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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1968
Page
5
Scribbler notes Moravia Community School readers about the Fall Festival September 12 to 14, Blakesburg Fair September 5 to 7, and Welton Jamboree September 19 to 21. Moravia offers a band concert three nights, a Friday kiddy parade, tractor pull, big Saturday parade, carnival rides games and tents with garden produce and merchant displays.
During the initial days students absorbed proper machine technique and posture, learned the home row, then branched to different fingers and letters. They discovered reading the copy while typing is harder than watching the keyboard.
Jewell Walker notes that careful finger placement on the keyboard reduces mistakes and keeps words on the right keys. With patience and practice the learners expect steadier speed and accuracy despite current slowness.
For first year students shorthand is a brand new language to learn from scratch. Mrs. Bilison introduces symbols and words with the letter, then the full word. Students must recognize brief forms on sight to gain time and profit from shorthand.
This year's cheerleaders were chosen by teachers based on ability. Seniors Karen Martin and Sharon Cleaver. juniors Donna Abee and Sheila Wilson. sophomores Jolly VanBenthuysen and Ruth Steenhoek. Alternates Debbie Tomlin and Mary Hawk. No freshmen tried out. They are ordering new uniforms and prep for the first football game on Friday September 13.
Carolyn Beal, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Beal, born October 26, 1953 in Oskaloosa, height five foot four, 122 pounds with dark brown hair and green eyes. She lists Home Ec as favorite subject, Mr Walker as teacher, Torino as car, pizza as food, and has no stated song or movie preferences. She quips that high school will do until better comes along.
Bill Breeding born May 2 1954 in Centerville Iowa is described as 5 ft 3 in tall and 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He is associated with vocational agriculture and drives a Dodge.
A quirky column riffs on hamburgers and the film Hang Em High while poking fun at pet peeves and a passing opinion of high school as merely okay. The piece blends light humor with casual observations on pop culture and teen life.
A string of local visits and gatherings across Unionville and nearby towns highlights a busy social week. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Theo Miller, Elsie Long, Hilton school attendees, Don Klampes and relatives, Eva Tucker, and others shared meals, church outings, and afternoon visits with friends and family, with several trips to Knoxville and Blakesburg mentioned.
Local families in Salem share visits and daily tasks from fence building to festival attendance. multiple households including Cox, Whitehead, Huff, Jennings, and Gladfelder gather for meals, gatekeeping, and community events amid a week of errands, horse shows, and 4H activities across Moravia Ottumwa Amana and nearby towns.
Mrs Burdett Cox hosts and hosts family and neighbors across Tuesday to Saturday gatherings. Dale and Kevin join visits with Judy, Elaine, and Bill Rogers. trips to Centerville and Marengo occur for doctor and work. Dale celebrates his 12th birthday with cake as Nyle visits Hoffman and neighbors. Bert Drake family visits from Minnesota and California.
Daphne Shepard reports on Sunday school attendance with 13 members and a birthday offering, church shingling planned for Tuesday, and a meal prepared by June Robertson and Gary. Edna Zintz visited Ruth McNair on Monday. Independence Township had 39 votes at Brushy schoolhouse, with high turnout. Lowell Shepard aided Frederick Bear carpenter work. Mr and Mrs Steve Shepard took another week’s vacation and built a garage. Others helping included Merril Shepard, Kenneth and Norris O’Conner, Stanley Shepard. Larry Espy visited grandparents Harold Huff and family. Ora Rinehart family visited son Roger and wife in their new home.
Cedar Rapids trailer traffic and a string of weekend calls highlight a social roundup. George Lain hosts, Daphne Shepard joins Ileta Mihalovich and others. Wendell Shepard visits Kirksville. many neighbors drop by George Lain and Lynn Lemley homes. A June wedding shower at North Bend church honors Virgil Strottmyre and Margaret Tharp.
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