Telephone Company Moves District Office From Centerville
The Iowa Telephone Company announces a state wide consolidation reducing nine operations to four with districts at Mt. Pleasant Chariton Lake View and Fayette Centralization will streamline records and transactions Centerville patrons will call Chariton Zenith 1452 at no charge Night depository payments will replace some collection points Transfers possible for staff Details arrive with September statements The same day the 4th District Republican Conference meets in Centerville with registration at 9 30 a.m. and lunch at 1 00 p.m. featuring Jack Warren as guest speaker Attendees include several governor and senator candidates and a tea with candidates follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Iowa Telephone Company
Comee
Eye State Telephone Combci
Mt. Pleasant
Chariton
Lake View
Fayette
J. A. Moehnke
Centerville
Monroe
Mt. Ayr
Iowa
Moahnke
Christian Church
Jack Warren
State Central Committee
Charles Keller
South Main
Bob Beck
Ray
Johnson
Bromwell
Wm. Plymar
Stanley
Bowin
Jepsen
Mill
Mrs Ethel Pratt 82 Dies in Boone Hospital
Mrs. A R Fenton’s mother Mrs. Ethel Pratt 82 died Thursday at Boone hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at Stark-Wellin Chapel in Boone. Mrs. Fenton spent the past two weeks with her mother at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Fenton
Ethel Pratt
Boone
Stark-Wellin
Fenton
Th Hospital
Garget Brain
Des Moines
Leo Dagle
Ralph McDonough
Fort Dodge
Jack McDonough
Pat Cart
Ottumwa
Max Hiner
Mearl Walter
Loren Walter
Sylvan van Dorin
Appelle
Maurice Walter
Marvin Gardner
Carl Tisue
Grant Tadlock
Home Decorating Series to Be Held in Centerville
A Home Decorating series will be held in Centerville at the Community Center on Thursday April 25 and May 2 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. Presented by the Cooperative Extension Service of Iowa State University the program includes Use of Color and Design in the Home by Margaret Mordan Recommendations on Home Lighting by Paul Koestner a tour of furniture stores and other topics including draperies floor coverings and antiquing.
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Centerville
Co-operative Extension Service
Iowa State University
Margaret Mordan
Extension Home Economist
Paul Koestner
Lowa Southern Utilities
Mitchell
Mitchell and Chebuhar
Social Visits and Local Gatherings Across Counties
Mr and Mrs Bill Wagle of Geneseo Illinois spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ray Charity. Afternoon callers included Mrs Janet Schneider Bob Misty and Sheela of Albia and Mr and Mrs Gary Chority with Julie and Jayne. Elmer Arnold of Seymour visited Wayne Blewers Saturday afternoon. Veril Kuster of Clinton and local hosts welcomed them for overnight. A Rural Letter Carriers district meeting was held at Centerville Christian church with attendees from Unionville and surrounding areas. Bil Shaw and family from Lancaster Missouri were Sunday visitors at Glen Van Doria's home.
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Bill Wagle
Geneseo
Ray Charity
Janet Schneider
Bob
Misty
Sheela
Albia
Gary Chority
Julie
Jayne
Elmer Arnold
Seymour
Wayne Blewers
Veril Kuster
Clinton
Wayne Blumer
Carl Tisue
S C A Meeting At High School Monday
The SCA held its regular meeting at the high school with Mrs. Carl Tisue presiding. Rev. L B Deedrick gave invocation. Landscaping planned for the high school. Fenton discussed the Head Start program and urged sending in the cards the telephone company would mail. Junior class won attendance award. May 10 program at 1 30 pm at the grade school. Marsha Cloyed performed two numbers earning top ratings. Audrey Lundgren, school psychologist spoke on The Emotionally Disturbed Child.
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S.C.A
Carl Tisue
L. B. Deedrick
Fenton
Elsie King Rites Mark Moravia Funeral Service
Elsie King born May 3 1892 on a farm near Moravia died April 15 1968 at Monroe county hospital Albia She married James Closter June 30 1916 producing six children and later married Homer King May 25 1956 Survivors include husband Homer six children and numerous grandchildren Great grandchildren and relatives Funeral held April 19 1968 at Turner Funeral Home Moravia with Rev L B Deedrick officiating Burial Moravia Cemetery CARD OF THANKS follows from family acknowledging flowers cards and kindnesses shown during her illness and death
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Elsie King
Charles
Lenna Selby Pabst
Moravia
Appanoose County
Monroe County
Albia
James Closter
James Charles
Edna Olene
Elsie Marie
Vetgiene
Faelous
Roy Richard
United Brethren Church of
Homer King
Lena Selby Pabst
Gus Pabst
Delmar Massman
Penny Thompson
Homer
Charles ‘Clester
Coolidge
Ariz
Edna Vincent
Marie Carson
Cincinnati
Track meet to be held here Saturday at Moravia High
Four high schools Moravia Moulton Blakesburg and Southeast Warren will send teams to a Saturday track meet at Moravia High. Junior high participants will come from all schools except Southeast Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia High School
Moravia
Mouton
Blakesburg
S. BE. Warret
S. E. Warren
Local church notices list Sunday services across multiple denominations
Moravia and surrounding towns publish weekly church schedules. Nazarene, Methodist, and United Brethren congregations list pastors, superintendent names, worship hours, Sunday School times, youth programs, and midweek events. A Centerville Bahai talk and DVBS planning are announced along with Bible study times.
