Youth, duty, and town life mix in Moravia column
A Moravia Union page piece reflects on youth responsibility with Roy W. Skaggs verse about what youth will do. It notes local history from Mrs. Mabel Cummins Clark, invites viewing, and laments Moravia streets and upcoming spring dust. The column praises community loyalty to the local paper and hints at church audience attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Moravia
Mabel Cummins Clark
Aurora
Oregon
Main Bros. Market
Dotson
Union Office
Fire destroys old landmark barn near Moravia
Lightning struck the Claude Callen farm six miles southeast of Moravia on Friday evening. Help was too late and the straw-filled barn was consumed by flames. The structure, built about 75 years ago, stood as a local landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Callen
Moravia
German Jews discussed by Rev Emil D Gruen at Moravia church
Rev Emil D Gruen of Philadelphia will speak on the history and persecution of German Jews at Moravia United Brethren Church on Friday evening March 24 at 7 30. A free will offering will be taken at the close of the service.
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Frederick the Great
G.campbell Morgan
R. A. Tooney
J. Wilbur Chaman
Emil D. Gruen
Philadelphia
Penn
American Board of Mission To the
Moravia
Germany
Schedule Of Plays For Appanoose County Stage Festival
The Appanoose County One-Act Play Festival announces Wednesday and Thursday evening performances by Mystic Udell and Moravia on Wednesday and Cincinnati Jerome Moulton Numa on Thursday. Tickets are 1 Be and 25¢ with a two nights for one offer. The event is under the Appanoose County Superintendents Club and predicted to be entertaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose County
Mystic
Mrs. O'Leary
Udell
Moravia
Cincinnati
Jerome
Moulton
Babbitt
Intensive Moravia Musicale Training Ahead of March 22 Event
Moravia schools and music groups plan a large Musicale to be held in the Moravia school auditorium on Wednesday evening March 22. The program features Band, Junior Band, Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Girls and Boys Glee Clubs, Brass, Woodwind, Clarinet and Trumpet groups with soloists and accompanists listed among local participants.
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Grace Argo
Moravian
Little
Moravia
Doris Jean Luge
Ruby Johnson
Edward Brown
Helen Hawilton
Enid Long
Margaret Ward
Rolin Dille
Cleland Jolly
Dorothy Lea Brain
Roy Woodward
Willard Gloved
Vivian
Virginia Gibbons
Max McDonough
Roy Adams
Bob Howard
Rosemary Main
Don Orelup
Dorothy Kenton
Clark Hellyer
Carl R. Hiatt
Carol Jolly
Louise Rouse
Lazelle Williams
Phyllis Zike
Wanda Cridlebaugh
Richard Hudgens
Ruth Gibbons
Mardeena Wilson
Pearl Hiner
Kenneth Gardner
Batty Luse
Velda Brown
Ruth ‘Gibbons
Lois Argo
Mary Ellen Ellison
Marjorie Gordon
Crystal Callen
Virginia Callen
Velma McCrory
Virginia Zike
Bérnadine
Bishop Doris Jean Luse
Dorothy Lee Brain
Duane Verch
Lyle Jones
Donald Jones
Jean Veach
Lela Luse
Margaret Burton
Eugene Main
Maxine Smith
Doris Jean Luse
Halien Traue
Clara Bell McDanel
Josephine McDonald
Dorothy Mae McCrory
Bernadine Bishop
Roberts Main
Mary Horstman
Godyne Luse
Frances Broshar
Lyle
Jones
George McDonald
Junior Martin
Floyd Arnold
Delbert Donahoe
Junior Derby
Doyle Hampton
Duane Veach
Ron Woodward
Otis Stafford
Girls Glee Club
Halien Tisue
Dorothy McCrory
Coretta Cloyed
Roberta Main
Codyne Luse
Wilma Boardman
Boys Glee Club
Mervin Ellison
Eugene Tisue
Eugene Zathan
Tom Zike
Ron
Mrs. Mulvaney Buried In Centerville After Illness
Funeral services were held in Centerville on Tuesday afternoon March 14 at 2:80 oclock for Mrs. Mary Mulvaney 86 who died Sunday at her daughter's home after a two year illness. Rev. Harvey Miller officiated and burial followed in Moravia cemetery. She leaves five children Adair Arha Bush of Des Moines Cora Phipps of Knoxville Eva Belfield of Centerville and John Mulvaney of Oskaloosa Kansas notes of two husbands with first Alex Johns and later Mulvaney after 1918 mark her long Moravia area residence.
