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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1961
Page
3
Classified notes announce spinet piano rental with optional purchase credit and contact G L Hufstader Albia IA plus a second ad for Angus bulls registered vaccinated two ages and a distribution opportunity for automatic vending machines offering part or full time earnings with cash capital required and Rochester Minnesota P O Box 156 details.
New officers were installed at an impressive ceremony at the regular American Legion auxiliary meeting held Tuesday evening at the Post home. Centerville attendees included county auxiliary president Mrs. H. F. E. Norris and Mrs. D. C. Johnson. officers installed were Mrs. Larry Brooks president, Mrs. Jay B. Gehler first vice president, Mrs. Mettie Roland second vice president, Mrs. Clifford Paxston secretary, Mrs. Paul Spencer treasurer, Mrs. Birdie Main chaplain, and Mrs. Michael Keffman sergeant-at-arms. historian Mrs. Delbert Calhoun was absent and to be installed later.
The 34th Turner reunion gathered 87 members at Albia park shelter Sunday. After a grace by Ralph Turner a basket dinner was served and Leata Freed led the afternoon business meeting with Wayne Thompson absent due to illness.
A talent show and contest will be held August 5 at 8 pm on the Albia fair bandstand as part of the Albia Fall Festival. Three winners will receive prizes of 10, 7.50 and 5 dollars and perform at the 4-H Fair August 7. One winner may represent the county at the state fair. Open to individuals or acts ages 13 to 21, up to three minutes long, with no more than five in an act. Entry blanks must be returned to Mrs Ralph Davis Moravia. A KRNT theater representative from Des Moines will judge.
Community readers by the hundreds travel to Keosauqua on Saturday July 29 for the public dedication of a new 80 by 63 foot federal building and post office costing 298400 dollars. The two story structure houses Van Buren county offices on the top floor with two street entrances and a 30 by 15 foot loading dock among many features.
A new library book titled An Orphan by Choice by Clara Verner will be on Moravia public library shelves next Saturday. Verner brings extensive teaching background from California and Texas and holds graduate work from Abilene University. The work is a fiction with authentic quoted figures.
A brief fragment references a cosmopolitan locale and notes that sources can be found in any public library. The text is incomplete but emphasizes accessible reference materials.
The book is easily read and highly interesting which young people will enjoy, and a must for parents.
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