Regular School Election Notice for Moravia District Iowa
Notice to qualified electors of Moravia Community School District in Appanoose and Monroe counties Iowa that the regular school election will be held at the Community Building on March 11 1940 from 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm A director will be elected for three years to succeed M K Blackman term expiring March 18 1840 A treasurer will be elected for a two year term to succeed P D Schreiner This meeting will be open for business as may legally come before it Chester Broshar Secretary Dated Feb 19 1940
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Appanoose
Monroe
Iowa
M. K. Blackman
P. D. Schreiner
Chester Broshar
Appanoose County
Moravia Iowa Election Scheduled for March 26 1940
Notice of election in Moravia Appanoose County Iowa sets March 26 1940 for mayor treasurer assessor and eight council seats two year terms. Official date stamped February 28 1940.
Appanoose County Board Proceedings February 27 1940
Appanoose County Board met in adjourned session with Ross Wells and J A Hoover present. Bids on lumber submitted February 21 were opened and awarded to Wheeler Lumber Co. after evaluation. The board also approved county-wide 1940 salary and expense appropriations from the General Fund totaling 72 861 with specified allocations for each office and department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wells
J. A. Hoover
Farmers Lumber Co
Sac City
Iowa
Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Co
Omaha
Central States Bridge Supply Co
Fort Madigan
Frudden Br
Lmbr. & Supply , Co
Greene
Long-Bell Lumber Co
Kansas City
Wheeler Lmbr
Br. & Supply Co
Des Moines
Wheeler Lumber Co
Grandmother Mary Palmer Dies at Promise City
Mrs. Wilbur Miller reports the death of her grandmother Mary Palmer of Promise City after a stroke in February. She leaves seven children, 13 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, with funeral held at the Christian church led by Rev. Lacey. Burial at Kirby cemetery. road impassable for cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Miller
Mary Palmer
Promise City
Christian Church
Lacey
Kirby
Thomas
J. A. Tadlock
Miller
Elsworth Selix
Coleen
Sam Iporer
Blakes- TE
Dr. Printz
Moulston
Hoover Appointed to County Board of Social Welfare
J A Hoover is appointed as a member of the Board of Social Welfare of Seanoose County for 1840. The meeting on February 27, 1940, adjourned to meet at the Auditor's call. Vivian Nicholson is approved as Deputy Recorder. Homestead exemption applications for 1939 629 percent 91144 970 percent approved. Grace L Bedinger County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hoover
Board of Social Welfare
Seanoose County
Grace
Highway No 60 News Notes Local Social Roundup
Weather and roads limit reports while a flood of visits fills the week. Vert Gladfelder funeral attendance is noted along with many family gatherings across Des Moines Darby Hilton McDanel and related households. Several stays and weekend visits mark a busy local social scene amid sparse highway reporting.
Hiattsville Notices And Regional Social Bites
Mrs Juanita Dooley visited Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Lloyd Rose. Balak Cridlebough died Tuesday afternoon at his son Alvas home. funeral held Thursday at Miller Funeral Home and Denny Cemetery near Hiattaville. Don Batterson and Wilma Batterson of near Chicago attended. Pettibone visited Bert Meadows home Friday but rain halted plans. Rubye Hiatt stayed with sister Carl Van Zante. Ladies Aid met with sixteen members. next meeting led by Mrs C B Carlen. Keith Rose and sons visited Lloyd Rose home. household goods moved from Harry Wetmore. Clyde Walker improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita “Dooley
Lloyd Rose
Balak Cridlebough
Alva
Miller
Butlal
Denny
Hiattaville
Don Batterson
Misa Wilma Batterson
Chicago
Fu. Vneral
Ann
Jimmie. Pettibone
Bert Meadows
Rubye Hiatt
Carl van Zante
Aid
Carlen
Cliff Neff
Kenneth Free Home
Keith Rose
Lloyd, Rose
Harry Wetmore
Clyde Walker
Kinser Valley and Darby Farm Roundup News
Kinser Valley Earl Rowley ground corn for George Darby on Tuesday and delivered oats to H Felton farm. Donald Darby attended a Young Democrat meeting in Albia Thursday night and was reelected president for another year. LeRoy Wilson accompanied family to Albia Saturday. VanDorin moved to a farm near Avery on Friday. Pollard family moved into Lowell VanDorin’s former place near Brompton on Clarkson farm. John Robinson hauled hay bought earlier in the week aided by Charley Anderson. Russell Darby stopped briefly en route home with a new tractor. Hoffman brothers tagged sheep for Zell Wilson and George Ri Darby on Thursday. The damp weather worries young pigs lambs and calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rowley
George Darby
H. Felton
Donald Darby
Albia
LeRoy Wilson
Donald
Grandad
Darby
Lowell
VanDorin
Avery
Pollard
Lowell VanDorin
Pollards
Clarkson
Brompton
Polards
Amy Clough
John Robinson
Charley Anderson
Russell Darby
Hoffman Brothers
Zell Wilson
George Ri Darby
Unimportant Cogitations on March Weather and Spring
A lyrical note blends verses and essays on March entering with a playful poem about March suns and spring, then shifts to reflections on March rains, weather politics, and rural life. The author laments lingering snow, predicts a wet spring, and muses on lambs, lamb care, and appetite for change.
