Moravia Union (Newspaper) - December 3, 1986, Moravia, Iowa P Published every Wednesday and entered as Second Class Mail at the Moravia Iowa Post Office Official newspaper for Appanoose County Moravia Com munity School District and the cities of Moravia and Mystic Publisher Baty feature editor West send address changes toi 103 E Charlton Moravia Iowa 52571 Phone MORAVIA Subscription rotes In Iowa Out of State Our 85th Year Volume 86 No 49 Wednesday December USPS 362580 Twentyfive Cents Open House Saturday Variety of Activities Local merchants are busy with final preparations for the Moravia Christmas Open House this com ing Saturday December 6 There will be something to interest and delight everyone young and old including the following Library Tasty Tea in new addition of community building offering samples and recipes for holiday cookies beginning at Homemade candies by Mor avia high school home economics students Large handmade quilt show in preschool room of community building 10 4 Ceramics painting tion by Bonnie McDanel of The Ceramic Shop in the Busy Corner Laundromat Arrowhead collection display by Ernest Helmick and for sale there will be handmade doll and doll clothes by Robertson and handmade lingerie by Alice Raster wooden clocks by Dennis Glosser and macrame hangings by Janice Grimm all located in the Gay worth stery building Blood pressure clinic and open house at St Joseph Mercy Clinic 9 2 Open house and equipment display at Moravia Fire Station Nearly every local merchant will offer holiday specials and drawings as well as inviting V visitors to sign up at each loca tion for the drawing for Moravia Business specials and door prizes include Clayworth for two overstuffed pillows Moravia for 2 free subscriptions Moravia Teddy Bears roping Christmas trees poinsettias country wooden items Iowa Trust and Savings Bank drawing for savings bond Moravia Building and Hard for Stanley 25 power lock tape measure with 1 blade Country care product specials and drawing for gift certificate Jerry and Judy Power Insur ance for clock radio Stanleys by for a free gift Van Dorin up for free gifts Mahaska Farm ing for a gallon of liquid deter gent gallon of antifreeze and gallon of windshield washer Spencers for free turkey Angels cent home made cinnamon rolls also bis cuits and gravy Moravia Auto for merchandise Junction up for drawing for Junction Gift Certificates Moravia video tapes and drawing for free tape rentals Corner Dairy for Christmas wreath and two free pizzas Watkins dis play refreshments and drawings located in the community build ing There will be other special ac not available at presstime Be sure to spend Saturday at Christmas Open House Then for the finale The Moravia high school swing choir together with similar groups from ten other Iowa schools will present a mass con cert in the auditorium at Admission is just for adults for students Pete Eklund guest clinician from Cedar Rapids Jefferson will con duct His choir West Side will also perform The Moravia Area Business which is coordinating the Christmas Open Hose will hold the drawings for Moravia Bucks and door prizes at the concert First Responders Grateful Its common knowledge that our local First Responders are a vital successful lifesaving force in our community Nearly every family has benefited in one way or another from the skilled ef forts of the eight trained duals But according to respond er Rod Hutt such a group is only as good as their equipment and the unit owes a large debt of gratitude to the community for the varied array of equipment at their disposal Through the generous donations of many and former residents the Moravia First Responders have an impressive stock of emergency medical equipment which they use reg to save lives and minimize injuries The group would like to express their thanks to all who have given to this worthy cause As a measure of their gratitude they have compiled the following list to demonstrate how well equipped they are 1 Portable oxygen D cylinder airways mask aspirator and 2 D cylinders aspirator and 1 2 trauma item included 3 star of life sheet alcohol 200 quick ice pack iu antidote kil iia bite EMI kuite Sv BPC board splint finger splint rolled wire splint burn sheet 9 VSP sodium chloride solution Vt oz eye solution eye pads 3 bandage 4 elastic bandage tri angular bandage 2 flexion gauze 3 gauze 4 gauze gauze gauze pada gauze adhesive bandage yards adhesive tape yards adhesive tape trauma dressing ABD pads 1 KEDS 4 Philadelphia C collars 1 universal head immobilize 2 full back boards 1 half backboard air full arm 1 full leg 1 half arm 2 half leg 1 hand and wrist 1 foot and knee splints 1 leg splint 1 arm 1 arm 2 rib belts 2 burn sheets 2 Jump kits items included 1 Philadelphia collar 1 foam collar ail sizes bandages stethoscope several roHi of gauze wrap 1 arm sling 2 cold packs rubber gloves 3 rolls of elastic wrap 1 scissors 1 wrist brace 2 wv stethoscope besides kits and jump Of coarse many items be of after one use and new equipment ii available at all The need for tools is a constant one and First COB to gratefully receive tot it a luce tu honor a one or to a Lite ii a a the ii ti I tie i Sui Ui Uit Calendar Dec 3 App Awards Night Dee 4 Wrestling Warren there JV basketball Blakesburg here School Board meeting Ag Rescue Joseph Mercy Hospital Moravia City Council 7 County Compensation Board meeting Courthouse Dec 5 Basketball here Council Bingo and dance Hall Centerville Bingo Dance 9 Taylor Argo home Dec 6 Wrestling Pekin Invi there Basketball Seymour there Swing Choir Clinic American Legion Auxiliary Card Party 7 Monroe County Awards Night 7 Open House Dec 7 County wide Christ mas Advent Musical St Josephs Catholic Church Centerville 7 Dec 8 Basketball Twin Cedars there Athletic Promoters Dec 9 Basketball Wayne there Wrestling Dual here 6 Cub Scouts Dec 11 Basketball Sey there Elementary Christmas Concert 7 Cheese rice honey Building Dec 12 Basketball Warren here Dec 13 Wrestling Central Decatur Invitational there Wrestling Tourney Albia there Basketball Twin Cedars there Pot luck supper for widows Methodist Church Auxiliary Change You are asked to bring your for canteen books and any mens clothing for the Veterans Hospital at to the American Legion Auxiliary meet ing on Monday Dec 15 at Do sot bring the clothing to the Dec 6 card party City Council Moravia City Council regular meeting Dec 4 1986 at 7 Agenda Call meeting to order inmates read and approved bills approved sheriffs report Paul White and Larry Cook insurance representatives discuss agreement railroad Larry Power DC reports from street fire water sewer library clerk any other business that may come before the council