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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1969
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Mervin McDanel attended a Christmas Eve supper and gift exchange at the Trenton McDanel home with Kim and Gene and Doyle McDanel. Mr and Mrs Wayne McDanel and family were also present for the gathering.
A long list of households shared Christmas Day or Eve with gift exchanges and dinners. Names include Nortis and O Conner, Lockman, Dommet, MecDanel, Yates, McDanel, O Dell, Ward, Kelley, Rouse, Dommer, Wright, Coltrain, and others. Also noted were a school Christmas program and a ninth birthday party for Nadine Kay Faber with numerous attendees.
Local families from Moravia and surrounds shared holiday hospitality and visits. Guests included the Elampes, Fabers, McDanels, Estacks, and Istlacks with relatives in Centerville and Eldred, plus Norma Lee Faber visiting Violet Lindley. Music sessions and piano numbers framed the gatherings as residents exchanged gifts and shared meals.
Mrs Pearl Shahan mother of Mrs B F Whitehead dies Tuesday morning. Sympathy extended to relatives. Christmas Eve gatherings include Paul Jordan Centerville guests Dick Brown Brad Truxton Dicks Paul Dicks Bernard Walters Denise Lee Jackson Don Walters Euston Edwards Merle Shorts Des Moines Ralph Boone Velma Herteen Don Whitehead. Colorado visitors Paul Shahan Maybelle Palmer overnight at B F Whitehead. Christmas dinner guests Wayne Thompson Constance Ralph Turner Paul Turner Edward McCord Orville Maxine Gimble James McCord Pearl Free Fern Callen Dolly Gilliland Bruce Thompson. Mr Truxton Dicks and family noted.
Christmas dinner guests included Paul Christy family, Clayton Sheldon clan, Russell Brown, Dick Brown, Pearl Broshar, Don Arendt, and Withrow households. Thursday callers and visits featured Wayne Christy, Aubrey Christy, and Mrs. Deanna Russell. Funeral services for Pearl Shahan were attended by Brown and Thompson circles.
Mr and Mrs Burdett Cox and Nyle with Mr and Mrs Jimmie Logan spent Christmas day with Dale Cox and family. Kenneth Gledfelder visited in the afternoon. Nyle and George Scott with Curtis Tomlin spent Wednesday evening with Mae Haper. Pre Christmas dinner guests at Carrie Boyer included Gaylord Main Noah Stocker and Frederick Koehler. Jimmie Logan visited the Burdett Cox home Thursday evening then they went to Moline and spent Friday night with Coxs. Roger Temple spent Christmas with Gaylord Main Carrie Boyer and Icel Koehler.
A funeral service was held Thursday in Marshalltown for Harley Wood Ward. Relatives and friends gathered to pay their respects to Ward, whose obituary notes his life and family. The service reflected on his contributions and enduring memory in the community.
Mrs Theo Miller hosts Christmas visitors including Mr and Mrs Chester Klampe and Mr and Mrs Jim Klampe of University Park. Also guests Millie and Deila Hedges of Oskaloosa, Herbert Phillips family of Milton, Scott Tucker of Des Moines, and Eva Tucker’s visitor. Monday’s weather quiet. neighbors extend sympathy to Herb Boblenz family.
Tucker notes from last week recount gatherings with the Guy Argo family and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Jim Argo, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coltrain and children, Vess Hiatt, Pat Judge, and the Francis Miller family in Newton. Also listed are Mr. and Mrs. Theo Miller and the Polson and Egbert households with thanks for their invitations.
J. D. spent Christindé with the Ww. C. Achemiths Mrs. Eva Tucker. Millas day with Mr. ata Mrs. Notte Price who also came for her. Mr. and Mrs. Jobin Miciér of Humboldt and Mrs. Eva Tucker were dinner guests Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Theo Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest West spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hiatt.
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