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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
2
The notice identifies Ploravis Guion as the official county paper issued every Thursday for Appanoose county Iowa with editors L F Bisby and publisher, lists subscription rates for Appanoose and Monroe counties at 1.50 yearly in advance and 2.00 elsewhere in the United States, and notes class mail status and professional associations.
This week The Union welcomes Ruby Cridlebaugh from Douglas township as part of an effort to retain reporters in the Moravia trading area who provide hundreds of items for each issue and cover births deaths fires and other spot news by telephone or mail. The weather section notes a winter theme with a storm that delayed press time and ongoing power and telephone service work. Subscriptions renewed or paid include Ray Tubaugh Opha Blumer Wm Hagerman and Moravia School among others.
Notice filed in Appanoose County District Court shows Fred Tillmont holding a first lien for old age assistance advanced on Mary Lucinda Closter. The petition seeks foreclosure on the SE quarter of Lot 1 in Block M, Auditor's Addition Moravia, with total lien claimed at 3777.80 and priority over defendants’ interests. Court set to convene in Centerville on March 16, 1947 for appearance and judgment. attorneys Hays Guernsey & Powers.
A sale offers two head horses a grey mare and a Holstein Guernsey cows plus four other cattle including a 6 year old part Holstein cow with milk yields noted. Also 36 Shropshire sheep with a registered ram and a wether lamb. Numerous farm tools and equipment listed including wagons plows cultivator planter harrows rakes mowers harness and more items to be sold.
Mrs. Martha Hiatt recovers from illness as Hiatt family and friends visit. Lloyd Rose and Don Pettibone go to Ottumwa. W S C S group meets at Elizabeth Turner. Otterbacks and McDanes attend 4 H event. Ice and power outages disrupt lines, repaired by Sunday. W S C 8 meets Feb 18 with Mrs. Juanita Dooley for monthly gathering.
Lois Jean Scott reports Maple Grove residents hosting and visiting at multiple homes including Clair Sellers Gabe Johnson Ralph Robinson and Russell Tuhaugh. Attendees include Walter Scott Dayne Taylor Grant Tadlock J L Dodd and families with a Stanley party at Harry Stocker’s and a farm bureau meeting in Moravia Friday night.
Daily social rounds report visits and gatherings across the area. Mrs. Dayne Taylor and Mrs. Clair Sellers spent time together. Helen Tadlock helped cook with Winston DuVall. families hosted meat canning sessions. Travel to Cincinnati for ball games noted. birthday dinner held at Grant Tadlock home. stitches on David’s eye healing well.
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