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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
2
Agricultural students will plant a garden at Atkins and tend it during the summer. The Agriculture I class also raked the school yard and sowed grass seed over the entire yard.
Miss Hazel Burge announces the Senior Class play Brother Goose with a April 18 performance. Jeff Adams stars as the brother taking over family duties while the bubblegum heiress creates trouble, with a large cast and many student names listed as cast and staff.
The F H A girls held a party for the F F A boys at school on Wednesday. Everyone appeared to enjoy the event with games and refreshments including ice cream and cookies served afterward.
The Gay Nineties Review collected 60.70 dollars with tax and expenses reducing the net to 43.01 dollars, which was turned over to the Red Cross.
Last Thursday the Commercial Club entertained guests at a theater party in Albis. The show was Leave Her to Heaven. Everyone had an enjoyable time.
The annual grade school spelling contest was held Saturday at Centerville Washington Junior High. The high school contest followed. Four pupils per school could enter, with Moravia sending Daisy McCrory Marilyn Beaty Jack Broshar Virginia Hiatt and Bill Broshar. Afterward a dinner at the Blue Bird Cafe and a show.
Poem praising a bus driver named Harold Hudgens for patience and reliability. The speaker thanks him for keeping students safe, avoiding mud, and returning them to town even when buses stall. A closing note imagines him driving a legendary vehicle in heaven, preserving the memory of a dependable driver.
Last week all Homemaking classes welcomed Miss Yale the Iowa assistant supervisor who spoke on current and past state class activities. Several home projects are nearing completion with the third year class sewing costumes for the grade school operetta. Aprons are nearly finished in Homemaking I and work has begun on dresses.
The Intermediate Scouts met March 18 at Mrs. Zell Callen's home with all present. Bluebirds won the contest in advancement while attendance tied. New member Winifred Hawes was enrolled and will join Cardinal Patrol. Mary Lou McDonough, Joan Callen and Janet Broshar move to Bluebird Patrol soon. Cardinal Patrol faces transportation trouble for skating party.
The Grade operetta The Land of Dreams Come True will be shown April 1 and 10 for grades and April 1 2 for high school with public performances Wednesday night. Children visit Mother Goose characters the Pixies Rose Bluebell and Daisy Choruses as a girl searches for magical berries to reach the Land of Dreams Come True. No admission charged for either performance.
Snippets from a school page show spring motifs with jokes about weather and romance. Notable items include Norris O Conner and Joyce Burd, Miss Jones and Dick Brown, and various student pairs. Also listed are Glee Club concerts, band rehearsals, and Junior Senior banquet planning.
Fred Hammond heads Centerville Iowa district meeting with Scoutmaster Mr Forbes and council members Chester Broshar Paul Broshar and Karl Tuttle. All spring and summer program dates decided. Moravia troop to meet Thursdays at 7 30. first meeting held Saturday at 10 00.
The first softball game of the spring season will be played with Moulton on either the first or third day of April. The full schedule for the spring season has not yet been set.
A chaotic satirical tale centers on Rigor Mortis and his clan in a New York suburban apartment. Uncle Roscoe is found murdered with multiple modes of harm, as police arrive and a web of suspects unfolds, culminating in Arsenic as the sole survivor and possible killer.
Freshmen announce a Monday night party with committees for entertainment and foods led by Richard Smith Virginia Carter Dick Foster Mary Rose Main Alberta Rick Norma Zimmer. In Algebra the girls lead the Battle of Sexes and Clair McDanel is improving rapidly.
Sophomore history notes report light homework effort and a current lead for Jack Broshar's side in an informal Battle of Sexes. The project mixes in class work done outside school with limited enthusiasm and a small margin of advantage for Broshar.
The F F A held a special meeting on Friday March 22 1946 to elect two delegates for the state convention in Cedar Rapids next month The delegates chosen were Harold Dean Tisue and Dink Moore.
Mrs Ernest Hiatt Coulson and others frequent visits noted with Cliff Whicker and many Hiatt family members. A March of social calls includes U S Hiatt home visits and Moravia electrical school attendance. Robert D Potter science articles on peacetime plastic surgery featured with Chicago Sunday Herald American promotion.
Maple Grove social page records neighbors attending Farm Bureau events, visits and family gatherings across Moravia Centerville and surrounding homes. Individuals listed include J L Dodd Tadlock Scott Derby Dowd Johnson Tubaugh Brittain and Proctor with multiple Wednesday and Sunday visit mentions.
Mia and Grant Tadlock attended a Farm Bureau gathering at the community building Friday night, joining residents for the informal event and conversation.
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