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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
4
The Moravia Union features weekly student publications from Moravia Public Schools with Ella Jean Woodward and Mary Frances Carter credited among the contributors.
Marching practice starts with a tough workout as the Moravia senior band drills indoors. The group emphasizes fundamentals of rank spacing alignment and uniformity under drum major Helen Felton and director Mrs. Lucille Cleveland while half the regular band enrollments participate.
Wednesday evening the seventh and eighth grades held a surprise farewell for Francis Wren in the gym. The program opened with Marine Hymn on trombone, poems read by Delma Veach Corita Cory and Jack Broshar, then Anchors Aweigh sung by Patty Sawvel Mary Rose Main and Norma Allison with George Tracy on trombone. A short playlet The Goon Wins featured George Tracy Patty Sawver Richard Smith John Hiner Jack Broshar and Mary Rose Main. A memory paper with names was given to Francis, refreshments were served, and the event closed with a stunt. The class has two museum tables displaying souvenirs a writing booklet airplane pictures and current magazines. Patty Sawyer brought drawings by her brother Keith. The seventh grade has been studying and sharing anecdotes in class.
The junior class met Monday for the second time with 30 members. They extend sympathy to Betty Stocker recovering from an appendectomy and note Max Wren has moved to Albia. Donald Paxton joins the pep committee replacing an absentee as the group schedules a party at Yvonne Harrisons home on Oct. 14.
Mark Allen and Ralph Derby repaired a wash basin in the shop. Class members continue making bolts, cold chisels, and punches. They also finished fixing a hitch on the school tractor.
In Like A Lion Out Like A Lamb Moravia beat Exline 8 0 in round one at Unionville. Udell led Moravia late, Dale Laws hit a grand slam with bases loaded two outs to drive in four. Moravia also lost to Unionville 8 9 as Carl Tisue collected a three base hit and two runs. Basketball practice set for Monday Oct 4.
The sophomore girls have canned 42 quarts of tomatoes. They also made a quart of kraut from red cabbage. In class they begin a home furnishing unit and the freshmen study vitamins. The science class experiments with cooking beans to compare salt timing.
The juniors finished their shorthand review and started new books. Typing I pupils took their first speed test on Monday with Maxine Smith scoring highest. Sixty students are in the commercial department. the typing class increases speed focus while the senior back keeping class studies closing statements.
Seniors observe first grade reading under Miss Bower and prepare lesson plans to teach reading, outlining approach and sequence for future instruction.
Fifth and sixth graders collected potted flowers for the windows and noted eight and ten OKs in spelling. Fifth graders studied balanced meals with colored food pictures. Hoyt is ill this week and hoped to return soon. Third and fourth grades report humor at a rock shaped like a V, parent visits, and writing and arithmetic talks with a baseball game using multiplication. Second grade news mentions Bonnie Wren.
The Moravia Taylor township school district, Appanoose County, releases the quarterly financial statement for the period ending Sept 30 1943. It lists balances, receipts, salaries, and warrants for the general fund and school house fund, with disbursements to multiple vendors and a secretary affidavit affirming accuracy.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous individuals across many surnames and initials, resembling a veterans, members, or alumni roster. The text names Navy Fe Fireins and dozens of others including Sufficool, Kenton, Burns, Morris, Main, Easter, Stansberry, Johnson, Boyer, Reich, and many more, with full lines often duplicating initials and surnames. The fragment lacks narrative context but preserves a wide set of personal identifiers and affiliations.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Gladfelder and others spent Sunday at the T. H. Philby home. Clyde Gladfelder hosted visitors while Grover Easter received help picking pears. Families including McDanel, Sufficool, Munn, Bateman, Woodward, and McAninch joined various relatives for Sunday gatherings.
A long list of personnel includes Lloyd Pfannebecker Harold Wagner Ivan Teller Harold Hall Charles Ederd Lampkins Cleon Cordes Kenneth Daniels Dale Caris Paul Wright Boyd Runnels Eddie Pollard Clark McKern Lloyd Foster Joh Tucker Henry D. Serber Max Tiner Roy Adams Ralph Jarvis Don Robinson Neal Brackett Paul Stafford Otis Stafford Robert Burton William F. Ray Jewel Ward John Cg. Lord Marines Max Buckingham John A. Winsler Jr Floyd Runnels Chester Paul McKern A D Cron Gene Judge Lloyd 3J Bennett Carl Luse Maudetta Halden Coast Guard George Vandorin Donald Lockman Troy Lockman Sylvan Vandorin Merchant Marine Junior Stocker Willard Cloyded.
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