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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
1
Moravia Appanoose County Iowa prints every Thursday under act of Congress March 8. Editors and publishers are Mr and Mrs Wayne Pitman Davis.
Attendance at Sunday School was 69. Mr and Mrs Trenton Gladfelder and Mr and Mrs Clyde Gladfelder and Darlene spent Sunday at the Robert Foster home. Subscriptions rates listed for Eli Hiatt family. Archie McKern of Newton spent weekend at Frank Gladfelder home.
Salems social roundups list visits and gatherings across families and friends. Hazel Hellyer and many locals attended games and events in Moravia and Centerville while others hosted or visited at homes in Newton Long West Des Moines Unionville Albia and Maple Grove school activities included a box supper raising funds.
Regular session notes all members present. Minutes and treasurer's reports approved listing fund balances. Bills paid from General Highway Lights Fire Maintenance Cemetery Drag Hall Band Fire Equipment and others. Library log house move approved. Council adjourned. reconvened as board of health with infractions addressed. Moravia Union subscription noted as a gift.
Imogene Tadlock and family hosted and visited relatives in Mystic and Ottumwa over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Alphonsoiece of Mystic saw the Victor Crestani home, while Mrs Bert Arnold and children joined Mrs Grant Tadlock’s group. Peter Crestani visited Grant Tadlock Sunday evening. Gabe Johnsons traveled for business and joined Ralph Robinson's family for Friday dinner with Carl Tisue and A B Shull listed as guests.
Mrs. John Fisher's group met with Mrs. May Williams to plan a Red Cross quilt. The next meeting is November 15 at Mrs. Katie Davis’s home. Several families visited each other the past week, including the Faber, Williams, West, Paxston, Coop and Davis households, with Sunday calls noted among Ottis Davis and James Williams families.
Mrs. Joh VanZante and Mrs. Ben Williams shopped and visited relatives in Ottumwa. Mrs. C. W. Motre left for Ottumwa to spend the winter with her daughter Flo. Ward residents attended school programs at West Point and in town. Circle met with Eva VanZante. Several gatherings occurred as families hosted relatives and visitors including Gordner, VanZante, Gardner, Hamilton and Pence households with meals and Sunday dinners.
A light column mixing household snippets and personal anecdotes from Centerville. It recalls visits, birthdays, fox sightings, and family letters, interwoven with wartime musings about Hitler and Himmler, plus playful remarks on local school records and political optimism.
Seventeen line reports a community gathering at Scott school last Thursday night with families including Hiatt Boyer and Weston. It notes a basket dinner for Francis Purvis on furlough, visits among neighbors, and Mrs Weston slowly improving after illness.
Kinser Valley reports a Sunday evening visit by Kinser Valley residents on their way to Albia. J T VanDorin and family joined George R Darby and others for wood sawing Thursday afternoon, producing about 40 loads. Several locals shared visits, shopping trips, and a hot lunch program at school, with references to Albia sale barn, shoat purchases, and local social calls.
Families from Iconium gather for birthdays visits and kinship events with Kelsey Argo Beaty and McAninch relatives in Centerville Audubon and Ottumwa. Pvt Roy Adams on furlough visits parents Bert Adams and brother Troy. Neighbors host gatherings at King Turners and Grandmothers Sheldon homes amid moving plans at John McAninch property. Read the want ads.
In The District Court of Iowa in Appanoose County L R Hicks sues Cecile Jicks for divorce on grounds of desertion. Defendant must appear by December 16, 1944 or default and decree will be entered. Attorney: Charles L Johnston, Centerville.
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