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Centerville
Mary Mulvaney
Harvey Miller
Moravia
Mary Dooley Mulvaney
Jonas Adney
Alex Johns
Mulvaney
Adair
Arha Bush
Des Moines
Cora Phipps
Knoxville
Eva Belfield
John Mulvaney
Oskaloosa
Kansas
United Brethren W M A Elects Officers at Regular Meeting
Mrs Margaret Callen was elected president of the United Brethren Women Missionary Auxiliary at a meeting led by Mrs Grace Main. Other officers named include Maude Coffin as vice president and Ruby Dille as secretary. Delegates were chosen for the Toledo Iowa convention. Social hour followed with refreshments as the couple Earl Brain of Hedrick visited H E Watts’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret ‘Callen
United Brethren’ Church
Grace Main
Ministry of Healing
India
Margaret Callen
Maude Coffin
Ruby Dille
Eva Main
Ruth Hopkins
Louise Oehler
Ethel Blackman
Toledo
Iowa
Catie Whicker
Wintry Blasts Follow Rains Bring March Weather
Winter blast from the northwest greeted March after two days of spring warmth. About 12 degrees was recorded early Wednesday as floods receded but Chariton River remained high, flooding creeks and roads. Moody conditions left highways precarious while Iconium-Mystic road washes were reported lost. Warmer, drier weather returned with persistent spring winds easing moisture and improving footing.
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Man
Chariton
Iconium-Mystic
Brother Of Mrs. DuVall Dies At Newtown Missouri
Funeral for Emmett Brown, youngest brother of Mrs. O D DuVall, held in Newtown Missouri after his Friday death from pneumonia with influenza complication. Mrs Brown seriously ill with pneumonia and unable to see her husband for days. brother Joe Brown of Texas attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. DuVall
Madge
Harry DuVall
Newtown
Emmett Brown
Brown
Joe ‘Brown
Texas
Civic Club Get To Gether This Friday Moravia Event
Moravia Community Club plans a Friday get together at the Legion Post Home starting about 7:30 pm. Bert Turner says the evening will be informal with social time to 9, followed by an oyster supper prepared by Chefs Hiatt and Hammond. A short program with musical numbers and a pep talk will cap the night, open to the public and nonmembers.
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Moravia
Legion Post
Bert Turner
Hiatt and
Hammond
Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs John Bickford celebrated
Mr and Mrs John Bickford celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their Moravia home. An open house is planned from 2 to 4 p m with friends invited to call.
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John Bickford
Moravia
Philbys Proud Of Long Married Life
A Centerville couple, Samuel Philby and Mary Foster, marked their 50th anniversary in Brazil Iowa with open house and a 6 pm dinner for 117 guests at the Brazil hall. Their family includes four of five children, 12 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. The celebration featured wedding cakes, a mock wedding, a son’s song, and readings, with friends and neighbors sharing well wishes for many more years.
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Brazil
Samuel Philby
Mary Foster
Tom
Moravia
Brazil Hall
Mary
Mildred Philby
Chicago
Ill
J. A. ‘Wilson
Unionville
Gonzalez
Mystic
Iona Wright
Philby
Mrs Lula Tillmont Receives State Wide Recognition
Mrs Lula Tillmont of Moravia earned state wide recognition through her article This and That In Literature and Art in the March issue of Midland Schools. The Iowa Education magazine has national circulation and is sponsored by the Iowa Education Association. Tillmont has long been regarded as a leading rural teacher and currently teaches at Foster school. The article is printed below.
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Lula R. Tillmont
Moravia
Midland
Iowa Education Magazine For
Iowa
Iowa Education Association
This and That In Literature And Art
The rural teacher should weave literature and art across grades to foster love for reading and pictures without sacrificing the three R's. Present works with historical context during regular lessons, using poems and stories like That Dark Day In Connecticut and The Skeleton in Armor to enrich history topics.
