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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
6
Community notes recount visits and gatherings among Emmetsburg, Moravia, Albia, Centerville, and surrounding areas. Residents attended dinners, retirements, and hospital luncheons while several families hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. Many names, towns, and occasions blend in this social roundup.
Burger Receives a CIS designation May 18 after a six week prep and exam, presented by Dick Wissluk at a Professional Insurance Agents of Iowa event in Des Moines. Seventeen graduates completed the May 18 class. A weekend of visits followed with family and friends in Des Moines and Apple Valley, Minnesota, including Mrs. Ruth Tomlin and Kenneth Condra’s death.
Jeff Hull parliamentarian Craig Vance chapter president and district treasurer Brian Luse back row Curtis Stutsman state FFA president Clay Uhlenhaka district president and Mike Brown chapter treasurer attend leadership conference.
Coulson Golda Hiatt Judy Ballenger hosted a breakfast at Weasley Chapel Ulm W Thursday. Visitors Mrs Gien Overturf and Doria Bobienz with Dannil Belxer called Tuesday. Doris Boblens attended a baby shower for a four month old girl with Loni and Lynda Hist. Ernest Hiatt and spouse joined a coop supper for Guy McPandas 81st birthday in Centerville. They travel Thursday to Camanche for Pamela McBanel graduation service and plan to return Sunday.
Surveyors warned the public might treat the claim as an estimate after reporting Everest height at 29,002 feet, instead of the measured 29,000 feet. The error prompted scrutiny of measurement practices and official clarification.
The AMA counsels gradual sun exposure starting with 15 to 20 minutes on day one and increasing daily, adjusted for skin tone, with no health benefits from tanning. It warns against rushing, notes risks of aging and skin cancer, and recommends sun protection and reapplication of sunscreen every two hours.
Thirty six people died in Iowa traffic accidents in April, a 14 percent decrease from the previous year. Through April, 163 fatalities were reported, down from 185. officials cite rising motorcycle fatalities and a continued need for caution, helmet use, and training to curb deaths.
The Homemakers Club met Sunday evening May 22 at Opal and Lynn Lemley home. Most members attended and each brought a poem or joke for roll call. Guests Mr. and Mrs Earl Adams of Arizona joined. After a short business meeting the evening featured progressive pitch and refreshments. Daphne Shepara will entertain June 12. Members asked to bring sandwiches and a gardening item for roll call.
Funeral services for Kenneth Condra 65 were held at Salem Methodist Church at 2 30 p m Sunday May 29 with Rev Bob Hoover and Rev Jo Hoover officiating. He died suddenly May 26 of an apparent heart attack. He was born July 2 1912 near Numa Iowa to Edward and Alde Condra. He married Velda McCannon May 6 1934. He taught country school six years, drove an oil truck in Centerville one year, then was a Standard Oil Agent moving to Moravia for 30 years. For nine years he provided bottled gas service. He was a Mason and active in the Moravia Booster Club. He belonged to Salem United Methodist Church where he was Sunday School Superintendent and attended Wednesday morning Men s Breakfast and Bible Study. Survived by Velda six children Marion Ft Dodge Wendell Troy Margaret Fisher Blakesburg Mary Ellen Tomfin Anaheim Minnie Argo Carlisle Dennis Moravia 18 grandchildren two sisters Effie Wherson Dickens Edith Brown Numa and two brothers Paul Nama Albert Spencer Gene Anaheim Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Vica Busia. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery near Moravia.
The Moravia FFA Livestock Judging Team will attend the Ida Grave Show and Sale at the fairgrounds starting at 9 am on June 4. A four member team will be chosen from scores earned at practice sessions.
Reverend Deedrick visited Mr and Mrs Jake Firking while Eugene Argo took Jake Vera Firkins to Centergillz. Jake plans a Veterans Hospital checkup in Des Moines on June 2 for a bad eye. Several families from Newton Chariton Albia Eddyville and Altoona visit Ed Clouse Sr and family. Robert Scott returns home after hospital stays. Dairy Creme in Iconium remains busy during warm days.
William C. Benz of Center ville Appanoose county reports April savings bond sales in Iowa total 9,860,610 up 143,000 from last year. State sales for January–April 1977 reach 38,597,830 with Appanoose April at 37,677. Shelby leads state at 60 percent of quota. several counties trail with 40–56 percent. Series E bonds available via payroll savings plans or banks.
Kenneth Wright formerly of Moravia and Irma Chavez of Juarez Mexico wed on Sunday May 15 in Juarez. Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Wright, is a 1972 Moravia High School graduate and a computer programmer with Nielsen Clearing House in Juarez Mexico.
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