Iconium Methodist Church Sunday Schedule
Rev. L B Deedrick presides at worship at 9 30 a m with Edward McCord. Sunday school at 10 30 a m M Y F at 6 30 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m. Mo ravia W S C S conducts an all day study meeting Friday at 9 45 a m at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
E. J. Strong
Frank Woodward
Fairview
Lee Bonz
Wesley Chapel
Ken Daniels
L. B. Deedrick
Edward McCord
Moravia
W.S.C.S
ETC Club Party at Harry Woodwards Hosts Honor Co hosts
The ETC club held its party at Harry Woodward's home with Mr and Mrs Loyd Carter as co hosts. A cooperative supper and egg roast was served. Six tables of rock were in play during the evening with prizes won by Mrs Frank Lathen Mrs Florence Carson George Firkins and Leonard Falmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ETC Club
Harry Woodwards
Harry Woodward
Loyd Carter
Frank Lathen
Florence Carson
George Firkins
Leonard Falmer
Metten and Jacobs wedding at First Covenant Church
Centerville guests including Mr and Mrs Forest Mericle Mrs Carl Mericle and Carla attended the April 20 ceremony for Linda Metten and Bill Jacobs at 3:00 p.m. in Des Moines with a reception. Other Sunday visitors included Jim and Jay Smith and Dr. Jim Lofgren of Bloomfield.
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Forest Mericle
Carl Mericle
Carla
Olin Foster
Neva Mericle
Centerville
Linda Metten
Bill Jacobs
Des Moines
Merle Smith
Jim
Jay
Jim Lofgren
Bloomfield
Lana MacDonalds
Band Mothers Meet at Whigh School May Day Week
Band Mothers will meet Wednesday May 1 at 3 25 pm at the high school.
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Band Mothers
Whigh School
Rebekahs Plan District Convention and Mother’s Day Program
Miss Helen Lou Stocker presided at the Mo ravia Rebekah lodge meeting planning attendance at the district convention on Thursday May 2 in Centerville. Clara Irelan and Mrs Genevieve Morgan were chosen to plan a Mother's Day program for the next meeting. A Three Links gathering was set for May 27 with invitations sent to other lodge bodies. Refreshments were served after the close.
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Rebekahs
Helen Lou Stocker
Moravia
Rebekah
Centerville
Clara Irelan
Genevieve Morgan
Ivan Harsh
Tom Fettibone
Weston Promoted to District Manager by Missouri Firm
Jack S. Rawson, president of Utility Operations, Inc., announced a management change at a managers meeting in Kansas City. Larry C. Weston, formerly division manager, is promoted to vice president in charge of municipal operations overseeing 14 towns in Missouri and Town. The Weston family plans to stay in Hermann, Missouri.
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Larry Weston
Jack S. Rawson
Utility Operations, Inc
Company of Managers
Kansas City
Larry C. Weston
Missouri
Weston’s
Hermann
Social visits fill weekend across Exline and surrounding towns
Numerous households in Exline Ot tumwa and nearby areas hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. Notable gatherings include Virgil Walters family time in Exline, Loren Walters’s Sunday at Delbert Gray home, and multiple calls on Ot tumwa homes. Ellen Dahl of Columbia Mo visited Moravia connections, while Rev G M Talbot entered Mercy hospital Des Moines. A Legion Auxiliary rummage sale is planned for April 27 at the Laundromat.
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Virgil Walter
Exline
Mearl Walters
Bill Allen
Ot Itumwa
Ida Mangle
Loren Walter
Delbert Gray
Harold Burton
Steve Burger
Iowa City
Burton
Ralph Robinson
Armeda Main
Ellis Robinson
Ottumwa
Gabe Johnson
G. M. Talbot
Russell
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
E. A. B. Moravia
Donald Jones
van Meter
Ben Jones
Lyle Jones
Peoria
Virgil Johnson
Clark
Greg Murdy
Davenport
Wendell Murdy
Bill Woodward Jr
Roy Ellis
Wm. Woodward
Harry Woodward
Frank Woodward
Detroit
Mich
Raymond Hartgrave
Randy
Rhonda
Rachelle
Victor
Iowa
J. C
James Wilson
Don Wills
West Point
Nebraska
Maggie Faber
Genevie Kaling
Bessie Donovans
Mr. Faber
Rural Renewal Corp Starts Projects in Appanoose Monroe
Appanoose Monroe Rural Renewal Corporation begins federal funded community projects. A new concrete Soap Creek bridge 180 ft long and 28 ft wide near Union Township north of Moravia will cost 63872.35 with a dirt approach contract let May 28. Lauritsen Construction Co. of Des Moines builds the bridge and a 60 inch by 92 ft tube. Completion set for July 27. Land purchases near Albia total 105900 and a Cincinnati tract of 13 acres will fund homes with 50000 received. The farm improvement project in Monroe County is 177000, to renovate and subdivide for sale. The nonprofit corporation, formed June 2, 1967, aims renewal work in the two counties. officers and stockholders listed.
