Legion Auxiliary Elect Officers For New Year
The American Legion Auxiliary held a June 3 meeting at the Legion Home with routine business. A special session June 8 elected officers for 1965 66 and named delegates and alternates to the Des Moines Dept. convention July 15 16. Installation is July 7. Cook books remain available from Geraldine Freeborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Ome
Legion Home
Marie M. Davison
Josephine Cornett
Geraldine Freeborn Treas
Vi Hays
Bernis Barber
Local Visits and Weekend Gatherings Highlight Moulton Notes
Doris Exline and kin from Waterloo and Charles City visited Lawrence Gradwell. Carolyn Campbell and Virginia Vande Geest from East Moline stayed with Virgil Walter’s grandparents. Birthday gatherings for Olan Hamm and Chester Kerby were noted with cake and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bradshaw
Waterloo
Roberta Butterfield
Bradley
Charles City
Lawrence Gradwell
Ina Eddy
Carleous Eddy
Carolyn Campbell
Virginia Vande Geest
East Moline
Ill
Carolyn
Virgil Walter
Edgar Moore
Chester Kerby
Cloris Kapfer
Memphis
Warren Rogers
Rock Island
Ike Hurley
April
Shelly
Billy Parcel
Billie Rae
Thelma Parcel
Ray Stevens
Clifford Ballanger
Rudy Zemo
Mystic
Evans Foster Engagement Set For September Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle V. Evans announce the engagement of their daughter Sandra Kay to Gary Lee Foster son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Foster all of Bloomfield Rural Route 8. Miss Evans is a 1965 graduate of Davis County Community High School and Mr. Foster a 1961 graduate of the same school. He is presently farming. A September wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle V. Evans
Sandra Kay
Gary Lee Foster
Loyd Foster
Bloomfield
Miss Evans
Davis County
Mr. Foster
Lake Wapello Catfish Fever Finds Big Catches
Channel catfish fishing in Lake Wapello has been good recently with John Harrington of Unionville landing a 15 1 2 pounder below the spillway. Others report five and six pound cats in the lake proper as talk of local anglers grows amid dry spells and farm notes. The column also touches on local events, tax concerns, mower safety tips, Father’s Day reflections, and slow mail delivery to Coatsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Wapello
John Harrington
Unionville
Iowa
Harrington
Social Visit Members Share Sunday Calls Across Town
Mr and Mrs Wayne Bassett Pam and Terri visited in the Richard Bentzinger home Sunday Pamela remained for a longer visit Mr and Mrs Raymond Boyles and Dwight Armstrong of Davenport spent Sunday with Mrs W O Coulson They all spent the afternoon with Mr and Mrs George Armstrong in Mystic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Bassett
Pam
Terri
Richard Bentzinger
Pamela
Raymond Boyles
Dwight Armstrong
Davenport
W. O. Coulson
George Armstrong
Mystic
Udell Farmer Injured in Tractor Accident Near Mt Ararat
Udell farmer Marshall Hedgecock, 63, was hurt on Tuesday at the Raymond Houser farm south of Mt Ararat Church when a bolt broke on the tractor seat throwing him from the machine. He suffered back lacerations and bruises but was held for further examination and x rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Hedgecock
Udell
Raymond Houser
Mt. Ararat Church
Sunday School Attendance Rises at Hilltown
Hilltown reports twelve in Sunday School this past Sunday showing a healthier turnout. The community also notes various social visits with families such as the Sebolts and Morrows, and attendance at local events including a funeral in Moravia and multiple visits to relatives in Exline and surrounding areas. A humorous quip defines a pedestrian as a husband who balked at two cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilltown
D.S.T
Joe Sebolt
Laverne Sebolt
Lester Morrow
Cincinnati
Quenton Eugene
Lester
Mamie Morrow
Kim Morrow
Ottumwa
Ada Morrow
Clifford
Ronnie Ballanger
E. L. Sebolt
Martha Stevens
Denny Probasco
Walter Stevens
Promise City
Clarence Pilcher
Gordon
Leo Horn
Bill Hutchison
Emery Hiatt
Turner
Moravia
Freddie
Luther McGoldrick
Glenwood
Lancaster
Steve
M. C. Worley
Exline
Shari Spurgeon thanks friends after hospital stay
Shari Spurgeon expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards letters flowers and gifts during a three week hospital stay and says they will always be remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shari Spurgeon
1965 Wheat Loan and Purchase Rates Announced for Appanoose
Joe A. Beer, chairman of the ASCS County Committee, announced 1965 crop wheat price support and purchase rates for Appanoose County set at 1.24 dollars per bushel. Details on terminal rates, premiums, discounts, and marketing certificates are available at the ASCS County Office, with eligibility tied to farm allotments and program provisions. Three changes include terminal rate adjustments, the end of sedimentation value tests, and revised premium and discount schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose
Joe A. Beer
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
Beer
Historical Society Meeting Planned Event at City Hall
Historical Society organizers stress the need for broad support to form the society. A meeting at City Hall at 8:00 p.m. seeks club and organization representatives to cooperate. Community members are urged to attend and offer help, with initial financial backing promised by at least one source and items for display possible from others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Historical Society
