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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1958
Page
2
Notes from a fall meeting include spring softball mentions with Sharon Argo and Karen Boyer, and a claim the basketball season starts October 1. The page also lists song titles and student verses by Jolene VanDorin and Lawrence Walker, plus a short tree poem.
Mrs. Clayworth's eighth graders begin the year by composing poems in reading class. The selections reflect on school life with lines about arithmetic being awful health worse and reading not quite as bad.
Editorials welcome students to a new school year praising familiar faculty and new subjects while acknowledging freshmen’s awkward start. The piece urges balance of learning and laughter, reminding readers to focus on education beyond fun and games.
Fr F A News reports Moravia FFA will enter a float booth and stand at the Fall Festival with Bill Rogers chairing the float Chet Hope chairing the booth and Glen Phillips chairing the stand The chapter also began a sheep chain buying six Corriedale sheep with three given to each of two members Donald West and Jerry Boblenz Freshmen work on the FFA Manual while sophomores review It notes juniors and seniors began shop class on Thursday Bob Harsh
Freshman girls studied grooming with Nancy Ward aiding a shampooing demonstration. After washing, Miss Rinehart demonstrated pin curls guiding the students through styling techniques.
In this first year Home Economics lesson, students bring their own brush and comb to practice brushing and styling hair. They study skin and fingernail care with Miss Rinehart demonstrating facial cleansing on Elaine Free while Carolyn Ver Steegh assists with manicuring. Donna Rae Tubaugh notes encouragement.
Twenty six Scribbler staff members met to discuss content and writing techniques in the book keeping room on Tuesday September 2. They aim to send the Scribbler into orbit with news gossip and jokes and keep typists busy pounding four new handsome typewriters.
Moravia school band starts marching season with cadenced drills and new plumes. They performed at Blakesburg Fall Festival on September 6 alongside Eddyville Moulton and Blakesburg bands. Planned concerts include five shows and a Moravia Fall Festival parade September 11 12 13, plus Pancake Day at Centerville September 25 offering prizes of 75 50 and 25 dollars. Also set to travel with bands from Leon Ottumwa Broomfield and Trenton Mo.
In a summer outdoor activity, fourth graders collected rocks for study. Susie Rushing, Richard Mosley, Barbara Thomas, Minnie Ann Condra, and Jay Rex Smith contributed specimens including quartz, mica, slate, sandstone, marble, flint, and granite. Penny Prough added fossils from Lake Wapello, along with petrified wood and chalk.
A fragment listing fictional TV programs and alleged criminal takeover ideas. It mentions The HiJack Benny Show Beat Up the Clock I Love Luciano Robber Montgomery Presents The Hit and Run Parade The Lawrence Welch Show Thirty Years to Life With Fa ther Whats My Racket Robbing Hood Filatfoot of Scotland Yard Do You Trust Your Moll The Old Man Knows Best Punk to Punk.
The page records numerous Pleasant Hill residents and guests over a period, noting travels to Denver and Derby, family visits, Sunday gatherings, and many dinner and supper hosts. Families mentioned include Brown, Dicks, Metcalfe, Massman, Argo, Callen, McAninch, and several others with friends and relatives visiting in Albia, Des Moines, and Centerville.
Mrs Earl Swift hosts Franklin event as Mr and Mrs Coy Swift join Mr and Mrs Ben Derby at Old Settlers and Threshers gathering with attendees sharing memories and photos.
The Union Office advertises a large variety of napkins in plain pastel colors and designs suitable for gifts showers anniversaries or weddings. Available in gift boxes and suitable for imprinting or plain use.
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