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Connecticut
John Davenport
Aeeyas
Longfellow
Joaquin Miller
Paul Revere
O. E. S. Invited To Attend Albia School
Moravia Chapter O. E. S. members are invited to attend the School of Instruction in Albia on Friday March 17 with an afternoon session at 1 30 and an evening session at 7 30 A dinner at 6 30 is served in the Commercial Club rooms at Soc per plate Reservations to the local secretary Margaret Callen Sec
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Moravia
School of Instruction
Albia
Soc Per Plate
Donahoo Couple to Observe 61st Wedding Anniversary
61st anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Donahoo observed on Monday March 20. Friends are invited to call during the afternoon.
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W. P. Donahoo
Bake Safe Aid Bake Sale at Milo Main’s Store
Bake Safe Attend the U B Aid Bake Sale at Milo Main’s store Saturday March 18 to stock up for Sunday dinner with ready supplies.
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U. B
Milo Main’s
Purchases Freeman Johnson Property Near East Town
Miss Nannie McCrory has purchased the Freeman Johnson property north of the Johnsons current home in the east part of town. She will take possession on the first of June and move there around that time.
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Nannie McCrory
Freeman Johnson
Johnsons
Friday Dinner Menu Sparks Home Kitchen Spread
The menu lists chicken pie gravy mashed potatoes noodles sweet potatoes corn custard Harvard beets biscuits and coffee with pie and salad. A note mentions Mrs. Philby as a sister to Mrs. John Campbell of Moravia and references the couple before departing.
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Harvard
Centerville Welcomes New Abstracting Firm Centerville Abstracting Company
A new abstracting firm, Centerville Abstracting Company, organized in Appanoose County seat Centerville, is incorporated and bonded. Officers are C. W. Howell president, W. B. Hays vice president, Hugh G. Guernsey secretary, and Edward P. Powers treasurer. Guernsey is state senator for Appanoose Davis district. Hays earlier served as Examiner of Titles for H O L C.
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Centerville Abstracting Company
Appanoosea
Centerville
Appanoose County
C. W. Howell
W. B. Hays
Hugh G. Guernsey
Edward P. Powers
Guernsey
Appanoose-Davis
Hays
Light Vote In Moravia Independent School Election
Only 64 votes were cast in the Moravia Independent School District election on Monday. Dr. C. T. Slavin and John D. Veach were named to three year terms as school directors. Veach had 53 votes, Slavin 46, with seven write ins for N. R. Ward who declined nomination after learning of it.
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Moravia Independent
C.T. Slavin
John D. Veach
Veach
Slavin
N. R. Ward
Ward
Istepa
Rathbun Girls Finish District Run to State Meet
Rathbun high school advanced to the state tournament in Class B after dominating at the Marshalltown district event. The Drake Field House hosts the finals this weekend with Rathbun drawing Ute in the first game at 9:80 p.m. Thursday. Centerville, in Class A, fell to Marshalltown after earlier defeating Grinnell and Oskaloosa.
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Rathbun High School
Marshalltown
Drake Fieldhouse
Appajaloose
Ute
Centerville High School
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Maudetta Halden pledged most representative by sorority
Chariton Herald-Patriot reports Maudetta Halden recently pledged by Pi Beta Phi at Simpson college has been named most representative pledge by sorority members. Blakesburg Excelsior notes Gerald Hunter has returned home from St Joseph hospital Ottumwa after extended illness. Otha Taylor moves to a farm near Plano and Dess White gains ownership of the Chas Pabst farm south of Moravia. Albia reports M G Worth, 70, a longtime Albia steam laundry operator, died at his home. funeral at the Methodist church with interment at Oak View cemetery.
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Chariton Herald-Patriot
Maudetta Halden
Pi Beta Phi
Simpson College
Blakesburg
Excelsior
Gerald Hunter
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Hunter
Dess White
Udell
Chas. Pabst Farm
Moravia
Dr. Brummitt
Centerville
Albia
M. G .Worth
Methodist Church
Oak View Cemetery
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Africa
Chile
New York
Pacific
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Blumenstock
Moravia Union
Gruen
McGee
Chas. Goffin
J. W. Halden
Mrs. Callen
U.B. Missionary
Earl Brain of
Hedvick
H. E. Watts
Civic Club
Philbys
M. E
Rathbun
Otha Taylor
Plano
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