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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
1
Salem residents report a sequence of Sunday visits and gatherings at various homes including the Hortons at Charley Jones, the McKerns for Mrs. Gladfelder's birthday, and the Hellyers with Del Hellyer. Families attend parties, banquets, and a funeral, noting illness and improvements among several members.
Scattersburg residents including J W Lockman and Irene Main were noted visitors across town Saturday and Sunday. Numerous calls, dinners, and social gatherings involve Lockman, Tomlin, Drake, Scott, Elmer Lockman, and Gilliland households, with club meetings and church events across the week.
A Moravia high school F F A banquet drew attendees including Coulson Clyde McDonald and George Wayne Hiatt among others. Local visits occurred Sunday and Saturday with extended families at Lynn Hilton and Henry Foster homes.
Sunday through Monday visits and calls are recorded across Unionville area homes. Families including Boyer, Scott, Whicker, Easter, Foster, Hutton, Boyer, and Moffitt gather for afternoons and dinners with relatives and friends, noting health and small talk. Des Moines trip highlights and Kansas connections appear in passing, with several couples hosting and visiting relatives.
Hazel College Teddy Wilson and family and Mrs Edna Pyphon attended Sunday School at Moravia and were dinner guests at Eph Wilson's home. Dorothea Darby spent Sunday at the Turner and Blackwell homes. Several couples visited area homes including Albo? icin callers and business callers in Albis. Des Moines trips and calls to Batavia marked a quiet weekend with relatives and neighbors.
A reflective piece on household tidiness and personal habits. a narrator mocks excessive neatness while confessing a fondness for cleaning and order. The column weaves in literary references, household routines, and short social notes from daily life, ending with a casual school calendar line.
In Unionville Iowa winter arrived with heavy snowfall on January 28. A social gathering on January 18 honored the newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Carl Alden at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Alden. Relatives and friends enjoyed refreshments of apples and popcorn balls as gifts and good wishes poured in.
Franklin Wiling Workers club met with Mrs Freda Swift on Wednesday January 18 to quilt a wedding ring quilt and embroider tea towels. Next meeting with Mrs Gertrude Shehan set for Wednesday February 1. Various local residents visited, including Mrs W A Simmons and guests at several homes around Ottumwa and Teonium.
May men and Sassdsy visits noted at the parental Biron home. Carrie Boyer called Thursday afternoon on Mya. Ines Campbell and Dr Slavin of Moravia attended John Tadlock with a deep cold. Tadlock also visited Mrs Lee Tadlock. Glenn Wood and daughters Roberta Ann and Beverly Jo returned home Thursday after staying at the Dommer parental home in Union. Carrie Boyer and Mya are mentioned with Inez.
Martha Hiatt stayed with son Lute Hiatt. Loyd Carter ill but improving. Matilda Burton and Edna Neff family ill. Pearl Hiatt, M B McDanel visit. McDanel sore throat improving. Ladies Aid met with Mary Meadows fifteen present. Virginia Pettibone and children Ann and Jimmie. Gladys Harsh and Betty visitors. Elia Burton visited J Neff. Pearl Scott also visited. Virgil Dooley, Mary Meadows, Lucile Carter attended Moravia club party. Community get together Friday with John and Ella Hiatt Ada Daniels and Kenneth. Ella Cridlebaugh in Centerville. Lloyd Rose and family at Ross Starks. Harley Burton's spent Wednesday with U S Hiatt, ice cream. Lloyd Rose and children Sunday at W A Rose in Memphis. Berort Burton spent weekend with Ottumwa kin. Afternoon gathering with Neal Burton Curtis Burton and Harley Burton.
Sunday visits filled with relatives and neighbors as Hedge College residents and families hosted guests. Names include VanDorin, Luse, Davis, Wilson, Hiatt, Vance, Cloyed, Jones, Mangle, and others at homes around Albia and nearby towns.
Gabe Johnson sawed wood for Ted Brosher Thursday afternoon. Mrs. John Dodd spent three days at a farm Bureau convention in Des Moines. Walter Scott and family visited Mrs. Ted Brosher Wednesday. Alec Main broke a finger last week and is coping with it. Walter Scott learned his sister Minnie is very ill with cancer in Mississippi. Clarence Dowd and family visited Mrs. Will Donahoo Friday evening. Dowd, Brosher, and Main families attended a Sea ball game in Morvais Thursday night and other relatives gathered Sunday at Ryman McDanel's. John Dodd and party were called to Missouri Sunday for an unspecified reason.
The column lists funeral arrangements for a nephew and notes sudden death. It records visits and social calls among locals including Rava DuVall Ruth Broshar Clarence Dowd Donald Ted Broshar Kate Broshar and many families, with meetings at the Dodd home school events and hospital or sick friend visits in Centerville and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Don Pettibone hosted New Hope supper guests at the Ivan Harsh home Wednesday. A farewell party for Cecil Parcel was held at the Parcel home Wednesday evening. Genevieve Donavan visited, and multiple local families were noted visiting each other through the week with dinners, oyster suppers, and weekend calls among Burns Hiatt Dooley and Harsh households.
Mise Eleanor Howell visited several days last week with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Free Helping Hand club met with Mr and Mrs Rodger Gideon Thursday with 21 present Mrs Fay Paxston Mrs Gomer Stocker Mrs John Zewitt and daughter were visitors The ladies quilted on a Postage Stamp quilt The men dehorned 12 head of cattle and cut wood in the
Rodger barely dodged a falling tree and stumbled to the ground. The next meet will be with Mr and Mrs Doyle McDanel. Mrs George Reid visits relatives in Oelwein Iowa. Various locals including VanDorin, Jones, Doty, Wheeler, Gideon, Tomlin, Harper, Selby, and Roberta are mentioned with visits and outings around Albia. Winter weather is noted as fine.
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