Winners of 1929 Moravia High Academic Meet
The Moravia High School held a Wednesday April 17 academic meet with awards for top five in each group. Lucille Coltrain and Norman Firkins led multiple categories, including English and Algebra, while Dorothy Dodd Harris Stafford and William Morgan were noted in several events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Chariton
Lucille Coltrain
Elizabeth Sneed
Dorothy Dodd
Homer Minnick
Allen Mason
Marjorie Brown
Barret Coffin
Norman Firking
Evelyn Hiatt
Vivian Foster
Noorden Slavin
Genevie Donovan
Veril Lagle
Evelyn Higley
Kenneth Free
William Morgan
Norma
Lee Firkins
Harris Stafford
Norman Firkins
Paul Day
Lowell VanDorin
Reba Callen
Grandmother Dresses Show Highlights Then And Now
Four style show participants presented garments from a grandmother's era on April 23. Students posed in vintage outfits and accessories, including brown high waist dresses, a black hat, and pantalettes, with modern gowns and varied ensembles also shown. Awards followed for typewriting and home economics exhibits, plus the annual Home and School Day ribbons for first to third place across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B.C
Audrey B. Caylor Club
George Johnson
Kathleen Black
Watts
J. H. Schreiner
Fifth to Eighth Grade Health and Geography Booklets Listed
A long list details numerous health poster projects by Pauline Laws and others across grades, plus geography, penmanship, and misc booklets. The note mentions the High School Home Economics Department posters and related clothing items, followed by an athletics highlight. It closes with a Juniors basketball victory 33 to 10 and committee service serving ice cream and pies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velda Hiatt
Wilbur Smith
Roscoe Pay
B. F. Whitehead
Kathleen Black
Vivian Foster
Maurine Smith
Lowell VanDorin
Truxton Dicks
Donald Darby
Community Visit Notes from Iconium and Surrounding Homes
Saturday and Sunday visits fill the Iconium area as neighbors call on Will Callen May me and D F Hiner households. Doctors from Moravia Mystic Melrose treat several locals while families share health updates and travel to nearby Centerville Excelator Springs.
Glycerin Mixture Stops Constipation Advertised
A vintage ad claims Adlerika cleanses both stomach and bowels within two hours using glycerin buckthorn bark and saline. It promises to remove old waste matter others miss and stresses a full bowel clean versus partial remedies. Smith Drug Co. backs the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
Smith Drug Co
Garden Contest entrants listed by Moravia Women’s Clubs
The Garden Contest sponsored by the Women’s Clubs of Moravia has a list of entrants including Jean Shirley Albert, Bobbie Smith, Betty Lou Smith, Donald Elswick, Betty Marie Hiatt, Eugene Wilcox, Marguerite Smith, Laura Jean Oehler, Betty Bishop, Christine Main, Violet Morris, Steven McKern, Lavena McKeehan, Vanita Underwood, Elizabeth Orwig, Harriet Orwig, Leon Oehler, Eula Waughop, Nadine Lagle, Gladys Cummins, Helen Elswick, Bertha Whicker, Ivan Kingery, Lavena Kingery, Daphen Pennington, Donis Pennington, Carl Bivin, Joy Cousins, Marie Callen, Everett Morris, Pauline Laws, Marvin Gardner, Rex Firkins, Dayton Dotson, Charles Enos Hiatt, John Smith, Leila Day, Beulah Bishop, Harriet Lee Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ward
Bernadine Bishop
Wilma Simmons
Laura Jean Gebler
Tuy
Cousins
Violet Morris
Betty Bishop
Lavena McKeehan
Lavens McKeehan
South America
Marvin Gardner
Gladys Cumming
Donald Easter
Dayton Dotson
Bartha Whicker
Pauline Lawa
Dapben
Women's Clubs of
Moravia
