New Hope By Gettevie Donovan
Wesley Chapel church will finish a six day Bible School with a program at 8 00 Wednesday evening. Teachers include Mrs Doris Boblenz Mrs Kenneth O Connor Mrs Juanita Dooley Mrs Evelyn Daniela and others. Numerous local residents attended funerals of Mrs Vet Callen and Mr Matt Watts with sympathy extended to both families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel Church
Bible School
Doris Boblenz
Kenneth O’connor
Juanita Dooley
Evelyn Daniela
Ernest Hiatt
Kenneth Hiatt
Anne . Pettibone
Paul Cridlebaugh
Helen Price
Harry N. Phillips
Harry ©. Phillips
Frank Mc
Ivan Harsh
Harsh
Matt Watts
Marion
Max Watts
Omaha
Dale Watts
Ora Harsh
Ivan Shields
Mt. Ayr
Raymond Zinn
Gene
Lamont
Allie Phillips
Oskaloosa
Frank Hiatt
Lowell Harris
Newton
Vess Hiatt
Hiatt
Irven Kalvig
Edna Myers
Chicago
Fred Dusablen
Myers
Dusablen
Kalvig
Waterloo
Carol Brees
Lute Hiatt
Kinser Valley Notes From Moravia Area
LeRoy Wilson sheared sheep for Pearl Hiner Saturday morning and finished his afternoon. Russell Darby and daughter visited Sunday morning. Zell Wilson and wife attended Decoration exercises at Moravia Friday. Roy T. Darby and family from Des Moines joined Moravia dedication exercises Friday. Rain measured about a quarter inch Monday morning. Ralph Robinson and family were...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Wilson
Pearl Hiner
Russell Darby
Zell Wilson
Moravia
Roy T. Darby
Charles
Des Moines
Ralph Robinson
Sunday dinner visitors at Zell Wilson home
Pearl Hiner called on Saturday morning at the Zell Wilson home for business. An electric storm moved through the area at nine o'clock with heavy clouds and continuing rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zell Wilson
Pearl Hiner
Franklin News Implies Social Visits Across Towns
A lengthy list of visits and callers from Indiana and Ottumwa to the Coy Swift and Moffatt households fills a row of community notes. Families including the Stutlers Ekwalls Ammons Argo Turners Calhouns and McFatridges are referenced with Sundays weekends and Thursday evenings noted in Moravia Davenport and Davenport area exchanges. The spread shows frequent social calls among local families and relatives.
Miller By Mrs. Gerald Burton
Mrs. Pearl Hill spent a week at daughter’s home of Mrs. Claude Paris and family. Marion Reagan recovers after tonsillectomy. Local visits include Strunk and Burton families for Memorial Day. Various neighbors and relatives visited, Marion Reagan stayed with the Kellys in Centerville and Des Moines before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Hill
Claude Paris
Marion Reagan
Burton
Loren Alden
Clifford Caster
F. E. Boyer
Agnes Langford
Grace
Numa
Fred Hahn
Bertha Louise
Maquoketa
Eleanor Miller
Wilbur Miller
Miller
Clara Andrews
Lee Weaver
Clifford
Logan Strunk
Gerald Burton
W. C. Millers
Marion
Kenneth Caltrain
Harold Wright
Ben Williams
Ernest Witt
Glenn Smith
Loretta Witt
Centerville
Norman Kelly
Lovell Reagan
John Kelly
Kelly
Des Moines
Preview of a New World in The New American Weekly
Admiral Byrd previews a world guided by Moral Re-Armament and explains what MRA stands for. The article argues why Communists fear the movement and outlines its promises and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Byrd
New American
Herald-American
MRA
Maple Grove social notes mix with many visiting families
Maple Grove items recount weekend and midweek visits among local families. Guests include the Comstocks, Tadlocks, Hainlines, Tuckers, Wilsons, DuValls, Offields, Kinnamons, and Tisues among others. Several dinners and Sunday gatherings span Melrose Albia Centerville and Ottumwa areas with multiple households hosting and visiting.
Fairview Notes from Mrs. B. H. Taylor and Local Happenings
Billy Lockman travels from Ottumwa to Ft Sheridan after a 10 day visit with parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lockman and expects discharge soon. Farm Bureau gathering at Jack Martin home drew Cyril Mullins and Edith Mullins, Ted Tracy, Buell Taylor, Kenneth Coltrain, Bur dette Ward, and Gene Boyer families. Otha Mercer of Newton visited daughter Mrs. Opal Mullins, and the group later met Mr. Mercer’s four Mullins brothers in Osceola for a birthday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lockman
Ottumwa
Ft. Sheridan
Raymond Lockman
Cyril Mullins
Ted Tracy
Edith Mullins
Buell Taylor
Kenneth Coltrain
Burdette Ward
Gene Boyer
Farm Bureau
Jack Martin
Otha Mercer
Newton
Opal Mullins
Osceola
Mullins
Mr. Mercer
Mercer
Elvin Stocker
Helen Lou
Myr
Milton Stockerl
Albia
Mra
Bill Hershberger
Elsie Coltrain
Gomer Stocker
Duane Wood
Edith Kendall
Fred Coltrain
Joe Smith
Versal Stocker
Ray Lockman
T. J. Fletcher
Ash Grove
Norris O'Connor
Gretchen Proctor
Woody
Jim Hayes
Cynthia
Zula Taylor
Dayne Taylor
Otha Taylor
Marie Coltrain
Troy Lockman
J. C. Lockman
Clifford Stocker
West Des Moines
Homer Matherly
Gomer
George Johnson
Anna Lockman
Flora Jones
St. Joseph Hospital
Jean
Jay
Global shift increases milk and cheese use while butter falls
Principal world markets show rising intake of whole milk products including fluid milk and cheese, with a notable decline in butter consumption. Analysts cite changing dietary patterns and trade dynamics as driving factors in the shift across major countries.
