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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1974
Page
1
Neighbors discuss Carl Black mowing his yard and weekend arguments over the school's musical Oliver. Residents name contenders Devanna Tubaugh Darin Tubaugh Tony Mahon Duane Palmer and Jeff McDanel as standouts, with no clear consensus.
The Moravia schools presented a two hour program featuring about 45 singers with Sally Whitehead on piano accompaniment and Bill Mullins guiding unique programs and set designs. Paul Tapper sat quietly in the audience as scene changes ran smoothly. The performance drew praise as one of the finest Moravia school productions. Camper usage near Rathbun Lake rose 30 percent over the weekend, while fishing was spotty for Don and Barbara Rausch of La Crosse. Klanton real estate brokerage opens at the A-frame house at Honey Creek park road and the Iconium pavement. An enormous rise in grain freight through Moravia was noted, including a Norfolk and Western freight with four diesel engines carrying about 135 cars, most loaded with grain hopper cars, struggling to gain speed north of town. Milwaukee freights are also larger with more grain hopper cars.
Retained Genevie Ealing and Bessie Donovan hosted a supper for Junior and Genevie's birthdays. Ot tumwa visitors Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Sincox joined Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Free. Des Moines trip aided Jeff’s birthday. Golda Hiatt and friends attended a Moravia musical. Evelyn Gardner listed with Nelson anger family dinner. Ernest Hiatt and West families shared a Sunday supper.
Transcripts show vivid social notes from Vossburg detailing Edith Cone, Doris Chrispent and Roscoe Argo in home gatherings at the Glennie Dicks and Cone households. The snippets capture local visits and midweek meetups.
A sequence of visits and social engagements is noted across Moravia and nearby towns. Residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dicks, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Christy, Joyce and Carol, and several argo and Callen family members share hosts and weekend plans at various homes including Tarbell, Albia, and Oskaloosa.
The passage lists numerous weekend visits and social events around Albia and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Lee Hawk, Roscoe Argo family, Wayne Christy group, Edith Callen, Ray Messamaker, Truxton Dicks, Delmont Moffitt, Delbert Calhoun, Lloyd Johnson, Van Weepien, Christy family, Joyce and Carol, Blas jheer and Chris, Russell and Dick Brown, B F Whitehead, and Dorothy Calhoun attend dinners, visits, or church services. A funeral for an unnamed individual is noted in Moravia with sympathy extended to Wayne Christy and family.
Carol hosted the Franklin Happy Helpers 4H club Monday Gondey dinner guests at the Roy Argo residence. Attendees included Mr and Mrs James Nash, Mr and Mrs Carl Lancaster of Des Moines, Mr and Mrs Max Marshall of Ankeny, and Mr and Mrs Gerald Argo with their children.
At a regular annual meeting in Moravia Iowa on January 15 1874 stockholders adopted amendments to the Articles of Incorporation. The amendments add Class C nondividend nonvoting stock and increase total authorized shares to 148000 with par value 5.00. Voting details indicate nonvoting Class C and specific share allocations are noted in the filed document.
The dated notice shows an 8 percent cumulative preferred stock issue that is non voting. The document is dated March 8, 1974, and signed by Lawrence W. Powell as president and Josta Roe Tharp as secretary.
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