Sneed Speaks of Trip Through Russia
Dr. Richard Speed, en route home to Los Angeles from a three month Russia and Europe tour, spoke at the 11:00 a.m. Methodist service to a full church. He praised Russian hospitality, noted limited religious suppression, and urged sharing the gospel there. A basket dinner followed, with relatives and his mother meeting him before his return. A question period capped the church basement gathering.
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Richard Speed
Los Angeles
Russia
Methodist
Sneed
Communist Party
Dr. Sneed
Moravia Softball Girls Fly To Victory In Season Opener
Moravia softball girls traveled to Udell for their first game and won 10 to 1. Pitchers Walker and Kaster led the effort with DuVall catching. All players who came out for softball appeared in the game.
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Scribbler
Moravia
Udell
Walker
Kaster
DuVall
Women’s Adult Class To Meet Tonight In Home Economics
The women’s adult class will meet Thursday evening September 13 at 7 p.m. in the home economics department. A planning meeting will be combined with a lesson on time and energy saving devices. Several demonstrations will be given on time saving methods.
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Homme Economics
Birthday gathering honors Jess Gladfelder's seventy first
Relatives gathered at the Jeas Gladfelder home Sunday to surprise him on his seventy first birthday. Attendees included Roy Hiatt Center ville Lloyd Davison Versal Easter Trenton Gladfelder Belle Whicker Darlene Gladfelder Earl Main Knoxville Emmett Kinney Des Moines Guy McKern Newton Long Boyd Paxton Elbert Perry Frank Gladfelder Keith Gladfelder Kermit Gladfelder and Gene Gladfelder Des Moines.
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Jeas Gladfelder
Roy Hiatt
Centerville
Lloyd Davison
Versal Easter
Trenton Gladfelder
Belle Whicker
Darlene Gladfelder
Earl Main
Knoxville
Emmett Kinney
Des Moines
Guy McKern
Newton Long
Boyd Paxton
Elbert Perry
Frank Gladfelder
Keith Gladfelder
Kermit Gladfelder
Gene’ Gladfelder
Booster Club Plans Supper Meeting at EUB Church
Regular September booster club gathering set as a supper meeting at the EUB church. Mr and Mrs Bruce Gardner and baby visited Saturday night with her mother Mrs O D DuVall in Caeny.
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Booster Club
EUB
E. U. B. Church
Bruce Gardner
Baby
O. D. DuVall
Moravia Baseball Looks to Build on Strong Start
Moravia opens season with 9 3 win over Udell and 10 0 win over Mystic as Underwood dominates on mound. Pfannebecker brothers and Tatchell lead a .300+ batting group with several back from last year. Remaining schedule includes Blakesburg, Cincinnati, Melrose, and Udell tournaments. family visits noted.
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Moravia
Gary Pfannebecker
Larry Pfannebecker
John Tatchell
Ronnie VanZante
John Murdy
Richard Mason
Gary Underwood
Bill DuVall
Udell
Lloyd Saliday
Mystic
Gary
Brownes
Gap Moravia
Blakesburg
Cincinnati
Melrose
Fall Festival Parade Winners Parade Notes
Fall Festival events last week list winners in kidies and novelty divisions. Notable names include Gayla Sue Vincent, Pat Donovan, Mike Donovan, Joeilyn Veach, Georgie Woodward, Dennis Gardner, and Nancy Mastey. The big parade awarded School Blue Front, Fair view, Shanghai placements and multiple 4 H and church groups with first and second prizes.
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Colt
Gayla Sue Vincent
Pat Donovan
Mike Donovan
Lorraine Johnson
Marshal Fisk
Dennis Gardner
Georgie Woodward
Joeilyn Veach
Joe
Dwain Underwood
Richard Mosley
Maribeth Johnson
Marie VanDorin
Diane Judge
Mike Martin
Jo DuVall
Joyann Vincent See
Charlea Vah Dorin
Terry Prough
Nancy Mastey
Penns Raekard
Penny Prough
Lenny Prough
Joyce McDonough
Dallas Easter
Timmy Mihalovich
Mercia Walter
Danny Brooks
Linda Judge
Harris
School
Blue Front
Fairview
Shanghai
Church
Moravia
MYF
Moravia Churches Plan Reception for School Teachers
Representatives from Moravia’s three churches met at the Methodist Church to organize a cooperative reception for Public School teachers. The informal program on September 19 at 7:45 PM in the High School gym will include devotions, mixer games, and a lunch of cake and fruit salad, with participation from all four churches and school families.
