Moravia Courier Busy Holiday Social Notes
A long list of Moravia Centerville and Ottumwa visitors and guests as families gather for holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Watts, Barghahns, Sneed family, Hiatts, Clester, DuVall, Prow, Coon, and many others are mentioned visiting, traveling or hosting events around New Year and Christmas. Several students return to colleges including Parsons and Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Olive Smith
Albia
Maxine, Smith
Cecile Creech
Cecil Shifflett l
Oskaloosa
Will Creech
Vivian Sneed
Ollie
Towa
J. B. Sneed
Chas
Pabst
Elsie
Henry Prow
Harold Prow
Centerville
Roy DuVall
Little Bear
Wyo
Moravia
Ernestine Stauber
Evelyn Hiatt
Ruth Johnson
Simpson College
Floyd Alverson
Moberly
Tom Cameron
Hale C. Greenleaf
John and
Hale Jr
Marjory and
Elizabeth
Des Moines
A. W. Archer
Pulaski
Cameron Home
Madge DuVall
Cambridge
Iowa
Allen Boller
Atlantic
W. F. Horner
Agnes Epperson
Enders
Oelwein
Miss Epperson
Snyder
Zell Perrce
Albin
Richard
Miners Hospital
Lena ‘Miller Pence
Oneita Selby
Rochester
N. Y
Dorcas Mills
Logansport
Ind
Miss Selby
Frank Selby
Ottumwa
Russell Swenson
Veas Hiatt
Wilda
Louisville
Hiatt
Kentucky Farmers Home Journal
Lloyd Phyllis
Moline, Jinola Hospital
Phyllis
Mildrerd McCloud
Ray McCloud
Jane Ann
Moline
T. T. Lockman
Joe Taylor
Junior
Alice Ruth
Will Blumer
Edith
Clyde
Curtis
Ben Blumer
Don
Keith. Blumer
Don Bibby
Logan
Betty Ruth
Loyd Rothwell
Sandra
Logan Bibby
Adolescent Group Influence on Parental Roles
A study from the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, University of Iowa, notes that adolescent group membership shapes attitudes toward recreation school and community. Parents should engage with the teen group to boost their own influence and reduce imagined generation clashes, avoiding open rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perfect Parents Club
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Community Notes From Unionville and Nearby
Late arrivals and visits reported as Pearl Hunt of Rockford travels to see Joe Hunt in Unionville while Miss Trissie Wilson prepares for a January Californian wedding. Various relatives from Mt. Pleasant Centerville Des Moines Marshalltown Ottumwa Mystic and other places join Rev Jas A Wilson’s family for Christmas and Sunday gatherings as Mike Dommer the local mail carrier suffers a fall on ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Hunt
Rockford
Wic
Joe Hunt
Mra
Tom Robb
Moravia
Ira
Clyde Marney
Polo
John Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Trissie Wilson
Centerville
Jas A. Wilson
Miss Wilson
California
John
Canton
Panay
Mike Dommer
Mr. Dommer
G. N. Brain
R. E. Wilson
P. EB. More
B. M. Jones
Famiy
George Cilva
Des Moines
Harold Bateacle
Marshalltown
J. R. Cook
Ruth Stanley
C. A
Jute Plant Grown in India with Native Hand Work
A Washington Post writer notes India remains the sole successful site for jute cultivation. Experimental attempts in Florida failed, while large machines perform much of the processing. Native laborers play a crucial role stripping fibers by hand from stalks and soaking them to release the tope like strands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Florida
Washington Post
Gladiator Exhibitions Rise in Ancient Rome
The Roma gladiators and condemned prisoners served as entertainment for Roman citizens through sword fighting, wrestling, and strength contests. Free men and even women joined the arena, elevating the gladiator class to cultural rank as shows grew in scale. An Emperor Trujen event reportedly employed 5 000 gladiators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Trujen
