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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
4
Class tournaments end with the junior girls defeating sophomores 29 to 22 and the senior boys beating the junior boys for year end titles. Spring basketball practice continues for boys and girls while softball readiness builds. Junior high practice persists ahead of Moravia tournaments with interschool contests noted.
The band thanks everyone for cooperation in a scrap paper drive that yielded about two tons collected. Mary Lou McDonough began on the bell lyra as the band room stays busy with activity.
The east bus remains out of service as repairs continue with a target finish by Wednesday. Students have been shuttleled by cars, while a Beau Geste screening occurred Monday for high school benefit events postponed to Tuesday due to weather and bus overhaul.
The program includes vocal solos by Imogene Hiatt Deena Roberts Yvonne Harrison Margaret Pullman David Hoover Charles Burton and instrumental solos by Eloise Argo Maxine Smith Daisy McCrory Imogena Tadlock plus others. Student conductors David Hoover Helen Felton and Yvonne Harrison lead rehearsals alongside the band and ensemble.
Grade school notes cover third through eighth grades with reports on band duties bird studies spelling, theater, and a science project. Several students were absent due to illness, and local visits are noted.
Hiattsville residents report last week’s meeting canceled due to bad roads. A Thursday afternoon session is planned with Mrs. Pearl Scott. Numerous visits fill the week, including extended stops at homes of the Rose, Hiatt, Meadows, Pettibone, and Turner families. Attendees also note attendance at the R. E. A. meeting in Moravia and a funeral in Center Ville.
George R. Darby reports Pearl Hiner sold a horse to Donald VanDalen on Monday. A sale barn in Albia hosted a horse sale last week. Mentions of local residents Darby Zell LeRoy Wilson and others. Foster school voters elected Clarence Wilson. Casual calls include Charley Anderson home and visits with Frank Selack. Russell Darby shop and coal run to Ottumwa for McGinis brooders.
Bernice Johnson and Mrs Johnny Hewitt and daughters visited Mrs Walter Scott on Friday while men butchered. The Feltons and Helen shopped in Centerville Saturday. Bernice Johnson shopped there Saturday night. Gabe Johnson and daughters spent Sunday with Mrs Dellia McCrory. The Feltons and Helen spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Harry Felton Jr and sang. Gabe Johnson and daughters visited Ralph Robinson Thursday. Electric meeting at the community building drew Ray Tubbaugh Donald Dowd Emery Coltrain John Dodd Emery Hiatt.
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