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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
6
The piece recalls a gardener’s childhood garden with Sweet Mary, pineys, heartsease, and hollyhocks. It reflects on changes in gardening and naming habits from neighborly word of mouth to standardized botanical terms introduced by Karl Von Linnaeus, noting older names for zinnias.
The Gardener's Wife reflects on old flower names and their modern equivalents, tracing how plants once known as Piney, Flags, mourning bride, and Sultana shifted to peony, Tris, and Impatiens. It recalls Proud Henry, Busy Lizzie, Love in a Mist, Corn Lily, and other monikers, noting horticultural progress and nostalgia.
The roster lists first clarinet Joan Dille second clarinet Edna Mae Lase alto clarinet Joan Callen and bass clarinet Bill Broshar as part of the ensemble.
A country newspaper prints a string of light vignettes including a wallet mix up and a flurry of social questions from chorus and society figures. A building foreman explains scaffolding mishap as the wall paper goes up and a visiting alienist quizzes the mayor on a border line case with a history riddle about Captain Cook.
Unionville social items summarize a Junior Senior banquet at the Continental Hotel Centerville with faculty as guests. Various residents and families are noted visiting or relocating between Centerville Kirksville Des Moines Iowa City and California, with updates on Gary Osa Scott Jr. and others.
For sale Markwell staples for R X desk models. 3 16 inch legs. One thousand per box. Price forty cents per box.
Community note urges readers to share news and items with The Union by sending them to the newsroom. It frames guest courtesy and timely input as valuable to local coverage and invites submissions from the public.
The Moravia Union remains priced at 1.50 per year in Appanoose and Monroe counties and 2.00 in all other areas.
George R. Darby reports a quiet week in Kinser Valley. John Van Dalin of Albia brought heifers for a summer pasture, hauled by Hollingshead, on April 26. A heavy rain fell, oats and early clover prosper, but the hay crop looks thin. The last day of school drew a large crowd with a good dinner. The same teacher returns next year. 14 pupils, four to enter high school. Earl Boardman cared for his granddaughter during the school picnic.
Remaining activities for this school year include the May 6 Junior Senior Banquet May 7 seniors to Veishea May 8 Boys Sectional Baseball tournaments May 15 State Solo and Ensemble contest May 16 Baccalaureate May 17 Senior Chapel May 18 Commencement and May 21 school closes.
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