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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
3
Salem residents celebrate birthdays and host guests with frequent calls and visits. The column lists numerous families visiting Centerville Albia Ottumwa and Newton homes, birthdays, showers, parties, and a funeral service attended in Albia. It highlights Delbert Calhoun Hellyer Perry and Luse families among others.
Pleasant Hill community updates include visits among the Argo McAninch Moore and Nash families. Wedding bells for Mark Allen and Barbara Fenton with the newlyweds moving to the James Nash farm south of Iconium. Charlotta Connie and Denny Argo return to school after measles.
Kinser Valley news recounts Mulberry area events with the Wilson family. E L Wilson and son LeRoy moved their Chevy into a finished shed. Levi Porters visited Albia. The Wilsons attended a John Deere tractor demo in Albia amid weather concerns. James Russell Darby and LeRoy Wilson near neighbors shared a Sunday visit. Zell Wilson and LeRoy checked roads before the freeze. Elberta Hifford visited Zell Wilson. The Wilsons later went to Ottumwa.
By Mrs J T Van Dor reports light rain on Thursday and Friday with winter weather in the region Aunt Ida Henderson of Cherokee Oklahoma visited the Faber household and is ill with scarlet fever Dr Bay attended the Dal las Faber family and Mrs Burdell Roberts this morning Ida Griffin visited the Faber home and Mearl Walter joined a Wednesday sewing lesson in Albia plus a haying grain show and a Stanley party hosted by Mrs Harold Hawk
Thursday afternoon notes show a call to W. H. Van Dorins on Tuesday evening. Burdell Roberts traveled to Des Moines Sunday to enroll in school. Sylvan Van Dorin and family visited Mearl Walter’s home Sunday. Annabelle was home. Mrs Leo Van Dorin’s parents, Mr and Mrs Emford Johnson, along with Wilma Evelyn and William, spent Sunday here. REA crew removed a large maple tree west of the house. Sunday visitors to Marvin Vance’s home included Mr and Mrs Art McCombs and Mr and Mrs Leo McCombs. Arthur Johnson visited with her parents, Mr and Mrs Chas Bettis, on Monday afternoon.
J A Hoover notes Farm Bureau is gaining prestige as it adopts policies favoring farm programs for public good. He cites Buena Vista county wording and quotes resolutions urging a self supporting program that secures fair farmer income, flexible price supports, bipar tisan program development, and non partisan administration.
Read how Canada reduced taxes boosting spending in pockets of the people. Canada abolished the tax on transportation amusements and telephone calls while cutting income jewelry cosmetics and other items and even increased revenue. The feature appears in the American Weekly in Sunday Chicago Herald American’s color magazine.
Fragmentary Moravia Union notice suggests a trade or rental offer with unclear details. The readable text points to a classified style ad inviting potential buyers or renters to respond to the listing. Further specifics are not available in the legible portion.
The 1950 Farmers Conservation School in Appanoose County runs January 27 to February 15 at Center Ville Farm Bureau room. Noted speakers from Ames, Chariton, Des Moines discuss forage work, land use, soil treatment, woodland markets, grasses, legumes, and soil conservation management across four days and two weeks.
Adams beans allotment for five county growers last spring has been harvested. Growers Loyd Carter Moravia 200 bus Glen Bailey Plano 400 bus EB Hornady Jr Seymour 350 bus Paul Close Centerville 100 bus Art Streepy Cincinnati 200 bus. The beans outperform Lincoln yield slightly and mature about 9 days earlier with similar height and higher oil content. Contact listed growers or Farm Bureau office to sign up. 90 bushel limits per person unless excess supply.
It is important to have sanitary pens for sows to farrow in during winter. Scald pens with boiling water and lye as advised by B. L. Quaife of Iowa State College. Plan crop rotation now. rotations pay, especially in bad years, according to experiments and farmers’ experience.
Agricultural engineers at State College emphasize frequent battery inspection as a key point in tractor ignition systems. Regular checks help prevent starting problems and ensure consistent performance in field work.
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