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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
4
The church announces at 11 a.m. Rev Oscar Creech of Maxwell Nebraska will preach. Our Ladies Aid will serve dinner on July 4. Bible School at 10 a.m. morning worship 11 a.m. C E service 7 p.m. evening service 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8. D Winfield Thompson minister.
Church of Christ announces W F T Evans minister. Sermon at 10 a m with communion. Bible School at 10 80 8 TM m. Junior and Senior Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. Ladies Aid Wednesday July 2 at the church all day.
M E Church notes list Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. preaching at 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Wesley Chapel offers Sunday 9:30 a.m. service and 10:40 a.m. Sunday School. A large crowd attended the Children's Day program last Sunday evening, with praise for those in charge.
Iconium Circuit Morning Worship at 11 with choir music. Evening services at 8 and a 7 p m Young People meeting led by Miss Bernice Murphy. Saturday church events include a 8 p m Boy Scout meeting. Annual Homecoming planned at the Christian Church. First Community Inter-Church Field Meet on Labor Day week. Centerville Association of Commerce to address at Methodist Church next Friday evening June 27 with Ladies Aid serving banquet. Fullview Sunday School 9 a m, worship 4 45 p m with youth choir. Epworth League Tuesday led by Miss Maxine Giladfelder. Arthur Sufficcol led a Tuesday meeting. Hilton Sunday School 1 p m, services 3 p m with family efforts noted. J W Zerbe, minister.
The notice announces B B Beauty Shoppe will operate weekly during the fourth period with free services on permanenta items and promises work completed before July Sed. It highlights ongoing availability and a special complimentary service.
Moravia prepares for a big Fourth of July celebration one week from Friday marking the nation’s 154th birthday. J B Snood, president of the celebration committee, devotes time to the event while the Union withholds detailed program information due to unfinished committee work. Plans promise entertaining features yet to be finalized, and residents are urged to save the date for a grand local celebration in Moravia.
Farmers in Appanachse County will learn if their land is sour or sweet at soil testing and limestone meetings in Moravia Udell and Moulton on July 2. County Agent Leo W Bowdish Iowa State College and Wabash Railway sponsor with a railway car moving between stops. Several hundred farmers will receive envelopes to collect soil samples to be tested for nitrogen and lime requirements to improve clover and alfalfa crops. Professors J L Boatman W F Watking and Paul Weichman of Town Stats College join Bowdish at the sessions. Each farmer should bring a soil sample from every field taken from the top seven inches and sample must be dry.
Notice to property owners to cut weeds and obnoxious growths along parcels and abutting rights of way by July 1. If ignored, the Street Commissioner will do the work and assess the cost to the property, certified to the County Auditor for collection with other taxes. By order of the Mayor. Kirklys, City Clerk Carter.
A large crowd gathered at noon Sunday near the Cedar Creek west of Lovilia for the Runnells reunion. A big dinner was shared and all departed in the evening hopeful for another gathering next year. Dinner 35c, supper 25c at the M E Church July 1th. Moravia people attended a concert by the Howe Band at Centerville Monday evening.
The town of Iconium invites Moravia to a one day celebration when No. 6 highway shaling is completed. A baseball game, speeches, and a community good time are planned, with J. W. Zerbe as executive committee chairman coordinating events.
The G G Herrick Co completed the first section of paving on Primary No 6 between Moravia and Albia around noon Monday and moved equipment to the county line near Moravia to begin laying paving late Monday afternoon. The finished strip is one mile and a half long just north of Hilton. The Moravia to Hilton gap will be closed and north end paving completed.
New Moravia telephone directories are printed at the Union office and are now distributed by the telephone company. This year the book is different as it lists titles for all individuals, not just names and numbers.
Bert Turner completed his embalming course at the University of Minnesota and plans to receive his license. He will practice with Turner and Son in Moravia, accompanied by family members and attending Keokuk Medical College alumni events. The trip included visits to Lincoln's tomb in Springfield and observations on local landscaping progress. Rev and Mrs S G Hawkins visited Fairfield Saturday with daughter Mrs T R Cathey.
