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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
2
Hiattville residents Paul and Mrs Hiatt of near Corydon traveled Saturday to the parental A S Hiatt home. They attended the Moravia celebration with Ivan McGee and Beverly Ottumwa guests. Numerous locals visited kin, shared meals, and joined in Sunday gatherings at various Hiatt and Scott households.
The week end at the Mr. and Mrs Pearl Hiatt home included Mrs Nan Meadows Hert Meadows and E F Tucker at the Hiatt home celebration day Miss Genera Hedgecock visited Monday with the Hiatt party We met Rev and Mrs O J Fix at the Moravia celebration and friends Mr and Mrs J H Allred of Redfield Iowa Goldie Hiatt returned to Centerville hospital duties after vacation at the parental Hiatt home.
Ned Argo called at the Harry Brown home Tuesday evening. Many families visited, shared ice cream, and helped with harvests at the Harry Lemaster and Roy Purvis households. The Purvis infant was buried in Moravia cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Division No. 1 of the M B Aid served treats to 84 people Thursday evening. Attendance at Iconium Sunday Schools: Christian church 65, M E church 90.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Underwood of Lucna Iowa announce the birth of a daughter Phyllis Willadine on June 24.
A writer recalls visiting the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It costs 50 cents for adults to enter and 26 cents for children, with many free exhibits and paid attractions. The biggest thrill, he says, comes from the Sky Ride observation towers and night illumination, with neon lighting and vast city-wide vistas from about 628 foot towers on either side of the grounds.
A reader recalls traveling observation tower cars moving at six to eight miles per hour and notes the regret of not learning the car name during the ride. The memory reflects the gentle pace and unnamed vehicle on the ride.
A San Francisco Chronicle summary notes the origin of billiarda is obscure with Spain France Italy and Germany credited by different writers. It mentions a king of Ireland in the second century leaving 65 brass billiard balls and suggests early forms played on lawns with mallets, later moving indoors as pockets replaced hoops.
The article recounts Pliny's claim that glass formed when Phoenician sailors with soda cargo used shore sand in Palestine as fuel for pots. It notes early glass making in Egypt and Mesopotamia, mentions 6000 year old beads, scarabs, and that Roman glass was highly valued with Emperor Hadrian receiving glass cups as gifts and Nero paying large sums for cups.
Path finder Magazine reports on a centuries old artifact show at Bristol University where shoes designed for women in 1780s committees proved too small for local women. The London Times links this to youth idealism and athletic fashion while a Norman conquest tradition ties small feet to aristocracy in early England.
A Bits column notes that hundreds of English women were burned as witches in the seventeenth century and that belief in witchcraft persisted in remote areas. It claims love potions, charms, and protections against disease were still sold by so called wise women, illustrating continued superstitions.
OMEGA Ray Lockman and family hosted and visited neighbors and relatives throughout the weekend. Several households shared Sunday visits at Ray Lockman and H. McCumber homes, with multiple families noted for ice cream outings and afternoon calls. Rev. Frank Smith of Ottumwa is set to preach at Fairview Sunday morning and evening.
Marie Therese Charlotte, born December 6 1778, endured imprisonment after the French Revolution and was released December 19, 1795. She fled to Vienna then sought refuge across counties, returning to France during the monarchy's restoration. She married the Due M Angouleme in 1700, who died May 1 1844, and she died October 28 1851 at Frobadort and was buried at a Franciscan convent. she had no children.
MT PLEASANT Mr and Mrs Roy Callen and daughter visited relatives in Moravia Sunday. Mrs Adda Robinson spent Saturday night at Homer Brown home. Arthur Brown called Sunday evening at Cecil Hartsook’s. Sunday visitors at Homer Brown’s included Mr and Mrs Harold Clark and daughter and Mrs Adda Robinson. Zelda and Harold Brown called Sunday afternoon. Mrs Ray Dickens has been ill for weeks. Homer Brown and family and Harry Robinson drove Adda Robinson to work in Oskaloosa Sunday night. Community appreciates recent rain lasting Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Sunday social notes list visits among local residents: Alsa Mangle visited Jeff Patrick. Enid Long stayed Saturday night with Helen Hamilton. Mrs Wade Lockman visiting Marve Lockman. Delis Van Zants and family with Henry Sytsmo and Katrena at John Van Zante home. Jeff Patricks noted with Moravis. Cirle met with Mrs Kim Moore on Wednesday.
Sunday School opens at 9 46 a m with Dale Schreiner as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 includes Eva Rose solo and the pastor's message. Epworth League delegates report progress with a third due at 7 p m. Evening worship at 8 and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 28 p m. Wesley services follow with 9 30 a m worship and 10 30 a m Sunday School led by A G Behrens.
The United Brethren Church schedules Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. led by Superintendent M. H. Johnson and morning worship at 2:00 p.m. with a sermon titled If Jehovah Be God. An evening union service with the Methodists will feature Mr. Behrens. July and August evening union meetings at 8:00 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. Pastor Phillip C. Deever.
Feonium Circuit Sunday School at 100 m. Ralph Turner, Superintendent, Morning Worship. Mr Solum Christensen reads The Mansions by Henry Van Dyke. Young Peoples meeting at 7:15 p m. Donald Darby reported fine Epworth League Institute at last Sunday’s meeting. Earl Harlan to give readings and songs Thursday evening for Ladies Aid. Fairview Sunday School at 9 m. Paul Boyer, Superintendent, Morning Worship at 9:45 a m. Christensen reads The Mansions again.
Epworth League meets at 7 45 PM Tuesday with services following. Hilton Sunday School at 10 AM led by Miss Roberta Whitlock and Miss Grace Spain directed last Sunday’s meeting. Community Night Friday includes church services and Farm Bureau program at Roy Elison home led by the 4 H Club. Mount Pleasant Baptist Homecoming on July 16 invites nonmembers to attend with J W Zerbe as minister.
Mr and Mrs B Staley of Centerville were Sunday evening guests of friends here.
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