28 Mar 1946
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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
1
Observations note a ewe giving birth to an eight-legged lamb with two bodies and one head that lived minutes before dying. a surviving twin aged well. A playful April Fools reference mirrors a General Motors faux headline. A large parsnip displays at The Union Office.
Community column lists subscriptions paid for The Union and numerous visits and calls across Moravia Centerville and Albia. Residents like M. M. Darby Ned McCauley Cyril McDanil Mrs C D DuVall and many others are noted with daily social calls, farm bureau meetings, and visits to homes and farms. Death of Mrs. Ben Derby is mourned with sympathy extended.
A diary style note blends cake making and writing chores with domestic chores and kitchen heat. The author comically contrasts frosting mishaps with drafting copy and lists a homey recipe for an eight inch cake and frosting. A census line concludes with farm animal counts: 27 pigs 114 lambs 6 calves.
Mrs George Hammond hosts and visits fill a Pleasant Hill Sunday with family and friends. Gilbert Callen home hosts a weekend gathering of Callen and Clark families plus Roy Sheldon and Esther Murphy recovering from illness. Frances Snook led Clover Leaf Club for March with an embroidering project and a cooperative dinner. next meeting set for April 3 with Flo Frama.
Attendance at Sunday School and church was 26. Family visits and social calls fill the week in Main Station with numerous Gladfelder kin and friends dropping by homes and sharing Sunday afternoon hospitality. Local meetings and farm bureau events are noted along with several weekend visits to Moravia Des Moines and Centerville.
A welcome gift accompanies a subscription to the Morsvia Union. The offer highlights exclusive access to services and supporter benefits for new subscribers, aiming to boost membership and early adoption among readers.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Davison called at Forest Moffitt on Saturday evening. Earnie McGuire and children visited Virsil Kaster on Sunday. Averill Kaster was in Iowa City for a checkup Thursday through Saturday. Kenneth O Connor and children spent Sunday at Bob Moffitt s. Averill Easter and family visited Clifforn Pfannebecker Saturday. children at Carl Boyer s Thursday evening. Olin Foster visited sister Mrs Russell Burns. it was her birthday. Mrs Foster visited hospital to see Mrs Waston Saturday. Harold Hawk Lois, Ralph Hope with children, and James Easter Verl spent Sunday evening at Virsil Easter s home. Kenneth O Connor and children spent Friday at John Phillip s. Ralph Dwight and Junior Mericle spent Sunday afternoon at Olin Poster s.
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