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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
3
Moravia Union releases a weekly Hewsbasket compiled by Moravia Public Schools students. Editors Maxine Smith and Mary Lou Main assist in preparing the item for publication.
Nineteen girls were initiated into the F H A Club in a candlelight ceremony in the homemaking rooms on Thursday Oct 12. Vera Van Dorin presided as members sang the home economics song and a poem was read by the Spirit of Home Economies.
Three band sections held tryouts last week with no change in corner and one in trombone. Larry Kaster advanced two chairs in clarinet, a rare gain, as bands judge tone time technique and dynamics. The glee club now has 35 boys to 20 girls. A new piece The Lords Prayer is planned for Vesper. Sophomore party set for October 24 with committee plans and games.
Richard Smith leads the newly formed Junior Work Shop with officers and a two-per-grade student council. Reports cover birthdays, perfect grades, upcoming plays, Halloween decorations, class rings, and progress in dry cell battery production with July and August output figures and future WPB expectations.
In the District Court of Iowa Appanoose County No 6616 Probate In the Estate of Nancy Jane Taylor Deceased S D Taylor Executor filed a final report and application for discharge to be heard November 8, 1944 at Centerville 10:00 a m The hearing invites all interested persons to appear and show cause why the final report should not be approved and the executor discharged from further duties Valentine and Valentine attorneys for the estate
Classified notices offer multiple farm properties for sale around Moravia and Unionville Iowa. Listings include Elij Hiatt Estate 160 acres at $75 per acre, Higley 80 near Moravia at $3200, and Kinser Valley stock farm with 160 acres. Also acreage near Moravia, real estate brokerage by Chet Broshar, buyer leads, and related ads for livestock, estray notices, seed, and Christmas cards. Some items note possession dates and terms.
More than 60 relatives gathered at the W H Van Dorin home for a cooperative dinner honoring Sylvan Van Dorin from Boston and George Van Dorin Cox from the south Pacific. The note lists numerous attendees, weekend visits, sorghum making, strawberry picking, and local social visits. Prices for Swiss cheese shift nationally with a factory price rise offset by consumer price reductions.
Moravia Iowa October 16 1944 resolution of respect notes the death of Brother George Jay a long standing Mason and public servant Be it resolved that the lodge expresses sorrow and sympathy to his family and that a 30 day memorial shatter be draped in his honor The record also announces publication of the resolution in the Moravia Union and minutes entry The document then pivots to unrelated wartime notes on food taste and a local accident involving Dr danse of Algona whose car crashed into Teenie Weenie grocery causing wall damage and scattered groceries
In Schleswig, Bill Backhaus is moving the Rothe house to a new corner lot with plans for a full basement. A second Backhaus purchase, an old school house, is being relocated and remodeled into a tenant residence.
A suspended buggy stored over nails and hooks in a building fell during corn shelling, injuring Harm Meyer and a son of Eppo Gremmer of Wesley. The accident, attributed to the buggy’s loosened suspension, echoes older times when wagons caused injuries.
OPA announces removal of time limits on the use of most special shoe stamps. Mexican Border stamps must still be used within 80 days by consumers. Regular war ration stamps remain unchanged. A Moravia Union subscription is noted as a welcome gift.
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