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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1975
Page
2
The record shows a dry July followed by the wettest August in history with crops thriving in parts of the state. Some areas near Illinois saw nine inches of rain in the past week and a later heat wave forced a Tuesday school dismissal. Temperatures remained in the 80s with high humidity and 70 percent plus rainfall.
Reports of missing people near the Highway 5 intersection west of town rise again as locals warn Moravians returning for Fall Festival to slow down. Delbert Calhoun hosts a holiday gathering with late guests traveling past the new highway corner. Lee Benz describes a busy state fair season in accounting and ticket sales while Sundown Lake spillway litigation lingers in court.
A report indicates roughly a month more court time will be required before the legal entanglements can be cleared.
Local notes recount visits and gatherings at Delbert Calhoun home in Vossburg including Aug 25 events with Amy, Clarence, Floyd and John Hiner and supper guests from Ottumwa Des Moines and Long Beach Calif. Numerous calls and dinners mark a weekend of church and town social life with many Argo, Brown, Calhoun and Dicks families attending.
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