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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1972
Page
2
Rays Ramblin's notes the Mormon Trail was said to pass through the county's southern area from Nauvoo Illinois to Salt Lake City Utah. Jep Lockman says the route is incorrect and recalls seeing wagons elsewhere. Early Wednesday morning Mrs Lockman died around 3 am.
Witnesses recall Mormon caravan water rules and a burial near Moravia while Kenney Geyer aided Turner ambulance service in the Lake Centerville area. Umpteen campers, boats, and visitors filled Rathbun Lake as rain interrupted activities but did not dampen the weekend's enjoyment.
Local social notes list supper guests and weekend visitors at multiple households in Udell and nearby towns. Notables include descendants of Selix, Hedgecock, Houser, Klampe, and Faber families. Attendees travel from Des Moines Ottumwa Moulton Kirksville and Indiana.
Dalene Post and Elaine Christy spent nearby days with friends while Theresa Brown, Daisy Sparks, and others visited relatives at Centerville and Roosevelt high school graduation exercises in Des Moines. The Garden Club hostesses and W S C S workers shared duties, with several local residents attending social gatherings and school events in Moravia and surrounding towns.
Christy attends Albia high school graduation Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Robert Childs of Roland visit the Tom Hartz home over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Paul Dicks and Nick and Fonda camp at Lake Rathbun. Dick Brown attends funeral for her grandfather Fred Sparks in Unionville Missouri Saturday. 4 H clubs help clean Iconium and Salem cemeteries Saturday. Linda and Neil Sheldon visit Clayton Sheldon home. Truxtun Dicks campers at Lake Rathbun. Stanley Spencer guests of Elaine Christy for Sunday dinner. B F Whitehead couple visit Cuba cemetery and call on Hugh McFatridge in Albia Sunday. Edith Callen hosts Junior Townsend, Wayne Christy, and Carol Sunday afternoon. Addie and Clarence Sheldon visit Clayton Sheldon Sunday evening. Al Campbell and Lee of Des Moines spend Friday night and Saturday at George Rinehart home. Truxton Dicks attends funeral for her aunt Maude Long in Cincinnati Sunday afternoon. Dinner guests at Russell Brown home Memorial Day include Beryl Brown and Mildred Argo. Larry Whitehead and Doug host Monday dinner. supper guests at Paul Dicks home Memorial Day include Del Roy Johnson and Cedar Falls family. Russell Brown visits Mrs Rex Haver at Centerville hospital Wednesday evening.
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