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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
5
M H S SCRIBBLER lists Mary Mosley Bennie Tarbell as advisor and names staff and reporters. At the chapel program on Monday morning December 14, Rev Whitenack led songs and Rev Banks Doggett spoke on the three C's of Christmas Christ the Child and carol with Silent Night closing.
Fifth grade students study colonial government and geography with Readings on Paul Revere and the Declaration of Independence. Marsha Day, Richard Mosley, and Jean Hawk present reports while Lorraine Walker creates a poster featuring Santa Claus for a themed learning march.
A Missoula High School feature notes Jessie VanDorin celebrating her nineteenth birthday on December 15 while sharing her views. It highlights her height blue eyes blonde hair and love of basketball and typing. She reflects on heartaches and her belief in hard study with a hopeful note about future plans possibly involving someone named Mike.
Local residents share Christmas and New Year greetings with extended family and friends. Guests include the Cole and Calhoun families, Jennings, Breese, Rinehart, Whitehead, Perry, Hellyer, McCord, Brown, and others visiting homes in Glenwood Ottumwa Des Moines Albia and Bussey areas. Several trips to France and a wedding reception at Moravia M E church are mentioned.
Centerville residents shared holiday moments visiting relatives across local homes. Michele Brown stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Lee Benz and Beryl Brown while Wayne Pickrell from Charlotte Field Air Base spent the holidays with his parents. Other families hosted or visited include the Derby, Calhoun, Pickrell, and Turner households, with multiple Sunday and Saturday gatherings noted.
Mr and Mrs Ray Derby of Chugwater Wyoming and Mr and Mrs Doyle Derby with daughters of Minneapolis Minnesota spent Christmas Day at the Glen Turner home. Fern Callen and Wayne Thompson family were evening callers. Mr and Mrs Clair Long and Jeffrey and Mr and Mrs Duane Wilson and Mark spent Christmas.
Eve at Earl Swifts and Mrs Kenneth Brown were listed as patients in St Joseph hospital, with entries noting their status and affiliation. The brief notice reflects a local hospital census item mentioning these individuals and their care location.
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