Moravia school coal bid notice se al bids due July 17 1944
Sealed bids for 100 tons No 1 Lump Coal to be delivered to Moravia Iowa school bins are invited by the Moravia school board secretary. Deliveries planned 50 tons by Sept 15 1944 26 tons by Dec 1 1944 and 26 tons by Feb 1 1946. Bidders must name mines and Iowa coal preferred by law. Bond of 200 required by July 24 1944. Board may accept or reject bids.
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School Board
Moravia
Iowa
Oho
Moravis
Chester Broshar
Secy
Towa
Salem Social Notices Highlight Local Visits and Calls
Salem residents share weekday visits and social calls in Centerville and nearby towns. Hazel Hellyer and Dell Hellyer attend Mystic gatherings. Mrs. Horton Potts notes recent funeral, visits with friends including the Whitehead and Hamilton households. Hazel Hellyer heads to Des Moines to visit sister Monnie Rose.
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Hazel Hellyer
Raymond Perry
Gary
Elbert Perry
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Horton Potts
Bert Woodcock
James Nash
Janet
Centerville
Lloyd Brown
Dorothy
Cass Hamilton
Mary Lou Rinehart
B. C.v. Whitehead
Lloyd Town
Des Moines
Monnie Rose
Claude Magee
Fort Madison
Robert Tarr
Guy McKern
Doris Long
Jean
Alicia
Larence Whitehead
Blue Front News Gossip From Local Friday Dinner Guests
Friday evening guests at the Ben Jones home included Mrs. John VanZange, Mrs. Margery Tracy and son George, and Mrs. Pearl Lavely. Nearby field days near Albia drew Mr. Ralph Shelquist. Albia shoppers visited by Ben Williams. Harvest reports say hay abundant, oats poor, few thrashings. A Sunday gathering at Wendell Mundy’s honored Ben’s recent birthday with Homer Hamilton, Craig and Hallene, and others. Additional visits included Raymond Williams, Ralph Boyer, Ronald of Centerville, and Ben Williams at the Jones home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John VanZange
Margery Tracy
George
Pearl Lavely
Ben Jones
Ralph Shelquist
Albia
Ben Williams
T. R. Gardner
Craig
Hallene
John VanZante
Homer Hamilton
Donald
Wendell Mundy
Ben
Raymond Williams
Ralph Boyer
Ronald
Centerville
Sunday School Grows in Urbana and Vicinity
The Urbana area Sunday School reports 57 members attending despite threatening skies. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis at the John Fisher home. R. S. Faber family visited the R. A. Faber home before Sunday school. Charles Faber left for Farragut Idaho Sunday afternoon.
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Charles Davis
John Fisher
P Dallas Faber
R. A. Faber
Marjorie Paxston
Dale
Darby
Lois Coop
Blakesburg
Lucille West and Sons
Carol West
West
Blakeshore
Billy Wilson
Charles
Pater
t R.S._ Faber
Charles Faber
Farragut
Idaho
Unionville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Essie Whisler hosts Unionville visitors while Frances King of Fairfield visits her aunt Mrs. Ellis Wagner. Family gatherings span Seymour to Centerville with relatives from Chicago Moulton and Ottumwa. Guadalcanal veteran Woodrow Hall returns home as others enjoy weekend visits and illness shows slight improvement.
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Essie Whisler
Frances King
Fairfield
Ellis Wagner
J. M. Dudley
Elmer Arnold
Seymour
E. G. Garland
Clarence
Jack Whisler
Moulton
Howard Alexander
Cpl
Howard Underwood
Camp Buiner
N. C
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Chile
Hull
Mia
Floyd Gordon
James
Charles
Nancy
Udell
En Hanvaian
Betty
Rosemary
Jane
Ottumwa
Keith Criddlebaugh
Centerville
Wilbur Lewis
Linda
Dwight Ogden
Orr
Funeral notices and neighborly visits in Centerville area
Several persons from this neighborhood attended Amos Sweetman’s funeral in Centerville. Names many residents visited and called at various homes including the Boyers, Moffitts, McDanel, Stites, Foster, Easter, O Connor, Walker and Clark families. Ice cream supper attended by Merlene Clark and Betty Jean Foster. other Sunday visits listed.
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Betty Jean Foster
Amos Sweetman
Centerville
Earl Boyer
Ira Boyer
F. E. Moffatt
Delmont Moffitt
Ivan Moffitt
Main ‘Station
Vereil Kaater
Ernie McGuire
Kenneth McDanes
Ermil Terry
John McDanel
Claribel
Darrel Stites J
Kay
Rockford, Il
Bette Whicker
James Easter
Lloyd Davison
Roy Daviison
Unimportant Cogitations by Inez Faber
Neighbors report visits of thieving foxes in chicken yards but no wholesale losses, except on this farm. Sunday we saw water in the cornfield, the topsoil drying from a heavy downpour would have helped. Farmers complain that clods are hard to break and soybeans cannot be sown.
