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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
2
The article reflects a busy time at school with many groups planning activities. Mr Guthrey will begin lettering and naming report cards while organizations set monthly meeting plans. Band practices and new uniforms coincide with Fall Festival and Pancake Day preparations as seniors plan graduation photos and the Senior Class Play in October.
The F I L A and the Senior class will run a food stand at the Fall Festival, in front of the Community building as before. Profits will be shared among the three groups. A work schedule is set with most members, their mothers, and sponsors Miss Barrows, Mrs. Tuttle, Mr. Sheldon, and Mr. Guthrey contributing.
The F A girls prepare for a busy year focusing on the Fall Festival float and winning first prize. They plan to publish an article about their entry, decorate the Home Ec room, and pursue the goal Launching Good Citizenship Through Homemaking with democratic elections and strong school representation. Initiation for new members, mostly freshmen, will be planned with mothers invited, continuing last year’s format.
The speech class with seven members practices impromptu self introductions. Each student delivers a brief speech while peers offer comments and the teacher assigns grades.
The Moravia band left at 12 30 pm to reach Moulton in time for the parade. They played Just Because while marching through town and felt proud to represent Moravia in the Jamboree. Moravia residents also look forward to watching the Moulton band visit Moravia.
Miss Barrows teaches this year’s office practice to prepare students for secretary work. The course covers duties beyond typing and dictation, including interviews with secretaries, analysis of job roles, and daily typing to boost speed and accuracy.
Union Office lists white table paper in 36 inch width available by the yard or by the roll.
Moravia schools begin the 1963-64 term August 20 with inservice sessions by Edward Upton and Ruth Gardner, plus Esther Farrow demonstrating reading aids and tape use. Wesley Young led a map and globe workshop while three new staff join and new books and dictionaries arrive for libraries and classrooms.
The first meeting of the Student Council was held at 12:45 on September 9 with temporary chair David Rhee. Linda Davis was elected president. officers include Diane Kincade as vice president Connie Roblenz as secretary and David Shelquist as treasurer. Plans for Homecoming Fall Festival and state convention were discussed and minutes posting was approved. The meeting adjourned at period end.
In P. E. class we learn exercises like grasshopper push-up sit-ups and jumping jacks. We also go outside to play softball or run races under Bud Stocker supervision.
Moravia marching band learned Friday morning of an invitation to attend the Blakesburg Jamboree on Saturday. The bus departed at noon, parade started at 1 PM, and Moravia joined five marching exhibits. The day was hot and tiring, but students enjoyed the experience and invite everyone to the Moravia Fall Festival and preview of new uniforms.
Central officers meet in Knoxville on September 11. Moravia hosts a fall festival September 12 to 14. Fremont baseball on September 12. No school September 13. First round boys sectional baseball September 14. Boys sectional September 16. Seniors sell ads September 17. Field trip to Atlantic September 17. The rest of the text includes unrelated remarks and definitions.
September 12 offers spaghetti and meatballs with greens, lettuce salad, bread, cookies, and milk. September 13 through September 20 list daily menus including beef burgers, bean salads, stews, soups, sausages, salmon loaf, potatoes, bread, desserts, and beverages with notes of cookies and milk.
The room holds twenty five students with fifteen boys and ten girls. Bulletin boards feature September Song theme with reading writing and arithmetic. Other boards display community maps poems and season related pictures. Social studies covers maps keys symbols and directions. Science centers on insect studies with several specimens brought by students. Mrs Horstman fourth grade teacher.
Mrs Dick Bown compiles a village week of visits and dinners. Families including Christy Dicks Callen and Sheldon share evenings and Thursday meals at the Mearl Dicks home while 4 H members attend a district meeting in Albia and graveside services in Ottumwa.
The text lists multiple social visits on Sunday and Monday with households including Ray Rinehart Aubrey Christy Pearl Dicks Claude Hawk Trux ton Dicks Clayton Sheldon Jimmie Argo and Fred Argo, noting guests and hosts across several homes. The fragment suggests a local social page noting weekend visits and evening calls.
Students in Moravia explore personal problems through sociology taught by Mr. Sheldon. They study Understanding Ourselves, heredity versus environment, and how physical needs and emotions shape behavior with vocabulary lists and real life examples to foster discussion.
The poll gathers remarks from several individuals including Mr. Sheldon Mr. Armstrong and Linda Johnson about escalations. Answers range from frequent and playful to rare and educational with several notes about classroom or daily life contexts. Some respondents mention family and school dynamics as triggers for escalated behavior.
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