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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
6
The fragment presents a sequence of gags including a sock and toe banter, a cannibal joke about lunch, a tennis match quip, a manager and firing letter mix up, a courthouse confession about a car, and two workers unwrapping a long parcel with a rhubarb pie punchline.
Mr and Mrs Fred Raymond of Blakesbury called at the Albert and Roy Tubaugh home Sunday. Their friends including Mr and Mrs Gene Boyer and Mr and Mrs Ray Tubaugh and daughters visited the Albert Tubaugh home. Continuous calls also linked Loren Walter home and the Frank O Connor and Clair Sellers households with other small gatherings around Maple Grove.
Sunday evening gatherings at the Loren Walter home and numerous visits to relatives in Blakesburg Centerville and Delta. Tours include the Tulip Festival in Pella, friends at the Sellers and Tadlock homes, and extended stays with the Tadlock family in Russell and Cedar Rapids connections.
Miss Dorothy Brown visited her parents Mr and Mrs Liggud Brown over the weekend. Dell Hellyer and George Hellyer homes hosted several callers including Mrs B C Whitehead and Mrs Newton Long. Ottumwa and Albia visits were noted for multiple families with farm work and social calls across Centerville.
Mrs J T Van Dorin extends sympathy to relatives. Gerald Roberts returned to work. Flora Jones spent days with us and went to Albia. Visits occurred with L B Van Dorin and Bayeen families. Hawk family moved cows to Knoxville show. Harold Hawk attended a wiener roast at Albia reservoir. Various visits to Boardman, Rector, Walter, Van Dorin and Faber homes. Afternoon visitors included Flora Jones and Lockman family.
Saturday night social visits described include Dr. Lockman, Rodger Gideon, Chas Van Dorin, Lyle Hiatt, Clyde Smith, Wm Giltner, and Robin Sandifer at various homes. Urbana Township Community meeting set for Tuesday evening June 3 at the W U Wilson home.
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