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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
2
Rain and town life details from Moravia through December. Reunions, school openings, barn fires, accidents, church events, festivals, and local notices recur with names like J. F. Albert, Dorothea Main, Rev. Behrens, Hoover, Main, McCrory, and Selby. Highlights include fall festival success, homecomings, and fires at T. J. Turner and McCrumber farms.
Southwest Franklin community recalls weekly visits and gatherings. Arch ia Thompson and Vern Turner families share Friday outings. multiple households report hay hauling, wood cutting, and canning. Attendance at Sunday schools totals 141 as C C S and M E report 57 and 84 respectively.
A long list of business visitors and social calls spans Albia Centerville Ottumwa and Moravia with many neighbors recovering from flu. Names include Veach Brain Broshar Tracy Albert Weathers Cullers and Tarr among others. Events touch church meetings school quarantines and a recurring visit by F A Boyer to pay subscriptions. Local ministers attend a Des Moines meeting.
Miss Lois Brown returns home from Al bia after a brief stay while in West Point. The Pearl Kelsey and family hosted, and visits occurred at the Carl Funkhauger home and Truxton Dicks residence. Clell Sheldon aided Rollie Brown with wood, and Ruff Kaeter traveled to Creston to visit Zelda midweek.
Mrs Birdie Main and Herbert visited Mrs Lloyd Brown and Dorothy. Miss Lole Davis spent time in Mystic visiting friends. Mr and Mrs Will Davis and family were at Archie Thompson home. Leona Easter went to a Moravia basketball game Friday night. Pearl Kelneps and Lloyd Brown attended the Junior class play in Moravia Thursday evening. Herman Sytsman and family were Moravia callers Saturday.
Community members including Mr. and Mrs. Jay Argo and the Argo brothers, the Beaty and Dicks families, and Esther Sheldon are repeatedly listed as visiting relatives and hosting guests around Ned Argo’s home and nearby farms. Numerous calls and Sunday gatherings highlight a tight-knit network centered on Moravia area families with extensive mentions of Argo, Dicks, Beaty, Derby, McAninch, and Sheldon households.
Sunday visiting at the John Johnson home included J R Callen and family Clarence Dowd and family and Leonard Wilson and family. The Rollie Carter family spent ten days with Jimmie who is very ill but now on the road to recovery. G H Luse and family and T J Luse and family visited Joe Martin home near Lovie. Nellie identified for Don Hayes home arrival January 8. Mrs Hayes and baby well. T J Luse family temporarily reside with G E LuceI family near town awaiting move to rented farm south of town. Mrs Edon Dyphon and Versal Stocker called at Carl Cloyed's Friday. Zell Wilson and family spent Saturday at E F Wilson home.
A Moravia Union column recalls events from January 12 1928 noting Neal Burton family moving to Richland Lews, infant Margaret Hinote dies at grandparents home, Z T S McFatridge death prompts Mason City trip, and Mrs C T Slavin’s Jamie at home. Also mentions Robert Beech Smith obituary, Zed Long buying a buggy, New Year party attendees, Allen Hiatt’s Texas land trip, and J W Halden celebrating Golden Wedding anniversary.
James Halden in Centerville on the previous Saturday evening. C. E. Tucker served as a Centerville school teacher. Little Marilyn Hiatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lée Hiatt, continues to improve after pneumonia. She was returned home west of town from the hospital ten days ago.
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