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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
8
Mrs. John Moffatt and Mrs. Richard Fillmore with son Ed ward visited in Centerville while Mrs. Olive Moffatt and Roy joined gatherings at Jack Lewis and Frank Cox homes. The Tibbals reunion drew Hugh McFatridge in Albia as Rex Haver and son Ed ward called at Centerville homes.
A busy Sunday into Thursday period highlights visitors and callers in Albia and nearby towns. Mrs Edith Kiser Fern Pitts and others from Minnapolis Kans stop by the Hugh McFatridge home. Jake Foster and Edward Haver are noted callers, with many guests at the Olive Moffatt and Roscoe Argo households. The social rounds include dinners for Otto Callen and grandson Billy of Chicago, and visits by Otis Fuller Leona Jo an Dicky Argo and others across Centerville Ottumwa and Albia.
Weekly notes from Vosburgh listing social visits and gatherings. Names include Mr and Mrs Emmett Derby, Larry and Karen Rose, and local families visiting Ottumwa, Albia, and area homes. Mentions South club meetings and a reminder about the want ad section.
A long town column lists visits and gatherings among residents including Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tubaugh and others at various homes near Wright, Moulton, Knoxville, and Bell Plain. It mentions Mother's Day events, school closure, rain blessings, and local social ties, concluding with an ad promotion for Atomic Rescue in The American Weekly attached to Sunday Chicago Herald American.
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Sunday visitors with the Polson and Argo families and relatives spread through the community. Laura Dicks returned from Ottumwa after visiting daughters. A wedding at Ottumwa Church of Christ and picnics at various homes are noted along with school picnic events and club meetings.
Mrs J T Van Dorin notes a nice shower and decent corn planting season plus gardens needing rain. She reports 4 H leadership meeting in Albia, family visits with Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Charlie Van Dorin, rural women’s meeting in Albia, a Naomi Shank kitchen demo, Ira Fisher’s funeral in Albia, weekend travels to Moravia, and a surprise birthday dinner planned for R S Faber and spouse.
Sunday visitors at the Glen Fowler home included Hurbert Tenia and family from New Sharon, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Main and Mrs. Birdie Main, Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Main and daughter. Arthur Johnson and Chas Bettis couples visited later with Mearl Walter family. Leo Van Dorin and Aubry Walter with Jerry attended baccalaureate prep in Albia. Farrie caught on. supper at Mearl Walter home.
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