Main Van Zante To School Board
Voter turnout low for Monday school election with 138 ballots cast, well below prior years. Gaylord Main wins East district seat, Carl VanZante re-elected in West. Rowena MacFatridge to remain treasurer. incumbents Ralph Davis Alva Cridlebaugh Geo Firkin to continue as holdovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Main
Carl VanZanter
Main
Jack Martin
Unionville
Rowena McFatridge
Richard Tublugh
DeWayne Moore
Carl VanZante
Rowena MacFatridge
VanZante
Ralph Davis
Alva Cridlebaugh
Geo, Firkin
Moravia Airman Completes Advanced Management Course
Technical Sergeant Forrest E. Hamilton of Moravia has completed the Advanced Management Course at the Base Noncommissioned Officer School in New Mexico. He received his diploma from Colonel Albert W. Schinz, commander of the 832nd Air Division, Cannon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Robinson.
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Forrest FE
Hamilton
Moravia
New Mexico
Albert W. Schinz
Tactical Air Command
832Nd Air Division
Cannon
Jimmie’: Robinson
Waullina
Ralph Robinson
Rebekah Lodge Coop Supper Plans In Moravia
Moravia Rebekah Lodge met with Mrs Ray Charity presiding. A cooperative supper was served for families before the meeting. Plans were set to serve supper to Chariton Valley Electric and the public on Thursday evening the first day of Fall Festival. Mia Leonard Palmer and Clara Irelan in charge. Guest night discussed for October 8 inviting Mystic and Cincinnati. Booster Club meeting Oct 11 committees named.
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Moravia Rebekah Lodge
Ray Charity
Busines
Chariton Valley Electric
Mia
Leonard Palmer
Clara Irelan
Mystic
Cincinnati
Noble Grand
Booster Club
Winifred Schrodt
Leo Hoffman
Raymond Ashby
W.S.W.S. Meets With Mrs J T Van Dorin
The Women's Society of World Service of the E U B church met Friday evening at the home of Mrs J T Van Dorin. The program Presenting the United Nations Design for Peace was directed by Mrs Almont Main with assistants Mrs Emory Kehrberg Mrs Ted Campbell and Mrs F A Ogden. Mrs Carl Tisue led the business meeting and reports were given by department secretaries with plans for special activities.
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Women’s Society of World Service
E. U. B. Church
J.T. van Dorin
United Nations Design For Peace
Almont Main
Emory Kehrberg
Ted Campbell
F. A. Ogden
Carl Tisue
Mrs George Robinson Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Mrs George Robinson remains a patient at Monague County Hospital in Albia after an attack of pneumonia. Mr Lee Hiatt and Mr Karl Tuttle, along with their wives, attended the Threshermens convention in Mt Pleasant on Saturday.
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George Robinson
Monage
County Hospital
Albia
Lee Hiatt
Karl Tuttle
Threshermens Convention
Mt. Pleasant
Moravia Gamble store break ends with cash loss
A Sunday night break in at the Moravia Locker plant and Gamble store left a back screen door cut and a door into the Gamble store forced open. About $14 in cash was taken from the Gamble store. no definite leads were found. A similar Morris Moravia Farm Service break occurred two weeks earlier.
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Moravia
Gamble
Thomas
Moravia Farm Service
Men Put Up 32 Acres of Hay for Loyd Carter
Seventeen men with tractors mowers and balers helped Loyd Carter’s family put up 32 acres of alfalfa hay at his home Carter is recovering from a compound fracture to his left arm after a prior tractor accident. Helpers included Jerry Pettibone Newt Long Wayne McDanel Bill Long Rick Long Lute Hiatt Ralph Spencer Tom Pettibone Ivan Harsh Bill Harsh Grant Tadlock Curtis Mikels Billy Wilson Bud Walter Virgil Dooley Cecil Schrodt and George Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Carter
Carter
Jerry Pettibone
Newt Long
Wayne McDanel
Bill
Rick Long
Lute Hiatt
Ralph Spencer
Tom Pettibone
Ivan
Bill Harsh
Grant Tadlock
Curtis Mikels
Billy Wilson
Bud Walter
Virgil Dooley
Cecil Schrodt
George Wilson
Don Pettiibone
del Brede
Ernie Tucker
Ernest Hiatt
Lee Benz
Nancy
Bert Turner
Charles Turner
Myra
Carl Black
Earl Boyer
Jay Wilson
Bill Wilson
T. J. Luse
Lloyd Rose
Methodist Fall Festival Dinner Menu and Attendees
The Methodist church hosts a fall festival dinner on Friday starting at 11:00 am with ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, corn, slaw, sliced tomatoes, rolls, butter, jelly, pie, coffee and chocolate milk. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Clardde Hawk, Mrs. E G Hawk, and Mrs. Ruby Cloyed who attended morning service and joined the Rev Basil Tadlock family for dinner.
