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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1967
Page
2
A state legislature session ends with a higher sales tax rate. An extra one cent will apply to services not previously taxed and will extend to advertising. Newspapers like the Union face new tax bookkeeping and collection duties. The governor ponders a special session to allocate the new revenue. Summer memories recall a cool Fourth of July in the 1950s.
In the evening the house required more warmth than usual as the high stayed in the low 70s. The narrator notes turning up the furnace a bit to offset the chill, much to the dismay of the Mrs. during the July 4th evening.
A string of weekend and weekday visits unfolds among Harsh Jordan Wilson Ballinger and related families across Polo Melrose Mount Ayr Unionville and Des Plains. Guests include Debbie Martin Kalvig Donovan Donovan Moores and others. Framed by a sequence of dinners calls and brief stays in Nevada California and Illinois.
Mrs Charley Ellis funeral services were held at Center ville on Wednesday afternoon attended by Mrs Delbert Calhoun and Amy Hiner. Hugh McFatridge visited Mrs Charlie Ellis and Wilma Foster in Centerville Monday. Loyd Ammons and family spent Tuesday evening with Claude Rogers.
Mrs Edward Haver and Julie called at the Hugh McFatridge home Thursday. Numerous calls and visits followed including the McFatridges and Argos families in Cedar Falls and Roscoe Argos wedding anniversary. A Franklin Farmers 4H ice cream social occurred at Moravia. Several weddings, receptions, and bridal showers cited, with many relatives and friends visiting in Moravia and nearby towns.
The record lists numerous family gatherings and visits across Iowa during a 4th of July period. Among those noted are Mr. and Mrs. Theo Miller hosting Fourth of July guests from Tucson and Minnesota, families such as the Kirsteins, Belzers, and Boblenzs sharing meals and attending picnics near Albia and Corydon, with several extended family members traveling from Ames and Unionville.
Mrs Burdett Cox and family thank everyone for cards letters calls gifts food and flowers during the illness and death of Mrs Frank Cox. Nyle and Mrs Jimmie Logan visited Qrel Easters and Rex Angels Tuesday afternoon. Further visitors included Mr and Mrs George Scott Mrs Burdett Cox Mrs Jimmie Logan and Mr and Mrs M Dungan and family. Joe Wilsons
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