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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
2
Local residents report visiting, hosting and socializing across West Point and nearby towns. Names include Argo, Exline, Hoffman, McFatridge, Callen, Perry, Lundy, Hager man, Roberta, and Exline families with multiple Sunday and weekday gatherings and music recitals.
Friday evening at the Robert Jens nings horfie. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hagerman visited the Darrell Cooper home. Dewey Lalk and Chris Lalk joined Lloyd Callen at his home Friday. Perfect attendance for the year included Mary Mosley, Richard and Kenneth Hoffman, Janice Mosley, and Kenneth. Mrs. Sullivan will teach again next year. Robert Potts toured with the senior class to Chicago and attended a Viesha at Ames. Clair Potts attended a club meeting near Albia. The Easter brothers plus neighbors hunted wolves Sunday and Monday, finding three young wolves and hoping the older ones are caught.
The Main Station report notes 35 attending Sunday School, visits between families including Tomlin and McDanel households, and a series of social activities. Richard McDanel passed eighth grade exams. Several neighbors visited Des Moines hospitals and shared sympathy for a bereaved family after Clara Morris's funeral.
Sunday evening gatherings feature Clyde and Darlene Gladfelder with extended family at various homes including Trenton Gladfelder and Belle Whicker. Birthday celebrations for Trenton, visits to Opal Burns, and picnics at Pella are noted along with planter activities by Lyndon McDanel. A closing line advertises STAPLES and S-T stock at the Morvin Union office.
Mrs Nellie Thompson hosts and receives visitors with calls from Mrs Lissie Kelsey Mrs Blanche Argo and others in Centerville and nearby areas. Families including Smiths Argoes and Thompsons visit homes of neighbors and attend events across several days.
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