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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
5
The report lists visits and gatherings across Hiattville, Ottumwa, and nearby towns. Families including the Burtons Hiatts Rose and Hiatt kin, plus neighbors from Albia Centerville Moravia and Cincinnati, share meals, attend graduations, and attend church and social events during a busy period.
Louise Coulson and Rouse spent Thursday night with Betty Luse. Several locals attended commencement proceedings. Mrs. Loren Walter and Shirley Anne visited the J. R. Callen home on Monday, with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wren in attendance.
Brompton and Arthur Anderson visited at Otis Stafford’s. Archibald Billings hosted Katie Miller Ida Anderson and others Friday. Katie Miller and Cora Coop met Wednesday. W A Wilson and family dined with Ed Robinson. W Bivin and Russell Darby hosted dinner. Afternoon calls from Cheater Sanders land Gon Roy Fisher and daughter Mary Louise at Frank Selack. Curtis Burton and Barbara called at M E Boardman. Ida Anderson returned home to Chariton Monday. John Fisher Carl and Caryl Junior attended dinners.
The Miller family reports the death of Mrs. George Hudgens of Ludell Kansas through Mrs. Bertha Miller. A welcome rain refreshed the community last week aiding growth and alfalfa harvest as locals note farm activity and visits across nearby towns and relatives.
Salem residents and guests share a busy week with visits to the Horton Potts and Bert Nash homes, showers for Mrs Roy Argo and Jackey Winslet, and gatherings at the Teater, McCord, Hellyer, Tarr, and Gladfelder homes. Des Moines and Chicago connections appear in several trips and hospital returns.
The item reports on local residents including Ensil Hiatt recovering from a sore throat while others such as Floyd Ransom and family spent Sunday at the parental Ransom farm near Moulton. It notes social visits, a late picnic at the Bluffs, and various neighborly calls around Moravia and Centerville with names like Josephine McDonald Doris Long and Bertha Coulson among those mentioned.
Carl Hough, long separated from his parental home since 1900, returned to visit it recently. A San Diego, California resident, he traveled back to his roots forty one years after leaving the family residence.
A front page notice says the Coon Renida Enterprise will arrange plant swaps and handle all trades at no cost to participants, with a fee charged only for selling plants. The ad emphasizes convenient matchmaking and market handling for gardeners.
Iowa growers led by Guy W. Smith urge support for the May 81 wheat referendum. Smith notes record wheat supplies with limited export outlets and warns a negative vote could depress wheat prices relative to corn. He cites past crop losses from the 1940 blizzard and contrasts quotas with marketing controls used by cotton, tobacco, rice, and peanut sectors. He appeals to producers and consumers to vote affirmatively to protect the national economy and farm livelihoods.
Unionville Virginia held its 1932 high school reunion at Leighton Park Ottumwa on May 14 due to 1941 graduation conflicts. The class of 18 included nine graduates with many details of trips, faculty members, and the senior and junior activities, plus visits to Chicago, Keokuk and Ottumwa.
Iconium and surrounding families shared visits at many homes including A J Brown H N Beaty W E Kelsey and Argo households. Berle Beaty sheared for Jay Argo. Ned Argo and others visited Ottumwa. Merle Dicks birthday celebrated with Cap Dicks Karl Swift families and more. Roy Purvis held anniversary gathering. Mrs Swan hospitalized in Centerville. Ice reported as part of activity.
Measles led the Cain grade school operetta, causing postponement from April 29 to May 6 and reshaping school events.
James Fickbohm, 49, of Rockwell City farm, suffered fractures to both legs when a tractor overturned on him. He was hospitalized after the incident on his rural property.
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