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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
3
Ottumwa players clash over two disputed hits in a game. Arguments center on a line drive past third base ruled fair by some and foul by others. The debate highlights how players push rules faster than officials can.
A family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Coffin southeast of town honored their Mth wedding anniversary on June 28 and the 79th birthday of their uncle A M Pennington of Des Moines. Guests from Des Moines Moulton Centerville and Des Moines were present along with local relatives.
The Women's Missionary Society of the UB church will meet at 9 Main Street VA at 2 p.m. Friday. W. P. Davis will lead the lesson titled Toward Christian Patriotism in the monthly session.
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Monroe County is designated eligible for the current year tenant purchase program offering 40 year loans at 3 percent to farm tenant families for buying land. Applications are now open at the FSA office in Albis. selection will be by a Monroe County tenant purchase committee.
The program lists selections including March-Altarcoat McCaughey Cathedral Echoes Buchtel March Blue Eagle Johnson Novelty The Merry Swiss Boy XI Yodey March Heart of Oak McCaughey Popular The Desert Song Romberg Vocal by Ruby Johnson Arlena Kaster and Jean Veach National Music Educators March Mader Special Clarinet quartet Ruby Johnson Edward Brown Ar lens Kayter and Carol Jolly Rondo from Sonata No 1 Mozart The Galway Piper Irigh Air Overture Concentration Hazel March Sky Ride De Lamater National Anthem Star Spangled Banner.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its monthly meeting next evening with the installation of officers on the agenda.
The Hiatt family of Moravia and the Clyde McDonald family crowded St. Joseph's hospital last week after a wreck. Mrs McDonald and Elaine were released. Mrs Hiatt and Earl Richard were to return home Wednesday. A knee was placed in a cast for Miss McDonald. others were reported recovering.
A community note recalls a reader letter about lax reporting and missing signers. The writer recounts a chaotic effort to obtain a chicken head for Sunday dinner with neighbors and ultimately finds Mr. G. to volunteer. Also shared is a recipe for orange sherbert from Wilma Phillips Stewart with steps for freezing and serving.
Appanoose county residents helped raise 511.43 for 1999 Christmas seals in what officials call the second most successful statewide sale. Iowa counties reported rising participation, with Appanoose per capita purchases at 2.1 cents in 1989 and 1.9 cents in 1998. The Iowa Tuberculosis association notes volunteers across 89 counties drove the campaign, with Mrs. F A Miller of Centerville named county chair in 1989.
The annual Fall Festival and Farmers' Institute will begin with a meeting Thursday evening at 7:80 in the Community building. The session will elect officers and set dates for the event.
Lewis McKim, lifelong Appanoose resident, died at his Unionville home Saturday shortly before his 82nd birthday. Funeral Sunday at Frank Swaim home with Rev. James A. Wilson officiating. burial in Sailes cemetery. Survived by wife Isabella, son Claude in Washington, 5 stepchildren, 17 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, 1 sister, 1 brother, and multiple relatives including Roland and Stocker families from Hartford Ottumwa Des Moines Chariton.
We express sincere gratitude to all who offered kindness after the death of Lewis McKim. Your sympathy and help were deeply appreciated by Mrs. Lewis McKim and the children.
Mary Stafford of Moravia Iowa writes to thank neighbors for cards and letters during illness. She notes partial improvement with doctors and expresses appreciation, greeting Moravian Union members and sending regards via Altoona.
Moravia softball to wear new scarlet satin uniforms with blue trim including cape blouse knickers and stockings. Manager Thode Dotson says the outfits were sent by mistake to Moravia Ohio and arrived Wednesday. Twelve outfits were reported as lost data.
Miss Jacqueline Winsler of Moravia will teach at Sunnyslope sanatorium school Ottumwa during the next school year. She is a Moravia high school graduate and earned a diploma from Northeastern Missouri State Teachers College Kirksville in June.
Moravia’s softball team was shelled 24 to 6 by Centerville’s Parker Clothes on their home diamond Friday. Tuesday they rebounded with an 8 to 4 victory over Ottumwa’s Eagle Lodge, despite missing three players. Key hits included Pfannebecker and Underwood, with Hellyer and Dotson driving runs. Moravia hosts Petrick & Thorne of Ottumwa Friday.
The VanDorin reunion will be held in Leighton park Ottumwa Iowa Sunday July 21. All relatives and friends welcome. Sylvan VanDorin secretary.
The dentist office of D. K. Orelup will be closed all day on Friday July 12. No appointments or services will be available.
The 81st annual Moravia Fourth of July celebration drew 3000 to 4000 residents and visitors. Hundreds of former residents, local farmers, and townspeople filled the park and sidewalks for free acts, band concerts, and a speech by Dr. Harold Lancaster of Ottumwa. Fred Dotson won the knee high corn contest with an eight foot three inch stalk, while Price Gideon placed second. The day emphasized reunion and community, with dinner runs and lively evening crowds.
A rock crusher at a quarry seven miles south and two miles west of Moravia broke down delaying street work. WPA laborers have worked over a week and prepared a storage pile of stone. Local truckers will haul the rock when repaired, lining streets until rain blends rock with mud to hold it in place. Workmen cleaned gutters in preparation for street improvements.
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