Community News from Iconium An Active Weekend
Mr and Mrs Harry Scott visited their daughter Mrs Floyd Lowe and family in Unionville. Ottumwa guests called on the Bery Brown and Argo households. Several families and individuals from Iconium were noted visiting, ill lists included Mrs Maude Turner with cold and bronchitis. Activities included dinners, church or social visits, and an all day meeting of local ladies led by Beryl Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Scott
Floyd Lowe
Unionville
Blanche Argo
Maude Turner
Adult Night School Schedule and Topics
Nov 3 Livestock and Poultry Nutrition. Nov 10 Insect Control Grasshopper etc. Nov 17 Planning and Constructing Barns and Silos. Nov 24 Inoculating Farm Seeds. Dec 1 Analyzing and Studying Farm Management Records.
Halloween Socials and Family Visits In Moravia Area
Local notes list Halloween party attendance at the Gomer Stocker and Allen Wilkin homes. Visitors include Maude Patterson from Fresno visiting brother Meari Walter, plus multiple Walter family gatherings with cousins and kin in Moravia and nearby towns. Lyle Hiatt of Ottumwa is corn picking. Earl Boardman hospitalized at Albin.
Sewing Classes Promote Weekly Demonstrations
Listing of topics for Wednesday night sewing classes includes Pressing Pointers on Nov 3, Sleeve insertion on Nov 10, Bound Buttonholes and Thread Soaps on Nov 17, Plackets and Zippers on Nov 24, Hems and Make-Overs on Dec 1, and Helps with Fitting Problems on Dec 8. Additional topics may be added and there is room for more in the class at 7 30.
Moravia Iowa Post Office Clerk Exam Notice
Miss Rena B. Smith announces a probational Substitute Clerk exam for Moravia Iowa Post Office on November 6 1948 at 8 30 A M at Moravia High School Building. Basic pay 1.29 per hour. Applicants must be US citizens 18 to 60 years old with veterans and War Service Indefinite employees exceptions. Written test about four hours. bring completed forms. Obtain from Local Civil Service Secretary or Eighth U S Civil Service Regional Office Saint Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena B. Smith
U. S. Civil Service Region
Moravia
Iowa
United States
Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service Regional
Saint Paul 1
Moravia Union Welcomes Gift Subscription
A subscription to the Moravia Union is presented as a welcome gift, marking a new reader tie to the paper and its community coverage.
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Moravian Union
The
Moravia Union
Main Station By Darlene Gladfelder
Attendance at Sunday school and church 37. Choir practice at the home of Mr and Mrs Kermit Gladfelder Wednesday evening. Multiple visits by Gladfelder family to various homes. Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs Clyde Gladfelder and Darlene Thursday. Several attended a shower for the Kenneth Gladfelder family Monday night at Showers school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Gladfelder
Archie Kirlin
Arnolds Park
Ray Harrison
Harrison
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Trenton Gladfelder
Ladies Aid
Clyde Gladfeld
Ralph Jarvis
Ora Sufficoo
Mary Miner
Blanche Rosencrants
Celia McDanel
Harley Tisue
Kenneth Gladfelder
Showers School
Douglas By Ruby Cridlehaugh
Farmers in this community have sure been making time count during our past beautiful weather. Revival meetings began Monday evening Nov 1 at the Salem church west of Udell conducted by Rev Sawyers. John Clayworth remains about the same. Mrs John Gordon and sons spent Sunday Oct 24 at the Lester Gordon home. Lazell Ulrich of Reaver Cole has been visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Quigley and son of Knoxville were guests of Merle Smith. Warren Stice and wife left for California Monday after visiting Trenton McFall. Milo Walker entertained Rey Lamb of Mark Sunday. Karen’s birthday party featured ten little friends. Georgie Pangburn of Ottumwa and others spent Sunday at the George Exline home near Udell. Alva Cridiebaugh and wife visited the Ted Walker home in Centerville. Mr and Mrs Ross Starks of Parker Calif and Paul Cridlebaugh and family joined Merle Smith at Alva Cridlebaugh’s Sunday. Glen Van Loon and Linda Kay of Newton visited the Cridlebaughs in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Joiner
Plano
Alva Cridlehaugh
Salem Church
Udell
Rev. Sawyers
John Clayworth
John Gordon and Sons
Lester Gordon
Lazell Ulrich
Reaver, Cole
John Claxton
Quigley
Knoxville
Merle Smith
Stice
California
