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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
2
Wayne Pitman Davis is listed as the editor and publisher on the Thursday published issue header. The note identifies the newspaper leadership and indicates a weekly publication cycle.
Dear Editor reads that grandfather F Horner moved to the local hospital after a week bedfast with a heart ailment. He was not recovering satisfactorily. Mrs Allen Boller asks for news from Moravia and notes Mr Boller opened the local swimming pool today.
Gerald Luse spent Tuesday afternoon at the Bert Luse home and Mr and Mrs Gren Davis visited the Will Tisue home on Wednesday. Mrs Bert Luse traveled to Moravia Friday to the Raymond Ashby home. Mrs Oren Davis called on Mr and Mrs Milo Main in Moravia Friday afternoon. Friday evening visitors at the O G Davis home were Mr and Mrs Guss Luse and Gerald. Sunday visitors at the Gaylora McDanel home included Mrs Cyril McDanel and sons Doyle McDanel and Mr and Mrs Hicks Pabst and Larry.
Residents report attendance at a sale for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ashby Saturday afternoon. Carl VanZante, Ronald Lee, and families visited relatives in Moravia and Centerville. The Ashbys, Hagrmans, and Davi s families were seen shopping in Albia and visiting kin Sunday. Dorothy Brown and Ardyce Hagerman enjoyed a Sunday afternoon visit.
In Appanoose County Iowa a district court case names Homer H King and Mary L Ring et al as plaintiffs seeking to establish ownership of the North 20 acres of the East Quarter of Section 8 Township 70 North Range 17 West. The suit alleges long possession and prays to quiet title against unknown claimants with a June 1943 court appearance set.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls 1910s college plans, later careers from coach to editor, and life choices of classmates. The narrative shifts to weather, farming tasks, and June planting anxieties, then shifts to an obituary for Mrs. Lida Gertrude Argo, detailing birth, marriage, residence in Iconium, church membership, survivors, and funeral notes.
Robert L. LaChapelle served twenty five years as foreman of the Anamo 6a Reformatory printing department. John Kitchen, another outsider, spent a decade there. Inmates rarely prior print, but learn the trade under skilled instruction from outside workers.
Mrs John Moffatt and families from Moravia hosted and visited multiple neighbors in a week long sequence. Contacts included Bernard Kitterman, Roy Summers, Daisy and Roy Moffatt, John Clark, Roscoe Argo, and local residents Bill Summers Earl Swift and Al bia visitors. Also mentions Shingle work and potato curing remarks.
Rainy Memorial Day in Enon Unionville area with services at Eslinger cemetery postponed to June 6. Report covers extensive visits among VanDorin family and relatives, local gatherings, church events, travel plans, and community notices across Moravia Centerville Albia and Ottumwa.
Miller reports the death of Dr. G H Sollenberger of Corydon after 40 years of practice. Word came Saturday of Dwight Weatherly's death, a former resident. Mrs Tressie Barnhouse and family from Centerville visited Rosa Knight and Bet. Weatherly and others share weekend calls. Mr Ted Campbell, Moravia visitors, Glenn Wood and daughters visited P H Wood in Unionville. Hugh Perry and daughter Ingernes of Ottumwa, Elmer Car and daughter Gertrude from near Jorta called on Miller. Graves of Mrs Perry's parents James and Mrs Hamilton were being decorated in the Denny area.
The notice lists local Moravis and Albia callers on Friday afternoon with Homer Brown as Ottumwa visitor Tuesday. Other Albia area arrivals include Ed Delong Harry Robinson and families Homer Brown Earl King and relatives. Substantial visitations from Des Moines and Berry family members are noted plus reference to Mrs Alice Bicker and Eva Daphen Brown. Read the want ads.
District Court in Appanoose County Iowa announces probate procedures for the will of F P Hawk deceased. The court sets May 18 1943 filing and June 21 1948 final proof and probate date, with all interested parties to appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. The clerk is M G Luse with attorney Harry B Greenleaf.
Betty Jean Foster reports Sunday gatherings at multiple homes as families visited and attended the Eva Espy and Chester Fiedler wedding at the Nazarene church in Centervilla. Guests included Lloyd Davison Norris O Conner Whicker Easter and Burns families, with additional dinners at George Boyer and Leon Burns homes. Also tips on storing bread in hot weather using moisture proof paper and refrigerator.
Regent notes warn that cool rainy May enhances fruit diseases like apple scab brown rot and cherry leaf spot, urging a timely first cover spray and a follow up for codling moth. Glen Birlingmair recommends old fungicides to avoid burn and suggests 600 gallon spray mixes with lime and Bordeaux or wettable sulfur, ensuring thorough canopy coverage including tree tops and interior limbs.
Community notices list Sunday visits and weekend activities among residents. Ray Hiatt’s first birthday celebration at the son’s family home, plus visits to Don Pattibone, C S Callen, and nearby households. Several families, including the Merkile and Jolly households, share gatherings and illness updates.
A 14 year old farm boy near Errill earned the nickname Dead Shot by bagging three foxes in three minutes one recent Sunday morning. He fired only three shells from 16 yards, noting shells are hard to come by.
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