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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
3
A spoof column imagines a world baseball league with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and others competing on the field. The piece lampoons teams in red uniforms and political figures, hinting at a dramatic game where strategies like the squeeze play and hit and run are used amidst farcical commentary.
Five of the seven people hurt in the auto crash on Sashay 60 south of town June 29 have been discharged in the past week. Mrs Clyde McDonald and a younger daughter returned home midweek, and Mr and Mrs Fred Hiatt were discharged last Thursday. Carl Richard Hiatt remains in Centerville hospital with a fractured skull and broken jaw while Miss Josephine McDonald, whose knee cap was broken, is also listed as seriously injured. Infection fears were noted but spread was halted.
Moravia limped to a 7 to 3 defeat as Ottumwa’s Pedrick and Thorne overwhelmed the locals in Friday action. Moravia rebounded Tuesday with a 15 to 4 rout of Albia Highhawks, then prepared for upcoming games against Unionville, Fisher Lumbers, and West Grove.
A Wesley Chapel church hosts an ice cream social on July 18 to benefit the church. The event includes a short program with readings and singing.
The Stevens Reunion will be held Sunday July 21 in Centerville park, with Elsie Poole as secretary. The Bivin Robb reunion follows Sunday July 28 at Centerville City park, all relatives and friends welcome.
The Thea Moravia band will present a sacred and classical concert at 8 p.m. Sunday July 28 in the town park replacing the Sunday evening union service. Wilbur Harris directs with Rev R L Brown and Rev T J Zike assisting. The program blends hymns with classical selections and includes scripture reading and a benediction.
The Bloomfield Band plans a July 27 program featuring special numbers by Bloomfield players under Walter E. Lake and a clarinet quartet. Soloists include Richard Hudson and Ellen Jane Shields with Lake directing the alto and bass clarinets. A Woodwind Sextet will visit Bloomfield midweek for a similar exchange.
Four local truckers Forrest Simmons Charles E Hiatt Vernice Long and John Sufficool haul rock from a quarry nine miles southwest into Moravia. WPA workers cleaned gutters and culverts for ten days as mayor urged residents to keep ditches clear and the rock will be piled along streets before being spread and rolled into a hard surface after rains.
The H W Stocker family held its annual homecoming at the Gomer Stocker home. Harrisons South orchestra of Centerville provided afternoon music. Attendees from Albia Moravia Ottumwa Centerville Blakesburg Centerville and other communities joined a long list of Stocker relatives and friends for a day of reunion and visits.
Mrs. H. H. Pabst hosted the Kensington circle in her home for the July meeting last Thursday afternoon. Eleven members answered the roll call with tips on cooling techniques. Mrs. M. K. Blackman offered advice for hot weather menus. The hostess served a luncheon at five o'clock.
The fragment describes EZra Coltrain avoiding sun while picking berries including raspberries boysenberries cherries and apricots in shade. It notes a cherry tree grown from sprouts of a pioneer tree planted about 45 years ago on the Peter Good farm near Miller church.
A homecoming gathering of 65 Bromptonites at the Brompton schoolhouse Sunday included a business meeting to elect officers for the next year. Clifton Boardman was named president, with Mrs. Ethel Van Dorin as first vice president and Mrs. Tesla Sarver Chedister as second vice president. A program highlighted by Mrs. Mabel Hawk and guest Ida Sumner Anderson featured songs, talks, and reflections on school days and American democracy.
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Jane Taylor age 82 were held Sunday afternoon at Fairview church south of Unionville with Rev W F T Evans of Centerville officiating. She died Thursday and was born June 11 1868. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery.
An analysis sponsored by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows Appanoose County butter distribution reaching New York and eastern markets, with Iowa production around 260 million pounds and Appanoose County totaling about 2.165 million pounds. Major markets include New York, Chicago, and eastern states, with Minnesota and Wisconsin contributing sizable shipments.
Elijah Simmons in St Joseph hospital Centerville may lose sight of his right eye after a burst pupil and a serious condition. Forrest Matherly at University hospital Iowa City has an uncertain status. Mary Rose Main, daughter of Mr and Mrs U O Main, has an eye filament from dust but the issue is not serious.
G B Johnson was re elected president of the Moravia Fall Festival association at the annual meeting in the Community building. W P Davia was named vice president Lesa Hiatt secretary and John Dille treasurer. Dates set for the event are September 12 13 and 14. Four committees were chosen Finance Tent Horse and Mule Colts Industrial and more with Karl Hurliman overseeing horticulture and sheep sections. The meeting adjourned with power given to President Johnson to appoint further committees and heads.
Moravia school board members studied bus propositions after a Des Moines firm demonstrated an 89-seat all steel bus with dual rear tires that complies with state school bus laws. Officials cited long transportation difficulties for athletic teams and musical groups traveling to out of town events.
Mrs Inez Faber of near Moravia appears among authors in The Poetic Voice of America 1940 a large 188 page volume. More than 11000 writers vied for inclusion with a few hundred selected for merit. The edition features both unfamiliar contributors and established poets and Faber writes Un important Cogitations in the Union and other columns.
A local freemasonry notice calls for a Fellowcraft degree Thursday evening July 18 at 8 PM with a good attendance and refreshments. D. E. Bishop, W. M. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Pearl Broshar in St Joseph's hospital Centerville on a Wednesday represents a family announcement.
Mr and Mrs Opho Blumer announce the birth of their son at Albia hospital Sunday. They request stock donations by those awaiting newborns to contact O J Jones with details.
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