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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
3
Quip of the week notes whisper campaigns and political jabs around Dan McGrew and Willkie. A radio talk on campus mocks a grade of 16 percent for George Wilson, hints at teacher and student sentiment, and reflects fears of foreclosure-related attacks during debates.
The Sunday schedule lists 10:00 a.m. Sunday School with Wilbur Harris as superintendent, 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 6:30 p.m. Epworth League, and 8:00 p.m. Evening Worship. The message welcomes members and friends to engage in services and community betterment, urging attendance and prayer.
Harold Hawk and Misa Margaret Followwill were married Sunday September 8 at Centerville Methodist Church. The ceremony began at 9 00 a.m with Rev. C. M. LaGrone officiating and was attended by bridesmaids Miss Jean Having and Mrs. Betty Temple and ushers Clifford Borden and Ralph Totley. The couple will live on a farm northeast of Moravia. both families are from Moravia and Centerville. Harriet Lee Main of Knoxville visited with her parents.
Loyd Clark won Monroe county plowing championship on the Turner farm near Moravia with 87 points, outdistinguishing 18 competitors. He earned $10 and a berth in the Corn Belt plowing match at Boone, while George Adams placed second and last year’s champ George Gergely took third among a field noted for tough sod and tall weeds.
The Rev R L Brown was reappointed to Grace Methodist Church for another year by the Des Moines Iowa conference last week. Several other locally known pastors were transferred with appointments announced including J A Wilson Unionville Clifford Ott Akonium E P Spurlock Malcolm Ewart Mra Spurlock Assistant E L Pullman Blakenburg M R Gonzales Myatie W R Keesey Albin Paul Hicks Centerville O M LaGrona Perry H A Smith Ft Des Moines WW Zerbe Williamsburg
Von Tracy and staff of telephone operators attended a Centerville convention Friday. Miss Clara Irelan and Mrs Tracy substituted on the switchboard during their absence. Relatives report the approaching marriage of Dorothy Wilson and Bernard McCarthy with a Sept. 30 wedding planned. Rosemary Main left Monday for Kankakee to enter Olivet College as a freshman.
The Rev. T. J. Zike and Mrs. Mra. Zike went Wednesday to Vinton to attend the United Brethren conference. W. P. Davis will go as delegate from the local church. Mrs. J. B. Sharp of Centerville spent Friday and Saturday here with friends.
A historic rural school exhibition lists top prizes across categories from free hand map drawing to booklet work, with Hedge College and Miller repeatedly earning firsts. Awards cover farm products, grains, vegetables, and domestic science displays, highlighting names such as Darrell Caster, Clarence Whitehead, and Hedge College among many exhibitors.
William E Hiatt 70 died in Moravia after a long illness. Funeral held Tuesday at Grace Methodist Church with burial in Moravia Cemetery. Born Sept 8 1869 on a farm near Moravia he lived here all his life and for 50 years ran a threshing machine. Survived by wife Elsie died 1983, two daughters Gail Burton and Isal Davis, a son Forrest Hiatt, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also survived by siblings and half siblings.
Governor George A. Wilson will speak in Moravia Friday at a Methodist church basement dinner. The meal starts at 6 PM, part of four county talks in Appanoose. He also visits Mystic, Mount Pleasant, and Centerville for rallies, in John K. Valentine’s home county. Tickets cost 50 cents at the Union office or from H. K. Smith or Dr. D. K. Orelup.
Mr and Mrs T S Thompson marked their 50th wedding anniversary in a family gathering at their 110 acre farm northeast of Moravia Monroe County. Married Sept 17 1890 near Frederic they raised nine children eight living Blanche of Fort Worth Tex and Mabel of Independence were present along with numerous relatives from Altoona Albia Centerville Keswick Eldora Moravia and Moravia. Mrs Thompson born Charlotte Berry in 1866 sailed from Stockholm Sweden as a child and recalled the ocean voyage and seasick moments. Mr Thompson born near Frederic April 8 1866 worked on railroads before settling on farming and remaining in Monroe County.
Elijah Simmons was taken to the University hospital at Iowa City on Thursday for an emergency operation at 11 45 a m Saturday. Word reached here that the procedure was performed in the hospital.
W. K. McNabb, mathematics instructor at the local school, resigned last week to join the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy at Lake Geneva. His departure depends on finding a suitable replacement. He taught geometry physics general science and led seventh and eighth grade programs and basketball. He lives in Cedar Falls and graduated from town state teachers college in 1938. Superintendent William Young praised him as an excellent teacher and said he will be greatly missed. A successor is expected this week.
Funeral services were held in Albia for William Mertz a 56 year old Monroe county road crew foreman who died after a road tractor pinned him against a bridge. He was crushed while supervising ditch cleaning in Franklin township when the machine became stuck and backed collide. Mertz suffered multiple rib fractures and internal injuries.
Mr and Mrs J F Chambers hosted a dinner at the Methodist church on Saturday honoring their son Carl Chambers of Pendleton Oregon and daughter in law Mrs Carl Chambers. Guests included Arthur Main Madison Wisconsin Mr and Mrs John L Chambers Centerville and several others from Moulton Blakesburg Albia Ottumwa Kirksville and Moravia.
The 36th Moravia Fall Festival attracted near record crowds and a near 900 entry list, with ideal weather. Highlights included a doll and pet parade, a robust industrial and livestock tent, school displays, and racing victories by Rex Firkins in the open 100 yard dash and the round-the-block run.
Mrs Harry Pabst and Mrs R B Cummins welcomed Past Matrons at a dinner at United Brethren church last Wednesday. The group then moved to the Pabst home for a social afternoon.
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