State fair notices and Moravia area updates
Attendees at the Des Moines state fair include Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Coulson, Mr. and Mrs. Don Pettibone, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hawk and family, and many others from Moravia and vicinity. Richard McDanel nearly set a record with his lamb, taking reserve champion while the grand champion outpointed him by a small amount. A Monroe township 4 H demonstration team and blue ribbon winners John Wilson and Harold Rogers performed. Doyle Hampton won first in the GI Farming contest for a Washington trip. News also notes local remodeling, DDT spraying for flies, and a Turner and Son sign marker for the nearby airport. Community items include Girl Scouts rummage sale profits, weather notes, and local gardening gifts from Union readers. Subscriptions renewing from area residents are listed. correspondence reminders urge weekly news letters by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cecil Coulson
Don Pettibone
Claude Hawk
Lloyd Brown
M. H. Elson
Otha Taylor
Buell Taylor
Alberta Rick
Kenneth Condra
Dick Johnson
Freddie DuVall
Nellie DuVall
L. F. Bisby
Delores
Junior Spencer
Don Sears
Aaron Davis
Paul Spencer
Frank Woodward
Richard McDanel
Lamb
Monroe Township
Monroe County
John Wilson
Harold Rogers
Local Happenings Across Moravia and Vicinity Report
Residents travel and visit relatives across Moravia Ottumwa Centerville and Des Moines. Gatherings include family dinners church events and weddings. Numerous names and places such as Ottumwa Des Moines Council Bluffs Centerville Moravia Knoxville Seymour Arlington and Los Angeles appear with extended family ties and local happenings.
Hiner Cousins Hold Cooperative Dinner
The Hiner cousins dinner was held August 27 at the home of Uncle Wash and Aunt Caroline Kincade. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Cass Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Hiner, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gladfelder, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gladfelder and Darlene, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gladfelder and Mrs. Bertha Luse of Moravia, Mrs. Maud Shaeffer of Chicago, Mrs. Bessie Burns of Turlock, Calif, Mrs. Bessie Boshak of Los Angeles, Aunt Leann Main, Dessie Stansberry, Moulton, Ernie and Blanche Kincade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiner Cousins
Uncle Wash
Caroline Kincade
Homer Hamilton
Cass Hamilton
Pearl Hiner
Jess Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Frank Gladfelder
Bertha Luse
Moravia
Maud Shaeffer
Chicago
Bessie Burns
Turlock
Calif
Bessie Boshak
Los Angeles
Leann Main
Dessie Stansberry
Moulton
Ernie
Blanche Kincade
Enroll in Centerville Junior College Now
Centerville Junior College offers a full two year program with university parallel and technical tracks. It is accredited and VA approved under the GI Bills. Tuition is 20 dollars per semester with a 5 dollar enrollment fee and small lab and activity fees. books are covered except a 10 dollar deposit. Enroll by September to begin at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville Junior College
Veterans’ Administration
G. T
Centerville
Jame College
Owa
Busy Bees Meet Pre nuptial Shower for Betty Jean Brown
The Busy Bee club hosted a pre nuptial shower for Miss Betty Jean Brown at Mrs. B. R. Ulem's home on Tuesday August 24 with 70 guests. A mock wedding entertained, prizes awarded for games, and Doris Callen provided music while Grace Whitehead, Carol Ann Swift, Jennie Jennings, and Edith Callen won prizes. Refreshments of pie ala mode and iced tea were served by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Club
Betty Jean Brown
B. R. Ulem
Miss Brown
Truss Turner
Maude Turner
Beryl Brown
Fanny Colwell
Stella Argo
Gertrude Shehan
Edith Callen
Patty Colwell
Judith Broshar
Dolly de Corsey
Doris Callen
Grace Whitehead
Carol Ann Swift
Jennie Jennings
P A Hahn Aids Wreck of Barracks for Nazarene Camp
The Rev F A Hahn of the Moravia Nazarene church aids wrecking of government barracks at Sedalia Mo for use at the Nazarene camp grounds in Des Moines Iowa. Ministers from Pear son Climbing Hill Mason Fort Dodge and Algona participate along with the camp manager. The district spans Iowa with six zones. Seven barracks purchased at Sedalia will form a Youth Tabernacle and other housing. Accommodation includes a mans ion house reworked as caretaker apartment and dormitory, a girls dormitory, bath house and five cabins for ministers. An Ogkaloosa man will build a dining hall at four to five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Hahn
