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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
6
Moravia High School hosts a music contest Friday March 28 with ensembles and band performing, soloists on Saturday. Parkinsons musical group will attend assembly that day. admission is free. Students practiced evenings the last two weeks. scribbler staff lists editors and class reporters.
Two student profiles list Velma Overturns born November 1, 1929 in Wapello County with height five feet four inches and 184 pounds, brown eyes and hair, Salem Shanghai grade school, and interests in Ford car Hershey candy Van Johnson and Charlie Spivak. Deana McDonough born December 1, 1929 Moravia height five feet seven and a half inches weight 154 brown hair and eyes Plymouth Hershey Van Johnson Jean Crane Tommy Dorsey Rhythm Rumbles bookkeeping and typing. both pursue commercial course taking with activities in band plays F H A and pep bands. a Mr Hush feature notes Alan Ladd and a future answer to a riddle.
The schedule lists spring softball games weather permitting with Thursday replacements for Friday. Moravia dominates this season with multiple girls and boys basketball scores against Mystic Cincinnati Unionville Moulton Lovilia Numa Eddyville Rathbun Allerton Attica Promisie City Exline and Cincinnati. Notable results include Moravia 88 Mystic 31 and Moravia 63 Unionville 37, reflecting a strong home and away performance across several venues.
Homemaking I notes samples of scams and ongoing apron work while viewing Dawn of Better Living and Frozen Freshness. Homemaking II reports pajama work with a sample placket to simplify sewing. Homemaking III records weekly food intake and analyzes calories and protein to improve eating habits.
The Agriculture Department has warehoused a new electric saw for shop use. Agriculture classes competed in selling seed potatoes. The IV and II classes defeated IIF and IIT, with II and IIL winning. The losers will host a party for the winners.
The Future Homemakers of Moravia met Thursday afternoon in the Homemaking room. Members Norma Zimmer Mary Teater Onieta Whicker and Marilyn Rinehart prepared invitations for the Installation service set for April 17 at 7 30 p m The group later sang F H A songs in the gym. Leis Hiatt received a letter from a boy in Holland named Sjaerd Mollinga thanking her for a Christmas gift written in English. Wedding invitations and announcements attractively printed at Moravia Union.
The invitation committee sent all invitations for the Banquet and the food committee collected card tables and vases last Monday. Most seniors are busy with practice teaching and upcoming tasks, while freshmen catch up after the flu era and all students return to studies.
The Moravia Chapter of Future Farmers of America held its March 20 meeting with 34 members present. Seed potatoes arrived and members are urged to call for them. Officers vacancy filled by Bob Seieuzinski until April elections. Minerals and limestone stock discussed. Reporter Eugene Boyer.
A satirical senior guide lists cheeky misdeeds to prank teachers and classmates. It promotes rebellious acts such as hoarding athletic gear, sabotaging class operations, leaving pranks, and enriching social life with risky stunts. The tone mimics a rebellious school column from a bygone era.
A playful excerpt noting items like Old Gossips and Synonym as a quip about language. It riffs on social flings, unnamed events, and casual phrases, pairing curiosities with light captions and a wink at everyday speech.
A Moravia Union subscription offers a friendly gift idea and prompts a playful self description by matching the initial of your first and last name to adjectives from a long list. The activity suggests discovering a self character based on letter pairs.
Police investigate a mysterious note titled Poison A Human Being found at a public school site. Local officials urge calm as detectives review leads, while residents report tension after reports of tampering with a classroom bulletin board. No injuries or arrests reported yet.
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