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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1953
Page
3
Reserve Thursday night April 30 for the senior class play at the school gym. The three act comedy Paper Plates for Papa will be performed at the schoolhouse Thursday night April 30. Local notices include livestock for sale and local social updates from Albia and nearby residents.
Main Station by Mrs. John Foster and daughters spent Saturday evening at the Lloyd Brown home. Numerous local families visited across Albia and Fairfield area over the weekend including the Lusé, Dowd, Gladfelder, Tomlin, Whicker and Atkinson households. County folks attended church, dinners, and youth events with several outings to Ottumwa and Des Moines noted.
Fairview notes a busy week with farm bureau meetings at the Fairview school and multiple family visits across the Proctor, Helmick, Lockman and Cox households. A hospital visit to Tillie Schoech in Ottumwa is recorded, along with a birth announcement for Stephen Mark Gardner to Everett Gardner and his wife from Albis.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Dooley and boys spent Friday evening at the Frank McIlwain home. Mr and Mrs Bob Luther at Wednesday evening at Bert Meadows. Those attending W S C S at Callens Thursday were Mary Meadows Thelma Phillips Juanita Dooley Evelyn Daniels and Anna Hiatt Lester Dooley and Sandra Hiatt
Attendees at a Youth Fellowship meeting in Ottusina on Sunday included Rev Wilson and Mr and Mrs Lute Hiatt as callers. Earlier in the week Bert Meadows and Ernest Hiatt visited the Jim Cline home on Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Guy McDanes stayed Friday night at Ernest Hiatt home. Rev and Mrs Wilson were dinner guests at Kenneth Daniels home Tuesday evening.
Margaret Van Zante Eva Van Zante attended a club at Hattie McCloud's Thursday while Lois Shelquist and Mrs. Sam joined Martha Jane of Albia at the John Van Zante home. Ronald Lee VanZante was absent from school over a week due to illness. Mary Elisabeth Weak born April 22 at Smith hospital.
Proceedings show bids for decorating the county courthouse interior. Red Cross Decorating Co. submitted a lump sum bid of 4800 dollars. Alternate bids by Loraine Williams include wall paint and primer items totaling over 8500 dollars.
In the public notice fragment, Garrett's Decorating Services is shown alongside alternate items and monetary figures such as 2 $0880 4,088 and 02) '$8, 168. 44) referencing a local bidding or catalog entry.
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