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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
5
Marianne Scott editor and staff describe class activities learning about deposits and checking accounts and how to bill light gas water and telephone. They read David Copperfield and The Ransom of Red Chief and write limericks in English class.
Local chatter recalls a Moravia girl kissing a college boy goodbye at Moulton after a game and questions who skated with a girl, who helped wash dishes at Buck’s, and which two girls ran away with a date. Donnie’s nickname Catty and Max’s poem titled Bury Me Beneath the Lilac are also mentioned amid Blakenburg sightings.
The six graders with perfect attendance for the first semester are Richard Coltrain Kenneth Ellison Dannie Exdine Rita Gardner Larry Hope Dana Easter Nathan King David Mundy Sharon OConner Alan Price Nan Steffen Wilbur Strunk and Alee Vincent. Six of these pupils have a perfect attendance record for the first semester.
Editorial notes seniors sponsor a February 12 car carnival to raise funds for the annual and class trip. A work day class carnival play and selling ads are planned to cover expenses. Attendance is encouraged to make the event bigger and better than ever.
Moravia seniors sponsor a Senior Carnival in the gym on Saturday evening February 12 from 7 to 10. The public is invited to this gala event featuring a side show with Doug Morris the famous imported hula dancer. There will be a radio drawing. tickets sold, but you need not be present to win.
Freshmen have been studying the six simple machines in science class with a focus on the pulley and wheel. The lesson emphasizes basic mechanical principles and practical demonstrations.
The seventh and eighth grades are selling magazines to raise money for a spring trip. They’ve sold $98.80 so far. Jane Ann Fox won a new camera for selling Holiday magazines. A new boy joined the class. a new map was added. English work has centered on writing on the board. An assembly called Sweethearts featured Rai and Lucille Balille, whom most students enjoyed. Friday they will make posters from used stamps and take a health test.
At the meeting the group elected librarian Jessie Van Dorin and Merrill Coulson. News reporters named Patty Harris and Bobby Tomiin. Mary DeVall reported on Alaska. Absentees included Hugh Inman and James Crawley. Jessie VanDorin is not well for four days. A winter picture was drawn by Carol Robinson Jessie VanDor in Terry Martin and Patty Harris. 18 of 26 attempted, six earned perfect spelling grades Friday.
Evelyn Bernadine Callen born April 10 1936 in Home. She attended LaMar and West Point grade school Moravia Howard 18 high school. Hair Hazel Brown eyes Brown. Height 5 feet 6 inches weight 140 pounds. Favorite candy Butterfinger subject Bookkeeping. No orchestra actress actor. Radio program Mountain Time. Hobby reading sleeping. Plans for next year work. All expense paid vacation Take a trip around the United States.
Name Lillie Belle Schaffner born in Des Moines November 15 1937. Attended Moravia High School and Hedge College. Black shoes noted as White. Favorite candy Almond Joy and orchestra Stan Kenton. Favorite actress June Allyson favorite actor Jamie Stewart. Favorite radio Grand Ole Opry. Favorite sport basketball favorite car Oldsmobile. Hobbies crocheting cooking. Plans for next year nurse training. Expense paid vacation Hawaii.
Barbara Louise Yeager born August 15 1940 in Morevia Iowa. She is 4 feet 11 inches tall weighs 78 pounds gray eyes and last attended Showers school. She participated in Girls Glee Club and athletics in Nona. Her hobbies include reading and swimming.
Donna Ruth Woodward born March 18, 1940 in Pierson Iowa is 5 feet 5 inches tall with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She participates in glee club basketball enjoys riding horses and skating.
Two freshmen named Raymond Ernest Witt and Jason Edgar Wilson are profiled with birth dates February 11 1941 and May 11 1940 their birthplaces Oskaloosa and Foster Iowa heights 57 and 54 inches weights 129 and 150 pounds hair colors blond and brown and hobbies hunting riding horses and fishing with Witt having no musical activities or athletics listed while Wilson has none.
The February 16 segment asks how much neighbors' opinion counts on social life. Airing on WSUI 910, the program runs twice weekly Wednesday at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm.
Attendance at Sunday School and church noted with several local family visits over the weekend. Family gatherings include Gladfelders visiting Ed Robinson home, Kester Gladfelder returning from Wapello, and multiple households hosting dinners and grandchildren. Funeral attendance marked for EH Hiatt with condolences extended to the bereaved.
A string of weekend and weekday visits and Bible study gatherings among the Gladfelder, Tomlin, Rosencrants, McDanel, McDan el, Foster, Benz, Marlin, Easter, Boyer, and related households in the area. Parents and children visited each other at Clyde Gladfelder, Ron Tisue, Carl Tomlin, Lyndon McDanel, Henry Rosencrants, and other homes, with several Sunday and Friday evenings noted.
The report records Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McDanell visiting Sunday evening at Lige Albertaon's. The Friday evening event in the Longhome area is mentioned as a fragmentary reference with no further details.
Maple Grove local notes recount Sunday dinners and weekend visits. Families including Tadlocks, McDanels, and Kimmons hosted and visited relatives and friends from Ottumwa Centerville Milton and Delta Colorado, with numerous small gatherings and a new birth at Smith hospital.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Hayes and sons were dinner guests Sunday with Jim Hayes. Clair Sellars and sons visited Grant Tadlock. Sharon Walter visited Donna Rae Tubaugh. Basil Tadlock and family dined with Richard Tubaugh. Bernard Hayes and family spent Saturday evening with Cynthia and Zula Taylor. Lyndon McDanel and family stayed with Bud McDaniels while Danny and Dallas visited grandparents for several days.
Truckers urged to obtain regulation receipt books at the Moravia Union office. Fifty triplicate sets are in stock and ready for purchase.
The fragment lists numeric figures likely financial or accounting data including 3,147.67 and 159,250.86 with related entries 980.02 3,147.87 872. The source lacks readable context or names to identify entities, dates, places, or actions.
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