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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
5
Vosburgh items record Tuesday visits among Emmett Derby Derby family and friends. gatherings include dinners at Cart Calhouns and Frank Martins, Happy Helpers club embroidery activity, and a May 12 meeting planned with Deloris Cater.
Mrs Anne Hiatt and Mrs Mary Meadows attended the church supper and Fourth Quarterly Conference at Moravia on Wednesday evening. Moravia School Band joined a trip to Fairfield for the state music content with Merton Rose. Multiple local families visited kin and attended gatherings around Moravia Center ville and Pettibone homes across the period.
Lois Shelquist, Margaret and Eva Van Zante attended a club at Jessie Turner’s. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Zante and others spent Tuesday in Oska loosa. Lyle Jones of Ames visited weekend with home folks. Circle met Friday with Pearl Shahan. Mrs. Moore guest with us again. Mrs. Gardner guessed the mystery box. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shelquist and son Robert visited Ot tumwa. School closed Saturday with a Bienie dinner at Centerville park. An inch of rain fell Saturday night and Sunday, helping oats and pasture. Some corn planted. Dinner guests at the Ben Jones home included Donald Jones, Wendell Murdy, and family.
Enon news notes Rita and Linda Gardner stay with grandparents Walter while mother ill. Rita, Hilbert Roberts visit Guy Roberts’s home. Cars and moves mentioned. Eighth graders finish exams. Families share visits and meals. REA electricity connected Monday. new refrigerator in use.
A mid twentieth century local social column summarizes Sunday through Monday visits around Maple Grove. Families including Paxston Tadlock Sellers Hainline Stocker and others are recorded as visiting friends and relatives at homes in Ottumwa Centerville and nearby residences with multiple calls dinners and gatherings noted across several days.
Attendance at Sunday school and church included Mr and Mrs Clyde Gladfelder and Darlene with others visiting. Families and neighbors shared Sunday gatherings at various Gladfelder and McDanel homes, plus 4 H activities and a cooperative supper at the California school house.
Mr and Mrs John Massman Sr visited Sunday at Lloyd Massmans. Howard Bane Lynn Wells Arlo Fenton visited Frank Tarbellis James L Murphy of Pontiac Mich visited George Hammonds Esther Murphy accompanied him home to visit with her daughter Mrs Eugene Cooper and family. Lloyd Massman visited George Hammons Wednesday evening. Otha Fenton on sick list early last week Neil Penfield visited his grand-
Mrs Dorman Irwin spent part of last week at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs George Hammond. She had an attack of appendicitis but is better.
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