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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1959
Page
3
Ann Mihalovich offers closing guidance to underclassmen to start tasks early and not wait until their final year. The note appears as a continued fragment from a student publication.
A fragmented roster lists students Kaylee Vincent Virginia Burger Norma Gladfelder Nancy Lindley Nancy Steffen Udy Gladfelder Rita Gardner Lois Hopkins Karen O Conner Clothes Ona Rae Tubaugh Scholastic Ability Jean Taylor. The readable items sketch a yearbook style gem with names and brief identifiers in a local school record.
Alta selects Latin to read Centerville bay texts, Mark V argues Latin for business use, Janet P wants French for Paris travel, Faul S picks Latin as universal language, Judy G favors Spanish for utility, Joe H contemplates Russian for future need, Glenys F finds Latin interesting. The group highlights Latin as a recurring theme in the responses.
On Thursday February 19 Moravia School welcomed the Central College Symphonic Band directed by Robert Rittenhouse. The program included The Royal Fireworks Music Ode for Trumpet Comedian's Gallop Pictures at an Exhibition Swingin' Reel Bolero for Band and Seventy Six Trombones. Other music organizations at
The Pella ensembles include the All-Brass Marching Band Acappella Choir Chapel Choir Jazz Workshop College Orchestra and various vocal and instrumental groups led by Martha Rouse.
A fragment of informal notes and gossip items mentioning Janet P and classmates Bert B Judy Karen Donna R and others. It records late nights rumors and social mishaps including class rings birthdays sled accidents and poker games, with playful asides and questions about relationships.
A notice invites readers to contribute to the Poets Pitter Patter feature. Write verses on paper and place them in the Scribbler Box for potential publication in the Scribler. The verse showcases iambic pentameter and related forms with a playful tale of a lad named Dick and his poetry journey.
In a playful verse Lenore buys a Dior and dresses in the creation only to realize she cannot wear it after drinking too much. Dan's Daughter Ann narrates a bedtime mishap when Ann backs into a fan ending the tale. A coal scarcity aside questions why reading rooms in schools cannot be heated.
A poem praising a reliable bus driver who overcomes rain, ice, and snow to transport passengers. The speaker notes the driver earns his pay and endures blame, yet continues work without complaint, wondering why people owe him so much. LW.
Imagined scene of General Washington during Valley Forge as hunger and hardship threaten the army. Congress offers no aid while Washington debates resigning. General Knox reminds him of a penknife gifted by his mother symbolizing duty to superiors. Washington tears up his resignation.
Beanie Tarbell profiles Merle Sinclair born April 2 1941 in Albia IowaRt3 tall brown hair hazel eyes and a hopeful path to farming. He shows interest in economics and FFA during junior and senior years and aims to become a good farmer.
Dick Swépden and Janet Phillips, detectives with Acme Detective Agency, recall morning they set out for Decterreron Laboratories to find a vanished chemist. The fragment hints at a larger mystery and startling facts to follow.
A scientist Mary Proctor reveals the chemist Carl Rouse vanished from a sealed main laboratory with no exit. Close friends recall ten years apart, then resolve to search for Carl while Janet quips. The narration hints at a puzzling disappearance in a small research setting.
The Seniors are busy in a packed last semester with yearbook going to press, class play under way, announcements and name cards ordered, and college plans or job decisions occupying students. Homework and six weeks tests remain.
A spoof list from Carl Blockhead (Rouse s) imagines classroom and campus devices. For students a whispering music unit, automatic paper toss, alarm chair relocks, a pest trap under teachers chair, an artificial hand for theft, and a tiny pistol for girls. For teachers an automatic seat ejector and a personal tape recorder. For Ward a kissing machine and an automated clarinet.
A clipped remark suggests someone hopes a musician will select the correct notes to avoid tiring themselves. The fragment hints at a practical in rehearsal or performance, with an expectation of precise execution.
Union Township neighbors met Wednesday with Mamie Miller for a group sing along and roll call. Lessons included Low Calorie Desserts led by Catherine Hawk and Betty Johnson. The February meeting will be at the Orville Rogers home on Feb 27 at 7 30 with pie to share. The Father and Son banquet at Unionville Methodist church is set for Monday evening March 2 with a free will offering. Numerous social visits and family gatherings noted.
Numerous local families hosted guests through the week end with visits to Moravia Farson and Unionville. Notable attendees included Mr and Mrs Burdett Cox Mr and Mrs Herschel Kelley Craig Miller and grandparents C C Miller and Mrs Cleaver plus visitors from Salt Lake City Lay Colorado and Des Moines. The Moulton charge Church Mission Study on Hawaii was held at Unionville with Mrs Traxler Mrs Ire lan and Rev Doggett taking parts and WSCS serving cake and coffee.
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