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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1954
Page
6
A flurry of weekend gatherings and visits spans Des Moines Chillicothe and Ottumwa. Notables include Miss Jane Funkhouser editor at Meredith Publishing in Des Moines and several extended family reunions with Woodwards Glicks Robbs and Roberts clans, plus church events in Ottumwa and Allerton.
Enon residents chronicle Mrs J T VanDorin and family celebrations. neighbors, relatives and visitors share cakes, ice cream, and garden gatherings across a busy week including 4-H events, birthdays, and local outings.
Mrs Coy Swift is in Excelsior Springs Missouri receiving treatments. Several area ladies attended W S C S at the Methodist church in Iconium on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Earl Swift and Mr and Mrs Clair Long spent Tuesday evening at the Beryl Brown home in Moravia. Dean and Allen Ammions visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Claude Rogers for the past week.
Unionville by Mr. D 8 Fenton reports visits from D S Fenton family centering on parental home with Mrs. Mary Belie Curtis and Joan Brooks and Pamela Richards visiting relatives. Don Ewing family and Mrs Wm attended Robert Sells home in Bagley Iowa. Mrs Cross to help with newborn Carol Jean. Baptist Ladies Aid to meet Thursday afternoon with Laura Moore. More remarks from D M Wilson and others.
A notes recap of visitors and travels in the area. Mrs. Elizabeth Guernsey visits her granddaughter in Des Moines while Harold Traxter and family host others at the fair. Shirley Farnsworth, Harold Fenton, and Misa Farnsworth join weekend family time. Rev. Banks Doggett and daughter return from two weeks in Detroit. Martha Miller moves back to her own home in Centerville. Attendees at Mrs. Mary Keegan’s funeral include P. E. More, Agnes, Clint Robb, Don McCloud, Joe Wilson, and Myrtle Harrington. Rev. Howard F. Jones of Columbus, Ohio, visits the Doggett home.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Fenton of Moravia called on Mr and Mrs Ralph Tucker Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Merrill Atwell and family of near Russell visited with Mr and Mrs Carl Thompson and family of Promise City and Mr and Mrs Iven ...
Atwell and family were visiting Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Laten Atwell. Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Fenton were visiting Mrs. Walter Booth of Des Moines and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tarbell Wednesday evening. Mrs. Booth was a house guest at Tarbell's. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tucker of Albia spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tucker. Mrs. Essie Tucker returned home with them after two weeks with her son Ralph. Maybeth Wray spent Sunday after Sunday School with Lorene and Florene Atwell. Mrs. Ralph Tucker called on Mrs. Helen Taylor Sunday. Mrs. Taylor has been very sick recently. Mr. and Mrs. Lesley Lemley and Roger, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lemley vacationed in Minnesota. Arlo Fenton attended a Centerville park picnic. Earl Fenton spent Sunday with Roy Sulser and Bird Fenton, calling on Lora Fenton in the evening.
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