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Moravia
Methodist Church
Dicks Transferred to Houston Office as Assistant Manager
Richard Dicks of the Royal Typewriter Company will transfer from Des Moines to Houston Texas to serve as assistant manager of a branch office. He will depart September 15 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Truxton Dicks and a Moravia High School graduate of 1950.
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Richard Dicks
Royal Typewriter Company
Des Moines
Houston
Texas
Truxton Dicks
Moravia High School
Moravia church notices list services and meetings
The Evangelical United Brethren Church led by Rev. Lynn J. Hing lists Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship at 10:55 a.m. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. W. S. S. meets Friday at Margaret Callen’s home. A cooperative reception for Moravia Public School teachers is set for September 19 at 7:45 p.m. The Council of Administration meets September 17, and Youth Fellowship gathers September 18.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lynn J. Hing
Earl Boyer
Margaret Callen
Moravia
H. 8
Council of Administration
Youth Fellowship
Grace Methodist Church and Family Night at Fairview Grace
Grace Methodist Church lists Rev John Grenfell and Delmar Dowd with Sunday School at 10:00 am and worship at 11:00 am, evening services at 7:00 pm and 7:45 pm. On September 19 at 7:45 pm Family Night at the schoolhouse. Fairview Grace Methodist Church at Afala Station with Rev Glen Lochhead, Mr Kermit Gladfelder Sunday School 9:00 am worship 9:45 am. attendance 62.
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Grace Methodist Church
John Grenfell
Peatur Delmar Dowd
Fairview Grace Methodist Church
Afala Station
Glen Lochhead
Kermit Gladfelder
Miller Homecoming Dinner at Miller Church Sunday
An annual homecoming basket dinner and program will be held at Miller church this Sunday. Sunday School starts at 11:00 a.m. followed by the basket dinner. Services and the program will be held in the afternoon.
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Miller Church
Services Wednesday For E. A. Tubaugh
Eugene Arthur Tubaugh born December 2 1880 on a Monroe county farm died near Blakesburg at age 75 9 8. He married Cora Warner February 21 1903 and had two daughters Carrie Boyer Leta McGee plus foster daughter Mary Anderson Manly. A lifelong Blakesburg resident he was a deacon at Urbana Center and Blakesburg churches. Burial was in Blakesburg cemetery with nephews as pallbearers.
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Eugene Arthur
Christopher
Rosa Schaefer Tubaugh
Monroe County
Blakesburg
Cora Warner
Carrie Boyer
Unionville
Iowa
Leta McGee
Melrose
Mary Anderson Manly
Jacksonville
Florida
Christian Church
Urbana Center
Kansas
Charley
Golden City
Albert
Near Moravia
Alya
Edwin
Knedler
Dwight Walker
Oskaloosa
Robert Ullrich Dies After Car Accident
Robert Ullrich 24, son of Delbert and Reva Robbins Ulrich of Atkinson Illinois, formerly Udell and Cincinnati area, died from injuries after a car wreck on Tuesday August 4. He lost control hitting a bridge. He leaves a wife, a son, two sisters, and his parents. Funeral services were held Friday morning at St. Anthony cemetery after rosary nights and services led by Father Kern.
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Robert Ullrich
Delbert
Reva Robbins Ulrich
Atkinson
Illinois
Udell
Cincinnati
Robert
Paul Cridlebaugh
Father Kern
St. Anthony Cemetery
Mrs Mihalovich Admitted To Centerville Hospital
Mrs Dan Mihalovich entered St Joseph hospital at Centerville Sunday to receive treatment for influenza.
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Dan Mihalovich
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Shelter Fund Receives Fresh Contributions
Shelter donations continued as Ralph Davis Donald Darby and Wilford Smith each contributed during the past week, boosting funding for the facility.
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Ralph Davis
Donald Darby
Wilford Smith
Thank You Note From Mrs. Gomer Stocker
Mrs. Gomer Stocker expresses gratitude to those who sent cards letters and gifts during her hospital stay and to helpers at home for their assistance and support.
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Gomer Stocker
E U B Ladies Aid Menu and Hospital Thanks
Thank you note expresses gratitude for cards and gifts during hospital stay at Albia and after return home. Included is a menu for September 19 by E U B Ladies Aid with fried chicken mashed potatoes gravy sliced tomatoes cole slaw lima beans peach pie rolls jelly coffee and iced tea. Wayne Lichty and family from Waterloo visited Zell Callen's family over the weekend.
