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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1956
Page
2
A rough windstorm across a Kansas region toppled roofs and barns after days of rain. Debris and dust filled the air as a farmer braced a shed and rescued it with hammer and nails. A wind gust knocked a ladder down while residents checked for injuries and prepared for upcoming elections filings.
Community events listed include Easter activities for junior classes at Wesley Chapel church with a film titled The Living Word in Japan led by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hiatt. Easter visits and family gatherings span several households, with many names and locations in Moravia and Centerville. Mrs. Maude Wailes of Phoenix dies. funeral planned midweek.
Advertising type classified note directs readers in Moravia Union to leave their ad at the Moravia Union office for placement in the Des Moines market. The terse instruction emphasizes where to submit notices and seek placement assistance.
Mrs Theo Miller Coulson and Mr Ernest Hiatt welcomed a new grandson Royce Alan McDanel. Easter Sunday guests included the Miller and Wacker families, Callen sisters hosted and Clarke Lemaster spoke with Floyd Lemaster by phone. Various local residents visited, dined, or hosted at multiple homes across the community.
Easter week social round in Enon includes Mary Jo and Marlene Faber visiting after church at Floyd McFall home. Dallas Faber and family, Griffin and Ida Griffin joined. Harold Hawk and family at Eyster dinner. Flora Jones hosted Easter dinner with Wailes Sincox and Sincox families. Van Dorins and Leo Van Dorin family visited. Nancy Caro Faber hosted 4 H girls meeting. Bentzinger and Ricky spent Easter with parents in Keosauqua. Clell Van Dorin discharged from Ottumwa hospital. VanDorin callers at Einfred Johnson’s. garden and flowers meeting at Farm Bureau hall. many at church Friday and Easter Sunday. Lowell VanDorin and family transported Myrtle Thurman to Oneita Oklahoma. Vance and Wren families spent weekend at Vance home.
Agricultural economist K E R Duncan of Iowa State College advises farmers to assess soil to five feet depth and adjust kernel spacing. In moisture or fertility constrained fields he suggests power-checking two kernels every 20 inches or three every 30 inches to reduce barren stalks, aiming for final populations of 12 000 to 13 000 per acre. If moisture and fertility are adequate, or irrigation is planned, higher populations above 15 000 per acre can yield better results.
T E Daydeen director of the Iowa Development Commission told a seminar at Iowa State College that in the decade before 1950 about 220000 people emigrated from Iowa. About half were ages 15 to 35 and another 20 percent were 35 to 50.
The speaker urges leveraging water access to attract manufacturing in the Midwest, arguing it cuts youth outmigration and creates jobs. He notes 39 percent of manufacturers cite water as key in site selection and stresses water use for industrial, transport, and recreational needs as vital to industry, while a stray classified line advertises banquet paper.
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