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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1953
Page
6
A crowded Sunday and weekend in Centerville area features many families visiting relatives in nearby towns. Services and church events are noted, along with several wedding attendances, hospital stays, and travel plans involving Callens Murdy Hiatt and numerous local residents.
Community notices record a Wesley Chapel church night on Friday the 16th with requests for fruit salad and cookies or doughnuts. Other items note Wesley S C S meeting, visits between families, weekend travel, deer sighting on George Turner farm, hospital updates, initiation, and recovery from illness.
The Baptist Ladies Aid met on Thursday January 8 with six members and Lula Koehler assisting. Devotions by Martha Miller, scripture read by Glen Wilson, and business led by President Faaimis Mra. Fenton. A bake sale was approved for Saturday afternoon January 10. Local visits included Mr. and Mrs. Strunk with the Millers, and D. N. Wilsons traveling to Pensacola to visit Lt. Joe Wilson and family for about three weeks. Births noted: a boy born to Richard Harrington and wife at St. Joseph hospital in Centerville on January 10. Mildred Elder and son Richard visited the Moore home. Clara Wilson traveled to Ottumwa to join daughter Margaret and family in Chicago. W S.C.S. met with Mrs. Ola Stanley. the Chas. Allens and daughter visited Lee Wildes. Vern Rumley’s Detroit move carried their daughter Carla visiting grandparents. Clyde Smith children spent Sunday with parents. The Burgis family and a Cedar Rapids visit to the Morlans rounded out weekend news.
The document records bond authorizations for Gertrude Benac Jr and Mary Brazaille with Class B and C beer permits, a condemnation report approval for Ernest Cook and a warrant instruction, plus a settlement of a lien tied to Marie Kauzlarich’s care. It also notes a 1962 road project bid decision by the Appanoose County Board of Supervisors awarding SN 3403 work to low bidders Porter & Magnal Co and L&W Construction Co, Centerville, with totals around 918,241.85 and 912,195.76.
Of The Board of Supervisors continued listings show multiple parcels with town and subdivision designations. Entries include lot numbers in Bellengente and Mitchell addendas, coal and mineral rights reserved, and specific boundary lines in auditor subdivisions and original town plats across several towns. Names include Fussell Cowan Hanson Luse Stanley and others, noting coal rights and land boundaries in Iowa towns such as Numa Cincinnati Mystic Unionville Moulton and Atlanta Plano.
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