MHS Welcomes New Student Wanda Cochran
Moulton High School notes a new student, Wanda Cochran, 8 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and eyes, taking Typing Geography English and Home Economics. Joyce joins Moulton’s basketball team this year, and prospects for next year look strong. Absences due to mumps affect seniors. the annual plans progress with orders tentatively set. A humorous mishap with chalk powder in General Math and a new school counselor column by George Woodward add local color.
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Gophondte
MHS Freht
Moulton
Joyce
Moravia High Agen
MHS
Shiél
Sam Shovel Private Car Radioplay Ends
A late night radio sketch follows Sam Shovel a private car with keen ears and a strong nose. He battles visitors and a sofa threw them with comic misadventure while a missing diamond case unfolds. The announcer notes the program ends due to a lack of nerve from the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Shovel
Sam
New Student Joyce Exline Joins MHS Roster
A new student, Joyce Exline, enters MHS this week as a fifteen year old enrolle. The brief item notes curiosity about Joyce and her recent admission to the school community.
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Gtas Dent
MHS
Joyce Exline
Joyce
Freshman News and School Happenings Updated
Freshman class lists 26 students as Bill Barnes changes schools. Home Economics covers quick breads while Science explores atoms and molecules. Mrs. Tuttle returns after a hip dislocation. Thespian play dates shift to March 18 with a matinee on March 17. Moravia street work prompts concern over Ot tumwa streets. A local artist signs portraits as Mr Horn claiming false accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Barnes
Junior News Quiet Friday at School Tuttle Absent
The Junior News notes a quiet Friday with Mrs. Tuttle ill and Mr. Card substituting. An American Literature class met twice this week, and many students were at tournaments while faculty was reduced.
News Bifth Sixth Grade Attendance and Activities
Many pupils are missing due to mumps and illness while six students Richard Mason Judith Smith Darwin Jordan Jimmie Mellwain LaVonne Card Janie Sawyer have perfect attendance in six weeks. Richard Mason and Carol Lee Day elected librarians for March. A sixth grade history mural depicts a castle with serfs living and working lands around it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mason
Judith Smith
Darwin Jordan
Jimmie Mellwain
LaVonne Card
Janie Sawyer
Carol Lee Day
Junior high basketball and upcoming county tourney
The eighth graders report girls and boys tournament schedules with Blakesburg looming in Moulton. Girls play Monday at 6 30 p m and boys at 7 15 p m. Rebecca Dye flies to Arizona for two weeks. Magazine sales finished with 74 dollars raised. Donna Underwood topped sales with 3 dollars, Paul Turner second with 2 dollars. Funds aimed at a Des Moines trip to visit local sites. Mumps waning in the room. six remain. Eighth grade studies human body science.
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Moulton
Blakesburg
Rebecca Dye
Arizona
Donna Underwood
Paul ‘Turner
BI Rose
Paul Turner
Des Moines
Senior Graphs Name Letha Louise Schaffner
Name Letha Louise Schaffner born August 16 1935 in Des Moines Iowa attended Moravia Howard and Hedge College with brown hair and brown eyes height four feet eleven inches in grade school and Mora via listed. Favorite candy Mounds teacher sociology radio program Pathar Hoows Best basketball and dream to be three with undecided plans for next year.
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Letha Louise Schaffner
Des Moines
Iowa
White
Hedge College
Moravia
Howard
Pathar Hoows
Des Moines State Girl Basketball Tournament Actions
On February 26, Des Moines hosted state girls tournament sessions with Monona versus Seymour at 7 30 and Mallard versus Farragut at 9 00. Teams including the girls and their chaperones attended both afternoon and evening sessions while continuing class tournaments at noon and planning finals for March 11 among sophomore and senior competitors.
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Taddell
Des Moines
Monona
Seymour
Mallard
Farragut
Monone
Charity
Tassell
Dick Spencer
Card
Local Social Notices and Visits Round Miller Area
Mrs Gerald Burton and families share hospital news while neighbors visit. Cleffle Tubaugh in Lamar hospital improving slowly. Floyd Wood Ida Caylor gain pace. Ruby Andrews birthday surprise at W M Tolbert home with Delmar Dowd Dean Andrews Vern Stephens Rodger Cedar Rapids Elsie Closter. Red Cross calls. Twenty six attend Miller Sunday services. Rev Garner speaks on sowing seed.
