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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
1
Imogene Tadlock reports a series of Sunday visits among Maple Grove families. Donna stays longer with grandparents. numerous Tadlock, Dowd, Arnold, Johnson, and Felton households share afternoons and evenings with relatives in town. Travelers from Rock Island attend.
Coulson by Mrs Ernest Hiatt reports Miss Betty Luse sealed her school term with a timber picnic. Virginia and Robert Hiatt earned perfect spelling records over six weeks. Daphen Hilton attended the basket dinner at Boyer school. Virginia Hiatt spent time with Marilyn Rose and attended Denny's last day of school. Ernest Hiatt attended vaccination school in Centerville. Mr and Mrs H L Hilton hosted Sunday dinner at the William Hilton home. Ernest Hiatt family visited U S Hiatt home Sunday evening. Theo Miller hosted and Bert Luse welcomed guests for Sunday dinners. R E Luse hosted Bert Luse for Saturday evening calls. Theo Miller and Francis Miller spent Sunday evening with their families. Bert Luse hosted Ray mond Abby for Sunday dinner. Theo Miller spent Henday evening with Ernie Tucker. Cody Luse and family were Sunday visitors at Bert Luse's. Perry Mickles and family visited relatives in Missouri. Lillie and Elsie Callen joined Moravia church services Sunday. Rev E L Pullman visited C B Callen's home Wednesday afternoon. H E Luse spent Sunday afternoon at C B Callen's. W S C B will meet this week with Mrs Glennie Luge.
A reflective Saturday diary from a farming family recalls field and garden chores, woolly weather notes, and memories of woodhouses. The narrator muses on tasks, mushroom seasons, and the pigs and chickens interfering with the garden while pondering simple rural routines.
Mr and Mrs James Williams welcomed a son born May 11 at Ottumwa hospital and Mrs Williams returned home Sunday. sister staying with them. Mary Anderson visited the R A Faber home Friday. Ben Coop and Carl Coop family gatherings occurred in Jakeburg. Pvt Lloyd Stocker not shipped from Camp Dodge, but spent weekend with family. Charles Faber stationed at Camp Waldron Idaho. Pvt Francis Stocker moved from Oregon to Kentucky. Mrs Louise West and daughter Mildred visited Ernest West family Sunday.
Farmers show strong support for War Bonds driven by patriotism and independence. Many counties funded up to thirty percent of prior grove farm sales and view bonds as a means to reinforce farm improvements, education, travel, and future security for family and nation. The Treasury Department notes pride in agriculture as foundational to America.
Attendance at Sunday School reached 73. Many families associated with the Gladfelders spent Sunday at various local homes including J P Foster, Trenton Gladfelder, Lee Johnson, Frank Gladfelder, and Hilton for quarterly conference. Additional visits included Des Moines travelers and other local households.
The page records numerous Moravia area social visits and gatherings with names of families and towns mentioned. It concludes with the obituary of Mrs. Flossie Merle Espy Wilson 50 of Ogden Utah born 1894 detailing family survivors and church and club memberships, and funeral services held in Ogden May 2.
Mrs T J Luse hosts Elmer Vance of Detroit visiting her parents Mr and Mrs O G Davis. Harold Davis of Blakesburg calls at Oren Davis home after commencement. Des Moines bound Myra Hicks Pabst Larry Rita visit Albia relatives. Hedge College closes Friday with teacher picnic in woods. Local residents attend dinner and shop in Albia.
The Moravia Iowa chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star mourns the death of Mary Harn a charter member who served fifty years with dedication and Christian conduct. The resolution expresses sympathy to her family and orders a copy to be filed and published. Lucille Carter Bertha Broshar Presley Horner committee.
The rural school reports a Friday May 6 closing ahead of next year and a day-long basket dinner to thank district patrons. Despite measles and bad weather, attendance was decent. two eighth graders Lillian Tomlin and Laverne McDanel missed exams but passed. Gens Gladfelder and Laverne McDanel won scrap paper prizes, raising 920 pounds for donations to Red Cross and crippled children, plus a later weiner roast. Imogene Hiatt, Moravia practice teacher, taught the pupils during April 17 week and impressed the class.
Mrs. Lloyd Rose and Mrs. Carol Brees with baby son arrived at Late Hiatt home from St. Joseph’s hospital on Thursday. Merton Rose and Duane Coffin visited Clair McDanel and attended Moravia high school graduation. Several from the vicinity attended Moravia graduation on Tuesday. Grad uates Laverne Rumiley and Royce Sanders. Denny school closed Friday with a noon basket dinner and an annual pupil program led by Miss Margie Gordon who plans to return next year. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Meadows spent Sunday at Don Pettibone’s for a large Mother’s Day dinner.
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