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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1953
Page
10
Milwaukee Road tax installments totaling 1 071 996 70 are paid to 56 counties this week. Appanoose County receives 19 523 37 with town schools getting about half. Funds finance state and local government services, highways, bridges, and airports while rail right of way taxes support services for competitors.
Community diary entries recount showers and spring afoot with grass and buds. Notices mourn Pearl Hiner’s death and extend sympathy. Social visits span Faber Manley families, VanDorin relatives, and Johnsons while military homecoming and improving Arthur Johnson are noted. Visitors include Bettis, VanDerins, and several Johnsons with church and Sunday gatherings.
Moravia high school seniors and community typists may enter the state typing and personality contest to be held Saturday April 18 at 10 a.m. at the American Institute of Business Des Moines. Winners receive typewriters or a wristwatch along with eighteen other prizes. Advance registration with AJ.B. Teachers may attend. A highlight will be speed and typing demonstrations by Ben Posner former world amateur typing champion. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Vance had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. James Williams Monday.
Frankili ny Mrs. or Metinis W. G. O'Hara and Roy Moffatt called at the A. E. Derby home Monday forenoon. Happy Helpers club members and families and Mrs. Olive Moffatt attended a fish fry at the E. McManus home Friday evening. Linda and Francis Moffatt returned from a week at the Lester Housley home in Moravia. Mrs. Earl Swift visited the James Calhoun home Friday afternoon. Bernard Kitterman called at the Roy Moffatt home Thursday afternoon.
Milledgeville residents share visits and gatherings through the week. Families including Fentons Sulsers Argo Martins and Tarbells frequent each other’s homes, with callers like Vickrey and LaForge. A furlough return and church events frame a busy community period.
Politician Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City declares as a Republican candidate for United States Senate. He has served in the House since 1939, with deep roots in law and politics, dating back to his 1912 Albia High School graduation and Melrose birth.
The Sew and So club met March 13 at Ralph Sherquist home with hosts Mr. and Mrs. John VanZante. High prizes were won by Harry and Pearl Woodward, traveling prize to Harold Mason. St Patrick decor and refreshments of lettuce relish crackers and coffee were served. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eston and Allen Robb.
Albia residents shared Sunday visits with relatives in nearby towns. The list of guests includes Clesters Richards Harsh Schrodt Watts Pratt Love Sutton Hayward and many others. Deaths and funeral attendance are noted for Fred Horn Mary Hampton and Jennie Pollard with family gatherings and open house celebrations reported across Albia and Centerville areas.
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