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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
1
A May 10 1943 note from Mrs H R Gilliland thanks the Moravia Union editor for kindness to her sister Mrs E R Kaster and family and for locating their son Donald. She praises the paper and hopes for its continued publication.
The Enon column records visits and illnesses among local families including Mr and Mrs Kenneth Free and Dale at Richard Fabers, Loren Walter and family flu, Betty Hiatt measles, and a tense week with school closing for a Centerville Park seni. Various relatives share meals and attend Baccalaureate in Blakesburg as Dorothy Anderson graduates.
Jean Bettis is honored as Salutatorian for the Albia Graduates. Carolyn Walter attends Monday music lessons. Visitors with Fred Van Dorins and George Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Free and Dale, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Van Dorin, Leo and Clell Van Dorin, and Clell Blumer and family. Clell Blumer’s group spent Sunday at Fred Lumers home. Calvin Rumley visited Mearl Walter’s home Sunday afternoon. two weeks of school remain. Mushrooms mentioned as being enjoyed. Lois Hawk spent Sunday night with grandmother Yank. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Felton and Jimmie visited Howard Whisler Sunday evening. The Whislers have all had the flu.
Russell Darby took a load of hogs to the Albia cooperative sale on Saturday and spent the day there. G R Darby called at J C Lockman’s home and Earl Dommer visited the Darby home. Russell Hindman hauled corn to the John Robinson farm, and Dewey Arnold sheared sheep for Carl Cloyed. Jack Campbell and grandfather hauled corn, Mrs Amy Clough of Albia visited the Darbys, and Zell Wilson’s family were Mother’s Day visitors. Only about half the plowing done. remaining travels include Mrs R F Darby and sons visiting from Richmond, Mo en route to Cedar Rapids. Roy will be working in Kansas City for a while.
Betty Jean Foster reports a busy Sunday with Bethel Davison visiting relatives, numerous family gatherings at Gladfelder, Whicker, Boyer, Easter, and Kaster homes near Plano and Albia. Attendees include Derris and Lola Foster, Averill Easter, Lucy Isher, and Des Moines visitor Ivan Moffitt along with various McDanel, Davison, and Moffitt relatives. Read the want ads.
A diary style note from a farm family recounts hopes for rationing corn syrup, fears of empty sugar jars, and rhubarb season plans. It mentions dishes, feed for chicks, a Mother's Day poem, and weather delays. The piece closes with a child needing new shoes as rainy spring days continue.
Franklin By and Mrs John Moffatt hosted and visited family members Tuesday and Wednesday. Daisy and Roy Moffatt were Albia callers Thursday. Various neighbors including Everett Stansberry John Elliott Henry Elliott Rozella and Johnnie visited John Moffatt and John Clark homes over the weekend. Bill Summers Roy Moffatt and others shared Sunday and Tuesday calls at the Summers and Clark homes.
Sunday visitors at the James Nash home included the Argo Tisue and Hamilton families and Belle Sheldon with various relatives. Jean Long visited Centerville for tonsil surgery, and multiple families, including the McCord Turner and Martin clans, spent time at local homes. Hazel Hellyer closed the West Point term with a Centerville park stroll and a field trip, while others visited relatives and attended church and Aid at the M E church.
Tender vegetables to plant now include bush and pole beans lima beans edible soy beans and sweet corn. After May 16 plant cucumbers muskmelons tomatoes squash pumpkins eggplant and peppers. Sow only a fraction of bush beans and sweet corn at first and repeat every 10 to 15 days until July 16. Protect new transplants from wind with tiles boxes or other objects, then remove protectors after recovery. Cultivate between rows and keep weeds down with a rake. For pole beans provide a stake of at least 7 feet or a tall sunflower as a climbing aid. Begin sowing pole beans at the base of each plant as sunflowers grow. Maintain sharp hoes and sharpen hoes regularly for ease of weeding. Avoid hilling light soils to prevent higher temperatures and reduced potato yields. on heavy soils slope soil gently toward the row center to shed water.
Grasshopper eggs will hatch soon prompting farmers to inspect fence rows and legume headings for signs of young hoppers. Using one bucket of bait while hoppers are young is more effective than 100 pounds of bait at six weeks old.
Secretary of War Stimson says the Tunisian battle is entering its final phase as American and French columns drive toward key positions including Bizerte and Mateur. Allied air forces pound targets despite bad weather while Pacific actions include Guadalcanal’s securing of the Russell Islands and Timor air activity.
Iowa State College expert H Y Barre urges farmers to shell and store corn as soon as it dries, typically after planting, for best long term storage. May shelling reduces insect risk, lowers moisture, and prevents crib damage from later moisture increases.
Coulson by Mrs Ernest Hiatt reports a Friday gathering at Ernest Hiatt's home with about 90 guests for a Sunday School class party. Several families visited, relatives called, and neighbors shared meals and a wind mill repair. Floyd Ransom's family visited T C Ransom's home. Mable and Mintia Shoemaker came from Oskaloosa for Mother's Day. John Stevens is improving after hospital visits.
Twenty pounds of wet grass hopper bait will cover an acre. Thin bait is made with 10 pounds wheat bran, 4 percent Paris green or sodium fluosilicate, 1 pint molasses, sorghum or corn syrup, and 2 to 4 quarts water. Bait should be moist but not wet and should separate into flakes when thrown. Using poultry feeds very low in protein delays growth and egg production.
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