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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1953
Page
5
4 H livestock clubs foster ongoing skill growth with age matched projects. Tom Wickersham of Iowa State College outlines progressions from market pigs and lambs to purebreds, then the 1954 management project, enabling youths to run home farm swine enterprises and compete at fairs.
It is hot and humid after cool damp weather with extensive local visits. Residents attend commencements at Albia Moravia Centerville and Centerville high school events. Various family gatherings church visits 4 H meetings and a hospital entry are noted with multiple names and dates within the Enon area.
Albin Wyoming resident Zell Pence visited Saturday night and Sunday with Theo and C E Miller, shared Sunday dinner with sister Eva Morgan, and returned home that evening. Delph Pence’s illness prompted the trip. Other local social notes include church committee gathering at Callen home, visits by Mr and Mrs Roscoe Pennington, Ralph Mericie leaving for Ft Lewis, and multiple family dinners and visits around town.
Ottumwa residents Eva Yenger and family visited Harper and kin over the weekend. Albia graduates Dick Wood and others attended commencement exercises. local visits included Wests, Hiatts, Kalvig, and Donovan households with multiple drop-ins and Sunday meals.
Social notes recount visits among familiar townspeople. Mr and Mrs Chaunce Cole and family called at J B McAninch home. Bert and Mary Lou Rinehart visited Bill Hiner in Centerville. Dell Hellyer Hazel and Jake Firkins dropped by. Gerald Rinehart called on George Hammond and Donald Hammond. Vera Firkins visited Argo brothers. Mary Lou and Frank Rinehart visited Gerald Rinehart. Mrs Robert Sneeden called on Gerald Rinehart.
Several local residents attended the Moravia commencement on Tuesday evening. Sympathy extended to the bereaved of Lawrence Roland. Dell Hellyer hosts and visits noted. Amy Hiner hosted the Shanghai club at her home. Families gathered at various homes including the Perry and Sheldon households. Health news mentions Lloyd Brown with throat trouble. Weekly news letters urged to arrive by Monday for timely inclusion.
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