Casters to Celebrate Golden Anniversary in Selma
Mr and Mrs E C Caster will observe their golden wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday March 6 from two to four p m at Grace Methodist church in Selma The couple married March 2 1910 at the Johnson home by Rev W P Donahoo They built the old Jacob Caster farm and later moved to Moravia They have five sons Clifford Leo Clarence Darrell Floyd and Clifford’s family live in Albia Ottumwa Walker and Minnesota They have six grandsons and four granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Caster
Grace Methodist Church
Selma Johnson
Ernest Caster
Gust Johnson
W. P. Donahoo
Caster
Jacob Caster
Clifford
Moravia
Leo
Albia
Route 1
Clarence
Ottumwa
Darrell
Floyd
Walker
Minnesota
Moulton Votes for Deep Well 339-10
Voters in Moulton approved an $80,000 deep well project for the town water system. The measure passed 330 to 10 in favor, funding via $20,000 in general obligation bonds retired by a 10 mill tax levy and $50,000 in revenue bonds repaid from water sales. The council will hire Thorp Weil Co. of Des Moines to drill about 2400 feet, Garden Engineering Co. for engineering, and Sparks Bonding Co. of Des Moines for bond sale handling. The 1923 water system drew strong support from a student parade and civic ads in the Moulton paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Amg Pase
Thorp Weil Co
Bea- Moines
Leaders for 1960 Census Appointed in Ottumwa Area
Supervisor William T. Engebretsen of the census Bureau announces crew leaders for the 1960 census of population and housing in the Ottumwa district. Each crew leader will supervise about 20 enumerators as the nationwide census begins April 1. Names and addresses of crew leaders listed include Glenn Baker in Mingo, Richard Korns in Hartwick, and several Ottumwa residents such as Ernest Newquist and Mrs. Charles K Bannister.
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William T. Engebretsen
Census Bureau
Ottumwa
Glenn Baker
Mingo
Richard Korns
Hartwick
Russell 1
Stout
New Sharon
Lynn G. Rumer
Thornburg
Helen A. Cornelison
Creston
Ralph E. Pim
Lucas
Arele G. Hubbard
Bloomfield
Ernest Newquest
Charles K. Bannister
Kenneth Pennington
Lawrence &. Young
Leon
Jeanne F. Davis
Seymour
Everett W. Fannon
Centerville
Births from St Marys hospital and Centerville families
Mr and Mrs Merton Rose of Marquette Michigan welcome a 7 pound daughter Anita Cerol born February 27 1960 at 2105 pm at St Marys hospital Grandparents Albert White Dabkosh Nebr Lloyd Rose Centerville Route 2 Mr and Mrs Robert Lehman Des Moines announce daughter Lori Ruth born February 14 weight 6 pounds 3 ounces Grandparents Mr and Mrs Marshal Perry Moravia Mr and Mrs Ronald Robertson Centerville granddaughter Brenda Key born February 29 weight 6 pounds 10 ounces Grandparents Mr and Mrs Bert Arnold and Mr and Mrs Harry Robertson Centerville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton Rose
Marquette
Michigan
St. Mary's Hospital
Anita Cerol
Albert White
Dabkosh
Nebr
Lloyd Rose
Centerville
Route 2
Robert Lehman
Des Moines
Lori Ruth
Marshal Perry
Moravia
Ronald Robertson
Brenda Key
Bert Arnold
Harry Robertson
Moravia Garden Club Holds February Meeting with Mrs Morgan
The Moravia Garden Club met Wednesday afternoon with 14 members and one guest. Mrs Ira Boyer led the session opening with the collect and the secretarys report. Roll call covered a special topic for each member. The plant sale committee led by Mrs Art Fox was announced for April 30. Mrs Boyer shared an article from national Gardner and displayed a flower arrangement design. Mrs Dan Mihalovich spoke on wildlife fresh water game fish. A baked birthday cake for president Mrs Boyer was shared, and Mrs Morgan served refreshments. Guest Mrs F E Wheeler attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia Garden Club
Gerald Morgan
Ira Boyer
Eltman
Art Fox
Sen
Boyer
National Gardner
Dan
Moravia Rebekah Lodge travels emblem to Cincinnati
Eleven Moravia Rebekah lodge members carried the traveling emblem to the Cincinnati Rebekah lodge on Monday evening. Local social notes cover family visits, anniversaries, birthdays and weekend gatherings across Moravia Des Moines and surrounding towns.
