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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
3
Classified items list sharpening services, farming gear for sale, trucks and trucking, lost hub cap, hay equipment, doors, and various personals. Includes many names and local addresses with neighbors visiting, family news, and community notices from Centerville and nearby towns.
Pvt Royce N Sanders, son of Mr and Mrs Chester Sanders of Moravia, graduates from Army Air Forces Training Command at Grinnell Field Illinois after Weather Observer and technical operations training. Ottumwa visitors John Tadlock home Mrs Garland Houser Joyce and Jerry Centerville guests Mrs Coffin family. Jean Veach recovering after major operation in Des Moines. to come home. Patty and Joyce Harris visit in Ottumwa. Dwight Main reports to Ft Leavenworth. Several small hometown visits and family updates across Moravia Ottumwa Centerville and Armstrong Iowa.
Family and kin gathered at the Andy Brown home in Iconium to honor his 79th birthday with a Sunday visit. Attendees included many Browns and extended relatives from Marshalltown, Des Moines, Eddyville, Blakesburg, and surrounding areas along with friends and neighbors. The Moravia Lodge conferred the First Degree of Masonry on Roy Argo Thursday evening, with Second Degree work planned for the following Thursday.
Centerville cafe owner Tommy Thompson has purchased the Model Dairy from Kermit Kincade. Jack McDonald, a World War II veteran, will manage the dairy. A town dispensary is planned to sell dairy products there.
A cooperative supper was held at Moravia Methodist church last Thursday for Rev L B Hawes and his family who left Saturday for a new post in Mitchillville. The Hawes plan to study near Drake University and Lyle Jones visited Ames over the weekend with his parents. Dr D K Qrelup and Don of Albia attended the Moravia band concert Saturday evening.
Eph Wilson hosted a multi generation family gathering Sunday for Father's Day. Children Edna Dyphon Sars Cloyed Cloyed R C Wilson and spouses Zell and LeRoy Wilson Perry and Dana Moulton, plus Fern Wright and Dana Wright attended. Four generations shared dinner, visiting and photos. Dana Wright celebrated a 7th birthday.
The mess of names and brief notes records Derby, Darby, Pollard, and related families in a string of Sunday touches and short trips. Donald W Darby travels to Chicago on business and will visit service buddies. Ed Pollard receives army discharge. Cora Sawicky, formerly Cora Pollard, dies in Springfield. local farm life resumes after a light rain as clover and corn plowing restart.
Community column recounts social visits and local gatherings in Urbana and Moravia Iowa. Family and neighbors such as Zell Wilson family 4 H Commando club members and various residents attend home visits, church or school events, and weekend outings at Lake Wapello and nearby towns.
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