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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1953
Page
2
Attendance at Fairview church is noted along with numerous local visits and gatherings. Many families such as Whickers, Dowds, Callens, Millers, and Nobles are listed with weekday and weekend social calls, church events, and meals across Centerville Albia Ottumwa and Jerome.
Mr and Mrs Roy Burgeson of Ottumwa visited the Ralph Shelquist home on Sunday. Circle met Thursday with Thelma McDanel and others. A letter from Mrs T R Gardner was enjoyed. Carl VanZante attended an REA meeting in Iowa City. The Jones family were visiting relatives while Ben Jones’s chores were done by Lester and wife for two weeks. The So and Sew party and alfalfa banquet were noted with local hosts and guests.
Mr and Mrs Bill Moore spent the weekend at Theodore Henderson horn at Albis. Mrs Priscilla Mehrhoff spent last week at the Jack Penfield home. Mrs Blanche Argo and others spent Wednesday with Coy Swift in Kirksville hospital where Mr Swift is improving. Various calls and visits to Centerville, Deep River, Marshalltown, Albia and nearby homes are listed with names like Hiner Rinehart Penfield and Fenton.
Sunday visits and family gatherings fill the week as Coulson and Miller families host guests. The Homer Brown family mourns LeRoy Brown, buried at Mt Pleasant Baptist cemetery after a Des Moines hospital death, with funeral in Albia.
In the District Court of Iowa Appanoose County a notice states Carl W. Derby has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Algia Derby deceased. Creditors must present claims per law and all indebtedness will be settled by administrator, dated November 10 1953.
Mrs Harold Taylor reports on Milledgeville social visits and family events. Names mentioned include Gretchen Ashby, Roy Sulser, Burr Martin, Frank and Carl Martin, Jimmie Poli, Vanchie Tarbell, Mansell Tarbell, John Sulser, Earl Fenton, Stephen Fenton, Connie, Hurley Davis, Laura Martin, John Curtis, Elaine Curtin, Anita Curtin, G A Vickrey, Tom Massman, Hattie Ely, Oswald Irwin, and William Espy. Carl and Frank Martin returned from Rochester Minnesota. Carl is reported doing fine.
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