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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1956
Page
7
Loyd Carter along with Rowena McFatridge Lee Bert Turner Art Fox and Richard Veach are listed among individuals connected to a community event. The group’s exact roles and the event details are not provided in the fragment.
Entries must be at headquarters by 9:00 p.m. Thursday September 6. Exhibits limited to the exhibitor's own work and owner display. Only one entry per class per exhibitor. Items to be from Appanoose or adjoining counties and never having won a premium before. All grain fruit and vegetables must be produced this year. Premiums must be claimed between September 11 and October 6. The festival is not responsible for rain or damage to exhibits. Exhibitors who donated at least $1 to the festival by Thursday receive full premium. otherwise 50% may be withheld.
Saturday at 1 30 p m a children’s parade welcomes all up to 16 years old. Entry tags available 10:00 a m to 1:00 p m at the entry desk in Community Bliz. Line up 1:00 p m on the street by the Methodist church. Cash prizes for top entries with various categories including dolls, vehicles, pets, and themed costumes. Each participant receives a prize if entered by the clerk.
Mearl Walter serves as chairman and instructs entrants to sign in at the secretary's desk. The notice notes a fee of 7.50 and calls for participation in the parade entry process.
Grain premium details list Mr. Valentine as department manager with premiums shown only where values appear in the second column. The first column shows blanks indicating a single premium item. No monetary amount is provided in the accessible text.
A list of awards for an agricultural exhibition features best displays of vegetables. Prizes include plates of potatoes onions and peppers, largest pumpkins watermelons and gourds, and overall best single exhibitor display with monetary amounts noted.
Plate of four apples from varieties Famous Wealthy Maiden Blush Wolf River N W Greenings Grimes Golden Jonathan Ben Davis Black Ben Davis Lowell Northern Spy Roman Stem Winesap Hass Mann Jennets Delicious Rome Beauty Champion Newton Pippen King David Mammouth Black Twig Bellflower York Imperial Red June Iowa Blush Gene Strawberry Louvre Senator Winter Maiden Blush Golden Delicious Willow Twig Winter Banana Whitney Crab. 50 Largest and best display of kinds of fruit. Four Pears Four Peaches Twelve Plums. Basket of Grapes.
Premium list details entries for Appanoose County Poultry Club show with managers Claude Hawk and Maurice Walter. Breeds represented by a pen of three birds two pullets and a rooster. Crosses and hybrids by three pullets. No prizes on individual birds. If only one entry second prize money paid. Association not responsible for fire or theft. Turkeys pair Rabbits pair.
An itemized list from the Horticulture Department notes many flowers to be exhibited. It lists varieties including Asters Calender Dahlia Gladioli Hydrangea Marigolds Nasturtiums Petunia Phlox Rose Scabiosa Snapdragons Zinnia and others with specific counts, plus mixed bouquets in jars or bottles, and welcomes unusual house botanicals, cacti, or other plant material.
Nellie Williams chairs a 1958 event offering premiums of 50c and 25c for canned products. Entries include meats, fruits, vegetables, and spreads with a focus on ready to table items and attractive pint jar displays. The list spans beets to jams and jellies, emphasizing best collection in canned products.
Mrs. Norman Ward, Chairman presents a catalog of children's apparel including handmade snowsuits, knitted sweaters, infant dresses, rompers, gowns, preschool coats, wash suits, and various 4 to 12 year old garments for boys and girls plus teen items. The lineup features coats shirts trousers jackets dresses and skirts in multiple age ranges.
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