16 Jul 1959
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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1959
Page
1
The writer notes five weeks from Monday marks the first day of school while harvest season arrives for rural communities. Clover blankets fields this year, contributing to excellent honey harvests for local beekeepers.
Moravia school buses traveled 89 830 miles last year using 15 279 gallons of gas at 25.09 cents per mile totaling transportation costs. Cost per pupil was 64.80 dollars. Local youths threw green apples at cars from rooftops. Mayor Taylor ordered a month at home with no vehicle damage reported. Moravia’s water test drilling by Hoeg and Ames of Lincoln is slow with no firm start date. Lovilla water department reports 150 users and after 20 months of operation and payments, a net profit of about 38 dollars.
Edna Moore guest at Ora Powell home as families visit kin from Shenandoah Bedford and Centerville. William Scott and Linda Moore see relatives in Williston and Fair field while others tour Bloomfield Ottumwa and Lake Wapello. Local households host guests from Lincoln Nebraska Mexico Missouri Venice California and more as Jennings reunion draws residents to Centerville.
The column reports a lapette shower for Mrs. Loral Bryant and Mai Dick Caylot, Hazel Powell as Monday caller in Centerville, Mrs. Ralph Pfannebecker with her mother Bonnie Minnick in Centerville, business callers in Albia and Ottumwa, Pleas Gray ill with doctor called, Pervis Cridlebaugh traveling to visit Baird Cridlebaughs in Arvada Colorado, Alfred Sprouse and Colfax visit Lillie Sprouse and Harlan Hedgecock, Sprouse family weekends with Oren Starr.
A long list of local residents enjoyed gatherings and visits at multiple homes over the weekend. Frank and Ruth Bennett. Fannie Wymore. Ethel Gains. Mary Lou Rinehart. and many Christy and Lippert family members were among those hosting or visiting relatives, with birthdays and funerals noted in the extended closet of community activity.
The Moravia Community School District in Monona and Anpanoose counties Iowa invites sealed bids by 8:00 p.m. on the third day of 1959 for 290000 dollars in school bonds. Bids open at the high school Moravia Iowa after meeting and will be awarded to the highest cash bidder. Bonds dated July 1 1959 mature in installments through 1971. Lowest true interest cost favored. sale subject to attorneys opinion Des Moines Iowa firm Bannister Carpenter Ablerg Cooney. Board reserves right to reject any bids.
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