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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1937
Page
5
CaVACHES Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning service at 11. Junior C E at 2 30 p m. No evening services due to baccalaureate. Thursday afternoon prayer meeting at 1 30 for Ascension day of prayer. Thursday evening prayer meeting at 7 30. Mother daughter meeting Monday evening May 17 at the church. F S SCOTT pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Moravia holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League meets at 7 p.m. Wesley Chapel offers 9:30 a.m. worship and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School. Next Sunday will feature a Mother’s Day message with special music. There will be no Moravia church evening service due to a baccalaureate at the high school gym. Pastor CHAS L ELLIS.
Morning worship and Sunday School times are listed for Iconium Circuit Fairview and Filton with superintendents Pearl Hiner Ralph Spencer and Wayne Thompson. Epworth League gathers in the evening while a parsonage contact for Tconium is noted with Pastor J. W. Stine.
Miss Helen McCrory ended a successful term at Gray's Creek School with a basket dinner and program last Friday April 30. The event celebrated students and staff with a concluding program and refreshments.
Fifty two patrons and pupils attended a program of recitations dialogues and songs. Afterward the teacher awarded Bible verse prizes to Klasina DeJong Hendrika DeJong Dale and Arlene Stewart Floyd DeWitt and Billy Spaur and attendance prizes to Dale and Arlene Stewart. Fourteen pupils received keepsakes and Miss McCrory will teach next term.
Funeral services for Rev Neal Johnson 64 were held Monday afternoon at Mitchell Methodist church. He died after a paralytic stroke at Methodist hospital Scottsbluff. Johnson served 35 years in the ministry, with 28 in western Nebraska, and held pastorates at multiple towns including Callaway McCook Chester Lyons Curtis Wahoo Alliance Crawford Chadron and Mitchell. He was a World War I era veteran and active in the Northwest Nebraska Conference. Surviving are his widow Emma and a daughter in California and a son in Evanston Illinois, plus two brothers.
Local residents and visitors shared a busy week with numerous calls in Centerville Albia and Oskaloosa. Notables included Rev Chas Ellis, C T Foglesong, and several families from Moravia, Centerville, and Bussey visiting relatives and attending events. Maria Elaine Glick born in Cucamonga California announced. Carl McCrory visiting Ottumwa while recuperating from pink eye. many plans for church and school activities noted.
The piece notes three sisters Vilikea Ta Meri Johnson from Moravia Ta and Waterluy ka and their relatives Mrs F M Bustlack Onawha Mrs Lew Golisher Moravie Ta and Mrs C O Wolf Waterluy ka. Pastor Forrest Joh fetes will take his place for the remainder of the conferences and deliver the sermon on Sunday May 2.
Announcement of the birth of a son, John Alvin, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baker at Ottumwa hospital with Mrs. Baker formerly Dorothy Rhee. First great grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hudgens of Moravia. Visitors from Phoenix expected. Grays Creek school basket dinner attendees listed. funeral of Doyle Luse attended by region residents. 20th Century club Mothers Day meeting hosted by Mrs. J. H. Schreiner with out of town guests and committee members named.
The Kensington Circle and their husbands held their annual May breakfast last Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Pabst’s home. Guests were seated at a long dining table adorned with cut flowers as a three course breakfast was served by committee members Mesdames Pabst, Selby, and Johnson.
Moravia Epworth League presents two one act comedies at M E Church Saturday evening May 16. The features include Henry's Mail-Order Wife and Down at Zeb's Store with laughs galore. Proceeds fund delegates to the Pioneer Institute June 7 to 12.
Mrs. C. C. Smith enjoyed a surprise birthday last Sunday organized by her sisters. Present were Cyrus Hall, Vernon Anderton, Gail Hinton and daughters Vivian Ruth Mary Alice of Albia, C. C. Long and Samuel, Frank Wilson and sons.
Boyer Ridge residents and neighbors engage in weekend visits with relatives in Des Moines Pier son Webb and Centerville areas. Descriptions include multiple calls on neighbors and family homes as wet weather slows farm work and local church activities.
A school and home day was observed at Foster school on Thursday April 29 with about fifty people attending. Patrons families and visitors shared a cooperative noon dinner. Work completed during the year was shown. After dinner the audience joined in singing America and the pledge. A science demonstration in lower grades and color banded promotions followed. The day ended with songs and the school yell. Mrs Tillmont to teach next year. Chance Savely was briefly examined at Iowa City hospital after an earlier auto accident with Mrs Savely accompanying.
Hazel College student Doyie Luse died at his home Thursday morning. He is survived by his wife and one son and daughter, his parents, and other relatives. A series of local visitors and callers followed, with several families noted as spending time at nearby homes and attending the funeral of Doyle Suge.
Main Station notes community sympathy for the bereaved Doyle Luse family. Attendance at the funeral on Saturday is reported. Several local residents visited families and shared in birthday celebrations and calls at various homes over the weekend.
Local social mentions include Udell Route 1 visits by Earl and Mrs Foster, Irish Rumleys, Moffatts, Clancys, Hiatts, Ramsey and others. Bonnie Lee Rumley recovering from whooping cough, Billy Clancy back at school after illness, and April 5 birthday visit at Sey mour. Watches history notes on early clocks.
Moravia lost to Rathbun 8 to 4 in the first round of the Appanoose county tournament at Rathbun after scheduling changes due to wet grounds. Errors fueled Rathbun’s three late runs in the sixth as Moravia scored in that inning but could not overcome the deficit.
Pleasant Grove residents hosted and attended social events last week. Edith Brinkley hosted the So and Sew club on May 6 and a surprise for Mrs. Ella Funkhouser occurred. Visits included Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and sons at John Johnson home, Vereal Robb with Mrs. Paxston, and families in Mora, Centerville, and Albia. Harry Woodward temporarily handled mail duties.
A Monday evening shower at the C S Callen home honored Miss Mintia Callen, bride to be of Frank Shoemaker of DeWitt Iowa. The event featured musical numbers and a mock wedding by children, with many gifts and homemade candy served.
W E Hiatt seeks plowing and discing work. Yellow seed corn 3¢ per ear or $3.00 per bushel shelled. Walter Gideon offers Moravia seed corn 3 for sale. J T VanDorin lists Calico seed corn 2.50 per bushel. K P Coffin offers lawnmower sharpening and sale of secondhand mowers. John Campbell rents pasture and barn. Mrs G L Golla offers tomato and sweet potato plants. Lee Tadlock advertises pasture rental near Weatherly farm. Lloyd Brown offers three English Shepherd male pups.
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