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Clardde’ Hawk
E.G. Hawk
Ruby Cloyed
Basil Tadlock
Double Ring Ceremony for Mihalovich and Wilson
Ann Mihalovich and John A Wilson wed in a Catholic church ceremony in Rathbun. The event drew guests from Moravia Millerton Centerville Numa Des Moines and several other towns as family and friends celebrated with a Green Circle reception and a four tier cake.
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Ann Mihalovich
John Wilson
Dan Mihalovich
Moravia
John A. Wilson
Millerton
Henry Tetter
Cambria
John A. Wilson, Jr
Strague
Washington
St. Anthony Catholic Church
Rathbun
Albert J. Fey
Bill Cortesio
Jack Kovacevich
Vincent Chebuhar
Bill Baretich
Centerville
Ava Maria
Mother
Bonnie Feketik
Des Moines
Susan Cerato
Donald Darrah
Gerald Fetters
Russell
Paul Mikhalovich
Floyd Gibbs
Blessed Virgin Mary
Green Circle
Nancy Kirstein
Janice Vickroy
Gini Reynolds
Cathy” Myers
Leta Mihalovich
Jan Mos Jey
Judy Coulter
Cherie Tait
Jean Thomas
1987 Class Reunion Plans Dinner at Moravia Park
Class of 1957 schedules a reunion at Moravia park on Sunday September 16 with a cooperative noon dinner. All classmates are urged to be present.
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Moravia Park
Honor for Mrs Kaster Planned at American Legion Home
The children of Mrs Anita Kaster announce an open house to honor her in her 0th year at the American Legion Home Sunday September 16 from 2 to 4 pm. Birthday was in July but not all children could attend then.
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Anita Kaster
Kaster
American Legion
Tharp Family Leaves for Midway Islands
Mrs. Smith Tharp and sons Stephen and Bruce depart September 11 to join Chief Warrant Officer Smith Tharp of the U S Navy at Midway Island. They have waited at Moravia and Albia for government quarters after his 28 years of service with postings in the Philippines China American Samoa Canal Zone Bermuda and Midway. Traveling to far places is common for the Tharp family who have lived in American Samoa Bermuda and Key West Florida. En route they will be met in Hawaii by Gary stationed on Kauai. Francis will stay in the states to enroll in college mid year.
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Smith Tharp
Stephen
Bruce
Midway Isands
U.S. Navy
Midway
Tharp
American
Samoa
Bermuda
Key
Corn Yield Contest Seeks 5 Acre Entries
Farmers are invited to enter a county corn yield contest measuring 1/100 acre samples from a 5-acre field to determine yield per acre. An entry fee of $2 funds trophies. current entrants include Leon Kauzlarich Mystic William French Moravia Bob Walker Mystic and Norman Hefner Seymour. Ten entries needed for a successful contest.
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Farm Bureau and Extension
Leon Kauzlarich
Mystic
William French
Moravia
Bob’ Walker
Norman Hefner
Seymour
Mrs Ina Miller Admitted To Kirksville Hospital
Mrs Ina Miller was admitted to Laughlin hospital in Kirksville Missouri on Monday. Her sister Mrs Clarence is staying in Kirksville with her.
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Ina Miller
Kirksville Hospital
Laughlin Hospital
Kirksville
Clarence He
Farewell Party Held for Bentzinger Family
The Kingdom Builders honored Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bentzinger at a farewell gathering Friday. Weather moved the event to Grace church basement from the park, with hosts including Harold Prough and others hosting a short program followed by watermelon.
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Kingdom Builders
Richard Bentzinger
Fairfield
Grace Church
Harold Prough
John Wilson
Clifford Caster
Donald Dowd
White Elephant Sale to Fund Band Uniforms
Community sale invites residents to pick up articles as part of a fundraiser for new band uniforms. Watch the paper for details on dates, locations, and pickup procedures. Proceeds support the marching band’s uniform upgrades.
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White Elephant
County support set for 1962 crop corn
Appanoose county will provide a minimum price support of 118 dollars per bushel for the 1962 corn crop. Joe A. Beer, chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, notes the rate remains the same as last year unless the October 1 data push the final price higher. Nonparticipants in the 1962 feed grain program lose eligibility for 1962 corn support.
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Appanoose
Joe A. Beer
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASC
Surprise housewarming for Pettibones hosts guests
A surprise housewarming Sunday evening honored Mr and Mrs Don Pettibone and others. After gifts were opened refreshments of cake and punch were served. Attending were many families including the Tucker and Hiatt households and numerous Pettibone relatives.
Moravia News Highlights Local Visits and College Plans
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Miller visited relatives in Corydon while Frank Palmer remains ill. Linda and Merrill Coulson prepare to enter McPherson College Kansas as juniors, children of C C Coulson. Mrs Marjorie Kennedy of Los Angeles plans Moravia class reunion visit for Bill Wilson and family. Local social rounds include Woodward Boyer Easter Harsh visits and Breese Hough dinners.
