Moravia festival ót and local notes from The Union
The Union extends congratulations to T J and C A Turner for 40 years in Morav an business and praises Turner Funeral Home. It previews the 31st Moravia Fall Festival with encouragement for exhibits, premiums, and community participation despite drought. Also reports hitchhiker trouble, a local husband’s joke, and a Moravia special election on housing for Farm Shops vocational courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J
C. A. Turner
Moravn
Turner Funeral Home
Quaiity Ag
Turner and Son Here 40 Years in Ravaria
Turner and Son celebrate forty years of continuous business in Ravaria. The firm has long served in reda, farm implements, harness, lumber and building materials, with activity in several lines. T. J. Turner and A. Turner are lauded for nearly five decades of service. W. P. Davis traveled to Des Moines for the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Turner & Son
T. J. Turner
A. Turner
Moravia Fall Festival Premiums Awarded to Local Winners
E R Kaster Ezra Coltrain and Forrest Main topped the Montea county fair livestock division at Albis Instwedk. Coltrain led in Polled Argus with six firsts and two seconds and earned premiums in Purebred Merino Sheep. Main captured four firsts a second and a third with Hereford cattle. Easter earned first and second in Lone fear Eldmarater sweepstakes and first in draft matched team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Kaster
Ezra Coltrain
Forrest Main
Tha’ Livestock
Monréa
Albis Instwedk
Coltrain
E. R. Easter
Lone Fear
Formal Opening Turner Funeral Home In Moravia
Moravia residents are invited to the formal opening of the Turner Funeral Home next Sunday and Sept 6. The remodeling adds a larger wing a display space and new floors. The firm Turner established in 1898 and 1902 continues to offer complete services with a modern heated facility and chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner ‘Funeral Home
Moravia
Wabash Avenue
Turner Funeral Home
Turner
Turners
Turner Firm
Trugsell & Turner
Turner & Son
T. J. Turner
C. A. Turner
Special School Election Friday in Moravia ISD
The Moravia Independent School District schedules a special election Friday to authorize funds not exceeding 1500 for erecting farm shop housing within the Vocational Agriculture department. No new taxes or bonds. financing from on hand funds and state aid totaling about 1957.94 over two years. Polls open 12 noon to 7 pm at Moravia City Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agriculture Department
Moravia Independent
Board of Education
Moravia
Olive Lowrey and Lester Breese Married in Mystic Iowa
Miss Olive Lowrey daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lowrey of Mystic wed Mr Lester Breese of Mesa Marx. The ceremony occurred Sunday August 30 with Harry Jennings present. After a wedding dinner at the Lowrey home the couple left for a week’s trip and will reside in Mystic Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Lowrey
John Lowrey
Mystic
Lester Brew
Ceat
Mesa
Marx
E. E
Jae
Harry Har. Jennings
Mra
H. E. Trimble
Swenson
Jennings
Friday Dinner Menu Highlights at M. & Friar
The menu features fried chicken with gravy and mashed potatoes plus sweet potatoes and cottage cheese. Coffee and tea are offered, with dessert pies and other sides completing the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Tea
Monroe Bounty Improves Road From Moravia
Monroe county supervisors have begun widening and grading the Blakesburg end northeast of Moravia. WPA labor will grade and surface with crushed rock toward Urbana and connect with existing surfaced roads, extending past the Hawk and Smith farms to the Darby corner, sharing routes near Sytsma and Lincox farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blakesburg
Moravia
Monroe County Ban of Supervisors
WPA
Hawk
Enrollment Above Average In Moravia Schools 1936-37
Moravia public schools open for 1936-37 with total enrollment above recent years’ average. Elementary counts total 122 with first grade at 21 the largest in several years. high school has 188 with nine through twelve grades listed. Two new faculty members named Miss Claribel Carper and Miss Ann Elizabeth Relscher join the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Claribel Carper
Audubon
Iowa
Ann Elizabeth Relscher
Sigourney
Carper
Mina Ochler A
Audubon High School
Simpson College
Simpson
Sharp Meadows Wedding Surprises Centerville Moravia Area
Mrs. Mary Sharp and Mr. B. L. Meadows wed on Thursday August 27 at Unionville Missouri. The ceremony was witnessed by Mrs. Sharp’s daughter and husband Don Pettibone. The couple, well known in Hiattaville and Moravia, were feted at their farm home with a charivari from friends across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Moravia
Mary Sharp
B. L. Meadows
Unionville
Hiattaville
Morevis
U B Aid Dinner Set For Wednesday September 9
A community U B Aid dinner is scheduled for Wednesday September 9. The event invites local residents to support aid initiatives with a meal and fellowship. Proceeds benefit aid programs and outreach efforts.
