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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
4
Centerville residents and families share weekend and weekday visits. Mrs. B C Whitehead and others waited on Mrs Ray McCord while many families hosted gatherings at the Feater Zimmer and Hellyer homes. Bob Feller day in Van Meter drew Hellyer and Whitehead relatives, with several health updates and a first Helping Hand club meeting.
Franklin and Mrs Roy Sheldon spent Thursday at the Emmett Derby home. Mrs Clell Sheldon and Frances and Darwin visited the Merle Dicks home on Wednesday. George Shehan Irene John and Ellen joined supper at the Cater home Wednesday evening. Wilbur Johnson called at the Earl Swift home Wednesday evening. Fred Argo and Albiacaliers visited Thursday afternoon. Dorothea Hagelett dropped by the Earl Swift home Wednesday evening. Mrs George Shehan assisted Mrs K M Cater with meat prep on Wednesday. W G Ohara sawed wood for Earl Swift on Wednesday. Roy Moffatt and Dewayne Stansberry visited the Al Derby home Sunday afternoon. Children called at the DeWey Arendt home Tuesday evening. Edwin and Merle Stephens of Los Angeles called at the Neil LaMar home Tuesday evening. Donald and Darlene Sheldon called at the George Shehan home Tuesday evening. Mrs Beryl Brown and Kenneth Turner and Mrs Al Derby helped Mrs Earl Swift cook for wood sawers Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Hugh McFatridge visited in Centerville Saturday. George Cicle of Buhl Idaho and Otis Cicle of Jacksonville Md spent the weekend with relatives.
A reflective column sketches ordinary family moments from dentist visits to crowded gatherings. It notes four of five need better toothbrush habits, while others juggle work, night school, and social pressures. Anecdotes of chores, visitors, and playful mischief reveal everyday resilience amid small woes.
Local notes cover illnesses, visits, and gatherings. John Hiatt shows improvement while multiple families including the Dooleys, Burtons, Meadows, and Roses attend showers, suppers, and Sunday visits across Moravia, Centerville, Rathbun, and surrounding areas.
Mrs Lester Jones and Ban Jones hosted near Centerville relatives in a dinner at Blue Front. Russell and Wendell Murdy hosted gatherings, with Ben Jones and family visiting Van Zante, while Circle members met with Nellie Williams. The Blue Front school announces a Monday program and box supper on Oct 21 with teacher Dorothy Hiner as noted. farmers harvest beans and corn as the week begins.
Kinser Valley residents and relatives visited Zell Wilson's home on Monday with George Cousins also present. The group helped during the week with wood cutting and saw logs on Wednesday. They attended C. E. Miller funeral in Albia, while John H. Goode of Albia delivered a load of rye and wheat. Additional notes mention lambs sold at Albia cooperative sale and a horse killed by lightning last week.
A Moravia school issue recounts student memories of M H S days, from aisles and clocks to cheering at games and a community supporting the team. It covers band activities, marching contest at Albia, class reports, and a range of school happenings, including trips, club formation, and upcoming events.
Fairview residents Mr and Mrs Sam Proctor and sons Johnnie and Duane spent Saturday in Centerville. Bob Tomilson and daughter from Galesburg Illinois visited the Hert Drake home Sunday. Proctors and sons also spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Hannah Leffler. Clarence Gorman visited the T Fletcher home Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Jim Hayes spent Father’s Day at the Bernard Hayes home.
Mr Pleasant Harry Robinson and Barbara Ann visited Homer Brown at his home Monday morning. Homer Brown called at the C. C. Smith home Monday afternoon. Ethel Brown was in Albia Tuesday afternoon. Locals were threshing and combining this week. Mr and Mrs Harry Robinson and Barbara Ann were in Albia.
Friday forenoon Homer Brown was a Centerville caller. Mr. and Mrs. Tom McCrory and family visited John Sharp, who helped Clell Long with beans. Lora Mae Besco stayed with her grandfather Ed De Nong. Moravia and Albin callers from the vicinity on Saturday included Archie Herron, James Kenton, John W. Kenton and families, plus W. A. Brown, Tom McCrory, James, Lora Mae Besco, Ed Delong, Mrs. Wayne Piper and others. Sunday visits centered on John W. Kenton, Wayne Piper, Ed Delong and Eva Brown at Besco and Kenton homes.
The item notes Louis Reittinger of Dyersville reporting apples large enough for pies on his tree. Gwen Egel, three, startled Charles Egel of Irvington from a windmill, but he set her safely down. A Corwith freshman class puzzled over the word pedagog before a student traced it to a state historic building. Leland A. Adams of Waterloo and Bonnie M. Wood of Newton planned marriage in Tracry, but license in Waterloo caused confusion about county location.
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