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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
2
Entered as second class mail matter at Moravia Iowa under the act of March 3 1879. Published every Thursday by H K Smith. Subscription rates are one year 1.50 six months 0.75 three months 0.40.
Iowa State College tests find tare oats in growing chick and laying hen rations boost growth, with oats outperforming corn and wheat in speed of development. Milk supplementation advised to offset vitamin G deficiency. Oats recommended for wider use due to cost efficiency and strong results, especially in laying hens.
The Iowa State Fair announces a twenty act circus for August 27 to September 3, doubling prior size with a two week program swap of ten features weekly. Highlights include Edna Alee, famed pistol and rifle shot, performing on a moving car, and the Gibson Company from the French Casino presenting knife and blade acts.
Officials announced that circus performances will augment the horse races auto races and rodeo features each afternoon of the fair. Evening programs include a rodeo musical extravaganza and a fireworks show. The list features a Dobermann troupe two high air acrobatic acts over 100 feet a miniature dog pony and monkey circus the Wong troupe of Chinese tumblers hills performing baby elephants Paul Sydell and Spotty and other novelties from the recent Broadway Melody film.
Iowa State College extension animal husbandman Rex Beresford says corn prices stay high, so feeders may profit by using newly threshed wheat and barley as substitutes. He notes cracking improves feed value, offers rations mixing options, and that wheat and barley can finish or start cattle on corn later, with barley providing smoother flesh.
Blue Front Jim Moore aided Eli Moore with harvest last week. Mr and Mrs Harry Hillman visited Emma Woods on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ben Williams hosted a family gathering in Center Ville. Enid Long spent Thursday with Helen Hamilton and Cass Hamilton's daughters, and ALbia callers visited. Van Long cut Timothy for Marve Lockman. Helen Hamilton stayed with Enid Long Wednesday night. Jack Long visited Lyle Jones on Sunday.
Kinser Valley Prank Selac was on the sick list the past week. C V Hester and Charley Anderson finished putting up hay in the valley Saturday. Bert Mack was in the valley Friday looking for cattle and sheep. G BR Darby was a caller at Harry Felton's Sunday morning. The Darby family attended the funeral of Mrs Irwin Smith Sunday in Albie. Clifton Boardman and sister Eva and Aunt Geneva Selman and Donald Darby were in Des Moines Thursday with Mrs Jeffers, a Moravia high school teacher. Zell Wilson and family were Sunday dinner guests at Eph Wilson's home. Aside from wrecking some shade.
The Sunday night storm caused little damage as trees and wind uprooted some grain. Donald Darby and his brother Roy visited Lovilia on Monday after the weather event.
Franklin and Ottumwa residents spent weekends and weekdays visiting friends and relatives across nearby towns. Families including the Ekwalls, Sheldons, Repps, Havers, Kirk, and McFatridges were seen at homes in Ottumwa Albia and Lake Wapello area. A Cedar Rapids trip marked by attendance at a funeral tied to a drowned friend.
Last Wednesday Mrs Lenora Paris had a car fire from a wire short requiring replacement. Kansas City visitors include Mr and Mrs Russell Alden and Mr and Mrs John Wills. grandchildren stay with C L Alden. Several kindness gatherings, birthdays, and church notices fill the week as families visit, dine, and travel. Floyd Wood improves in a hospital at Excelsior Springs. Regular preaching Sunday at Miller.
Scattered items show Scattersburg residents and neighbors engaged in farming, cattle purchasing, wheat delivery, and family visits. Families including the Lockmans, Tomlins, and Proctor are noted with movements and weekend visits, plus a reference to the Sam Brusser Bigee site and local kinship ties.
The Albis Iowa program lists nightly film lineups for July 21 through 29 featuring stars Spencer Tracy Franchot Tone and Gladys George in They Gave Him a Gun on July 21 22. July 23 24 presents The 18th Chair and The Man Who Found Himself with Madge Evans Lewia Stone and John Best. July 25 26 showcases Mountain Music with Bob Burns Martha Raye. July 27 Thunder in the City starring Edward G Robinson. July 28 29 features Good Old Soak with Wallace Beery Betty Furness Eric Linden and Bring on the Girls with Ed gar Bergen Charlie Mac Arthur.
