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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1949
Page
6
Large community notes detail travels visits and illness across Centerville Albia and Ottumwa. Alaska residents W R Boblenz transfer to Wake Island after eight years abroad, with numerous relatives and friends listed among weekend gatherings and hospital calls. Multiple small-town families share dinners gifts and support amid ongoing health concerns and travel.
Mrs Emmett Derby hosts and guests share Sun idan dinner and Saturday gatherings with the Swift and Derby families. Members attend Happy Helpers embroidery night and a cooperative chicken dinner with Diners including Ammons Cater Swift Derby and Hanly households. Next meeting set for November 30 with Dolores Cater.
Mrs Gerald Burton Miller by Mrs Gerald Burton and W N Miller hosted guests. Frederick Koehler visited Earnest Foster home. Logan Strunk and Bob joined J W Campbell funeral attendees. Roberta Walker and mother visited Earnest Foster. Walter Paris and two friends traveled over seven hundred miles toward Texas as word arrived. Gerald Burton visited Aunt Mary Campbell. Bob Strunk called on W C Miller. Farm Bureau gathering at Cecil Tadlocks featured many attendees including Mrs Shirley Townsend Mrs Wilbur Miller Mrs Shultz and son Mrs Claude Paris and Ways Mrs Charlotte Rodgers and children Mrs Janet Martin Mrs Ray Tubaugh and children Mrs Carrig Boyer Mrs Glen Wilson and Mrs Gerald Burton.
Tess, Mrs. Cecil Tadlock announce sorrow over the DeMay family moving away. They regret the departure and extend best wishes.
Maple Grove notes list visits and social calls. Families like Walter, Scott, Tubaugh, Tadlock, and Felton share weekend dinners, Sunday gatherings, and weekday visits in Ottumwa Albia Centerville Knoxville and Des Moines area. Various adults and children visit relatives and attend dinners and evenings.
The Albia community mingled at a recent alfalfa banquet with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shelauist Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Zante and Mr. and Mrs. John Van Zante. Also noted were visits and gatherings at multiple homes and a Firemen's Ball event.
Mr and Mrs A C Kaster and Robert, Mrs May Benge and Hubert attended the Farm Bureau meeting at the California schoolhouse Tuesday evening. Several community residents attended basketball games in Moravia Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Mrs Olin Foster visited Mrs Annie Easter Thursday and both attended the revival at the Moravia Church of Christ. Lester Cochran and Carl Cochran hosted Betty Jean Foster over the weekend.
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