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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1960
Page
3
A collage of classified items lists FOR SALE items including an ACD17 tractor with implements, a 1957 GMC 350 truck with hoist, and a box. BOYS SHOE SKATES in good condition. LOST a Black Persian cat. and an opportunity ad for coin operated dispensers. Contact details appear for each entry.
Mr and Mrs Bill Wittmeyer and children of Kansas City Missouri join Mr and Mrs Russell Tubaugh and daughters Moravia and Mr and Mrs Richard Tubaugh and Janiece at the Albert Tubaugh home for dinner last Tuesday Mrs Glenn Stephenson Becky and David of Knoxville stay over for a week with Claude Paris family Becky and David visit grandparents Misses Vickie and Connie Renwick travel to Biggsville Illinois Thursday to visit grandparents Loren Smith and other relatives Michael Hull attends supper with Dean An-
Dashes of visits and gatherings fill a weekend as families from Newton, Marshalltown, Red Oak and surrounding areas stop by homes in Bellet Plaine, Centerville Park and Moravia Park. Local residents like Nellie Williams, Cecil Comstock, Irma Tubaugh, the Strunk families and many others share meals, picnics and Bible school moments with relatives and friends.
Mrs J F McGuire and daughter Pat visit mother Mrs John Dodd. plans to move to Barrington New Jersey. Miss Donovan visits Michigan City Indiana to see grandparents. Mrs Kennedy stays in to visit her mother and son Bill Wilson. Mr and Mrs Harry Van Antwerp of Plano visit Mrs J R Callen M E McDanes and Mrs Harry Glick. Ina Miller visits Callen. Ida Mangle attends Mangle picnic in Burlington. Fern Woodward and son Danny H J Seelbaugh and Cecil Heckert from Youngstown Ohio visit Woodward family. Monroe township Farm Bureau meets at Hilton church. Hilton Hustlers 4 H run program. 15 members and 60 guests. Paul Miller Monroe visits sisters Dowd and Ina Miller. Linda Whitehead visits Dowd. Harry Woodward visits Cody Luse. Roy Ellis and daughters Sharon and Margaret Des Moines and Wiley Ahn of St Louis visit Woodward family. Margaret Ellis visits sister. Paul Broshar visits daughter in Des Moines. Arnold Outkamp and family visit Sioux City. Robert Smith family Tacoma Washington and Norman Tomlinson and daughters Alicia visit Pollard. Irene Elwood and Stella Zigler of Los Angeles visit Pollard, then Ottumwa and Lovilla. Gary Thorne and Judy Frye wed at Bloomfield. Jennie Pollard returns home after stay with granddaughter Bill Shultz. Hubert Stages and family Seymour and Gary and Steven Freuling visit Carson Jordan. Ella Cridlebaugh visits sister OG G Woodward. Cridlebaugh and Peoria Cridlebaughs bring her after visit. Gerald Morgan leaves for fishing trip.
In Wisconsin families hosted guests from Des Moines and Albia with a Rural Iowa connection. Eva Morgan stays at the Morgan home while several visitors from California and Kansas City joined Frank Woodward and Winnie DuVail’s household. Boyd Paxston sprains an ankle playing ball and remains home.
The Happy Helpers 4-H club met at Shirley Calhoun's home with vice president Nancy Mosley presiding at 10 25 on June 14 1960. Seven members answered roll with items they enjoy in 4-H. Demonstrations included meat loaf toss salad angle delight angle food cake and more. An ice cream social was planned for July 2 and camp participation discussed. Subsequent demonstrations covered potato salad frozen corn bread and seven minute frosting with talks on appropriate clothes and variation of sal- The minutes note meals prepared by 4 H girls and mothers.
Guests included Margaret Herring and Mrs B F Whitehead along with Mrs Clarence Whitehead Mrs James Calhoun and leaders Mrs Andy Mosley and Mrs James Wilson. Elaine Curtiss and Connie Mc Aninch chosen for senior team demonstration at the county while Shirley Calhoun and Sandra Whitehead selected for junior team demonstration at the county.
Moravia Town Council met in special session May 16 1960 at the Town Hall to review plans specifications and contract form for a municipal waterworks plant and system. Council members present were Mayor M. K. Blackman and trustees Mervin Illigan Carlo Black Max McDonough Carl Hiatt Ray Charity. no objections were filed. The council adopted a resolution approving the plans and contract and repealing conflicting orders. No bids were presented.
Moravia Iowa Town Council approves contracts for municipal waterworks after reviewing multiple bids. Awards cover 2421 feet four inch main distribution, 21,829 feet four inch main, hydrants, water treatment plant, elevated storage, and related facilities with bidders Merle D Smith Louis F Whitney Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co. Names and amounts listed for Sections 1 2 3 and 4 with alternate bonds and approval pending final contract forms.
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