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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1949
Page
1
Moravia Iowa editors note that volunteers power this year's Fall Festival and urge residents and businesspeople to support by offering time and encouragement. The piece recalls low early meeting turnout and emphasizes community effort and ongoing volunteers' value.
A letter urges Moravia area residents to support local fall festivities and warns that neglect of community efforts harms town vitality. It cites a nearby town's decline due to selfishness and calls for participation in festival planning, funding, and volunteer work to reinstate a thriving civic scene.
Unionville residents share visits and moves events including Mr. Elsworth King becoming section foreman at Bunch and new arrivals at the Nora Scott home. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cantrell. Agnes More returns from Des Moines trip. various visits with families near Knoxville Ash Grove Brock and Des Moines. Also advice on corn moisture content for shelling and reseal loans.
Mrs G D Lynch hosted a Friday dinner at her home in honor of Mrs Fred Blumenstock who is leaving to live in California with her children. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lester Jones of Upland California Mr and Mrs A O Main and Mrs EB PF Oehler. Blumenstock will be missed by many friends in town for her church and library service including the city public library and library board presidency.
Kinser Valley notes a Sunday forenoon visit by Fred Tillmont and a short call from Max McCoy and son at Zell Wilson's home. Lambs and mixed cattle were sent to Albia sale barn. Ralph Robinson did the trucking. Visitors included H. M. Smith of Albia and family from Wallula. LeRoy Wilson and I attended Albia’s million dollar show. Zell Wilson brought hogs home from the sale. Carolyn’s birthday was celebrated at Claude Hawk’s with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell of Kansas visited Karl Boardman and Russell Darby. Mearl Walter collected items for a Methodist sale. Longs lost a cow to lightning. E. G. Hawks was a business caller at Ervin Long’s. Ray Rinehart also visited. A letter from Donald notes enrollment at University of California Berkeley. Monday morning is clear at about 50 degrees.
The USDA seeks farmer reports on corn borer spray and dust practices and untreated check strips. Infestation appears stronger than earlier, with borers at each stock and cars dropping as corn dries. Local extension visits will document fields, counts, yields, and damage.
Union previews two trips by community residents. Read about their itineraries and points of interest in next week’s issue.
Moravia's baseball team kept rolling with a 7 to 1 victory over Moulton on the load diamond Tuesday afternoon. Chebuhar pitched for Moravia as opponents struggled to mount offense. Entomologists at the college will use field data to aid next year’s pest control research.
Mr and Mrs Everett Knapp at Centerville were dinner guests at the Orville Burton home Friday. Men on the 17 and 42 telepline lines worked Thursday Friday and Saturday setting poles and repairing the line. Mr and Mrs Harold Hagens and Mr and Mrs Paul Spencer spent Thursday evening at the Ivan Harsh home helping Betty Harsh celebrate her birthday.
Mr and Mrs Frank Chambers of Seymour hosted and visited relatives including the Carl Van Zante family Wess Hiatt and Claude Sharp of Albia. Gerald Hunter family of Blakesburg joined Sunday dinner at the Frank Chambers home. The Ern est West house hosted several guests as birthdays marked by Margaret and Orville Burton. The Junior Donovan family spent the weekend at home with unspecified details.
Sunday afternoon and evening at the W E Donovan home Mrs Ernest West and sons visited Wednesday evening at Orville Burton home Mr and Mrs Lute Hiatt and Frank Chambers spent Monday evening at Frank Hiatt home Mrs Bessie Neff of Blakesburg visited Orville Burton home Wednesday Mr and Mrs Ernest West David and Donald spent Saturday evening at W E Donovan home
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