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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1976
Page
2
The local telephone company seeks large increases, with businesses facing about 67 percent and residences 43 percent. The monopoly leaves customers with no alternative but to pay or go without service, prompting calls to the State Commerce Chief in Des Moines for action. Memorial Day notices appear in mail, with several households receiving multiple notices.
The long Memorial Day holiday drew about 130000 visitors to Rathbun lake as campers crowded together after Saturday rain. A small fraction attended services or visited veteran memorial sites. Election day follows with new voting machines prompting mixed impressions but praised for convenience.
Sibyl Whitehead and Gertrude Van Sickel shopped in As kaloola Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Don Whitehead visited Truxton Dicks Monday evening May 24. John McAninch was a Tuesday supper guest at Russell Brown home. Sibyl Whitehead attended Garden Club Wednesday at Linda Harris. Clara Brown spent Wednesday with Beryl Brown. Mrs Elaine Spencer and Chris were Wednesday dinner guests of Edith Callen. Paul Dicks Truxton Dicks Edith Callef and Roy Argo attended Clover Leaf Club picnic at Honey Creek state park. Sibyl Argo was a Thursday dinner guest at Truxton Dicks.
Doris Hershberger and Glennie Dicks led a lesson at U.M.W. with many attendees including Dorothy Calhoun Stella Argo Gertrude Van Sickel Verna Hartz Sibyl Whitehead Odette Schweinebart Margaret Warnell Clara Brown Theresa Brown Edith Call ett Maxine Sheldon. Neary and Kelsey families visited, and numerous relatives from Ottumwa Apache Junction Overland Park and Des Moines joined festive weekend activities at Clayton Sheldon Roy Argo Russell Brown Truxton Dicks Argo and Calhoun homes across Albia Harvey Numa and Des Moines with dinner tea and cemetery visits.
Attendance at Sunday School was 24. June 6 at 9 30 will start with preaching. Dollie Huff called on Ruth McNair. Mary Louise Fox went to Iowa City to visit her son Dennis and Don McNairs at North Liberty. Opal Lemsey and Sandy Mechel met Howard Close in Des Moines. Beulah Adams had calls and hospital stay in Des Moines Mercy. Weekend visitors included Paul McBlair, Ralph Engle, Johnnie McNair and Don McNair family.
Proceedings list numerous fund transactions incl Bailey Typewriter Exchange insurance payments and rent. Items cover health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield Centerville Bank withholding and janitorial supplies. Court fund entries include attorney fees and sheriff costs with various vendors and services noted.
A compiled list shows payments and expenses for county and local entities, including care facilities, insurance, printing, and wages. Notable items mention Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lone Star Life, and various service providers, with lines indicating salaries, payroll deductions, and procurement across public funds.
A 1976 county budget action records a resolution passed May 16 by the Appanoose Board of Supervisors to apply to the State Appeal Board for approval of the fiscal year 1976 77 budget. Names Streepy Abderaon and Arthur M Stre Doyle N Ander idorss are listed among signatures with an official attestation by County Auditor Eifa Jaen Laurson.
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