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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
2
A long list of local visits and stays as residents and guests travel among Ottumwa Des Moines Houston Cedar Rapids Chariton Ottumwa Oskaloosa Centerville Drakeville and beyond. Many families host relatives and friends including Murdy Main Brain Brain Crosser and Turner with visits to Des Moines Chicago Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa. Community members attend dinners birthdays and social events while others travel for health and family reasons.
Lola Boyer, Lola Charlene, and Jimmie Burns visited the David Weston home Saturday afternoon. Larry Weston stayed with his grandmother and aunt Lola Boyer Tuesday to help put up hay. Mr. and Mrs. David Weston visited Alice Boyer Wednesday evening. John Main home hosted Mr. and Mrs. Carl Long and family and Mrs. Sylvia Main. Mrs. James Hiatt visited her son Basil Hiatt on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Tucker and Mrs. Alfred Carlson were guests Friday.
Unionville residents Miss Essie Whisler and Mrs. E. A. Hall of Centerville hosted dinner with Mrs. H. M. Bowers. Local residents John Willard Brain visits Gulfport. Russell Alden on leave from Great Lakes. Sgt. Bill Aiden returns from Camp Carson with wife Marilyn and son Billy. Audrey Gladfelder travels to Centerville. Patricia Jones departs for Chicago work. Social notes include the Tuesday club gathering with Mrs. Harry Herman hostesses. William Morrison returns from Ottumwa. Earl Morrison visits from Merchant Marines. Gerald Purdum and Bob Lewman visit from Hammond. Clarence Greene visits from Danville. Ray Howard family back to work in Danville. J. O. More and Caroline More visit relatives with H. K. Smith party.
A Moravia Union letter discusses Ensign James Sufficool who earned a naval air corps commission July 6 at Corpus Christi and transfers to Melbourne Florida for training. Glimpse of a reader in Cedaredge Colorado requests suspension of subscription until a permanent address is found, noting pleasant weather and distant snow capped mountains near fruit orchards and hay fields.
Mrs T H Philby of Kansas City Mo writes July 19 1944 sending $2 to extend her subscription to the Moravia Union Moravia Iowa. She recalls Moravia's early auto era 1907 and tells of a sick boy and a doctor from Unionville. She mentions Allen Hiatt Coffin's Brush and Ed Main's Reo as local cars.
Notice to all interested that on July 19 1944 the District Court of Appanoose County Iowa appointed COULSON administrator of the estate of 5 Main deceased of All County. All debts must be paid to the administrator and claims presented legally authenticated to the court for allowance.
J D Minnes spent Sunday evening at U G Turner home. Rex Tisue birthday surprise attended by Wilson, Brees, Miller, and others. Various residents hosted dinners and parties at homes of Bogart, Turner, Wilson, and Hiatt. Nellie DuVall birthday party and several grandchildren visited relatives in Albia and Centerville.
Tuesday through Sunday visits and birthdays in New Hope recount gatherings at the Donovan and Carter homes. Events include illnesses, hospital visits, and youth meetings as Moravia and nearby areas share patient updates and family hosting duties.
Local residents share visits and travel plans with relatives in Chicago New York and Missouri. Ottumwa natives Vera Selman Janella Billings and Maxine Billings are noted visiting family while WAVES member Vera Selman is stationed in Ottumwa. Frequent social calls and kinship events fill a busy week across towns.
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