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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1951
Page
2
Community notes from Wesley Chapel W S C 8 include meetings with Genevie Donovan, church events, and social visits. Local families such as Schrodt, Harsh, Donovan, Kalvig, Gladfelder, Burton, and Hiatt appear in multiple entries with visits, dinners, and weddings referenced in Centerville area circles.
Mrs J T VanDorin attended the Monroe township Farm Bureau meeting at Hilton Tuesday night and enjoyed Robert Larsoui pictures of Alaska. Mrs Sylvan VanDorin took her premium cake to her mother for a birthday. Dallas Faber spent Tuesday with Harold Hawk. Mary Jouber celebrated her birthday with a skating party and supper hosted by Wauneta Perry and others.
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Leo VanDorin and J C Lockman host and visit relatives. Linda VanDorin, Aunt Jennie Elmore and others share weekends at homes and churches. Marshall gatherings include teachers reception, church events, and a tooth infection in Marvin Vance.
Maple Grove residents hosted and visited across Ottumwa Albia Centerville and Milton with multiple families attending weekend gatherings. Included were the Wilbert Johnson Dale Derby Ralph Robinson Virgil Johnson Kinnamon Marlin McDanel and McDanel relatives plus guests Helen Kinnamon and Georgia Conn.
Overnight guests at Ralph Victori and Curtis Tomlin households include Tucker from The Raven family, Basil Tadlock and Grant Tadlock homes host Sunday dinners, and many others such as the Tadlock, Gardner, McDanel, Dodd, and DuVall families. Attendance at Legion Auxiliary and Stanley parties is noted along with extended kin and local neighbors visiting or hosting in Centerville and nearby farms.
Coulson visits C S Callen home on Friday and Friday night. The Burns family and others visited relatives in Ottumwa including Doris Born and Shelia Florence. Gerald Mikels spent the weekend at home, and several couples called on friends and relatives Sunday and Friday afternoons.
Monday at Theo Miller home and numerous Sunday and Saturday visits followed by funeral services for Mrs. Kate Miller at Iconium Methodist church. Residents attended 4-H meetings in Albia and social calls across families including Calhoun, Derby, Long and Griffin households. Michigan trip noted for L Linzie Pole and Maurice and Hattie Miller accompanied them home. Advertising note ends the fragment.
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