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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1962
Page
6
A fragment list of names followed by a student essay on citizenship underscores duties rights and privileges of being a citizen. The piece questions whether students are good school citizens and urges understanding of government plus willingness to help and pay taxes. It cites Will Rogers on national belonging.
At the District 4 H conference on September 8 the program focused on citizenship through talks demonstrations pantomime skits and discussion groups. A Monday school election drew only 188 votes from 1200 eligible voters, under 12 percent turnout, recalling forefathers fighting for freedom.
Office report notes a sale offering a set of six marking pens in different colors for marking replays or posters priced at $1. The item appears in a small classified-style listing with concise product details.
Students Rose Blumet and Paula Cleaver are profiled with details on hair color eyes height and academic subjects. Rose studies math English and home ec with interest in basketball while Paula covers general science English math and home economics with hobbies in twirling singing and boys.
The typing I class practices key finger placement on the home row and learns to make capitals and spaces. Students show strong interest in typing and often practice at noon or during free time.
The first library meeting of the year was held on September 7 at 12:30 with Karen Warren presiding as vice president. A committee of three was appointed to prepare the library bulletin board, and sponsor Mr Starcevich shared plans for the year before the meeting closed at 12:40.
In its second year, 14 students from seniors to freshmen enroll in Spanish taught by Mr. Holtz. The class focuses on speaking, with pupils learning phrases like Buenos dias and Fue dia de la semana es hoy. Edie Mullins Lila Swift.
On Wednesday September 19 a large group of school students gathered for the first assembly of the year at the high school gym. Captain Paul Dry spoke of his 30 years at sea and his whaling seasons, comparing distant seas from the South Seas to the Arctic. He displayed oceanic exploration gear like the Bathyscaphe and ship models with gyro stabilizers, and explained instruments used by submarines to sail beneath polar ice.
A list of school events in September and October includes the Albia high school accounting forma meeting pancake day no school cheerleaders tryout FT.A. Eldridge salary schedule meeting and S. E. District Convention Ottumwa with no school Oct 1 Civil Defense class and end of first six weeks. Also Captain Dry sails from Japan to India with tales of sea life and a display of seagoing gear leaving readers feeling they crab a sea voyage.
An experimental class in Algebra I studies sets to understand ancient Egyptian and Roman calculation symbols. Students learn unboundedness of numbers, place value, and now introduce sets to connect past and present number systems.
The biology class faced a test on two chapters titled what cells are and what cells do with sixty questions. Topics included diffusion, matter, and oxidation and students found the material very interesting. Union Office napkins offered in plain pastels and patterns.
Mr and Mrs George Burghoffer and Wayne Burghoffer attended the Ottumwa marching band clinic led by Ken Carpenter where many new ideas emerged for bands. Later they attended a Parson College concert featuring the National Woodwind Quintet from Indiana University. The Fall Festival featured glee club performances of American Folk songs with solos by Jeanne Turner La Nita Swift Beverly Strunk and a duet by Jeanne and Marilyn Turner. Diane Kincade and Beck Wilson performed a clarinet duet and Mary Jo Wilson with Donna Rae Kard played a sax duet. The two sextets closed with Blue Moon and You'll Never Walk Alone.
The Moravia band reports a trip to Lancaster Missouri with three bands Kahoka Seymour and Moravia performing in a gym. Kahoka won 100 Seymour 75 Moravia 50. Moravia earned 80 plus a trophy. Next stops include Blakesburg September 15 and Centerville Pan cake Day September 27 with hopes for first place.
The chapter explains why businesses keep records and introduces the balance sheet. It lists assets on the left and liabilities and proprietorship on the right, outlining what the business owns and owes as the foundation for a bookkeeping system.
The passage explains basic bookkeeping steps from journal to ledger. It notes recording balances as permanent records, separating journal entries into ledgers, and tracing income and expenses. It compares bookkeeping stages and comments that while initially easy, the work becomes gradually more complex. Jolene Van Dorin
Social notes list Mrs Kenny Tadlock and Miller households as part of a sequence of evening callers at the Lee Tadlock home. Additional visits include Mrs Nellie Williams’s home on Sunday evening and Mrs Walter Paris with new daughter Malinda Lou in town.
A series of social visits and gatherings fill recent days. Mrs. Arlene Stephenson and children stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Paris. Rev. and Mrs. Ogden called at John Kelly’s. Dennis Kelly and Jeffrey dined there. multiple families and friends visited the Paris and Kelly homes. The Walter-Penfield wedding drew attendees, and the Miller homecoming on Sept 16 brought a large crowd from Ottumwa and neighboring towns to Unionville, with Rev. Swift delivering the afternoon speech.
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