Moravia School District Vote Promises Big Choice
Readable fragments show a special election May 21 1957 in Appanoose and Monroe counties to decide forming a Moravia Community School District. It lists polling places including Urbana Enon Franklin and Unionville, notes 12 districts voting yes needed for formation, and explains possible post consolidation building plans and transport needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Appanoose
Monroe
Monroe County
Urbana
Enon
Monroe Township
Fuller
Franklin Township
West Point
Blue Front
Vosburg
Jackson Township
Hays
Appanoose Coun
Blue Front Schoolsburg
Jas, McAninch
57Th General Assembly
Unionville
State Department
Board of Education
Moravia Community School District
Moravia Community
Moravia reports giant king size mushroom find
Max Whicker brought a colossal edible sponge mushroom to the Union office on Tuesday afternoon. It stands 10 inches high and seven inches across, weighing 2½ pounds, the largest locally recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Max Whicker
Union
Last Day of School Schedule Update
School will dismiss Thursday at noon with final bus runs after lunch. Grade cards mailed to rural students. town students may pick up after 1 pm. Band students ride to Lake Wapello at 1 30 pm for a board sponsored party and picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wapello
Board of Education
Band Mothers Club
O C Kasters to Open Dairy Sweet
Mr and Mrs O C Kaster have completed plans to erect a Dairy Sweet near Deweys Place on highway 60 The building is being completed at the factory and will be prefabricated and transported on a low boy truck The official opening is expected about June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Kaster
Dewey's Place
Highway 60
Awards Given At Chapel Monday At High School
Read as seniors hosted ceremonies in the high school gym, with Martha McCord receiving the Citizenship Award from the Bar Association and Gary Pfannebecker and others honored for leadership, scholarship, music, athletics and journalism in a long list of school awards and distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Charity
Martha McCord
LaVonne Qari
Karen Woodward
Lee Ann Heckman
Hugh Gurnsey
Bar Association
Gary Pfannebecker
ITV
Ronnie van Zante
C. W. Craver
DeLeris
Tuttle
Dansforth Foundation
Joan Fox
Paul Mihalovich
Mary Lou Rinehart
Donna Cochran
Carol Day
Glenys Fenton
Barbara Yeager
LaVonne Card
Nancy Koblenz
Janice Mosley
Sandra Hiatt
Martha
Jewell Miller
Wanda Benz
Ann Paxston
Bill Harsh
Judy Smith
Diana Burton
Donna Woodward
Miss Rinehart
Karen Scott
Pat Harris
Nancy Turner
Carr
Frances Ann Easter
Larry Pfannebecker
Whicker
von Gardner
Shirley Walter
Mary Lola Rinehart
Carol Stocker
Bill O'Hara
Dick McDanel
Sandra Walker
J. E. Wilson
Dennis Kelly
de' Loris Hiatt
Janie Sawyer
LaVonne Quard
Nancy Vance
Kay Overturf
Moravia Band Picnic and Trip to Lake Wapello
The Moravia school band and twirlers will picnic at Lake Wapello on Thursday May 23. Buses depart 1:30 p.m. from the school house for a picnic supper provided by Band Mothers club with board of education funding. Free boat rides offered. band mothers urged to assist by contacting Mrs. Rinehart or Mrs. Ivan Harsh.
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Moravia
Lake Wapello
Band Mothers Club
Moravia Board of Education
Rinehart
Ivan Harsh
Clean-Up Day Delayed To Early Week Weather Delays Pickup
Clean-Up day postponed from Tuesday. Refuse collection expected to occur early next week when weather permits the truck to access the ground.
Archer Engagement Noted for Dorothy Archer and Keith Arnold
Engaged couple is Dorothy Archer and Keith Arnold per announcement from Mr and Mrs Louis Archer. Dorothy is a 1957 graduate with no wedding date yet set. In local society notes Miss Mudge Hough and Mrs Catherine McPherson of Mr Pleasant visited Mr and Mrs Fred Tillmont on Tuesday afternoon.
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Louis Archer
Dorothy
Keith Arnold
Berty Arnold
Miss Archer
Mudge Hough
Jcautherine McPherson
Mr. Pleasant
Fred Tillmont
Winners In Poppy Poster Contest Named
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsored a poster contest for 4th to 7th graders with 42 entries. Awards include Marlys Fenton and Connie Walter earning prizes in the 4 5 grade group, Patricia Simmons and Judy Van Dorin top the 6 7 grade group, with several honorable mentions. Posters depict Memorial Poppy spirit and are on display in local business windows.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Marlys Fenton
Connie Walter
Joyce Roberts
Cheryl Hughes
Patricia Simmons
Judy van Dorin
Lynette Smith
Jimmie Ellison
Steven King
Last Rites Tuesday For John Hayward
John Thomas Hayward born July 8 1882 in Lancashire England died May 11 1957 Des Moines Iowa. He married Emma Nelson May 2 1911 and had eight children. Survived by widow four daughters three sons sixteen grandchildren two brothers three sisters and many Christian friends. Funeral at Central Gospel Chapel Des Moines graveside May 14 at Oakland Centerville. Card of Thanks from Art Fox Family.
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John Thomas Hayward
Lancashire
England
Christ
Des Moines
Iowa
Samuel
Ann Hayward
United States
Clarkdale
Albia
Centerville
Woodward
Town
Jesus Christ
Emma Nelson
Robert C. Haygward
Marion Harvey
Marshalltown
Janet Fox
Moravia
Margaret Schwabe
Scotia
New York
Catherine Rehbein
Clyde
John
Minneapolis
Minn
Donald
Ames
Samuel Hayward
Denver
Cole
Albert
Elizabeth Carter
Mystic
Sarah Clark
Mary Ann Snedden
Christian Friends
Central Gospel Chapel
Oakland Cemetery
Hayward
Navy sailor expected home on short leave in PA
With the Boys In Service Dale Free, a Navy man in Pennsylvania, is due home for a few days before deployment. Pvt. Richard Potts, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. C Pottis, has transferred from Alabama to Nevada and now resides at Pvt Richard Potts US 55589600 First RSSU P.O. Box N Mercury, Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Cody Luse visited with her mother, Mrs. W. H. George, on Sunday at the airfield.
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Union Mystery Farm
Jay Argo
Verda Argo
Iconium
Lloyd Brown
Dewey
Rex Hagerman
Ottumwa
Wm. Hagerman
Hilton
Michael William
Jack Broshar
Jacksonville
Fla
Russell Alan
Chester Broshar
H. G. Broshar
William Parsons
Albany
California
Sheila Ann
Dale Free
Pennsylvania
Richard Potts
K. C Pottis
Nevada
Alabama
Pvt
Rssu P.O
Box N
Mercury
M Cody Luse
Airfield
W. H. George
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Esquikés
Sandra Anderson
Bill du Vail
Bhl Rose
Burness Rumley
Elaulichts
Ralph McDonough
DeLoris Hiatt
Dorothy Archer
Mr. Fenton
Mr. Sheldon
Eugene Vincent
Carl Rouse
Richard Mason
Linda Coulson
John Murdy
Mary Ellen Condra
Jerry Hinote
Janice Mos+ley
Ronnie Broshar
Betty King
Arlene Rinehart
Jean Whicker
Keith Roberts
Wm. Tomlin
Pleasant Hill
Mae McDonald
George Scott
Moravia High School
Esquires
O. C. Kasters
Wapello
John Hayward
Art Fox
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