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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
4
The Moravia Union prints a student led recap by Ella Jean Woodward and Mary Frances Carter. A March 10 program committee includes Gene Boyer Corita Cory and Margaret Johnson. Meeting time is 3 10 PM. Boys visit Albania for medicine and show pantomimes while girls learn spelling and mime.
The Daltons Rode marks the final F.F.A. show of the current series scheduled for Wednesday March 8, with weekly performances ending due to low attendance. LeRoy Wilson completed a rope machine started by Russell Overturf with a 60 foot rope the longest yet. W. L. Hoover led a Food Alert meeting at Scotts school house Tuesday evening February and a similar session is planned for Taylor township Friday. Plans for the March 10 F.F.A. banquet at the Methodist church basement are underway with food and menus arranged.
Last week the junior high organized a Study Fun club. Richard Smith and Dorothy Ann Hoover tied for president. Richard elected president and Dorothy Ann vice president and secretary. George, Tracy, treasurer, and Jack Broshar handle dues of five cents bimonthly.
The music department continues preparations for the preliminary state contest in Centerville on April 14 and 15. Ten ensembles are formed including a trombone quartet and a clarinet trio. The vocal division trains with entries such as Girls Glee Club, two girls’ choruses, and a mixed quartet. Soloists include Imogene Hiatt, soprano, David Hoover, tenor, and Charles Burton, baritone.
In Typing I Maxine Smith records 53 words per minute while Helen Felton hits 44 and Yvonne Harrison 40. Rolin Dille heads Typing II with 60 and Lorene Martin follows at 52. Shorthand II shows 80 words per minute as each member of the class has cut and run a stencil. Bookkeeping starts practice sets Wednesday.
LaVerne Rumsey plans to farm and truck after graduation, seeks peace, and lists favorites from teacher Miss Chapman to 1240 Club radio programs. He is tall with gray eyes, has two years of FFA, and plays softball and basketball. Josephine Smith aims to marry a millionaire, lists John Payne and Betty Grable among favorites, and is tall with blue eyes. Ron Tisue plans farming and happiness, enjoys Tommy Dorsey and Bob Burns, and is 6'10" with brown hair. Jack Spencer intends military service, aims to get rich, and names Harry James, Walter Pidgeon, and Alexis Smith among favorites. he dislikes gossip and blondes.
The normal training class attended a party at Centerville on February 21 for three schools Moulton Centerville and Moravia. Each school performed an hour of entertainment while cookies and pop were served. Seniors teaching in the grades found the experience interesting and plan to apply to schools.
The fourth grade finished an imaginary geography trip to the Netherlands and visited a boy named Andre near Paris. They created flowers from geometric shapes. Helen Davis joins the fourth grade. A spelling race between third and fourth grades ends March 31.
Fifth graders practice spelling and book making, while sixth graders learn decimals. Primary classes took a walk observing diverse things and homes. Bird study units begin as Jerry Main contracts measles and Margaret Condra misses school. First graders near completion of Our New Friends reader.
Emma Ray Miller Calvin Rumley from Des Moines J J Stevens of Moulton and Emma Ray Miller visited over the week with the Harry Rumley family. Mr and Mrs Conor Sanders and Norlene Donald traded in Centerville Saturday. Carl Edd Rumley J J Stevens Calvin Rumley and Emma Ray Miller visited Sunday at the Harry Rumley home. Norlene Sanders spent the weekend with her parents. J Stevens of Moulton visited Sunday night at the Will Moffatt home. Mr and Mrs Harry Rumley traded in Centerville Saturday.
Attendance at Sunday School was 389. Families and individuals visited or hosted at various homes including Frank Gladfelder, Clyde Gladfelder, Darlene Gladfelder, Rev Harley Bailey and wife, and son. Other gatherings included Trenton Gladfelder, J P Foster and Robert Foster families at Ted Broshar home, Easter siblings with Twila and Fern Foster, George Hiatt, Judy Mastin and Mrs Victor Mastin at A G Turner home, Carl Tomlin family at W M Tomlin home, Eloise Dotson visiting Grover Easter, Codyne Luse weekend at Cody Luse home, Lloyd McDanel and family at Lea Johnson home, and visits by Clyde Gladfelder and T H Philby in Moulton.
The text lists activities during high school including two years of band basketball tour years kittenball one year commercial club one-year dramatic club two years mixed chorus brass sextette and orchestra two years. It also notes he was president of the junior class in his senior year.
Hiattsville residents and family members are listed visiting, staying, or staying with relatives in Ottumwa Centerville and Salina Kans. Several illnesses and recoveries are noted including Mrs. McDanel and Harold Hawk. Other items include Wood cutting, birthday surprise, and a mention of war bonds for postwar security.
Mrs Flora Jones stayed with her daughter Mrs Kenneth Free for a few days last week. Attendees at the Gick Nat included Mrs Kenneth Free Leo Van Dorin Mr and Mrs R Faber and Mary Jo Janice and Joan Gideon. The club met with Mr and Mrs Mearl Walter on Thursday. Mrs Marvin Gardner and daughters visited. Women quilted and men cut wood. Fred Blumer is moving to the Norton place formerly occupied by the Jess Smiths. Deena Roberts spent the week.
Rural school notes Beverly Fischer and Jerry Pettibone tie for top average. Honor roll includes Beverly and Karleen Fischer, Jerry and Ann Pettibone, Betty Harsh, Virginia Carter, Vera Waye Jacobs. New pupils Vera Faye Jacobs and Richar Jacobs join first and second grades. Jerry Pettibone and Bobby Carter excel in manual training. Birthday for Mary Beth Turner followed by games and refreshments. Art class mapped the United States. School money bought a soap dispenser. Non tardy or absent students praised: Jerry and Ann Pettibone, Mary Beth Turner, Bobby Carter, Betty Hursh. Mrs George Turner visited. Goodbye until next six weeks.
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