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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1974
Page
1
Farmers grow puzzled as brief dry spells are interrupted by more rain delaying field work and hay baling on local acres. The intermittent weather disrupts plans for seeding while keeping pastures damp and delaying harvest readiness.
Residents recount a damaging windstorm that nearly destroyed Skip and Broshar duplexes and a nearby garage and car in Ankeny. Judy Lofgren’s home also suffered near destruction while Mildred Smith aided neighbors. Affected yards show repeated rain and replanting delays, with flu season adding to a busy week. Union office gear and staff face delays as Gary Broshar hospitalizes.
Sympathy is extended to the bereaved families of Leo Breese. Funeral services for Leo Breese were held Wednesday with attendees including Mrs. Sybil Argo Dick Hellyer Rex Haver and others. Mrs. Sybil Argo visited Hazel Hellyer Friday. Merle Prater spent Monday evening with Lloyd Brown. Attendants at the funeral included John Clarence Amy Hiner Eugene Jackson Pearl Runnels and Edward McCord.
A series of brief social notices records visits and gatherings in Centerville and Des Moines. Families including Hellyer Whitehead Parson and McCord are mentioned with hospital, funeral, and check up activities, plus relatives from Stamford Connecticut and César Rapids attending a funeral.
A preacher urges readers to examine their salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The writing emphasizes intense personal conviction, warnings against loving the world, and the necessity of sincere love for Christ as proof of salvation, citing biblical verses and urging repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ.
Karl Calhoun spent Sunday afternoon at the Athy Hiner home with Mrs. Sandra Miller and Jerry Brown of Cedar Rapids. daughters visited Mrs. Maude, and later came to see Lloyd Brsir Berhe Whitehead on Saturday evening.
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