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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1975
Page
3
Frank Wilson underwent surgery Tuesday at University Hospitals in Iowa City. He will remain a patient for another week. Friends may send cards to University Hospital Urology Dept. 4th Floor South C-41 Iowa City Iowa.
Relatives and friends gathered at Alice Easter's home on Sunday August 10 to honor Mrs. Paul Benell Jr Delmar Espy Vera Robinson and Joe Fosenburg on upcoming birthdays and to visit with extended family from Des Moines Ottumwa Powersville Chesterton Centerville and nearby areas Also listed are numerous attendees and visiting relatives from Iowa and beyond including individuals from Maquoketa Betendorf Ft Atkinson Kansas City and Silverton Ore with ongoing travel notes and prior visits.
Jonah will be featured by message and flip chart at Iconium United Methodist Church for eight to ten weeks starting at 9:30 a.m. worship. The study blends biblical, scientific, and historical facts with lessons for today and shows Jonah as a type of Christ and Israel.
Moravian attendees traveled to the Nazarene District Camp Meeting and Assembly August 4 to 10 in West Des Moines. The group included Bob and Natalie Hiatt, Butch and Norma Martin, Don and Nancy Klampe, Rod, Bob, Jim, Susan, Larry and Rose Mary Stith, Steve, Sherri, Susanme, Rev and Mrs Uhles, Frank, Alice and Marion Woodward, plus a noon basket dinner cohort of Dave and Judy Black, Floyd and Donna Rockwell, Pat and Beverly Patterson, and Bernard and Opal Longley. Evangelist Dr Mel Thomas Rothwell led services with singers Wally and Ginger Laxson. Additional attendees at various days included Doris Main, Florence Weathers, Merritt and Bonnie Strunk, Billy and Marilyn Robinson, Penny, Billie, Dusty, and Patty Self.
The Levi and Anna Purvis family reunion met in Chillicothe Missouri on Sunday August 10 with 73 attendees. A noon basket dinner followed by grace from Lynn Tennant and an afternoon of visiting ball games and swimming featured many named attendees and visiting relatives from Virginia Newton and Seymour.
Tops Hi meets Monday noting a weight gain of 7 lbs and a loss of 644 lbs for the group. The new business proposes a contest to see which club can lose the most weight, with Kop's offering a paid membership if members stay within their quoted limits.
A list of Appanoose County farms recognized as century farms in 1976 includes L Virgil Dooley Paul E Felkner Kenneth Hiatt Ray Hoover Edward Irelan Joiner Farm Estate J Neil Jones Keith Lain Ethel Linden Lester McCoy Robert Potts Peter Sidles William Singley Oren Stevenson Ronald Tisue R Katherine Vinzant Billy Wilson and others. To qualify a family must have owned the farm since at least July 4 1876. Each farm site must contain at least 80 acres and the present owner must be related to the original owner.
The Appanoose County Board of Supervisors authorized Doyle N. Anderson to sign a contract purchasing old real estate from Verne A and V Norlee Babonck for 12 500 with 20 percent down on delivery of clear title. The motion included allotment of the property description in Canterville. A special session reviewed latex paint quotations for the Courthouse interior dated July 25 1975 and selected Caylor Lumber Company as the bid to be awarded after a formal vote. Etta Jean Laurson County Auditor witnessed the process.
The Appanoose County Board of Supervisors met on August 4 1975 to advertise bids for spray painting bolts at the county facility and to accept Inez Butkovich as Matron in the Ladies Rest Room for $150 monthly, the only bid received. Minutes record motions by Brickier Seepy and Strickler with signatures of Arthur M and Etta Jean Lauranson among others.
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