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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1965
Page
4
The Moravia high school gym hosts a joint spring concert this Friday at 7 30 p m. Wayne Burghoffer directs the concert band and Mrs George Burghoffer leads the boys and girls choruses. The program spans serious music to recent hits with small ensembles featured. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
Mrs. Max McDonough Mrs. Ivar Harsh Mrs. Zell Callen Mrs. Ted Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hiatt with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner attended the State Civic Development Conference of Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa at Memorial Union hall in Ames. The Hiatt and Turner groups represented the Moravia Booster club and the others the local garden club.
The Evangelical United Brethren church held Wednesday evening regular church night with a cooperative supper led by the young adult Sunday school class. Mrs Max Whicker presided. Beth Whicker read scripture. a hymn sing occurred. poems were read by Mrs Carl Tisue. Junior Sunday school children sang choruses. Barbara Coltrain gave a Bible quiz. Mrs Whicker read a reading. the meeting closed with prayer.
A blaze Monday night destroyed a house on the former Cooper s place, fourteen miles north of Moravia on highway 60. Salvage work had been done and the fire was set to clear the site for a new home. Mr and Mrs Dean Tomlin have bought the eight acres and plan to move or build nearby.
Moravia chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will hold a school of instruction and initiation of new members Monday March 22. The program begins at 1 00 p m with a 6 30 dinner at the E U B church. Inspection and initiation follow at 8 00 p m Beverly Buchanan of Centerville is the district instructor Mary McAlister is Worthy Matron and Claude Hawk is Worthy Patron.
Billy Lockman returned Saturday from St. Josephs hospital in Ottumwa after a ten day stay. Leo Paxston and Raymond Lockman cared for the station in his absence.
Mrs. Wilbur Miller returned to her home Saturday from St. Josephs hospital in Centerville where she had been a medical patient for two weeks. Mrs. Joe Easter and infant daughter Tina Marie were brought from Monroe county hospital in Albia to the Orel Kaster home to spend a few days.
Dr. J Richard Sneed officiated as his daughter Barbara Jean Sneed wed Robert Eugene Knutson at Whittier First Methodist Church. The ceremony featured Rev William Pickering as soloist and assisting. Barbara wore a peau de soie gown with lace and pearls. The couple will reside in Huntington Park after a San Francisco and Big Sur honeymoon segment.
Announced engagement of Miss Nancy Jo Clifford daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard T Jensen Sr of Wilbra View Dr Wilbraham Massachusetts to Ensign Roy Lester Dooley USNR son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Dooley of Centerville Iowa A summer wedding is planned Clifford a West Springfield High School graduate and secretary of Jensen Insurance Agency is treasurer of the Insurance Women's Association Hampden County He is a Moravia Community School Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and Officers Candidate School Newport R I stationed in Norfolk Virginia aboard the USS Creight County.
The American Legion and Auxiliary held a coop supper at the post home to mark the Legion's 46th birthday. Mrs. Zell Callen spoke on post origins, Mrs. C. Whicker read, and Mrs. Larry Brooks led group singing. Delegates to the district meeting in Corydon on April 3 were named, with alternates listed. The Moravia unit will host a county meeting March 26. A coop dinner precedes it, with a kitchen committee providing meat, rolls, and coffee. The April 20 meeting will initiate new members. Social hour featured rook and pitch.
Mrs. Sam Proctor was hostess at an old fashioned quilting bee and cooperative dinner Thursday March 01. Present were Mrs. C. P. Mullins Mrs. Wm Irelan Mrs. Burdett Ward Mrs. Burdett Cox Mrs Milton Stocker Mr and Mrs Howard Proctor Mrs Elvin Stocker My and Mrs Richard Proctor and Burdett Cox. In afternoon quiz games winners were Mrs Mullins Mrs Ward Mrs Elvin Stocker and Mrs Cox.
