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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1943
Page
2
Local social items note visits and gatherings across Albia and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs T R Gardner attended a Methodist bazaar and supper Wednesday evening. Families including VanZante Murdy Hamilton Shelquist and others were guests at multiple homes over the week. Community members shared dinners and attended events such as an Athletic banquet and Circle meetings.
Attendance at Sunday School reached 49. Several families spent weekends with relatives, including the Philbys with Clyde Gladfelder, the McDanels with Lee Johnson, and the Gladfelders hosting Jess and Frank. Visits extended to Cedar Rapids and New Sharon among other local households.
Rural school notes summarize August opening with 18 students across grades, listing teachers and pupils by grade. They report first six week tests, Moravia Fall Festival participation with top prizes, a successful box supper raising funds, Armistice Day observance, and joining the American Junior Red Cross with a small donation. Betty Wilson edits.
A Moravia newspaper page lists multiple real estate offers from Chet Broshar and associates, highlighting the Blumenstock home on 26 acres, several farms near Moravia, a stock and grain farm, and a family home on Wabash Ave. Also present are miscellaneous classifieds: livestock, feed, collections wanted, alfalfa, and household items. Local notices include lost dog and various sale items along with personal notices of residents and visitors.
West Point community letters list visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Carl VanZante and Ronald Les and Mart spent Sunday at Lute Hiatt home. The Ralph Davis and Clinton Albertsen and Carl Derby families attended a banquet in Albia Monday night. Mrs Will Hagerman spent Wednesday and Thursday with Bill near home and met the new baby Nancy Lee. Lloyd Brown family shopped in Centerville Saturday evening. Ardyes Hagerman and Dorothy Hiner went to Ottumwa Friday returning Sunday. Arlen Hagerman and Will Hagerman hosted Monday evening. Dorothy Perry visited her sister. Newton Long’s family called on Cass Hamilton Sunday night. Ralph Davis spent Monday afternoon in Albia.
Emery Coltrain hosted by Grant Tadlock Friday evening at the school banquet. Families and friends including Tadlock, Crestani, Wood, DuVall, Felton, Johnson, Scott, Pollard and Dowd were seen visiting, shopping, and staying in Centerville Des Moines and Des Moines weekend engagements.
Helena residents through Friday to Monday shared hospitality with multiple families. Mr and Mrs Frank Chambers hosted and visited friends including the Hiatt and Tucker households, with gatherings at the Donovan, Chambers, and Sanders homes. Gerald Hunter and Nancy Jayne joined J F Chambers guests, while Loyd Carter and family spent Sunday with the Chesters Sanders.
Franklin By and Mrs John Moffatt Carl Derby and son Dale were callers at Rex Haver home Monday. Nellie Haines and Roscoe Argo were Albia callers Tuesday. Several from the vicinity attended the Vosburgh school house program and box supper Thursday. Mrs Nellie Haines visited Albia Friday afternoon and with Rosco Argo and others.
Betty Jean Foster reports the Boyer school box supper on Monday November 8 1943 was well attended despite bad roads. Pupils presented a fine program. Various local residents visited, called, or spent time with neighbors through the weekend including Moravia callers Averil Easter and Paul Oehler and many family gatherings around the Boyer and Foster households.
Sunday guests at the Don Patti bone home included Mr. and Mrs. Keith Rose and sons from Ottumwa and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schindler from Centerville. Birthday dinners were held for November birthdays in the Frank Chambers family. A box supper drew a large crowd at New Hope with Mardeena Wilson chosen as most popular girl.
Salem residents shared a busy weekend with relatives and friends across Moravia Des Moines and Albia Central runs included visits to the Hellyer and Perry households. Guests from Great Lakes Illinois and Dodge City Kansas arrived for short furloughs. Local church services featured Capt. Burton Tarr.
Kinser Valley notes show Wilson and Darby families active with mowing, plowing, husking, and woodwork. A Dewey Arnold visit, a 10 day furlough for Clarerice Caster, and Darbys with Russell’s family are recorded. Local strip mine activity grows, and a Foater school program is planned for Friday night. Ira VanDalen and George Nuco from Albia visited to tend cattle on pasture.
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