Local Families Notice Moves and Illnesses Around Deg Moines Area
Brompton Robinson was absent two days last week due to illness. The Jones family near Deg Moines moved to the Clarkson farm. Mrs Fisher is improving after two weeks illness with care from her sister-in-law Annie Peterson of Blakesburg. Visitors at the Boardman home included Cary family, Homer King family, Mable Stafford, Harold Hawk, Boardman and Wilma family, and a young people party at Ohmey King’s Friday. Otis Stafford helped haul hay from the Davia farm. Eva Boardman filled in teaching four days for Clifton Boardman who was ill. Coffey brothers Allen and Petey moved to Des Moines to build a home. Pollard family moved from Clarkson farm to Foster. W. W. Partlow of J. C. Penney Albia. Boardman and Clifton bought calves from Marshall Darby. Deena Lee Robinson on the high list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWayne Robinson
C. L. Jones
Deg Moines
J. T. Clarkson
John Fisher
Annie Peterson
Blakesburg
M. E.boardman
O. L. Cary
Homer King
Cecil
Mable Stafford
Harold Hawk
W. F
E. F. Boardman
Wilma
Kenneth Johnson
Wilma Boardman
oHmey King's
Otis Stafford
Elwood Stafford
Chas. Davia Farm
Eva Boardman
Clifton Boardman
Allen
Petey Coffey
Des Moines
Pollard
Clarkson
Foster
W. W. Partlow
J. C. Penny
Albia
M. E. Boardman
Clifton
Marshall Darby
Deena Lee Robinson
Centerville Social News Highlights Families Visit
New Hope residents Mr. and Mrs. John L. Chambers and family visited the parental d. F. Chambers home in Centerville Sunday afternoon. Various local families including Harsh Coffin Hiatt Scott Rose Miller and Pettibone were noted for Sunday or weekday visits to relatives in Centerville and surrounding homes. Frank Hiatt attended the Balak Caldebaugh funeral at Miller Funeral Home in Centerville Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Chambers
Centerville
D. F. Chambers
Ivan Harsh
Betty
Billie
Dick Wilson
Carl Coffin
Duane
Chester Sanders
Frank Hiatt
Balak Caidlebaugh
Miller Funeral
George Scott
Mariana
Roy Scott
Loyd Carter
Mary
Frances
Virginia
Bobby
Keith Rose
Robert
Richard
Loyd Rose
Theo Miller
J. F. Chambers
Centervilla
Don Pettibone
Jerry
Ann
Jimmie
Ed Schindler
In Memory of Mrs A Boyer March 18 1996
In memory of my mother Mrs A Boyer who died March 18 1996 four years have passed since she left us. The verse recalls the old home place, the daffodil beside the evergreen, birds and flowers faded, and longing to join her in a better land. Florence M Weathers signs as daughter and mourner.
