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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
1
Hiattsville community gossip notes several visits including Matilda Button at the Harley Burton home and Edna Neff accompanying Mr and Mrs Kenneth Frea to Rockford Illinois. A Wesley Chapel homecoming featured Rev Lister and a large mixed gathering with meals, music, and recollections of church history.
Unionville notes report Del Donnie Hull rushed to St Joseph hospital for emergency ruptured appendix and illness with extended absence from school. Gordon Purdum fractures right forearm at school though left handed. Ray Wilson family travels to Omaha after visits. Red Cross roll call planned with Dukes as chairman and collectors Agnes More and Eleanor Wilson. Union township work led by E Boyer with local help. Various residents share Sunday visits with Claud Underwood family and Rolla Carter home guests. Mrs W L Croas improving after pneumonia and complications at St Joseph hospital Centerville. Junior class hosts candy and box supper raising funds. Larry LeRoy Stotler born Oct 9 to Vernon Stotler and wife. grandparents listed. Mrs R E Wilson to visit daughter and new grandson.
Mr and Mrs F A Boyer and daughter Margaret VanDalen hosted a Sunday visit in Iowa. Friday night featured a P T A meeting at Boyer School with most patrons wearing masks for a Halloween party. After masking games, refreshments of sandwiches coffee and cocoa were served by Olin Foster and others.
Sally Tarr spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. A P. Newton Long and Jean joined Mrs. Arthur Lewis and family of Des Moines for a weekend at the Robert Jennings home. Kenneth Gladfelder and family were guests Friday. Hellyer son enlisted in the Navy and left for boot camp near Chicago. Several locals attended Charles Hiner’s funeral on Sunday. Centerville visitors included Jess Gladfelder and the Hellyers.
A diary style note details farm weather hopes and worries about frost and rain, the stubborn task of rug making, and plans for finishing chores. It mentions visitors and neighbors, travel to Albia, and a farewell party for the Sincox family as a moving event.
Local residents including Ed DeLong Homer Brown and Tom McCrory share visits in Albia and nearby towns. Trips to Bloomfield Iowa City and Ottumwa are noted with family hospital and birthday events. A statewide FF A meeting in Brooklyn is mentioned along with healing updates on Lilly Callen.
New Hope and nearby families gathered for a village homecoming at the Ida Powell and Chambers homes last Monday. Visitors from Albia and nearby towns joined locals including the Hiatt and Howell families, with several hosts hosting after Sunday gatherings and church services.
Mr and Mrs Robert Jennings and Johan narlee cad Fes spent Thursday night and Friday at the BCG Whitehead home. Mr and Mrs Jess Gladfelder hosted. Mrs Dale Sonnenburg and Ron le of Chicago and Dickie Martin visited nearby residents over the weekend. Dr Rex and Rex Derby attended a gathering while Ellen Platt and Faye enjoyed a drive. Edward McCord was admitted to Centerville hospital on Sunday.
A garbled local notes item lists social visits and farm life near Albia and New Sharon. Mentions Mrs Norton and Mr Turner visiting sisters, Mrs Frank Williams at Jel? Welsh, Mrs Clell Long hosting Frank Selby, and Saturday and Monday calls among local residents including Panik Wilson and Bea Bee.
Maple Grove notes show Sunday gatherings with John Tadlock and many neighbors. Families including Walter Scott Virgil Johnson and Gabe Johnson shared visits. a card party at Ted Broshar’s Friday night. Missouri trip details and wood sawed by Emery Caltrain are mentioned among local social events.
Sunday gatherings show many residents visiting relatives and friends across Ottumwa, Albia, and nearby areas. Names include Gladfelder, Luse, Tomlin, Burmeister, McDanel, Boyer, Hunt, Fisher, Reed, and Boardman, with trips to Des Moines Cincinnati and weekly church attendance noted.
Maxine Lockman spent the weekend at home from her Centerville job. Tom Burdock and Glen Lockman traveled from Des Moines on business. Mrs. George Scott attended the cas Heyne event with Mond Lockman. Maxine and Junior Burdock attended the Unionville box popper Friday night.
Mr and Mrs Homer Hamilton and Mr F P Hamilton attended a homecoming at the Allie Pence home near Russell. Ralph Shellquist and family were at a Pleasant Corners homecoming near Albia. Robert Shellquist, working in Ottumwa, spent the weekend with relatives. Donald Jones and Donnald were at Wen dell Murdy home near Albia. Chris Bogart visited Pearl Hiner home Sunday. Sunday evening callers at John VanZante home included Bam Shapard, Lora Blaina, and Ralph Shellquint. Donald Jones cut his right big toe with an ax while working in timber Monday morning. he was rushed to Albia hospital where Dr Richter treated the wound and he will stay a couple days.
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