Mo Hawks Tailfeathers Band Auditions At Washington Trip
The Mo Hawks pep band named Tailfeathers includes Mary Rose Main as drum major and several twirlers and players. Members wore blue and white with tail feather emblems. A tryout group from the band also auditioned for an all state band in Des Moines with Delma Veach and Janet Broshar chosen for first bassoon and second horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Black
Virginia Carter
Annabelle Walter
Wayne Wolf
Skip Broshar
Bill Bishop
Delma Veach
Bob Carter
Oneila Whicker
Alberta Rick
Richard Goughnour
Richard Smith
Lois Hiatt
Bill Wetterlind
Phyllis Rabuek
Oneita Whicker
Joan Dille
Joan Callen
Bill Broshar
Janet Broshar
Mary Lou McDonough
Washington
Iown
Des Moines
Delma
Janet
Jack Broshar
all_state orchestra
Georgiana Winslet
George Tracy
Mary Rose Main
Detention System Introduced At School This Year
A new detention system has begun this year. Detention cards list student name detention duration reason location and supervising teacher. Each detention entry records initials and time served. students must return the card to the office after completing detention. Involvement bars participation in sports bands plays until detention is fulfilled.
That Crazy Smith Family junior class play set for December
The junior class play directed by Miss Hockett debuts December 4 in the high school gym. A three act comedy, That Crazy Smith Family, features Ma Smith and Pa Smith with their brood, including Tony the football star and Sally the 17 year old sister, plus a supporting cast and crew list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hockett
Crazy Smith
Ma Smith
Mary Rose Main
Pa Smith
Richard Smith
Tony Smith
Clair McDanel
Betty Smith
Virginia Carter
Buddie Smith
Boyd Paxston
Bella
Phyllis Rabuck
Sally Smith
Alberta Rick
Barbara Wetherby
Tony
Annabelle Walter
Dick Jones
Dick Poster
Stewart Brandon
Paul Spencer
Julie Weston
Georgiana Winster
Gene Gladfelder
Delma Veach
Keith Wood
Mary Teater
Jeraldine Easter
Bob Wilson
Norma Zimmer
Norma Huff
Wilma Overturf
Virginia Hiatt
Shorts of Sports Show Squads in Season Shape
Sports briefs describe both girls and boys squads preparing through conditioning. Girls roster lists seniors through freshmen with multiple named players. boys A squad includes seniors juniors and sophomores with named players. First game set for November 11 at Exline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Kaster
Helen Taylor
Mary Briskey
Rose Kauslarich
Patty Sawyer
Barbara Fenton
Corita Cory
Georgiana Winsler
Wilma Qverturf
Jeraldine Kaster
Virginia Hiatt
Ella Hannam
Lillian Rick
Deena Lee Robinson
Barbara Briskey
Patty Halden
Fern Foster
Phyllia Have
Exline
Senior Class of ’48 Holds Sixth Period Meeting
The Senior Class of 1948 met during sixth period on October 23, 1947 with president Joe Hannam presiding. Arrangements were made for portraits, a date hayride and dance were planned, and a party committee of John Wilson, Ruby Cridlebaugh, Gerald Hannam, and Bernice Van Dorin was appointed. The program committee for the next meeting includes Peggy Hopkins, Theresa McGee, Bill Wetterlind, and David Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hannam
John Wilson
Ruby Cridlebaugh
Gerald Hannam
Bernice van Dorin
Peggy Hopkins
Theresa McGee
Bill Wetterlind
David Thompson
School traffic laws talk at class meeting noted
Sophomore news reports Miss Marilyn Jacobson spoke on school traffic laws during the recent class meeting. A railroad spelling bee was held with boys against girls. The bell rang before completion. American Junior Red Cross funds are now all paid. A prox ta m committee was appointed for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Jacobson
Annihilators Triumph 18-0 Over Bruisters In City Grid Clash
October 20 game between A squad Annihilators and B squad Bruisters began at 12 45 after 12 15 gates opened. Bob Whicker had a key interception set up the opening touchdown. Moravia Football Queen rode in a 1928 wagon during halftime, Leta Stevens driving. Annihilators used reverses to score twice in second half and secure 18-0 final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annihilators
Bruisters
Bob Whicker
Joe Annam
Joe Hayworth
Moravia
Leta Stevens
Moravia Hosts Exline In Season Opener At Moravia Gym
Basketball season opens with practice starting October 20. The first game is November 11 featuring Moravia against Exline in the Moravia gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Moravia Vs
Exline
Nickname Contest Chooses Mohawks In School Vote
Four finalists for the school nickname contest include Mustangs Mo jhawks Hawks and Eagles. Mohawks win the student vote with about two thirds participating and a hawk emblem to be used by the Mohawks in city civic branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustangs
Mojhawks
Mr. Forbes
Hawks
Bill Broshar
Eagles
Jove Hayworth
Mohawks
Centerville
Forbes
Bioshur
Joe Hayworth
Tail Feathers adopted for pep band name change
The Pep Band will be renamed the Tail Feathers to align with the Mohawk name and hawk emblem used at athletic events. The change affects branding at sports contests and related school activities.
