services continue each evening this week at the United Brethren Church. Large crowds attend and much good is being accomplished.
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Union
The
United Brethren Church
Infant Mary Lou Blair Dies in Moravia Funeral
Infant Mary Lou Blair daughter of Earsel and Edyth Blair was born February 19 1931 but died young. Services were held Friday at 2 80 o clock at the grandparents home Rev B G Hawkins read from John and prayers. Lorenti Alberts and Eva Fitking sang Precious Jewels. The little body rests in Moravia cemetery with a prayer that she is in heaven.
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Mary Lou
Earsel
Edyth Blair
John
B. G. Hawkins
A. GC. Dowd
Mira
Lorenti Alberts
Eva Fitking
Moravia
Card of Thanks for Sympathy in Loss of Baby
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Blair and Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dowd with families express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and words of sympathy in the loss of their darling baby.
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Baby
Resolutions of Respect for Fred T Hellyer
Resolutions of respect from Hall of Moravia Lodge No 610 I Q O F Moravia Iowa note the passing of Fred T Hellyer. The lodge offers heartfelt sympathy to his family and orders a copy of the resolutions sent to them and entered in lodge minutes by J N Funkhouser GC 0 Jones R E Stoops.
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Hall of
Moravia
Towa
Fred T. Hellyer
Lodge
J. N. Funkhouser
Jones
R. E
Stoops
Attention-Masons Meet as Announcements Noted
Regular meeting of Antiquity Lodge No 252 A M is set for Monday evening March 2 with visiting brothers welcome. Birth announced of Hetty Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smithburg in Sioux Falls South Dakota on Monday February 29. Numerous names listed in local greetings and visits.
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Antiquity Lodge No
A.M
A. G
Mason, W. M
Hetty Jean
Dean Smithburg
Sioux Falls
S. D
Golden Wedding Anniversary Of Mr and Mrs Jay
The 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Jay was observed at their Moravia home on February 19. A noon dinner featured a Golden Wedding cake, thirty guests, and a two to four open house with cards from relatives in eight states. Their son George Jay joined from Warren.
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Austin Jay
Moravia
Harley Tisue
Eva Lemaster
Mollie Main
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H. G. Broshar
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