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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
5
A county social column lists visitors and gatherings across Forest Moffitt Centerville and nearby homes. Multiple families including Easters, Moffitts, Fosters, Cochranes, and Fischers share Sunday calls, weekend stays, and weekday calls with Irene Moffitt Wanda Oehler Paul Burns and others featured in the sequence of visits across households.
A stream of neighborhood trips and social visits fills this issues page. Commencement at Mora drew many locals, while Des Moines trips brought Hazel Hellyer and family to and from city. Families like Hellyer, Whitehead, Nash, Perry, Argo, Rose, and McKern spent weekends with relatives in Knoxville, Ames, Centerville, Albia, Ottumwa, and Des Moines. A fond note mentions a Movayla Union subscription as a welcome gift.
Maple Grove and surrounding families share a week of visits and dinners. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Doud and Dennis and Billy Murphy spent Monday evening at Grant Tadlock s home. Walter Scott and children Maxine Lois and Bill were in Abla Wednesday. Maxine Charlotte and Lois Scott were dinner guests Friday with grandparents Gabe and wife. Eldon Brittain of Blakesburg visited with her parents and joined them at Centerville. Pvt Charles Arnold of Vint Hill Farms School Warrenton Virginia is expected home May 1 on furlough. Wibert Johnson and daughter Sharon Kay of Ottumwa spent Sunday at the Walter Scott home. Grant Tadlock and Joe and Irene visited Ottumwa Thursday and dined with Austin Swarm home. Delmar Dowd spent the weekend at Clarence Dowd home. Sunday dinner guests at Clarence Dowd home included Paul Miller Patsy Ann Des Moines Ted Miller Riley Callen Glee Dale and three Walter daughters. Afternoon visitors were Virgil Fohngon and sons Unionville and Richard Tubaugh. Kenneth Doudel Dennis and Billy Murphy were Ottumwa visitors Thursday. Mia Doud and Dennis remained for a longer visit.
The Two O clock Club held a weiner roast at the Gerald Irelan home south of town Tuesday evening. Nearby families from Guthrie Center Ottumwa and Moravia shared visits and church events. The annual Mother and Daughter banquet drew a large crowd despite weather with a 7:30 supper and a talk by Mrs. E. J. Pollock.
Mias Jewell Richmond and her primary pupils entertained their mothers with a Mother's Day program Thursday afternoon. Each child pinned a pink carnation on his mother and the group enjoyed a part by 19 participants. Mrs Ben Blumer injured her arm in an electric washer wringer but avoided broken bones. Cleffie Tubdugh of Golden City visits W C Miller home. Thelmar Montgomery, employed in Des Moines, spent the weekend at Ernest Montgomery's home. Walter Proctor and his twin Wallace visited Ottumwa with their families.
Marvin Deer hosted as a houseguest at the E A Tubutyzh home. Wednesday club met May 8 at Mrs W U Wilson's. rug rags viewed, games played, and a perennial flower exchange. Oak school year end picnic dinner at the schoolhouse with Mrs Goldie Lockman, Phyllia Lockman, Horace Rushing and families, Ernest West and families, E A Tublugh, Mary Anderson, Marvin Deer, Irene Manley, R A Faber and families. Various residents attended Friday events. Corp Robert McAlister returned to Leavenworth after 90 days at home and reenlisted after Iwo Jima.
Attendance at Sunday school 80. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tomlin visited Sunday at the Carl Tomlin home. The Gladfelder and Hiatt families hosted and visited relatives in Ottumwa and Trenton. Farm Bureau notes.
The Moravia Union promotes CARBON SALESBOOKS for sale offering 2 for 1be or 76e per dozen, presenting a local sales offer in a concise notice.
John Robinson travels to Mendota with nephew Ivan Hoadley and family. Mrs. Long aids cancer drive in the valley. Foster school closes Friday. Mrs. J C Lockman, Mrs. Dorothy Gideon and two daughters and Max of Minnesota visit relatives. Bayaan of Ames visits W H Van Dorin family. Norman Firkins and family in Des Moines. Donald Darby visits Lovilla and Moravia. Russell Darbys visit Blakesburg. James Conley there for business. Ervin Long family Wendell Murdy visit Zell Wilson.
Donald Darby and a visitor group called on Monday in Albi to see their aunt Mrs. Amy Clough.
Dealers join in a frank report detailing accelerated shifts and restored parts flow as production rebounds after a strike. The message emphasizes careful, quality-focused delivery, warning that many items remain in short supply and suggesting customers may face delayed orders while plants return to full output.
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