Moulton Tribune (Newspaper) - May 9, 1990, Moulton, Iowa STATE DEPT. 0 HISTORICAL BLDG. DES MOINE IA 50300 Published every Wednesday and entered as second class mail at the Post Official newspaper of Appanoose Community School District and cities of Moulton and Richard and Jane Anne Local Susan Send address changes 108 N. Main Street Iowa 52572 Phone 642-8181 0^AL Subscription yr. in out of Our 105th Volume 106, No. 18 May 9, 1990 USPS 364-840 Thirty Cents Howard Poppy Day Is Set The Burl McClure Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary has set 9:30 a.m. May 14, as the lime for coffee and rolls at the local Legion Hall in conjunction with Poppy Everyone is invited to come and honor our purchase a poppy and wear it Remember those Veterans who gave their lives to preserve Your donations help our Veterans to rehabilitate and give you a wonderful feeling that you have Activities Personality of the Week This weeks Moulton Tribune personality of the week is Ermon known to most around the community as Oley was born in Davis County March 14, 1911, and has lived in the Moulton area since the age of He's very content with his life in Moulton and calls Moulton his To Oley being happy living anywhere else would be Oley graduated from Moulton High School in 1929. He sheared sheep in and around Appanoose County for 25 years and served as the City Marshall in Moulton for 21-1/2 from 1953-1974. Oley is a man many but is most likely best known for his carpentry He's been in the business for the past 50 years and still remains very active with it. Oley has created many beautiful pieces of working out of his shop located on East 2nd where he also runs a saw and has a solar dryer which he uses to dry the lumber before it's He picks and buys native logs such as and anything else that looks good to After the logs are sawed the lumber then goes into the solar dryer where it remains year before just the right pieces are selected for making The projects are beautiful with a lot of hard work going into each Oley makes furniture for anyone requesting something and if you're lucky you might be able to go to his shop and find something made especially for something just completed for you to fall in love with and feel you just have to five drawer chests are his latest projects and Beautiful they Oley and his wife Shirley spend many hours during the summer months picking apples from the many apple trees on their Working with the apples and spending many hours working in the yard and gardening are what is considered a hobby of This past spring Oley is seeing things with much more enthusiasm than past years as he underwent a very successful cataract He now fully enjoys the beauty of nature and everything around The Tribune would like to Thank Oley for being our personality of the week and for sharing his many talents with so many Banquet Community Sale is Planned The 1990 Spring Activities Banquet will be held at the High School Tues. May 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This an evening to honor our students for their accomplishments in and basketball at both the High School and Jr. High There will be a cany in meal at 6:30 with and kool aid Each family should bring their own table service and covered dishes for the Following the meal will be the presentation of Make plans to come out and support your See you 40th Class Reunion The class of 1950 of the Moulton High School will be having their 40th Reunion during the Alumni Banquet on May 26. They will also be meeting at the Moulton Library at 2:00 that afternoon for Reservations for the dinner should be made through the Alumni Association by May 14. Cards returned indicate a good and all members are invited and urged to be Alumni Banquet Plans The 1990 Alumni Banquet will be held on Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 1990 at 6:30 p.m. The Methodist Church will be serving the meal at a cost of per The program will be centered around the theme of With Tickets must be purchased by May 15. We will not accept any cancellations and offer any refunds after May 15. This is necessary to control cost of the meal and Tickets can be purchased from any of the Alumni Dan Equilla Denise Velma or contacting School Out-of-town alumni may mail checks to any officer and then pick up their tickets at the Mothers Day Breakfast Children of the Moulton United Methodist Church are reminded of the for the Mother's Day The workshop will be held this Saturday morning from 10:00-11:30 a.m. All women are welcome to attend the Mother's Day Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning in the church basement to enjoy the refreshments & decorations which the children have prepared in honor of Mother's June 2 is the dale set for the 4th annual community yard sale The help of all of you who are wanting to have your own yard sale is If it's possible for you to have a yard sale on this day it would make the day a larger success for For those of you living in the country that really have a hard time getting many people to show now is your Community Betterment is again sponsoring the In an attempt to make the day more successful something new is being Everyone living in town that wants will sell their items out of their garage or yard as they normally The difference will be that stakes with balloons attached will be put in your yard so that people driving by will know you're participating in the by making it easier for you by not having to drag