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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
2
Enon residents recount Thanksgiving week gatherings at multiple homes including the VanDorin, Faber, Hawk, Vance, and Gardner households. Families spent time with relatives, hunted, sawed wood, and shared meals. Several youngsters stayed weekends with relatives while adults hosted and visited neighbors.
Thanksgiving day reports show families visiting, as Ben Williams hosts in Moulton with Harold Wright and Raymond Williams. Cedar Falls graduate Lucille Shelquist completes studies and will teach in Coulter starting December 4. Weekend visits include Newton and Ottumwa relatives, with multiple gatherings noted across VanZante, Shelquist, and Gordner households.
Thanksgiving week social rounds fill many homes. Otha DuVall and others visited Mrs. Elsie Martin. Roy Scott hosted turkey dinners for relatives. Kluever family, George Scott, Gene McGuire, and others joined gatherings at various homes including Hiatt, Carter, Pettibone, and Donovan residences. Families from Clear Lake Humeston Blakesburg and Moulton appear across multiple stops.
Thanksgiving week in Centerville area social notes show families hosting and visiting. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Luse and Jerry joined Emil Halden in a Tuesday gathering, with Sunday school party at U. B. church basement. Several households, including Schaffners, Murdy family, Davis clan, Argo and Hawk households, hosted or visited relatives across Thanksgiving. Continuous small-town exchanges highlight community ties and holiday routines.
Thanksgiving and weekend visits linked Des Moines area families as Emma Wood and Henry Arthian hosted guests from Danville Illinois and Des Moines. Reunions included Earl Boyer family gatherings with Martindales Pearsons and Boyers, plus Hiner Bogart Norton circles. Travel included Ralph Turner driving to Michigan and Indiana to see siblings and relatives.
A regular meeting and election of officers for Antiquity lodge No 252 A F and A M will be held December 4 at 8 PM. Members are to attend and participate in the proceedings.
Classified ads list multiple real estate offerings in Moravia Iowa including 160 acre Elij Hiatt Estate near Unionville priced at 75 per acre, 160 acre Geo Darby shale road near Moravia with 4 wells, and a Moravia 6 acre improved property. Also notes on livestock stock farm, dead stock removal, and various broker listings with Chet Broshar as broker. Obituary for Cornelius Nash dated 1861 1944.
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