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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1953
Page
6
Numerous residents and visitors are listed from Centerville and nearby towns. Travelers return from vacations including Yellowstone, National Glacier, and Portland, Oregon, with many relatives and friends visited or hosted. Community gatherings include weddings, church events, reunions, and Labor Day weekend visits across Ottumwa, Des Moines, Fairfield, Exline, and Bloomington areas.
Vosburgh by Mrs Emmett Derby reports Mr and Mrs Joe Atchison of Kennewick Wash visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Miller. various neighbors including the Frame and Sheldon families hosting gatherings. Vosburgh school opened Aug 31 with 16 pupils taught by Mrs Margaret McDonald. several local residents attended 4 H meetings and celebrations at Albia, plus an ICs club tea towel project and an ice cream social at a neighbor’s home.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Derby spent Wednesday evening at Fred Argos. There was a telephone meeting Wednesday evening at Vosburg school house. Mrs. Mike Turner and Mrs. Flo Frame of Des Moines spent Sunday night and Monday at Clayton Sheldons.
Mrs H B Spring hosts and visits surround Udell families. Des Moines weekend trip by Josie Stuckey with daughter Mary and Jerry Stark. Cpl Tom Argo from Ft Campbell visited Harold Spring and related families. Glasgow family trips to Polslock and meeting Romer Scobee after fifty six years. Curt Murdy from Centerville ill. visits by Lester Murdy. Mexico Mo residents Woodrow Duty James Corbett Bruce join Udell visitors at Joe Moore home. Layette shower for Mrs Nelson Ballanger at Harold Henshaw home with games and prizes. Julie Morlan visiting aunt Jean Spring while parents vacation in Minnesota. Paul Henderson and Pauletta of Atkins Ind. dine with Ben Glasgow. Pauletta stays. Helping Neighbors club with Bertha Clark. Udell Brethren church services well attended. Lawrence Powell Elmer Elschlager Centerville visit Missouri relatives. Little Dickie Burger burns hand after backing into scalding water. Billy Moore family visits from Tri Cities.
Franklin and Mrs Franklin attended the state fair in Des Moines on Wednesday. Linda and Francis Moffatt visited the Lester Housley home in Moravia on Saturday. Lloyd Ammons and George Godfrey called at the Roy Moffatt home on Monday. Mr and Mrs Frank Cox called in Moravia on Thursday. Roy Moffatt hosted dinner with Joe Lucas Jr. on Saturday. Coy Swift joined others at the Lloyd Callen home on Wednesday while men cut corn. Olive Moffatt spent the weekend with Frank Starcivic in Louila. W P Lynch Bernard Kitterman and Ed McDonald called at Roy Moffatts on Tuesday.
P v Mrs Shae of Moline Ill spent the weekend with her friend Mrs Fred Davis and family. Mr and Mrs Harrison Brower of Rockford Lil spent Thursday with sister Mr and Mrs Chas Johnson Mrs Etta Brain Mrs Florence Shank Mr and Mrs Otha Fenton Beverly and Colene spent Saturday.
Rev Paul Smith and Rev Charles Martin from Des Moines visited the D S Fenton home Friday evening. Several families spent Sunday with relatives in Centerville and Muscatine. The annual fox hunt continues through Thursday. Other gatherings included visits to Clyde Smith and Glen Clancey households. Mrs Norton’s birthday was celebrated at the Claude Norton farm near Moulton.
Mrs Anno Fenton records attendance and visits across Des Moines Indianola Chariton Centerville and nearby towns. The notes list numerous families visiting the state fair watching TV hosting guests and sharing Sunday dinners with names including Elam Lemley Martin Atwell Tucker Atwell Hainline and Fenton.
Hiattsville social column recounts gatherings and visits with the Meadows Hiatt and related families including Bert Meadows J L Turner Virgil Dooley Ed Hiatt and Kenneth Daniels attending a Hiatt reunion at Centerville park Also mentions Ed Hiatt Ernest Brees visiting and various weekend hosts plus a weight loss ad for a 21 Day Low Calorie Diet in the Chicago American.
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