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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
2
Local notices recount visits and arrivals from Ottumwa Centerville Knoxville and Des Moines. Readers urged to subscribe for free enamelware with Union, with social events at Moravia building and Pro gressive club meetings including prizes and refreshments.
A clipped flower of social activity from Albia Moravia Centerville with many names and places. Lee Hiatt visited Albia Monday morning while Frank Swaim and Taylor Leon ward were in Centerville Tuesday morning. Numerous gatherings involve Shull Robigon Streepy Pabst Proctor Tuttle and others. Mrs Van Long improves post hospital stay near Centerville as others host, dine, and travel between Albia Moravia Udell Knoxville Oskaloosa and Tuttle.
Carl Van Zante serves as Sunday School superintendent at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor gathers at 6:30 p.m. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. World’s Day of Prayer Friday at 2:30 p.m. A cordial invitation to all.
Grace Methodist ministers and service times are listed for two church locations along with Epworth League. A Good Samaritan collection is noted at both services. Local social updates include Freda Wood’s birthday party, Rural Electrification efforts by Carl and Russell Alden, and various visits and moves among Udell township residents.
Unionville reports a district meeting of church workers. Mrs. Willard Brain returned home from St. Joseph's hospital after a week-long stay. The Comer family from Floris visited with Fred Davis and family and others at Holton before heading to Ottumwa. Kay Ogden and Carlotta Whisler attended a shower for Mrs. Paul Dean West, a recent bride, at the Ogden home. C. E. Brown visited Des Moines. Corporal Paul Tweedy spent the weekend with his parents, and Mrs. O A Tweedy hosted a Missionary Society afternoon with sixteen guests arriving for a surprise noon gathering.
A note of farewell accompanies covered dishes as a guest is told she will move to a farm three miles north of Jtown. Mrs J O Harris also attends as an honor guest, with her family moving from the Tweedy farm to a newly purchased place near Bloomfield.
The article describes a farm shop program where boys learn home slaughter and meat dressing, insulation techniques, and replica valve work on era vehicles. With limited tools they perform basic repairs on a 1984 Plymouth and 1981 Model A Ford, while building an implement trailer and promoting proper lubrication to extend machine life.
The article discusses farmers and students learning welding and shop skills to cut maintenance costs. It notes the shift to farm shop work, blacksmithing, mechanics, and factory labor, with pupils gaining practical lubrication knowledge and hands on experience through class projects and reading.
Tom is now located at the Broshar Barber Shop and invites patrons to enjoy his barber services. The notice asks for appreciation of his work.
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