Mr and Mrs Carl Tomlin and their children spent Sunday after Sunday School with the parental Tomlin family. Marie Tomlin visited Curtis Tomlin and his wife Saturday evening. A hard wind and rain storm struck the neighborhood Sunday evening.
Friday evening at the Orval Burton home and Sunday visits to many households around Unionville and Ottumwa. The New Hope club met at W. Donavon’s with quilting and embroidery. Dozens named as visitors and family groups attended gatherings at multiple homes, with a funeral at Alb in and a birthday surprise for Ernie Tucker. About sixty people attended refreshments of ice cream and cake.
Pleasant Grove residents Mrs. Frank Wilsom and son James returned from Arkansas Wednesday night. Mrs. Helen Homerin spent a day at the parental McCloud home. Miss Maude Weidman was to host Clara Weidman in Cedar Falls with husband joining Sunday. the trip ends back in Lanesboro Minnesota. Several families and individuals visited relatives and shared meals across Albia and Cantvil, with many Sunday gatherings noted.
Saturday and Sunday social notes list visits and calls among residents. John VanZante called at McCloud's Sunday afternoon, Rubye Johnson stayed with Daphan and Mildred Wilson, Forrest Hiatt visited Clifford Paxston, and Mrs. Cecil Caster with her two children from Grand Junction, Colorado, visited the Versal Robb home. Harry Woodward and Ray McCloud groups were at Albia Monday, Versal Robb traveled to Des Moines on business, and Mrs. Harvey Main and her daughter Helen visited the farm Monday afternoon.
Enon Helping Hand club held Thursday afternoon with Mrs. L. B. VanDor, 19 members attending. They quilted Sunbonnet Sue and Overall dim, embroidered a pillow, and served ice cream and cookies. Oats were cut in time for refreshments. They plan a meeting in two weeks with Mrs. R. S. Faber.
Moravia area residents record a series of Sunday and weekday calls and visits. Carl Derby assisted with binding timothy at Mrs Kate Brown’s place while families visited relatives at the Brown, Dudley, and Watts homes. Many locals attended the Hatcher Players show in Moravia last week.
Mrs Theo Miller and Mrs Frank Chambers attended a luncheon at Mrs Everett Wynes home in Albia to honor Miss Oneita Selby of Los Angeles and Mrs Thelma Johnson Wilson of Buckeye Arizona. Also present were Gertrude Jamita Anderson and others after a Thursday afternoon gathering.
A dense string of social calls and visits fills this week in Albia and nearby towns. Families including Callen Derby Turner Brown and McCord relatives mingle at homes, hospitals, and a Turner reunion, with travel to Murray and Centerville noted and church or school gatherings implied by Sunday events.
Teenium attendance at Sunday School is noted alongside small gatherings at local homes. Mrs Nona Yents visits Minneapolis for an indeterminate stay while Mr and Mrs Fred Duckett and two Chicago sisters visit Frank Swaim home. The Callens host relatives and Marvin with guests at Will Callen home for Sunday dinner. Osa Brown enjoys dinner with Mrs Belle Derby. Elenor Callen and Thomas visit from South Bend for a family weekend at Pearl Frea’s.
Hedge College families visit. funeral services for Mrs. J J Smith at Albia Christian church. Various residents spent weekends and afternoons with relatives at homes north of Albia and in nearby towns including Mel cher Knoxville and Richard Allen home.
Several residents attended the Hatcher Players Show in Moravia. Mr and Mrs W A Brown and family with Arthur and Edward Points visited Albia Thursday. LeRoy Brown took eighth grade exams Friday. Mrs W A Brown left Saturday for South Dakota. John R Kenton worked for Van Lemaster. Harry Robinson and children visited Homer Brown and later him again. Various family visits occur around W A Brown and Homer Brown homes with multiple Sunday and Monday calls.
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