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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
4
Ottumwa and surrounding residents filled week with visits and dinners. Families traveled to Newton for a wedding at the Presbyterian church while others hosted relatives from Des Moines Cedar Falls Davenport and Waterloo. Shared meals and hospital stops marked the holiday period with several reunions and travel to Ames Kansas City and Texas.
A community digest records multiple Christmas and New Year gatherings. Sylvan Van Dorin and family attended a dinner at Miss Anne Andersons and a party at the W. H. Van Dorin home. Various relatives visited Ottumwa and Centerville, with illnesses noted and a wolf-hunt call for Eddyville.
Mrs Laura Dicks hosts and visits are listed with neighbors in Ottumwa region. Names include Blanche Argo Nellie Thompson Jake Firkins Ned Ango Brickerhoff Smythe Summers Shehan Dicks Breese McCord Turner Thompson Hook Loch Le o Breese Free and families. New Year guests Bert Rinehart and others noted across Centerville Albia and nearby homes.
Kinser Valley notes recount visits by George R. Darby and neighbors. Marvin Hyfford and his mother visited BE UL Wil son home. LeRoy Wilson helped Lewis Dofh. Geo R. Darby stayed briefly at Clifford Caster home. Arthur Maxwell Royce and family from Clay Center Kansas visited Russell Darby for New Year dinner. Mrs Royce Maywell, sister of Mysy Darby, joined. Russell and M. M. Darby haul hogs to Ottumwa. Mrs Hefford bought sheep from Zell Wilson. Claver and Claver sawmill crew cleared logs. LeRoy Wilson assisted his uncle Carl Cloyed with beef.
Beryl Brown visited Mrs. Paul Loch Monday morning in what appears to be a routine social call.
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