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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
3
A fragment lists breed premiums for a fair or show with first prizes and special prizes funded by merchants. Names include Paul McDaniel, sect., Mystic Iowa, with several class numbers and prize amounts across poultry and home furnishing judging contests.
The sixth annual Kincade Reunion gathered August 27 two miles south of Iconium by the Chariton river with 102 attendees representing sight towns. A noon dinner followed by an afternoon program and business meeting elected Eli Lyma of Princeton Missouri as president, Chas Law as vice president, and Ottie Whicker as treasurer. A Rev Matsler talk highlighted the program, and plans were noted for the next reunion at Coffin Park in Princeton in 1924. The event featured a commemorative poem and memories of members including Ira F. Boshak and Carma Darlene Whicker, with heartfelt reflections on absent loved ones.
Locals and visitors frequent Centerville and Des Moines as noted with addresses in Moravia and surrounding towns. The piece lists multiple short trips and visits including Des Moines and Ottumwa, plus friendly gatherings and a rain update, ending with a school season cue as September nears.
A list of Moravia School staff and graduates including superintendents principals and teachers with their previous schools degrees and certificates. Names include Charles V. Michener Clifford E. Gullette Lylah M. Simmers Paul A. Parrish Blanche Fennings Evelyn Shepard Gertrude Ellis Katharine Whitehill Helen Nelson Orclup Sophia Standfield Tila Ahrweiler Focher Clea Stedwell and others along with their credentials and alma maters.
The Wilson reunion met at the R C Wilson residence on Sunday August 17 with seventy one relatives and friends. A noon basket dinner was served under the trees followed by visits and ice cream in the afternoon. Officers were re elected with John Johnson as president and Edrie Callen as secretary treasurer. The next reunion is planned for the Sunday nearest August 10 at the N G Wilson home. A birth and a death are on the 1820 record. Distants attendees included J G Wilson Bessie Furrier and baby Rex Wilson Wendell Wil son and others from Woodburn Des Moines Albia Udell and Colo rado Springs. No one is happy over the drought.
Mr and Mrs Freeman Weidman left early this week for Wella Minnesota where he will work in the produce business. Locals hope they will soon return to make their home here. Mrs John Dew and son George of Reinbeck Iowa visited last week with her mother Mrs Joe Linn.
Classified listings include farm loan offer by Chat Brosher, special baby chick sale with varied pricing for different breeds, 100,000 chicks at 37.00 per 100 and 6.00 per 100 for other leghorn varieties, Missouri Poultry Farms Columbia Missouri. rental stalls by J. H. McCauley. battery buyback offer by Don Hayes. school books for sale by Marvin Gardner. piano sale by Baldwin Piano Store Des Moines. pasture rental by H T Gilland.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Hariig attended a social event while Werbert Smith traveled from Newton to Wells Minnesota for a short visit with relatives and to attend the McCumber reunion held Sunday. Don Ovelup, son of Dr and Mrs D K Ovalup, celebrated his third birthday with relatives in Garden Grove Iowa as Mrs Elizabeth Broshar visited friends during the past week.
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