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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
2
The notice states second class mail matter at Moravia, Appangose County, Iowa under the 1879 act. Published every Thursday by H. K. Smith.
Local notes record Nancy Jo Boyer Ridge arriving late to join the Delmont Moffitt home January 8. Several visits occur around Moravia and Centerville with families including Goughnour Easter Whicker and Kaster households. Community members attend a farmers meeting at the Centerville courthouse and share Sunday visits.
Udell Route 1 reports Mr and Mrs Tom Hiatt trading in Moravia Saturday and visiting the N G Wilson home. Mr and Mrs Donar Sanders and children Narlene and Donald were in Centerville Saturday. Mrs Hazel Sanders visited Mildred Clancy one day last week. Miss Bonnie Lee Rumley has been absent from school for over a week.
Illness from smallpox vaccine affects weekly notes as Floyd Moffatt visited home folks and Joan Walker missed school. Many reports of visits by Rumley, Hiatt, Foster, and Wilson families, smallpox vaccinations in Centerville, and a club member recovering from quarantine.
Pleasant Grove residents shared a week of visits with family and friends across Kirksville Centerville Columbia and Waterloo. Guests included Miss Helen Main and Opal Talbott with chatter and Farm Bureau meeting notes. The group enjoyed rag rags sewing and Bingo after refreshments as Wool was saved at local farms.
Reverend Morrow preached at the Christian church at 11 o clock and was hosted for dinner at the A J Brown home. Multiple local residents visited kin and attended gatherings while rainfall turned to snow, cisterns benefited, and residents noted health and illness updates.
Coulson and nearby families visited, hosted, or spent weekends at homes including the Luse and Cline households. Edrie Callen from near Plano stayed over, while the Wesl ey Ladies Aid gathered for quilting with thirteen members. Several couples and children visited the Virgil Johnson and Glen Anderson homes, with various callers and plans noted.
Community notices list visits by former residents like H Hughes and G N Garret, a 2 cent chicken pie supper at M E church basement, and hospital updates on Mrs. Hopkins. Reports cover social gatherings at the 2 o'clock club, a handkerchief shower for Mildred Hinate, new member Elina Underwood, and a ball game trip to Fairfield.
Main Station Willie McDanel and many families visited Lynn Hilton and grandparents near the weekend. The Gladfelder, McDanel, Boyer and Easter households shared birthdays and Sundays with relatives at various homes. Several trips included Oklahoma and Bert Sheridan as friends gathered for meals and casual visits.
Mr Pleasant Arthur Brown of Des Moines visited his father Homer Brown then departed Saturday for Baltimore Maryland where he has accepted a civil service position. He flew to Chicago and then took a train. He is a Moravia high school graduate of 1932 and has taught at Fairview school and studied at A I B in Des Moines Drake University and Still College.
The Unionville Tuesday club held its regular meeting January 18 at Mrs. Dwight Ogden’s home. President Mrs Bertha Proctor led the session with officers aiding, and readings celebrated Mrs Ogden and Miss Bakers birthdays. A playlet was performed, followed by pineapple sponge and angel food cake.
Kinser Valley Earl Boardman sent eight loads of hogs to Ottumwa Monday afternoon. G R Darby attended the Albia cooperative sale Saturday buying cattle and sheep. January remains fine but a blizzard began Sunday afternoon with moisture. Willie Van Dorin and wife helped care for their ailing aunt in Moravia Friday. Several Albia residents visited the G R Darby family in the valley Sunday. Road conditions halted sharing of roads due to the snow and ice. mail carrier Alec Collins will retire this week and A E Elder will replace him. Grandma Darby remains about the same. Mrs Allie Pence visited her sister Mrs Homer Hamilton Saturday.
Iowa State College extension poultryman W R Whitfield warns that feeding poultry too much cheap grain without balanced supplements raises mortality. He urges adding milk or meat scraps or tankage, minerals, vitamins, and vitamin D oils to maintain health. Farmers get a break at Gambles.
Double quilted Fleeced Work Gloves or Mitts priced at 15¢ per pair. Flashlight cells sold as 2 for 46¢. Te-volt B batteries offered at 89¢. Gamble Stores.
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