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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1953
Page
1
Article urges farmers to act now to nominate PMA committeemen by June 30 and to vote in township elections between July 15 and July 24. Selected members meet August 1 to choose the county committee and county manager, ensuring farmers control the farm program.
PMA elections begin June 30. Lions Club representatives hosted in Moravia on Wednesday to explore organizing a local club. The item notes regular readers and columnists remark on the challenges of space and the value of local verse and perspectives from various contributors.
Wednesday quotes from Monticello Express and Anamosa Journal share witty lines about fitness, aging, politicians in disguise, and social conduct. Entries reflect a humorous slice of small-town opinion and humor columns from Waverly Dem ocrat, Winfield Beacon, and Grinnell Herald Ledger.
Estella May Hopkins Shields born April 18 1880 in Appanoose County Iowa died May 26 1953 at the home of her daughter Mrs Lora Lockman southeast of Moravia aged 73 years 1 month and 8 days She married John Walter in May 1898 who preceded her in death They had seven daughters and one son including Mrs Violet Armstrong Deassie Starr Mina Connor Effie Gegan Lora Lockman Evyln Hartman Ivan Walter and Pearl She remarried Alphus Hopkins on 1925 He died February 21 1951 She joined the Unionville Baptist Church on May 26 1928 and lived as a devoted Christian thereafter.
Franklin Byra and John Moffatt visit the Lloyd Ammons home with Mrs Earl Swift and daughter Carolyn. Ann Marie Hanly from Washington DC calls on Earl Swift. Roy Moffatt hosts and receives several neighbors, including Bi1 Lucas and Ed McDonald, at the Mike Turner and Coy Swift homes.
Sunday visitors and extended family from multiple towns filled homes in Unionville for dinners and open houses, celebrating a fortieth anniversary and reuniting relatives from Ohio Illinois Washington and California. Notable attendees included the Whisler Spillman Cross Harrington Bainbridge Derby and Calhoun families along with friends and other local households.
The article notes the 7th anniversary of a church with an afternoon program led by Rev. Roy Peterson of New Providence Baptist Church at Confidence. Other clergy from Livingston attended. Social visits include Edna Vickrey and Janice with Mrs. Othe Taylor, Basil Martin and Marvin with Mrs. Frank Martin, and several locals hosting gatherings and birthday celebrations at Roy Sulser and Pearle King homes.
Mr and Mrs G A VidieRoy spent Saturday morning at the Bert Vickroy home in Plano with family and friends during a casual gathering.
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