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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
2
The Moravia Union is a second class mail publication at Moravia in Appanoose County Iowa published every Thursday by H. K. and W. T. Smith. The notice references the 1879 act of Congress governing periodicals.
Hiattville and nearby families hosted and visited across Sunday and weekday gatherings. Guests included Loyd and Bethel Carter, Burtons, Hiatts, McDanel, Stark, Coulson, Lemaster, and others. Activities featured quilting, cooperative dinners, and children's visits, with multiple households listed along Moravia and Jerome connections.
Pleasant Grove Se and Sew club met with Mrs Alta Main on March 21st with nine members and one visitor. They planned to order garden plants soon. Hostess and daughter Helen served refreshments. Numerous neighbors hosted and attended social evenings and dinners at various homes. Helen Main to have tonsils removed at St Joseph hospital Wednesday morning.
Main Station Clyde Gladfelders and Willie Mc Danels were at Trenton Tuesday evening. Dave Gladfelder children and families organized a wood sawing effort Monday for them. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gladfelder are improving. Cody Luse is real sick but slowly improving. Grover Kaster and family spent time there.
Local residents including Fairview Howard Proctor and Mildred Proctor are mentioned with visits, calls, and companionship across Moravia Corydon Ottumwa and Centerville. The Fairview Sunday School plans a reorganize event on March 31 with all invited.
Douglas Salem notes Sunday dinner guests at the Lee Walker home include Roy Davison family and Esther Hiatt. Arlene Fenton visited with Margaret Spring. Mrs Daisy Stevens called on Mrs Carl Phillips. Rosa Starks visited the Alva Criddlebaugh home. D. E. White hosted Roy Lowe family and Ferne Wright of Centerville, plus Cecil Cuccaire and Caroline Cuccaire of Bloomfield. Lewis Caylor returned from Centerville near Tom Catherall’s home and is improving in health. W. C. Davis suffered a stroke and died Sunday. burial at Salem, Iowa. Salem Ladies Aid to meet all day Thursday. Declamatory contest results listed. Rev. Fred Cowles to preach Sunday in Salem.
Kinser Valley and Darby families visited at the J W Cohagen home in Blakesburg. Edger Wil and family remain ill. Rollie Carter and Henry Sytama were in Albia overnight. Allen Railaback in Moravia on Saturday. Bill Hoadley of Ottumwa stayed with Sarah Hoadley and Dick Wilson Sunday. Roy Darby family joined relatives Sunday. A heavy hailstorm in the evening shattered 79 windows in Fre niding.
Day supper at the parental George Darby home. Jimmie Van Dorin delivered hay in the Valley Friday. He has completed moving the house he bought from his brother W. H. Van Dorin. Moravia High School Normal Training class will practice teaching at Elmore and Foster schools this week. Donald and Dorothea Darby called in Albia and at Ted McGelvery’s Saturday morning. County relief workers are still near Ed Johnson and Grant Lincox farms. There is talk of grading the road and widening it to the 60 foot limit.
Unionville residents welcome relatives and friends visiting from California, Nebraska, Ottumwa and Bloomfield. The loaf of Sunday gatherings includes Mr and Mrs John Gates, Miss Besae Sawyers, Mrs O A Tweedy hosting Utopian club, O E S event in Bloomfield, and visits by Rev Kermit Crawley and others as community life continues with dinners and gatherings.
Saturday morning at the Charley Runnells home. Mr. and Mrs. George Shehan and son John were in Ottumwa Monday. Max Bush spent Sunday at the Iv. EB. Repp home. Mrs. Wes Scott was a caller at the George Shehan home Tuesday. Coy Swift called on Elmer Kellogg Tuesday evening. George Shehan and family moved to the Ike Turner place Wednesday. Dwight and Doyle Stansberry spent Saturday afternoon at the Herbert Dodge home. George Shehan was a caller at the Wes Scott home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Moffatt spent Sunday at Bert Vosberg. Everett Stansberry was a caller in sconium Tuesday afternoon. Jake Firkins and son Jack were callers at the Argo boys home Tuesday.
Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Argo spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson.
Coulson Ensil Cline spent the weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim Cline. Mr and Mrs Van Lemaster visited at Theo Miller's home. Frank Coulson and Misa Martha were in Centerville Monday. R E Luse and Betty with the Hiltons and Lennie Hilton visited John Stevens Friday evening. J L Coulson and family visited Wendl Coulson near Iconium Sunday. J R Callen Arcia and Dale spent Sunday with J C Callen. Sylvia Callen engaged to teach the Shanghai school near Teonia. Billie Anderson and others also noted.
Wallace Berry appears in The Great Barnum while Roger Pryor headlines Strange Wives in a two feature program. The bill showcases Berry’s performance alongside Pryor’s in a double bill at local theaters.
In Fairfield Francis Miller returned to school Tuesday after a week plus absence due to German measles. A parent-teacher meeting drew a large crowd at the school house Thursday. The Farmer school where Edrie Callen teaches closed due to an epidemic with only three of twenty six students attending.
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