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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
1
Observations notes town clerk George Winslet warns that next Saturday March 13 is the last day to file for the March 29 town election with a mayor five councilmen and treasurer to be elected for two year terms.
A government savings chart shows how weekly deposits can reach personal goals. It explains that for every $3 saved in Series E Savings Bonds, Uncle Sam adds one extra dollar, with the bonds maturing in ten years. The guidance comes from the U S Treasury Department.
Be found Richard is glad to get his bike back in good condition. Remember the Senior class play There ll Come a Day next Tuesday evening March 16 at the high school gym. Cast members are selling reserve seat tickets. During the week new or renewal subscriptions to The Union were paid by or for a long list of names including Della Jennison Mrs J L Haines Gilbert Callen Mrs C W Moore B L Meadows H G Broshar Maude I Wailes Mrs Edna B Nash Donald H Nash John L Chambers Karl LeCompte Otha Taylor Mrs Bernard DeBou le Osa Brown Anna Sharp Theo Miller Floyd Lemaster Nina Jarvis W R Teller Misa Bertha Potts K V Gladfelder Lloyd Davison Francis Smith Mrs Mary Johnson Robert L Tarr Mrs C Z Magee Mrs Jess Gladtfelder J P B Foster W C Bivin Ermal Thaden Mrs Anna Easter BD E Bishop Richard Gollaher Claude Palmer Mrs Henry Simmons Mrs W R Spencer Mrs J D Pence Maurice Walter Mrs Clarence Basyen M H Johnson Mrs O C Main Mrs L B Hiatt H B Lewis Mrs Earl Boyer M E McDanel W P Davis Lee R Benz Carl Tomlin Roy Argo Jessie Myers
On March 6 1948 the District Court of Appanovose County appointed George A Milani attorney for the estate and Frank Swaim as administrator with will annexed of John J Taylor deceased All persons owing the estate must pay and all claims must be presented legally authenticated for allowance before the court J G Luse Clerk District Court
The Gardener's Wife urges Moravia residents to plant flowering shrubs to create a showy town. She notes butterfly attracting varieties from white to purple red, hardy perennials that die back in winter but regrow from roots. She cites local charming homes and asks every home and farm to help Moravia become the most beautiful town in southern Town.
Mrs Dess White offers canary hens for sale. Anna Smith visited Albia relatives while John Herbert Pearson arrived from Stockton to join Moravia high school. Various local families hosted and visited over the weekend and in Des Moines. A junior class play looms and local residents report health and hospital visits.
Saturday saw multiple hospital and home visits as residents visited relatives at St. Joseph hospital Ottumwa and at various hometown addresses. People named Hiatt Turner Hahn Elson Burmeister Carter Hilton Sutter Main Adams Pfannebecker Johnson Jones Spring Main Evans Brain Campbell and others are noted across Centerville Des Moines Grav ity and nearby towns with gatherings, illness recovery and travel updates. The Sunday service featured Rev W A Spring at the Evangelical United Brethren church. Sunday also included a dinner gathering with Edward Jones family and Forrest Main. An address lists Day March 16 8 00
A comic strip of jokes and street acts unfolds with Egmont Essen aka Egmont the Egg King eating dozens of eggs in a single sitting during four daily shows and six on Saturdays. A farmer’s tale ends with a playful twist about choosing a chicken over a horse in a ruse about ruling roosts.
Automatic bond buying touted as an all-American safeguard for workers. The Bond-a-Month Plan lets professionals and the self employed accumulate $4,998 in 16 years by purchasing a $37.59 Berles E Bond each month. For sale Moravia Union notices Markwell staples for R X desk models 3/16 inch legs 1,000 in a box for 40c.
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