Muddy Moravia Streets Highlight Wet Weather Woes
A Moravia report notes persistent rain making street travel difficult with mud and impassable sections. Locals joke that the street department lacks a team of horses and a harrow to drag the roads. A passerby claimed to be fine despite being mired, riding a horse through the muck as March weather stays unpredictable. The Ramblings also tease travel notes from a South Pacific and Orient trip aboard a Burma to Hong Kong flight with a young Chinese passenger.
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Moravia
Burma
Hong Kong
Burma Trip Reveals Business Travel and Hard Living
The narrator describes a long business flight from London to Burma via Rangoon and Hong Kong, meeting buyers from J C Penny and Sears, and detailing a local guide from a chemistry background. They contrast Burma’s nationalist economy, scarce sleep due to heat and mosquitos, low hotel standards, and a stark rise in living costs for foreign travelers, including inflated film prices.
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London
Hong Kong
Paris
China
J. C. Penny
Sears & Roebuck Companies
Rangoon
Burma
U.S
Bangkok
Thailand
Assembly Etiquette At Scribbler School
An essay on school assemblies notes their purpose to enliven dull days and provide social time for students. It warns against bullying and mockery, stressing that good manners matter even when performances fail and crowds seem bored.
Debie Mullins Heads Toward Graduation and Marriage
Senior Debbie Mullins born November 30, 1954, turns 18 with three months to graduation and plans to marry June 1. She values happiness over money and believes love defines living, while sharing leisure time with Steve. She supports Moravia school improvements, including better understanding between students, teachers, and the school board.
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Debbie Mullins
Webb
Kathleen Mullins
Debbie
Steve
Moravia
Poll of the Week Prized Possessions Show Personal Ties
Readers name their most valued belongings including a horse, a motorcycle, family and life, beauty and brains, quiet in class, a new car, a horse again, and a mother as a prized tie to identity.
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Tina Main
Pat Coltrain
Mike Flatt
Who Is This Freshman Student Clouts Burl Interest
A 14 year old freshman stands 5 feet 514 inches with curly brown hair and busy at school. She attends science English chorus P E home ec and algebra J. An active sport participant she remains fixated on Burl, last week's Who Is This was Gary McCloud.
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Gary McCloud
Hot Lunch Menus for March 19 20
Monday menu features baked beans and weiners with buttered corn bread and butter cheese stick orange jello and milk. Tuesday serves meat balls in tomato sauce with mashed potatoes and milk.
School Lunch Menu Span March 21 to 23
The menu lists March 21 no school meals. March 22 includes hot dogs fries slaw fruit pie and milk. March 23 offers mac cheese spinach peanut butter sandwich jello with fruit and milk.
Moravia Jazz Band Competes at Washington Festival
Moravia's stage band joined 32 other groups at the Washington Jazz Festival in Washington Iowa. Judges called Moravia average but offered constructive tips. Janice Adams earned an outstanding player award for her leadership. The day featured Arnie Lawrence coaching, performances, feedback, and social outings to local eateries before final class competitions.
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Moravia
Washington
Iowa
Janice Adams
Tules
Arnie Lawrence
Shakey's
Zip’s
Pizza Hut
Championship night ends with jazz band encore
Washington's jazz band performed with assistance from Mr. Lawrence before Mo Ravia began the long ride home, ending a championship evening with a final farewell.
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Washington
Mr. Lawrence
Moravia
Trip to State Games by MHS Girls Team
Last Thursday the MHS girls basketball squad cheerleaders coaches and sponsors traveled to Des Moines to watch the Girls State Tournament quarter finals. They attended both sessions of tournament play featuring Roland Story versus Manson Mediapolis versus Colfax West Marshall versus Lake View Auburn and Adel versus Farragut. The trip was enjoyable and educational for the girls.
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MHS
Des Moines
Roland Story
Manson
Mediapolis
Colfax
West Marshall
Lake View
Auburn
Adel
Farragut
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AAP
Naline Webber Association
Moravia Union
C. R. and
H. K. Charity
Appanoose
Monroe Counties
United States
Rays Ramblin's
Tee
South Pacific
Orient
Guardian
Carmer’s Inc
Centerville
Zene Ama TN
Moravia Electronics
Paul Witt
Sherwood Singers
Grace United Methodist Church
Wiyoming
Pick
Costert
Grace United
Scribbler
Debra K. Mullins
Cattle Buyers, Inc
Madison Kansas City
Ke Weel
Hal Lee
Mr. Linderbaum
Jean McFarland
John Roberts
Mrs. Hayden
Jerry Breeding
Virginia Cortesia
Mrs. Limbacher
Marge Cortesio
Joan Strunk
Ncar Lcte Farm Security
MAN Eles Scot Amm Lta
RUD
Claude Hawk Agent National Bank
B. W. Meyer
N. Clinton ST
Albia
Owa
Thur
F.F.A
Parent & Son
Devore
Ford-Mercury, Inc
Amana Holiday Inn
Mar. i
DeVore Ford-Mercury, Inc
Cent Ide
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