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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1959
Page
2
The text notes second class matter status dated February 23 1905 and the Moravia Iowa post office filing under the 1879 act, declaring the publication as the official county paper issued each Thursday.
Moravia advances in modernization with the school foundation complete and preliminary plumbing underway. Across town, dial equipment office nearing completion, pole setting and tree trimming continue, and cable laying proceeds as weather allows. Christmas church programs are planned at Nazarene and Methodist churches ahead of the holiday. There is general talk of a potential water system for the town.
A long discussed plan aims to provide a townwide water system funded by property owners over about a decade. Election timing is expected this week with setup after January 1. The system will ensure good water even in droughts and will include a purification plant to remove iron. Fire insurance premiums across the town are expected to drop, though exact savings are yet to be quantified.
A crowd of relatives and friends shared meals and visits across Centerville, Moravia, and nearby towns. Highlights include the Houser, Selix, Spring, Moore, and Minnick families, with hospitality at parental homes and bank staff beginnings.
The report lists numerous Friday and weekend visits around Udell Ottumwa and Mexico Missouri. Families including Powell, Potter, Spring, Houser, Wagner, Moore, McCoy Saum Selix and Duty shared Thanksgiving time with relatives and friends, with trips to Ottumwa and Bloomington noted.
The record lists numerous Thanksgiving and visiting guests around New Hope, Des Moines and nearby towns. It names families such as the Harsh Kelvig Pettibone Donovan Turner and Blomgrem households, with stops from Centerville to Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids. Notes hospital visit for Irvin Kelvig and social weekends at Genevie and Dorothy Donovan’s home.
Thanksgiving dinner guests gathered at multiple homes including Mr. and Mrs. Dick Caylor and children, Harold Fenton, John Kelley, Carl Miller, and Jess Gladfelder. Attendees included many local families such as the Kelleys, Horns, Koehlers, Stockers, and Millers, with social events like a chaiivari and shower for Mr. and Mrs. Allen Harper at Walter Harper’s. Mrs. Boyer was visited in Centerville’s St. Joseph hospital by several Kelley and Horn family members.
Community mentions several visits and gatherings around Ottumwa and nearby towns. Names include the Alden, Mullins, Mercer, Cox, Blumer, Hoffman, Robinson, and Burns families with weekly calls, dinners, and a funeral attendance at the Moravia Methodist church. Mrs. Leta McGee and Mary Burns are noted, along with an operation on a resident with hip pins.
Jessie McAninch and others visit Mearl Dicks home while many neighbors share Thanksgiving gatherings across Des Moines Knoxville and Ames. Families including Dicks Brown Moore Yeats and Callen count days and evenings with relatives in Kirkville Albia and nearby towns during a busy holiday scene.
Jennie L. Johnson appointed executrix of Gabe Johnson estate by District Court. Creditors must file claims with authentication for allowance. Dated December 1 1959. Charles L Johnston attorney for the estate. December 3-10 1959.
On November 25, 1959 the District Court of Appanoose County Iowa appointed Frederick Koehler as executor of the estate of F E Boyer deceased All persons indebted to the estate should pay to the executor or attorney Harry S Greenleaf Dee 1959
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