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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1954
Page
5
A school column recaps student views on current events and pop culture. It notes reaction to a POW film about life under Communism, a warning about an H bomb Sundae, memories of Ames, and local gossip. It lists favorites, ambitions, activities, and plans for next year with a light, humorous tone.
Students study pyramids in geography and enjoy books and pictures. They traced stone blocks moved by barges on the Nile and dragged across land. The class decorated a red and white valentine box nearly full of valentines and plans a party this afternoon. History replaces Health in the schedule.
A quirky digressive piece reflects on odd fads and sayings, noting the tension between love and war like situations. It playfully mentions a fidgety dog request, a cold as both positive and negative, and a rising popularity of Marian R. with a casual call to share a recipe.
The column opens with apologies for missing last week and notes school work taking priority. It asks which junior boy favors red headed girls and quips a flirt is a woman who believes it is every man for herself. It mentions study hall and students desiring to go to John Deere Day but lacking excuses, and includes a line about husbands’ complaints.
Paul Woodward, born September 11, 1935 in Pierson Iowa. He attended Moravia grade schools and Moravia High School. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He plans farming after graduation and has interests in basketball F F A commercial club and glee club. His ambition is to become rich and his favorite subjects geography and his favorite orchestra leader Ray Anthony.
Shirley Ann Ragan was born near Albia on February 4 1936. She attended Moravia Public School and Howard High School, with a height of 5 feet 2 inches and a weight of 131 pounds.
The students pasted posters of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and hung red and white streamers and silhouettes in the room. For Valentine day they prepared a lace trimmed crepe paper box and stood valentines, then passed them out with refreshments after the last period. Names listed include Sharon Argo Patsy Blumer Diana Burton Merrill Coulson Ann Exline Jane Ann Fox Lee Ann Heckman Sandra Card Ann Paxston Karen Pfannebecker Billy Rogers Billy Joe Scott Larry Spencer Nancy Turner Karen Boyer and Patty Harris. Written by Diana Burton and Lee Ann Heckman.
Seventh graders worked on modernistic art designs and weather science with clouds and a weather van. The eighth grade hosted a party after losing a magazine sales contest. Richard Mason earned a pen set and certificate from Curtis Publishing.
Eighth graders hosted the seventh grade for a Thursday gym party after losing a magazine sales contest. Games were played and ice cream treats served. A Valentine exchange and party followed Friday afternoon, with decorations featuring splatter scenes of Washington, Lincoln and a related motif.
A humorous class piece by Larry Martin imagines a frictionless world where morning slips send people sliding into walls and cars lack traction. It contrasts chaos in daily tasks with playful examples from China, Holland, Switzerland, the Sahara Desert, and Norway, ending with a quirky line about friction.
Local residents shared gatherings and visits at multiple homes and churches through the week. Dell Hellyer and Hazel attended a machinery sale in Molton while Jim Burdock joined Dick Hellyer at the Flaugh Duroc hog sale in Reasnor Iowa. A public sale notice requests use of The Union to print sale bills to reach a wide audience.
Rosalie Sneeden and Clarence White head and Sandra attended Sunday dinner with Harold Argo. Dozens of neighbors from Ottumwa Centerville Albia and surrounding farms visited, hosted birthdays and anniversaries, while Rex Hagerman entered the army. Local couples shared meals, calls, and showers as community residents kept busy with family, church, and civic events.
West Point society notes show residents visiting friends and hosting gatherings. Multiple families including Argo, Haver, Brown, Cooper, and Klinginsmith shared visits at Centerville Ottumwa Blakesburg and Toledo homes. Local students like Richard Potts visited Cedar Falls before returning home.
Social notes list visits among Coulson Miller Roblenz and Phillips families. Several moved to the James Cline farm, and a relative was accidentally killed in a motorcycle crash near Knoxville.
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