Gollaher Injured After Fall From Milwaukee Bridge
G L Gollaher suffered a bad ankle bruise and foot injury when a board slipped while he worked on a scaffold six feet high on a Milwaukee railroad bridge in Poster last Thursday afternoon. X rays at Albia hospital showed a bruised and jammed foot and ankle. he is recovering and expects to return to work soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Gollaher
Poster
Gollaher
Albia
Entertainment Features Include Berry Halden Day and More
Daily entertainment features include Berry Halden Day and Democrat Day plus a complete program. The Main Market and Grocery has installed a new coil in their large refrigerator with the latest cooling apparatus and fan arrangement. The temperature can be set to vary from 36 to 42 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Halden
Democrat
Golden Wedding Observed By Moravia Couples In Past Week
Moravia area notes two golden wedding anniversaries in a single week with the Callens and Dowds. C. and Elsie Callen marked 100 years of marriage on August 29 1886 while celebrating with relatives in a lawn dinner and a later gathering. A second couple A C Dowd and wife celebrated their Golden Anniversary on August 26 at their Moravia home with open house and refreshments.
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Callen
Moravia
C. L. Coulson
Santa Ana
Calif
Charlea Stanrock
McCook
Nebr
F. M. Coulson
Leeton
Bertha Coulson
Elsie
A. S. Callen
Bessie
Albia
W. H. Callen
Mayme
Iconium
E. W. Coulson
Oskaloosa
I. S. McCann
Cheyenne
Wyo
S. L. Coulson
Bertha
Mabel
Chas. L. Ellis
Mintia
Lillian
Sylvia
F. C. Hiatt
Coulson
Theo Miller
Francis
Martha
Edith Coulson
O. A. Burton
Margaret
John
Charles
Mias
Lulu Burton
R. E. Luse
Betty
Charles Pabst
Roy Scott
Josephine
L. W. Main
W. C. Hiatt
Stella Carter
Eva Rose
C. S. Callen
J. O. Andrews
Taylor Township
Edna Dowd
Ottumwa
Mr. Dowd
Frank Hawk Farm
Hawk Farm
Nebraska
Mrs. Dowd
Daniel
Edith Blair
Clarence
Ethel Gardner
Daisy Donahoo
Hazel
Eding
Helen
Sloaix
Dowd
W. L. Smith
Merle
Marlin Smith
Grace Vesch
Fred Tillmont
C. A. Turner
Bert Turner
Moravia Fair Festival Features Attract Night Events
The Moravia Fair Festival and Farm Institute show headlines on page five of the Union this week with entertainment across Thursday to Saturday September 10 to 12. Highlights include kittenball on Thursday evening at 7 30 at the school grounds, a Moravia Reda game, a concert by the Moravia Schol Band, and various concessions. Friday is Berry Halden Day with special events and broader ads distribute to Appanoose and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmera Institute
Appenoose County
Poultry Club
Appanoose
Posible
Moravia Reda
Tana
Moravia Schol
Ag & Courtesy
Rural Schools Urged to Enter Fall Festival Exhibits
Miss Sylvia Callen urges all rural schools in the area to enter exhibits in the Fall Festival. Exhibits are a major attraction and the festival offers a large prize fund to entice participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural School
Sylvia Callen
Rural Schools
Halden to be Honored at Moravia Fall Festival
Moravia prepares for a large crowd as the community honors Halden, the Republican candidate for United States Senator in a Moravia Fall Festival program. The event highlights Halden’s Moravia roots and local support in a celebratory program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Halden
Moravia
Death Claims Alvin Rouse in Melrose Hospital
Alvin Rouse of Hilton Iowa died Monday at 11 30 am in Melrose hospital after a weeks illness. He was born April 8 1931 in Hilton and died at 15 years 4 months 23 days. Survived by his parents Lewis and Sadie Coulson Rouse three sisters Louise Doris Verna and many relatives. He joined the Hilton Methodist Episcopal church in 1934 and was active in Morning Star class Epworth League and church services. He attended Albia High School as a freshman last year and was loved by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Lewis Rouse
Hilton
Melrose
Alvin
Lewis
Sadie Coulson Rouse
Town
Louise
Doris
Verna
L. C. Rouse
F. H. Caulton
Moravia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Morning Star
H. A. Tibball
Epworth League
Ilton
Albia High School
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Seay
Des Moines
Hia
Will
U. B
Agrical- SA
Toe de
Algo
Moore
Citizen
W. P. Davis
Bes Moines
Albi
Turner Funeral
W. C. Bivin
MR. and
Mrs. C
Lowrey
Helscher
U. B. Aid
Foster
Mrs
A. C. Dowd
Death
Alvin Rouse
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