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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1974
Page
4
The Mohawkettes basketball team extends thanks to fans for donations at the Centerville game. Officials note support during tournament run and goodwill from the Girls' Basketball Squad and Cheerleader group.
The project combined yogurt making and sauerkraut with new varieties of yogurt including glassy and crushed glass styles though the yogurt effort failed. The kraut report will come in about two weeks as it needs more time to finish.
A scribbler’s interview with Molly VanBenthuysen reveals a room transformed by basketballs in every surface from mirror to wallpaper. The quirky décor highlights her strong team identity and sport focus.
Moravia seniors discuss future plans as Grace Whitehead, Mr. Neve, a Syhenga's rep, a florist, and a bridal consultant speak on decorating, music, photography, flowers, and jewelry. Field trip to Albia jewelry store hoped for. Reactions to a proposed Moravia nuclear reactor vary from curiosity to concern.
Three Moravia students competed in the conference held Saturday February 16 at Seymour. Tammy Wells gave interpretative poetry on The Highway Man by Alfred Noyes earning an all rating. Dee Coltrain presented The Skater at Ghost Lake by William Rose Benet and also earned an all rating. Marilyn Shelquist took
A interpretative prose reading by Stephen Leacock titled A B C The Human Elemental Mathematics earned a I rating for the student. The group will prepare for the District Speech Contest in Ottumwa March 1 and 2 with Bill Mullins entering humorous acting. State finals follow in Fairfield March 23 with those rated in Ottumwa advancing. Good luck to all these students.
Mr. Bakers 4th period General Science students are building a solar oven. They have completed the wooden frame and will add insulation and reflectors. When you see them around the big box know they are not stealing, just testing their device, hoping for sunlit meals.
Mr Vick Neve a Northeast Missouri State University history major and political science minor, has been teaching Mr Gray's classes in history sociology and economics. He and his wife Norma have three children Vicki Ronnie and Susie. Neve values student teaching for friendships formed and applying classroom knowledge. He pursued teaching history out of lifelong interest and notes his senior economics class as his best, though he enjoys all his courses.
Mr. Neve praises Moravia School and its students noting they are as capable as peers elsewhere. East Moline visitors Mr. and Mrs. Orville McCord and David attend, while Moravia residents hope to support his stay and teaching period.
A list of student gossip hints at a hidden mineral named Stilpnomelane found in various places around a school. The note explains Stilpnomelane as a black mineral of hydrous iron aluminum silicate with trace potassium, described in a casual fragment.
A string of social visits fills the week with relatives, neighbors, and friends making calls and attending events. Edward and Merle Prater join a coop supper in Iconium while Clarence Whitehead attends a Jerome UMW gathering. Local ballgame plans and hospital updates are also noted among Ottumwa and Moravia households.
Guests at the Amy Hiner home included John Clarence Floyd and Amy Hiner. They called at Johnson Funeral home Wednesday evening to see John Milburn. The Hiner Bros attended the funeral Thursday. Bill head and Bobby visited Mrs. Maude Whitehead Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lloyd Brown and Hazel Hellyer were in Centerville Saturday. Mrs. Merle Prater and Mrs. Uys Brown were in Albia Thursday.
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