28 Feb 1946
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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1946
Page
1
The column blends household chores with weather oddities and energy use as the author notes a heavy wash schedule, a gusty week, and unexpected visitors. She details electricity hints, battery levels, idle lights, and plans for Sunday, ending with apologies for missing Cogitations due to domestic duties.
A reader profile from Olivet Illinois to Centerville Iowa notes Joe with 376.00 in War and Victory Bonds and monthly 25 dollar payments planned for Irma and potential children. The Moravia Union lists subscriptions renewed or paid in early 1946, including names such as W. Tarr and F. B. Harn.
The Moravia Union marks F C Hiatt as one of the paper’s oldest subscribers, with about 40 years of service over 44 years of publication. It also mentions local business updates including a new awning at Turner & Son, a seven-foot Coronado refrigerator for Corner Cafe, and O E Peters crafting a mower sharpener and displaying a patriotic sign after Pearl Harbor. Readers request address changes from Moravia to Memphis Missouri and Des Moines Iowa, with dates in February 1946, including A Rose and M Tillmont among the correspondents.
Mr and Mrs John VanZante visited relatives at Pella Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday The So and Sew club met with Margaret VanZante Thursday with full attendance Yelda Brown a former member attended as a guest Mrs Donald Jones cares for her grandmother in Moravia during Rev and Mrs Talbott absence Mr and Mrs Carl VanZaurite Ronald Leo and Mark spent Sunday at the Lute Hiatt home Mr and Mrs Ben Jones and Kyle spent on Tas Rev Tawa is preparing to enter college at the end of March John and David Murdy spent Wednesday and Thursday with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Ben Jones Mr and Mrs White and children called at the T R Gordzer home Saturday evening
Neighborhood residents attended basketball games on Moravia Monday Tuesday and Friday nights. A surprise party celebrated Berl Tadlock’s birthday at Bert Arnold home Wednesday. Progressive Rook games yielded Lyle Hopkins high and Mrs Grant Tadlock low. Attendees included Paxston Sharp Tadlock Hopkins Arnold Dowd and Proctor families among others.
Harold Holder of Allerton Iowa appointed Extension Assistant in Youth Activities for Appanoose County. The change, announced by Farm Bureau President J R Bauman and State Extension Director KR Bliss, awaits State Board of Education approval. Holder, a 1942 Iowa State College graduate with 4-H experience, served three years in the Marines including Guadalcanal Guam and Okinawa. He will work mainly with 4-H boys and assist as County Extension Director, planning to move to Centerville soon.
Mr and Mrs C Easter host and visit with multiple families including Cochran Foster Pfanne Keater Moffitt and O Connor clans over the weekend and weekdays. Neighbors and relatives like Tomlin McGuire and Kaster join at various homes across the community in casual calls and gatherings.
In Urbana and vicinity, J. B. Davis suffered a severe tongue bite after a fall from a tile on a cave. Carl Fisher battles pneumonia. Roy Davis faces injuries from a car crash. The Wednesday club hosted an oyster supper for friends moving away, with many locals in attendance. Hospital updates include Max Leffler returning from Japan and Eugene Lockman undergoing major surgery alongside related family health matters.
Kinser Valley items recount visits to Albia and Ottumwa, medical updates on Jimmie Pasuit after fifty days in Ottumwa hospital, and community news. Ervin Long loses a cow last Friday, Clifton Boardman undergoes appendicitis surgery, and families including Darby, Wilson, and Boardman share weekend and weekday activities near Urbane and Albion.
J C Lockman of Akeley Minnesota visited the W H VanDorin home to pick corn left after moving north. Nearby gatherings included Ladies Aid at Mrs Artie Broshar, a birthday party for Mearl Walter, and social visits among neighbors at the VanDorin and Faber homes. Announcements note Annabelle improves and Mrs Harold Hawk aims to return home Tuesday evening as Floyd McFall and Jerry spent Sunday with KR S Faber’s family.
Aeron Campbell and M. H. Johnson & Sons restrict hunting and trespassing day and night on their farms in Smithburg area. N L Nansiraad Owner Fay Paxton Tenant and others may have names added to this notice.
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