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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
5
A fragmented music page lists performers and songs including Heartbreak Hotel Blue Suede Shoes and Juke Box Baby. Mentions editors and reporters with partial names and captions, reflecting a local radio or revue listing.
A spring themed note muses on work and laziness as people prepare soil and tidy spaces. It urges action over procrastination, with a quip about Messy Besgy and a Jerome K. Jerome comparison. The piece ends with a proverb about wearing out rather than rusting out.
Readers list top three songs by contributors including Dick M Johnson Wanda B Janie S Raymond W Linda C Carol D Sandy W and Howard A. Selections feature Blue Suede Shoes Rock n Roll Waltz Juke Box Baby Poor People of Paris and Moritat among others. The notes mix personal favorites with era titles reflecting early rock and roll memories.
Ronnie Torslin, 16, born October 22, 1939, from Tick Ridge Moravia, has 5 foot 9, 150 pounds. Blue eyes and blonde hair. Attended Tick Ridge Grade School. Favorites Agriculture subject, Candy Snickers. hobbies hunting. Participates in FFA, baseball, class plays, Thespians, varsity club. Ambition live long get rich and die happy. Plans after school undecided.
Pleasant Hill residents share early week visits with neighbors and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Mearl Dicks visited the Raymond Perry home on Wednesday evening. Truxton Dicks called at the Paul Dicks home. Martha Massman spent Tuesday with her mother in Mystic. DeWayne Moore and children were at the Lynn Fenton home. Jessie McAninch visited the Dean Snock home in Derby. Richard Allen called on the Gilbert Callen home Thursday afternoon.
A long list of social calls and visits featuring Mrs. Phyllis Dicks and family, Verna McAnineh, Verda Argo, and numerous others. Attendances include Masonic banquet at Moravia E U B church for 50 year members, and regular Friday through Sunday visitations at the DeWayne Moore, Pearl Free, and Nellie Thompson homes.
Franklin Byra, Bart Swift and families visit, while condolences are extended to Haver Free’s relatives. Numerous Centerville and Monroe County residents attend funerals, host and visit neighbors, with weekly caller activity noted at the James Calhoun home and various homes in Albia, Blakesburg, and Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Mike Tirtier entertained relatives and friends from Des Moines and Grinnell on Sunday Dorothy Pickrell was a Centersville caller Monday
A local social roundup recalls visits and meals at the Leo Hoffman and Roscoe Argo homes in Albia Centerville and Vinton Lundy. Neighbors like Edna Sulli van Fred Argo LeRoy Brown Rex Hagerman Janice Mary Nancy Mosley and others are listed attending calls, dances, and Legion events, with reports of a funeral, a birthday gathering, and a recovery from surgery.
Social notes from a rural Iowa community recount visits and events. Mrs. J T VanDorin attends meetings. families gather for meals and church after events. several neighbors visit, host, or host others. a well dig yields a good water vein near the VanDorin home.
Mrs John VanZante hosts Blue Front entries as Cyril McDanel and family greet visitors including Ralph Shelquist and Nell Utterback. Ottumwa guests joined Ralph Shelquist for Sunday at his home. So and Sew club at Ruth Wilsons drew Ralph Eaton and Susan Cyril McDanel Louisa Jones Lois Shelquist Margaret Eva VanZante and James Wilson. Ben Jones joined Lewis Rouse for Sunday dinner. Carroll Brees and Lute Hiatt visited Carl VanZante for Sunday dinner.
Moravia Union office announces stock of 50 triplicate regulation receipt books available now.
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