your items up a lot more of you will join in. This will leave the park for those living out of down out of the way or a chance to clean out those closets and make a bit of change Last year the Lioness had a Bake Sale in the park to raise This is an ideal opportunity for some organization to raise some money with a lemonade hot dogs or something to sell in the Community Betterment will do the advertising and take care of and other There will be a small fee to cover They hope it will be no more than and will try to keep it a lot To do effective They need to hear from you as soon as possible so they'll know what you're selling and how many families are Success will come from bringing people in from other Pleases contact Nancy Klum 642-3708 or Shirley Dawson 642-3624 if you're joining in the Come it will be especially when you've bought something new with the loot you've earned and you can actually find a place to put it Start digging The Girl's Chorus entertained the audience at the Spring Front row to Marie Janelle and Dena Back Shelbe Janji and Angie It's a rite of the Spring Concert given by the music Spring Concert Last Thursday May 3, several people enjoyed the Spring Concert presented by the Music Ms. Christina music has worked hard this past school year and it showed that The elementary baud started the evening showing much followed by the girl's There are only ten members in the chorus and two of them were absent that evening due to the eight members present did an excellent job with the songs they After the chorus finished there was a presentation of awards and This for the first time Ms. Fugate presented awards for not only achievements earned by the but added laughter to the evening by presenting certificates of gum chewing and several other things that made the evening a little on the lighter side and dial much more The evening concluded with the high school band doing an outstanding job on the numbers selected for 1990 Prom King & Queen were Kirk Swarts and Jodana Alumni Dance Set for May 26 The Moulton Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an Alumni Saturday night May 26 at the quonset bin located on East 1st in The dance will feature the Way playing from 8:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. with the cost being per The Be Happy Restaurant has consented to reopen at 10:00 p.m. that evening to serve a breakfast buffet until 3:00 a.m. for all of those who dance up an Please make plans to attend and enjoy a fun night of getting reacquainted with past classmates and Mother Daughter Banquet The annual banquet will be held Saturday May 19, 1990 at 6:30 p.m. at the Christian Church in Tickets are each and can be purchased at the Moulton Clinic or Cook Insurance Reservations need to be made by May 15. A delicious meal is planned with ham green orange jello French and jello dream cake being Plan now to make your reservation to attend and enjoy the delicious meal and entertaining program in store for Moulton Community Calendar May 10-Lion & Lioness at Be Happy 7:00; Air Force Band ai 9:00-10:00; JH Track BG conf. May & 6th grade trip to Des May 12-Orvil & Mary Rutliff 50th anniversary open house at 2:00-4:00; Dairy Bar & Cafe 10:00 Boys District track at May 13--MOTHER'S May 14-Past Noble Grands at Mildred 7:30; Craft & Produce meeting at Craft 7:00; Poppy Day May 15-NO CROSSLINE Activities 6:30. May 16-Community Betterment meeting at 7:00. May 17-Commodities to be given away at 11:00-2:00; Circus on Blacktop meet at 8:00. May 18-Royal Neighbors at 1:30; Seniors 1/2 day of May 19-Mothcr-Daughtcr Banquet at Christian 6:30; Lions Club 6:00. May Society planning meeting at Council Discussed The Moulton City Council held their regular meeting May 7 at 7:00 p.m. with all council persons A motion was made by Boyd and 2nd by Daniels to approve the A motion was made by Pettis and 2nd by Newland to approve the All voted Earl Morgan from was present to discuss the street lights where underground lines are The decision was made that the city will repair the lines and pay the The minutes from the April 2 council meeting were then read and A letter had been sent to the Norfolk & Southern Railroad concerning the Walbash The letter had to be forwarded on to Atlantic Georgia and it is expected to take another six weeks before any decision can be The council has had several organization and groups requesting the use of the city park for different The council stated that anyone is welcome to use the park but it is to be left the way it is Two people were present to discuss the councils decision on the city since they will not be doing any dust proofing this After a lengthy discussion the decision will remain the The city had applied for a grant to be used for repairs to the bathroom in the city since the grant application was not a motion was made by Boyd and 2nd by Daniels to hire Kenny Wood to make the necessary The motion passed with all voting in May 19, 1990 at 10:00 a.m. is the date set for the budget amendment public A motion was made by Boyd and 2nd by Newland to renew the liquor license for the Moulton Chamber of All in Pettis made the motion to approve a spot gas contract for 1 year with costal Boyd 2nd, all in Ordinance dealing with yard waste separation was read for the first time and A motion was made by Pettis and 2nd by Fowler to award the school stop sign contract to Janice for per All were in A motion was then made by Pettis and 2nd by Boyd to adjourn at 9:45.
