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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
2
Udell residents circulate among relatives and friends with visits to Pedrick and Stuckey households in Douds Moulton and Ottumwa. Anniversary celebrations for Otis Edwards Frank Farr and local reunions are noted along with farm moves and water skiing outings near Udell and Os- kaloosa.
Union Township notes record visits and gatherings. Families including Kelley, Fenton, Hoffman, Robinson and Ward share weekends at grandparents, birthdays celebrated, and state fair attendance. Local residents called on neighbors, with multiple dinners and home visits noted across the community.
Nancy Kelley and Sherman Kelley were callers at the Burdett Ward home Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kelley and family are spending a few days this week in Missouri.
Local notes recount visits and weekend gatherings among the Hoffman Haver Argo Wakefield and Exline families, with multiple small group dinners, picnics near Oskaloosa, a wedding in Chariton, and a reunion at Iconium. Attendees include Rita Tarr Ames Laura Callen Plainfield IL and Marshalltown visitors.
Salem residents and visitors shared a busy stretch of social activity with dinners, hospital contacts, and family gatherings. The Jennings, Hellyer, Perry, Brown, Herman, and Argo families appear across Centerville, Joliet, Bloomfield, Ot tumwa, and Moravia as relatives traced travels to fairs, reunions, and weekend visits at homes and hospitals. NAPKINS in gift boxes offered for gifts, showers, anniversaries, or weddings.
The 66th Boyer reunion gathered August 18 in Moravia Park with 50 attendees. After dinner a business meeting voted to discontinue the centralized reunion and let each family branch hold its own events. Rev. Weather led prayers and Florence Weathers organized the program with songs, poems, and greetings from relatives.
The 40th Harris reunion met at the American Legion hall in Moravia on Sunday with about 50 people. A basket dinner followed by officer elections elected Bobby Harris of Russell as president Roll Burns of Des Moines as vice president and Mrs Phil Dobbs of Newton as secretary-treasurer. The group voted to hold the 1964 reunion in Moravia and listed attendees from multiple towns across Iowa and Missouri including Des Moines Newton Albia and St Louis Mo with names such as Orval Harris Bob Harris Roll Burns Eva Hiatt Tee Hitt Michael Koffman and Judy Van Dorin.
Proceedings detail assorted accounts and payments for county funds including assessor, hospital services, public employees tax, tax withholdings, and various witness and attorney fees. Items list vendors and individuals such as Jenkins Fergemann Co, Livengood Roy, Moulton Tribune, Becker Nupialak home, Guerney Tuan G, Guernsey Hugh G, Milani George A and others.
Monroe County 4-H entries swept blue ribbons in the 1963 Iowa State Fair home economics division. Five blue ribbons led the county, plus five red and two white awards across food and nutrition exhibits. Linda Johnson and Linda Davis contributed with home economics demonstrations, while “Shove It in the Oven” and “Fussy the Fuse” were showcased.
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