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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1953
Page
5
A quirky classroom portrait appears in the M H S Scribbler with staff listings for boys and girls sports rovers reporters and various department heads. The piece includes student profiles and New Year’s resolutions noted by the student body.
A narrator recounts Christmas travel to an uncle in Texas, gift exchanges including a 1,000,000 dollar bill, and a blizzard the next day. The piece features extravagant, humorous holiday details and ends noting it may be fictional ascribed to poet Jack Nail.
This column lists gifts received by couples around M H S for Christmas. Fern Kelley received a sweater, George Scottt Billford a billfold, Sarah Hoadley a cedar chest, Jerry Simpson pants and shirt, Carole Broshar a sweater and dresser set, Larry Arnold gloves and tie clasp, Katie MecDanel a skirt, Curly Spencer a shirt and gloves, Ann Pettibone a turtleneck, Frank Rinehart a billfold and gloves, Mitzi Sawyer two sweaters, Richard Harris a shirt, Barbare Methreer necklace earrings and bracelet.
An aspiring reporter is schooled by an editor on cautious language. He filed a society item claiming a tea party occurred, naming Mrs Smith as hostess and noting most guests were local, with Mrs Brown from Indiana among them.
Cheryl Jo Hughes joins the class with new classmates in Fairfield. Students reflect on a film Wings Claws and Fangs and a Christmas break, with Jimmy Logan returning after an appendectomy. Bruce Tharp arrives from Chicago. First graders begin Our New Friends while phonics books Dot and Jim start. Second grade reports new pupil Marvin Lindley bringing enrollment to 22. Fifth and sixth grades welcome Vera and Dan Rakestraw and Gary Tharp, total 45. health book finished and science begun. Sixth graders read Rhyming Ink and write original rhymes.
A playful verse shows a cow saying bow wow a pig uttering wiggle and a thirsty group of animals causing townsfolk to declare a farm a false alarm in a lighthearted scene.
The eighth grade had an English test Wednesday while review continues in other subjects. The Junior High plans a basketball trip to Blakesburg on Saturday January 10, marking their first game of the year. A new seventh grader, Wayne Lindley, has joined the room, and reporters Sandra Hiatt and De-Loris Hiatt note the hope he settles in at Moravia School.
Roma Kathleen Halden born September 17 1935 in Moravia Iowa. Raised in Moravia and Phoenix Arizona she attended grade school in Phoenix and Moravia. She stands 5 feet 7 inches tall weighs 140 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Her interests include basketball band glee club Thespians and student government. She enjoys shorthand plus reading and acting in plays and plans for secretarial work and college.
The note explains a slow news week as semester tests begin and upperclassmen with B averages can relax. The column hints at limited coverage this week while promising more updates after gathering leads.
The squad recounts holiday recovery and road to top seed with wins at Udell and Blakesburg, noting slippery floors and tough tests ahead against Mystic, Pulaski, and Lovilla as tournaments loom. The team stands potential county leader if Mystic is bested.
Local families and friends gathered for Sunday visits and birthdays with Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond at his home and at several neighboring houses including Beryl Brown and Gilbert Callen. Oysters and cake were served for Dick Brown's birthday, Wayne Christy heads toward military service in Germany, and Carolyn Swift recovered at Centerville hospital.
Farmers who begin their business year on January 1 have two choices for filing income tax returns. They can file by January 31, or file an estimate and pay the estimated taxes by January 15 and then file a final return and pay any difference by March 3.
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