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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
4
CuureneS Sunday School at 10 a.m. morning service at 11 o'clock junior C E at 2 30 p m senior C E at 7 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7. SCOTT pastor.
Morning worship at 9 a m and Sunday School at 9 45 a m at Fairview. Hilton Teonium holds morning worship at 11 a m. If weather and roads permit the evening service will be at 7 30 p m. J W Stine pastor.
Church of Christ announces Bible School at 10 a.m. Communion at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. March 17 program elsewhere in the Union. Everyone invited. March 19 at 7:80 p.m. egg roast and social time follows. pastor W. J. Hastie.
The Moravia Methodist Episcopal and Wesley Chapel hold Sunday services and a Friday night get together with a cooperative supper. Dr C Merritt LaGrone of Centerville will lecture with pictures. Meetings run from March 2 with Rev W Kocher assisting, inviting all to attend without charge. CHAS L Ellis pastor invites the public.
The Church of Christ Bible School continues weekly gatherings in the Turner building with morning Bible study and communion at ten o clock and evening preaching at 7 30. Thursday evening includes song service Bible study and prayer meeting. Attendance is encouraging and the group invites seekers of salvation. They emphasize Bible learning and unity with no compromise with wrongdoing.
A church statement asserts continued ministry under Pastor W G Lagle affirming commitment to Christ and adherence to biblical guiding principles. The message emphasizes steadfast service now and in the future within the church community.
Dr. C. T. Slavin of Moravia attends an eight part refresher medical course at the Masonic Temple in Centerville each Wednesday from 5 20 to 8 30 p m. The program lists topics and speakers from March 10 to April 21 in nutrition infant care serology urinary diseases contraception pregnancy obstetric bleeding and abortion among others. Dr Slavin will be away from his office 4 to 9 p m each Wednesday during the lectures.
Mrs John Donahoo Zigler of Davis County Iowa died February 2 1937 at the home of her daughter Letha Blumer at age 83 years 6 months 12 days She was married to John Donahoo December 11 1872 He preceded her in death 14 years ago Surviving are two daughters Letha Blumer and Cora Coop a son who died in infancy two grandchildren Albert and Carl Coop and two great grandchildren Lois and Leslie Cop Funeral services were held February 4 at Urbana Center Church conducted by Rev John Hunt Burial followed in the Esinger cemetery
The Farm Bureau ladies of Taylor Chariton and Union townships gathered at H. E. Watts home in Moravia for a training school. Miss Erma Garner of Ames taught a session on Pillows and Table Covers and plans for Achievement Day on March 24 at Centreville were discussed.
Centerville and Moravia residents are listed visiting relatives, attending events, or seeking medical care in Des Moines and Ottumwa. Names include Swaim Brain Woodcock Broshar Coulson Freeman Ellis Reich Kingery Rogers Wyland Pennington Cobbler Petznick Schreiner Scott, Dille, Cameron, Boles, Faust, Wakefield and others as travels, hospital, Mayo Clinic, and family visits are noted.
Dale Caris organized the Moravia school band while at Moravia high school and remains interested in its progress after moving to Albia. Mrs. A O Main and daughter Marie Rose visited Indianola with Simpson College students Deloris and Harriett Lee Main amid a scarlet fever outbreak in Lorraine Hall. Chas Coffin hosted relatives honoring son-in-law and daughter Garland Houser, with Estel Houser, Paul Houser, Cliff Staley, Earl Howser, Carl Coffin, Paul Coffin, and Shirley Coffin among attendees from Moulton Centerville and Des Moines.
Shirley LaRue Coffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coffin, suffered a badly bruised thumb when caught in the wringer of an electric washing machine Monday morning at the grandparents home, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Coffin. Friends Help N. G. Wilson Celebrate Eightieth Birthday Moravia relatives gathered March 3 to honor N. G. Wilson’s 80th birthday with a cooperative dinner and visits from distant children.
Entertained Seniors Mr and Mrs C A Turner in Moravia at a rock party Friday evening in honor of Dorothy Marie Ellison s sixteenth birthday anniversary. Miss Gail Sherrard sponsor and Mrs Roy Ellison were also guests.
The Moravia Greyhounds fell to Eddyville in round two of the SE tournament at Albia last Friday 87 to 17. Eddyville later challenged Albia in the final game for tournament honors in Clay County. Box score shows Eddyville players Richards Crosson French R Simmons Evans Burnham Dolesh Harding E Simmons and Moravia players Wilcox Main Blackman with limited scoring. a For Sale ad for an Emerson 14 inch gang plow appears in column.
Classified notices show two grey mares for sale or trade, wheat for sale, and multiple help wanted lines from Sherman Nursery Co seeking solicitors and drivers. Also rental ad, big hickory nuts and Timothy seed for sale, notes on local residents returning from California, and farming work offered nearby with a Moravia location reference.
Local social notices report visits and calls among Udell residents including Mrs Donald Sanders and Dorothy McMann. Mentions of family news, hospital appendectomy for Dorothy, and sympathy for Sam Kingery's passing. Various residents like Donar Sanders, Harry Rumley, Calvin Laverne, and Will Moffitt are listed with Sunday or Monday visits and calls.
Hazel College Henry Sytsma was a dinner guest Sunday at the Grant Lincox home. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Caster and sons Darrel and Lloyd. Laurence Johnson from the C. C. C. camp spent Saturday and Sunday at the parental Ed Johnson. Harve McCumber and wife left Saturday for Colorado after spending a week at the Rollie Carter Zell Wilson and family spent Sunday at the Eph Wilson home. Billy Spencer spent Sunday at the Ed Johnson home, Mr. and Mrs. Zell Wilson spent Tuesday afternoon at the Grant Sincox home, E. G. Sincox and wife were callers at the Grant Lincox home Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Zell Wilson and E. C. Easter and son were shoppers in Moravia Saturday.
Rare Asiatic buffaloes once roamed India's wooded hills in herds but have declined. They are large, fleet, with curved horns and humps, and make three calls: a bellow, a low moo, and a whistling snort.
The Spanish settlement of St Augustine, Florida, was the first Catholic foundation in what is now the United States. Missionary visits began about 1512, and in 1521 church services were held by Spanish monks in temporary buildings.
Kinser Valley notes show grandma Darby hosting with Mrs J H Davis and Ralph Spencer at grandma Darbys. Zell Wilsons visit Eph Wilson home while John Wasko family relocates near Albia and Feltons move from Smith farm. Wyoming origins noted. 27 years away. Spring arrives with groundhogs spotted. frogs heard.
Mrs. Cummins was honored with a cooperative luncheon and handkerchief shower hosted by Mrs. F W Blumenstock and Mrs. J B Dille at the Blumensteck home last Friday at 4. Easter basket of handkerchiefs was given by Joan Dille. Mrs. Cummins read "Crossing the Bar" and guests played Monopoly, rock and dominoes.
The Moravia nursery school mothers met last Wednesday to discuss Cupboards for Neatness and the benefits of giving children a personal place for their toys. The session included display of clays and drawings by the children, with ideas inspired by the youngsters. Mrs. Hazel Schaus, state supervisor of Emergency Nursery Schools and Parent Education, visited the school.
Fragmentary note records someone’s day presence at a group meeting with unclear context and missing names or dates. The readable portion shows a person attending the session and being present, but details are not specified.
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