Moravia Township school quarterly financial statement 1944
A Moravia Union report outlines the Moravia Township School District quarterly financials for April 1 to June 30, 1944. It details General Fund beginnings, receipts of 15,889.08, and disbursements totaling 8,280.24 with end balances of 10,787.36 in General Fund and 1,160.33 in the School House Fund.
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Moravia
Taylor
Appanoose
49Th General Assembly
School House Fund
Tr. & Say, Bank
A. W. Kincada
Bond
G. A. Turner
Bond & Int
Virgil Johnson
Express
McDonough Service
Mdse
Atlantic Monthly
W. B. Scareliff
Pyramid Paper Co
W. M. Gardner
Chester Broshar
Main Station Community News Recap
Attendance at Sunday School was 58. Various families visited relatives and friends across town including Woodwards Gladfelders Tomlins and Fosters. A children’s day program party featured ice cream and cake. A service flag dedication drew a large crowd.
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Darlene Gladfelder
Ronald Woodward
Karen
Harry Woodward
W. M. Tomlin
Carl Tomlin
Trenton Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Robert Foster
Arlene Easter
Grover Easter
Charlie Quick
Darlene
Bert Luse
Lloyd McDanel
Lee Johnson
Nola Callen
Creston
Winterset
Cody Luse
Codyene
Mina Luse
Miller 10.17! Will Miller home visitors noted
An archival financial and social column records visits and gatherings in the Will Miller and nearby households. It lists residents and guests such as Mary Coffin, the Koehlers, Venetah Andrews, Freda Wood, Dave Caylor, the Horns, and others, along with a quarter ending financial statement for the school district.
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Venetah Andrews
Mary Coffin
Will Miller
Frederick Koehler
Gaylord Main
Blakesburg
Freda Wood
Dave Caylor
Henry
Herman
Unionville
Rosa Knight
C. H. Andrews
Betty
Lester
Funeral attendance and community notices from Centerville
Seventeen line column records multiple Centerville events including funeral attendance for Mr. Sweetman, social calls among Mrs. Allie Boyer Lola Boyer and families, visits by Joyce Long of Davenport, and haying helpers. It notes a service flag dedication at Main Station, Sunday visits to Clyde McDonald, and local barber Lynn Hilton returning to work, plus car stock and rationing figures.
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Lola Boyer
Eli Histt
Gertie Boyer
Sweetman
Centerville
Leon Burns
Russell Burns
Joyce Long
Davenport
John Main
Allie Boyer
Ida Buck
Tom Workman
Allie ,Boyer
Ben Cox
Russell -Burns
Encil Hiatt
Elmer ‘S
Norma June
Harry Phillips
Floyd Ransom
Clyde McDonald
Sylvia Main
Lola
Charlene
Jimmie Burns
Gene Cox
Tone Scott
Dess White
Local Social News From Brompton and Surroundings
Brompton and nearby areas show a flurry of visitors and family gatherings. Mrs. M E Boardman and Mr George Reid Jr enjoy a Newton vacation while numerous relatives drop by to share meals birthdays and casual calls across Albia Udell and Drakesville. Judy notes of visits from Vera Sellman and others mark a lively community week.
Charles A Woodcock obituary from Chariton Iowa 1944
Charles A Woodcock born May 22 1872 in Monroe county died June 23 1944 at Yorum hospital Chariton Iowa at age 72. Survived by four sons and two daughters and fourteen grandchildren plus one sister Mia Nettie Jones of Moravia Iowa. married Martha Jane Johnson February 22 1898.
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Charles Alfred Woodcock
Nancy
William Woodcock
Monroe County
Yorum Hospital
Chariton
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Martha Jane Johnson
Cecil Woodcock
Towa
Elmer Woodcock
Des Moines
Clarence Woodcock
Okatan
S. D
Mervin Woodcock
Long Beach
Calif
Anlta Allen
Iconium
Ruth Johnson
Fresno
Mia. Nettie Jones
Moravia
Community Guests Visit Local Families This Weekend
The Frank Boyer home hosted a call Saturday evening. Vernon Easter and a Rockford, Illinois visitor were guests at the James Kaster home. Olin Foster and son Rex attended a party at the Robert Foster home Friday evening. Averill Easter hosted Edward Venton, Gena Slattery and Francis Kosman. Virgil Kaster and family spent Sunday evening with the James Kaster family.
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Frank Boyer
Vernon Easter and
Pone
Rockford
Ill
James Kaster
Olin Foster
Rex
Robert Foster
Averill Easter
Edward Venton
Gena Slattery
Francis Kosman
Virgil Kaster
Dry cleaners seek wire garment hangers to cut costs
Dry cleaners report urgent need for wire hangers as paperboard hangers proved costly and impracticable, prompting a call for immediate procurement to maintain operations.