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John Tadlock
Logan Strunk
Fay E. Garner
Strunks
Burtons
Logan ‘Strunk
Cleffle Tubaugh
Lamar
Floyd Wood
Ida Caylor
Lee Tadlock
Ray Tubaugh
Watson Roland
Robert Strunk
Logan
Richard ‘Tubaugh
Dean Andrews
Ruby | Andrews
W. M. Tolbert
Seymour
Richard
Tubaugh
Delmar Dowd
Vern Stephens
Rodger
Cedar Rapids
Elsie ‘Closter
Miller
Garner
Busy Bee Club Guests On Betty Brady Program
Franklin By Mra and John Moffatt report that Busy Bee Club members and others attended the Betty Brady Program in Des Moines on Wednesday. Guests included George McCombs and daughter Colleen, Verta Hoffman, Lucille Exline, Stella Argo, Beryl Brown, Gertrude Shehan, Dick Brown, Clara Brown, Dorothy Pickerell, Olive Moffatt, Dick Dunham and daughter Debby. Other notes list callers and visits among local residents including Bernard Kitterman, Billy Cox, Bill Robinson, Roy Moffatt and daughter Linda, Earl Swift and Carolyn, Ed McDonald, Joe Lucas Jr., Bert Sheldon, and plans for a dinner at Johnny McDonald’s in Albia.
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Busy Bee Club
Betty Brady
Des Moines
George McCombs
Colleen
Verta Hoffman
Lucille Exline
Stella’ Argo
Beryl Brown
Gertrude Shehan
Dick Brown
Clara Brown
Bernard Kitterman
Iconium
Billy Cox
Bill Robinson
Frank Cox
Roy Moffatt
Linda
Earl Swift
Carolyn
Coy Swift
Ed McDonald
Olive Moffatt
Joe Lucas Jr
Bert Sheldon
Johnny McDonald
Albia
Frank McDonald
Several Nie Days Noted Amid Snow in Local Notes
Min J T Von Barta records a string of very nice days last week with several snow events. The column notes many visits among neighbors and families, including deaths and a moved household, along with various social calls and a training trip.
Derby and Derby Attend FFA Banquet and Local Visits
Emmett Derby and Larry attended the FFA banquet in Albia Thursday evening. Mrs. James Calhoun and children visited Delbert Calhouns. Mrs. Earl Swift and Carolyn attended Ida Smith funeral services at Centerville. Darlene Sheldon stayed with the Derbys. Several local ladies attended WSC S Thursday afternoon along with several families in the area.
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Emmett Derby
Larry
F. F.A
Albia
James Calhoun
Delbert
Local Social Notes Mention Various Visits and Gatherings
Sunday evening with the Clayton Sheldon family included Clyde Sheldon and Ben Pickerell. Tuesday skating party in Albla featured Mr and Mrs Dick Brown and Larry Derby. John Shehan is on furlough staying with his parents Mr and Mrs George Shehan.
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Joes
Earl Swift
Clayton Sheldon
Clyde Sheldon
Ben Pickerells
Larry Derby
Albla
Dick Brown
Truxton Dicks
John Shehan
George Shehan
Kinser Vailey By George R. Daeby
Mrs Zell Wilson spent Monday afternoon with her Aunt Amy Clough in Albia. Zell Wilson and I attended the Albia horse sale at the sale barn. Arthur Johnson was a caller. The Pearl Hiner family stopped briefly at the Clira Bogart home on the way to the Howell Bros sale. About three inches of snow fell Saturday night and Sunday.
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Charles Wheeler
Harold Hawk
Versal
Mra
J. VanDorin
D. C
Claus. Johnson and Son
Doyle McDanel
Wayne
Ottumwa
Ft. Sheridan
Mia
Glen Fowler
Lorraine
Udell
Alva Fowler
Zell Wilson
Amy Clough
Albia
Sale
Arthur Johnson
Pearl Hiner
Clirla Bogart
Howell Bros
Local Notes From Witton And Albia
At Witton, amid domestic chatter, a mother visited Howell's Eyes and a Tuesday sale was noted. Ivan Hoadley spent part of Wednesday with Aunt Jennie Robinson in Albia. Our Sunday mail carrier failed, but neighbors shared papers. Temperature hovered around 20 degrees with mist, and advice urged brush burning on Iowa farms during lighter work periods.
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Witton
Bind
Howell’ Eyes
Sale
Ivan Hoadley
Albia
Jennie Robinson
Russell Darby
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Sortesler
Tor
Wanda Cochran
Viola -Harmond
Rf Eee
Mai
Scott Club
the’ Vane
Senior News
M. H
Betty Vance
George Scott
Donald Dicks
DeWayne Selix
George Woodward
George
Bervice
Freshman News
Mrs. Tuttle
Irvin Faber
Donald
Betty
Robert Hiatt
Mr. Horn
Alba
Ford Service
General Motor
Brieas. Motor Co
Junior News
Frank Swaim Moravu
Franklin By
John Moffatt
Mary Wheeler
Centerville
Bed AM Northern
Centerville Monument CO
Papprragx
By Min, J.T. von Barta
Parnllj
Kinser Vailey By
George R. Daeby
Peoples: Abstract & Title Co., Inc
National Bank
Meredith
Grifting
Big Smith
Farmall
Pullman Implement Company
Pullman Motor Co
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