Moravia Red Cross Drive Chairman Named
Mrs. Lester Brain has been appointed chairman of the Red Cross Drive in Moravia. She named assistants Ming Joyce Hiatt Mrs Loren Walter Mrs L B Deedrick Mrs Harald Burton Mrs Richard Veach Mrs Carl Blair Mrs Birdie Main Mrs Clifford Paxston Mrs Harold Brown Mrs George Firking and Mrs Dan Mihalovich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Brain
Red Cross
Moravia
Ming Joyce Hiatt
Loren Walter
L. B. Deedrick
Harald Burton
Richard Veach
Carl Blair
Birdie Main
Clifford Paxston
Harold Brown
George Firking
World Day of Prayer Observances Planned by Local Nazarene Women
The women of the Nazarene church will meet at the Forrest Main home Friday afternoon for a time of prayer for foreign missions, the nation, the community church and home. Friday evening a combined service will be held at the Nazarene church in Albia with Bussey and Moravia churches taking part. Open to all. bring a Bible and your burden as God answers prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Nazarene Church
Forrest Main
Nazarene
Albia
Bussey and Moravia
Nazarene Church Seeks Weekly Schedule Update
Church notices list Rev H LaVern Sraith as pastor with Frank Woodward as Sunday School Superintendent. Services include Sunday School 10:00, Morning Worship 11:00, Evening Evangelistic 7:30, N Y P S and junior service 9:45, Wednesday Prayer Meeting evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
H. LaVern Sraith
Frank Woodward
N.Y.P.S
Grace Methodist Church Week Schedule and Anniversary
Grace Methodist Church hosts morning worship at 9 with Day of Dedication message and 10 Sunday school. Moravia and Fellowship Night at Grace feature 6:30 pot luck and a program, with county missions rallies and films. Mr and Mrs E C Caster celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary at 2 pm in the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Weldon Whitenack
Fairview Lee Benz
Moravia
Wesley Chapel
Fred Lindley
Bert Turner
First Christian Church Sunday Schedule and Ladies Aid
Donald Plum is pastor at the church. Sunday school begins at 10:00 a.m. followed by 11:00 a.m. Communion. Ladies Aid plans to meet at Mrs. C. D. DuVall's residence on Wednesday afternoon to quilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Donald Plum
Birdle Main
Ladies Aid
C. D. DuVall
Evangelical United Brethren Church Week Schedule
Rev F A Richardson presides with Carl VanZante as Sunday School Superintendent. Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday school for all ages, 11:00 AM morning worship on Vicarious Service, 1:30 PM youth led evening service on Dead or Alive. Wednesday 7:30 PM Lenten service The Secret of Contentment. Thursday 8:00 PM W S C S at Mrs Ira Boyer home with A O Main leading lesson. Officers elected. Friday 7:15 PM prayer, 7:30 revival with Rev FE Peters. Saturday 1:30 PM Inspirational Youth Rally with Rev Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical United Brethren Church
F. A. Richardson
Carl VanZante
S.C.S
Ira Boyer
A. O. Main
FE. E. Peters
E. E. Peters
Auxiliary to Help on Easter Seal Drive
The Easter Seal plan for the Town Society for crippled children and adults will be observed March 1 and will be sponsored in Appanoose county by members of the American Legion auxiliary. Mrs. Lester Brain, president, has set Tuesday March 8 as the day to stuff envelopes and prepare them for mailing. The group is asked to meet with Mrs. Brain at 1:30 p.m., hoping to finish in one afternoon. Moravia, Taylor and Chariton townships are on the mailing list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose County
American Legion Auxiliary
Lester Brain
Local Businesses Changing Hands In Centerville
Mr and Mrs Floyd Allen of Centerville have bought the Kenneth OConner grocery stock and fixtures and will move the store to the Kenneth Condra building on the square within two to three weeks. They plan to relocate to Moravia after the move. OConner purchased the store from W H Burton two and a half years ago. William Woodward bought the U C Main building east of the Corner Cafe, planning a plumbing and heating business there. U C Kaster also bought the building now occupied by Kaster Pool Hall from U Q Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Allen
