12 Jan 1961
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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1961
Page
1
Friday night ice safety checked by staff and students. A wave of high school rumors follows, naming Gale Marvin and others in romances. Swapped dances and car talk fuel social chatter as teachers mark the Winter Wonderland event.
Attendance was strong for Thursday night’s game as MU teachers once again displayed skill from their school days. Centerville topped MU with Seniors thanking players and student council for a successful event. A Friday ball game was urged for all to attend.
The Winter Wonderland Dance hosted by the Student Council took place on Friday January 6 at 7 30 p m The Valiants supplied music for the event The crowning of the king Gale Marvin and queen Nancy Cox was the main moment Refreshments of cookies and punch were available at intermission Both students and faculty enjoyed the evening
A reader asks how to handle a boyfriend who may be two timing and a freshman asking to date against her mother’s wishes. Phoebe advises first giving him another chance, asking for an apology, and talking with the mother to gain understanding while aiming for trusted limits and timing.
A local basketball event featured KCOG versus faculty games alongside Moulton Udell sixth graders. The youth contests were tight and entertaining with the Moulton Udell boys narrowly defeating the Odell team in both matches. Faculty effort impressed observers as seniors enjoyed a successful fundraiser.
Students cheerfully return to class with holiday tales and begin fundamentals in basketball. Fourth graders join practice as Shelley Singley and Edward Moffett miss due to illness. Lessons cover arithmetic subtraction, moon sun earth science, snowman art, social studies guessing game, blank spelling method, and a blooming Christmas cactus.
The note lists school events for January and February including P T A activities, basketball games at Allerton Blakesburg and Moulton, grade cards going out, assemblies at Udell Fox Valley and Moulton, and games against Cardinal Community and Cincinnati.
The class thanks the mothers for costumes and recounts topics from the current unit. They review basic reader progress, arithmetic on three figure quotients, and social studies on New York City's growth. They explore electricity with an electromagnet project and short circuit demonstrations. Several students earned perfect spelling scores for six weeks.
A senior boy and freshman girl are profiled with detailed personal tastes. The boy, born July 25 1942 in Centerville, stands 5 feet 9 inches, 153 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes, andPrefers blue, coke, fried chicken and apple pie. The girl, 5 foot 3, 115 pounds, born July 3 1946 in Centerville, has blue preferences, drinks water, gum Juicy Fruit, and aims to be a secretary. Both are tied to Centerville and share jokes and mottos as part of a mystery couple feature.
Students return after Christmas break and finish stories in their reader and workbook. They study food origins and transport in health, time zones in science, Quaker settlements in Pennsylvania and middle colonies, arithmetic word problems, spelling with homonyms and silent letters. A list honors students earning A in spelling last week.
The weekly lunch menu lists daily meals across five days. January 16 offers baked beans weiners corn bread butter cabbage and lemon cream pudding with milk. January 17 serves vegetable beef stew celery sticks rice pudding and peanut butter sandwiches. January 18 features turkey sandwiches on bun buttered corn angel cookies and frozen strawberry salad. January 19 presents meat loaf mashed potatoes gravy Harvard beets and peach halves. January 20 includes macaroni and cheese tuna salad sandwiches green beans and mandarin orange salad.
A public notice urges readers to attend church services this Sunday inviting families and friends to join in worship and community activities at local congregations. It emphasizes welcoming newcomers and sharing fellowship.
The Modern Problems Class discusses how leisure activity has shifted from farming communities to urban life. It argues families seek varied hobbies, noting the decline in farming and the need for individuals to pursue interests to renew vigor and enthusiasm.
Thelma Maxine Daugherty, 17, blue eyes and 5 ft 4 in tall, is highlighted with personal preferences including nickname Trouble, favorite male singer Johnny Horton, female singer Connie Francis, actor Rock Hudson, actress Debbie Reynolds, song I'm Sorry, TV program The McCoy Family, movie The Rat Race, radio station KICA, food fried chicken, drink Sundrop, color blue, car Chevy, saying If you can't whip them join them, pet peeve back seat drivers, hobby reading, and ambition to secure a good job.
Sixth grade reviews and tests this week as Thursday ends term three and the first semester. Perfect attendance listed for eight students: Danny Joe Bain, Jack Davis, Cynthia Kirby, Elizabeth McNamar, Barry Morrow, Sharon Moulton, Connie Pace, Jimmy Summers. Last Wednesday January 4 Sharon Moulton had a birthday and treated class to candy bars and bubble gum. they sang Happy Birthday. Read ing book and Basic completed.
The passage lists topics taught in various subjects: Arithmetic adds decimals, Social Studies covers the British Isles, Science studies light, Health explores vitamins, and Language focuses on comparing adjectives. It reflects a typical elementary curriculum.
Mary Pace appears in the Senior Spotlight detailing her brown hair green eyes and height five feet four inches. The 17 year old weighs 145 pounds and lists favorites including Faron Young Connie Francis Clark Gable Elizabeth Taylor Route 66 The Ten Commandments KIOA orange pop green and blue honestly says her pet peeve is people who talk behind her back and she enjoys reading as a pastime with ambition to become a secretary.
The regular meeting of the Happy Helpers 4-H club was called to order by president Patsy O'Donnell. Nine members answered roll call with Favorite Christmas Carol. Seven visitors attended including Sylvia O'Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Deahl, Johnny and Linda Deahl, Joyce Clayworth, and Mrs. Johnson. Minutes from the last meeting were read and approved. Judy Deahl was appointed by.
The Tribune Born in 84 lists Patsy O Donnell ordering song books for a club and reports from an award night and officers training school. Jill Morlan spoke on balance in rooms and Mildred Starcar demonstrated matting and framing pictures. Members presented Christmas centerpieces and refreshments followed.
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