Mayor Firking and the park committee led a week of tree trimming painting and repairs around Moravia city park. The effort aims to enhance the land and facilities, underscoring Moravia's claim of having one of the finest parks for its size and residents' pride.
Several from Moravia and vicinity attended the Saint Johns Day program in Blakesburg on Sunday. The event, staged by Masonic Lodges of Blakesburg Unionville and Moravia, was praised as one of the best ever. Participants from the area included Mrs. C. T. Slavin with a reading Miss Mary Louise Rhimienstock with a flute solo and Rev. B. G. Hankin with a short address.
Interurban and Wabash time cards updated for Moravia showing north and south bound schedules and stops. Includes hourly arrivals and departures for multiple numbered cars, local and through trips, flag stops, and connections to Des Moines St Louis Davenport and Kansas City. Pearl Saithburg of Chicago invites Ted Oehler Saturday.
Moulton Chapter PEO was hosted in Moravia by J. W. Halden J. B. Sneed W. A. Smith and Mrs. A. L. Lyons. Twenty seven Moulton ladies attended with guests Lydia Blosser Centerville Y. Messenger Moneta Nadine Soule Seattle B G Hawkins Olive Miltenberger. A six o clock three course dinner preceded a program of solos readings and duets by local and visiting members. The event closed with a business meeting and social hour at Mrs. W A Smith’s home.
Announcement calls all members of both organizations to attend a shared meeting on Tuesday evening in July. Members are urged to be present for the alliance, with details on location and exact date not fully legible in the text.
Crowds visited Moravia on Wednesday and Saturday evenings seeking a feast featuring roast, dumplings, green beans, carrot salad, hot balls, pie, and coffee. Weather turned hot, dampening spirits but boosting band plans, as visitors arrived for a family gathering at D. K. Orelup’s home with Ed Nelson and relatives from Cherokee and Ft. Madison Iowa.
The Moravia Concert Band organized this week and will begin rehearsals to kick off the summer season with a first concert on Wednesday evening, July 2. Forest Main directs, William Laws manages, Harold Mason is librarian, and A. G. Mason is treasurer. The full roster is incomplete but includes many veteran players and eager youths.
A Moravia squad of Colts and Dotson's Little Giants overwhelmed the Albin Oilers Into Jeanne lineup in a home game Sunday afternoon by a lop sided 20 to 3 score. No official lineups were published.
The Brotherhood gathering at Iconium last Wednesday drew 110 attendees. Troop 65 Ottumwa Avenue presented Scout Work, Richard Sneek spoke on Scouting and Patriotism, and Rev B G Hawkins spoke on Respecting Old Glory. Next meeting is July 2 with Farm Bureau linkage and a patriotic theme.
Community items note dinners with the M B Ladies on July 4 and local visits by Miss Clella Jones and Miss Kathryn Kemper. Reports cover travel to Atlanta and Moravia, church services, a Children’s Day program at Wesley, and Mild illnesses. A Chevrolet purchase replaces a workhorse, and the Tunnsidage paving progress is reported.
Moravian Union files from June 29 1905 describe a pink Fourth of July edition and dedication of a new band stand on the holiday. The Por Get Me Not Club hosted the 20th Century Club at W H Trussell home, the I C C F Lodge treated band boys to ice cream and cake after a concert, and local births, moves, and farm transactions are listed including a Mary Rose farm sale near Money and a visit by John Hutton’s family.
Iowa farm leaders began plans for an Iowa Farm Leadership Exposition at the 1920 Iowa State Fair August 20 to 29. The event will showcase grain and forage crops, county farm bureaus exhibits, women’s county farm bureaus, a state-wide orchard and garden show, and prize exhibits with more than 10,000 in prizes, involving 2,009 junior farmers and 40 states. It is organized with Iowa State College, Farm Bureau, Farmers Union, 4-H clubs, and fair officials.
Readable text notes a Christian Church dinner on Wednesday July 2 with breaded loin new potatoes peas cottage cheese lettuce sled bread butter jelly and an upcoming American Legion Auxiliary dinner at the hotel on July 4. The item lists meals and events without detailed times or locations beyond hotel and church.
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