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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1951
Page
1
The Union marks its fiftieth year as Volume 50 begins. Inflation trends are noted with metal prices rising from $20.50 per cwt to $30.50 per hundred for linotype supplies, a ten dollar per hundred jump in nine months. Moravia is praised as a top place of residence amid wartime safety concerns. Residents on coasts report welfare instructions and plans for public and individual bomb shelters.
A speaker notes the village lies far from industrial centers and would likely be spared bombs by accident, while efforts continue to ready defenses against any sudden threat or circumstance.
Moravia's L N Carter reports at the Iowa Farm Bureau convention that 1951 resolutions urge coordination among Extension Service, Soil Conservation Service, and the Production and Marketing Administration. They advocate grant in aid funding to states, division of funds between educational and technical programs, and county level administration through Extension and the state Soil Conservation Committee.
The Tubaugh Brothers own a Belle Plaine sales barn and were profiled with their auctioneer Rev. John W. Rhodes of Legrand Iowa. Rhodes, a former evangelist, has been named outstanding auctioneer of the United States three times and emphasizes honesty in the business. He advocates selling for charity and has a plan to grow churches while continuing auctioneering.
The Union asks readers to include guest names when hosting events and welcomes any news submissions at any time.
A summing up of 1950 in Iowa highlights more births, steady marriages with fewer divorces, higher school enrollment and hot lunches, rising home ownership and vehicle registrations, and record wages. Infant mortality fell below the national average while life expectancy exceeded most states.
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