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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
2
Moravia High School band kept busy with weekly summer concerts then five at the fall festival. August festival and September parades followed by winter concerts, contest numbers, and a May concert featuring various groups. Notices offer remaining 1955 yearbook copies and ads for piano sales and job postings.
Mr Frank Chambers and Mrs Gerald Hunter of Blakesburg visited friends in Moravia Friday Jack Kaster took Mrs Anna Kaster Ernie and Rex Kaster to Pella Sunday for a drive and they dined at a cafe in Oskaloosa Jolaine and Dannie Main visit grandparents while parents James and Mary Main chaperone Green Mountain students in the Ozarks Mr Main is music instructor Mrs Fred VanDorin spent Mothers Day with the Purvis family at Deep River Lonnie White of Des Moines spent weekend with her parents Cleo and Mamie Ragan O M Palmer and Mrs Forrest Main hosted overnight guests in Blakesburg then called her grandmother Mamie DuVall Richard Butler of Louisiana Mo spent weekend with her parents Roy and Ma therly Russell Dayton and family left a trailer home at the DuVall farm to visit Cheyenne and Little Bear Wy Gerald Dayton left for Wyoming after weeks in the DuValls Sylvan VanDering visited his sister at Berwick Mrs Zell Callen EUB delegate to Iowa conference stayed with G M Talbott family at Collins Rev Talbott former local pastor Mrs F R Kehrberg of Kingsley visited son Emory Kehrberg and new grandson Harold Hoffman Edna Mae Luse and Pete Dicks stayed with Mrs Boyd Runnells Burlington area Linda Elaine Runnells Jimmie Luse and Pat Klum were Sunday visitors Catherine Stark and Bill Bishop Simpson College Indianola were overnight guests of Bills parents D E Bishop
Booster club members and their wives hold their regular May meeting this Thursday at the Legion hall with dinner served at 6 20 PM.
The Eslinger cemetery annual meeting was held Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Charley DeLong's home. All officers were re-elected and plans were made for Memorial Day services on Sunday, May 29.
Ronnie VanZante elected delegate to short course and Jerry Main as alternate at the Hilton Hustlers monthly meeting. Talks covered automobile, tractor, firearm and general safety. A traffic safety movie was shown as plans for a Monroe township Farm Bureau program were discussed. Attendees included Gary Char ity, Kenny Ellison, Ronnie Kehr berg, Paul Koffman, Jerry Main, Richard Mason, David Mundy, John Murdy, Jim Rogers, Karl Rogers, Carl Rouse, Martha Rouse, Larry Spencer, Mark Van Zante, Ronald Van Zante, Paul Turner, Gary Rogers, Thomas Koffman, and reporter Carl Rouse.
Farm Bureau members and families are invited to Rural Family Night on Thursday May 19 at 8 00 p m in the Albia Christian Service Center. Featured speaker is Mrs Buena Mockmore Iowa State College extension specialist on child development and family life speaking on Our families bane or blessing. General chairmen are Mrs Joe R McEntry and Mrs Marvin Vance with group singing by Mrs Joe M Judge and Mrs John Fantine Registration chaired by Mrs Cecil Murphy and Mrs Henry Plattery Program planned by Mrs Kenneth Bettis Mrs Herbert Bettis and Mrs Clint Swartz Refreshment table chaired by Mrs H M Berry Mrs Ralph Cash and Mrs Lenjnart Larson with refreshments committee led by Mrs Frank Wilson and Mrs John Fentinel Includes long list of committee members.
The framings include Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. Bob McGinnis, Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Patts, Cecil Murphy, Tom Dougherty and Mrs. Jennie Dougherty, C. E. Babcock, Frank Anderson, Charles DeVries and Lennart Larson, M. Lee Beary, John McGrath and Pat Coady, Francis Hamilton, Leonard Vance, Wayne Clark, John Stork, Gale Laugh leed, Dallas Tucker, Loren Thompson, and Walter Judge as board officers.
Miss Maie Waughop was moved from St. Joseph hospital in Centerville to University Hospital in Town City for treatment of a broken hip from a fall last week. The transfer occurred in the Turner ambulance. Relatives Mrs. Will Fletcher and daughter Opal of Eufaula Oklahoma and Mrs. Dan Fletcher of Blakesburg visited Mrs. Edd Taylor and other relatives Monday afternoon.
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