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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1964
Page
5
A student reflects on four basic social needs security response recognition and new experience noting life is a series of new experiences. Each day is different and depends on what we want from life. Life is a constant challenge and should be enjoyed rather than boring.
On Monday November 9 the library club met to discuss rules and regulations and to select a treasurer. The group decided to ask the teachers for guidance.
A speaker urges proper library use and warns against abusing privileges while noting Max Hawk was elected treasurer to oversee fines and change needs. The message highlights high circulation with over nine hundred books checked out, praising the library’s helpful and entertaining role. Judy Janssens
A sixth grade class completed a review of pronunciation and spelling for a six-week test and decided to expand learning by exchanging letters with pen pals in Spanish speaking countries to make language study educational and enjoyable.
Dave Phillips describes a public visit to a United States Air Force radar bomb sight at Moulton. The site tested B 52 bomber accuracy using two trains of cars, one with radar equipment and the other as living quarters for about fifty personnel serving forty five days before rotation.
A school history class debates slavery in the South. The piece notes slow cotton work and seed removal, planters selling slaves or freeing some, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin as a turning point. Connie Mullins
In Mias Sherar's Freshmen English, students read You and Your Dictionary and wrote manuscript style theme papers. Debra Walker imagines a green bug and a lion while Joyce McDonough outlines airline stewardess qualifications.
A collage of student quotes reveals teenage views on dating privacy and growing up. The piece depicts boys and girls discussing romance, fear, and social pressures, ending with a declaration that teens seek space and honest connections.
A playful, rhythmic snippet questions a suitor's jealousy and demands. It cheekily contrasts public romance with private feelings, hinting at a show or performance where reactions from a partner are described with light humor. The piece invites attention to a humorous social moment in a dated voice.
Nancy Sue Leffler born at St Joseph Ottumwa to Mr and Mrs Max D Leffler. She is five feet three inches tall and weighs 105 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Engaged in Home Ec General Science Algebra English. Favorite color blue food fried chicken car Ford song Dead Man's Curve film The Devil at 4 o clock. English 1 teacher Mr Armstrong. Pet peeve people not talk about you behind your back.
The Freshmen class finished geology and will study weather next, planning to make their own instruments and predictions. They acknowledge limits in predicting weather and anticipate possible mistakes as they learn.
The calendar lists events from MDTA training at Hotel Fort Des Moines at 9 30 a m on November 20 S C A at 7 30 p m on November 23 FHLA class during seventh period in room 101 on November 24 and Thanksgiving vacation on November 26 27.
The Boys Chorus works on staff notes and pitches from a basic book then moves to regular songs. They sing pieces like Tom Dooley and Good News by the Kingston Trio, aiming for precise diction and a clear town drawl. Gerald Stocker urges effort to finish the year strong.
The class began a Home Ec unit on November 13 about selecting outfits. Students clip color combinations from catalogs to create a color wheel and three mix and match outfits, including a coat shoes and purse, chosen to suit their complexion with noted colors from Jo Ellen Hiatt Linda Arnold Debbie Van Dorin Ann McDonough Judy Stufflebeam and Joyce McDonough selections.
Nancy Crabtree selects medium pink and como blue as her colors. The note contrasts Thagan blue and powder blue with her choice to illustrate how complexions influence color preferences in a third period class. Nancy Crabtree.
The Moravia Chapter of the Future Farmers of America sells Christmas cards and completes farm safety visits while sponsoring another radio program on gun safety over KCOG. Participants include Kenny Van de Pol Donnie Robinson Richard Cloved Larry Proctor and Dean Stocker. A challenge from the Albia FFA invites pest control competition with a chili supper and basketball game for the losers. Queen Ball is set for December 4 with all high school students invited.
Home Ec class freshmen created a babysitting kit with no cost articles and a baby book. Over the next six weeks they will study clothing and related topics, extending their practical learning in childcare.
On November 11 the Future Farmers of America held its monthly meeting led by president David Shelquist. They discussed elevating Green Hands to Chapter Farmers, requiring $50 invested in livestock, meeting leadership ability, and creed recitation, plus pest control and radio program topics, with new member Bill Jones joining alongside Ronnie Boyer.
The lesson introduces subtraction of numbers and letters in sets and explores what subtraction means. It covers the distributive, existence, and uniqueness laws, tying them to prior chapter work. Progress is steady though some parts are challenging, noted by Shirley Helmick.
In Home Ec II the class viewed November issue of Co-ed and each girl presented a report. After the reports two films followed titled Is the Modern Homemaker Really Modern and Personality. The day was spent sewing jumpers.
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