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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1970
Page
6
Guest Editorial describes festive decorations across MHS with candy canes snowmen and trees. Freshmen outdoors sophomores windows juniors halls and seniors stage display with a decorated office and stockings for staff. The Home Ec class adds red bells and brownie points as the school embraces the season.
Mrs. Tuttle announces the school receives 62 new titles for the library. Notable entries include Sabra Goodbyes So you Want and Foster Pup by Virginia B McDonnell, a true story of Steve Dusty and guide dog training at the Second Light Training Center in Smith town.
Faces of seniors appear in classes, lunch, buses and halls on thin card boards from Sybenga's Studio. The school trades 8 to 24 different proofs of one person, with proofs distributed and some pass-around pictures returned weeks later. Seniors recount the fun and plan to continue this yearly highlight for underclassmen.
The group lists members Jack Ballanger Mike Tomlin Ted Cochran Tory Huff Carson Miller Ron Cloyed among others who are making farm implements and storage items. Ballanger crafts a post driver and hitch pins while Tomlin and Cochran shape hog troughs.
The report surveys students and community handiwork. James Gillen fixes and builds farm tools while Randy McDanel crafts tractor hoists and a clothesline pole. New eighth graders Mike Godby and Tina Main share backgrounds and favorites.
New students Terry Main and Kathy Flatt join Moravia this year. Terry, 16, 5'2 with green eyes and brown hair, favors California and Mexican food, likes a Gremlin, and lists CCR and Rick Ely among favorites. Kathy, 16, 5'1 with blue eyes and blonde hair, enjoys California and As Long as I Can See The Light, honors CCR, Brando, and That Girl, and takes English typing Ain history Home Ec and P E.
A quip about inflation and family cost of living recalls kids asking for coins and parents feeling the pinch. The line contrasts past frugality with present overdrawn accounts and quarrels over money.
Terry lists subjects and future goals including USCD or Navy while Kathy envisions world travel. Both girls express approval of Moravia and praise its friendly people. The note ends with a warm welcome to Moravia.
A reader asks Santa for a new pair of cowboy boots to replace ones lost or stolen this fall. The note says the boots were prized possessions and the writer feels unsure what to do without them.
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