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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1964
Page
5
Peggy Rogers born November 4 1946 in Centerville Iowa is 17 with blond hair and blue eyes. She lists interests including basketball FBLA FHA track and student council while dreaming of wealth and stylish clothes after high school. Charlotte Annette Simmons born June 5 1946 in Moravia Iowa is 18 with blue eyes and brown hair. Her activities include F HSA library club and annual staff and her future aims to get a job after graduation.
Centerville Town born July 15 1946 to Mr and Mrs Mansel Tarbell. He is 17 with brown hair blue eyes and stands 5 0. He studied Trigonometry English IV Chemistry Government Economics. Active in FTA National Honor Society Student Council and FESA. Favorite subject Trigonometry. Pet peeve two faced people. Highlight all school activities. Future ambition college. Advice to underclassmen: seize school opportunities.
Sunday evening visitors at the Wayne Christy home and Easter services at Iconium Methodist church are noted among local families. The report lists Charles Nelson Van Zante and classmates with subjects including bookkeeping chemistry and trigonometry, plus activities in basketball and baseball.
Scribbler staff report on school newsroom activities with lists of Pat Blumer and many other student reporters. They describe filing forms for daily business, using adding machines and dictaphone equipment, planning to resume personal grooming work and noting students will soon seek jobs with future interviews.
The Scribbler Staff held their monthly meeting in the typing room on March 24 1964 and named Teen of the Month. New assignments were discussed and the group noted an annual spring trip to a newspaper office, with Des Moines and Moravia Union Office previously visited.
In office practice the note states we completed working on filing sets purchased and used these as if they were actual files in our own business. The fragment mentions Tet but lacks full context.
A school segment lists names by grade for perfect attendance across a four to six week period. The Grade 9 roster includes Max Argo and many peers. Grade 10 features Rick Rhee and others. Grade 11 lists Gerald Argo and additional students. Grade 12 covers Carolyn Bean and more. The entry continues with an “Entire Year to Date” note for Grade 9 including Leonard Bates and Judy Cochran.
Day Jean Hawk, Larry Irwin, Lin da Irwin, Derrill McDanel, Ted Mc Donough, David Pillips, Kathy Self, Galin Shelquist, Mary Kay Spencer, Charles Thomas, Gayla Sue Vincent, Mary Jo Wilson, Bruce Woodward. Grade 10 Alan Clark, Richard Cloyed, Larry Coltrain, Max Hawk, John Huff, Linda Johnson, Lorraine Johnson, Daniile Sealle, Donnie Self, Roger Mullins. Grade 11 Richard Calhoun, Larry Grinstead, Lora Hiatt, Rich ard Johnson, Diane Judge, Robert Kehrberg, Tim Mihalovich, Kelth er, Charles Van de Po. Grade 12 Marlys Fenton, Dar lene Fisher, Kenneth Hoffman, Den nis Huge, Diane Kincade, G, EF, Luse, Ralph McDonough, DeWayne' Robinson, Difford Stocker, 'Fred Tarbell, Betty Taylor, Dixie Tu baugh.
The text outlines Russia and Eastern Europe as a bloc of about 300 million people, noting Russia's vast land area of nearly eight million square miles, its population around 210 million, and a military profile with 100 air bases, 1,500 planes, 530 warships, and six army divisions. It mentions buffer zones and interior-oriented leading cities, with acknowledged contrasts to the United States.
Students describe classroom dissection steps using a pan a knife needles pins tweezers and scissors. They note razor blades are used due to dull knives and that specimens include earthworms crayfish grasshoppers starfish clams and others. The strong odor of formaldehyde is mentioned as the preservative.
Spring brings new fashions at MHS with girls in straight dresses and shifts in bright prints and colors. Out blouses with long sleeves remain popular, along with wrap around skirts, culotte looks, and teated skirts. Boys favor tan jeans, blue jeans, and dark plaid slacks, plus long sleeve shirts and sweaters.
Clara Brown attended a mission study at Thelma Calhoun s home Tuesday afternoon. Paul and Truxton Dicks went to a purebred Angus sale in Princeton Missouri Wednesday. Jimmie Sheldon and others were ill with measles last week. Bruce Thompson sang at the Easter service at Albia s E U B church Friday afternoon. Several families visited and hosted events across Albia Delmont Des Moines and Pickering.
Easter dinner gatherings were held across multiple households. Families including the Dicks, Browns, Dunhams, Thompsons, and Broshars shared Sunday meals, with further nighttime visits at the Callen and Christy residences. Fort Riley visitors Mrs. Mary Ann Mallonee and Lewis Rinehart also joined Ray Rinehart for Sunday evening.
Local social notes list visiting relatives and weekend guests across multiple households. Families including Atwell, Hamilton, Lemley, Fenton, and McKnight gather in Fairfield Corydon Des Moines Ames Rock Island Ft. Dodge and nearby areas during weekends and holidays with Easter plans mentioned.
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