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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
2
For sale item includes one pair of twin su f folk bucks aged four years and clothing items Kenneth Free 33 2 O halls and jeans for men boys and jeans for girls and women. Also announces TCE cream social on Saturday August 20 in the park.
Classified items list rental for a six room house and various sales including quilts and quilt tops, new fitted sheets and pillow cases, new mattresses, cut comb honey, strained honey in jars, and purebred Shropshire yearling ewes. Also lost truck tire near Moravia with reward and local business ads offering green stamps on purchases.
Lois Ann Callen marks her sixth birthday August 16 with ice cream and cake at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Callen. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Clair Callen, Billy and Lola Lee, Mr. and Mrs. William Callen, Eddie and Ricky, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Callen and Ann. Kathy Lucas visits James Wilson home. Joyce Stocker stays with Lige Simmons while mother is in Monroe county hospital. Buddy and Gerry stay with grandparents Gomer Stocker. Naomi McQuary of Galena, Missouri visits Ernest Kincade home. Sammy Weston returns from Bonner Springs, Kansas to Ernest Kincade home.
Hilton Hustlers 4-H club held an August 15 meeting in Hilton hall with 17 members answering roll. President Paul Turner led the session as minutes were read by Ronald Van Zante. Visitors numbered 24. Talks covered stopping gullies and buying a dairy heifer. Members identified 30 nail types. Refreshments followed. Reporter Carl Rouse.
The 1955 corn loan rate in Ap panoose county will be $1.56 per bushel, about four cents under last year’s rate. Iowa and other commercial areas set price supports at 87 percent of parity, with non commercial areas at 75 percent of that full rate. Only corn grown under acreage allotments is eligible for price support, loans begin at harvest and run to May 31, with maturity July 31. Corn must grade No 3 or better or No 4 by test weight and be adequately stored. Applications go to the county ASC office.
Mrs Josie Charity marked her Wths birthday with an ice cream party at the Raymond Charity home. Wendell Murdy shared the same day birthday celebration. Pearl Smithburg and E G Hawk visited in Ottumwa while Gene Cloyed hosted relatives in Albia. Kincades and Diane plan ten days in Plymouth Indiana and Chicago Illinois. Gardner family returned from Washington and Colorado with children Rita Linda Yvonne. Numerous locals visited Mrs Callen’s illness and shared gatherings at Centerville Ottumwa Fairfield and Richland areas.
The annual Hammond reunion gathered Sunday at Moravia park with a cooperative noon dinner and a business meeting. Mrs. Earl Fenton elected president and Mrs. Keith Zellars secretary treasurer. 1956 reunion set for the second Sunday in August at the same location.
Mr and Mrs Paul Norton of Moulton and Paty Elerton are among Melrose residents listed with extended family pairs including Mr and Mrs Bernard Moore and David Center ville and Mr and Mrs Jerald Fenton. Stephen Connie and Carol appear with Mr and Mrs Max Hammond Mike and Myrna and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hammond and Robert in the Melrose notice.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Rinehart and Michael of Iconiam are noted in Ottumwa area coverage. The concise item situates a family group within the Iconiam locale with minimal detail.
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