Seniorgraphs Moravia seniors Maxine and Louise biographies
Two Moravia High School seniors Maxine Miti and Louise Sawyer are profiled. Maxine, five feet six, with blonde hair and blue eyes, excels in band Thespians and clarinet, holds student leadership roles, and plans college after graduation. Louise, five feet seven and a half, brown eyes and hair, participates in F H A Glee Club Thespians and basketball, and hopes to marry soon while studying typing and enjoying Van Johnson films.
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Maxine
Miti
Moravia
Vlacs
Newsbasket
Moravian Reflector
Bookkeeping
van Johnson
Bing Crosby
Alose
Louise Sawyel Louie
Pleasant Hill
Timothy Ridge
Jericho
Louise Haapone
M. H
Louise
My. Glee Club
Albia
Bob’ Hutton
ITHESPIAN INITIATION BEGINS Troupe 39b grows to 87
An informal Thespian initiation was held April 10 with Dee Fenton Dorothy Brown Phyllis Laws Janella Reid Helen Taylor Junior Caster Dickie Brown and James Main joining, bringing Troupe 39b to a total of 87 members. Following the ceremony the senior members led party games and light refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Fenton
Dorothy Brown
Phyllis Laws
Janella Reid
Helen Taylor
Junior Caster
Dickie Brown
James Main
Grade News and Classroom Activities Report
Second grade students drew on the blackboard and finished their Art Stories book. They are learning to write like older grades. Donnie Burton has whooping cough. Grades three and four toured a radian parachute and enjoyed a display by the third grade. Jordan's mother and brother Darwin visited Friday afternoon. Third and fourth grades made U S A colors. Third graders have new reading books Streets and Roads. A health talk was given for Primary classes. We will finish Five Little Peppers this week and thank Jeraldine Hiner for the parachute her brother sent home.
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Donnie Burton
Jordan
Darwin
Jeraldine Hiner
Junior High News highlights attendance turnout
Readable portions show a note about Junior High members with over half of the student body in attendance. The fragment hints at a meeting or event status but lacks full details on date, location, or outcome. Further readable lines would clarify the exact activity and results.
Enigmas and Field Day At Centerville School
A fragmentary school diary notes a Friday music contest in Centerville with six boys versus six girls, a Paul Bunyan reference, a lunch picnic near the Milwaukee depot, and a late dictionary study. The band won first place while eighth graders study square root and seventh grade hits 100 percent in spelling.
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Centerville
Paul Bunyon
Milwaukee Depot
Scarcliff
Tooters
Goofy Gander WANT ADS Enlivened by Whimsical Entries
A quirky collection of want ads from Goofy Gander lists humorous lines about seeking an enlarged thumb for hitchhiking to Albia, $100000 for building an Old Maids Home, admissions names, rings, longer nights, typing practice, railings for a contest, sunshine to dry ground, and various playful desires from students and teachers. The collage includes names like Peggy Frata Vera VanDorin Edra DeWayne Mary Lou Bob Chuck Maxine S Delmar Dowd and references to school activities The Band The Seniors government class Softball and plausible sale lines.
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Albia
Peggy
Frata
Mary Lou
Bob
Vera
VanDorin
Edra
DeWayne
Whicker
Sunday Visits and Social Calls Across Ottumwa Area
Mrs M E Boardman hosted in Brompton while E F Boardman visited W C Bivin. Homer King and others dropped by Vareel Barnes and A J Billings homes. Lloyd Stafford and George Reid Jr spent weekends visiting families including J E Stafford and Eli DeTar. Diverse Ottumwa area residents shared Sunday dinners and back-to-back calls with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Boardman
E. F. Boardman
W. C. Bivin
Homer King
Vareel Barnes
Ottumwa
A. J. Billings
Lloyd Stafford
J. E Stafford
George Reid, Jr
Newton
Alva Tubaugh
Blakesburg
Max McCoy
Vercel Barnes
Ed Robinson
Eli DeTar
Avery
Janella Maxine
Alice Nace
Nada
Faber Home Sunday Visit By Coop Family
A. Faber hosted Sunday visitors Carl Coop and family at the Coop parents’ home, sharing a relaxing afternoon with relatives.
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A. Faber
Carl Coop
Parental Coop
Salem Social Notes Tell of Local Visits and Visits
Salem residents and friends exchange visits across nearby towns. Family gatherings include Hellyer and Long households, Whitehead, Gladfelder, Potts, Perry, and Argo families, with guests from Centerville Ankeny Boston Albia and Albion. A Albia meeting and several Sunday visits round out the week.
Main Station Recap of Sunday School and Family Visits
Attendance at Sunday School was 45. Families and individuals visited numerous homes including Cody Luse, Grover Easter, A W Kincade, Jess Gladfelder, Lyndon McDanel, Andy Kermis, Herbert McDanel and family, Lester Cochran and family, Shirley Townsend, and Charles Broshai. Several social calls occurred across multiple days including Saturday and Sunday gatherings.
