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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
6
A flurry of social visits fills the area as Hiatt hosts relatives in town and many families from Ottumwa Centerville Des Moines and Knoxville gather for dinners and extended family visits. Weekend church guest Rev. Hahn from Correctionville preaches. Several residents travel to visit kin in Perry Day ton and Chicago.
Mrs. Birdie Main visits Goodyear aunt illness news from Mrs. George Johnson at Goodyear hospital. Various town folks attend meetings and socials including Twentieth Century Reading club, county American Legion events, and family visits across Moravia Albia Centerville and Moulton with exchanges of spring flowers and meals at home.
Blue Front Mrs. John Van Zante and guests attended the So and Sew club party at Trenton Wilsons last Tuesday. Reports describe gatherings with Carl Van Zante, the Mahaska hospital visit to Mrs. D. A. Van Zante, hospital calls, and trips by auto to Kansas and Cambridge. Emily Post’s charm column promotes The Woman of Charm in The American Weekly with Chicago Herald American insert.
Franklin By Mrs John Moffatt and others report visits and gatherings around Ottumwa Centerville and Albia. Listings mention families such as Argo Haver McFatridge Whitehead Stansberry and Scott with multiple calls and dinners across the week including centerville and Cushings.
Mrs. Nellie Haines spent Sunday at the Hal Lemaster home in Centerville. Mrs. Leta Stevens is visiting the Olive Moffatt home. Billy Cox called at the Olive Moffatt home Sunday forenoon.
In the District Court of Iowa Appanoose County No 7323 probate In the Estate of Stella Main Carter Deceased. Loyd N. Carter Administrator has filed a final report and applied for approval and discharge. Hearing set for April 20 1949 at Centerville Iowa to allow interested parties to show cause why the report should not be approved. George A. Milani Attorney M G Luse Clerk District Court Loyd N. Carter Administrator.
District Court in Appanoose County Iowa notes a March 23 1949 filing of a document purporting to be the last will of Jessie P Davis Tate deceased. A final proof and probate hearing was set for April 18 1949 at 10 00 am to determine validity and appointment of executors.
The testament of Jeagle P Davis and related probate action are set before the District Court clerk. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated March 28 1949. M G LUSE Clerk of the District Court. 12-12
Mrs. Gerald Burton Miller and family circulated visits with Logan Strunk and Lester Strunk households. Irregular social calls included Miller, Gibbs at St Joseph hospital, Wilsons at Floyd Wood home, McDonoughs with Ralph and Teddy, Tadlock with Floyd Wood, Dixson at Claude Paris, and Aunt Bertha Miller with a cold. Gardening tasks and yard work appear as common topics.
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