Moravia High Band’s 1956 57 Busy Parade Year
The Moravia band details a hectic season with parades in Lancaster Centerville Moulton Jamboree Kirksville and Mount Pleasant. They earned a No II rating at the State Marching Contest and No T1 at the State Music Contest, benefited from pancake day, paid expenses, and thanks to chaperones and chocolate sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Lancaster
Missouri
Bloomfield
Centerville
Moravia Band
Moulton
Kirksville
KSTC
Mount Pleasant
Towa
Molly’s
Ottumwa
Monroe
Eighth Grade Class Trip Visits Factories in Fort Madison
Eighth grade students toured Mid-West Wax Paper Co and Crandon Paper Mill to see waxed wrappers and log processing. They met Mr. Patterson of the Chamber of Commerce, observed Shaeffer Pen Co operations, and viewed a gold bar used for pen plating valued at $900. They learned about gold dust savings and crossed into Illinois before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Madison
Mid-West
State Penitentiary
Shhaeffer Pen Company
Shaeffer
Illinois
Keokuk
Calendar of Events May 16 and 17 school activities
May 16 Grades Field Day from 12 45 to 3 30 pm. May 17 4 5 6 Grade Trip. May 24 School is out.
School notices and student updates from second grade
Richard Mosley leads outside reading with most books read. Lois Callen missed a week due to mumps. The class displays include honey bees snakes luna moth toad and crayfish. The room blooms with tulips lilacs and wildflowers as the term ends and students push to finish before summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mosley
Lois Callen
Kindergarten News and Class Notices
Two groups completed Alice and Jerry pre primer tests as the class enjoys Animals From All Over The World. Kenneth Underwood suffered mumps. Recent visitors included Mrs Joe Wilson and families, Mrs Verner Hawk and Mary, Mrs Don Tscherter, Donna and Nancy Sue, Mrs Ruby Davis and David, Mrs Russell Kelly and Judy, Mrs John Robison, Sharon Cleaver and Dale Lindley, who celebrated sixth birthdays with candy bars and balloons. Roger Dean Tscherter treated the class to candy bars. his birthday is in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice and Jerry
Wayne
Kenneth Underwood
Joe Wilson
Danny
Nancy
Verner Hawk
Mary
Don Tscherter
Donna
Nancy Sue
Ruby Davis
David
Russell Kelly
Judy
John Robison
Sharon Cleaver
Dale Lindley
Roger Dean Tscherter
Fourth Grade News Highlights Bird Hobbies and Posters
The fourth grade is busy with reviews and tests while some students work on bird hobbies. A bird poster and Poppy posters with American Legion Auxiliary appear in class. Subscriptions tally at 16, yielding a What's Next book. Visitors included Mrs Lathen and Mark, Mrs Daniels, and Mrs Kelly with Judy. Janice McDonough led reading with 57, near a 60 perfect score.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Third Grade Travels From Classroom to Wild Places
Third grade students recount classroom travel to mountains, coast, Texas cowboy country, and north woods while studying maps. They learn about wildflowers and seed production, noting the harm of picking plants. Butch Martin brings a bull snake and Sharon offers a toad to illustrate friendly farm animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Ocean Shore
Texas
North Woods
Lakes
Butch Martin
Sharon
Fifth Grade Journal: Food Units and Clean Up Day
Fifth graders describe science foods unit and plants source of all food. They mention Poppy poster plans and a Wednesday inventory with book case cleaning. Iowa history interest centers on Black Hawk War and Keokuk. They finish The Haunted Attic and start a Roy Rogers book. Tuesday afternoon cleanup moved boards and papers to be burned.