Centerville
Kenneth O’conner
Kenneth Condra
Frank Swaim
Allens
Moravia
O'Conner
W. H. Burton
McDanel Family Loses Home In Newport Fire
Mrs Geneva McDanel and her four children lost all furniture and clothing when a northern Newport house burned recently. The Moravia native and mother of three girls aged 3 4 and 7 and a 6 year old boy appealed for clothing and financial aid to rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Arkansas
Geneva McDanel
Moravia
Jerry Main in Penn College Chorus
Moravia native Jerry Main joins William Penn College chorus to perform H M S Pinafore during Fine Arts week on May 13 as part of May Day. He is son of Forrest and Mrs. Main and Moravia High School graduate. He will also sing on the spring tour March 25 30.
World Day of Prayer Friday observed at Moravia Church
The 74th World Day of Prayer will be held at 7:30 pm Friday March 4 at Moravia Christian church with theme Laborers Together With God. Mrs. Marshall Perry leads a service uniting Christians to pray for all peoples and support missions worldwide in 60 languages and 1000 dialects across 145 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Marshall Perry
United States
General Department of United Church Women of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Tonga Islands
Sa- Tota
St. Lawrence
Alaska
Churches of
Joane Reene Gladfelder Dies at Des Moines
Graveside services were held for infant Joane Reene Gladfelder daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Gladfelder of 1446 Ninth Street Des Moines. The infant died Friday night at Mercy hospital after living about 36 hours. Survivors include parents a sister Diane Marie aged three paternal grandparents Kenneth and Mrs Gladfelder of Moravia maternal grandparents Harold and Mrs Waters of Louilia great grandparents Mrs Waters of Des Moines Mr and Mrs Frank Barnes of Louilla Mrs Basha Foster of Centerville and Mr and Mrs Jess Gladfelder of Knoxville plus uncles and aunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joane Reene Gladfelder
Gene Gladfelder
Ninth Street
Des Moines
Louilla Cemetery
Mercy
Frank Barnes
Louilla
Basha Foster
Centerville
Jess Gladfelder
Knoxville
Taylor Aid to Meet Virginia Pettibone on March 9
A notice states Taylor Aid will meet with Virginia Pettibone on Wednesday March 9. The brief item confirms the scheduled meeting between the two individuals and the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Aid
Virginia Pettibone
Moravia FFA Winners Qualify for District Meet
Moravia FFA squad earned two golds and a silver at Seymour sub district on Feb 27. Donald West took first in public speaking for Corporation Farming Friend or Foe, Eat Kehlerberg won extemporaneous speaking, and Jay Taylor finished second in Creed. The parliamentary team of Harsh, Burger, Caltrain, Strunk and Main won silver and second place, advancing to Jefferson district on March 5 with advisor Mr Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
FFA
Seymour High School
Donald West
Eat Kehlerberg
Jay Taylor
Bob Harsh
Steve Burger
Richard Caltrain
Wilbur Strunk
Billy Main
Jefferson
Iowa
Mr. Gardner
Ronnie Kehrberg
Seymour
Richard Coltrain
Cars Damaged In Weekend Accident
Newton residents Mr. and Mrs. George Winslet and William Landgrebe and family were involved in a Sunday collision at the north edge of Mystic. No injuries but both cars suffered extensive damage. A Monday crash near Tconium damaged two vehicles with no injuries. Moravia resident Jerry Main slid on Hocking hill Saturday, rolling into a ditch. no injuries. All accidents blamed on icy roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Winslet
William Landgrebe
Newton
Mystic
Ralph Pfannebecker
Francis Turner
Tconium
Jerry Main
Moravia
