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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
7
Moravia High reports a new silver trophy for Southern Iowa Conference champions and eight total trophies. Assembly windows gain tan blinds to improve appearance and light control. Senior class members featured with brief bios and quotes amid campus notes and gossip column banter.
Iowa citizens after a hard depression in 1935 show broad gains in agriculture industry and daily life. Dr William J Petersen outlines in The Palimpsest how autos tractors radios telephones movies and park attendance rose while beauty schools trained 802 new beauticians and church membership and education advanced across the state.
The text notes that 1010 Iowans were named in a selection for 1924 35, while the state’s population warranted 626. It highlights Iowa citizens earning recognition across music drama literature and art and other human endeavors.
A travel diary entry describes a Kansas drive to Wichita with notes on drought, moisture, and emerging oil booms near Pratt. It recalls visits with the George Main family in Stillwater and Francis Main in Oklahoma, observations of red Oklahoma soil, oil-field activity, and a trip to Oklahoma City and Fort Smith Arkansas. The piece includes a Cedaredge Colorado poem by Leonard Wilson.
A reflective talk contrasts ancient feats with modern speed from radio, air travel, and electric lighting. It recalls Washington crossing the Delaware and Lincoln studies by fireside, noting faster travel dims wisdom, then details a Progressive Club bridge evening hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Don Orelup with seven tables and prize winners. Mary Zerbe visited Centerville.
Mr and Mrs J F Albert visited Centerville on Monday evening where Mrs Albert joined the Ensemble Club meeting hosted at Mrs Fred Rea's home.
Mr and Mrs John Veach visited in Des Moines Thursday and were joined by Mr and Mrs Keith Reich of Des Moines who arrived for a weekend stay with Mrs F A Reich, the mother.
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