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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1959
Page
6
A long list of locals visited relatives and friends across Albia Centerville and nearby towns. Includes Mr. and Mrs. Ira Boyer with daughter in Burlington, families in Galesburg and Savannah Georgia, and numerous kin in Shenandoah Des Moines Ottumwa Kirksville and Polo. Continuous travel and family gatherings marked the weekend.
Revival meetings led by Rev. Gerald Ogden will run from Tuesday November 17 to November 28 at the Miller church with evening services. In other news, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Tubaugh and Mrs. Ernest Tubaugh welcomed guests from Blakesburg for dinner.
Local residents share visiting hours and gatherings as families in New Hope Plano Centerville and Blakesburg host relatives and friends. Highlights include hospital visits for R C Wilson and an accident injuring a hand with three fingers lost. visits by Lois and Jay Wilson and others. and a Mayo Clinic trip for Ernest West for back injury evaluation.
Pleasant Hill brief social ledger lists visits and guests across town. Nellie Thompson, Constance and Wayne Thompson, Nona Dicks, Clo Leaf club, Hattie Miller farewell at Vosburg school, and extended visits among Brown, Callen, Dicks, Moore, and related families in Pleasant Hill and nearby areas including Centerville and Des Moines.
Connie McAninch entertained as the girls 4-H club met Monday evening. Delbert Calhoun was at home.
Urbana Center residents including Mrs RR A and Faber families shared Sunday visits with neighbors such as Rex Angel Bill Cox and the Rob inson and Wilson households. Grinnell and Bussey connections appear as Merle Pilcher, Max Wilson, Woodrow Spaur and others called on R A Faber and related families during the weekend. The Steffanon family illness is noted.
Mrs Roscoe Argo and Mrs Nellie Haines visited the Lewis Rouse home last Monday. Mr and Mrs Basil Herteen attended funeral services for Mrs Jack Bailey in Bloomfield on Wednesday. Flora Ramsbottom and Julia Harrell visited the Roscoe Argo home Friday. Mr and Mrs Leo Hoffman and Kenneth were Saturday supper guests at Glen Turner. Roy Rinehart visited the Roscoe Argo home on Sunday. Lloyd Callen and family visited Gene McCrory home for Sunday dinner. Rex Hagerman and family were Sunday guests at Donald Jones home in Ottumwa and visited Will Hagerman that evening.
Kenneth spent Sunday evening at the Cyril McDanes home. Mr and Mrs Fred Argo, Mrs Nellie Haines and Leo Hoffman ate dinner at the Roscoe Argo home Monday. Nellie Haines returned to her home in Cushing Oklahoma Monday after visiting relatives for three months.
Mrs Dallas Faber and family hosted and visited relatives across Enon Richland and Urbana. Nearby residents including Walter Bentzinger Glen Fowler and Randy joined dinners meetings and Sunday calls at several homes, with several groups attending a 4 H meeting in Urbana and visits to Chariton and Allerton.
Mable Moore hosted a meeting at Clover Leaf with attendees unspecified in the fragment. The report notes Moore as the primary hostess and the event context remains unclear.
At a home gathering on Oct 21 the Clover Leaf Club gathered for nut meat picking then pencil games after dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Spaar, Lillian Fenton and baby, Mildred Tarbell, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moore and Dougie, Elbert Moore, Roy Argo, Fern Penfield, Verna McAninch, Verda Argo, Jim McAninch, Gyp Callen, Paul Dicks and Fonda, John Murdy, DeWayne, Charles, Jan and Russell. It was decided to hold a cooperative farewell supper on Nov 11 for Lynn and Lillian Fenton and family who will move to a new home soon. Janice Moore and Verna McAninch received gifts from their Mystery pals.
The warning targets deceptive wholesale claims on watches and diamonds. A buyer paid 71.50 for a 17 jewel watch with fictitious pricing while four wholesale firms face FTC indictments for misrepresentation. A better 17 jewel watch with lifetime rubies sold for 19.75, showing the gap between fake wholesale pricing and true value.
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