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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1956
Page
3
Mrs Theresa Comstock Miller hosts and visits fill a busy week with guests at the Richard Tubaugh home. Funeral attendance for Lloyd Van Gilder and A L Van Gilder noted. Families travel to Denver, Chicago, Belle Plaine, Seymour and Des Moines for visits, picnics and kin gatherings.
Seymour visitors include Mr and Mrs Robert Jennings and Mrs Jess Gladfelder. Delbert Calhoun called on Mrs Don Whitehead and baby in Centerville. Attendees from the area joined Appanoose county fair crowds. Hazel Hellyer and Donna Rose visited with Mrs George Argo. Elbert Perry and Lloyd Brown joined a reunion at Albia park. George Hellyer and Karol Ann Hellyer spent time at Deil Hellyer home. The Jennings entertained relatives at dinner with numerous Des Moines Centerville and Albia and Knoxville guests. Martha McCord attended camp near Boone. Calhouns and Amy Hiner attended a Verna Wakefield club.
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Cass Hamilton, Mrs. Homer Hamilton and Mrs. Myer Hamilton shared Priday afternoon in a social gathering at the Cass Hamilton home.
Franklin By Mrs Bari 8 Franklin By Mrs Bari 8 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Callen and Miss Mayme Callen spent Wednesday evening at the Norris Callen home. Roy and Hattie Miller attended funeral services Friday at Moravia for Charles Tarbell. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Swift spent Thursday evening at the Clair Long home. Carl Calhoun is a patient at the Smith hospital in Alba. The Calhoun/Allen families visited Carl Calhoun’s home. Olga Turner called on Dottie Swift. Thelma Calhoun, Dorothy Pickrell, Emily Thompson and Freda Swift helped prepare dinner at the Methodist church in Sconium. The W. S. C. 5S served the Lions club from Albia. Pearl Free and Fern Callen spent Wednesday evening at Wayne Thompson’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Turner and Blanche Argo were in Centerville Wednesday. Virgil Calhoun and family of Lincoln Nebr. spent Sat night and Sun at Carl Calhoun’s. Olga Turner called on Freda Swift Wednesday morning. Sunday visitors at the Carl Calhoun home included James Calhoun and family, Delbert Calhoun and sons, Virgil Calhoun and family, and Marion Allen and family. Jeffrey Lynn Long spent Sunday evening at Earl Swift’s. Glen Turner was also a caller. Maude Turner visited Friday afternoon with Madge Calhoun.
E P Sylvester Iowa State College weed expert notes poison ivy models appear in three forms: shrub like 18 inches tall vine and larger brushy types. Distinguishing leaves are shiny and come in threes with small greenish flowers and waxy yellow berries. Found along roadsides ditches fence rows and in parks. No one is fully immune to the plant’s irritant effects.
Sylvester notes susceptibility varies by person and exposure can occur without direct contact. Wash quickly with strong alkaline soap, bathe in tepid water, and seek physician if poisoned. Use brush killer or 2,4-D per gallon for weed control, follow directions.
District Court in Appanoose County Iowa announces a hearing on the will of William N Miller, filed July 24 1956, final proof and probate set for August 27 1956, interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate, clerk M G Luge. C L Johnston attorney for estate.
Ben Vance of Iowa State College urges proper soil sampling for meaningful results and advises watering newly sodded lawns thoroughly once a week through fall. The piece also notes irrigation lowers heat stress and temp exposure for crops while Robert Fincham emphasizes shade and fresh water for dairy cows during summer.
An old style ad promotes ITCH ME NOT for eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itches. It promises 15 minute relief and 40¢ back at Veach Drug Store with instant drying day or night use.
Nerval War dle an extension safety specialist at Iowa State College warns pails kill about 23000, injuring thousands yearly. Climate expert R H Shaw of Iowa State calls cloud seeders rain increasers not rainmakers. Dr John B Herrick recommends quarterly veterinarian testing to rid dairy herds of mastitis.
Officials optimistic for a coast-to-coast entries record at the 1956 livestock show in Des Moines during the Towns State Fair August 24 to September 2. More than 8,000 animals including horses cattle swine and sheep compete for over 138000 in prizes across national Hereford and Shetland events with AU judging rings open to the public.
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