Moravia school notes and November Teen of the Month
Scribbler News covers Moravia Community School activities, a Time for Giving Thanks editorial urging gratitude and aid for others, and profiles Gary Argo named November Teen of the Month. Gary is a Moravia High senior active in football basketball baseball track FTA and FFA, with hobbies of hunting and horseback riding.
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Scribbler
Moravia
Gary Argo
Centerville
Guy Argo
Dean
Gary
Big Peeve
Marie
Scribbler Meeting Defines Student Subject Drawing
The Scribbler held its regular monthly meeting on Monday November 11 with 42 members present. Sponsor Mrs Hayden introduced a new system allowing students to draw their writing subjects and choose topics directly.
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Scribbler
Hayden
Scribbler year introduces new writing plan ideas
Students are to write about topics in class and may consult the teacher on current work. A shift to longer monthly articles is proposed, with one piece per month covering the subject thoroughly. Varied writing approaches were discussed, with inverted pyramid chosen as most suitable. The Scribbler aims to benefit from these changes, notes Jewell Walker.
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Jewell Walker
Vocational Ag III Students Build Farm Equipment
Vocational Ag III class for junior and senior boys completed six weeks of carpentry and welding projects. Students like Chuck Moore and Gary Argo built a 10 foot feed bank, while Bruce Bardwell, Roger Zintz, and Dean Tomlin worked on a self feeding sheep feeder, car ramps, and a 10 foot Vday feeder. Other members produced stock items for Turner & Son including feed banks, hay feeders, and loading chutes under farm project guidance.
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Turner & Son
Sara Hersey
Bulletin Boards Highlight Education Week At MHS
National Education Week featured classroom bulletin boards at MHS. In English, two boards showed sentence types and curiosity prompts. Home Economics displayed personality traits while Driver Education warned about safe braking and stopping for oncoming traffic.
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MHS
Donna Hawk
Moravia Hs Names New Teacher Mrs Mae Jahr
Mrs Mae Jahr joins Moravia High School as a new math and general education teacher. Born in Wapello Town she earned BA and MA degrees after studying at Monmouth Illinois. She previously taught math and Latin in Galesburg Illinois and now teaches Algebra I II geometry and general math at Moravia. She has a son and a grandson in Ames and expresses liking for Moravia. Janice Grinstead
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Moravia High School
Mae Jahr
Meet the Freshmen Deborah Hopkins
Deborah Lyon Hopkins, born August 10, 1954 in Centerville Iowa, is introduced as a new student in this note. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs Robt Hopkins.
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Deborah Lyon Hopkins
Paeas
Mrs. Robft Hopkins
Centerville
Iowa
Local Happenings Around Unionville and Moravia
Weekend gatherings include Judy and Vicky Lockman with grandparents in Unionville and visits by Mrs Erec Main and Mrs Helma Tiswe. Visitors from Germany arrive in Moravia as the family relocates. Numerous local residents host and attend farm sales, dinners, birthday parties, and community open houses across Unionville Moravia and surrounding areas.
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Judy
Vicky Lockman
John Romans
Unionville
Erec Main
Helma Tiswe
Mr. Main
Grant Tadlock
Profile of a High School Student and Preferences
A brief student portrait lists height five feet six inches weight 113 pounds dirty blonde hair blue eyes and mentions an instructor Mrs Hayden. It notes car size XL favorite food tenderloin and French toast a song Honey a movie For the Love of Ivy and a pet peeve about kids who destroy property. The student odds their opinion of high school as all right, I guess.
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Pag
Hayden
Ivy
Getting Acquainted Highlights from a Student Profile
A fragmented school profile lists names James Gillen and Danny Hoffman with details on hobbies foods songs films and family. It notes birth date August 19 1854 height 5 2 and eye hair color and opinions on high school and manners, though many items are garbled.
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Danny Hoffman
Jack Hoffman
Centerville
Iowa
B. Opiniga
Burkland Family News From Centerville to Dallas
Mrs. Howard Burkland and family visit Dallas for several days with son Wayne and his family. Friends and relatives including Mrs. Albert Burkland, Mrs. Letha Morris, Mary Weilbrainer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doud, Mrs. Marshall Hedgecock, and the Udell Helping Neighbors club are mentioned in a series of Sunday visits and gatherings across Centerville Grinnell Moulton and nearby households.
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Carl Weber
Wayne
Dallas
Texas
Albert ‘Burkland
Letha Morris
Centerville
Mary Weilbrainer
Robert Doud
Bobbie
Grinnell
Harry Jennings
Marshall Hedgecock
Howard Burkland
Lester Gorden
Agnes and
Gorden Burkland
Burkland
Udell Helping Neighbors Club
Ald
Glen Gravitt
Lillian Sprouse
Purvis Hedgecock
Agnes Burkland
Henry Benz
Moulton
New Hope by Gladys nee New Hope by Gladys nee
Ernest West entered Monroe County hospital Saturday night for appendectomy. Mr and Mrs Cecil Schrodt and Mr and Mrs Ivan Harsh visited Mount Ayr, with others joining Jay Wilsons birthdays. Carson Miller and David Ewing visited for a birthday. Kenneth Free visited Paul Stewart in Muscatine. Clelia returned home Tuesday afternoon. Nadine Wood spent time with Genevie Kaling and Bessie Donovan. Junior Donovan.
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Ivan Harn
Corona del Mar
Calif
Forrest Main
Luther Caster
Monroe
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Ronald Repp
Germany
Moravia
Jack Hayes
Lester Proctor
Blakesburg
Zita Taylor
Cecil Schrodt
Frances Burton
Mae McDonald
Mintia Shoemaker
Nelson Ballanger
Jack
Carson Miller
David Ewing
Unionville
Gary Henshaw
Max
Moulton
Clarence Ballanger
Teri
Ben Thomas
Olin Foster
Rex Foster
Rex
Miller- Wehrle Funeral Home
Nora Gladfelder
David
Danny Hatfield
Jimmie Hatfield
Ernest West
Monroe County Hospital
Ivan Harsh
Ivan Shields
Mount Ayr
Trenton Wilson
Junior White
Janice
Terry
R. C. Wilson
Jay Wilson
Jay
Jackie Ballanger
Kenneth Free
Paul Stewart
Muscatine
Clelia
Nadine Wood
Genevie Kaling
Bessie Donovan
Junior Donovan
Local Social Roundups with Family Visits Mentioned
The report notes Cindy spending Friday evening with them and a family gathering Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mobley. Jerold Ballanger was listed as spending Monday with unknown details.
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Cindy
Nelson Ballanger
Lloyd Mobley
Jerold Ballanger
Evening with Bobby Robinson and guests at Kalvig home
Mrs Ida Griffin Mrs Nina Faber Mrs Rose Faber Connie Marie and Mrs Nancy Klampe spent Thursday with Genevie Kalvig and Bessie Donovan in a social gathering at the Kalvig residence.
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Bobby Robinson
Ida Griffin
Nina Faber
Rose Faber
Connie Marie
Nancy Klampe
Genevie Kalvig
Bessie Donovan
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