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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
2
Subscription rates listed as one year six months and three months totaling 40. The item lists Wayne Pitman as editor and publisher and indicates weekly publication cadence as Thursday.
A sequence of social calls and weekend visits fills a period in the community. Franklin By Mrs John Moffatt and families, Bert Rinehart and others visit the Frank Cox home. Eva Carpenter of California and Nellie Haines of Red Oak are noted guests.
Local families including Mrs W E Donovan Loyd Carter Virginia and Bob Carter Frank Chambera and W E Donovan spent recent evenings at various homes across Albia Center ville and Floyd Woods. County fair attendance by neighbors was noted along with New Hope school starting with Robert Foster as teacher.
Friday after visiting the Russell Warner home near Ottumwa several families shared meals and visits. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Wood Lynda Kay and Mr and Mrs Junior Donovan and Judy at the W E Donovan home. Other gatherings featured the Pettibone and Meadows families, Ellajean Woodward at Loyd Carter, Harris at Frank Hiatt, and the Harsh family at the Matt Watts home. Dick Wood of Albia returned from a weekend at his grandfather Donovan’s home, with further calls on the Hiatt households by Bert Meadows John and Ella Hiatt and Merrill and Clyde Hiatt of Des Moines.
Betty Jean Foster reports a quiet school opening with seven pupils taught by Pearl Hiner. Families and neighbors share Sunday visits with the Boyer and Foster households. Attendees travel to Centerville for the Appanoose County fair and spend weekends at various homes, including the McDanel and Mericle families, reflecting a tight-knit rural community.
The Kinser Valley notes report Darby and Russell Darby involved in rowing for Elmer Lockman and Oren Thompson. M. M. Darby’s family visited. Corn yields reached $40 per acre, cattle valued at $170. Charley Johnson resigns Ottumwa job to drive Moravia High School bus. Darrell and Floyd Caster and LeRoy Wilson to attend Moravia High School. Casters will provide transport. Visitors include Leo and Clarence Caster, Donald Darby, Mike Knowles, and John Visser. cattle bought for Albia cooperative sale. Donald Darby left for Camp Gordon, Ga on a 10-day furlough.
A personal diary excerpt details domestic chores and daily irritations as the author plans a Saturday rush to finish varnishing and cleaning. It notes washing clothes, drying in variable weather, and the burden of managing clutter and family papers amid a busy week.
In Hiattsville Mrs. Lloyd Rose reports several from the vicinity attended the Centerville 4-H Fair. Pvt Francis Argo of Fort Smith Ark called on Cyril McDanes family. Marilyn Rose hosted a five girl 4 club party. Various families hosted gatherings Sunday and Monday at multiple homes including the Pettibone Utterback Hiatt Dooley Criddlebaugh and McDanes households. School reopened with Margie Gordon as teacher and Max McDanes moved to Moravia for high school. Real estate brokerage McFatridge Coulson invites calls for wishes.
Unionville area residents and relatives enjoyed visits across several towns this week. Drake University students Miss Essie Whisler Miss Chys nuvota and Miss May Idedate stayed with Miss Rosalind Walls at Rev and Mrs James Walls home while Mr and Mrs Ira Robb visited their daughter Virginia in Macon Missouri Friday. The Rev and Mrs Stuart C Davis and daughter Ruth traveled to Des Moines Monday through Thursday to see Mrs Davis mother Mrs A Laven. Mrs Sarah Powell Udell Mrs Will Powers and Mrs Charles Coe and daughter of Centerville and Mrs Grace Robinson of Missouri called on relatives here Thursday. Mrs Yda Anderson of Hemas City Missouri is visiting her niece Mrs E Stewart. Miss Geraldine Harrington hosted a dinner Thursday evening for Prudence and Patty Jones. William Morrison, recently ill, accompanied his daughter Mrs Gilbert Herman to Ottumwa Thursday. Mrs Frank Gates visits her son and daughter-in-law Mrs John Gates at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Mrs Ira Robb hosted the Two O’Clock club Tuesday.
Hedge College by Mrs T J Luse and families attended the Centerville fair Thursday evening. Royal Vanderpool of Princeton Missouri visited relatives. Various Luse and Davis families hosted Sunday gatherings and dinners across nearby homes. Miss Jessadine Laws opened school with six students. other residents visited Centerville, Albia, and Ottumwa locations over the weekend.
Hazel Hellyer and neighbors share visits and trips across Salem Iowa and Albia including Hazel Hellyer guesting with Ruby Whitehead, and families like Perry, Turner, Rinehart and Platt hosting gatherings. Events cover school duties, fairs, teachers meeting, and relatives visiting across Des Moines and Ottumwa with mentions of George, Ella Coffin, Bert Rinehart, and others.
Jean and Elbert Perry visited the Guy McKenn home on Friday. Ted Teatera and Theola spent Sunday at the Clarence Teater home. Roberta Tarr was at Cass Hamilton on Saturday evening. Harley Tisue and family joined James Nash home Monday evening. Dick and George Hellyer attended a 4-H meeting at Richard Allen’s home Monday evening.
Local notes detail birthday dinners for Loren Thompson and Mrs. Mil dred Robb, Civil Service work by Dean Faber in Ottumwa, and Enon School opening with seven pupils. Various visits span Enon, Centerville, Albia, Blakesburg, and Sovilla, with multiple families attending Sunday gatherings and rural social events.
In Memoriam remembrance for a wife and mother dated Aug 31 1942. Family notes work and faith to honor her memory. Includes license numbers for C M Mc Fatridge and C C Coulson as notaries and real estate brokers. Mr. and Mrs L H Robinson returned from Cedar Falls where they attended a camp meeting.
Mrs M E Boardman and Mr and Mrs C L Jones visited Ottumwa with others including the Hill and Bales families. Brompton school opened with Mrs Laura Reid as teacher. Local residents shared visits to homes of Harold Howard and George Reid, with several callers from Centerville Moravia and Albin. Real estate ad notes McFatridge Coulson No 987.
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