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E. U. B. Ladies Aid Willl
Mrs. Wayne Lichty
Family of
Waterloo
Zell Callen
Mes Ed Taylor Rites To Be Held Friday
Mrs. Louie Fletcher Taylor 77 died Tuesday at her Moravia home after a long illness. She was born October 19, 1878 in Davis county to Joseph and Louisa Weekly Fletcher and married E. E. Taylor May 11, 1904. Survivors include her husband two sons Ferris J. Taylor of Flagstaff Arizona Delphin Taylor of Ottumwa a daughter Lavelle Crickbaum of Ottumwa a brother T. J. Fletcher of Moravia fifteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services Friday at 2:00 p.m. Turner funeral home Rev. Lynn King officiating burial Hillcrest cemetery.
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Louie Fletcher Taylor
Moravia
Davis County
Joseph and
Louisa Weekly Fletcher
E. E. Taylor
Ferris J. Taylor
Flagstaff
Arizona
Delphin Taylor
Ottumwa
Lavelle Crickbaum
T. J. Fletcher
U. S Hiatt Honored On 87th Birthday
A basket dinner was held in Moravia Park to honor U. S. Hiatt on his 87th birthday. Family and friends attended from Albia Clinton Spring Valley Minn Longview Wash Chester Town and other towns. The event featured visiting and photos with grandchildren and relatives.
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Moravia Park
U. S
Earl Weston
Longview
Wash
Kenneth Hiatt
Clair McDanel
Clinton
Vivian Pfannebecker
Gary
Vincent Sisters to Sing on TV Audition
Kaylee Joyann and Gayla Sue Vincent, daughters of Mr and Mrs Guy Vincent, plan to sing on a television audition with the Centerville group over Ottumwa’s T V Station KTVO Sunday evening.
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Kaylee
Joyann
Gayla Sue Vincent
Mrs
Guy Vincent
Centerville
Ottumwa
Bradley to depart Colorado for Stuttgart assignment
Buddy R Bradley husband of Marianne Scott Bradley will leave Ft Carson Colorado September 22 for New York en route to Stuttgart Germany He will join the 8th Division band Bradley entered service March 6 Mrs Bradley will return to her parents Mr and Mrs George Scott Dale Free who joined the Navy August 29 sends his address Dale K Free 5137657 Seaman Recruit Co 556 14th Regiment 143 Rd Battalion Camp Moffett Great Lakes Illinois
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Buddy
R. Bradley
Marianne Scott Bradley
Ft. Carson
Colo
New York
Stuttgart
Germany
8Th Division
Bradley
Colorado
George Scott
Dale Free
Navy
Dale K. Free
Seaman
14Th Regiment
Camp Moffett
Great Lakes
Illinois
Flight of the Stork birth in Town City
Mr and Mrs Paul Dean Wood ward of Albia are the parents of a daughter born Tuesday Sept 11 at University hospital in Town City. The baby weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Woodward and great grandmother is Mrs O G Woodward.
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Paul Dean Woodward
Albia
University Hospital
Town City
Frank Woodward
O. G. Woodward
Moravia district considers enlarging school area
A Moravia fact finding committee met Monday to review figures for an enlarged district that would include areas now served by the Moravia bus system. Proposals from the Iowa tax study favor reorganized districts with a 500 pupil minimum for state aid and potential fringe-area Grade 1–5 schools. A Sept 24 meeting with all directors and interested residents is planned at the Moravia school.
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Moravia
Des Moines Daily Tribune
Iowa
County Board of Education
Wilbur Mélison
Grinell
Jay Colburn
Commission
Molison
Lloyd Rose
Ice Cream Social By Franklin 4-H Groups
The Franklin Farmers and Happy Helpers 4 H clubs announce an ice cream social on Tuesday evening September 18 starting at 7 30 at the Iconium Methodist Church. Everyone is invited.
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Franklin Farmers and Happy Helpers 4-H
Iconium Methodist Church
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Jess Gladfelder
Dick McDanel
Scribbler Staff
Mrs. Earl Brain
Lester Brain
U. B. Fellowship
Wesley Chapel
Moravia F.F.A
Sew & Solub
Rainbow Girls
Ellen Paxton
Carolyn van Dorin
Angel Food
Cecil Tadjock
Coffe
Hazel Powell
Joyce Hiatt
Dorothy Potts
Mildred Proctor
Eileen Gardner
Mildred Phillips
Seymour
Russell
Beverly Woodward
Mahlon
A. Patterson
M. A. Patterson
Miller
E. A. Tubaugh
Mrs. Mihalovich
Centerville Hospital
Ray McCloud
Ed Taylor
U. S Hiatt
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