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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1959
Page
5
Moravia's student staff lists editors and assistants as seniors return for final activities. Bennie Tarbell is named junior editor and, for 1960-61, Moravia will have its first male editor in ten years. The senior chapel, junior senior banquet, and prom are mapped for a memorable year.
The article praises cooperation among taxpayers school board faculty and students as key to obtaining a good education. It notes taxpayers fulfilled obligations through funding a new school building and commends the board and faculty for their efforts in maintaining a free education for all.
A diary style calendar lists events from Friday May 15 junior senior banquet and prom to Thursday May 21 senior chapel and Friday May 22 commencement. It notes six poems to find and biographies of 300 to 500 words per writer, while other authors receive 2000 word bios and two poems. Some booklets are ready with original sketches illustrating writers thoughts and one student kept exact time spent on the lyric poetry booklet at 30 hours 25 minutes.
The speaker mentions Jack being smacked and notes difficulty in writing about people. It reflects a casual, conversational tone with asides about personal activities like baking a cake or swimming in a lake. Names are present but no clear event or report is described.
Gossip column notes about theater folks at Lake Tuesday night including two couples waiting in a bus, a death by own action joke, happy reactions to a broken dicta phone, and a quip about illegal wading at night with privacy concerns and drinking bottles of pop.
The first year Algebra class works with radicals and square roots, learning to add subtract divide and multiply radicals. After completing radicals they study quadratics and the reasons to master them. The course also covers the parabola and its relation to moving objects.
Juniors rush to complete contract tasks by composing a group of lyrics and compiling them into a Lyric Poetry Booklet. A list of 16 authors guides the project, with two names to be selected for the final booklet.
The ninth grade English class is swamped with assignments from the Science Reading Laboratory Course, Basic Skills Book, and Essentials in English Studies. The heavy workload has disrupted their schedule and increased study pressure.
At Moravia High School a desk mistake sent 85 dollars into the hall. Secretary Joyce Hiatt led volunteers to recover the cash, discovering 80 dollars remained missing. Meanwhile reports from New York and Denver describe dramatic audition rebukes and a missing spouse moment.
Mrs Tuttle's Civics class studied money origin making printing and lifespans in class discussions. They learned old coins can be valuable as novelties with Civil War dimes valued near two dollars.
Thirty eight Thespians answered roll call on April twenty eight nineteen fifty nine naming a disliked song. Final party plans were made for Lake Wapello on May five. Junior officers were elected: President Bob Harsh Vice Diana Burton Secretary Mary Mosley Treasurer Merrill Coulson Reporter Lee Ann Heckman. A pantomime game after adjournment tied between juniors and seniors Mona Main.
Community activities record visits from Marlene and Jeanne Hawk among freshmen and sophomores, concerts, and Sunday calls at the Doyle McDanel home. A May 18 1909 special election in Moravia plans to decide granting Iowa Southern Utilities a 25 year natural gas franchise with polls at the Community Building basement from 8 am to 8 pm.
A collection of short rhymes features a boy and a dime buying ice cream and claiming it, a housebound speaker cherishing a mail-opening mouse named in verse, and a cautionary couplet about a man named Jack who drives a car on a track and returns alone after a mishap.
Prayer circle met at the home of Mrs. Marve Lockman on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Dallas Faber and others attended the Urbana township Farm Bureau meeting at Ed Robinson’s home Wednesday evening. About thirty adults saw two cancer films with Loren Thompson as a host. Mrs. Faber leads the drive for Enon district. Pam VandePol stayed with Lorain Fowler Tuesday night. Ricky Bentzinger spent Thursday night with Dale Lindley for a birthday observation. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bentziger joined a Sunday school party at the Methodist church Friday evening. The Lochs and Marlene visited the R. S. Faber home over the weekend. the Dallas Faber family also shared Sunday dinner.
The Town of Moravia Iowa grants Iowa Southern Utilities Company a twenty five year franchise to lay pipes and operate a natural gas distribution system in Moravia Appanoose County. The ordinance specifies construction protections and service obligations and calls a May 18 1939 special election for voter approval. Adopted April 14 1959. Town Clerk W H Burton.
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