Moulton City Hall
Southern Iowa Electric Cuts Rate
The Board of Directors of Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative reduced member rates effective July 1, 1965. The new rates save members over $40,000 annually, matching the previous August 1963 rate cut of similar size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative, Inc
Ottumwa Boy Drowns at Lake Wapello
Ronnie Williams, 15, of Ottumwa, drowned Tuesday at Lake Wapello in Davis County while attempting to swim to a raft. An inexperienced swimmer, he slipped from friends who tried to help as the body was recovered about 45 minutes later. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Franklin A Williams of Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Williams
Ottumwa
Lake Wapello
Davis County
Franklin A. Williams
Local Notes from Kirksville and Des Moines
Mrs. Myrtle Singley attends summer school at the college in Kirksville Missouri and stays in Ryle Hall. Sherman West returns home from St Joseph Hospital in Centerville. Oaks Ragsdale of Denver visits the Tharp home with Mr and Mrs Ray Tharp. Merval Moulton and Rev Harold Jones attend the southern Iowa Methodist Conference in Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Charles McGoldrick and family of Lowes Park Illinois visit the Replogle home over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Singley
College
Kirksville
Ryle Hall
Sherman West
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Oaks Ragsdale
Denver
Colo
Ray Tharp
Merval Moulton
Harold Jones
Des Moines
Charles McGoldrick
Lowes Park, Ill
Arthur Replogle
Water Tower In Clear Lake Under Maintenance
The Moulton water tower in Clear Lake was cleaned and painted under an annual upkeep contract of 300 dollars. Both the interior and exterior were cleaned this year while water service continued via a contained standpipe and constant pump operation to maintain pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Moulton
Local social notes from Zearing and surrounding towns
Locals report weekend and Sunday visits across Zearing Drakesville Des Moines Unionville and nearby areas. Families Reunions and trips span Iowa Minnesota and Arkansas with Mayo Clinic Rochester updates and hospital stays for Velta Davis Charles Davis and Diane Davis among others.
Death takes Alfred Exline at age 17
Alfred Exline aged 17 died at University Hospital Iowa City from a cerebral hemorrhage. He would have been MU school senior this fall and was a member of the 1964 65 basketball team. Survived by mother Enid Daley stepfather Paul Daley a half sister and a brother. Funeral today at 2:00 p.m. at the Christian Church in Moulton with burial at Mt Ararat cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Exline
University Hospital
Iowa City
Moulton-Udell
Alfred
Bloomfield
George
Enid Pangborn
Paul Daley
Frederick Horn
Moulton
Alva
Eagle Funeral Home
Christian Church
Gaylon Decious
John Lewis
Mt. Ararat Cemetery
Rainbow Girls Attend Grand Assembly in Des Moines
Local Rainbow Girls Sheila and Cindy Kirby Kay Lee Twyla Moore and Janie Daniels with their mother Mrs Don Newland attend the Grand Assembly of the Rainbow for Girls in Des Moines. Sessions run Monday to Wednesday with Kay Lee serving as acting Worthy Advisor in Judi Trelan’s absence. Sheila Kirby retires as Grand Representative. Mrs Newland is Grand Deputy of the Town Order. The group travels to Des Moines with Mr and Mrs Walter Duley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Kirby
Cindy Kirby
Kay Lee
Twyla Moore
Janie Daniels
Don Newland
Des Moines
Order of Rainbow
Judi Trelan
Cedar Falls
Newland
Rainbow
Walter Duley
Sibley Serves Aboard USS Hanson
Fire Control Technician First Class Wilfred K. Sibley USN husband of Hazel J. Seibert of Moulton serves aboard the radar picket destroyer USS Hanson based in San Diego California. Hanson goes on station hundreds of miles off the West Coast relaying aircraft data to shore centers. Judith Irelan enrolled at Cedar Falls Iowa State Teacher's College last Monday. Her address is State College of Iowa Lawther Hall Room 9E Cedar Falls Iowa. Delbert Gooden and family visited Dean Gooden in Iowa City. Dean has just returned from five years in Germany. They also visited the Herbert Hoover Memorial in West Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred K. Sibley
USN
Hazel J. Seibert
Moulton
Hanson
San Diego
Calif
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Judith Irelan
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teacher’s College
State College of Iowa
Lawther
Iowa
Delbert Gooden
Mr. Gooden
Dean
Iowa City
Germany
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
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Legion Auxiliary
Doris Moore
al. Kenyon
Robert Kenyon
Cedar Rapids
You
Altoona
Becky Bentzinger
Cleminshaw
Appanoose County
Fem
Udell Farmer
Chloe Sebolt
Janine Gray
U.N.C.L.E
Historical Society Meeting
Southern
Ottumwa Boy
Luther Horn
J. R. Tisdale
Zearing
Archie Marshall
Cindy
Ronnie
South Dakota
Jeff
Gary Myers
Drakesville
Dick Bogle
Albuqueque
New Mexico
Paul White
Bloomfield-Ottumwa Road
Clinton Spurgeon
Daughters
Burlington
Daisy Moulton
Deanna
Linda Moulton
Walter Daley
Rochester
Minn
Charles Davis
Don Davis
Diane Davis
Davis County Hospital
Erea Kirby
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Lester Zimmer
Princeton
Eva Havens
Betty Probasco
Quedar Probasco
Death
W. K. Sibley
USS
Copenhagen
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