Festival Chair to Mrs Main leads at Fall Festival parade
The Fall Festival featured a chair prize won by Mrs Main with LaRue Blumer of Unionville named best rolling pin thrower. Keneth O’Conner won the lamp and Elbert Moore the electric drill in Friday’s drawings. Saturday night drew names for livestock and seed prizes, and a 27‑member rolling pin event drew wide participation. The Moravia band debuted new uniforms, with other bands from Albia Centerville Moulton and Blakesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Main
LaRue Blumer
Albia
Bert Rinehart
A. C. Brigdine
Della Bivin
Gardner Hatchery
Verla Richardson
Unionville
Dorothy Calhoun Secon
Union
Moravia
Centerville
Moulton
Blakesburg
Contributions to Band Uniform Fund
Booster Club contributions total 32 dollars from Mrs Albert Tubaugh five from ME Close Art Fox ten from Mr and Mrs Sid and Mrs Jones five from Mr and Mrs Lew Hiner five from Turner and Son seventy five dollars. Collections by junior band twirlers and flagswingers made sixty four dollars and fifteen cents and cake walk receipts one hundred fifty eight dollars. Band Mothers thank supporters and invite more help through Mia T J Luse or Mrs Wendell Murdy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster Club
Albert Tubaugh
Art Fox
Sid
Ben Jones
Lew Hiner
Turner & Son
Mia
T. J. Luse
Wendell Murdy
Eldred Eaves Laments Mother’s Death in Dover Tennessee
Mr and Mrs Eldred Eaves were called to Dover Tennessee on Thursday by the death of Eldred Eaves mother Mrs Lucy Eaves. Funeral services were held at Dover on Saturday Sept 14. Eldred Daves thanks friends for support and sympathy during his absence due to his mother’s passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred Eaves
Dover
Tennessee
Thurgday
Reverend Hustad to Speak at Fairview Sunday
Reverend Wesley P. Hustad is invited to speak at Fairview Methodist church Sunday at 2:00 PM on the topic Homecoming Resolutions. He formerly pastored the Fairview circuit during college days at John Fletcher College in Oskalooga and has served churches in Chicago Powers Lake Michigan City before joining Marshalltown. He is a brother of Don Hustad, noted organist for Billy Graham Crusades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley P. Hustad
First Baptist Church
Marshalltown
Fairview Methodist Church
Fairview
Iconium
Hilton
John Fletcher College
Oskalooga
Chicago
Powers Lake
North Dakota
Michigan City
Indiana
Don Hustad
1986 Graduates Reunion Here Sunday Moravia class
The 1958 Moravia High School graduating class held its first reunion in the park Sunday with a basket dinner at noon followed by social time. Attendees included Jim and Carol Gillaspie, Jim and Carol Day Kearney, Tommy Romance and Donna Cochran, Keith Arnold, Tom Pettibone, Wayne Lindley, Floyd Rockwell, Bill Harsh, Larry Pfannebecker, Bill O'Hara, Sandy Walker Lewis, Larry Martin, Gene Paris, Dennis Kelley, and Delbert Gray with spouses and children from Des Moines Centerville Lovilia Mystic Unionville Town City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia High School
Jim Gillaspie
Des Moines
Jim Kearney
Carol Day
Tommy Romance
Donna Cochran
Louilia
Keith Arnold
Tom Pettibone
Moravia
Wayne Lindley
Centerville
Floyd Rockwell
Donna Woodward
Bill Harsh
Cedar Falla
Larry Pfannebecker
von Gardner
Bill O'Hara
Town City
Sandy
Walker Lewis
Mystic
Larry Martin
Gene Paris
Dennis Kelley
Unionville
Delbert Gray
Shirley Walter
Lovilia
Real Fish Parade Moment Captured in Moravia
Sharon Thomas, a Unionville third grader, delighted onlookers in the Moravia children’s parade with a barefooted display and a can of worms beside a fishing pole. Three live catfish dangled from the pole, heavy enough to pull the line taut as a photo was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Thomas
Unionville
Moravia
Fall Festival Exhibits Highlight Premium Winners
A long list of winners is recorded for the Fall Festival exhibits with numerous firsts and second places across baked goods, jams, pickles, breads, and apparel. Entries include Jean O Conner, Olive Tarbell, Mamie Tisue, Pearl Woodward, Marilyn Koffman, Nellie Williams, and others from local families and groups, with many firsts in cookies, breads, jams, and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarbell
Marie VanDorin
Olive
Gardner
Cherry
Lorraine Walker
Marilyn Koffman
Jean O'Conner
Ae Fudge
Olive J. Tarbell
Ae J. Tarbell
Mamie Tisue
Mee Leona Cousing
Charlotte Kehrberg
Mildred Sawyel
Eastern Star Jelly Drive for Boone Home
Members of the Eastern Star are asked to donate jellies or jam to be given to the Eastern Star home at Boone. Please leave them at Morning Produce before September 23. Ann Pettibone W.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Boone
Ana Ata Ae
Thank you for the many cards and visits to the hospital
Maxine Kaster thanks everyone for the cards letters and gifts she received while hospitalized and for the many friends who came to see her. She says the kindness will never be forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Kaster
Community church services and events roundup
A schedule of sermons, Sunday schools, and church events across Fairview Wesley Chapel Moravia First Christian and Evangelical United Brethren churches. Includes homecoming, basket dinners, youth MYF concerts, Bible studies, and church group meetings with listed pastors and speakers.
