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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
5
The Pep Band performed at the Moulton ball game. The Senior class toured Centerville for photos and selling ads for the annual. They began selling yearbooks, with girls versus boys sides. the girls lead.
The menu for Jan 24 to Jan 28 lists daily meals including kraut and wieners, spaghetti with meat balls, meat salad sandwich, bean soup, and creamed salmon with milk. The FFA boys sold nearly all Christmas cards, began selling garden seeds, and plan second semester work as Ag classes wrap up first semester.
This week pupils take Town Every Pupil Tests a report lists librarians Lloyd Wolf and Ronald Tomlin. Ten new books arrived in the library. Karl LaHue moved to Centerville and enrolled there. Recent films shown include Everyman's Empire and The Salmon Run written by Margaret Condra and Lloyd Wolf.
Monroe county students joined our Junior High in testing sessions while visitors took part in the Iowa Every Pupil is tests. A technicolor salmon industry show impressed all, followed by the play Rip Van Winkle by Mr and Mrs Ellis with Bill Bishop and Carol Broshar in Henrick and Mennie roles. New books Mountain Born and Big Red added to the library.
Third and fourth graders host a spelling contest and enjoy a performance of Rip Van Winkle at the assembly. Third grade science notes water plant study as bulbs set out begin to sprout. Fourth grade English conducts dictionary study this week while recreational reading features Blacky the Crow.
Two films were shown last week including Learn to Swim and Summer Storms. Learn to Swim explained the steps and strokes of swimming for the education class audience. Summer Storms described how power companies prepare for emergencies during storms. Both films were distributed by Westinghouse. Also shown were Every One's Empire and Salmon Run on the Rouge.
The report notes work on the Think and Do Book for pre-primer students including titles We Look and See and mentions reading two others Here and There and Rides and Slides. It records Virginia Lurber moving to New Sharon on January 1 and Jean Taylor transferring to Pleasant at Independence Township.
First grade pupils read Rain and Shine while second graders read Susans Neighbors. The most interesting part described firemen and the new fire engine. Pupils work on town traffic rules study and create snowmen for blackboard borders.
The community mourns Rev Luther Childs death at Ottumwa hospital. Funeral services held at First Baptist Centerville where he previously served. Carl Miller and DeWayne McCarty hauled Hereford cattle to a Denver show for Jack Miller of Centerville. Carmel chapter Order of Eastern Star installed officers led by Miss Zola Saum Udell. A coop lunch followed. Mrs Laura Bailey broke ice injury last week.
Mr and Mrs Roy Argo and Gerald visited the Carl Tisue home Tuesday. Elbert Perry and Raymond Perry welcomed to the neighborhood from Otha Main farm Tuesday. Several families attended gatherings at Newton Long, Roy Gilliland, Guns Luse and Albia area homes. Sympathy extended to Jesale Tarbell’s family. Numerous small social calls noted among Tisue, Gladfelder, Hellyer, Brown and Derby households and others.
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