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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1933
Page
2
Hiattsville residents share a Sunday with the Carter family at Rollie Carter’s home. The Ladies Aid plans a Thursday afternoon meeting with Mrs. Chloe Tucker. Bill Monroe and son Jimmie visit from Albia.
A crowded Sunday of visits fills the community as Mr and Mrs M EB MecDanes host relatives including Mrs R C Wilson and children. Several households report gatherings at parental homes, and Mrs Pearl Hiatt battles pneumonia fever in Centerville hospital. Friends express hope for her speedy recovery.
A fragment advertisement touts Adlerika as a digestive wash out for gas and bowel issues, claiming immediate relief. It lists Smith & Veach druggists and local residents promoting the remedy. A separate club note reports the Progressive club gathering at Reed home with seven bridge tables and prizes for high scores.
Local notes list Frank Fulton public sale at Foster on Tuesday. Numerous Centerville Moravia and Ottumwa visits are recorded during the week. Several social events include card party at the Legion Home, Kensington gathering, and a 60th wedding anniversary at the Main home with relatives visiting from Rockford and Galesburg.
Do You Remember recounts Orrin A. Callen's death aged 84 years 8 months amid heavy rains that flooded local rivers and creeks around Moravia. It notes a possible Parent-Teacher Association and mentions Lydia Pool returning from India to speak at the M. B. church. Twenty-five years ago items cover Helping Hand club meetings quilting for Kenneth Free, wood cutting for R. S. Faber, upcoming events, and local visits.
Sunday visitors included Glenn Brown Charles Davis and multiple families from Mt. Pleasant. The Hartsooks assisted at Callen timber work and Rena Rogers celebrated a birthday with friends. Eva Brown missed school due to illness. Homer Brown and family attended Moravia high school's operetta last week.
A recap of social calls and visits across the region. A. H. Lamer called at the Scott Repp home Tuesday evening. Pearl and Mr. and Mrs. Runnells with son Paul visited Ottumwa via the parental Runnells home. George Shehan and Misa Daisy Moffatt called in Moravia and at the Moffatt and Keltner homes. Zelma Johnson spent the weekend with relatives. Harry Smith has enlisted for the reforestation army and left for Council Bluffs. W Z Anderson and Max McCoy visited Goldfield. Henry Fritz and wife visited Blakesburg. Sunday School attendance at Urehana Center 34. Russell Schocch and family from Williamsburg spent the weekend with Gertrude Schocch in Blakesburg. Dava Chedister was buying stock in the area.
Local residents including Mr and Mrs A Mangle and others were guests at multiple homes around Hilton and Des Moines over the weekend. Numerous calls to the Wilson and related households occurred Sunday and Saturday, with quilting at Gus Luse’s home and several birthdays noted.
Rollie Carter and family spent Sunday at the parental Underwood home in Unionville. Zell Wilson visited the Grant Sincox home on Friday. Dorin Wailes and family from Centerville with Flora Jones Clella and Kenneth Free joined others at the E G Sincox home, and Dorothy Darby with pupils and Mr and Mrs Bayard Neff and Herman marked Master Clair Sincox's eighth birthday Friday. Jimmie Van Dorin and family visited Willie Van Dorin’s home Sunday. Grant Sincox and Mrs spent Sunday afternoon with Herman Johnson at Brompton, while Pat Fishery and family and Mrs Lawrence of Albia joined Ed Johnson’s group Sunday afternoon. Rollie Carter dropped in on Honey Sytama Friday, and Ed Johnson with Frankers spent Sunday evening at Herman Johnson’s Brompton home.
Fuller Jess Smith wife and Pearl Eugens visited at the M G Smith home near Mystic Sunday afternoon. Win Kusters were Adbin callers Saturday. Harry Parcel helped James Long shuck corn last week. James Parcel of Centerville visited with son Cecil Parcel and family. Mrs Jess Smith and Pearl Eugene spent last Tuesday with Mrs EB. Everett Mosier and sons Wayne and Mark of Ottumwa were Sunday visitors at John Uldem's home. Harry Parce returned home after working in this neighborhood. Toa Turner called at John Allem's Monday. Cecil Parcel and family visited in Centerville Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jess Smith were Als hin callers Monday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Tom Hiatt visited Mo ravi during the week. Ed Rumley and Burl Eapy plus Burl Hinote and Paul Hackathorn from Darby visited K Hinote's home. Mary Fowler, Emma Ray and J Stevens family were among Sunday callers at various homes. Unionville Centerville and Morayin were sites for Saturdays trading and calls by several residents.
The column records numerous social calls and visits in Albia Mystic Centerville Ottumwa and Alicia. John Repp Everett Stansberry Edna Moffatt Roscoe Argo and George Shehan appear among those visiting or being visited by neighbors across multiple days.
On Saturday Albia caller Henry Sytama attended the Urbana community sale. Ray VanClesye and family from Deg Moines spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Bill Wilson home. Ben Jones and family of Moravia visited Cary McCoy. Charley Davis and wife hosted relatives from Marysville on Sunday.
Classified items include a 45 to 60 pound batch of ghosts for sale by Marve Lock man with contact 0640 for inquiry. a room for two schoolgirls offered by Mrs T J Luse. a Rawleigh Route helper position in South Appanoose County offering $25 weekly and growth potential with applications to Rawleigh Co Dept TA OD D Freeport TH or H M Underwood Unionville LA. sale of two Poland China male hogs both champions, plus a grandmother sow described with aging and lineage credited to Frank Turney.
Mrs Maa Rumley and Bonnie Lee visited Mrs Glen Clancy on Tuesday and Mr Rumley helped Mr Clancy at the saw mill. Mrs Donar Sanders' kin from Pentheyute visited Sunday, with Mr and Mrs Keith Rose and Robert and Richard at Chester Sanders home. Mrs Edna Jeffera spent the weekend with her mother in Altoona John.
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