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Appanoose County
Soap Creek
Union Township
Moravia
Proctor Or Rhee Farms
Lauritsen Construction Co
Des Moines
Appanoose- Monroe Rural Development Corporation
Albia
Cincinnati
Monroe County
R. L. Kaldenberg
W. D. Dillon
Centerville
Lee Benz
Clyde Bates
Art Streepy
Max McDonough
John Wilson
Wayne Sample
Moravia High Band Spring Concert This Friday
Moravia high school presents a spring concert Friday evening April 26 at 7 30 in the high school gym. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. The program features marches overtures and songs from The Music Man with pieces by Debussy Sousa and others in a lively program.
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Moravia
George H. Willcocks
Claude Debussy
Frank Erickson
Concord
Ralph Hermano
Clare E. Grundman
Washington Post
John Philip Sousa
Bill Laas
Jolly van Benthuysen
Meredith
Alfred Reed
William P.latham
Engineers Lease 11200 Acres at Rathbun Dam Area
The U S Corps of Engineers invites geared bids in duplicate for eight land parcels totaling about 11200 acres within the Rathbun dam and reservoir project for grazing hay or restricted agricultural use. Bids due May 8 at 8 pm and public opening follow. Leases start May 10 and end February 28, 1969. A copy of proposals and area map is available at the Union office.
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U. S. Corps of Engineers
Rathbun Lake
Rathbun Dam
Federal Bldg
East 32Th St
Kansas City
Union Office
Horse School At Albia May 1
Professor James J. Kiser and Dr. John Herrick of Iowa State University will conduct a Horse Management and Horsemanship School at Albia on Saturday May 1 at Monroe County Fair Ground. The program runs from 4 00 pm to 3 30 pm with topics on horse health and management. The event is free and open to all horse enthusiasts including 4 H members.
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James J. Kiser
John Herrick
Iowa State University
Albia
Cliff Iverson
Tenco Extension
Monroe County Fair Ground
Kiser
Towa State University
Millemon Services Set for Saturday in Albia
Rosa Fanechen Millemon died April 24 at Monroe County Hospital Albia after a month long heart ailment. Born April 22, 1906 in Appanoose County she married William Milleman in 1924. Survived by six daughters two sons 30 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren a sister and a brother. Funeral April 27 at 1 30 p.m. Turner Funeral Home Rev Louis Schaffner officiating burial pending.
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Rosa Fanechen Millemon
Monroe County Hospital
Albia
Samuel Kingery
Minnie Coe
Appanoose County
William Milleman
Sylvia
Dorie Bates
Robert
Alice Simmons
Mary Berry
Maxine Wright
Twyla Hill
Daisy Simmons
Lillian Orker
Jim Milemon
Ralph Millemon
Mattie Harris
Centerville
George Kingery
Wilbur Kingery
Glen Kingery
Turner Funeral Home
Louis Schaffner
Moravia Cemetery
Craig Callen Receives Firestone Scholarship
Craig Callen son of Mr and Mrs Dale Callen of Des Moines and grandson of Mrs Fannie Callen of Centerville has been awarded a college scholarship by Firestone Tire and Rubber Co The Des Moines plant awards scholarships annually to children of employees This year two scholarships and twenty savings bonds were given Craig is a Snyder High School senior and plans to enter the University of Iowa this fall.
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Craig Callen
Dale Callen
Des Moines
Fannie Callen
Centerville
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Craig
Snyder High School
University of Iowa
Haydens Buy Home of Mr Gardner Moravia
Mr and Mrs Jerry Hayden have purchased from Mr and Mrs Wm Gardner property in the east part of Moravia with immediate possession Mrs Hayden is connected with Moravia high school
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Jerry Hayden
Wm. Gardner
Moravia
Hayden
Moravia High School
Carlisle Couple Welcome Son Jody Michael Judge
Mr and Mrs Chris Judge of Carlisle announce the birth of son Jody Michael on April 23 weighing 8 pounds and ? ounces. He has a sister and is welcomed by grandparents Lee Benz and Selma Judge of Hieman. Another birth report notes Mr and Mrs Weodell Condis of St Charles HE with a son born April 19 weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Eefineth Condra.
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Chris Judge
Carlisle
Jody Michael
Lee Benz
Selma Judge
Hieman
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Rathbun
Telephone Company
Ines
Charles Chester
Guy Vincent
Paul Carnon
Verigiene Miller
Roy Hichard Chester
Church News
Harsey
Grace Methodist
Richard Tubaugh
Assembly of Methodists
A. M. Yazdi
Dvbs Teachers’ Institute
Salem
Iconium Methodist Church
Legion Auxiliary
Rural Renewal Corporation
Appanoose
A. W. Donahoo Richland
Wask
Millemon
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