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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1958
Page
2
Pleasant Hill entries record numerous visits and weekend activities across local homes. Couples such as Mr. and Mrs. Glen Turner and families like the Dicks, Brown, Argo, and Callen frequent neighbors, with Des Moines tripouts and Sunday gatherings. A small classified line lists FOR SALE adding machine paper and office supplies from Union Office.
Debra Houser spent Tuesday night and Wednesday of last week with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Estel Houser. Mr and Mrs Herb Boblenz were callers at Melrose and Russell Sunday and ate supper at the Phil O’Brien home. Mr and Mrs Theo Miller attended the funeral of Mrs Mae Fischer Saturday afternoon. Mesdames Perry Mikels Herb Boblenzy and Guy Argo helped with the Junior Senior banquet Friday evening. Mike McDanel is staying at the Ernest Hiatt home this week. Sandra Hiatt is spending four days at home on leave from her work in Ottumwa. Mr and Mrs Harold VanDorin spent Sunday after church at Lake Wapello. Joyce Harris spent Sunday with Carleta Exline.
Freda Wilson returns from Albia hospital after arm injury. Vaughn Faber attends Patty Morris grandmother funeral in Eddyville. Local Farm Bureau meeting held at DeWayne Sinclair home. Church at Union Chapel May 25 with Rev Stufflebeam of Ottumwa as speaker. Several neighbors visited the Faber home and nearby farms through the week.
West Point social notes record a string of visits and gatherings. Families including Hoffmans Hagermans Callens and Vances share Sunday meals and varied calls across Ottumwa Sigourney and Albia while infants recover from recent operations and relatives attend local events.
Voters in Appanoose and Monroe Counties Iowa are notified of a special election on June 4, 1958 from 12:00 noon to 7:00 PM to decide whether to establish the Moravia Community School District. The proposal covers a large described area and creation of a local school corporation to maintain a community school.
Vague legal description maps routes along Monroe and Appanoose county roads to define voter districts for the new Moravin Community School District. The plan proposes five or six director sub districts spanning multiple townships, outlining boundary lines, road centerlines, and section corners to allocate representation and absorb surrounding districts.
Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Section 1 Township 59 Range 17 West and following detailed lot and road center lines through multiple townships and sections, the document outlines a large survey of land boundaries in Appanoose County Iowa with measurements in rods and miles, and states a school district designation for Chariton and Pleasant Hill areas. It concludes with the county superintendent's official signature and date, May 20, 105.
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