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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1941
Page
2
A series of weekend and Sunday visits are noted across town. Brompton and Elledge families joined by the Groo fe Raster grouping, plus visits to the Peterson and Boardman homes. osrae mune end, and Erma Johnson recovers well after appendicitis surgery at Miners hospital Albia.
Mr and Mrs Horton Potts spent Sunday at Joe Martin home. Centerville callers include Jess Gladfelder, Lloyd Brown, Dell Hellyer and families, and several others. Wanda Measles and mumps noted for Jean Long and Donald Nash. Details recount visits to Hamilton, Perry, Nash, Teater, Van Zante, and Williams households with multiple family gatherings and local remodeling updates.
West Point residents and neighboring families gathered for weekend visits and celebrations. Helen Davis visited grandparents, while many others spent Sunday at relatives’ homes including the Davis, Steffin, Hangerman, Albertson, Gardner, Hackett, Perry, and Brees households. Multiple relatives from Albia Ottumwa Bloomfield Iconium Centerville and Centerville area joined Carl Derby for a birthday.
Main Station Attendance at Sunday School and church was 49. A list of residents visiting friends and family includes Mr and Mrs Frank Houser and family Gene Main Virgil Broshar and Mrs Birdie Main and sons Clell Sheldon and family Gerald Hawk at Lloyd McDanes home Carl Boyer and wife Wednesday evening at Paul Boyer home Trenton Gladfelder and Belle Whicker at funeral in Oskaloosa Gladfelder and Clyde with Darline at Guy McKern’s Friday Cyril McDanel and family at Lige McDanel Sunday afternoon Lloyd McDanel at Lynn Hilton Friday evening Carl Tomlin at J P Foster Saturday evening Frank Gladfelder and sons at Keith Gladfelder Sunday Arch McKern spent the week-
Enon Pauline Townsend spent Wednesday night with Hilda Whisler. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Walter and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Walter visited Bud Walter and family. Those visiting Mrs. Dallas Faber Friday afternoon while the men sawed wood included Mrs. J. T. Van Dorin, Mrs. Clara Selby, Mrs. J. C. Lockman, Mrs. R. S. Faber, Marjorie and Cleo Van Dorin. J. L. Jones stayed Saturday night with Kenneth Free. Janelle and Larry Reid have the measles. Keith Roberts and family of New Sharon visited the Guy Roberts home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Free and Dale visited sister Mrs. Wayne Ammons and family at the Haver Free home in Iconium Sunday. J. T. Van Dorin and Miss Clara Selby called on Merle Walters Sunday afternoon. Betty Hiatt and Hilda Whisler have the mumps. Howard Whisler, Warren and Carolyn visited the Walter Whisler home near Unionville Sunday. Claude Hawk and family spent Sunday afternoon with Curtis Tomlin near Iconium. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Robingon of Ottumwa spent Sunday evening with Howard Whisler. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hawk dined with the Fallowell home in Centerville to honor her father's birthday.
John Sharp and family spent Wednesday evening with Lyle Hopkins. Maxine and Charlotte Scott spent Wednesday night with grandparents. Gabe Johnson went to Des Moines Friday to see a doctor. Lyle Hopkins, Walter Scott and Ted Broshar attended a Centerville meeting Thursday evening. Birthday dinner at Virgil Johnson home honored their daughter. Various families visited Centerville, Albia sales noted. Grant Tadlock hospitalized with speedy recovery wished. Imogene Tadlock home for a few days. Peggy Hopkins visited with Lois Jean Scott. Charles and Mrs Broshar visited Ted Broshar. Dowds, Johnsons, and Scotts connected through calls and visits. Delma and Donald Dowd visited the Broshar boys. John Scott attended the Albia sale Saturday.
Mrs Win Kelsey and Ned Argo families visited Ottumwa relatives. Mrs Dicks remains bedridden while Mrs Clyde Dicks visited Ida Argo. Kerry Beaty and Kathyrn and Carol recover from measles. Sunday school attendance 40 at Methodist and 42 at Christian. Hospital stays and flu illnesses affect several residents.
Clyde and Alfred Hawwell visited Cleo Barnes in Cres ton while Delia McCrory’s home hosted last Sunday gatherings. Dozens of neighbors attended social calls at various homes including Pettibone, Howell, Coffin, and Martin residences with notes of hospital discharge and measles recovery among families in Centerville Ottumwa and Des Moines area.
Shirley Ann and several Rumley family members were in Centerville on Saturday visiting relatives and seeking medical care. Calvin has been ill with mumps yet returned to Moravia High School while LaVerne also resumed classes. others, including Emma, Bonnie Lee, and Harry Rumley, joined in visits to homes in Centerville Unionville and the Jess Walker residence. Calvin Rumley has written nearly three hundred poems and songs to date.
A string of social visits is noted with residents from Albia Moravia and Centerville making calls. Individuals include Mr and Mrs W A Brown Homer Brown Pearl McCrory Eva Brown Lora Mae Besco and others visiting various homes Friday Saturday and Sunday continuing neighborhood social ties.
Iowa health officials report a strong start against smallpox with 19 cases from January through the first week of February, far below 111 cases in the same period in 1940. January totals also drop from previous years, while 1986 January reports six cases, and the year’s total reaches 205. The trend marks the lowest annual totals since earlier years.
Officials note a natural decline in cases partly due to vaccination programs over the past two years but stress that cases persist if people remain unvaccinated. The department urges parents of children born last year to vaccinate before their first birthday to keep infant rates low in Iowa.
Mrs. Orville McFate of Grinnell injured her wrist a week ago thinking it a sprain. After days of pain she learned a bone was cracked.
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