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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1957
Page
6
Rev and Mrs Lynn King joined pastors at a Seymour church workshop led by DxH Thompson district superintendent. Community notices report hospital visits, weddings, funerals and local society events across Albia and surrounding towns with multiple families hosting guests and attending services.
West Point community activity shows numerous calls and visits. Leo Hoffman and Hugh McFatridge families socialized at multiple homes while neighbors like Roscoe Argo and Lloyd Callen hosted guests. Audrey Callen traveled to Ottumwa with companions and farm work was shared among Callen, Calen, and related households.
A string of social visits fills the week from Monday to Sunday as families and friends visit homes, celebrate birthdays, and welcome new neighbors. Roy Argo and others attend dinners, while Mr and Mrs Gilbert Callen host groups and Vera Moore receives guests. A death news note and local church events mark the week’s end.
Social notes list visits among Van Zante families and friends including Mrs Elsie Martin in Albia and Ralph Shelquist at Davis County hospital. Sunday gatherings feature John Van Zante and cousins from Pella Eddyville Moravia and Albia. Moravia Union office stocks 50 triplicate trucker receipt books.
Neighborhood residents gathered for birthdays and suppers. Guests included Goulsen Argo and family, the Shoemakers, the Roblenzs, and the Andersons. Curtis Mikels ushered at a wedding in Omaha, while Gerold Mikels was honored with a birthday surprise by neighbors.
Tuesday afternoon with Janiece Tubaugh. Mrs Nellie Williams spent Friday with her son Raymond and family in Centerville. Mr and Mrs John Kelly called at the Wilbur Miller home Friday evening. Thursday dinner guests at the Cecil Comstock home were Jim Hershberger, Mrs Erma McNeal, Butch and Delma Jean of Albia. Miss Eteador Miller of Moravitt spent the weekend at the Wilbur Miller home. Mr and Mrs Raymond Williams and children of Centerville were Sunday guests of Mrs Nellie Williams. Mr and Mrs Chas Andrews spent Monday evening with Mrs Venetah Tubaugh and Janiece, Dixie Rae Tubaugh spent the night with them. Mr and Mrs Russell Strunk and family of Marshalltown called on Mrs Strunk Sunday. afternoon, Barbara and Janice Coltran.
Miller and Mra Wilbur Miller led a line of visitors in Albia calling on Mrs Doris Hershberger and her baby at Smith hospital Friday evening. Charles Andrews visited Seymour Saturday and stopped to see Mr and Mrs L M Andrews. Nellie Williams and Wilbur Miller attended the Twentieth Century club in Moravia. Mrs Cecil Tadlock Lorene Tubaugh and Donna Rae visited the Andrews home Monday evening. Laura Strunk Barbara spent time with Reo Bryants near Seymour. Jim Hershberger and baby James were released from hospital Sunday and went to Mrs Cora Means near Melrose for several days. Mrs Albert Tubaugh and Drew-
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