Gift Subscriptions to The Moravia Union
A Moravia Union subscription serves as a thoughtful gift for any occasion, offering a steady reading presence and access to local news, community updates, and editorial features that connect family and friends with the Moravia area.
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The
Moravia Union
Neighborhood social notes from a busy weekend
The text lists numerous local families visiting friends and relatives across the community. Events include birthday dinners, hospital care, and attendance at a Bible School program, with names such as Stocker, Coltrain, Lockman, Taylor, and Mullins recurring throughout.
Vosburgh Derby Happy Helpers Club Meeting Recap
The Happy Helpers Club met Wednesday with Maxine Sheldon to select nut meats and held a contest won by Carolyn Swift. Traveling bingo delivered gifts to all attendees. Next meeting hosts Dotta Swift in a month with many members and guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Helpers Club
Maxine Sheldon
Carolyn Swift
Dotta Swift
Emmett Derby
Larry
Karen Rose
Monte Lynn
Hattie Miller
James Calhoun
Leon
Addie Sheldon
Flo Frame
Freda Swift
Carolyn
Rena Ammons
Dean
Allen
Linda
Glen
Coy Swift
Lois Hanly
Ann Marie
Clayton Sheldon
Neil
Deanna
Craig
Roseann
Shirley Calhoun
Funeral Notice From Moravia For Mrs Vet Callen
Mr and Mrs Elmer Kellogg and Mr and Mrs Fred Argo visited Clayton Sheldons on Friday Sunday guests at Emmett Derbys included Mr and Mrs George Hammond and Linda Irwin Laura Martin Basil Carl and Kathryn Foster Mr and Mrs J N Callen and Marvin attended the funeral of Mrs Vet Callen in Moravia on Saturday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Comstock
Comstock
Melrose
Irene Tadlock
Helen DuVall
Fred Hainline
Ralph Tucker
Reva Dus
Vali
Helen
Blakesburg
Lawrence Roland
Roland
Bill Wilson
Baby
W. H. VanDorin
Johnny
Geraldine Wilson
Albina
Vern Livengood
Loren Walter
Mear Walter
Gabe Johnson
Dale Derby
Albia
Derby
Johnson
Carl Tisue
Wayne
Grant Tadlock
Bud McDanel
Basil Tadlock
Robert Clark
June Lockridge
Centerville
George Exline
Lake Wapello
Russell Dodd
Sturgeon
Ottumwa
Claude Hawk
Junior Kinnamon
Bud McDanes
Curtis Tomlin
Rex Tisue
Win
Tomlin
Art Fox
Elmer Kellogg
Fred Argo
Clayton Sheldons
Emmett Derbys
George Hammond
Linda Irwin
Laura Martin
Basil
Carl
Kathryn Foster
J. N. Callen
Marvin
Vet Callen
Moravia
Memorial weekend visits and funeral notices in Unionville
Memorial weekend brought many visitors to Unionville including families from Ottumwa Evanston and Independence Kansas. Rev Fred Sawyers delivered the Memorial address at the Baptist church. W L Hull funeral held with many relatives from Austin Minnesota Rockford and Centerville attending. The Union township Farm Bureau hosted a well attended meeting with Get Out The Vote as the theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVern Cox
Independence
Kansas
N. L. Harrington
Jim Morrison
Carol
Robert
Evanston
Burl Morrison
Osage
Floyd Harrington
Ottumwa
Adda Swaim
Drakesville
Joe Harrington
Fred Sawyers
Bloomfield
Hollis (Helen) Jobe
Donald Hull
Unionville
Taylor Cemetery
W. L. Hull
Woodrow Hull
Austin
Minn
Eugene Ort
Ray Maas
Tommy
Rockford
Lily Paul Hull
Misa Marigaret Hull
Jack Martin
Union Township Farm Bureau
J. W. Proctor
Exline
Estella Burtoh
Doris
Centerville
D. L. Hiatt
Bud Martin
Des Moines
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Gettevie Donovan
Ron Woodward
George Railing
Orville Burton
Bessie Neff
Martha Lou Warker
Margaret Burton
John Burton
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Burton
Joan Johnson
Cedar Rapida
Burton's
Jerry Goodwin
Maude Coltrain
Ernest West
George Hiner
Mary Lou Rinehart
Elsie Martin
Archie Martin
Mike
Junior White
R. C. Wilson
F. H. Blomgren
Don Pettibone
W. E. Donovan
Freeman West
Irven Kalvng
Ed Schindler
Bill Moore
Joan Calvinlee
Gardner Hatchers
Briggs Motor
Tractor Division
Iowa
Kinser Valley
George R. Darby
Albia Sales CO
Sale Pavilion
H. C. Peterson & Sons
Paul Morehead
Franklin
John Moffatt
Kenneth Stutler
Janet
Indiana
Art Ekwall
Jim
Jack
Jerry
Joe Lucas Jr
Roy
Roy Moffatt
Henry Eliott
Rozella
Junior
Lloyd Ammons
Blanche Argo
Glen Turner
Carl Calhoun
Donald Dean
Francis
Lester Housley
Bernard Kitterman
Mary Kay
Joe Scieszinski
Jane Stephens
Ernie Runnells
Elsie Hiatt
Hugh McFatridge
Earl Swift
Joe Lucas, Jr
Olive Moffatt
Maple Grove
Mee
Fairview
Verner Hawk
E. N. Catterlin
Optimetrist
Hotel Annex
L. P. Clow
West State St
Blue Centerville, Tows
Earl
Crosley and
Skelgas
Crosley Home Freezers
John Deere Parts
DeVos
Towa Southern
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