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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
6
Moravia and surrounding area received an estimated three-inch rainfall Tuesday night giving May total around 7 inches. Through April and May the region has seen about 12 inches of rain per records kept by John Mullemon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Zante hosted the United Brethren church young peoples class for a Friday picnic supper. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. T. Jd. Zike, Harold Mason, Harold Hawk, Richard Burton, Mrs. A. Main, Mary Rose, Deloris and Harriett Lee Main, Juanita Smith, Dorothy and Ralph Davis, Rubye Hiatt, Wanda Jones, Wilma Van Zante, and the Van Zantes. Ice cream and cake were served late.
Mr and Mrs Neal Nash hosted a family dinner Sunday with all children and grandchildren except James Nash who is at Moody New York. Also present were Mr and Mrs Delmar Jennison Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Carl Dicks and Mr and Mrs Raymond Perry Albia who attended the reunion from a distance.
The 20th Century club held its last meeting and noon luncheon at Mrs. A. E B. Shull's country home. New year officers were elected: president Mrs. T. B. Cameron, vice president Mrs. J. W. Halden, secretary Mrs. Stella Carter, and treasurer Mrs. Chas. Coffin.
Regular communication of Antiquity Lodge No. 262 A F and A M Monday evening June 6. Important business session will be followed by a fellowship hour and refreshments. D E Bishop W M.
Local items note Codyne Luse ill at home with red measles, Memorial Day visits across Centerville Moravia and surrounding towns. Entries mention relatives and friends traveling from Des Moines Muscatine Mason City and Kansas City to Moravia, Centerville, and nearby communities.
A flurry of weekend and weekday visits fills the page. Laneshoro and Centerville host relatives and friends from Des Moines, Unionville, Ames, and Kansas City, with several guests attending Memorial Day services in Lucerne and others heading to Cedar Falls and Iowa City for studies and hospital care.
Wanted to buy corn by truckload or crib with postshedge line posts braces and timber like oak hickory and black wood. Also asphalt roofing shingles and sweet potato plants for sale. For baby chicks feeders and poultry remedies see Gardner Hatchery. Lost pitchforks. For sale two fullblood Hereford bulls. Rawleigh route opportunity offers $30 weekly starting earnings.
Kaster and Mrs Tom Morrison traveled from Centerville to see A W Kincade in University hospital. Margaret Ward hosted a youth gathering honoring Jean Kathryn Broshar with games and refreshments. Families from Newton Knoxville Moline Des Moines Fairfield Creston Albia attended Memorial Day services and weekend gatherings at various homes. Cleo Barnes of Moline arrived for a short visit and will return to work Friday.
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