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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1966
Page
3
We remember our father one year after his passing with enduring love and memories. You are not forgotten, loved one, and your family keeps you close in heart.
A long list of parade entrants and prizes outlines numerous junior divisions. Winners include Annette VanDorin Ast and Shelli Woodward in doll buggies, Cindy Lockman and Stephen Dayton in tricycles, Robin Dayton in wagons, and Julia Prough with Paula McClurg in nursery rhymes. Additional prizes go to Scott Greg Jerry McCoy Tim my Penfield and others in storybook characters and IV characters as well as novelties.
A short notice item describes get well and all occasion cards available at the Union Office for members. It notes greeting options for birthdays and sympathy, inviting staff to select appropriate cards and send timely wishes.
Sondra Sue Scott and Richard L. Perry were married in a double ring ceremony at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Moravia on Sept 2. Rev J A Ogden officiated. Attendants were June Cochran and Eddie Cochran. The couple plans to live in Moravia. Guests came from Albia Monroe Centerville Agency and Moravia.
The Fall Festival entry details numerous contests with numerous winners across divisions. Prizes cover clothing for children, teens, and adults, plus a wide array of baked goods and confections, led by Nadine Dommer, Mattie Harris, and Mrs. Bill Moore among many others.
Ottumwa residents Mr and Mrs Russell Day and Mr and Mrs Ernest Day visited Richard Veach and daughter Joellen during the weekend and attended the fall festival. Ottumwa couples Mr and Mrs George Kinder stayed with Mrs Mina Dowd and Mrs Ina Miller. A cooperative cookout followed Sunday church services at the McDonough home with Leo Dagle and family from Des Moines and Madlyn Sinclair among attendees. The Dagles visited the Richards and other relatives over the weekend and Jonathan Chase of Russell and Garnet Brain joined supper Monday with Clarence Johnson. Delmar Dowd and daughter and Donald Dowd and children were guests Sunday morning with Mina Dowd and aunt Ina Miller, as Harold Smith of Ottumwa called on Mrs. Fred Dotton on Sunday afternoon. Ralph Tubaugh of Colorado Springs spent Thursday night at the Richard Tu.
Mr and Mrs Richard Tubaugh and family along with Albert Tubaugh and Drenda Debra Tubaugh spent Wednesday evening at the Jerold Gillaspie home near Albia and enjoyed homemade ice cream Janice Tubaugh stayed Wednesday night with Diane Kelly near Unionville
About 1200 persons attended the Chariton Valley Electric Cooperative annual meeting Saturday led by manager Henry Kol ing. A neon lunch was served and a directors election held with James Cooper of Russell defeating Lee LaRue of Chariton for the board. Leonard Vance and Lloyd Brown were reelected, while D Reo Bryant became secretary. Prizes included an electric clothes dryer won by Wm Oc'Hara and Mrs Mary Gullion. other winners took home lamps, skillets, blankets, hairdryers, grills, percolators, and more across multiple towns.
Miller Mrs Cecil O Conner and Mrs Vera Boyer assisted Mrs Marjorie Paxton on Friday with canning corn. Miss Carol Paxton and Mr and Mrs Dale Paxton of Des Moines spent Labor Day with Mr and Mrs Fay Paxton. Mrs Florence Weatherly of Moulton was Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs John Kelly. Mr and Mrs Claude Paris spent…
A sweep of social briefings lists visits and weekends with Des Moines area families including Claude and Mrs Paris, Carol Paxton with Fay Paxton, Gayle Strunk and Danny Strunk with Burtons and Grandma Strunk, and Homer Renwick filling in locally. Miscellaneous greetings note Miss Paxton’s weekend stay, and several neighbors including Hoffman, Walter Paris, Loren Smith, Delbert Hopkins and others as business callers or visitors. A miss in last week’s attendee list omitted Roscoe L Strunk of Fort Bliss and Williams of Marshalltown.
Verda Argo and Verna McAninch returned from a Cap pers tour to Glacier National Park Mt. Rainier Seattle and Victoria. They stayed at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle and the Empress Hotel in Victoria and visited Butchart Gardens and Vancouver by ferry. Rail strikes halted further travel.
On a Friday the 26th the group of 123 travelers rushed to leave Canada and return home. Due to a shortage of pullman cars, half the tour was sent back to Seattle to take trains 12 hours later. The entourage halted in Des Moines to visit Edna Nash Zola Moor and Floyd Priebe and in Newton to see Francis Millers.
Mrs. Burdett Cox and Nyle visited with the Tomlins and Bogarts Monday evening. Willard Brain joined the Easter couple for supper Wednesday. Cox family shared meals and attended the Fall Festival with Minnie and Olive Moffatt and Alice Easter. Various visits followed with Koehler Stocker Boyer Haw in Ottumwa and other local households.
The Taylor Toilers 4 H club met at Beth Whicker's home on September 12 with fifteen members and one leader present. Old and new business were discussed, then the meeting adjourned. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Whicker and Beth. Reporter Lloyd Wilson.
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