Third and Fourth Grades Red Cross Drive Donors Total
A local drive for the Red Cross raised 1.35 dollars from contributors Judy Martin Jackie Cayler Franc is Caster Margaret Condra Billy Duvall Joan Fox Jerry Main Paul Turner Billy Woodward Roy Tubbaugh Maxine Firkins Jerold Luse Jerry Baker Karl LaHue Larry Pfannebecker Joanne Gideon Carol Gordon Ronald Tomlin Also listed as recipients of old storage scores are Richard Wills Carol Gordon Maxine Firkins Billy Woodward Joy Tubbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Martin
Jackie Cayler
Francis Caster
Margaret Condra
Billy Duvall
Joan Fox
Jerry Main
Paul Turner
Billy Woodward
Roy Tubaugh
Maxine Firkins
Jerold Luse
Jerry Baker
Karl LaHue
Larry Pfannebecker
Joanne Gideon
Carol Gordon
Ronald Tomlin
Joy Tue]baugh
George DeMott program entertains audience with juggling balance
The George DeMott program drew a well filled balcony of students last Monday. DeMott balanced a lit kerosene lamp on a stick in his mouth while juggling, assisted by his wife who played match records behind the stage. Miss Hackett plans a pep club to support the Mo.1 Hawks, with about 50 signups hoping for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George DeMott
Cea
Homemaking News Study of Food and Deficiency Diseases
The Homemaking I girls study the source and functions of food in the body and vitamin deficiency diseases. They report a six weeks test with all performing very well.
Homemaking II students finish smocks and skirts
Marilyn Rose led in finishing a wool skirt and smocks in Homemaking II. Doris Callen and Elia Hannam also completed their smocks, while the remaining girls race to finish by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Rose
Doris Callen
Elia Hannam
Fin
Dogs join marching band in humorous school scene encounter
A lighthearted reminiscence from The Spotliht and The Student Prints recounts dogs joining a marching band. Smith and Goughnour discuss starting a hunting club for a dalmatian styled hound amid comic exchanges about keeping a dog at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Goughnour
The Juniors Plan Fundraising For Banquet
The Juniors explain their money-raising efforts aim to fund the Junior-Senior banquet costing about 175 dollars. They note the Class treasury cannot carry funds year to year and mention the Junior play and a box supper as sources. They urge community support.
Junior High Softball Wins and Classroom News
We report two softball games this week with both boys and girls teams winning. Absences affected participation, Phyllis Dudley will move to Centerville Monday, and plans for a ball game next week are discussed. Our class studied health and geography with a cardboard skeleton display and a Nature Study project on pasture lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethe
Phyllis
Sheldon
Red Cross
Dean Braran
Phyllis Dudley
Centerville
Fifth and Sixth Grades Welcome New Pupil Betty Myers
Fifth grade welcomes Betty Myers as a new pupil, bringing the Present emollient Op to 27 pupils. The boys and Rids Went down to defeat in the softball Kanes with the seventh and eighth grade upils. We have the spirit and the Feterwimdon to win, which means much toward the suttess of & bal loon. We have 10 meet them again in another time. iY Sbpreciare having Mrs. jCandra, Mrs. Wulf, My Broshar, and Mrs. Cottingham, we Loste us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Myers
jCandra
Wulf
My Broshar
Cottingham
First and Second Grades Verseck Svores Recipients
Second grade pupils who received verseck svores in shelling are Carolyn Lurber Carol Ann Main Rey Van Devin Bobbie ward Joules Gideon Cutle Lee Day Billi Bourn Yvonne Gardner Arty Martin Ayery Backallow Gary Pfannchecker Jiniy wa Ruby Selaifuer Jon deste tid May Bailey Vi who received rae sestling Torth Wood el Unauly Main Carol Lee fins Girdher aid Larry Martin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verseck Svores
Carolyn Lurber
Carol Ann Main
Rey van Devin
Bobbie Ward
Joules
Gideon Cutle Lee Day
Billi Bourn
Yvonne Gardner
Arty Martin
Ayery Backallow
Gary Pfannchecker
Jiniywa
Ruby Selaifuer
Jon Deste
Tid May Bailey
Rae Sestling
Torth Wood ¥el
Unauly Main
Carol Lee Fins
Girdher Aid
Larry Martin
Athletic rosters tease names for season ending
A scanned list of athlete partnerships and expected participants includes many pairings such as Jack Baldwin and Gerald Hannam, JoEllen Broshar and Joann Walker, and Dick Brown with Bob Whicker. The note mentions awaiting the season’s end before finalizing names, with multiple other pairs and individuals cited across teams and events.
