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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
2
Urbana area residents stayed busy with Unionville Reunion and Albia Fall Festival events. Community members visited, hosted and celebrated birthdays, with 66 guests at Mrs. Chas Davis's surprise party and many families sharing events across Urbana and nearby towns.
Kinser Valley residents Kinser Valley G R Darby and son Roy called at the Cubit home Sunday morning. Zell Wilson and family attended a picnic at the Wright home in Moulton Sunday. G R Darby hauled lambs to the Albia cooperative sale. Mrs Lula Tillmont had Russell Darby take pupils to Albia for the Albia Fall Festival program. Roy Darby and family of Albia were dinner guests at the Darby home. The Albia Fall Festival drew Valley folks with a good exhibit. Burg Felton received word to return to railroad work at Laramie Wyoming.
Family and Miss Lulu Burton visited the Charles Pabst and Forrest Main home Sunday afternoon. The New Hope club met at George Turner’s home last Wednesday for a cooperative dinner and rag quilting. Numerous guests including Mr. and Mrs. Wess Hiatt, and a pink and blue shower for Mrs. Turner. Attendees visited friends and relatives at many homes in Albia, Centerville, Oskaloosa, and Ottumwa, with several horse show and fair festival outings noted among numerous family gatherings.
Brompton and Sewal residents hosted Sunday dinners with Hoardman, Shriver, DeLong, and Stafford families. Felton and daughter Helen visited Ed Robinson, while Reid attended a Fall Festival in Russell. Meitlin, Pickerell, Staford, and Miller helped with ground feed for several locals as Homer Newburn’s Ottumwa family joined W. F. Boardman. Dorothy Davis and Mrs. Ona Board were among attendees.
Scattered visits fill last week with Mrs Keith Roberts Janet Lee visiting Wm Tomlin and others calling on neighbors. Homecoming at Fairview drew crowds, Old Settlers trip to Unionville noted, and the Fall Festival at Albia enjoyed by many locals. Attendees include Mrs Bernard Hayes and son, W Tomlin, Carl Tomlin, and several Lockman and Ward families with church events and dairy judging in Waterloo.
The writer recalls Urbana township pride, squash and pumpkin crops, and debates on local apples. He notes foggy mornings soothing landscapes, hopes for rain, and upcoming Blakesburg Corn Carnival amid a sleepy mood and excuses for delaying his column.
Salem area families including Frank Gladfelder Hannah Gladfelder Kenneth Gladfelder and Lyman Main joined Jess Gladfelder for Sunday dinner. Others visited Newton Long Del Hellyer Tonie Perry in Albia and Albia callers came from multiple households. Donald Whitehead and George Hellyer judged in Waterloo then returned Wednesday. Willing Workers bound quilts and made tea towels with Clara Brown. Community members also visited fairs, farms, and relatives around Albia Centerville Red Oak and nearby towns.
Franklin Mr and Mrs Hugh McFatridge spent Sunday at the Ray McFatridge home in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Robert Jennings and son Charles and Mr and Mrs Harry Jennings and daughter visited Sunday afternoon at the Roscoe Argo home. Mr and Mrs Wesley Chambers of Bussey visited Sunday at the John Moffatt home. Mrs E F Stansberry and son Dewayne and Mrs James McGee accompanied Mrs Joe Jacque to her Cedar Rapids home Saturday. They visited at the Charles Brown home in New Sharon Saturday, then motored to Cedar Rapids where they visited at the Ray McFatridge home.
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