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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1960
Page
2
We met Virginia Burger who waited at a Des Moines soda fountain on a hot day. She and two Moravia girls planned an evening together as many Moravia girls travel to Des Moines for employment. Salaries are fair, but living costs pose a challenge.
Congressman John Kyl toured Moravia noting progress on several projects. Residents seek local employment and better street conditions amid public condemnation of the aging streets. The town owes $16,000 for a four year old road program with little remaining improvements, and financing may outlast the lifespan of the work.
The letter from Loveland, Colorado dated July 28 160 reports a subscription renewal with a $2.50 check for another year. The writer notes having left Moravia for 17 years but retains many relatives and friends there and mentions four children who graduated from Moravia Local High. The weather is hot but crops look good in Colorado.
Udell News covers a week of visits and travels among area families. Ralph Pfannebecker and kin return from Granger Iowa. Numerous callers and hospital notes appear at Centerville Ottumwa and nearby towns. A sudden death in Indiana shocks relatives. many locals attend gatherings and church events as summer visits continue.
Debbie Comstock was taken to a doctor after stepping on a rusty pin in Albia on Tuesday. Nellie Williams joined a group assisting with judging 4-H gardens in the county on Thursday. nine participants were noted in attendance.
The Urbana Doers 4-H club held its achievement show at Union Chapel church with about 20 guests. Judges Mrs. Homer Berry and Mrs. Stanley Bay oversaw judging. gift presentations followed. Junior and Senior teams demonstrated offerings titled Quick Tricks and Simple Super Supper, with multiple 4-H entries in cookies, cakes, breads, jellies, jams, vegetables, and table settings.
A reader friendly catalog records a variety of baked goods and canned items with names such as Barbara Darby Jo anne Hawk Madelyn Sinclair Connie Sayres Judy Gillen Diana Faber Nancy Carol Faber Jeanne Hawk Martha Sinclair and Martha Sinclair as organizers. Entries include multiple cakes cookies breads and jars of vegetables marked blue and fair with occasional red fate observations.
The 40th annual Roberts descendants reunion met at Blakesburg city park on Sunday July 31 with 62 attendees. A basket dinner followed by prayer, then president pro tem I J Roberts presided as Hilbert Roberts was elected president and Delbert Roberts vice president. Messages arrived from several members, and a next reunion date is set for July 30 in Loans Park.
Laura Hunter, Mr and Mrs Delbert Roberts, Mrs Carla Castle, Mr and Mrs Marvin Roberts, Sherry and Marlin all of Blakesburg appear in a community notice listing residents and households associated with the town.
The Moravia FFA held its August meeting with 26 members. Committees for tractor and equipment, grounds, rules and publicity, and personnel were named. Ronnie Kerchberg reported on a new camera purchase. Jim McAninch presented moving pictures of past members' projects. The next meeting was scheduled for the third Thursday of August.
The American Legion auxiliary met at the Legion home for a regular meeting and officer installations. Mrs. Lester Brain led the opening ceremony and business session. plans were made for Brain to attend the department convention in Des Moines on July 28.
Fern Hudgens and fellow women including Dorothy Calhoun Ellen Paxston Amy Hiner Eliza beth Burton Genevieve Morgan Maude Coffin Bette Van Dorin and others were credited with publicity and rehabilitation efforts. Following the installation Mrs Larry Brooks and Mrs Rowena McFatridge escorted them to Deweys Place for refreshments.
Plaintiff Jones Drury seeks establishment of title to 342 acres in sections 11 12 and 2 township 69 range 17 lying south and west of railroad right of way. Defendants Clark Jones unknown claimants and heirs barred from any interest. Notice requires appearance by Sept 25 1960. default leads to decree. Attorneys Holliday Miller Athwart Des Moines.
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