Home Sweet Home Inspires Moravia School Notes
A Moravia High School feature reflects on Thomas Payne and his song Home Sweet Home. The bulletin lists upcoming games against Moulton sextette Exline and Oxford Junction, plus class updates across grades from second through seventh, including new pupils, student roles, and projects in farming, reading, and homemaking.
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MHS
Moravia
Moulton
Greyhounds
Exline
Gwest
Oxford Juntion
Kenneth Blackman
Oxford Junction
Ottumwa Catholic High
Georgiana Winsler
Margaret Johnson
Jean
Judy
Jimmie
Japan
China
England
South America
David
Berniece Kingery
West Indies
Don Orelup
Marilyn Broshar
Maxine Harris
Maxine Smith
Max Whicker
Imogene
Kenneth Johnson
Mary Rose Main
George Tracy
George
John H
Dorothy R
Dorothy H
Richard Smith
Delma June Veach
Bobbie Hiatt
Robert Johnson
Mary Rose
Lee Hiatt
Rural School News California School Dist No 5
Robert Foster known as Peacher reports on district happenings in California School District Number 5 providing updates on students events, teacher changes, and upcoming meetings. The brief outlines local school activities and administrative notes for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Robert Foster
Peacher
Local Socials and Visits Reported Across Des Moines Area
Salem residents and guests celebrate birthdays and gather for Sunday visits. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis return to Des Moines with daughter, while Will Haver’s birthday brings Nellie Haines and several Argo and Haver family friends. Various calls and dinners occur at Tarr, Coffin, Sytsma, McKern, Gladfelder, Vosburgh, Perry, Hellyer, Whitehead, Wetterlind, and Wetterlind households with multiple local families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lewis
Des Moines
Will Haver
Nellie Haines
Red ‘Oak
Town
Roscoe Argo
Fred Argo
Rex Haver
Fred Tarr
Jasper Coffin
Robert Tarr
Robert Jennings and
Andrew Sytsma
Guy McKern
Hannah Gladfelder
Trenton Gladfelder
Kenneth Gladfelder
Jess Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Frank Gladfelder
Rey Hiatt
Newton Long
Jean
Versal Easter
L. R. Perry
Jay Argo’s
Dell Hellyer
Bert Rinehart
Edward McCord
Fred Tary
Bert Vosburgh
Hazel
George Hellyer
Clarence Whitehead
Archie Thompsson
B. C. Whitehead
Clarence
Carl Wetterlind
Leonard Perry
B. F. Whitehead
Ottumwa
Carl Dicks
Albia
Artie Scott
Bert Nash
Joe Junior
Jerry Don Martin
Horton Potts
Moravia Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Moravia area residents enjoyed weekend visits with friends and relatives. Ivan Harsh and Betty Lou, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown with Dorothy and Jerry spent Saturday and Sunday with local families including Matt Watts, Cass Hamilton, Stella Argo, and W. P. Davis. Junior Derby was listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Harsh
Betty Lou
Matt Watts
Lloyd Brown
Dorothy and
Jerry
Cass Hamilton
Harold Mason
Pearl Broshar
Zella Derby
Stella Argo Thursaday
Albia
W. P
Carl Derby
Jay Argo
Junior Derby
Munday
Enon Sees Rain and Blizzard Aided Quilt Club
A small Enon event describes a fine Sunday rain and a blizzard on Mui dey and Tuesday. The Helping Hand club met with Mir and Mrs. Edd Robinson drawing the largest attendance. Visitors included Verlin McCablister, Hermas Johnson, and others. Ladies worked on quilts and split wood before meeting again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir
Edd Robinson
Howard Whishe
Mes
Verlin McCablister
Mire Hermas Johnson
Chix
Family notices and social roundup in Des Moines area
The column records visits and gatherings among the Tomlin, Faber, Hawk, and Hiatt families with multiple Sunday dinners and afternoon calls. It notes Deana Roberts’s birthday, a Farm Bureau meeting in Des Moines, and news of Mrs. J. P. Morlock’s mastoid operation and serious condition in Ottumwa.
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Curtis Tomlin
Willie
Angie van Dorin
R. A
Faber
A. C. Faber
Curtis Tomlin and Son
R. S. Faber
Deana Roberts
Betty Hiatt
Lois Hawk
Leo van Dorin
Dean Faber
Glands ‘Hawk’s
Richard
Preston Hiatt
E. G. Hawk
Harold
F. P. Hawk’s
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Clara Selby
J. P. Morlock
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Moulton Completes Refinancing Program
The town council held a special session to finalize refinancing of defaulted bonds. New bonds totaling 27000 were bought by Des Moines buyers, reducing interest from 6 to 3 percent and saving about 7000, with principal payments deferred until 1941. Also notes social mentions of local residents.
