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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
4
ICONIUM x 82 and families attend gatherings as Selkirk and Moravia relatives visit. Mr and Mrs Truxton Dicks wed recently in a Clyde Dicks home celebration. Multiple engagements, visits, and shopping trips mark a weekend of community bonding through Cen terville Ottumwa and Exline area families.
Rev Lepper led services at the regular appointment and a Children’s Day program followed at the Bruce Spence home. Gifts to trainers Miss Edith Besco and LeOrk Estlack were noted. Local families and students including Christina Humphrey and Warren Rouse earned eighth and seventh grade diplomas and will enter high school.
Community members from Pleasant Hill and nearby areas share visits and gatherings. Names include Opal Fenton, Elbert Moore, Frank Chadwick, Walt Blues, Otha Fenton, Cap Dicks, Douglas family, John Masamana, Harve Beaty, Dolph Tarbell, and many others. Events span Monday through Sunday with calls, suppers, dinners, and leisure calls at multiple homes in Chariton and Ottumwa areas.
The ruling idea emphasizes that shopping locally strengthens business relationships that distant ordering cannot. It also notes contentment in maintaining personal routines and bedtimes, suggesting stability in domestic life.
Mrs. Van Lemaater hosted at Theo Miller's home while Oneta Hiatt helps at grandmother Mrs. Eli Hiatt. Children and grandparents feature in visits, church programs, and a chrivari party in honor of Glennie Scott and Truxton Dicks. Funeral for Mrs. Clara Swank noted with community sympathy.
In Scatterburg and nearby, residents report visits from Adams, Robbs, Totlin, and Gillands. W. Tomlin, T. Fletcher, Fay and Leo Paxton joined Memorial Day services at Wesley Chapel, while Daphn Coltrain remains on the sick list.
A week in the air by 8. L. Robbing and James Kelley aboard the Fort Worth plane broke sustained flight records. Refueled in flight, they remained aloft for 272 hours, a tribute to advanced mechanical craft and piloting skill. The Texas test is expected to advance aviation and encourage more air mail flights.
Mr and Mrs Jim Moore and daughter Blo visited Elbert Moores Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ben Jones and family spent Sunday at Harry Woodwards. Lloyd Beaty and daughter Robertene visited Ray McClouds. Cass Hamilton and daughter Helen visited Harley Tisves. Ruth Hinote helps Mrs Lloyd Brown with house work. Claude Hawk and family spent Sunday evening at Lloyd Browns. Circle met Wednesday with Mrs Cass Hamilton.
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