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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
4
Moravia school notes outline a midwinter concert week with focus on formal works, guest appearances from Mr. Lake and Bloomfield band members, and the junior band plus orchestra rehearsing for a public appearance. The piece also previews basketball trips, a lecture on electricity, and various grade reports plus local community updates and student activities.
Local residents report visits and calls across Albia and nearby towns. DeWayne Robinson and Reid boys visited Sunday with Miss Phoebe Watkin at Brompton. Families including the Longs from Oklahoma City paid condolences for Van Long and joined meals with J J Ullem and Frana Turners.
Kinser Valley reports about 12 inches of snow with light drifting and a morning low near 9 degrees. Attendees from nearby areas report strong sales at the Allen and Charley Bevan auctions, while road conditions disrupted Sunday mail delivery. Kinser Valley Coal Co opens mine access north but meets travel obstacles near the Elmora site as residents adjust routes.
A string of local visits as Mr Pleasant ly and Mrs W A Brown led Moravia calls Tuesday morning. Homer Brown Tom McCrory and the Browns later called on C C Smith. Several Albia visits followed including Arthur Points and Ethel Brown with Tom McCrory. Wood sawing and dinners accompanied these social calls across Moravia Albia Centerville and Centerville area.
Local residents, including Mrs Fern Hudgens and Miss Evelyn Hiatt, spent weekends with relatives in Moravia and Earlham. Neighborhood gatherings, church activities, and illness updates fill a wide range of social items with mentions of deaths and funerals, travel notes, and school departures.
Unionville reports the death of Mrs. Jasper Hornaday near Moulton with son Hornaday traveling from Cleveland for the funeral. Funeral was held Tuesday and interment at Dunkara cemetery. Also notes the Utopian club meeting January 22 with quilts display and towels bought from Iowa’s blind workers. Fred and Margaret Davis relocate in town as their father Fred Davis Sr. remains ill after their brother Max’s fatal auto accident.
Local report notes the Wanderscheid residence in LeMars has been hit by a vehicle again, with Mrs Wanderscheid noting each crash worsens the damage to house and landscaping. Other items include Lenox man eating peach halves mistaken for fruit, a radiator burn incident, and rural tales of hunting, anniversaries, and odd local events.
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