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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
5
Sunday services listed with Sunday School at 10 a m overseen by Mrs Birdie Main Superintendent. Communion at 11 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. Rev Lagle plans to conduct Tweetings out of town.
The Methodist Episcopal church schedules Sunday school at 10 a.m. with Lyla Beery as Superintendent, morning worship at 11 led by the pastor with special music, and Epworth League at 7 p.m. Evening service follows at 8 p.m. The Ladies Aid meets Friday after noon for a special business session and officer elections. Mrs J F Albert will present piano and voice pupils in recital Friday at 7:45 p.m. assisted by the church orchestra. Wesley church announces a Homecoming Sabbath with 9:30 a.m. services and a co operative dinner. Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at the parsonage for an all day session. J C Behrens, pastor.
The United Brethren Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. with M. H. Johnson overseeing the election of officers for the coming conference year. Christian Endeavor gathers at 7 p.m. and evening worship at 8. WMA meets Friday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. John Dille’s home. Junior Christian Endeavor is Saturday at 1:45 p.m. A special offering Sunday morning supports the Iowa Conference pension fund for retired ministers and widows. Miss Miles, a returned missionary from the Philippine Islands, spoke to an attentive audience about missionary work.
Polyganthus Study club gathered Friday with vacation notes and a trip talk by Mrs H M Under Wool to New Mexico. Readings from Beatrice Aldrich offered, antiques displayed including a 100 year old brass candlestick with North Sea sand. Refreshments served by the hostess and daughter Phyllis Bair. Rev Swaim and Mrs Hall Swaim visit before moving to South Council Bluffs Nazarene church. former Clinton, Iowa assignment.
W. T. Boston, pastor, urges believers to abandon spiritual blind alleys and seize their rights and opportunities as Christians, likening the home to a boulevard of faith and service. The message frames living boldly in faith as a privilege and duty for contemporary followers.
Teonium Circuit Sunday School at 10 a m Miss Mayme Callen Supt Morning worship at 11 Special music Young Peoples meeting at 7 16 p m Services after Young Peoples meeting Annual reception of school teachers at the M E church on Thursday evening Rev Morgan of Albia will speak A B String Band of Mys ss concert Friday evening Last Quarterly Conference Tuesday Sept 10 at 2 pm Election of Lay Delegate Sunday Sept 8 Fairview Sunday School at 9 a m Mrs Bert McKern Sept Morning worship at 9 45 Young peoples choir Epworth League Tuesday evening All young people invited Ladies Aid all day Thursday Sixth annual Homecoming Sunday Sept 16 Milton Sunday School at 10 a m Lewis Rouse Sept peoples choir Annual Homecoming Basket dinner at noon at the Community Hall Platform services at 2 pm Epworth League at 7 30 pm Services after Epworth League Community night Sept 6 with services at the church and Farm Bureau at the Community Hall Reception for teachers Ladies Aid all day Thursday Sept 12 All reports to be in the finest shape possible by all giving something for the support of the claims of the church before or by Tuesday Sept 10 last Quarterly Conference J W Zerbe Minister
Local residents and visitors fill Moravia area notes with trips to Des Moines Ottumwa Bussey and Church events. Names include Halden Staley Young Miller Sneed Cameron Hiatt Reich Smith Tarr Albert and others with moves to Minnesota Wisconsin and California on family and work matters.
The Otterbein Guild of the United Brethren church will accompany Mrs. W. T. Boston to Mystic U B Church next Tuesday evening to help with a demonstration. Oss Callen leads the district, organizing the Betie Otterbein Guild.
Carl Black and his wife and daughter left Saturday Aug 24 to start a new life in Sigourney Iowa as he begins a position with Reynolds Funeral Home. Community wishes accompany the Blacks on their relocation. Depart for California Mrs Fanchen Winsler and daughters Jackie and Jerry and Ralph Whicker left Tuesday for Upland California to winter there.
Coulson relatives gathered Thursday at Centerville park for the ninth reunion with many family members attending. A picnic lunch followed and an program featured songs, readings, and talks. Officers were elected and plans for next year named.
The Ringling Bros. combined circus unveils a massive show with 1600 passengers in 100 double-length silverhued railroad cars, 700 horses, 1600 menagerie animals, seven rings, a hippodrome, and 81 tents. Col Tim McCoy will host an Indian village and lead rough riders in Western shows, promising foreign acts and aerial feats including Liberty acts, rotating flyers, bareback riding, and high-wire performances.
The text notes the rhinoceros named Gram and mentions Mary, famed in the Tarzan motion picture, as a newcomer to the rhino colony in the expansive menagerie.
Entomologists at Iowa State College say the Mexican bean beetle found in Newton in late July marks a first for Iowa. It is not likely to be a serious problem for several years, but experts warn it is only a matter of time before the beetle becomes a significant pest in the state.
Reds led 4 0 before Swift in sixth tied the game with three runs. In seventh and eighth Underwood steadied the mound as Paul struck out batters. The Reds went hitless from the fifth until the tenth but Wilbur Smith and Jim Broshar started the rally, with Richard Burton driving in the decisive run on a two base hit in the tenth.
The Tarr family held a reunion at the John Tarr homestead six miles southwest of Moravia on Saturday. Attendees from multiple states gathered for meals at Iconium M. E. Church and a toast program led by Mrs. Mamie Blumenstock. Guests included Simeon Tarr of Duluth and Joe Tarr of Florence, plus many relatives from Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Quebec, and Oregon, with extensive acknowledgments of kin and shared memories.
Mr and Mrs Albert Brain and Mr and Mrs Lester Brain with children returned last week from a motor trip to Washington DC They visited Gertrude Brain and numerous sites including the White House and Hall of Congress They also visited relatives in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Multiple short notices list a six room residence for sale on EB Moravia with full basement and furnace. also offerings include onions at eight cents per pound, Siberian Crabs at fifty cents per bit, Blue Pluma at one dollar per bit, ivory baby bed with pad for two fifty, two solid oak rockers with leather seats priced three fifty and five dollars, and W W Slaughter selling property in Moravia for one thousand two hundred fifty dollars.
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