Joan Hayward of Salem Oregon spent last weekend with his mother Mrs Emma Hayward and sister Mrs Art Fox. Mr and Mrs Joe Harvey and Ann Louise of Marshalltown spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Emma Hayward at the Art Fox home. Mr and Mrs Robert McCall and family of Des Moines were guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Art Fox Monday. Mrs Robert Foster spent Monday with her brother in Ames.
A message of thanks from Richare Veach, who expresses gratitude to everyone who remembered him during his hospital stay at Abbia and notes the care received.
A patient at Bluviarfield Rupcke Peuington expresses gratitude toward doctors nurses and staff for care during a hospital stay. The message showcases appreciation for medical attention and support received during treatment.
The column lists worship times and events at Nazarene, Evangelical United Brethren, Iconium, Grace and Wesley Chapel churches including sermons titled Christ, A Man of Courage, Sunday School, MYF and youth activities, Lenten services, choir performances by Vennard College and avia groups, men's breakfast clubs, and social notices with visiting guests and local speakers.
Mr and Mrs BL Long appear as pareils of a local record with scrambled phrasing referencing a birth date March 12 and a hospital in Cesterville, mentioning Jay Wesley in a garbled context.
Mr and Mrs Delmar Dowd and Martha Sue hosted a five o clock luncheon at their Moravia home on Saturday in honor of Mr and Mrs George Kinder of Ottumwa who were recently married Mrs Kinder is former Helen Dowd Attending were Mr and Mrs Donald Dowd Rhonda and Audrey Mrs Ina Miller Mrs Mina Dowd Mr and Mrs Wm Gardner and Mrs Hazel Berg of Centerville Relatives could not attend due to illness
Moravia library adds new children's books to the reading shelf with titles such as A Cat In The Box by Eve Merriam and The Clumsy Cowboy by Jean Bethel. A second shipment of books has been ordered. The Golden Links class from the E A B Sunday school conducted a service at the Appanoose county home near Centerville.
List of students across grades 9 to 12 with perfect attendance from August 24 to February 26 and a separate group of students with no absences or tardies for January 18 to February 28. Names include Ronald Bates, Nancy Crabtree, Kenneth Long, and others across grades 9 12 plus additional honorees in Grades I through 12.
Local social notes record visits among Des Moines and Ottumwa families including Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cloyed and Chris and Stephen, Mrs. Ruby Cloyed, the Jamies Romans, Mrs. Bily Lockman, the Cox family, Burdett Cox, the Logans, Mrs. Ronnie VanZante, Jep Lock, Roger and Raymand Hartgrove, and others with extended family gatherings and showers.
Vennard A Cappella Choir of Vennard College will present sacred music at Grace Methodist Church Moravia Iowa on Sunday March 21 at 7 45 p m The 34 voice ensemble is on a 2000 mile tour across five states Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania in fourteen concerts with members from thirteen denominations and fifteen states and one foreign country
A Thursday evening fire at the William French farm two miles west of Moravia on Iconium road damaged a portion of the house and many possessions. The Moravia fire department extinguished the blaze after Richard Perry reported it. The porch, home freezer, washer and dryer, and tools were lost with extensive smoke damage spreading to the kitchen and living room. Mrs. French and daughter were away. the farm is owned by J. E. King of Albia. Workmen will rebuild the kitchen and porch, with much loss covered by insurance.
Moravia schools shut for a fourth day due to poor road conditions hindering buses. Superintendent Fenton warns no classes Thursday unless roads improve and a possible Saturday makeup day. Rural mail carriers faced a hard day, aided by farmers at main intersections as temperatures fall toward freezing and snow is forecast.
Moravia student Moger Mullins argues that the United States must remain involved in Vietnam to prevent a Communist takeover, warn of domino effects across Asia, and justify ongoing casualties and costs. He criticizes withdrawal and calls for sustained, intensified action, including targeting North Vietnamese military and civilian capacities.
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