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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
2
Local families hosted and visited across Brompton and nearby towns. Unspecified friends and relatives gathered Sunday for dinners and programs at multiple homes including the Ed Robinson residence and the M E Boardman home, with numerous callers and a Friday pie supper at Foster school.
Saturday and Sunday visiting and hosting lines recall numerous households in Ottunita and nearby towns. Residents like Mr. and Mrs. Haver Free, Wanda Cridlebange, the McCord, Gladfelder, Hellyer, and Zimmers families share Sunday visits, while others relocate homes and attend funerals in Blakesburg. Des Moines and Dallas connections appear through E. E. Clark and Laura Day events.
Local families from Franklin and nearby towns hosted and visited many neighbors last week. Numerous calls and calls-to-socials occurred at homes of Moffatt, Argo, Stansberry, and Swift households, with multiple extended family members attending gatherings and the Willing Workers club meeting reporting good attendance.
A reflective column recalls memories from youth and aging, noting social awkwardness with former acquaintances and misremembered ages. It critiques Theodore Dreiser's views on women clubs and education, then muses on gratitude, family, and the comfort of home amid changing times.
Sunday afternoon visits to the J. E. Dicks home included Carolyn Ang calling on Robhersteen Beaty. Merle Dicks' son Rex paid a call at the Switt home on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Boyer host as Ridge tarr Mrs Clara Motrison dines at T E Moffitt home. Ed Fisk family buys a farm near Floris Iowa and plans spring move from Elijah Boyer farm. Belle Whicker Iva Easter visit Ira Boyer. Guy Miller moves from Darby to Hiattaville to run an oil station and grocery. Keith Kermit Gladfelder visit Jack McDanel. Richard Goughpour visits T E Moffitt. Olin Foster hosts David Weston and Larry Forbush at dinner. Lizzie Boyer, post operation, moves to daughter Chas Quick’s home. Claude Wren and Moravia visit Henry Foster family. Olin Foster Betty Jean Rex visit Robert Foster home.
An ad proclaims 48 years of public service by Atkins Medicine Co offering herbal remedies prepared by a registered pharmacist. It claims medicines meet Pure Food Drug Law standards and address liver gall bladder stomach high blood pressure gas constipation and rheumatic troubles. The notice invites readers to visit at the house carriage Moravia Iowa.
Centerville residents and visitors share a week of social calls and birthday celebrations. Mr. and Mrs Donar Sanders, Mr. and Mrs Tom Hiatt, and others travel for gatherings with Emma Miller and Jennie Hiatt. Little Dale Free turns three as Curtis Tomlin hosts a birthday dinner with George Scott. Local quilting clubs, wood cutting, and school program events brighten the week.
Hawk and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hawk and Harold. Quail dinner honored B. G. and F. P. birthdays. Several local residents and relatives attended gatherings at various homes including the VanDorin, Selby, Morlock, and Roberts households. Verdie Doty visits her daughter, Mrs. Howard Whisler, this week.
The community records numerous visits among the Howell, Donavon, Scott, Hiatt, and Chambers families. Notable events include a birthday dinner for Mrs. George Scott, a surprise party at the George Scott home, and several weekend trips to Muscatine and Paris, Missouri. Recovering Mr. Howell noted with well wishes.
Long family and neighbors visited across Moravia Hilston Blakesburg and Memphis for Thanksgiving and social evenings. Eunice Calhoun stayed with Madelyn Rose while Hiatt family hosted gatherings, gift exchanges and a local shop reopening with groceries on display at the Hiattaville store.
Sunday School attendance reached 48 at Main Station. Families and friends spent weekends with relatives across nearby towns. Notable items include Gladfelders visiting Jess Gladfelder, Schwabs at Paul Boyer’s, and Will ie McDanel dining with Lyn Hilton. A box supper at Showers school drew a large crowd. Baby joy at Ballengar home as Otis Ballengar’s family welcomed a son Saturday evening. Numerous visits to Centerville and Moulton noted, along with work and travel updates from Paul Boyer’s butcher shop and Harold Boyer’s trip to Pella to see Ivan Boyer.
Seattersburg residents visited J. W. Lockman and Raymond Lockmar homes while H. T. Gilliland and May Benson traveled to Lineville. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tomlin and children attended a Sunday evening gallery at Wm. Tomer. A rain blessed the community Saturday night and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Irelan spent time together.
Wednesday at Raymond Lockman s, Mr and Mrs Kath Roberta and Janet Lee spent Sunday with the Roberts and Tomlin families. Several relatives visited George Scott s birthday and others at Steve Gilliland s. Mrs Elmer Lockman has been ill a few days. Local residents Austin McCarty Bernice Ormon Eugene Carl and others visited Wm Tomlin Curtis Tomlin and Keith Roberts. Neighbors sawed wood Monday and Saturday.
Community chatter notes visits and dinners among Hedge College locals and Ava Missouri residents. G E Luse hosted and Bert Lusu assisted with butchering. Des Moines hospital farewell for Mrs E F Wilson after six weeks. Patty Bishop marks sixth birthday. Multiple visits among Luse, Wilson, Johnson, DuVall, Gloved, Dowd, Bishop families.
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