Trenton McFall
Milo Walker
Rey
Lamb of
Mark
Ted Walker
Centerville
Ross Starks
Parker
Calif
Paul Cridlebaugh
Alva Cridlebaugh
Glen van Loon
Linda Kay
Newton
Social notes from Albia and nearby households
Mrs Ralph Tucker spent Wednesday to Friday with her mother in Albia. Numerous local visits occur including Fay Paxston, Claude Hawks, Bud Walter, and the Dodd and Scott families. Highlights include children at homecomings, visits by Jim and James McGuire from Pennsylvania, and a Halloween bunk party hosted by Ardis Walter with a wiener roast and multiple attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tucker
Fred Hainline
Albia
Aherbert
Ronnie
Rev
Fred Hahn
Fay Paxston
Tom Johnson
Donald
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harry Felton Sr
Clair Sellers
Harry Felton
Curtis Tomlin
Claude Hawks
Fill Steffen
Nancy
Bud Walter
Mrs. Clair Sellers and
Grant Tadlock
A. E. Shull
Walter
Fay ‘Paxston
Kenneth Doud
Jim McGuire
James McGuire
Pennsylvania
John Dodd
Clarence Schaffner
Walter Scott
Sandra
Helen Tadlock
Naioma Sue
Berel Arnold
Earl
Mildred Sellers
Eddie
Marjory Scott
Baby
Lois Scott
Phyllis Haver
Ralph Tubaugh
Little Roy
Albert Tubaugh
Joy
Jackie
Jerry Tubaugh
Russell
Richard Tubaugh
Vendah Andrews
Clyde Hiatt
Centerville
Bob Walter
Mearl Walter
Ardis Walter
Mardeena
Deloris Hiatt
Trene Tadlock
Lois
Charlotte
Dale Derby
Unionville Social Notes and Local Visits
Unionville gossip covers birthday surprise for Mrs. Lester Hopkins with relatives visiting for a noon cooperative dinner hosted by the Swartz Hedgecock Porter Strunk and Hopkins families. Weekend visits come from Moravia and Centerville, plus a revival kickoff at Pleasant Valley led by Rev Virgil Bailey. Gerald Purdum celebrates Coast Guard service in St Louis with family. News notes include local shoppers and visitors from Ottumwa and Knoxville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Hopkins
Orval Swartz
Numa
Howard Hedgecock
Corydon
Faye Porter
Centerville
Lazelle Strunk
Ned Purdum
Gerald Purdum
St. Louis
Gerald
Coast Guard
Franklin By Mrs. John Moffatt Franklin By Mrs. John Moffatt
Mrs Rex Haver spent Wednesday afternoon at the Fred Argo Russell Brown was a caller at the John Moffatt home Monday eve Mrs Essie Anderson of Red Oak visited recently at the Everett Stansberry home Roy Moffatt was at the Henry Elliott home Saturday afternoon Wayne Thompson was a caller at the Otis Fuller home Sunday morning Mr and Mrs Joe Lucas Jr and son Roy spent Sunday at the John Moffatt home Mr and Mrs Dwight Stansberry were callers at the Jack Colwell home Friday evening Jim Bennett and Mrs Betty Foster and children Dwight and Barbara Ann were callers at the Otis Fuller home Sunday evening John Moffatt was an Albia caller Tuesday Mrs Betty Foster and children Barbara Ann and Dwight spent Friday at the Otis Fuller home Union makes a nice gift for any occasion A MORAVIA UNION wanted I will sell it sell it trade it or rent it try it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Anderson of
Red Oak
Everett Stansberry Home
Roy Moffatt
Henry Elliott
Wayne Thompson
Otis Fuller
Mra
Joe Lucas Jr
Son
Roy
John Moffatt
Mrs
Dwight Stansberry
Jack Colwell
Jim Bennett
Betty Foster
Dwight
Barbara Ann
Otis Fuller Home
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Harry Phillips
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Margaret Burton
Des Moines
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Don Pettibone
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Karleen
American Legion Hall
George Turner
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Carl van Zante
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Beverly Fischer
Bettendows Home
Ronald Weedward
Bill Long
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Laura Jo
Keith
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Osa Brown
Edward McCord
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Carrie Turner
Nellie Thompson
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Kenneth
Rena Breese
Leo
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Hampton
W. E. Kelsey
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Kenneth Brown
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Richard Penfield
G. F. Penfield
Charlie Ellis
Clarence Scott
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Floyd Ullem
LeRoy Trelon
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John McAninch
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