Legion Auxiliary Meets at Unionville
The American Legion Auxiliary of Unit 407 Unionville met for their October session with seven members present. Lois Kelly led the meeting, prayers by Betty Harrington, and Dorothy Jean raised the flags. Secretary’s report approved. $188.10 was received as the auxiliary share from the Fox Hunt. Additional notices include upcoming conferences in Newton on November 7 and Des Moines mid-season. The group plans a November 17 candy-packing session, and reports from Mystic’s fall meeting were shared. A $25 check was approved for the Jack Hoffman family after their basement fire. meeting adjourned with a sack lunch.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 407
Unionville
Lois Kelly
Betty Harrington
Chaplin
Dorothy Jean
Newton
Des Moines
Legion
Mystic
iIné
Yatomuile
Jack Hoffman
Tadlock Enrolled in Education College at Iowa State
Basil Tadlock is enrolled in the College of Education at Iowa State University in Ames for graduate work. There are 19,620 students enrolled at Ames this fall.
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Il Tadlock
OWA State University
Basil Tadlock
College of Education
Iowa State University
Ames
Elvin Marion Adams Dies in Des Moines At 43
Elvin Marion Pete Adams born June 20 1920 near Moravia died Oct 23 in Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines after months of cancer. He served in the US Air Force flying 36 missions earning the Purple Heart Presidential Citation Air Medal and oak leaf clusters. He lived in Ottumwa Des Moines and Albia before settling in Des Moines where he worked at Betts Cadillac and Firestone. He is survived by his wife Larue three stepdaughters one stepson a brother and a sister. Funeral services were at Grand View Park Baptist Church with interment at Avon Cemetery.
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Grandines Park Baptist Church
Des Moines
Elvin Marion
Pete) Adams
Avon Cemetery
Hugh
Edna Creech Adams
Moravia
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Appancosé
Ottumwa
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Base
England
Europe
Larue Steele
Albia
Betts Cadillac Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
United Workers Union of
Grand View Park Baptist Church
Harold L. Scholey
Larue
Larue Ryan
Long Island
N.Y
Betty Walter
Amy Grimes
Jack Childers
Los Angeles
Calif
Elton
Marie Gosnell
Cedar Rapids
Firestone Co
Appanoose Alfalfa Fields Are Judged
Eleven alfalfa fields entered in the annual contest were judged by a committee including Edwin Johnson Norris Price and Harold Holder. Most entries were new seedings, with ten spring and one fall. Winners will be announced at the Alfalfa Banquet on Thursday November 19 at Moravia high school gym. Businesmen tickets available via Farm Bureau or Extension offices. existing purchasers receive tickets automatically. The Chamber of Commerce will supply names of new businessmen. Sgt Jerry L McDow, 22, son of Mr and Mrs J W Farmer of Melrose Rt 1, assigned platoon sergeant in Company C 2nd Battalion 25th Infantry near Dau Tieng, arrived in Vietnam November 1969 and earned multiple Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medals, the most decorated in his company. He trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and was last at Fort McClellan Alabama.
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Edwin Johnson
Extension Council
Norris Price
Farm Bureau Organization
Harold Holder
Moravia High School
Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Sgt. McDow
Jerry L. McDow
J. W. Farmer
Melrose
Rt. 1
25Th Infantry Division
14Th Infantry
Dau Tieng
Vietnam
McDow
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort McClellan
Ala
ISU Annual Report Receives Award
The 1969 Annual Report of Iowa Southern Utilities Company won Financial World magazine’s Silver Oscar of Industry Award, first for a Iowa utility in this judging history. Judges evaluated 233 utility reports and 5,000 across 12 broad classifications for the 27th annual survey in New York City.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Financial World Magazine
Iowa Southern
Iowa
Financial World
Iowa Southern Report
Financial Weekly
New York City
Robert Greenleaf
American Brands, Inc
American Cyanamid Company
Burlington Northern Log
Clark Equipment Company
Crompton “& Ae
Aluminum “& Chemical ‘Corporation
Long's Companion, Inc
Owens
Local Women Released From Area Hospitals
Nancy Armstrong exited Monroe county hospital after a week of treatment and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rausch. Don Bolin returned home last week following surgery at Davis county hospital in Bloomfield.
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Nancy Armstrong
Monroe County Hospital
Allen Rausch
Don Bolin
Davis County Hospital
Bloomfield
Franklin Area Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
The article lists numerous local residents visiting family and friends across the Franklin area. It notes Halloween party attendance at Trodivin church, Sunday visits by the Derby and Calhoun households, and various Wednesday gatherings including WSCS and Farm Bureau events plus multiple households hosting guests in a social round-up style.
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Stele
Raévert Jenkings
Avid
Dethett
Callidtch
Thelma
Carol Calhoun
Earl Swift
Dorothy Cathottti
Stella Argo
Dé Trodivin’ Church
Pasethiett
Gaitty Petry
Julie
Jeffrey
Larry Derby
Gled Artimotis
Angie
Loyd
Russell Brown
Roscoe Argo
Lloyd Johnson
Henry van Welden
Charles Jennings
Marshalltown
Jack Comstock
Des Moines
Appanoose County School Aid Paid to Three Districts
Appanoose County received eighty thousand five hundred eighty nine dollars and thirty seven cents in state aid for its three school districts last week. Treasurer Earl Hedge reported totals for Camtepville Moravia and Middleton. council will organize for the year in January. Townships number eighteen, each with a representative who, with extension staff and Iowa State University, plans adult and youth programs, budgets, and distributes funds since 1955 after the Extension and Farm Bureau split.
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Appangose
Earl Hedgelodek
Cieth
Cam ‘Tepville
Moravia
iCouncil
Appanoose
Répresentativne
Iowa State University
Elections Set Annually for Extension Council Seats
In Appaloose county half the townships hold Extension Council elections. Voting occurs within each township or at a central meeting point. One adult is chosen to represent the township on the Extension Council for a two year term beginning January 1. The council representative is elected or re elected.
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Appaloose
Extension Council
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Legion Auxiliary
Unico Permanent Feven
Veea Crisles
Ouee
Crite
Perr
Crarecun Q.vene Baz
Moravia Farm Service Co
Walter J. Hansen
E. State
Home
Sir &. Jackson
Centerville, Iowa
Fan Bureau
Larue Adams
Elton Adams
Charlee Goszell
ISU
Tacaar
Sghradt
The
Moravia Union
Tatatear Pram Prev
Franklin
Mrs
Ana
Maulton
Man
Moravia Community School
New Hwy
Lorene Tubaugh
MAX Reno Real Estate Bloomfield
Tomers
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