11 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1947
Page
1
Local residents and visitors are listed with moves calls and visits around Albia and nearby towns. Names include Albert Witherby, Taylor Leonard, Dolph King, T B Cameron, Keith Cameron, Lois Hawk, Jo Elen Broshar, Deana McDonough, Remiss Rehfeldt, L O Carpenter, T W Reynolds, Carl Robey, Charley Evans, Fred Dotson, A Q Main, Jack McDonough, Lyndon McDonels, Fred Hammond, and others with weekend trips and church events noted.
Eunice Sutter of Ernfold Sask writes Moravia Union readers about winter weather and rising prices in Canada. She notes power line work near Chaplain, housing shortages, local building boom, and a thriving store, church fundraising, and plans for Christmas with family. She mentions neighbors, a 96 year old bedfast man, deer hitching crafts, and hopes to hear revivalist sermons.
Local items report a Moravia woman with a stove pipe muff incident and missteps, Moravia basketball double-header wins over Cincinnati with lopsided girls score at 82 to 7, boys 24 to 9 at halftime, and subs in for a final 24 to 9. Former Moravia teacher W. C. Dorr buys a Colorado semiweekly paper, new trees appear on Waddill porch and at Luse windows, a Wesley Chapel bazaar nets over 70 dollars, a thief takes sausage from a back porch, and multiple residents renew or start Union subscriptions while others move in or out of town.
The cost of operating a farm last year rose to about two and a half times the level seen in the years 1955 to 1939, reflecting a sharp rise in agricultural expenses.
Legal notices announcing Southern Iowa Railway Company filing on November 10 1947 with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a certificate to abandon 21.66 miles of railroad from County Road R north of Centerville to Albia in Appanoose and Monroe Counties Iowa. Also notices appointment of Fred W. Hammond as administrator with will annexed of the estate of Thomas Shockley Crawley with claim procedures and attorney information.
Board motions to pay assessors 36.00 per day plus 5e per mile up to 600 miles monthly. It also authorizes Harry Stickler to quit claim deed Ted Clausen property described by metes and bounds in Centerville Iowa, with steps recorded and attested. The adjournment and county officials are noted, followed by a USDA note on forthcoming alfalfa seed abundance.
Betty Lou Harsh hosted the 4-H club Monday evening. Several families visited and attended events including a Wesley W.S.C. bazaar in Moravia raising 77.35 for a Wesley Chapel basement, with many neighbors helping.
A humorous mix of election mishaps and social scenes unfolds in a southern town. The piece recalls a double voting incident, deaf old maids traveling to London, a Sunday minister’s visit interrupted by a poker scandal, and a deaf deacon introduction. It also notes relatives visiting Moravia and Centerville, Thanksgiving events at local Baptist and Mark churches, and local residents attending Ice Follies in Des Moines.
Unionville summaries events as residents travel to nursing homes and family homes for Thanksgiving. Mrs Etta Lane visited Probasco Nursing home near Moulton last week. The Hopkins family from Buffalo Center, the Mawrieath family from Chicago, and others spent the holiday at local and parental homes.
Francia Kutish of Iowa State College argues that spring cutbacks in pig herds may align with tighter feed supplies, and a strong corn crop next year would improve feeding margins for livestock. He notes that improved corn yields could support better profitability for livestock feeders.
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