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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1952
Page
2
The Moravia Union reports student activity from grades K through six, listing names of pupils with perfect attendance, classroom projects like Indian and Pilgrim scrapbooks, a dog and animal show led by Doctor Ford, and a ventriloquist act. The piece notes clubs, music, visual education, and weekly reader stories with several named students.
Three Negro singers James Grant Lawrence Smith and Barbara Pierson presented a musical assembly for the high school and grade school on Monday November 17 at 9 00. Illness of the bass singer reduced the ensemble to a trio. Lawrence Smith sang Ole One River Because With a Song in My Heart and Lucky Old Sun. Miss Pierson sang I Went To Your Wedding and Short in Bread. As a trio they performed Ezekiel Saw the Wheel The Old Gray Mare Down There Over My Head Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Goodnight Irene.
A prominent assembly was presented on Friday November 14 at 3 00 PM. Doctor Ford opened the program with remarks about his show and its highlights attracting attention from attendees.
The Brass Quartet and the Clarinet Quartet rehearse for a December 1 County Council performance. The concert band grows as new students join, with pep band performing at home games. girls and boys games see varying turnout. The vocal groups refine numbers for the Thespian play, and a trio sang at Monday’s assembly while one member rested. The booming voices sang Irene Goodnight as we note talented students for Girls and Boys Glee Club.
The Junior High notes wrap a dull week with movie outings The Ford Circus and The Harmon iers were seen by pre primary and first graders Peggy Rogers and Mike Martin celebrated sixth birthdays Nov 4 and 5 with small parties. Second graders welcomed Mrs Merv Smith Mrs Virgil Dooley and Mr Ronald Woodward to class.
Norma Louise Cochran born November 2 1935 Plano Iowa. Attended Moravia High School and Hollingsworth Howard grade schools. Blond gray green eyes 5 ft 4 120 lb. Favorite candy Clark bar. Enjoys basketball and bookkeeping. Active in Commercial Club Thespian FHA FFA Scribbler and Annual Staff. Plans to work and marry.
A morning practice session begins after the third period with a light warm up and a 20 lap run. Players then do shooting drills, passing, pivoting and ball handling, using a weighted medicine ball and rotating through circle passing drills under coach Tascell.
The narrative describes basketball practice with medicine balls and standard 7 to 8 pound balls, detailing coach guidance on proper handling and power. It covers drills, scrimmages, free throws, rebounding, and post-practice briefings, highlighting Norma Cochran as the quickest to finish laps.
The campaign ended with a $180 profit. Joan Stevens led with $118 in sales. The Howard Robb team may host a party for Charles Jennings team. Thanks are extended to all who bought magazine subscriptions.
A quirky OCR fragment mixes comic phrases about fatigue, boredom, and a joking take on grammar notes. It mentions teachers, study periods, and playful lines about homework and radio listening, framed like a late 20th century newspaper squib.
Martha Potts a 14 year old with brown hair green eyes attends West Point grade school. She participates in F H A basketball and glee club with hobbies cooking and sewing. Ronnie Tomlin age 13 blond hair blue eyes attends Moravia grade school, stands 5 feet tall, enjoys hunting fishing and activities F F A basketball and baseball. Ramona Cox from Fairview grade school does F H A and basketball, hobbying in dancing and reading.
A fragmented scene from a high school page lists chatter about an open book test rumor and innuendo about students: names like Carol Mitzi Margie Stocker Raymond Cantrell and Shirley R. appear among notes of seniors skipping school and petty social woes. The tone is gossip laden and informal.
A collection of classroom snippets shows students and teachers in chaotic pegs of school life. Jokes recount mixing up calendars, spelling checks, test anxiety, and humorous miscommunications amid a six week period.
The Scribbler notes exams concluded at M. H. 8. with quiet halls as students anticipate Thanksgiving break. Editors tease hunting dogs for news and warn Scribbler will skip a page next week, returning December 11.
Kinser Valley reports Sunday visitors from Des Moines include Arthur Lewis and wife Hughia Lewis and the Kinser and Caster families. Charlie Johnson and wife visited in Kansas City. Albia and Ottumwa trips noted. Snow began Sunday night, more falling. moisture needed for ground, hunting reports and local commerce mentioned.
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