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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
4
A weekly roundup lists numerous visits and calls across Albia Centerville Moravia and nearby towns. Residents include Mary Rose Main Oneita Whicker Delmar Wilson and many families visiting relatives and attending events, with health updates and travel plans noted.
The Moravia Co-Operative Marketing Association sent one car of cattle to the St Louis market on Tuesday.
Irene Main presides as superintendent for Bible School at 10 a.m. Communion is at 10 60 a.m. and services follow at 11 a.m. Ladies Aid activity continues all day Wednesday with a noon dinner. Pastor Geo. A. Civ ey leads the church program.
The Methodist Episcopal Moravia church lists Sunday events with Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. and evening service at 8 p.m. Wesley Chapel offers worship at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. CHAS. L. ELLIS serves as pastor.
United Brethren Sunday School at 10 a m with M K Blackman superintendent B C ELU at 7 15 p m and evening service at 8 p m A cordial invitation to all T J Zike Pastor
Iconium Circuit reports low turnout at last Friday’s meeting and urges better church work. Preaching planned for Sunday morning and evening. Hilton hosts strong attendance at both services with few walkouts after Sunday School. Fairview cancels Sunday morning services due to bad roads. Children’s Day program in evening well attended with a good offering. E P Spurlock, pastor.
An ice cream social was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Free on Sunday June 26 for Mr Free's birthday. About 111 attendees enjoyed music by a string band and mingled with friends and relatives listed, including J T VanDorin family, VanDorin cousins, and several local residents.
The annual class reunion will be held at Centerville State Park on Sunday July 10 1938 Leis Day secretary.
This week’s softball slate moves to Thursday due to a Band Benefit. Lockman and Moulton play Moravia first and Lockman second. Fourth of July mixed games feature Har-Macs of Ottumwa Monday. Moravia strong, Moravia 3-1-0 in recent games. Scattersburg beat Moravia seconds 12-1. Rosters list Mystic Seafinger, Moravia, Scattersburg, and Main Station players across multiple positions.
The Iowa Hawkeye Boys State camp featured boys directing the government with counselors as guides. Camp director Jorden L. Larson, Ames schools superintendent, views the experiment as a realization of Learning By Doing and plans for future camps.
The Hustlers 4-H club met at Mary Argo’s home on a Friday evening in June. Glee Callen presided as secretary Josephine McDonald read last meeting’s minutes. Members gave talks on Courtesy When Traveling and What To Look For When Buying Farm Goods, plus a Stocks and How To Make Them demonstration. Glee reviewed the Ames Mo 4-H convention.
The gathering closes after cake and coolade. Members present include Lois Argo, Margaret Burton, Josephine McDonald, Roberta Main, Betty Luse, Glée Callen, Doris Bell, Rose mary Main, Ardis Callen, Mary Argo, and Mrs. O. A. Burton. Visitors listed as Reba Callen.
The menu lists fried chicken with gravy, rotatees, turnips, greens, peas, onions, apple sauce, butter, jelly, tea, cream, and cake. Coffee and tea are offered, completing a traditional meal.
Ed Firkins reports from Midway Island as his ship unloads building supplies for a seaplane base and Pan American presence. He notes shark fishing, Goonega birds, and close film shots of ships and wildlife, while detailing a temporary illness and plans to return to Hawaii. The post highlights isolation, work opportunities, and Midway’s governance under Honolulu.
The thirty first birthday of Rusell Davis prompted a Tisue reunion at Knoxville Park. Mrs O G Davis led relatives to a day of fellowship with 45 attendees bringing baskets. The group enjoyed a bountiful dinner and ice tea as family members from Hartford and nearby areas joined the gathering.
Freeman Johnson seeks corn by truck load or crib and offers postshedge corner posts line posts braces oak and hickory pole and black wood by truck load. Gardner Hatchery advertises baby chicks feeders remedies with phone 137. Gollaher lists asphalt roofing shingles with estimates. Hulier Lockman sells good milk cows and fence paste with phone 2814. Aaron Campbell & Son offers yearling ewe and lambs northwest of Unignville. Brochar Barber Shop lists a good used cooler and Crosley radio.
O. T. Foglesong, Mason and Avon shoe factory representative, spent a day in Chicago visiting a large dispenser of shoes. He learned that many wear shoes too short, causing corns and foot ailments, and he adopted the Ritz Rule for precise foot length measurement to improve fit and comfort.
A post-nuptial miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt was held at the home of her parents east of Moravia on Tuesday evening. About ninety attendees enjoyed music and socializing. the couple received many useful gifts and refreshments included eighteen freezers of ice cream and cake. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt, and numerous local residents and relatives.
Notice lists Family Altar Broadcast times on weekday mornings at 6 30 and Sunday 7 30 over WMT KRNT and KMA. Rev Charles E Fuller conducts revival hour Sundays at 9 30 over WMT Waterloo. Oatie Whicker was in Albis Monday afternoon.
Weekend visits and social calls fill Ottumwa area homes as Brompton Clifton Boardman stays with the M. E. Boardman family. Ottumwa residents and relatives from Centerville Albia and St. Louis mingle at Ed Robinson, M. E. Boardman, and Billings households.
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