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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
2
Fragmentary text shows subscription rates and editor publishers in Iowa with addresses and associations mentioned. Reads like a small town newspaper notice listing rates one year six months in advance and single copies, plus names of editors and affiliations.
Observations on a two day celebration disrupts work and plans for a Misgrouri trip. Notes on a water well hitting 92 feet, a health-related weight loss from Helena to Moravia, Pierson joining M H Johnson & Sons, and several local subscription renewals and moving notices. Local residents mentioned include Wm Gardner and C D Ensley with family moves and visitors.
A humorous slice of a farmer writer notes Monday routines, harvest worries, and small daily quirks. The piece wanders through reminders of haying, corn, grain, and modest seasonal chores, mentioning overalls, nylons, soap flakes, and bread-and-mush meals as it muses on life on the farm and anticipation of a vacation none can seem to take.
Mrs Earl Boyer and relatives visited Des Moines and Martensdale. multiple gatherings and weekend visits across local homes. Creston, Ames, Cedar Rapids area residents attended events with Gladfelder, McDanel, Sufficool, Jarvis, and other families. Also note a feature on Joseph Bonaparte's Philadelphia Story plus a magazine note in The American Weekly.
Mrs George Hammond and Mildred Moore headed to Indianola to start summer school today. The Hammond family plus Jean and Lawrence visited Moravia with Esther Murphy and Loraine Hammond. Stanley party at Mrs Dollie Huff’s in Concord drew Yerna and Helen McAninch and Conte. Clyde Dicks had stomach ulcer surgery in Kirkeville last Wednesday. Lawrence Hammond spent Saturday night with Lavern and Gordon Maggman. Fern Penfield called on Verna McAninch, Vera Moore and Viola Clark attended Methodist Aid in Iconium Thursday. Emmett Derby and Larry visited the Hammond home Sunday night.
Friday evening the Bock club met with Mr and Mrs Dallas Faber. Ernest West and family visited the James Williams home Friday. Mary Anderson called on the R A Faber home Saturday. Huberts miller’s twind child is seriously ill with spinal meningitis in Iowa City. Vacation Bible school starts at Center July 8 and the Group Gathering of Sunday School will be held July 14. Multiple families visited various neighbors and spent Sunday with friends including the Faber, Williams, Horn and Wilson households.
Lois Jean Scott will be the new Maple Grove correspondent. Walter Scott and sons visited Ottumwa doctor about Walter Jr eye sliver removal. Imogene Tadlock returned from Phoenixville and Philadelphia with visits to J F McGuire and Carl Tisue. Grant Tadlock family and neighbors hosted and visited in Centerville and Ottumwa with multiple relatives attending gatherings.
George St. Cathy records a sequence of Sunday evening visits and weekday calls across families in the Kinser area. Ervin Long and Zell Wilson households host and entertain relatives and friends from Albia Mendota Chadron Centerville and Des Moines with brief mentions of business trips and dinners.
Brig General Charles H Grahl, State Director of Selective Service, stresses every male must register on his eighteenth birthday. Some have failed to register, despite the act extending exemptions for 18 and 19 year olds. Registration remains mandatory under the law during the war, with Sundays or holidays moved to the next non holiday.
Civil Service Region announces permanent vacancy for Regional Medical Officer in Saint Paul Minnesota with a salary of 7102.20 yearly plus a 1d per cent increase effective July 1 1948. Applications due by July 24 1946. no written test. exams also for geologist and purchasing clerk officer positions with salaries up to 5905 yearly. qualifications include degrees or substantial geology hours and related experience.
A Moravian Union subscription is issued as a welcoming gift. The notice highlights the generosity of the subscription and its role as a gesture of goodwill to new members. Institutions and local readers are encouraged to participate.
The Washington office grants waivers for examinations for those entitled to veteran preference in May. Information and application forms are available from the Commission’s local secretary Gerald Morgan at Moravia Post Office or from regional Civil Service offices or the U.S. Civil Service Commission in Washington 26 D. C.
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