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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1953
Page
2
Journal page lists staff names and bylined students across grades and classes. It mentions activities and job plans for seniors and juniors, with casual notes about friendships, rumors, and classroom conversations in Centerville.
Junior High students will travel Friday May 8 to Des Moines for a planned trip. Because eighth grade exams fall May 1, seventh graders were dismissed that day. The week also included library and textbook inventories. Wayne Lindley returns after two weeks away due to appendectomy, and Yvonne Gardner and Dennis Kelley resume after illness. Repeater students Colleen Fenton and Lanie Sawvel also noted.
Student notes from a high school desk recount disruptions from a senior trip. Mentions pets in lockers, a May 14 picnic and movie plans, food committee members, and various class activities. Reports measles affecting attendance and a car motor issue.
Sunday dinner guests included Mrs. John Foster and many Luse and Gladfelder families from Center ville and nearby towns. Numerous gatherings occupied afternoons and evenings at Dowd, Foster, McDanel, Gladfelder, and Tomlin households with church visits and Purday and Mothers Day activities noted.
Mrs. Edd Paints and family enjoyed Mothers Day with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crandall hosted relatives. Mrs. Wilma Whicker On Ella, and Mrs. Max Whicker with baby attended a Marilyn Espy bridal shower at Betty Johnson's. Bob Evans and baby visited the Bill Long family on Sunday.
Sharon OConner spent Saturday and Saturday night with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank OConner. Theo Miller and Mrs. Van Lemaster visited Newton relatives Friday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Miller and family. Susan Carol returned from Iowa City for the weekend. Charlene Burns had an appendectomy at St Josephs hospital Centerville last Tuesday and came home Friday. Several households host callers Sunday and Sunday evening. Others visited, dined, or traveled to nearby homes and Hillcrest cemetery. Measles recovery noted for Nancy. Gerald Mikels returns from Camp Carson Colorado.
A new feature called Mic ro-Rama promises three dimensional color photos printed on a magazine page. The feature is described as exciting and easy to use, with vivid natural color and no special classes required for readers. It is advertised in American Weekly with Sunday Chicago American.
The Union offers sale bill printing and advertising to reach wide territory and attract a large crowd for a successful public sale.
Local residents and families share social visits and weekend gatherings across Davenport Davenport Des Moines Pella Pleasant Hill Shanghai and Des Moines area. Hosts include Dell Hellyer Clarence Whitehead Robert Jennings and others with dinners at Teonium school and Shanghai schoolhouse gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Bert Rinehart and Mary Lou and Mr and Mrs Gerald Rinehart were at George Hin.
A quirky note praises Judy using an electric range for cake icing and baking. It highlights even heat, no need for a double boiler, and easy cleanup with no scorching. The piece touts BP Electric cooking as fast and clean, with excited tone.
Visitors and families were noted at multiple homes Sunday and over the weekend. Names include Harry Wayes Ira Stevens Ernest Reems Gerald Rinehart Glen Overturf Harold Dean True Kim DeWitt Chaunce Cole George Harren Jack Penfield Aubrey and Jerold Fenfehinit with various hosts across Ottumwa Persia and surrounding homes.
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