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Iowa
Keokuk
Sunday Visits and Family Gatherings Around Ottumwa
Sunday dinners and visits linked Wayne Christy Elbert Moore Flo Chambers and others in Ottumwa Des Moines and Des Moines area households. Attendees included Dicks Brown Dunham Me Paninety Callen McAninch and others with a funeral in Des Moines and a 4-H club gathering at Sondra Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Christy
Elbert Moore
Flo Chambers
Ottumwa
Clyde Dicks
Roy Scott
Truxton Dicks
Russell Brown
Richard Dunham
Des Moines
Danny Dunham
Helen
Connie
Max Mepaninety
Lloyd Brown
Mrs
Dick Brown
DeWayne Moore
May
Mary Jo
Darwin Sheldon
Mearl Dicks
Joyce
Elaine Christy
Gilbert Callen
Pleasant Hill Social Notes From Local Families
Pleasant Hill briefs list visits and gatherings among local residents. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Callen hosted and visited friends in Des Moines and near Mora. Janice Moore stayed with Theodore Henderson near Blakesburg and with Jerry Pettibone. others hosted dinners and picnics in Centerville Sharon Bluffs and surrounding communities. Jim McAninech and five men traveled to Washington DC on business returning Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Callen
Bill Wiand
Des Moines
Janice Moore
Theodore Henderson
Blakesburg
Paul Dicks
Clyde Dicks
Vera Moore
Glennie Dicks
Frances Burton
Moravia
Jerry Pettibone
B. F. Allem
Russell Brown
Bob Sciesczinski
DeWayne Moore
Nona Dicks
Addie Sheldon
Jim McAninech
Washington, D. C
E. G. Clayton
Sigourney
Nellie Thompson
Wayne Thompson
Pat Printy
Sharon Bluffs
Mearl Dicks
Earl Swift
Dick Brown
Paul Jordan
Centerville
Bill Moore
Open Letter Urges Youth Center for Community
Annie Kaster advocates creating a youth center to provide teens with weekend activities. Proposes a jukebox for music, table tennis, games, a refreshments bar, and volunteer chaperones, noting teens currently travel to Centerville and Albia for recreation and must host gatherings at homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Albia
Annie Kaster
Hilton Hustlers Hold May Meeting and Demos
The Hilton Hustlers opened at 8 11 pm on Monday May 13 1957 with a pledge to the flag. Twenty members answered roll call and shared their ages and years in club work. Raymond Clark and Albert Turner led a nails pulling demonstration and three tasks followed including Grain Sorghums by Ronnie Kehrberg Insect Pests of Sheep by Kenny Ellison and a final report by David Mur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Hustlers
Raymond Clark
Albert
Turner
Ronnie Kehrberg
Kenny Ellison
David Mur
4 H Club Plans June Ice Cream Social and Tour
Plans for an ice cream social in early June and a 4 H club tour in late June were discussed. Members present included Donald Tibball Carl Rouse Ronnie Van Zante Mark Van Zante Charles Van Zante Mike Lathen Robbie Kehrberg Dean Albertson John Murdy Gary Charity Paul Koffman Gary Rogers Ronnie Kehrberg Albert Turner Raymond Clark Martha Rouse Cary McCoy Kenny Ellison David Murdy and Karl Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Tibball
Carl Rouse
Ronnie van Zante
Mark van Zante
Charles van Zante
Mike Lathen
Robbie Kehrberg
Dean Albertson
John Murdy
Gary Charity
Paul Koffman
Gary Rogers
Ronnie Kehrberg
Albert Turner
Raymond Clark
Martha Rouse
Cary Mce-Coy
Kenny Ellison
David Murdy
Karl Rogers
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.H.S. Scribbler
Bryan Hart Farm Bureau
Sudan
Atlas Sorgo
Milo
Hyline
Goode Seed & Feed Co
Goode Mill & Elevator
Carr's Sewing Machine Co
S. 18Th
Leice
Tals 2Nd Tire
Tus
R Whitewalls
Rond McNally Travelog
Mexico
Truck Tire Headquarters
Firestone
Oehler Bros
Firestone Stores
Pleasant Hill
Dorothy Malone
Cinemascope & Color
Ray Milland
Burt Lancaster
Katharine Hepburn
The
James Dean
Eden
Hilton
Hustlers
H. T
Brownlie
Johnson East
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