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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1962
Page
5
The report lists editors and reporters including Nellie Argo Lorena Plants and Connie McAnineh among many names. The narrative recalls an evening session of events with close and exciting games. After returning home at 2 15 a m the group reflects that the trip was worthwhile and enjoyable.
An editor recounts attending the Iowa girls state tournament in Waterloo with the basketball team and chaperones. They rode a bus due to bad roads, watched eight of sixteen teams, saw Blakesburg win, noted upsets, and visited the Blakesburg girls at Hotel Ellis before returning home.
The notice lists students by grade with names for Ninth Tenth Eleventh and Twelfth grades including Gerald Argo Judy Gillen Harold Hawk Richard Johnson Diane Judge and others. It also notes a corrected spellings and misprints such as Robert Kerhterg Har old Walker and JoAnne Main.
Seniorgraph notes Nancy Tomlin born August 2, 1944 in Albia Iowa aged 17 with blue eyes redish blond hair 5 6 height and 1940s era interests. She lists bookkeeping as favorite subject and English as most helpful. She aims to study and become an elementary teacher and mentions beating Blakesburg in tournaments as a highlight. Extra activities include basketball FTA FHA FBLA Thespians Scribbler staff annual staff and Glee Club.
A high school profile lists Fred Strong born Ottumwa on April 20, 1944. He is 67 inches tall with blue eyes and red hair. His favorite subject is unspecified. he values agriculture and bookkeeping as helpful subjects and attends Bage pall, FFA, and Thesplans activities. He plans to join the Marines and advises underclassmen to work hard and find ways to excel.
In class, students study cotton with Carolyn Cooper bringing a cotton ball. Lou Ellen Rowley and Sheila Wilson display looms to explain weaving. Doris, Kenneth Stocker, and others participate in projects, birthdays, and a travelogue. The Junior Band attends a Kirksville concert. moves and photos at the Community building.
Seventh and Eighth Grade classes report health, endocrine glands, and size differences. Seventh graders test foods for sugar starches proteins fats minerals. Reading features a Book Club to motivate library reading.
Survey responses reveal varied leisure aims. Janice McDonough prefers fun with no work, Judy W. and Elaine F. enjoy time with Paul and Bill, Betty Taylor watches TV with minimal effort, Diane Faber values being with certain people and sewing, Anita Curtis looks ahead to summer, Betty Blumer does nothing, LaNita Swift seeks accomplishment, Carol Lewis and Beverly Simmons prize being with a specific person.
An attentive high school crowd gathered in the gym on Tuesday March 13 to view Dale Doore’s travelogue about Civil War sites in the east. Doore, a Towan native now in Des Moines Iowa, has visited Moravia many times and showed battle reenactment photos including Gettysburg Bull Run and Antietam.
The passage recounts how Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname after a confrontation in battle and describes travel scenes from a tour including museums in Washington and national seashores. It mentions helicopter travel, landmarks, and scenic sites like the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge with notes on accessibility and pricing. Rosemary Philips
Seventeen FBLA candidates were initiated in the band room at 7 30 PM on Thursday March 15. Officers spoke on the group’s purpose and Phi Beta Lambda, with Richard Coltrain of Centerville Community College as guest speaker. Members recited the pledge and creed. The St Patrick Day decor featured green and white crocecrapes with shamrocks. refreshments and dancing followed the ceremony.
On March 13, 1962 the Moravia Chapter of the Future Teachers of America inducted sixteen new members. Vice President Larry Vickray explained the organization's purpose and secretary Rosemary Horn reviewed FTA history. A candy sale on Friday March 16 funds a banquet table. each new member must bring candy.
Students learn the seven colors of the spectrum red orange yellow green blue indigo violet. They observe spectra in prisms and discuss light and its speed noting 186000 miles per second. Light can be reflected or refracted.
A World History class reenacts World War I with Mr Sheldon guiding students. The exercise explores national roles as pupils choose identities from Austria to the United States while examining major powers and alliances. The lesson notes U S neutrality under Wilson and the central powers, with continuation on the next page.
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