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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1967
Page
12
A NY audience of Nishna Valley Sigh students shares mixed views on unidentified flying objects. Respondents express belief grounded in life elsewhere, secrecy, or imagination, with several skeptical notes about little green aliens.
The Hawks and coaches Mercer and team members show strong motivation as they prepare for upcoming events. Enthusiasm grows across the girls squad with emphasis on training, teamwork, and a competitive mindset as season goals rise.
Mike Simmonds, son of J Simmonds of Emmerson, is featured as Senior of the week at Nishnat Valley. He takes English IV, Bookkeeping, Government and Art TV, plays football after school, and hopes to become an art teacher. He plans Navy service and boat camp at Great Lakes, and enjoys The Smothers Brothers and Paul Revere and the Raiders.
An anonymous poem honors bus drivers Lavonne Kudron Fern Fleming Charles Kayton Floyd Timson Bud Wilhelm Joe Cheng Ernie Spiker Jack Largent and T C Shook. It praises their punctuality safety and behind the scenes work in delivering students safely home and to school during the 1966 67 Blackhawk year.
Griswold Community School presented a band and choir program at Nisha Valley in March. The Concert Band directed by Corwin Elliot performed Man of La Mancha and Magic Trum pet. Swing Choir and Stage Band, led by Joel Pottinger, sang Shadrack Good Night Sweetheart They Call The Wind Maria and Somewhere My Love. The hour long program was enjoyed by all.
Jewell Warren reports Nishna Valley high school music departments rehearse for spring contests under Mrs. Stephanie Meyers. Girls glee practice two numbers The Snow and Let Not Your Song End while mixed chorus and small ensembles refine sextets madrigals and quartets. Soloists prepare for April 7 2, aiming for top ratings and school pride.
Nishna Valley calendar lists Thursday March 28 as the start of Easter vacation with school dismissal and related events.
Nishna Valley contestants scored highly at the Indianola State Speech Meet Saturday earning three I ratings and seven II ratings. I ratings went to Jane Warren and Virginia Angus in Interpretive Poetry and Coleen Exceen in Humorous Declamation. Winnings included Kris Rumery and Connie Parker in Interpretive Prose, Joan Lindburg in Extemporaneous Declamation, Peggy Haack in Dramatic, Cynthia Cole in Oratorical, Chery Shaw in Poetry, and Denise Hendrix in Story Telling. Mrs. Thorson sponsored the group.
Junior High students Dennis Crafton Mike Largent and Pat Crocker work on a science project Fundamentals of Rocketry. They display rockets including Saturn V and Jupiter C with a chart of famous rocketry dates and drawings of rocket systems. Edward Russell researches Pu Cells while Terry Fender and Nancy Crocker explore Optical Infusions.
Seventh and eighth grade girls in PE perform the Hokey Pokey and other dances taught by Mrs. Obrecht. They recall earlier activities like Tarzan Swing ropes and peg board climbs, noting the fun of these dances and games.
The 7B boys plan a party in the Home Ec room inviting the 7B girls. Cookies ice cream and pop will be served. Games will be played.
Seventh graders study a unit of speech with panel discussions on surroundings and world events. They also discuss book reports and term reports. Some speeches were clear while others were dull and hard to understand.
In class 7A, visual aids and speeches have yielded good success. Practicing speeches and discussions is seen as a path to becoming better business people, with the activities aimed at enhancing presentation and dialogue abilities.
Physical Education under Mrs. Obrecht focuses on posture through dancing and circle dances. Students learn to sit, stand, walk, and climb stairs properly and vow to never slump again.
Mr. Vernon and guests from Strahan, including the Alberts and Morethal families, enjoyed a buffet supper and three pitch tables with high scores awarded to Otha Dickersbach and Mrs. Morrical. Nearby trips featured Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Graves visiting St. Petersburg and Natchez on a southern tour, returning by Sedalia, Missouri.
Sunday guests joined Miss Helen Davis in Omaha for a belated birthday celebration for Mr. Blackman. The notice details visits among the Myers, Haney, Haynie, Stouder, and Jackson families across Council Bluffs, Glenwood, and Omaha, with Easter prayers and springtime notes.
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