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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1930
Page
3
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. No Sunday preaching as pastor away for 10 days. Regular services on the second Sunday in August. The fourth quarterly conference set for Tuesday, August 24 at 1 p.m. B. G. Honking, pastor.
Church of Christ Bible School holds communion at 8 p m. A trip to I Canium Christian church marks the annual homecoming. Brother Lagle preached two messages last Sunday. Senior Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p m with Laverne Kingery leading, Junior Endeavor at 8 p m led by Tyal Kingery. Ladies Aid plans all day Wednesday August 6 with a noon dinner.
The York college trio gave a helpful and inspiring program to a large audience at United Brethren Church Sunday evening. The conference year nears its close as members are urged to fulfill pledges in full and settle arrears. A strong prayer meeting is set for 7 20 tonight with Bible School at 10 am next Sunday and a sermon at 11 am. Christian Endeavor follows with a short gospel message, as the pastor D Winfield Thompson urges all to contribute what they can to lift the load.
Church notices list Teenium and Community Sunday School sessions at the Christian Church, with morning worship at 11 and evening services at 8 16. A Young People Meeting led by Edward McCord and Miss Ruth Turner’s missions talk are noted, plus Boy Scouts, inter church events, quarterly conferences, and forthcoming homecomings at Teontum Iconium and Knoxville with bishops presiding.
A remaining strip from the county line north to Hilton Moravia opens with concrete highways easing travel. McCarthy Construction nears the overhead railroad bridge while six south of Albia nears completion next week. Weather slowed minor delays. water system breakdowns caused rare holds. Delmar Massman family and Chas Pabst visited Orville Burton Sunday.
The Iconium Homecoming sponsored by the Methodist and Christian churches will be held at the Christian church next Sunday in Iconium. A large attendance is expected, with former ministers and members invited to attend talks. The program includes a 10 a.m. Sunday School, devotional, sermons by Rev. Mather and Rev. Zerbe, basket dinner, 7 p.m. program with music, readings, and a Boy Scout number, ending with 8:15 p.m. services.
J T Day Roscoe Day Leila May Day and Stella Albright of Moravia joined relatives from Ottumwa Oskaloosa Bloomfield Newell Drakenville Ash Grave Agency Dex Moines and more for a Day family reunion at Wildwood Park on Sunday. Attendees included L Day Ooria Day T W Trelan Grace Victor Ivelan Bertha Tucker and many others.
Moravians endured a week of extreme heat as a third heat wave pushed temperatures higher. Centerville’s official thermometer reached 103 on Sunday, July 7, with residents noting even hotter conditions outside the exposed wind. Rain remained elusive despite brief showers.
A fragment lists items likely part of a dinner menu including beet park dressing gravy potatoes corn suw beets pir leed people.
The annual Pence reunion will be held Sunday, August 3, at the A. E. Penge house. Eli Lawrence was in Mystiq Sunday. Henry Byer remains seriously ill. M. Masun of San Antonio, Texas, is visiting his son A. G. Mason and family.
Centerville Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Good Will Tour in the M. E. Church basement with a Moravian reception. A 25 piece band led by Professor William Gower performs while eight year old Billy Gower drums. Rev. B. G. Hankins delivers a warm welcome and J J Frankel of the chamber cites progress and cautions on spending.
A field of oats on the Dave Bishop farm yielded two and three-fifths acres at an average of 97 bushels per acre, the largest in the region this year. Reports from neighboring fields ranged from 20 to 60 bushels, with 97 bushels per acre the extreme.
Miss Ruth Freeman wed Jacob More in Emmetsburg Iowa at the bride’s home with Rev L W Barker officiating. The couple will reside in Harlan after a September 1st homecoming following a northern Minnesota honeymoon amid showers and congratulations.
Kenneth Free of West Teonium was attacked by two unknown men while returning home near Brompton on July 28 at about 10 30 pm. He was knocked unconscious, not robbed, and identified no motive or suspects. Sheriff custody mentioned. no charges filed yet.
Mrs J B Sted and Mrs J Albert hosted a Monday afternoon prenuptial shower for Alma Keemer ahead of her August marriage to Allen T Boller of Nevada. Guests presented her with many beautiful and useful gifts.
The Inter-Club Council to judge flower and vegetable garden entries Friday August 1 at 2 30 p m. Moravia schools provide entrants. Premiums offered last spring were 75c first 50c second 25c third. Funds won’t cover premiums or treats now but expected soon. Five towns Albia Mystic Centerville Walnut City Moravia join Iconium August 4 for shale road dedication with a full program including a Moravia Band, speeches, a ribbon cut, and a baseball game. A Des Moines Chamber of Commerce plane and another from Centerville will attend and parking will be ample. The executive committee includes J W Zerbe and E E Breese with several other chairmen listed.
Forty relatives and friends gathered at the Van Lemaster home Sunday for the annual Brown family reunion. Attendees include Ralph Strickler and family, Everett Gillaspie and family, Harold Clark and daughter, Adda Robinson and son Harry, W. A. Brown and family, Ze Callen, Charles Foster and family, J. W. Planta and Lesle and Gene Main, Theo Miller and Francis, Orrin Callen, Vane Lemaster, Oberlin Hofman, Glen Benson, Homer Brown, and other local residents. Dinner was served cafe style. Afternoon callers stopped by.
Remember that Sunday morning at 9 45 August 3 Rev L D Eaton will again be with us Everyone invited Descriptions of local social visits note sick lists and guests from Centerville Unionville and nearby towns plus stunt night at the Extension Summer School in Centerville and various callers at homes and shops in the area
Supt and Mrs Chas Michener return from a 6000 mile tour of the eastern United States and Canada. They visited South and North Carolina, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Rochester, Maine, Quebec, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Detroit and Chicago. They plan a two week return visit with Mrs Michener’s relatives in North Dakota. Mr and Mrs Chambers attended the extension summer school entertainment in Centerville on July 24.
A look back to 1905 Moravia Union items details civic appeal for local investment in Appanoose county lands over stocks and bonds, plus reunions, visits, and local notices. Notable mentions include the Selby reunion, various travelers, a fatality near Unionville, street carnival planning, and active community gatherings around Iconium and Moravia with planned reunions and a bridge repair.
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