Charcoal Production Meeting At Blakeshore Monday Night
Moravia high school class of 1932 held a park picnic to plan a 1964 class reunion. An open meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday at Blakesburg Community Hall to discuss charcoal briquet manufacturing in four county area and whether to pursue producing and financing bulk charcoal with local wood resources. Gordon Woodward, son of Mr and Mrs William Woodward, is serving in Bangkok for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Moravia Park
Allen Mason Jr
Seattle
DeLoris Main ‘Tharp
Midway Stand
Warren Rouse
June Tisue
Jean Ann
Albia
Elmer Vance
Dorothy Davis
John R. Wood
Nadine Donovan
Burdette Ward
Hdna Burns
B. F. Whitehead
Ernie Easter
Lucile Coltrain West
P.m
Blakesburg
Frank
Donald Downing
Iattend
Gordon Woodward
The
Phillipines
Bangkok
Thailand
Gordon
Wm. Woodward
Whicker Injures Arm Operating Power Lawn Mower
Orman Whicker sustained painful injuries to his right arm Monday while using a power lawn mower. X rays showed a wire fragment penetrated the bone. He was moved to Veterans Hospital in Des Moines for removal and is expected to return home in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whicker
Orman Whicker
Monroe County Hospital
Veteran’ Hospital
Des Moines
Youth Injured In Wreck Near Moravia On Highway 60
A seven year old boy sustained a badly cut jaw a lacerated tongue a sprained jaw and bruises when a car driven by his mother Laura May Shaw left the road 24% miles south of Moravia on highway 60 near a road junction. The family was en route from Ft Laurant Wood Missouri to Preston Minnesota. The boy was taken to Dr Williams in Moravia then transferred to Albia hospital. His sister and mother suffered no serious injuries. Ron Woodward found the scene and assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Highway 60
Main Station
Laura May Shaw
Burton Farm
Ron Woodward
Baby Gregg LaVern McCoy Born at St Joseph Hospital Centerville
Flight of Mr and Mrs Cary McCoy of Coatsville Missouri announce the birth of a son at St Joseph hospital Centerville on September 14. The infant weighed 7 pounds 4 and 1 half ounces and is named Gregg LaVern. The mother is Joyce Walter McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary McCoy
Coatsville, Mo
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Gregg LaVern
McCoy
Joyce Walter
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Main
Rosemary Rogers
Connie
Cindy
Danette Rogers
Sign
Phyllis Leffler
Blakesb
J. B. McAlisters
Eldred Daves
Hustad
Home Economics
Ferne’ Hoover
Mildred Sawyer
Nellie Williams
Sheryl Brown
Ensil Hiatt
Ferne Hoover
Nellie Wiliams
Norma McDonough
Maude Coffin
Betty Caster
Ira Boyerlet
Olive J
Nancy Mosley
Ira Boyer
Ma‘mie Tisue
Betty van Antwerp
Norma: McDonough
Peppers
Olive Nancy Mosley
Evian Hiatt
Olive J. G. Tarbell
Hoover
Olive Jean Tarbell
Mamie ‘Sue
J. Tarbell
Mamne Tigue
Valera
Guthrey
Mary Herron
Nadine Dommer
Mrs. Wm
Doris Wilson
Hazel Cox
Grace Luse
Childs
Lee
Suk QuVall
Jane Kaster
Nadine
Dommer
Jane Easter
Mildred
Sawyer
Claribel
Mosley
Ruby-Long i
Lois Wilson
Ruby Long
Doris’ Wilson
Suk DuVall
Floyd Paxston
Glennie Dicks
Elton Voleman
Helma Tisue
Selma Caster
Helma
Mamie Tisve
Virginia Cloyed
Frank Woodward
Judy Woodward
Mahlon Patterson
Paul Woodward
James Nash
Beverly
Terry
Max Marshall
Denny
Harley Tisue
Roy Argo and
Carl Tisue
Famyn
Ann Pettibone, W.M
Grace Methodist Church
Elton D. Coleman
Fairview Lee Benz
Florence Weathers
Wesley Hustad
Evangel
Vennard College
Wesley Chapel
Kenneth “Daniels
Light For Living
Methodist
Woman’s Society
Juanita Dooley’s
Richard Tubaugh
Evangels
Council of Churches
Udell Brethren
First Christian Church
Louis “Schaffner
Birdie Malin
C.W.F
Maude Coltrain
Evangelical United Brethren Church
J. A. Ogden
Carl VanZante
B.U.B
K Y.B
Uniforss
Precipy
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Brant Massman
Candy Kaster
Sheri Kaster
Sheri Hinote
Blakeshore
Flight
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