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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
4
Sunday School begins at 10 a m with preaching and communion at 11 a m Junior C B meets at 2 30 p m and prayer meeting is set for 7 30 Thursday evening Rev F C Scott serves as pastor and leads activities
The Church of Christ announces Bible School at 10 a.m. with Mrs Nellie Utterback as superintendent and Communion at 11 a.m. A business meeting follows. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 p.m. Ladies Aid gathers Wednesday afternoon. Attendance is growing and youth participation is strong in the Bible School Church and Endeavor led by Pastor W J Hastie.
Moravia church schedules a Thursday January twenty first at 6 30 pm for an old fashioned country school program including a debate on Women Work Harder Than Men a singing school and spelling bee. All members and friends invited with guest options. Wesley Chapel services listed and Thelma Luse hosts bridge club with prizes.
Moravia school board leases the Giltner building from Appanoose County to house the Farm Shops Course of the agriculture department. Mayor L. H. Beery negotiates for the county board. Armour Station site vacated. Shop equipment expected to be installed soon.
The consolidation of the State Conservation Commission and the Fish and Game Commission leads to 31,000 acres in 46 areas across 16 counties designated as public shooting grounds. WPA survey crews map property lines and build fences while planting and improvements proceed on state lands for game production and refuges.
Iowa plans to post farming on crop share with adjoining landholders as public shooting grounds. State grain portions will be left standing to feed game during critical periods and to spur game production. The plan progresses rapidly with hopes to use more state lands for hunting. Miss Ann Helscher resumes teaching at Mora via high school after illness detainment at home in Sigourney. Mrs Stella Reich travels from Nyssa to Portland and then California. Rev I C Scott recovers from influenza, able to go out lightly. John Callen shows improvement after recent critical illness.
Several families cope with post Christmas colds as residents visit kin in Albia Moravia and Centerville. Mrs Belle Whicker and son William call on Mrs Oas Whicker and see Clyde Gladfelder. Reba Clark Marjorie Clark visit Betty Jean Rex Foster after Sunday school. Mericle family visits Henry Foster. Kaster and Versal kill a fox. Wil Kaster visits Forrest Easter home Moravia. Olin Foster helps haul hay. Delmont Bob Moffitt work on telephone line. Clarabelle McDanes visits Betty Jean Foster.
Several residents made calls on friends and neighbors throughout Centerville and nearby towns. John Moffatt was injured after being thrown from a load of wood and is receiving care in Albia. Other visitors included Mrs Earl Swift Carolyn Ann Daisy Moffatt and families from Moravia and Centerville reporting on recent calls and departures.
In the District Court of Iowa Appanoose County the executor of Louisa Dodd files a final report and requests discharge. A hearing is set for January 5, 1937 at 4 a.m. at Centerville Court House, where Grace A. Thomas and other heirs may appear to object or respond. The clerk of court will oversee the proceeding.
An Indiana State Medical Association article notes that sleep depends on habits and routine. Changing scenery or routine can aid insomnia, and a physiologist reportedly sleeps little yet rests while thinking pleasant thoughts in bed.
A discussion of the Saluki as an ancient breed notes its designation as sacred by Moslems who call it the noble one and allow it to be eaten after a kill. References cover its antiquity to 329 B C, mummified dogs in tombs, and the breed's smooth coat with possible leg feathering in the feathered variety.
The Tibetan prayer festival in Lhasa gathers pilgrims and Lamas around the Dalai Lama’s hilltop palace. A bronze cauldron in the main square boils buttered tea for the Lamas during the festival, a staple drink made from brick tea, soda, salt and butter.
In semi arid Inner Monguns a few lakes and streams are revered and fished under taboo. Priests teach that true wealth comes from returning fish to water, while locals in eastern Luster watch to prevent large catches as merchants sell fish to Museuls and flood the lake with backwater stock.
Stanley Holden married Gale after meeting at a football game and a restaurant lunch. He plans a summer escape for mountain climbing journalism, but notices Gale’s limp, fearing she hid it. She insists on stopping to mend her shoes before their abroad wedding journey/search for attire and plans.
Wheel Yua and Iman appear in a fragmented note about rites and education. The text references Lyla and Gee in a context of guiding youth through learning or ceremony. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Over two fiscal years Iowa added 12 parks to reach 66 with 4 590 acres more, total park area over 17 216 acres as of June 30 1936. Gifts from communities expanded holdings while state funds enlarged others. Attendance rose as facilities improved, with picnic capacity for 14 000. Ongoing maintenance costs rise and 87 miles of roads plus 100 miles of trails require upkeep. Major bridges needing repair and replacement persist. Construction increased, but mostly not funded from regular conservation funds. federal and relief programs aided projects.
Ralph Chamberlain visited with relatives in and near Bussey and Lovilia last week, sharing time with local families and touring the area.
Biddle Mr and Mrs Chris Bogart spent Wednesday at Parl Hiner s. Mr and Mrs Dick Miller of Alpicia called at Ted Miller s Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Ralph Turner spent Wednesday with Mrs Carrie Turner. Ernest Hiatt and family were visitors at the Pearl Hiatt home at Corydon Monday. Mr and Mrs F W Wright were Sunday visitors at John Johnson s. Ralph Turners were business callers in Albin Saturday. Perry Miller had Sunday dinner at Ted Miller s. Mr and Mrs Pearl Kelsey and children of Centerville spent Thursday at Ralph Turner s.
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