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Darlene Gladfelder
Ronald Woodward
Cody Luse
Grover Easter
Jimme Dotson
Charles Broshar
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Guy McKern
Jimmie Dotson
Dianne
Sheryle Lee Elledge
A. W. Kincade
Frank Gladfeld
Local social calls and visits around Moravia area
Mrs. John Moffatt and Mrs. Frank Cox with daughter Mary visited the John Moffatt home Thursday afternoon. Lloyd Johnson of Albia called at Roscoe Argo home Tuesday morning. Bernard Kitterman and wife were business callers in Albia Thursday. John Moffatt and son Roy called in Centerville Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Cox spent part of the week at Howard Brock’s in Hiteman. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McFatridge called at John Bickford’s in Moravia Friday. Miss Mary Cox visited John Martin’s Wednesday. Mrs. Jake Firkins and son Jack spent the weekend with the Argo brothers. Mr. and Mrs. John Moffatt visited Henry Elliott’s home Sunday.
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Hazel Hellyer
Jim McAtinch
Connie
Lloyd Brown Ome
Elbert Perry
Newton Long
James Nash
Centerville
B. C. Whitehead
Clarence Whitehead
Oskaloosa
Jess Gladfelder
Horton Potts
Nell Hellyer
Iowa
Lottie Swan
George Argo
Kathryn Argo
Boston
Raymond Perry
Garapert
Dellellver
Jean Long
Doris Callen
Harry Jennings
Robert Jennings
Elbert, Perry
Mis
Jeanne Potts
John Moffatt
Frank Cox
Mary
Lloyd Johnson
Albia
Roscoe Argo
Bernard Kitterman
Albina
Roy
Howard Brock
Hiteman
Hugh McFatridge
John Bickford
Moravia
Mary Cox
John Martin
Jake Firkins
Jack
Argo Brothers
Henry Elliott
Sunday School Grows in Urbana and Vicinity
Urbana and vicinity report a growing Sunday School with 51 attendees last Sunday. Several households hosted and visited, including the Davises, Bokholt, Faber, DuVall, and Horn families, plus Ernest Horn, Betty Hiatt, Fay Paxston, and Ostia Pavigi's group calling at the R.
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Charles
Evelyn Davis
Townsend
Velma Bokholt
R. A. Faber
Harry DuVall
W. A. Wilson
Charles Horn
Ralph Horn
Ernest Horn
Betty Hiatt
Fay Paxston
Henry Horn
Ostia Pavigi Richard
J. B
Social Guests Share Sundays At Local Homes
Mrs. and Mrs. Kate Broshar visited Lyndon McDanes Sunday evening. Des Moines guests Mr. and Mrs. John Martindale and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pierson and children joined Earl Boyer’s family. Afternoon callers included Iva Boyer and Earl Boyer. Earl Boyer helped host Sunday School at the Methodist church. Mrs. Earl Boyer Celia McDanel and Velma Gladfelder attended a Red Cross meeting at Leah Tisue’s home Friday.
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Kate Broshar
Lyndon McDanes
John Martindale
Gilbert Pierson
Des Moines
Earl Boyer
Iva Boyer
Methodist Church
Celia McDanel
Velma Gladfelder
Red Cross
Leah Tisue
Unionville and Ottumwa moves and California visit
Mrs. Frank Gates returned from Chicago with her son John Gates Chief Boatswain who has been transferred to Ottumwa base and his wife will stay there until housing is found. Mrs. Ira Robb returns from a months visit with her sister Mrs Clyde Lister in Chula Vista California. Emert Howk of Bloomfield visited
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Exsie Whisler
Frank Gates
Chicago
John Gates
John
Ottumwa
Ira Robb
Clyde Lister
Chula Vista
Calif
Emert Howk
Bloomfield
Local families share weekend visits and leaves
Kenneth Ogden arrives from New Orleans for a 20 day leave to visit his father Clff Ogden and relatives. Misa Patty Jones of Chicago spent the weekend with home folk. Herman Brown family Ottumwa and Ronnie Brown joined relatives Friday night. Donald Hull leaves Sunday for Camp Mead Md after a leave with his parents. Cpl Woodrow Hull and Mrs R C Maas with son Tommy visited the Hull home. Leo Ziegler Mt asc at the Coop home. BE Stewart visited Kansas City at Ida Anderson’s home. Emma P Denham spent the weekend with Thomas S Denham in Newburg.
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William Morrison
Kenneth Ogden
New Orleans
Clff Ogden
Misa Patty Jones
Chicago
Herman Brown
Ronnie
Ottumwa
William Brown
Donald Hull
Camp Mead
W. L. Hull
Woodrow Hull
Austin, Minn
R. C. Maas
Tommy
Rockford, Ill
Hull
Leo Ziegler
Ascat
Ziegler
R. H. Coop
BE. V. Stewart
Kansas City
Ida Anderson
Emma P. Denham
Thomas 8. Denham
Newburg
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