Nishna Valley Students Favor Hobo Day Theme
On Hobo Day at Nishna Valley pupils share varied reactions from students and staff. Comments range from amusement and delight to concern about lunch-line cheerfulness and participation by teachers.
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
2
On Hobo Day at Nishna Valley pupils share varied reactions from students and staff. Comments range from amusement and delight to concern about lunch-line cheerfulness and participation by teachers.
Nishna Valley Community High School observed Hobo Day with students and many faculty dressing in inventive costumes. Editors Karen Rieken and Sue Ann Simpson note the colorful display added gaiety to campus and mention plans for a future dress-up day beyond Hobo Day.
In the third-year Home Economics class students will make Christmas candles and homemade candy as a two week project. The candles will be crafted from scratch and designed by the girls and taken home for the holiday season.
Nishna Valley hosts several activities this week. On Dec. 2 music group pictures take place all morning and part of the afternoon. Dec. 3 features Hobo Day attire and a basketball game with Lenox, plus a principals meeting at Esesx. Dec. 6 includes another basketball game with Farragut and a junior high matchup at Farragut. Dec. 9 the high school B team plays.
Four senior girls from Nishna Valley toured Edmundson Memorial hospital on Wednesday to learn about nursing and medicine. Accompanied by the school nurse and Mrs Blunt the group visited the nursing home operating rooms and labs. Mrs Lemonds hopes to organize a Future Nurses of America club for interested girls.
Seniors held a meeting to discuss a ham raffle with tickets on sale until December 20. A name will be drawn at a home basketball game. Tickets are available from senior class members. Plans include a Christmas ball in December and a dance after the Friday game on December 6. Bring dancing shoes.
Seniors eagerly receive portraits taken September 26 with proofs issued soon after. Most students express satisfaction with the results while the rest await their mail delivery as they anticipate their own photos.
Residents thank Emerson businessmen for a 30 ft flagpole arriving for Nishna Valley High School. The pole will proudly display the American flag and be placed in front of the building.
A New York senior, Donnie Dayson, is described as innocent looking yet mischievous, driving a white convertible and often drawing attention with his guitar. The 17 year old student lists band mixed chorus boys glee basketball and track as activities and declines to share future plans.
Diana Fields, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fields, is highlighted as a future beautician. The senior features her 5 ft 3% in frame, dark brown hair and big brown eyes, lists favorites like Paul Newman and Sophia Loren, and notes active involvement in glee club, chorus, bands, basketball, softball, and track.
Thanksgiving day was observed with family gatherings across East Liberty. Residents hosted relatives and friends from Omaha Malvern Griswold Henderson Bumalo Wyoming and other nearby towns. Several households included grandchildren and extended kin visiting from various locations for the holiday.
A long sequence of visits and dinners linked families from Shenandoah Glenwood Red Oak Malvern Council Bluffs and Des Moines. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. C B Goodell and Mr. Charles Goodell of Council Bluffs hosting at Shenandoah, plus numerous Henderson Hartog Fox Stille and Stephens relatives, friends, and adopted Korean child introductions across nearby communities. Recounted were hospital visits services in Glenwood andLorimer, and meals at Bennings Shenandoah Doran Hookseras near Primrose Nebr and other local homes.
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