Jean Shirley Albert
Bobbie Smith
Betty Lou Smith
Donald Elswick
Betty Marie Hiatt
Eugene Wilcox
Marguerite Smith
Laura Jean Oehler
Christine Main
Vilet Morris
Steven McKern
Vanita Underwood
Elizabeth Orwig
Harriet Orwig
Leon Oehler
Eula Waughop
Nadine Lagle
Gladys
Sunday Socials and Opera Outings Share Local Highlights
Mrs Dutch DuVall and children visited the G E Luse home. E F Wilson and family spent Sunday at John Johnson’s. Joe Fletcher and sons Lloyd and Leonard visited his mother. Vivien Wilson attended The Bohemian Girl in Oskaloosa Friday. Clell Davis and family spent Sunday at the G G Davis home. Vivien Wilson visited Curly Cloyed Monday. Laverne Lh and Ruth Johnson with Barbara Burton spent Friday with Cher Dyphon. T J Luse attended Thy Bohemian Girl in Oskaloosa Friday. Ruth Much Long spent Friday with LaVall girls. Delmar Wilson and family, Josephine Foster, Gertrude Green and Evelyn Stober visited John Johnson’s Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch DuVall
G. E. Luse
E. F. Wilson
John Johnson
Joe Fletcher
Lloyd
Leonard
Vivien Wilson
Oskaloosa
Clell Davis
Enon
Laverne Lh
Hone Folk
Ruth Johnson
Barbara Burton
Chere Dyphon
T. J. Luse
Ruth Much
LaVall
Delmar Wilson
Josephine Foster
Gertrude Green
Evelyn Stober
John Johnsay
Robb and family visit Scatterburg weekend
T A Robb and son with family visited Saturday night and Sunday. Raymond Lockman and family plus J W Lockman were Sunday visitors at the W T Irelan home. Mr and Mrs Wm Tomlin and daughter Marie called at the Earl West home Thursday evening. Roy Adams and children were also mentioned. An exchange asks when Chicago will sign the Kellogg peace treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Callen
Mayme
Orval Callen
Berle Beaty
Margeret
D. F. Hiner
Opal
Kenneth Fenton
Millie Chadwick
Guy
Ray
Francis
Russell Argo
Clyde Dicks
Dr. Harris
Mystic
Harry Bressler
T. A. Robb
Tra Robb
Raymond Lockman
J. W. Lockman
W. T. Irelan
Wm. Tomlin
Marie
Earl West
Roy Adams
Funeral notices and family attendance at Winkelman events
The passage records the Winkelman family funeral activities with John Winkelman buried at the school house on Sunday, Henry Winkelman from Missouri attending, and Curtin Tortin visiting relatives for the weekend.
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. H. S. Glass
Nelson’s Shoe Store
West Side Square
Centerville, Iowa
Caz A. G. Broshar
Washington
United States
Congress
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
Althea Green
Mildred McCloud
Marie Oehler
Mary Selby
Dorothy Broshar
Claude Hawk
Underwood
Leona Kaster
Leona Easter
Irene Fix
Glennie Scott
Brveia Lockman
Remington
Fay Selby
Harold Mason
Jan Leona Easter
Ralph Davis
Ertificate
Genevieve Donovan
Helen Dowd
May McDanel
Glen Brown
Marle Oehler
Faye Selby
March Trone Fix
Mareh Leona Kanter
Edward Winkelman
Madge Hough
Wilda Hinte
Jacquelyn Winsler
Charles Reich
Gertrude Utterback
Mildred Smith
Vanice Morris
Roscoe Day
Karl Lynch
Marjorie Morris
Eula Hawk
Lois Davin
Norma Lee Firkins
Nadine Donovan
Harris
Stafford
Arthur Brown
Rosese Day
Cleo Barnes
June Tisue
Lucille Burke
Edna Pfannebecker
Marie Oshter
Clifford McDanel
Rosege Day
Roacoe Day
Carl McCrory
Velda Hirate
Zach
Goldie Hiatt
Mary Keemer
Marie Clark
Clifford McDaniel
Forrest Lagle
Carl Vandrante
George Kingery
Edith Powell
Mandana Jennings
Edna Ffannebecker
Iconium
Harold Huff
Albin
Bert Rinehart
Geo. Hiner
Centerville
Harry Lemaster
Jane Murphy
Tish Murphy
Dr. Moran
Melrose
Frank
Excelator Springs
Fred Hellyer
Luther Caster
Lydia Beaty
Scattersburg
Chicago
A. Diamond BP
Priscilla
W. W. Mann Jeweler
Towa
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