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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1943
Page
2
A long list of Moravia area residents and guests visited this weekend for the Fall Festival. Local families from Des Moines to Ottumwa hosted visitors and attended events, with many noting visits from relatives and friends across Iowa and Missouri.
A note of gratitude for the many cards and letters received from friends during a hospital confinement. Mrs. J. D. Minne Read the want ads.
Pearl Harbor war plan drama mixed with romance shown at King Theatre Albia Tuesday September 21 to Thursday September 28. Royce Winkle announces cast includes Hollywood favorites. Film based on a James Young book. action mainly in Tokyo over the last six years.
From a high view the speaker watches a battle line. Soldiers stretch across the field and collide in wave after wave of combat. The blacks press back while the remnants of the winning side endure. Interesting question remains about the clash and its outcome.
Tra Clayton Callen born August 9 1860 on a Moravia farm died September 9 1943 at St Joseph hospital Centerville aged 83 years one month after a life in Appanoose county He united with Mt Zion United Brethren later Fairview Methodist church married Martha Anna Wilson March 20 1884 four children James Riley Mina Dowd Ina Miller Hazel Miller eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren He left a sister Mrs Etta Phillips and brothers William Gallen I S Callen Preceded in death by wife one sister three brothers and a grandson Funeral at Moravia Methodist with Rev EH L Pullman and burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.
The Callen family and Clarence Dowd express gratitude for the sympathy shown during our bereavement and for the floral contributions. We also thank Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller for their kindness. Read the want ad.
Mrs John VanZante hosts dinner with Mr and Mrs Ben Jones Donald Lyle and Carl VanZante and Ronald Lee and Mark Pfe Lyle Jones sails to Brooklyn after a 10 day furlough Ralph Shelquist and daughter Lucille ride to Oskaloosa en route to Cedar Falls to resume college work Harold Wright from Moulton visits for Fall Festival Sam Shepherd family spends night at VanZante home Ella Jean Woodward is the district’s only high school pupil with no local grade students Pearl Lavely shares Sunday dinner at Ben Jones home.
Karl H. Fisher announced the 1944 Appanoose County Farm Bureau resolutions committee. W G Lodwick of Sedan chairs the panel with Peter Sidles Jerome Bryan Hartl Centerville Earl Exline Moulton and Glenn Bailey Mystic as members. The group will study township issues and draft resolutions guiding county and state Farm Bureau policies for 1944, with key state and national legislation topics likely. Lodwick will represent Appanoose at the Iowa Farm Bureau annual meeting in Des Moines in November.
At a recent press convention in Clear Lake publishers sparred over politics while urging the Burma road and backing a campaign song In the Blue of Evening The same page notes the Spirit Lake massacre relic Abbie Gardner Sharp cabin was bought for seven thousand dollars by the Pillsbury State Park commission and the Sheldon city park board plans to auction the old grandstand in September
Real estate listings from Chet Broshar Moravia promote Blumenatack Home on 25 acres with rentals, a corner 836 Drake Centerville property, Funkhouser home in Centerville, and multiple farms and acreages. Ads push cash deals, some with terms, plus farm equipment, hog feed, and feed supplies. Lost items include a cream can and a fox terrier pup.
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