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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1952
Page
9
A roving student column collects Christmas vacation goals from MHS staff and students. Teachers and seniors share plans from grading papers to relaxing, baking, and family time while the girls basketball team prepares for holidays with practice and scrimmages.
A bustling street scene contrasts a cold matron’s scorn with a shy urchin’s wish for Santa. A moment of compassion appears when the woman comforts the boy, then a joyous child is seen amid a crowd, smiling through bundled holiday cheer.
A fragmentary notice mentions Christmas plans and a vacation, with unclear wording about a change or reschedule. No specific names, places, or dates are readable, leaving the event and person(s) involved indeterminate.
In Monday practice the team worked on formations and defense to counter Seymour’s strong scoring guards. Two guards practiced forward passes while another girl stood at the front to disrupt Seymour’s offense.
Richard Hawk’s photos from the Thespian play circulate through MHS. Bulletin board poems appear by unknown students. Sophomores stage a Christmas play to general praise. Teachers enjoyed a party at Mrs. Tuttle’s home with tamales and a gift exchange. Mr Calhoun reportedly won a prize in games.
Eighth graders write reports on important historical figures. Current event asks what another year means historically. A formulas test was given Wednesday. Seventh graders study how a bill becomes law in history class. Reporters DeLores and Sandra J Hiatt.
At practice the boys work on offense and defense with extensive scrimmaging. The coach emphasizes fundamentals and free throw shooting. Players shoot until missing five, then tally shots to determine scores. two top scorers emerge from the session.
A fragmentary historical notice blends a Christmas poem inviting Santa and a brief sports update about a team with a 3 7 record. It mentions writers Lloyd Wolf and Richard Hawk under pen names and urges readers to attend games and support the team.
Across the editor's desk the writer praises Moravia during Christmas time. Neighborhood lights, cheerful greetings, and friendly post office workers create a homey scene. Children eagerly await Santa while shopkeepers provide good service and the Scribbler staff extends season's wishes.
Fragmented lines recount a Santa figure bringing toys and candy, wondering about snow and hot weather implications. It also recalls a 1950s vignette of domestic chores featuring a wife darning socks and a childlike dialect riff about twins and a tiny pool.
A reader correction notes 22 amendments to the constitution rather than 21 as stated last week in the How about it column. The error has been acknowledged and corrected in this notice.
Twyla Rose Foster born May 18, 1935, northwest of Moravia. She attended Showers grade school and Moravia high school. At 17, she is 5 feet 6 inches, 130 pounds with brown hair and grey eyes. Her interests include basketball, FHA, cheering, shorthand, Cherry King candy, Grand Ole Opry, Susan Hayward, Gregory Peck, a Mercury car, and Guy Lombardo.
The Moravia Chapter of Future Farmers held a December 19, 1952 meeting in the Agriculture room with John Proctor presiding. Charles Jennings reported on Christmas cards and announced a prize for the top two sellers with a December 22 deadline. Committees were named to obtain a Christmas tree and plan the program, and seniors continued work on the annual with wills and biographies.
The seniors held a meeting Friday December 19 at 10 30 in the government building with attendees from the senior group and local officials.
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