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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
1
Raye Ramblin reports Reverend Charles Keyes told the Moravian Booster club that community unity drives progress while dissention threatens futures. He noted new tires will be on every new car after September 1 and highlighted costs on spare tires and tire invoices.
The article notes spring car sales lifting demand for tires, but a dealer says there is no tire shortage and even could fulfill large orders, such as 1 000 tires, with home delivery. It also covers social notes with local residents visiting relatives and hosting guests in the area including Kilpatrick Dutys O’Faye Grindle and others.
Fragmentary text references Eben Hammond and his sister with abel Hammond and family, indicating a family notice or obituary fragment without complete details. The readable items point to kinship relations and a reference to a sibling, suggesting a local notice context.
Mr and Mrs Art Kwall and children of Ottumwa joined Sunday supper at Coy Swift home. Clayton Sheldon and children called on Roy Moffatt. Mrs Joe Lucis Jr and Roy spent the weekend at Roy Moffatt's. Elva Bickford of Moravia visited Hugh McFatridge. Ed Coady and others spent a day at Ed McDonald’s. Elva Bickford visited Mrs Hugh McFatridge Thursday. Olive Moffatt dined with Joe Lucas Jr. relatives announce Stevens reunion at Centerville park next Sunday July 15 with invites extended.
The community list notes numerous visits and greetings among VanDorin and related families in Enon, with Ottumwa and Des Moines trips, fireworks displays, hospital plans for Mrs. Fred VanDorin, and multiple Saturday and Sunday social gatherings across nearby towns.
Sunday activities include visits to the Carl Van Zante home by Mrs. John Van Zante and Mrs. Lloyd Brown and others. Afternoon callers stopped by the John Ver Ploeg home near Albia, while Shelquist families spent Sunday at relatives’ homes. Circle meets Thursday with Louisa Jones. A lawn care tip advises 2 to 4 ounces of chlor-Dane concentrate per gallon of water to treat 100 square feet for ants and chiggers.
Mrs Emmett Derby hosted a 4-H meeting in Vosburg while the Franklin Farmers club toured on Thursday. The team played Albia Friday. Ed Coady and children aided E McDonald with papering last week. Rex and Emmett Derby hosted visitors from Burlington. Several locals attended Chariton fireworks on the Fourth of July. Jane Gutcher stayed with Carolyn Swift and Ellen DeCoursey visited George Shehan.
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