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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1952
Page
5
A student newspaper recounts lively senior jokes and junior schemes as the Junior–Senior banquet looms. Teachers and students joke about an orchestra and dancing while highlighting the Thespian play, volleyball thriller, and staff art plans.
The Senior class held a short meeting in the history room on Wednesday afternoon to seek opinions on adding an orchestra for the Junior-Senior banquet. Wauneta Perry represented the group in the Junior class meeting. The Senior class play is ordered with casting next week and practice starts after casting. Pictures for the annual have been sent to the printer and commencement announcements have arrived.
The freshman class reports mumps cases averaging one per day. Scientists discuss magnetism and static electricity tests. Home ec girls prepared and served a full breakfast. English class finished David Copperfield with Readers Digest work, and library activities were conducted Friday. Mathematics covered equations and ratios.
The regular F.F. A. meeting on March 21 1952 in the Ag room with George Scott presiding drew 33 members. The party was postponed from March 28 to April 11, planned at Sharon Bluff, chocolate milk added to banquet menu, Robin Sandifer recited the creed, Jerry Brown photographed the session, and refreshments followed.
The F H A hosted a March 19 banquet in the Moravian gym for 70 county teachers as part of their council meeting. Guests enjoyed cocktail, ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, salad, hot rolls, jelly, angel dessert and coffee with kitchen and wait staff praised. proceeds to the F H A fund for future use.
The Thespian club and sponsor Mrs Tuttle thank Mr and Mrs Carl Black and Mr and Mrs Bill Woodward for furniture use in a play about a resurrected bird and historical humor. Considering illnesses and weather, proceeds pleased the group as audience enjoyed returning characters and impressive acting.
Dortha Mae Wilson born October 2 1932 in Foster Iowa attended Foster grade school and Moravia high school. She lists brown hair brown eyes height five feet four inches loves Milky Way likes all teachers and subjects. Favorite orchestra leader Guy Lombardo actress Claudette Colbert actor Alan Ladd radio show Our Miss Brooks car Nash ambitions unclear. Activities include Glee Club with no letter awards and hobbies raising cats. Plans for next year include work and college.
Students finish We Look and See and start We Work and Play. Names listed of classmates with mumps absent. Easter decorations and spring cleaning completed. Linda shares Florida shell collection and fossils with geode interest. Mrs Stocker and Gerry visited after Friday. The class viewed The House I Live In and People of the Congo films last week.
Friday morning at 9:00 the Parkinson Musical Ensemble presented a program of music to grades and high school students. The performance featured cello pieces by Mr Parkinson with piano accompaniment, recorded on a record player.
Moravia locals and visitors noted in a Sunday to Monday span. Ervin Long called on business, LeRoy Wilson visited Moravia, Zell Wilson hauled hay to Albia, and a hay baler with delivery rake was reported. Russell Darby bought hay and hauled it home, plus a horse and mule gate attended in Albia.
Several from this vicinity attended the funeral of Mrs. Renta Blumer at the W B Church Monday afternoon. burial was at the Sales Cemetery south of Scattersburg schoolhouse. Miss Martie Stocker spent Tuesday night with Betty Harsh. Various locals, including Mr. and Mrs. George Leffler and family, visited Sam Proctor and Flora Jones, Marie Coltrain, and Unionville outing at the Grand Ole Opry with Burdette Cox playing String Bean.
Moravia Union lists Sunday visits to the Schoech and Woodward homes, a birthday party at the Stocker residence for Carole Stocker Freda Hershberger Larry Hershberger Deatile Stocker and Dennis Clancy, plus various callers and small-town happenings. Attendees include Proctors Long Hershberger Stocker Hull Woodward Williams Dooley Hiatt and others with references to nearby Marionette and Albia.
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