Hocking Hill
Albia
Dial Telephone Conversion Progress in Local System
Conversion to dial service advances with rural hookups underway. Iowa-Illinois Tele phone Co and Evans Construction report slower progress due to weather and minor hookup issues. Town hookups begin Thursday and should finish Friday. new numbers and omissions noted in the temporary book require clipping and attachment. Soap Creek Telephone Co main collection office set at Coulson Burton Insurance. all bills payable there, per Elmer Keuhate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Co
Evans Construction Co
Soap Creek Telephone Co
Coulson & Burton Insurance Co
I T
Elmer Keuhate
Wife of Missionary Doctor to Speak at Appanoose Rally
Mrs. Marvin Piburn, now in Des Moines, will headline the Appanoose County Missions Rally at Grace Methodist church in Moravia on Sunday evening March 6 at 7 30. The event unites all Appanoose Methodist Churches for a world mission study climax. Mrs. Piburn and her husband served at Nyadiri Mission in Southern Rhodesia from 1953 to 1958 and plan to return to the field in spring 1961 after his residency in Des Moines. She will show Nyadiri and Washburn Memorial Hospital slides. Choir of Centerville First Methodist will join as guest choir and an informal reception will follow. Participating ministers include Rev. Weldon Whitenock, Rev. Glen Lochhead, Rev. Banks Doggett Jr, and Rev. Frank Johnson. Public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Piburn
Des Moines
Appanoose County
Rhodesia
Africa
Piburn
Veteran's Hospital
Iowa State University
Strahan
Carolyn Zelliot
Washburn Memorial Hospital
Veterans Hospital
First Methodist Church
Centerville
Weldon Whitenock
Moravia
Glen Lochhead
Mystic
Banks Doggett, Jr
Moulton
Frank Johnson
First Methodist Church of
Moravia Firemen Host Hard Time Party for Members and Wives
Members of the Moravia Fire Department and their wives gathered Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs Art Fox for a hard time party. Guests arrived in costumes enjoyed a supper and played games followed by a movie the group had filmed at Christmas time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Water system hearing set on March 16 at fire station
Town council plans a $210 per improved property and $25 per unimproved lot special assessment with a 10 year pay option. Properties under $840 value may be adjusted. Hearing March 16 will permit comments for or against the plan. Planned works include a 50,000 gallon tank, 6 inch mains around the square and 17 hydrants, with contracts and bonds to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Wabash
William
John
Kihzy
Park
Charles—E & W
Melissa Felton
Church-E & W
Charles St
Dewey
Kenneth Condra
Montgomery
Gamble
Tressel
Zeil Callen
Jay N & S
M.K
ETC Club Meeting at Johnsons Home Teas and Prizes
ETC club met at the home of Mr and Mrs John Johnson on Thursday evening Co hosts were Mr and Mrs M P Schneider and Mr and Mrs Howard Carson Prizes in renk went to Mrs Harry Woodward and Mrs Alent Main Refreshments of cherry delight and coffee were served to guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.T.C
John Johnson
M. P.schneider
Howard Carson
Harry Woodward
Alent Main
Moravia Union Reports Community Activities
The Moravia area newspaper highlights ongoing local events and gatherings. Readers learn about upcoming club meetings, volunteer opportunities, and social activities organized by neighborhood groups and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
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Garden Club
John Spencer
Paul Spencer Jr
Bobby Spencer
Lester Sawvel
Gene Daggett
Daggett
Sawyer
Carrie Boyer
O. G. Woodward
Henry van Lee
Albert Lee
Miter
S. D
LaVerne Smith
Albert
Norfolk
Linda Ward
Dick Mason
Gene Vincent
Karl Rogers
Carl Rouse
Kirksville
Mrs. Lester Brain
Red Cross Drive
World Day OF Prayer
Eastern Stars
Wil Bald
Grace Kincade
W. M
McDanel
Penn College
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