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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1935
Page
5
A southern Iowa town discusses a school board candidate statement praising WPA and CWA jobs and condemning dole, alongside social notes from The West Point Bee, wedding imagery, local humor, and Will Rogers quotes. The clippings mix political sentiment with light community items and regional humor from Mo ravia.
The Till monte and Whittons, former Moravia residents, announce engagements for Miss Mary Schumacher of Des Moines to Joseph Timon of Des Moines, with a near future wedding. Eunice Whitton to L B Mudd of Newton Iowa set for early summer. Dwight Hiatt and daughter Connie visited Veaa H Hiatt in Oskaloosa over the weekend.
Due to poor road conditions the Union reports a backlog of letters arriving too late to be used. Readers are asked to mail correspondence so it reaches Moravia by Tuesday afternoon.
Moravia's uptown streets attract attention as workers rebuild streets for better drainage. The project details and full extent are not yet clear, but changes to the grade are underway to improve surface flow and longevity.
A claimant disputes a deficiency judgment arising from a foreclosure on Geo. McCumberland, once owned by Geo. Wegen of Des Moines. He contends the Deficiency Judgment law changed, allegedly setting such obligations aside, and requests notice and a chance to satisfy before sale publication.
Mr and Mrs Jasper Coffin were business visitors in Albia on Monday afternoon. The readable text mentions a Friday dinner with baked beans hot biscuits pie coffee and mashed potatoes as part of a meal.
Moravia Greyhounds led 6-0 early but tired in the final five minutes as Mystic surged to a 38 to 17 victory in the first round at Albia. Burton scored 12 points in his Moravia finale, Reich starred in his last Moravia game, Easter anchored the defense.
Mr and Mrs F M McLaughlin longtime Albig residents celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They were married in Schaller in 1885 and moved to Albia in 1910. He runs Albia Granite Co. and all three children plus grandchildren are noted for church involvement. Celebration included a Sunday gathering in Dallas Center.
The Moravia M E church hosted the play Prisoner at the Bar on Monday evening. Local cast members performed to a large audience with assistance from Homer Coppock of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League who helped stage the production.
The Moravia Public School band plans a Community Building concert next Saturday at 2 PM if weather is favorable. Last Saturday’s event was canceled due to disagreeable conditions.
Mrs. G. W. Carpenter died about one o clock Wednesday morning at her Moravia home. Frank Swaim took the body to Des Moines for cremation per her request. She left two sons, William and Earl, and had moved to Moravia from Kansas last fall. She was about 85 years old. A full obituary will follow.
Beulah Bishop has received notice of admission to Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin Ohio for the September 1935 term to study voice and piano. The school is noted as national and international renowned with selective admission based on four years of high school work and a minimum B average.
Regular night school meeting is set for Wednesday March 20 with a feature program of motion pictures from the Portland Cement Association. W M Alvin, field engineer, will attend and discuss Uses of Concretes on the Farm. The event is open to all interested attendees.
A Moravia Public School PTA meeting is set for Thursday March 14 at 7 30 p m in the school gym. The program includes a playlet The Prologue Andrew Jackson a School Board member played by Kenneth Barghehn with Ellen Jackson Ernes tine Stauber and family in scenes from the Jackson home and street. The evening features music readings and a violin quartet performed by local grade pupils and a group tune A Little Old Town Like This. Everyone is invited with special invitation to the fathers and to all interested in the school.
Mrs. Mary Burchett of Seymour led a school of instruction for the local Order of the Eastern Star chapter on Tuesday afternoon and evening. She praised the Moravia Chapter officers, initiated members, and introduced distinguished guests. Refreshments followed, with music by Miss Marjorie Frey and Harriett Lee Main during service.
Misa Anne Heely of Englewood New Jersey wed John W Fulton of New York City at noon on February 23 1935 in Providence Rhode Island. The Rev Robert Meader officiated in the bride and groom’s presence with friends from New York New Jersey Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts. The couple resides at 23 Grove Street New York City. Fulton works at General Electric laboratories Hoboken.
J E Sharp a hardware dealer in Centerville is named as the Citizens ticket mayoral candidate for the March 25 election. A former Moravia resident his candidacy is expected to boost local interest in the county seat city race. Dale Schreiner and Jake Day ate over from Ottumwa for the weekend.
Ed Firkins, son of Mora residents, began a new Navy enlistment on March 12 after 18 years of service. He will be 36 this August and is eligible to retire on pay. An electrical engineer by trade, he has spent much time in the submarine service and now serves on shore duty in San Diego California.
Des Moines March 11 a special legislative report notes the Iowa General Assembly runs half complete with many bills filed and talk of a fall special session. Liquor committee hires Denison lawyer Page as advisor with $10,000 for probes amid talk of removing Leslie Francis as attorney. House passes salary cut bill 74 to 83 after lengthy debate.
M. H. Johnson and H. G. Firkins were elected to three year terms on the Moravia Independent School District board. Johnson, current president, wins another term while Firkins takes the seat vacated by Forrest Main. The Monday election drew 189 voters with one spoiled ballot. Vote totals listed show Johnson 112, Firkins 107, Beery 106, Brain 16. The board’s annual reorganizational meeting is set for next Monday.
Moravia residents burst into excitement after reports of gold in the diggings along main street during the annual Moravia Independent School District meeting. Laborers and FERA crews worked the area, uncovering pennies and a $5 gold piece from 1887 near the post office as locals recalled past finds and new shovels were issued.
A March 2 wedding at Epworth Methodist parsonage Fort Dodge Iowa united Ruth Coon daughter of Hartford with Claude McDanel son of Centerville. The ceremony at seven was by Rev Arthur Peterson with the groom’s sister and brother in law Mrs Walter Messner in attendance. The bride wore navy blue and roses and the couple plan to settle near Hartford Iowa.
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