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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1966
Page
2
The piece recaps the Aladdin lamp story and argues the true power lies in education. It frames learning as lasting wealth beyond wealth and urges readers to make wisdom their wish. The lamp is a metaphor for knowledge. each person is their own magic lamp ready to inspire action.
Fashion notes highlight new sweater styles for kids and borrowed-from-the-boys looks. Soft wool pullovers pair with plaid skirts and belts, while doll puff sleeves and boy-inspired details appear on coats and shirts.
Moravia High welcomes sophomore Sara Hersey daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas D Hersey. Born August 26, 1951, she is 15 years old. She has light brown hair hazel eyes and stands 5 feet 3 inches tall.
Sara recalls a well organized Mora High School with friendly students and engaging teachers after transferring from Grand Valley. She lists courses English II world history biology geometry and vocal music while sharing hobbies reading and sewing. Her preferred foods include steak and her favorite car is the Rambler. She detests apathy and lack of team spirit in sports.
In boys P E the class formed eight player teams and named captains usually quarterbacks. Any student could catch a pass and the defense would expect a big receiver, yet a small player often surprises. Ronnie Self scored on a kickoff interception return for the skins and David Spilman caught a pass for a touchdown for the shirts. David, a freshman and one of the smaller players, added a second TD.
The article explains Chaucer as the author of the Canterbury Tales and notes the tales arose from a pilgrimage with thirty travelers. Each person told four stories, with the best storyteller earning a free meal. Only twenty four tales finished at Chaucer's death. the remaining ninety six are described as mysteries.
A new chapter covers trigonometric functions for angles of any size using all four quadrants. It defines abscissa and ordinate as the axis distances, origin as the intersection, radius vector as the line from origin, and reference triangle for defining six trigonometric functions.
The Moravia High School community greets Mr. Ralph Gongale, new Spanish teacher in his first year. Born March 17, 1918, he hails from Taylor Springs Illinois and studied at Dowling High Des Moines and Mexico City College. He speaks several languages and has 12 years abroad. his travel interest and service in 1954 are noted. students praise him as Wunderkar a German word for wonderful.
The freshman algebra class studied multiplication subtraction addition and division of Aaten saaavunD. They learned true and false statements of equations and inequalities. A chapter test was taken last week. Nancy Leffler.
In an economics class students explore the meaning of consumption as using goods and services to satisfy needs. They also study budgets and the importance of conserving money and will prepare a sample budget led by Dave Phillips.
Carolyn Cooper, born June 24, 1952 in Monmouth Illinois, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs D E Cooper. She is 5 ft 4 in, weighs 145 lbs with brown hair and brown eyes. Her favorite subject is Algebra 1 and her teacher is listed as all of them. She has a car labeled as all of them and none of the listed foods movies or pets. Her pet peeve and opinions about high school are noted, mentioning it feels different and easier.
This record lists Nicky Dicks born September 12, 1952 in Centerville Iowa weighing 115 pounds. Parents are Paul and Phyllis Dicks. It notes preferences such as fried chicken and the movie Mysterious Island. Gary Tisue is mentioned as pestering. Opinion of high school is stated as OK.
Jonnie Eugene Fetters, born June 23 1951, is the son of Everett and Joann Fetters. He stands 5 ft 5 in and weighs 130 lbs. He is described as a math student taught by Mr Hostetler, with a Chevy as a car, no particular food, and favorite songs and movies listed as I like several. He comments that high school is a lot easier than grade school.
Mrs Dick lows and Truxton Dicks hosted visits with neighbors on Wednesday and Thursday, corn chopping helped by Truxton, and dinner prepared by Glennie while Josephine cared for Judy Guinn in Ft Madison. Attendees included Merle and Truxton Dick families, Russell Brown, Jimmie Sheldon, and Wayne Christy clan. Pearl Free visited Wayne Thompson’s daughter.
Dixie Davis and Ralph Davis share Centerville Iowa origins with Dixie born December 16 1951. They list brown eyes pizza Tickle Me and the song Born a Woman as favorites. They dislike people who act superior and express a positive view of high school plus patronize UNION Advertisers.
Franklin Rinehart visited the Ray Rinehart home Saturday. Centerville social activity included numerous Sunday dinners and visits among the Dicks Brown Christy Derby and Moore families, with several households hosting guests for Constance birthday and other gatherings. Several trips and overnights were noted, including a ten day tour to Minnesota and Michigan by Edith Callen and relatives.
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