Brain Teasers From Moron University Column
Moron University humor column presents quirky questions and misdirections about IQ tests and sanity. Readers are told the answers lie at the bottom, while a spoof scoring scheme pokes fun at abnormal results and a fabricated 15th century ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinkum Smith
Moron University
England
Canary Islands
Paraguay
Brown
Jones
Jonas
South Africa
George Washington
Wake Up and Live on the Will to Fail
A motivational message challenges the reader about embracing a failure mindset. It contrasts wasted effort with the discipline of completing homework, urging action over excuses. The piece promotes a mindset shift, insisting one must act as if failure is impossible to achieve genuine progress.
Wake Up and Live Quote from The Courier
The Courier from Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington DC asserts that acting as if success is inevitable changes behavior and outcomes. It encourages a mindset of failure impossibility to boost motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Courier
Calvin Coolidge High
Do Nothing Students Critiqued in School Column
A school column laments a group labeled do nothing students and urges readers to assess their own effort. It calls out teasing remarks aimed at performers and athletes, noting pride in achievement while urging responsibility and self-improvement.
High School Prankster Aims To Deter Classmates At Corvallis
Corvallis High School in Corvallis Ore reports a student dubbed High-0-Scope engages in a string of minor disruptive acts. He closes lockers after peers leave them ajar and flaunts a top test score while others lag behind. He discusses classmates troubles, interrupts conversations, and asks to copy work, prompting concern among students and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis High School
Corvallie
Ore
Teacher Keeps Student After School Policy Prompts Claim
A Toronto High School report notes a teacher warning a junior student about after school detention. The student cheerfully accepts the consequence while declaring the town believes they are dating. The piece captures school life in Toronto South Dakota.
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M. H. S. Scribbler
Scribbler Staff
Richard McDan
Mary Rose Mai Delma Veach
Dean Tomlin
Footorea
Gsix
Tomlin
Lillian
Johnson
Margaret
Tadlock
Basil
Broshar
Jack
Tracy
George
Richard
Immer
Norma
Rabuck
Rick
Alberta
Halden
Patricia
Bruce
Pete
Overturf
Verna
Vance
DaVonna
Fisher
Mary Louise
Steffan
Briskey
Mary Margaret
RS iFaber
Bruce Wilson
Betty
Bill
Harris
DuVall
Freddie
Moravia Mattress Co
Henry Surber
Perry Radiator Shop
Lacey Morrison
North 12Th St
DR. EN
Catterlin Optometrist
Continental Hotel
E. State St
L. P. Clow
Centerville, Iowa
Albia Electric CO
N. W. Corner
Albia
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Osteopathic
A&p
N. Side Sq
Iowa
J.B. Judge
Chiropractor
Clark Hotel
Abis Et Dl
Moravian Union
DEPY
Briggs Motor Co
Iowa Highway 60
Alerton
Whicker
Chebubar
Name Gladielder
Ruby Harris McCrory Sears _Rose
Broshar I
Chebubar Smith Hannay
Paxston
McDanel
Travy Broshar Svieszinski
The
Moravia Union
Caroline High School
Denton, Md
Irene
Weehawken High School
Weehawken, N. J
Junior High News
Jack Baldwin
JoEllen Broshar
Joann Walker
Dick Brown
Dorothy Brown
Beverly Callen
Rex Derby
Rob Espy
Eeul Dicks
Doris Elison
Dee Fenton
Margaret Johnson
Paul Fenton
Bonnie Frame
Kester Gladfelder
Gene Main
Tean Hammond
Roberta Tarr
Sracie Hannam
Phyillis Kaster
Sheila Hannam
Olive Tait
Lois Hawk
Betty Wilson
Billy Jones
Dale Laws
Phyllis Laws
Ronald McDanel
James Main
Velma Overturf
Rose Kauzlatch
Tanella Reid
Bernice van Dor
Gerald Rinehart
Attehard Goughnour
Verna Rouse
Lillian Tomlin
James Sawyer
Laverne McDanel
Charlotte Scott
Dorothy Casebolt
Deanie Tisue
Charles Wakefield
Basil Tadlock
Wake UP
MHS
Do-Nothings
Viking Hi-Lite
Toronto High School
Toronto
S. Dak
Cummings
Oregon Trail
Rita Hayworth
Larry Parks
Bing Crosby
Barry
Fitzgerald Joan Caulfield
Mediu
James Gavronsky
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