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A. Boyer
Florence M. Weathers
Wool and Lamb Prices Seen Favorable in Iowa Report
Iowa State College extension economist projects continued strong wool and lamb markets into shearing season. Lamb prices may rise again before the fed lamb marketing season ends. despite January sales being higher, February prices edged up for good to choice lambs in Chicago. Domestic wool demand remains high as Britain exerts control, with wartime needs supporting world prices. A separate note mentions Allan Andrews' Grand River farm where rats nibbled calf horns during sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Extension
Agricultural Economiate
Chicago
United States
Local social notes from Thursday to Monday events
Omega Mary Anderson spent Thursday night with Phyllis Lockman Ruth Lockman is doing house work for Mrs J R Lockman who is quite poorly Clifford Stocker called Thursday night at Ray Lockman Fay and Leo Paxston spent Thursday evening at Doyle McDanel s Mr and Mrs Johnnie Hewitt and daughter Mary Frances spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Parental Gomer Stocker home Mr and Mrs Ray Lockman called at Milton Stocker s Monday afternoon Mrs Cleo Stocker helped Mrs Doyle McDane with butchering work Friday and Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Phyllis Lockman
Ruth Lockman
Birds and mishaps fill Bremer county briefings
In Manning Mrs. J H Kruse houses over 200 birds in a Park hotel basement setup with 20 varieties and large wire compartments. Manchester youth Charley Gimio pays a $26 fine after a wreck near a tombstone display. Bremer county campaigns promise no gifts in kind from vendors. Eagle Grove students gain remote class access via intercom to hear lessons at home. Madrid couple Martin Tasso and Giuseppina Geddo remarry after 19 years to finalize paperwork. A highway patrolman jokes aside as a one armed driver kisses his wife in Varied stories. George Bradford’s stolen plates do not stop a three week home trip. An incident near Pella has Mrs Arle Van Ryswijk dislocating her neck while ducking from dye splashes. Paul Buckley misplaces his galoshes on a lemon pie after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Kruse
Manning
Park Hotel
Fiat and Castoff Plea and County Notices From 1940s Ledger
The article notes Fiat would aid Virgil Hatria of Cedar Rapids in a plea tied to a Finnish army offer, Texas declining the proposition. Wilhelm Schalebeam of Minneapolis faces a traffic incident and $7 fine after a highway pursuit. Luel Max Hurst of Fairfield tied to early 1940s marriage/divorce records. Decatur County Hospital reports all clear after paying off the final $600 of $20,000 bonded debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hatria
Cedar Rapids
Labeh
Texas State Penitentiary
New York
Texas
Wow
Luel Max Hurst
Fairfield
Mabel Oliver Hurst
Hurst
Decatur County
Program King Theatre Albis Iowa March Shows
Albis Iowa program lists March 6 and 7 with Ann Sothern and Jo Carroll in Congo Maisie plus Bernice Willeby fashion revue. Also double feature U Boat 29 with Tim McCoy in Six Gun Trail. March 10 and 11 Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr in I Take This Woman. March 12 Allan Jones and Mary Martin in The Great Herbert. March 13 and 14 Alice Faye Fred MacMurray and Richard Greene in Little Old New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Sothern
Jo Carroll
Congo
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Moravia Union
Andes
Croghene
Tae Finley McGrew
D. K. Orelup
Appanoose County Board Proceedings
Board of Supervisors
State Institution
Farm Bureau
Workmen's Compensation Inc
County Recorder’s Office
Iff
A. A
Clerk of Court’s
D. A. Hoover
Wells
L. Bedinger
Unty
Conn
Eaolution Mn
John Curtis
Grace L. Bedinger
Vert Gladfelder
Velma Bankson
Mary Streepy
Bert Gladfelder
Dale Derby
Wayne Hiatt
John Hutton
Russell Main
Dick Hutton
Louise McDanel
Kathryn
Daphne Hilton
Edith Hiatt
Mae McDanel
Bertha Coulson
Vet Callen
J. W. McDanel
Doyle Hampton
Lyn Hilton
James
Wm. Hilton
John Main
Carl Long
Tom Scott
Guy McDanel
J. Chas
Boyer
Chloe Foster
David Weston
Esther Hiatt
Ella Hiatt
Lola Boyer
Ruth Gladfelder
Frank
Keith Gladfelder
Roy Hiatt
Herbert MecDanel
Hiattsville
Kinser Valley
Inez Faber
March
Arma
Lucy Evans Hoffman
Embryo Magazine of Verse
Ors de March
Re.publicana
Radi' Jeala
Angela
Allan Andrews
Grand River
Andrews
Omega
Frank Swaim Moralia
Phose
C. T. Slavin
Charley Gimio
Manchester
Gimio
Bremer County
Eagle Grove
Martin Tasso
Giseppina Geddo
Madrid
Cole
Atolen
Washington, D. C
George Bradford
Chariton
Liesurely
Momoweek
Arle van Ryswk
Pella
Paul Buckley
Father & Son
Fiat
Wilhelm Schalebmani
Minneapolis
G. Hotman
Schalebeam
Bars of Justice
King Theatre
Albis
Glassey
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel Building
Majestic Theatre
Brooks
Fisher’s Shoe Store
Washington Avenue
Albia, Kowa
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