School Board The Moravia Board of Educa tion will meet Thursday Dec 4 at 7 p in at the high school Agenda re selection of auditor tot 8687 district 8 director ct School Board Association for 8687 report evaluation Jeremy Hawk grimaces u he taken toe 105 pound Mohawk straggles with his opponent wrestler pinned his man to win of North Mahaska A few die match In the doable dual seconds after this photo was meet at Brooklyn hut Tuesday Fall Festival Needs You report The Moravia Fall Festival is a very special part of life in this community It is in fact the single most memorable and suc event of the year for both current and former residents It is a celebration rich in tradition and steeped with history But the future of Fall Festival is in trouble real trouble according to Bev Wilson of the executive committee The head committee is com prised of five couples Each serves a five year term with one new couple being added each year as the chairing couple ro tates off the committee and each of the other couples move up one position Due to some un usual circumstances involving family and relocation tions the committee for the 1987 festival is down to two couples Greg and Bev Wilson move up to the top position and the only remaining couple Monte and Dana Albers assume the second slot Three more couples are ur gently needed as plans are al ready underway for the Septem ber event According to Wilson couples who have filled these positions are frequently young couples with small children but this need not be the case They would welcome older couples whose families are raised couples who have served in past year and newlywed couples as well It is a big com but not overwhelming as much of the work is delegated to others through the parade childrens parade exhibits and other committees During the off season meetings are held once a month with the next one planned for January A couples first year with the group is basically a learning year without heavy responsibility being placed on them The Fall Festival is also in need of someone to serve as treasurer This does not have to bea member of the executive committee Someone is needed as soon as possible to fill this position Another frequent problem of executive committee members as festival time approaches is baby sitter problems This would be a good opportunity for a single woman or a couple who would like to help but didnt feel they could serve on the committee Volunteering to watch children during work sessions would help a great deal Please give this some serious thought and talk it over with your spouse If you could vol to fill one of the three vacancies on the Fall Festival executive committee you would be insuring the immediate future of this tradition as well as doing something very worthwhile and personally rewarding for the community Then contact Greg and Bev Wilson at 7243340 or Monte and Dana Albers at 7249046 Quilts Do you have a youre particularly proud of Per haps its an antique a family heirloom or maybe one youve made yourself The Moravia Area would like you 10 share it with others who appreciate the an of quilt ing As part ui this Saturdays Mor uvia Christmas House there will be a show ui the preschool the building ccs is lu charge ui v ui Oc oil to of be ug at Butt Dec 5 ut f to uic tul open Up thf ill The Way it Was Creek Was Soapy Austin Jay was a Moravia fin ancier and insurance man in the early He also wrote a historical account of this area which was furnished to us by Clara Hicks McCumber Greeley Colorado Included in the inform ation is the history of the nam ing of Soap Creek The city of Albany was about two miles north of the noted stream of Soap Creek The story is told as to why it was so named One of the earlier pio neer moving wagons had on the hind end of a covered wagon a keg of homemade soft soap In fording the stream which was deep at that time the keg of soap upset and spilled out in the stream and made the waters ever after soapy They were very effective in removing dirt and the original waters stirred around and produced a very fine lather The Indians of the Iowa region made an annual pil grimage to this creek to take a bath and even the cleanly housewives of that period knew of its cleansing qualities The little urchins of that time had many an unpleasant ablution in its waters The fanners would drive sheep for many miles around Albany to wash the fleece before shearing to remove the grease and dirt So soapy were the qualities that the sor ghum molasses manufacturers soon learned that it whitened and cleaned the cane juice so that it made clearer Editors note Indians kids wool and present day soap manufacturers should obtain the Jays account continues The industries which flourished here Albany area in the were squirrel turkey and deer hunting and running wolves with hounds distilling whiskey from corn and rye and certain kinds of wild fruits and counterfeiting It was a notorious fact that one of the worst dens of counterfeiters was located in a cave dug in one of the white oak hills nearby Of course I could also mention horse stealing but it seems that industry had its headquarters a few miles to the northwest in Monroe County Ed note Who has more information about counterfeiting and horse steal ing Jay also told how the lost of Albany was named It was said that the town was named Albany because the original settler there in 1842 had come from near Albany New York It was located on the northeast 80 acres in Appanoose County and across the road in Davis County This settler found plenty of wild turkey and squirrels in the white oak timber which then covered the country southwesterly to Unionville Iowa southeasterly to Drakesville and northwesterly to Moravia Please do not confuse that white oak timber with what you might see now being the second or third growth from the original white oak trees which were three to six feet in diameter and covered hundreds of acres Fire wood and fence rails and timbers for the log and a little later frame buildings came from these Many of the tall oak stumps that were standing in the suburbs of Albany in the early and later were six to eight feet tall and nearly six feet in diameter These were cut with the chopper standing on the deep snow which was said to have fallen in the winter of If vou can furnish a brief written history of each quilt and the seamstress it will be appre Anyone needing their dis plays to be picked up and taken to the community building for showing should at 7243754 prior to Saturday The has scat publicity to area iflg this shoo and a crowd is expected There will be Cou close supervision through out the insure the safety Please tour cuu vv Uli others ui special exhibit ror