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Wilbur Miller
Ivan Gibbs
Frank Palmer
Corydon
Linda
Merrill Coulson
McPherson College
McPherson
Kansas
Merrill
C. C. Coulson
Marjorie Kennedy
Los Angeles
Calif
Bill Wilson
John Dodd
Moravia High School
Moravia Park
Harry Woodward
Ira Boyer Atpea
Moulton
Centerville
Mrs
Vergal Hough
Festival Ticket Fundraiser Drives Support
A U.S. festival appeals for memberships with a $1 ticket to fund exhibits. John Wilson oversees sales as the program seeks premium prize money and event financing.
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John Wilson
Cket
Co op Meet and Big Parade Highlight Fall Festival
Chariton Valley Electric plans its annual meeting opening the fall festival Thursday with a 2:00 p.m. program and 4:90 p.m. band concert featuring Leo Greco. $500 in appliances, including a Speed Queen dryer, given away. Friday features a 4:30 p.m. parade with many floats and political candidate remarks from B. Smith and Gene Glen, plus Moravia school music act and evening concerts. Saturday showcases a tractor rodeo and kids parade with a 2:00 p.m. start and a 7:30 p.m. program concluding with community firm raffles.
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Chariton Valley Electric Company
Vothiiatay
Leo Greco
Cedar Rapids
The
Electric Company
Lee Benz
B. Smith
U.S
Gene Glen
Moravia
Comir Eee
Ere, A
Coffin family depart after ten day Texas visit
Mr and Mrs Paul Coffin of Tuleta and Mr and Mrs P D Coffin with daughter Paula left Tuesday for home after a ten day stay with his mother Mrs Charles Coffin and Clell and other relatives They will visit daughter Mrs John Copeland and family in Ft Worth enroute Also Mr and Mrs Ralph Stickler of Loveland Colo were supper guests Sept 1 with Mr and Mrs Virgil Kaster Mrs Stickler is the former Elsie Brown Other visitors included Art Van Dorin and Mrs Virgil Kaster who helped paper at the Dale Easter home in Center ville Nettie Jones stayed the day with Flora Jones
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Paul Coffin
Tuleta
Texas
P. D. Coffin
Paula
Luling
Charles Coffin
Clell
John Copeland
Ft. Worth
Ralph Stickler
Loveland
Colo
Virgil Kaster
Square Dance At Festival Fun
A free square dance highlights this year's fall festival with noted caller Gene Beavers of Allerton. Dancers must register entries at the secretary by 8 p.m Thursday and parade entries by noon Friday. Prizes include an aluminum extension ladder, a skill saw, and a juice blender, on display at Moravia Bank. drawings conclude Saturday evening.
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Gene Beavers
Allerton
Moravia Bank
Darlene Spring to Wed Carson Sley in December
Mr and Mrs Lionel Spring of Udell Town announce the engagement of their daughter Darlene to Carson Sley son of Mr and Mrs Harold Slay of Sovilla. A December wedding is planned.
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Lionel Spring
Udell
Town
Darlene
Carson Sley
Harold Slay
Sovilla
Thanks for support during illness from neighbors and friends
Mr and Mrs Loyd N Carter thank neighbors friends and relatives for cards letters calls and gifts while in hospital haying helpers and staff appreciation note to Rev Coleman Dr Fox Dr Larson and nurses Your kindness will never be forgotten
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Rev. Coleman
Fox
Larson
Loyd N. Carter
Thanks for flowers and prayers from friends after hospital visit
Mrs Doris Boblenz and Mr and Mrs P D Coffin of Tuleta Texas send thanks for flowers gifts and cards received during the hospital stay and after returning home. they note deep appreciation and mention visits by Mr and Mrs Neven Pennington on Monday.
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Doris Boblenz
P. D. Coffin
Tuleta, Texas
Neven Pennington
Moravia FFA Tractor Rodeo Set for September 15
Moravia Community School in Iowa hosts its third annual tractor rodeo Friday with a two o clock start. Six events challenge drivers for a total of 30 points each, with prizes of 15, 10 and 5 for first to third. contestants draw numbers 15 minutes before start. safety penalties reduce scores.
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Moravia
Future Farmera of America
Larry Dayton
FFA
Moravia Community School
Towa
Farey 2Aytan
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School
Rebekah Lodge
H. Cooperative Supper
W.S.W.S
J. T. van Dorin
MRS. Geo. Robinson Hospital
Methodist
Bankers Life Ins. Co
Corydon High School
South and
Mikelson
Ingersoll Ave
Kirke- Mansfield
Kansas City
Lineville
Bloomfield
Chariton
Numa
Batheyn
Johnston
Mrs. Kaster
Midway Islands
Bentzinger
White Elephant Sale
Pettibones
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