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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1970
Page
2
The Scribbler staff urges Moravia Moravia High School students to stop spreading or listening to rumors. It stresses rumors harm the town's image, calls for building up Moravia, and living honestly to prevent further gossip.
The FHA Sweetheart dance scheduled for February 14 was cancelled after a noon meeting where students voted against holding the event. Organizers express hope for a more successful plan next year.
Connie Stanley a 17 year old senior joins Moravia High School from Davis County Comm High Bloomfield. She has brown hair blue eyes and two older brothers Ron and Jerry and two younger sisters Alice and Janet. Her courses include bookkeeping American government Home Ec and English TV. Her favorite pastime is drag.
A local reader report notes Connie Stanley joining Moravia School. She comments that Moravia is different and smaller than the previous school, and she voices a pet peeve about people who look down on others while racing with Steve.
On February 7 the vocal music department traveled to Leon for the Bluegrass Conference clinic led by guest director John Westlund of William Penn College. About 250 students rehearsed from 1:00 to 5:00 with a 25 minute break, enjoyed a sock hop, and held a 7:00 public concert at the high school gym. Susan Dooley.
The SCA program drew interest though students seldom spoke, with a suggestion that more sessions may prepare them for questions. A few students attempted blood tests to gauge flu symptoms, while two Stanley sisters from Bloomfield joined the school. Annual order forms reached 285 at the count, and seniors published wills ranging from broken lockers to goodwill for underclassmen. Some students show off, blamed on new PE tumbling causing stiff necks, described as falling and rolling.
Robert Dean Gray, 22, becomes the new student teacher for American and World History. He is married with a two year old son, Mike, and hails from Chariton Town. Mr Gray attended high school in Chariton Town, college at Centerville and Northeast Missouri State, and now resides in Centerville. His favorites include basketball football and tennis.
Mr Gray plans to teach history in Iowa and coach basketball at Moravia. He expresses positive views of Moravia noting the friendly town and school. He highlights interests in swimming baseball bowling and entertainment like Mod Squad Camelot and Keep Fallin on My Head.
Mrs. Burdett Cox reports a Sunday visit with Mae Harper and dinner guests including George Scott Buddy Bradley and Curtis Tomlin. Kenneth Wright and Burdett Cox visited on Thursday and Monday respectively, with further calls between Cox and Mae Harper and Carl Cox.
The document records county board actions including contracts for janitorial services, budget appropriations for 1970, and bids for diesel fuel and gasoline. It notes approvals of annual reports, suspensions, property transfers, and tax sale decisions with bidder details and monetary amounts.
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