Moravia Nazarene Church
Knob Knoster Army Camp
Sedalia
Government
Nazarene
Des Moines
Pearson
Iowa
Towa Nazarenes
Nazarenes
Sedslia
Ogkaloosa
Family Dinner Honors Paul Wren and Navy Exam Date
A family dinner at the Forest Mericle home on Sunday August 29 celebrated Paul Wren's upcoming return to California for work and the 22nd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wren. Attendees included extended family from Albia Centerville Montezuma and near areas, with lively visiting and watermelon sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blumenstock
George Firking
Garberville
California
Billy
Fred. Blumenstock
Bill Blumenstock
Sonoma
Fred
Humboldt Times
Forest Meridle
Paul
Claud Wren
Francs
Navy
Henry Foster
Francis
Bonnie
Albia
John Eaton
Hubert
Centerville
Olin Foster
Betty Jean
Rex
Harry Brown
Janet
Delores
Trenton Mericle
David
Forrest Purvis
Lyle
Near Montezuma
Forest Mericle
Ralph
Dwight
Junior
Iva Stevens
Judy
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Wemeen
NATIO
I. F
Janice Bisby
Appanoose
Monroe
United States
Ringle
Doyle Hampton
Moravia High School
Washington
Burdette Cox
Fairview School
E. C. Tucker
Turner & Son
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Richard Empson
Karl Tuttle
Girl Scouts
T. J. Luse
Union
Paul Boyer
Loveland
Colo
Grover
Rigsie Easter
Clara Morrison
Bertha Moffitt
Leah Tisue
Ronald
Duane E. Wood
E. M. Coltrain
Ed Jordan Lyndon McDanet
T. H. Philby
Irvin Copass
J. E. Callen
Paul Boyer James Cline
Preston Hiatt Clell
Jolly Merley. Smith
Guy Johnson
Teo Caster
R. J. Atkins
Davenport
Wm, Musil
Robert Berge
Guy Argo
G. T. Harn
San Francisco
Grosse Point
Mich
Lest F. Hobson
Daphen Ostergren
Otturawa
Fred Dotson
Harold Mason
Ottumwa
Mrs
A. G. Mason
Jackie McDanes
James Cline
Earnest Hiatt
Max Gollaher
Larry
G. L. Gollaher
F. W. Wakefield
Council Bluffs
Mabel Wakefield
P. D. Schreiner
Bill
Maxine
Howard Evans
Kenneth Barghahn
Knoxville
Henry
Ted Oehle
Welock
J. B. Oehler
Melvin Green
Pamela
Marshalltown
Jiuch of the Nazarene
Flora Phillips
John Tadlock
John Cotterer
Indiana
Mary McCoy
Roy McCoy
Blakesburg
Lester McCoy
Hollywood
A. J. Billings
M. E. Boardman
A. W. Irvin
Allerton
JoEllen Broshar
Paul Broshar
Barbara Broshar
St. Louis
Frank Swaim
Ben Jones and
Virgil Johnson
Bestrice
Margaret
Mary Rose Main
Josie Schley
Lusk
Wyoming
Francis Oehler
E. F. Oehler
Foss Heaton
Winifred Heaton
Creston
Cody Luse
Joe Shafer
Wichita, Kans
Tor Vanderpol
Guy McDanes
Jack
Clara Weidman
Harlan
Lee Laver
Queen City
Phil Cobb
Lowell Harris
Newton
Cyrus Hall
Gale Hinton
Mary Alice
Reginald E. Fulter
Turner Funeral Home
W. P. Davis
Don Nostri
Bobby
Burbank
Lyndon McDanel
Wendell
Johnny Marlin
Terri Lee
Edd Purvis
Grant Tadlock
Janella Maxine Billings
Thelbert E. Billings
Guy McDanell
Wilbert Johnson
Kenneth Proctor
Malvern
Wendell and
Clell
Bud McDanel
Earl Purvis
Leonard Wilson
Seymour
E.U.B
E. G. Hawk
A. G. Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
Will Tisue
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Janice
Paul Turner
Cal Coulson
Santa Ana
Levi Coulson
Mabel
Bertha
Vet Callen
St. Joseph Hospital
Joyce Houser
Charles Coffin
Clell McDunel
F.F.A. Lambs
Denney
Lioyd Phillis
Albcia
Ray McCloud
Son
Margery Tracy
George
Arlington
Virginia
MHLS
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
New York City
Boston
Mass
Montreal
Canada
Sadie Simmons
Grant City
D. E. Bishop
Peoria
Andrew Mosley
Sidney
Nebr
Denver
Tom Toft
Mr. Toft
Carl Bivin
Torrington, Wyo
Chariton
W. C. Bivin
Lyndon McDanes
Birdie Main
Barbara
JoEllen
Skip
J. W. Halden
Myrtle Hudgens
Georgiana Winslet
Imogene Hiatt
Arlen Dunham
Methodist Church
A. C. Main
Mary Rose
David Dohrmann
del Donahoo of
Guy MecDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Charles Broshar
Carol
Ronnie
McClanes
Stanley Jerski
Robert. Grubbs
Richard Johnson
Junior and
Harold Dean Tisue
Waterloo
Pete
Harry Tisue
O. G. Woodward
Eugene Boyer
Hart Whicker
Mr. Whicker
Lay, Colo
Ella Cridlebaugh
Santa Ross
Whicker
Moravia Theatre
Dodge City
ART Fox Garage
Gardner Hatchery
Moravla
Hiner
Roland
Albia, Iowa
Pal
McCormick-Deering
McCormick- Deering Jmilkers Veach Implement Co
International Harvester
Morayia
Ick-Deering M
Arts and Service
P. A. Hahn
Moravia Union
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