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Moulton ‘Tribune
Des Moines
Local Community Sunday Visits and Passings in California and Vicinity
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gladfelder and sons spent Sunday at Guy McKern s home. Several families visited Cyril McDanel s home and Paul Boyer s family hosted guests. Mrs W T VanDorin died Sunday and leaves relatives and friends. Martha McKern and others visited Robert Foster s home. Dick and Stanley Sufficool were in Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Gladfelder
Guy McKern
Burdett Utterback
Helen Lane
Cyril McDanel
Ira Boyer
Paul Richard
Pearlie Boyer
Gene
Charlene Townsend
Paul Boyer
J. W. MecDanel
Shirley Townsend
Arthur
Pearl McKern
Robert Foster
Joe Martin
Stanley
Centerville
Clyde McKern
W. T. VanDorin
Almanac of local visits and chores across Albia area
Local residents including Brompton Archie Billings and LaDonna Vance stayed with Albert Billings near Albia. Claude Chidester drove hogs to Ottumwa for Otis Davis. Evelyn Carter visited Eva Boardman. Mrs. Florence Stafford cared for ill Mrs. Katie Miller. Families and neighbors shared visits at several homes in Blakesburg Eddyville Albia and Albia show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Billings
LaDonna Jean Vance
Albert Billings
Albia
Claude Chidester
Ottumwa
Otis Davis
Evelyn Carter
Eva Boardman
Florence Stafford
Blakesburg
Katie Miller
M. E
Boardman and Son
Othello Cary
Bext Fisher
O.S. Miller
Vera Sinclair
James Sinclair
M. E. Boardman
Clifton
Roy Vance
Eddyville
Don K. John
C. S. Miller
Id. BE. Seft
Jalie DeLong
Chas. DeLong
Irene Stafford
Dorothy Boardman
Appanoose County Board Resolves Lime Sale under Chapter 150
The Board of Supervisors approves proceeding under Chapter 150 Acts of the 47th General Assembly to sell lime to farm owners who petitioned, with bids considered and the board adjourned for further action. The resolution names forwarding officials and notes adjournment after deliberations.
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General Assembly
Sherman West
I. A. Hoover H. Stamos
Grace L. Bedinger
J. A. Hoover
Grace A. Bedinger
Board of Supervisors
Appanoose County
County Board of Supervisors
Centerville
Cincinnati
Quarry Moulton
Merle Hamill
Mystic
M. O. Weaver
Des Moines
Numa
Dixon Const. Co
C’t'ville
Plano
Sargent Bros
Rathbun
Udell
Unionville
West
Bellair
Hoover
Caldwell
Chariton
Douglas
Franklin
Johns
Senate
al- Sharon
Taylor
Coun- Udell
Walnut
Washington
Wella
County Board of Social Welfare
Harry Stamos
Jasper Mitchell
H. R. Longanecker
J. A. Hoover H
Stamos
47Th General Assembly
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Thomas Payne
Payne
Roy Adams
Doyle Hampton
Lois Carrol Broshar
Janet Lee
Billy Broshar
Joyce Hiatt
Richard Ray
John Ross Main
Lauren Cory
Donnie Easter
Donna Dean Hammond
Phyllis Underwood
Goldie Glos
Codlyuie Luse
Teta McDanel
Fern Foster
Virginia DeBoule
Lorene Martin
Robert Charles
Gene Gladfelder
Margaret
Virginia DeBoyle
Leta
Max
Clair McDanel
Robert Henry
Benny Rosencrant
Wilma
Billy Taylor
Josephine
Jack McKern
Hazel McKern
Virginia DeBouvre
Robert Henry Rosencrant
Jerry Hon Martin
Twyla Rose Foster
Frank Swami Moravia
Iowa
Ambulance Service
Doctor Miles
Miles
Miles Nervine
Rural School News
Salem
Enon
Mrs. Raymond Charity
Bruce Jones
J. L. Dodd
Chas. Coffin
and Vicinity
Brompton
Atlis
Midwest Rendering Co
Appanoose County Board Proceedings
Clark
Office OF
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Mtittyy
Missouri
Francis
The
Moravia Union
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