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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
2
An Enon page notes a week of social visits among local families. Mr and Mrs Fred VanDorin host and visit relatives including J T VanDorin and others. Des Moines trip for a Farm Bureau meeting is listed, plus Bible school program attendance and multiple calls at Faber and Walter residences.
West Point society notes show Mr and Mrs Leo Hoffman hosting guests while others visiting relatives and friends in Albia Cincinnati and Des Moines. Evelyn Callen and Gene McCrory wed at Albia Church of Christ with a reception at the Dewey Lalk home and congratulations to Edward Haver and a Moravia wedding couple.
Mrs Theo Miller Coulson and Mr Frank Shoemaker hosted ice cream and supper with Elsie Lillie and Sylvia. Vess Hiatt and Josie Chorjity visited the Miller home. Curtis Mikels joined a Lake Wapello trip with Tabernacle youths. Various neighbors dropped in, shopped, rode, and dined with local families including Hiatt, O Conner, Burns, McDanell, Miller, and Callen. A Taylor Toilers tour and a Lake Wapello picnic were noted.
Maple Grove community diary records Sunday gatherings at Bud Walter and Bud McDanel homes. Mentions include visits by Tadlock family, Shull, Daytons, Janie Albertson bridal shower, picnics at Moravia park, and other local social visits across Tadlock and McDanel households during a week.
Rowena Cox spent Wednesday evening to Friday with Curtis Tomlin. Nile Cox was there Wednesday. Nelson Ballanger family spent Friday at Bud McDanet’s. Bill Wilson family visited Delbert Love’s Monday. Richard Tubaugh and family were Sunday dinner guests at Basil Tadlock’s. Curtis Tomlin and children visited Rex Tise’s in Waterloo Sunday. Bobby stayed two extra weeks. Dale Derby family Sunday evening at Gabe Johnson’s. Bud McDanel visited Lyndon McDanel Sunday morning. Girls visited Sylvan VanDorin Thursday. Bernard Hayes dinner guests included Jim and Jack Hayes families, Lester Proctor and son, Zula and Cynthia Taylor. Don Rhee family attended basket dinner at New Hope for the Taylor Toilers, then toured in afternoon. Denise Illingworth weekend at Basil Tadlock’s.
Mrs Virginia McDanel notes many local families visiting and helping, with Ada Daniels hospitalized after a hip fracture. Rev Archie Middleton conducts revival services in Centerville as Donald Lora Hiatt return from Blakesburg, and various Hiatt McDanel families host, visit, or attend showers and church events across the area.
Community notes show numerous visits and social events including mumps illness of Max McAninch, sympathy for the Miller family, attendance at a funeral, and various callers at the Dell Hellyer and Calhoun homes. Ruby Whitehead and Ruby’s Phoenix, Arizona connection appear among weekend visits and family gatherings. Several residents attend church activities and celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary with relatives and friends in attendance.
Ronald Lee VanZante attended the 4-H course at Ames. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Kehrberg and boys were in Ottumwa Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jones were in Albia Friday. Circle met with Eva VanZante Thursday. The 4-H tour was attended by the VanZante families and friends. Robert Shequist helped his father fill silo Saturday. Ralph Shelquist lost his riding horse after an accident Wednesday afternoon. The horse had to be killed. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jones and Mr. and Mrs. John VanZante were Sunday dinner guests at the Frank Swarm home. James Murdy is visiting his grandparents this week.
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