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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1964
Page
5
Scribbler staff reports on student life at Moraine Community School with listing of editors, advisors, and a large roster of senior junior and sophomore reporters detailing campus activities and student involvement. The piece catalogs staff roles and participants across grade levels.
Editorial urges readers to follow national and local happenings, from GOP primaries to stock market shifts, witnesses and evidence in high profile cases, and overall civic responsibility. It argues newspapers inform citizens beyond sports and society pages, stressing awareness of events shaping economy and governance.
A reflective column notes citizens' duty to understand why the United States prospers and why debt rises each year. The piece contrasts domestic concern with the enthusiasm sparked by four visitors from Great Britain, urging greater knowledge of international affairs.
The lesson explains Western Europe as the United States and Canada’s close friend with democratic governments and high living standards. It notes Europe’s maritime setting, trade potential, fisheries, fertile lands, minerals, and how nations leverage natural resources for development.
At MHS, mohair sweaters in pink blue and beige lead. Stretch pants and a line, pleated and wrap skirts remain popular. White and patch checked blouses are common, with many girls wearing stretch pants in various colors, mostly black. Hairstyles favor teased tops, flips, and hair bands. Linda Judge and Naomi Tadlock.
Connie Landgrebe born April 4 1946 in Centerville Iowa is 17 with green eyes light brown hair and 5 4 height. She studies bookkeeping office practice sociology American government and economics with bookkeeping as favorite subject and annual staff as extra curricular. She enjoys Scribbler and having fun. Her highlight is junior senior prom and her aim is to get a job. Advice to underclassmen is to start studying before senior year.
Penfield, born December 8 1945 in Centerville Iown, is 18 with blond hair blue eyes and 5 11 height. Parents are Mr and Mrs Jack Penfield. He studied Economics Ameri can Government Voc Ag Book keeping Sociology. FFA member. Favorite pastime cars. Future ambition truck driver. Advice to underclassmen study.
Moravia FFA held its regular meeting March 2 with 40 members. Kenny McMillan, former national FFA president, will be featured speaker at the banquet on April 3. Menu includes minute steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, baked beans, jello salad, hot rolls and butter, milk, coffee, and pie with ice cream. Tickets priced at $1.25. Centerpieces and decorations discussed.
Mr Guthrey and his algebra students discuss exponents radicals and imaginaries. Exponents show how many times a factor repeats and an imaginary number is the square root of a negative. The passage notes these terms are of current study and invites understanding.
The unit reviews America’s imperial rise under Roosevelt and Wilson era shifts. It contrasts Roosevelt’s crusade for reform with Wilson’s New Freedom, WWI disruptions, and the failed League of Nations hopes. Anita and Carol provide context as the course moves forward.
The Home Economics III class under Mrs Selix starts a clothing unit making suits and dresses. Students lay patterns cut fabrics cotton linen wool in spring colors pink green yellow. A bulletin board chart will rate each girl on progress toward garment completion.
The class describes learning to bowl in physical education. At first many girls found scoring hard, but most have caught on. They note the first day was fun and all kept score, then checked for matching totals. Two girls, Rose and Pam, take turns setting pins and returning the ball.
In World History class students study Eastern Europe nations such as Yugoslavia Albania Greece Romania Bulgaria Turkey Poland Czechoslovakia Estonia Latvia Lithuania and their long history of invasions and shifting borders. Despite domination the peoples kept dreams of liberty and national glory, forecasting ongoing turmoil until those aspirations are fulfilled.
A quip notes that Misera may be hard to live with yet makes wonderful ancestors, contrasting daily life with lasting lineage. The line suggests a playful view of family heritage and enduring memory.
Jim Morrison of Towa born September 10 1946 lists parents Mr and Mrs Earl Morrison and shows he is 17. He stands six feet tall with brown hair and blue green eyes. He participates in Student Council basketball football and enjoys sports. His favorite subjects are sociology and economics and he has no favorite teacher. He hopes to have fun and keep his options open for the future.
Bud Stocker notes during noon hours students occupy themselves with volleyball basketball ping pong trampoline and socializing. They request a change such as a weekly dance or new games, hoping for something different while remaining content with current activities until new options arrive.
The menu lists March 12 oven fried chicken with sweet potatoes green beans peach and cottage cheese cookies and milk. March 13 features salmon patties macaroni and tomatoes peanut butter sandwiches apple sauce cake. March 16 offers hot beef sandwiches potatoes and gravy lettuce salad.
Senior portrait style listing for Diane Linn Kincade with hometown Kincade Town dated September 7, 1946 includes parents Dewey Kin cade. Notes Brown hair green eyes 5 8 inch height with subjects like bookkeeping sociology and economics plus favorites and activities. Also lists future ambition AB Key Punch Operator and advice to underclassmen plus a menu and meal schedule.
Six weeks of Home Economics cover cooking projects including jello salad a complete dinner breakfast and luncheon preserving beets and jell bread making and freezing dinner rolls each girl sets the table and selects color schemes next will be sewing a spring or summer outfit to be modeled in the style show Pammy and Rosie Marie sign off wishing luck to all the girls.
Miss Barrows gets a new license plate for her car while seniors face nine weeks left in school. Donna Tomlin Butch Robinson Connie Roblenz and Linda Hopkins have birthdays within a week as the SCRIBBLER continues on the next page.
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