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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1953
Page
3
For sale five metal Venetian blinds with plastic pull cords sized 31 by 64 inches plus a smaller door blind. Contact Johnnie Whicker. Also first and second coats of paint plus red barn paint available at Swain's.
The Nazarene young people meet Sunday evening at 7 30. Mrs. Horn delivered a helpful lesson in song. Bill Woodward dismissed with a prayer. Everyone is invited to services every Sunday night at 7 30.
The Girls Missionary Guild of the E U B church met Monday evening with leader Maxine Firking. The lesson focused on talents used for Him. Members listed talents from scripture readings and discussed making scrapbooks for the children's home at Ottumwa before Thanksgiving. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother.
Moravia Iowa hosted the first class reunion for the 1946 graduates at Moravia park on Sunday September 13. Ten of the 42 members joined a basket dinner while afternoon guests included four additional classmates and several spouses and families. Letters were read from former students living in Illinois Indiana Michigan and Delaware. The class plans another reunion next year on August 22 with a basket dinner in Moravia park.
A basket dinner was held in Moravia park Sunday honoring Harold Boyer and Joan and Gary of Forsythe Mont who visited relatives and friends. Attending were George Boyer Caleb Ball Hannibal Mo Ball Houser Quick Center ville Ivan Boyer Larry Oskaloosa Carl Boyer Unionville Jack McKern Terry Lynn Ottumwa Pearly Boyer Butch and afternoon visitors Bill Sager Centerville and Glen Fowler.
Mrs. Max McDonough spoke on miniature flower arrangements and demonstrated making them at the Albia Home and Garden division. Bob Larson of Albia discussed his trip to Europe. Many local residents visited or hosted, with numerous social calls across Albia and nearby towns during a busy fall festival period.
The Apanoose County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with Earl Exline R C Wilson and Glen Johnson present They transacted routine business and approved general fund expenditures and various claims including county offices telecommunication rent supplies sheriff custody and prison expenses items listed with amounts and creditors such as Akers billing Centerville Laundry Davison Hardware and Exline as a party to the proceedings
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Neil Bennett of 611 South 20th Street Centerville has been named a Blue Cross Blue Shield special representative for Appanoose County and will also serve Davis and Wayne counties. He will assist current members, process new member applications, help those adding Blue Shield, and coordinate with local employed groups. Bennett is married with two children and previously worked for Certified Electric and Pullman Motor Co.
Descendants of David and Mary Hiner held their annual reunion at Centerville city park on Sunday September 6. A cooperative noon dinner followed by an afternoon session under the trees featured family updates and births, with officers elected and committees named.
A long string of names from Iowa Nebraska and Colorado appear as afternoon callers visiting friends and relatives in Marshalltown Centerville Alliance Denver and Ottumwa. The group includes Mr. Carl Bivin Mrs. Max Beaty Kemp Billy Kay Linda Nancy Vickie Diana Wertz and many others.
The Union Neighbors club met September Sth at Mrs Dell Wilson home Unionville. Mrs Orville Rogers hosted. The annual election was the main business Mrs Ben Williams was reelected township chairman. Members present included Lucille Alden Alice Carrie Boyer Hazel Cox Mary Marie Caltrain and Larry Catherine Hawk and children Betty Johnson and children Eva Miller Jerry Wilson and children Janet Martin and Jackie Lenora Paris Charlotte Rogers and Patty Cecil Tadlock Nellie Williams Eva Strip Glen Wilson Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at Lenora Paris home.
A long list of attendees marks Murdy Anniversary festivities with numerous relatives from Moravia Albia and Kansas City. Grandchildren flew in from Missouri and Illinois, joined by Murdy and Newcomb family members from Mason City Lemar and El Paso Ill. Guests included extended family and in laws from several towns as the celebration continued.
Moravia residents celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Miss Mattie Rogers and W V Murdy. The couple married Sept 13 1893 in Moulton at the Rogers home. They moved to Moravia in 1940 and remain active in church and community life as family and friends honor their milestone.
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