Renewals and arrivals mark Union mail meglio
The Mail Bag notes distant renewals from H L Whicker and family of Craig Colorado and L F Pabst of Glendale California praising Moravia Union. Theo Thompson and family moved from Cashmere Washington seeking a local farm after a westward stay with fruit growing prospects deemed poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Mail
Union
H. L. Whicker
Craig
Colorado
L. F. Pabst
Glendale
Calif
Theo Thompson
Cashmere
Wash
Mr.Thompson
T. S. Thompson
Reich Family Reunion Thanksgiving Dinner in Muscatine
The Reich family from Moravia Indiana and relatives gathered for a turkey dinner at 701 Monroe Street Muscatine in the home of Dr and Mrs John Potter and their baby John Wesley. Attendees included R M Reich and daughter Karlin Lee of Chicago Donald Reich of Cedar Rapids Helen Reich of Iowa City James Reich of Des Moines Charles Reich W W Potter and wife of Muscatine Mr and Mrs Robert Potter of Mount Pleasant and Mrs Reich of Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Cummins
Eastern Star
Mia. Warner Muir
Lois Jean
Marion
Mr. Watt
H. E. Watts
C. C. Baumgarner
Verijean
Royster
Nash Reggler
Leon Gardner
Marshalltown
Patsy
Jimmie Prow
Centerville
Henry Prow
Edgar Lovell
Ottumwa
Chas. Coffin
Garland Houser
Joyce Ellen
Paul Coffin
Shirley
Irene Slavens
Audrey
Los Angeles
Calif
Homer Coffman
Floyd Leighton
W. P. Donahoo
Jennie Pollard
Guy Gordon
W. G. Firkins
Firkings
H. K. Smith
W. A. Smith
Albia
Knoxville
Santa Claus
Texas
Helin
Albert Brain
Avonlake
Des Moines
Ruth Johnson
Alvin Donahoe
Eugene Wilcox
Burdette Utterback
Moulton
Homer Utterback
M. Y. Mardy
Theodore Mardy
Lester Mardy
Udell
W. L. Palmer
Glenn Wood
Jack Jenkins
Nina Strunk
Mae Wilcox
Dillon Whistler
Ben Davison
Familly
Cedar Lake
Ind
I. R. Cook
P. A. Bair
Tom Robb
County
Tacoma
Wash
Dukes
Mra
L. G. Wingerhoff
Helen Sue
Marengo
H. L. Dukes
Harry Lee
Ruth Allender
Myrtle Harrington
M. E
Hinote
Crow Home
William I. Morrison
Franky Whisler
Muscatine Journal
H. C. Reich
Moravia
John Potter
John Wesley
Monroe Street
R. M. Reich
Karlin Lee
Chicago
Donald Reich
Cedar Rapids
Helen Reich
Iowa City
James Reich
Charles Reich
W. W. Potter
Muscatine
Robert Potter
Mount Pleasant
Reich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Millie Cox
E. F. Qehler
Kenneth Barghahn
John Veach
Walter Scott
W. T. VanDorin
Chas. L. Ellis
Nancy Ellis
Frank Hiatt
Allen Hiatt
Ollie Cody
Waterloo
C. A. Turner
von Tracy
Lester Brain
Minn
Otha Lee DuVall
Drake University
J. T. Day
Stella Albright
Elsie Clester
Mary Clester
Charles
Hal Carter
J. L. Dodd
Farm Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Beulah Bishop
Oberlin
Ohio
D. E. Bishop
Elizabeth Sneed
Clemens
J.B. Sneed
C. ©. Coulson
P. K. Horner
Zell Callen
Ames
Marie
Iowa State College
Dorothy Marie Ellison
Ottumwa Heights
Teachers’ Academy For Girls
F. Oehler
K. (. Barghahn
Ted F
J. B. Oehler
Francis Oehler
Alvin Donahoo
Willie Donahoo
Allen Gammel
Edith Robinson
Tulsa
Okla
Perry Norton
W. P. Davis
Clark
Cincinnati
H.G. Broshar
Unionville
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Freeport
Reuben Cook
J. L Johnson
Frank Swzim
John Horstman
F. R. Jolly
Chet Broshar
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Turner &Son
Veach Drug
Rexall Drg
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