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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1974
Page
1
The article notes March as an unsettled month with spring fever and cold snaps. It mentions Believe Banker Lee Benz choosing it as a time to be in the sunny south. Moravia residents fear Hwy 5 closure again as the Highway Commission plans a paving contract for April but grading work is incomplete, delaying timing.
The Moravia area suffers prolonged travel disruption with ongoing mud and detours, while Iowa Southern reports a 37 percent rise in maintenance costs and 39 percent in electric generation costs in 1973 over the prior year. ISU notes about two million dollars more in receipts and a small payout to shareholders. Roy Gideon shows a 47 foot blue morning glory vine with blue flowers at the base fading to pink higher up, killed by last fall’s frost.
Mrs Clifford Burger Bis and family visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Dean Wagner in California. Ruby Underwood, David Se and Susan Clark attended. Jack Wagner and son were guests of Neal Wagner and family Sunday.
Kirksville residents MR Richard Burge and his wife visited relatives, with Easter visiting Mr and Mrs Clifford Burger Friday. Yvonne Dancker and Michelle, Melissa and Melanie joined, along with Mrs Mabel Proctor and Bill Burger Sunday. Mrs Lai Hopkins, Saturday attendees include Mr and Mrs Laurence and Mr and Mrs Hele Harrington. Helen and her mother attended the Mother Daughter banquet in Mogicant Saturday evening.
Neal Wagner returns home after a brief illness from visiting his brother and wife. Local families share Sunday gatherings and birthday celebrations with neighbors and relatives, including the Burklands and Bronsons, plus hospital recovery updates and ill relatives in Bloomfield.
Community notes from Vossburg list visits and gatherings. Clara Brown and Gerry Agans hosted or attended parties with families including Dick Brown, Everette Agans, Wilkinson, Tracy, and Dicks. Attendees also include Paul Dicks, Nick and Je Dicks, Joyce Christy, and others at homes and a Blue Grass affair in Truxton.
Local families from Des Moines to Humeston and Albia gathered for dinners and visits. Names include the McGuires, Whiteheads, Dicks, Argo family, and friends Linda Sheldon, Pat Neary, and Margueritte Martin. Many stopped by the Roy Argo and Truxton Dicks homes, with bridal showers and weekend meals noted.
Community notes report attendance at Sunday School and a birthday offering. Sympathies extend to the family of Lloyd Beaty. Local residents and relatives are mentioned in brief visits and gatherings including Mrs Daphne Shepard Mrs Hari Adams and families.
Ray Buck suffered a broken arm after a fall while a gathering with the McClanahan and Merrill families. Mr and Mrs Mansel spent new at the parental card home. Mr and Mrs George Lain accompanied Rudy Blozevich to the Folk senna home Sunday.
Sympathies extended to Lloyd Beaty of Marshalltown. Des Moines Mercy Hospital admitted Mrs. Clarence Whitehead for first surgery. Clarence and Maude Whitehead, Hazel Hellyer, Imer Murphy, Amy Hiner, and others visited across Ottumwa Centerville Knoxville Albia and Green Circle. Wedding anniversaries celebrated for Tary and John Huff.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Weal visited at the Kenneth Free home on Wednesday Reuben N Ning and Dallas Faber and Lois and Richard W Ballees at the Kalvigeed bonne
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest West visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gilland in Ottumwa. Several relatives accompanied by Lucille West and Donis Boblenz traveled to Unionville, Missouri. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hoffman and family, Jerry Boblenz and David, Gary Belzer and sons, Nancy Airstein and sons, and Roscoe Pennington. The Hiatt and Boblenz households hosted gatherings with the Clair McDanel family in Ca- .
An unclear handwritten note mentions Manche in Ta. visiting Mr and Mrs Rich Mcters and Mrs Michel McDanel. Details are fragmentary and identities uncertain.
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