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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
1
The Tribune presents the first pictured group titled Citizens of Tomorrow from Waltz Studio Des Moines. Readers are invited to watch the Tribune for additional pictures and future installments of this citizen profiles series.
Hilltown Sunday School reported twelve present after near inch of rain with higher totals to the north and west as rivers began to rise Monday evening. Local residents and visitors from Exline Muscatine Bloomfield Downing Ottumwa Centerville Moulton and Center ville appear in a roundup of family visits moving help and health updates with birthday wishes and local anecdotes.
Mrs Parker White and Mrs Pearl Archibald join Mrs J M Henson as Moulton visitors. Henson visits cousins Oda and Edd Horn and Joe Morrison family from Peoria Illinois. Ottumwa guests include Mr and Mrs Vince Daughty and Lowell Beeler of Lancaster. Rev Tom Kent and Tony Slutz visit A J Kent home. Sibyl Carr from Ottumwa stays with her mother. Mrs Della Kelley and Mrs Kenneth Kelley recovering after surgery stay at…
Mrs. Kelley hosted visitors from Coal City and Worthington. Clarence Marvin and Bruce Moler joined relatives from Moberly and Boonville, with the Moler family extending a longer stay at the C. B. Moler home.
Ora Powell retired after 17 years as substitute rural carrier from Udell and a temporary carrier since 1962. Richard Clark will become rural carrier on Udell Route, with seven families west of Udell assigned to Centerville Route 2. Social visits and guest notes include Carson Slay, Lee Moffatt, Minnie Moffatt, Gladys Phillips, Leota Gregory, and others. Powell also learned of cousin Douglas Nicolason's death in Tulsa after a St Louis hospital stay. funeral for Mrs Faye Longman in Marshalltown.
In Wash ington Township the June 4 Primary costs for election wages ballots transport booths wear and tear rent and related items total about 150 dollars for 112 voters. A light summary of quirky newspaper life follows with a joke about a can opener and a printer losing the letter s.
Locals show family gatherings as Don Downing and wife stay with their daughter in Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Johnsons of Ottumwa spent weekend with grandmother Edith Johnson. Leon Andrews traveled to Cedar Rapids to visit daughter Terry Norton. Lester Hill of Canton Illinois visited at Harold Fry’s home over the weekend.
En route home they stopped at Knoxville and called on Mrs. Dewey Houser Jr., who is a patient in the Knoxville hospital. Ronnie and Linda Burger were visiting at the L. A. Spring home Sunday evening.
Eleven 4-H boys and girls and two leaders from Appanoose County will attend the 1962 Iowa 4-H Conference at Iowa State University June 12 to 15. Delegates were chosen by local clubs and will join more than 1,200 4-H members. Leaders include Mrs. Ted Close and County Extension Director Harold Holder. Also at ISU are Mary Ellen Wakefield and Maryin Lindley preparing for roles in the event. Don West is a state officer candidate from the county. Community attendees include Iris Salton, Linda Irelan at Health Camp and Dennis Huffman at Conservation Camp.
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