Social visits and neighborly gatherings recount local life
Mrs. John Moffatt hosted guests including Amy Blakely of Stillwater Oklahoma and Daisy Moffatt. Neighbors and relatives such as E Wilmer Kitterman, BE F Stansberry, Frank Cox family, Roscoe Argo, and Edward Haver visited homes across the area. Several calls and Sunday visits tied the community together with repeated stops at the Moffatt and Bickford households.
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John Moffatt
Amy Blakely
Stillwater
Okla
Hugh McFatridge
Blakely
McFatridge
Oklahoma
E Wilmer Kitterman
Bernard Kitterman
BE. F. Stansberry
Frank Cox
Mary
Roscoe Argo
Systma
Eddyville
Edward Haver
Rex Rinehart
Lew Zimmerman
Mary Sulentice
Casper Smith
Twila Smith
Rex Haver
Daisy
Harley Kline
Henry Elliott
Burdette Cox
Unionville
John Bickford
Hugh Mec
Atridge
Arthur Lewis
Des Moines
Harry Jennings
Centerville
John Moffat
Carl Cox
Burdett Cox
Ray Rinehart
Hugh McFarrdige
Clyde McDonald
Udell Notes: Local Visits and Church Event
Alvin Fowler left Saturday for Chicago to visit his two daughters and their families. Glasgow family members visited Mary Fowler and attended church events in Udell. Mrs Pearl Porter remains in St Joseph's hospital Centerville. A Brethren church gathering featured Rev Crumpacker from China with pictures.
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Emma Ray Miller
Alvin Fowler
Chicago
Gusa Wheteland
E. G. Tuff
Ben Glasgow
Dennis Glasgow
Pearl Porter
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Centerville
Os Thistleweight
Mary Fowler
Alice Skelly
China
Cecil Ward
Edith
Georgia
Alice Kelly
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Moravia Union
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Congress
Wayne Pitman Davis
Salem
Urbana and Vicinity
Lynch
Gamble Store
Moravia Bank
Fanchen L. Winsler
Boyer Ridge
James Kusler
Veril
Merlene Clark
Reba Clark
John Sufficool
Mra
Boyer
Frank O Conner
F. A
Darrel Stites
Henry Foster
Forest Meridle
Frank O’cover
Norris
Milo Walker
Averill
Bertha Moffitt
Florice
Advice & Notary Public
M.j.bartle
Zelda Nickell-Hunter Assistant
West Jackson
Sears
Inez Faber
John Laws, Jr
Labo Moravia Union
Prig. Moravia Tel. Co
Rex Angel
Ms. Johnson
Treas
State of Iowa
W. B. Scarcliff
Dale Perry
Car “A Appa. Co. Treas
Transfer LS. A. Co
Klipto
Main Bros
W. L. Hoover
Metropolitan Sup. Co
Waffle Book Co
Western Chemical Co
American Edu
Presa
Libr
Wheeler Type
Exch
Moravia Tel
J. T. Day
Troy Adams
OSYA
Jack Long
Fund
Walters Service
Wallaces Farmer
H. W. Wilson Co
Strathmore Edu
Earl
F. M. Hale
Y. Cory
Strathmore
United Chemical Co
Bupr Nu
Globe Mach. & Sup. Co
W.-M. Welch Mfg. Co
Alonzo Leach
Wilkingon Music
Turner
Fred Hiatt
Total School House Fund
General Fund
Disburson
Wilbur Harris
Metropollitani Sup
Frank Lathen
Expr
S. A. Co
P. D. Schreiner
Mds Budd
Ice
Bureau Edu
Kronk
Cheater Broshar
Sec
U. S
Brompton
M. E. Boardman
George Reid, Jr
Newton
George Reid
Russell Darby
E. F. Boardman
Wilma
W. C. Bivin
Charley Davis
A. J. Billings
Janella Maxine |Billings
Russell Darpy
Orville Prill and Son
Misa Elaine Barnes
Verdl Barnes
Mary Lou Barnes
Asia
Claude
Harold Hawk
Carmeny
Elwood Stafford
Vercl Barnes
Vera Maxine Sellman
Seaman
Laura Reid
J.F. Boardman
Ed Robinson
Harry Felton, Sr
Mabel Barnes
Lucille Fisher
Ben Knight
Maybelle
Floyd Wood
James Wood
Elmer Gordon
Eisie
Lula Koehler
Marjorie Main
Glen Wood
P. H. Wood
Doyle
Junionville
Winston DuVall
Helen
Bunch
John Laws
Phyllis
Walter Paris
Kelly
Aaron Campbell
Ted Campbell
Nora Burke
Dean
Delmar Dowd
Richard Tubaugh
Charles Arnold
Clenton
Miller Church
Freda
Bernice
Walter Tufflebeam
Drakesville
Frank Swaim Morayla
Angel’s Garage
Franklin
Quality Cleaners
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