Navy Day Proclamation Honors Marine Sea Warriors
Mayor Bishop designates Saturday October 21 as Navy Day to honor sea-going warriors and Iowa sailors who supported World War II efforts. The notice recalls enlistment campaigns, advertising, and crews in ships, guns, and landing craft, escort duties, submarines, navy air, coast guards, and WAVES aiding victory.
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Bishop
Iowa
United States
Navy Air Corps
Eoland Saifors
WAVES
Moravia notes from 1945 church meeting and town life
A Moravia Union reader letters page from October 28 1945 recounts appreciation for the school news section and observations column, mentions Wilbur C Harris and others, discusses atomic power with cautions, reports a house move, gifts received, paint work at local buildings, address changes, new reporters, revival meetings, and a stray white Leghorn hen laying eggs in a barber shop in Woodward Moravia Iowa context.
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Moravia Public School
Lake Mills
Iowa
Moravia Union Moravia
Seeley
Hickman
Moravia
Incerely
Wilbur C. Harris
Woodward
McMorris
Executor's Notice for Mary M Charity Estate Iowa
On October 16, 1945 the District Court of Appanogs County Iowa appointed C M McFatridge as executor of Mary M Charity deceased. All debtors must pay and creditors present claims to the court for allowance. Attorneys for estate listed as Valentine and Valentine.
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District Court of
Appanogs County
Iowa
Mary M. Charity
C. M. McFatridge
Valentine & Valentine
Interesting Letter From Dwight Main
A wartime letter from Dwight Main dated October 8 1945 from Kunsan Korea describes tension with Russians in Korea and plans to seize control from Japanese guards. He notes readiness for quick action and desire to “show them who is boss” and mentions meals, mail delays, and hope for fried eggs and chickens before leaving.
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Kunsan
Korea
Tam
Irene
Urban and Tinicity by Mrs Inez Fabher
Fay Paxeton and family visited the Milton Stocker home while a Center program drew a standing room only crowd. George Reid and son James visited Charles Faber. Lucille West and children visited Omega school. Mrs Eugene Tubaugh hosted the Wednesday club. Roy Fisher expects discharge from Wisconsin soon. The Corhmanda club practiced football at Bill and Bob Wilson’s and met at Franklin school. Dairy cows in Iowa yielded $129.26 over feed cost per owner last year per extension dairy men.
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Fay Paxeton
Milton Stocker
George Reid
James
Charles Faber
Lucille West
Omega School
Eugene Tubaugh
Horace Rushing
Ernest Small
R. A. Faber
Roy Fisher
Wisconsin
Corhmanda Club
Bill
Bob Wilson
Franklin
James Williams
Dallas Faber
Hen with dual spurs shocks local farmer near Reinbeck
Harry Albert of near Reinbeck culled five three year old leghorn hens from his flock and sold them. Each hen had two sets of spurs measuring one and a quarter inches. The Union invites readers to submit names and news anytime.
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Harry Albert
Reinbeck
Marriage in Albia Unites Miss Betty Lou Smith and Harold Kausalik
Miss Betty Lou Smith and Harold Kausalik wed at St. Marys Church Albia on October 22 in a nuptial mass officiated by Father Richard R. Roth and Father Hy Heinen. The ceremony featured pink rose bouquets and blue taft, with a breakfast at the groom’s home and plans to reside in Albia.
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St. Mary’s Church
Albia
Betty Lou Smith
Lester Smith
Moravia
Harold Kausalik
Myr
Charles Kausalik
Richard R. Roth
Centerville
Hy Heinen
Leonard Flanders
John Peterson
Plorence Kausalik
Joseph Cernich
Unimportant Cogitations by Inez Faber
A reflective, informal column recounts daily life during a sugar shortage era. The writer describes bread making using starter or yeast, small farm disruptions, and plans to preserve starter. She notes family chatter, minor farm tasks, and genealogical curiosity while musing on postwar peace and hoped returns home.
Chickens are culled as frost, smoke, and elm woes mix
In a rural note, a visitor drops a cigarette down a stove pipe causing smoke from a smoldering cloth. The day’s cull proceeds with hens removed from barn areas as weather and elm disease affect crops and shade trees. Corn yields and yard maples are debated amid harvest and yard work.
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Harge
Social rounds and gatherings in Salem area
Local residents plus families visited friends and attended events Friday through Sunday. The snippets mention numerous households hosting, church showers and revival meetings, and regional callers from Centerville and Fort Madison.
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Moravia Union
Appanoore County
Congress
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
National Editorialees Association
Mr. and
Mra. L. F. Bisby
Bingle
Germany
Chas, McCracken
Turners In
Beri
Lester Sawyer
Albert Veach
Easter Pool
George and
Nadine Wineler
Harold Clement
Texas St. Fort Worth
Texas
Portland
Oregon
Catherine Hiatt
Union
Unionville
Kenneth Hunt
Kellerton
F. M. Main
Mt. Ayr
Mr. Main
Ringgold County
C. H Wallin
Mary Firkins
San Antonio
W.’ Adams
Brownsville
Harry M. Phillips
Jwatar Laurus
Ruth Lockman
Arita Callen
W. H. Callen
Harry Tisue
Bert Rinehart
Mra
Nannie Fisk
Eyrs
R. RB. Pennington
Wg Barghahn
W. H. Schneider
Ess Hiatt
William E Tisue
Karl Tuttl
Wesley Jestad
Dwight
Iowa Dairy Improvement Associations
Iowa State College
Sevage
Peoples National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corr
Albia Newspapers
Mra, Harold Kausalik
Inez Faber
Reice
Peoria
Robinson
Kennedys
Smiths
Martins
Baresaforda
McAlisters
Gardner & Son
THE
Hoosier Hotshots
George White
Joan Davia
Jack Haley
New York
Eddie
Fred MacMurray SR
Ainteta
Salem
Flaser Hellyer
Junior Martin
Dale Sonnanturg
Sone
Horton Potts
Jon Martin
California
Edward McCord
Carrie Turner
Haver Free Home
Robert Tarr
Roberta
Claude Magea
Fort Madison
Bud Platt
Faye
George Hiatt
Clarente Whitehead
Dell Hellyer
Robert Jennings
Charles
James DeWitt
Iconium
Christian Church
Clair Potts
Jess Gladfelder
Case Hamilton
W. L. Brooka
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