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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1971
Page
1
In reader mail from Sugar Creek and Clearwater, Fla., correspondents urge coverage of Merida and Mayan sites. The note highlights Merida's pyramids such as El Castillo with 365 panels, observatories, and star alignments, while noting Spanish conquest and later archaeologist uncoveries.
A brief verse about liking to live in a small town where trees meet, neighbors greet, and daily life weaves through friendly gossip and shared joys and sorrows. The narrator notes small town life and thanks Marion Woodward for handing it in.
The 1971 Iowa state fair will feature a Mexico theme with Yucatan, Iowa’s sister state, expected to play a major role. The plan signals broader cross state cultural emphasis as the fair approaches.
Mrs Earl Swift reports community news from Franklin highlighting social visits and family gatherings. Entries note Richard Eastlick and family at the Duane Heaton home, Rex Haver in Centerville, Lloyd Ammons returning from Lucas County hospital, Gary Perry and family at Larry Derby’s home, Karl Calhoun visiting Paul Runnells, and Derby family at Wayne Christy’s.
The paragraph lists Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Henry Van Welden and Roscoe Argos. It notes a 4-H skating party at Moravia with Maureen Derby Sheryl Hartz Dorene and Jimmy Hershberger. It also mentions visits to and from the Lloyd Ammons and Calhoun households and a 4-H meeting at Kieth Gladfelder home plus shopping in Centerville.
Miss Hazel Hedger reports a string of Sunday dinners and neighborhood visits in Salem. Guests include the Dale Cox family, the Gladfelder home, Ballanger, Wakefield, Overturf, Brown, Hellyer, Whitehead, Huff, Prater, and McAninch families, with hospital and school events at Centerville Ottumwa and Moravia.
Mrs Nading Domsner notes the birth of Larry Dallas Faber on February 14. Parents Mr and Mrs Bob Faber announce the arrival and Mrs Dallas Faber Nadine and Norma Lee visited the newborn at Monroe County Hospital, then called on Mrs Ida Griffin at Albia Manor.
Mrs Laurence Dommer and Eva Mae Wright visited Monday morning with Mrs Annie Vickrey. Saturday afternoon callers included Mr and Mrs Bill Sherwood and Mark at Elvin Stocker home. Several other calls occurred Sunday and over the weekend, with families like Nasal road, Kelley, Sievers, Stocker, Coltrain, Faber, Dommer, and Yates mentioned among neighbors and relatives. A few arm injuries and hospital stays are noted.
Appannose County Board of Supervisors contemplates construction on Federal Aid Secondary routes 881 862 and 57 with local county routes 13T 713. Details specify segment locations near Moravia Unionville and Centerville Iowa for grading culverts and rock surfacing in 1971 with paving later. Interested persons may request a public hearing by March 12 1971 to the County Engineer Centerville Iowa. Public notices will follow with time and place.
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