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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1928
Page
3
Moravia High School travels to Hedrick for a season opener against the Hedrick high team. coach Gondh Glancy leads a tight squad through hard practices hoping to compensate for lighter weight with speed and teamwork. Local fans urged to rally behind the team.
The closing session of the Iowa Conference at Osceola named appointments for Methodist churches. Moravia O J Fix Teonium B C Lepper Albin B F Schwartz Centerville H B Scoles Unionville J E Ward Moultan J P Rex Mystic J A Wilson Blakesburg Treverton Warren Eldon A M Smith Milton C B Rayhill Brooklyn G Nye Barnes City H U Smith Marengo P M Conant.
Sunday School at 10 with officer elections and children promotion. Communion and preaching at 11. Evening service at 7 30. Choir practice Tuesdays at Bivin home. Corner stone laying and rededication planned for Sunday September 30 with fall festival meals by Ladies Aid at P H Morris home and donations requested. Tucker Blumenstock Carter attended M E Conference at Oskaloosa with delegates from Moravia and Wesley Chapel churches.
Preparations for the 28rd Moravia Fall Festival and Farmers Institute are nearly complete with $400 in premium money. The event features exhibits, speakers Senator Lloyd Ellis and Congressman Lloyd Thurston, concerts by the Moravia Concert Band, ball games against Iconium and Felkner's, and midway rides from Prairie State Amusement Co. Other attractions include a saddle horse show, races, demonstrations, and a closing livestock sale. Also noted are local notices of post elections, obituaries, and hospital updates for area residents.
Fortunate is he that can make friends and gain power from many minds and arms. Enemies respect and fear him even when wronged. Unfortunate is he who makes neither friends nor enemies, for he lacks power and opposition and cannot lead.
Lois Goldberg a Des Moines 17 year old won the twenty mile Mississippi river marathon swim sponsored by the YMCA. She was the only finisher, completing the course in 6 hours 40 minutes. Nine swimmers started and only two besides Goldberg made past fifteen miles.
Kendall Majors died at Miners Hospital in Albin on Wednesday evening September 12 after surgery for appendicitis. The community extends sympathy to the family. Mrs Majors was formerly Miss Hazel Spencer. Funeral services were held at the Lee Majors home Friday at 2 o clock with burial in the Eslinger cemetery.
Miss Velda Pence and Lloyd Brown were married at the Presbyterian Manse in Centerville on Wednesday evening September 12, with Rev. Mott R. Sawyers officiating. They were joined by Miss Ruth Hinote and Earl Espy. The couple, popular locally, are the children of Mrs. Cass Hamilton of Moravia northwest and Mr. and Mrs. Andy Brown of Iconium. They recently attended Moravia Schools and have many friends offering best wishes.
Advertising announces the Unionville Fox Hunt to span Tuesday through Friday next week. Many locals expected to attend, following prior years. The event is organized by committees in charge and features outreach from Odile Wilson of Phoenix.
M E Curch reports a productive conference in Oskaloosa and urges strong church involvement. The first prayer meeting and music committee follow, with boards and services announced for Wesley and Moravia. Echoes of the Conference is the morning topic and all young folks are invited to evening services. Mr and Mrs F P Hawk return from a west trip visiting Guy Hawk in Grand Junction Colorado and other relatives.
Moravia defeated Unionville on the local diamond last Sunday with 31 hits and 19 runs to Unionville’s 26 hits and 11 runs. Lineups include Moravia W Smith and S Bailey, Unionville Orelup and Dukes among others, with pitchers Underwood and Main.
J. A. Winsler, a pioneer farmer, will exhibit a high yielding corn at the Moravia Fall Festival and Farmers Institute this week. He measured a potential yield of 169.2 bushels per acre from 20 rods, noting the ears are large and yellow and mature early. The display will be in the big tent at the city park, with an additional display of colored corn varieties. See G. B. Johnson for tarpenter and remodelling work.
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