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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
5
Community notes from Wesley Chapel W S C S including meetings devotions and refreshments. Local visits list numerous neighbors from Clyde Gladfelder to Des Moines trips and family gatherings. Virus illness affects Cecil Schrodt.
Maple Grove residents recount visits and gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Grant Tadlock returning from Minnesota after 10 days, Mr. and Mrs. Sellers homebound from near Russell, Bill Wilson joining Sylvan Van Dorin for Sunday dinner, Ralph Tucker and Loren Walter hosting guests, a Stanley party at Annabelle Wilson, Curtis Tomlin hosting Bill O'Hara and W. G. O’Hara with Dale Derby's family, Lois Tadlock and children visiting Claude Hawk, J. L. Dodd at Des Moines and the state fair, and the Woodward family at Sunday dinner with Harry Woodward, plus Wayne Tisue to stay with grandparents.
Mr and Mrs Grant Tadlock and Carl prepare for a hospital admission in Minnesota. Numerous Sunday and Thursday visits unfold among families in Albia Ottumwa Moravia Centerville Clinton and nearby areas with multiple callers to the Wilson Johnson and Walter households including Chas G Burke from Clinton.
Social notes list visits and gatherings around Newton Ottumwa Exline and nearby towns. Names include the O Connor Miller Paxston Burns Argo Callen and Foster families with multiple Sunday and Friday evenings. The Miller family returned from a two week vacation in Newton after staying in Oskaloosa and August birthdays observed.
Mrs. Jon Foster reports a busy week with visits to the state fair in Des Moines and Ottumwa. numerous relatives including Ted and Barbara Miller, Ed Points and Mina Dowd, and the Foster family shared dinners and afternoon calls at various homes. Attendees included Lee Benz, Judy Gladfelder, Cody Luse, Robert Foster, Rolla Foster, and many others.
Enon community members and families visited, hosted, and traveled together over the weekend and past week. Names include VanDorin, Faber, Gideon, Lockman, Walter, Wilson, Hawk, Barnes, Bettis, and others with visits to Otumwa, Albia, Des Moines, Centerville, and Illinois. Several birthday dinners, calls at homes, and a funeral attendance noted.
A large turnout from the vicinity attended the Ted Turner funeral in Louilla on Tuesday afternoon. Other items note social visits, school enrollment at Vosburg with Margaret McDonald teaching ten pupils, and several residents planning trips or attending fairs. Weather brief mentions an inch of rain and disrupted Sunday mail.
Carl Cloyed and Ivan Hoadley were Tuesday evening visitors at the Zell Wilson home. Ervin Long attended the George Teele public sale Monday. Zell Wilson drove hogs to the Albia sale Saturday afternoon. Our school started Monday. Miss
Mr and Mrs Clarence White head and daughters were in Ot tumwa Tuesday for dinner. The Dell Hellyer home hosted visits from several neighbors including Mrs Lloyd Brown and Mrs Elbert Perry. The state fair drew attendance from Raymond Perry and McCord family. Local families shared meals and evening calls with extended kin, as Albia Lions Club supper volunteers served at Iconium Methodist Church. Advertising note offers help for ad needs via Moravia Union.
A brief note argues that utility bills should levy identical taxes on all customers, whether the utility is business managed or government owned, calling for parity in tax collection across the board.
The message praises ISU area electricity policy showing a 25 percent drop in residential kilowatt hour costs over ten years while cost of living rose zero. It credits long range goals and business managed, tax paying leadership driving these outcomes toward a bright future.
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