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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1965
Page
2
Residents discuss a proposed shift of highway 60 near Moravia with survey crews reportedly scouting 500 to 700 feet west of the current route near Dewey's Phillips 66 and Main Station area. Local officials hold a highway hearing at Centerville as the relocation plan faces questions.
The commission warns of a much larger northbound traffic increase on Highway 60 due to Rathbun dam and reports close cooperation with the Corps of Engineers to determine needs. Harvest outlook is favorable with beans mostly headed to bins this weekend and yields around 25 bushels per acre, some higher, some lower. corn reports pending.
A Sunday dinner at the Jack Penfield home honored Tom Penfield who leaves Monday for the army. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Penfield and many Penfield relatives, plus friends from nearby families. Community gatherings continued with an Iconium W S C S dinner for Albia Rotarians and multiple visits and calls across local households.
Mrs. Wayne McDanel hosts and visits with Bill Long family and Jackie Pettibone. Diana Kelley stays with Marie Long. Mervin McDanel Max Whicker dine with Wayne McDanel. Eva Hiatt visits Lute Hiatt. County Farm Bureau Workshop attendees include Mrs. Kenneth Daniels and Mrs. Virgil Dooley. Tupperware parties noted with Victor Zintz and Bill Lockman households. Visits to Ottumwa Ames Unionville and Rock party at Bill Rogers home.
Mrs Theo Miller hosts a Smorgasbord in Oskaloosa with Mr and Mrs Herb Boblenz and Mr and Mrs Ernest Hiatt among attendees. Mintia Shoemaker visits with Lillian Callen Elsie Callen Mae McDonald Frances Burton Hazel Simmons. The Downards visit W C Anderson home while Theo Miller and Datie Whicker host guests. Connie Roblenz attends Centerville homecoming dance. Mintin Shoemaker visits friends including Eva Hiatt Mrs Coleman and Frances Burton.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Boblenz attended a shoe convention in Des Moines Sunday. They visited daughter and family in Minneapolis and St Paul from Friday to Monday night, attended church, and returned home for lunch with the Kirsteins in Mason City. They then went to Ames to visit Jerry and dined with the Hoffmans in Des Moines. Mrs Jane Kirstein and Mrs Frances Reed of Mason City called on the Boblenz home last Tuesday.
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