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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
3
For Rent a six room house listed. Quilts and quilt tops offered for sale by Mettie Blumer of Unionville Iowa. Advertisement mentions Sherwin-Williams paint supplies available from SWAIM'S. Also a note seeking a used canvas cot from Mrs J R Callen.
Purebred sows to be farrow mid September. O A Burton & Son handle the sale. Also notes new prints from The Fruit of the Loom at Swain's. Poultry warmer phenothiazine Dow?s sold by weight. Tobacco priced 15 cents per pound. Success Barber Supply at 3211.
Friday to Sunday, numerous relatives and friends visited the Ralph Tucker home and area households. Guests included the Robertsons and Garry, Bil Martins, Dorothy Curtis family, Able Ehret and family, Abe Ehret, Fred Hainline, Raymond Fenton, Bill Martin and Carol Jean, Jean Curtis and Isoel Sulser, Flossie Walker, Shep ard family, Laura Martin, Edna Vickrey, Janice Kay, Todd Young, Marybeth Wray, Davenport trip, Beulah Mickels family, Edd Fenton, Ede Brandon, Dean, Gary Crawford, Joe Sissler, Glen Dove, Arlo Fenton, Frank Tarbell, Wesley Stevens, Loraine Kay, Allen, and a park picnic at Corydon. Mrs. Hainline stayed for hospital care in Iowa City. Joe Carlton visited from Ottumwa.
Local residents and guests fill a long list of social calls, visits, and travels across Centerville and nearby towns. The notices mention numerous families traveling to Chicago, Des Moines, Boone, Lake Odessa, Bermuda, and Hamilton, Bermuda, with gatherings, picnics, and reunions. a United Hagie Hybrids luncheon in Des Moines. and community events featuring church groups and Girl Scouts. Continuous activity highlights kinship, travel, and local association.
Mrs James Calhoun and children and Mrs Andy Pavlick and son helped their mother Mrs Elmer Kellogg Thursday. Mr and Mrs Coy Swift were in Ottumwa Thursday. Mike Turner a business caller in Omaha Nebraska. Mrs Lloyd Ammons spent Thursday in Albia. Children spent day at home of Claude Rogers. Mr and Mrs Duane Wilson spent Thursday evening at Earl Swift home. Mike Turner visited Sunday at John Fisher home in Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Bryan Cater and family of Des Moines called at Lloyd Ammons and Earl Swift homes Sunday evening. Glen Paul and Dale Ammons spent Sunday at Claude Rogers
Mrs BG Hawk was released Wednesday afternoon after a ten day stay as a patient at Laughlin Hospital.
A Chariton Valley Development Association delegation led by Bill Anthony urged planning funding for the Rathbun Dam eight miles northwest of Centerville in Appanoose County. The $20 million project would create an 8900 acre lake. leaders met with Iowa and Missouri lawmakers and received cautious support from Congressman Clarence Cannon.
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