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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1956
Page
3
Trade style notice lists Big Smith clothes overalls unionalls jeans heavy jackets and tatched suits at SWAIMS alongside sale of 250 bushels of hand picked ear corn. Also offers Ball Band overshoes five and four buckle or two buckle men size five white roller skates attributed to Mary Lou Rinehart.
Mixed classified items list sales offers and rentals including a Duroc hog sale exclusive franchise fertilizer sales, a blue gabardine suit for a boy, the Louis Schaffner home rental, Siegler burners and innerspring mattresses at Swains, shirts and ties for Christmas, and a large unclaimed government bonds fortune pitch in The American Weekly Sun day Chicago American.
Evangelical United Brethren Church invites all to morning worship at 10 55 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m with Sunday School at 10 a m and Family Night Wednesday December 5 cooperative supper at 6 30 led by Mrs Ira Boyer W S W S program follows.In Nazarene Church Pastor H LaVern Smith and Frank Woodward announce Sunday School 10 a m worship 11 a m Junior Missionary Society 7 30 p m Revival Time begins tonight with Rev John Van Gent services 7 30 p m daily and Sunday morning at church local talent provides music All are welcome Thought for the week The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Fairview Grace Methodist Church Main Station lists Rev Glen Lochhead pastor and Kermit Gladfelder Sunday School superintendent. Sunday schedule shows 9 00 a.m. Sunday School 9 45 a.m. worship service with attendance recorded at 45.
Donald Plum pastor leads Sunday School at 10 00 a m and Communion at 11 00 a m with a sermon by L C Stufflebeam. Aid dinner planned for Wednesday Dec 5 with menu listed elsewhere in the Union.
Grace Methodist Church announces Rev John Grenfell pastor Delmer Dowd Sunday School superintendent Sunday School at 10 00 a m Worship at 11 00 a m M F 6 30 p m 7 30 p m film Far From Alone concludes the young peoples fall action program on alcoholism public invited to attend.
The notice lists choir practice on Monday December 3 at 7 80 p m and an earlier Wednesday December 5 at 6 30 p m for a cooperative supper and program led by Mr and Mrs Cecil Coulson.
Sunday and Monday gatherings linked by shared meals mark birthdays for Mrs Coltrain and Mrs Coffin and Mr Hawk. The Tomlins Gladfielders Blackmans and Kaster family groups plus friends enjoy Thanksgiving and Sunday dinners at multiple homes around Centerville and nearby towns.
The Gatlin family of Ottumwa Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gatlin and Mrs Mary Burns joined Roy Underwoods for Thanksgiving dinner. A pre Thanksgiving dinner at Leo Thompsons Farson home drew many including Mrs Mary Burns Zoe Cox Leon Burns Paul Burns Herschel Kelley Dorothy Larry Jerry Maxine Max Margaret Burns Udell Russell Burns Jimmie Everett Hawk Dayne Taylor Roy Underwood and others. Dinner guests also visited E Caster home for Thanksgiving.
A Thanksgiving dinner was held at Mrs. Essie Purvis home in Centerville on Thanksgiving Day. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Purvis and family from Kellogg Town. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Purvis and Linda and Patricia of Mystic. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Purvis with Lyle, Larry, and Lewis of Kellogg. plus others noted.
A fragment lists individuals named Purvis connected to Deep River Leon Centerville and other Iowa towns. The names include Mr and Mrs Frée tinn Purvis and spouses plus children Carl Joyce Sandra Bobby Gary Terry Essie and Florene.
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