Expert Says Comic Influence Bad for Children
Time magazine review cites Gershon Legman and Dr Frederic Wertham alleging comic books instigate juvenile violence. The piece notes vast circulation and per child exposure while acknowledging some redeeming historical and literary comics. It urges parents to inspect their children’s reading.
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Pella Chronicle
Time News Magazine
Gershon Legman
New York
Legman
Leopold-l Loeb
Fire Bill Highlights Rising U S Losses in 1947
A 1947 national fire bill shows $692.635 million in direct losses mainly from housing and manufactured goods, with fires occurring every 38 seconds and a death every 50 minutes. The piece urges prevention and safety measures for households and communities.
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United States
Monticello
Monti High Students Take 1 Q Intelligence Tests
On March 18 Monti High students in grades 7 10 11 and 12 sat for 1 Q intelligence tests. Teachers instructed the eighty questions with a thirty minute limit prompting groans and anxious glances as pupils finished and assessed their effort and results.
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Monti High
Third Grade Program Delights Mothers in Auditorium
Grade News reports a Friday program by Miss Groteboer’s third graders with Janet Tuetken as mistress of ceremonies. Health plays Hunting for a Home and Going to Market were presented, followed by songs and poems performed by Wilma Cox Janice Kuhns Lois Harrs Judy Sutherland Berneda Hansen.
TAB Book Selections Highlight Classics and Mysteries
The TAB list includes Sea of Grass by Conrad Richter set in New Mexico with Jim Brewton defending land for cattle, and Carry On Jeeves with Bertie Wooster. It features The Pocket Book of Gross Stories edited by P V D Stern, A Pinch of Poison by Frances and Richard Lockridge, How Green Was My Valley winner of the National Book Award, and Welch culture alongside Poe and Kipling titles.
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P. V. D. Stern
Alexander Woollcott
Rudyard Kipling
Hugh Walpole
Edith Wharton
Algernon Blackwood
Edgar Allen Poe
Frances
Richard Lockridge
Pam
Jerry North
T.A.B. News
New Yorker
P. G. Wodehouse
Jeeves
Bertie Wooster
Green
Wales
Huw Morgan
Fifth Grade Recorder is Monticello’s new student paper
Monticello’s Mrs. Coyle’s fourth graders publish The Fifth Grade Recorder selling 226 copies weekly at a penny each and 161 subscriptions at 25 cents annually, earning $45.27 to fund room needs and events. Editors are Carl Egger and Sharon Freese.
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Philomonte
Monticello
Carl Egger
Sharon Freese
Censorer
Judy Podhaski
James Davidson
Jane Hayden
Carol Leytem
Ronald Stahlberg
Donna Harris
First Grade Circus Delights Monticello School Audience
The first grade circus at Monticello High School Auditorium on March 23 featured ring master Ronnie Long, clowns Lyle Simmons and Jimmie Maurice, singer Suellen Shoop, and a counted elephant the dancing old gray mare a bear a monkey and a tiger. Spectators included parents grade students and Sacred Heart guests.
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Monticello
Ronnie Long
Lyle Simmons
Jimmie Maurice
Suellen Shoop
Cram
Sacred Heart
Shover
Music Departments Readying For Local Contests
Vocal and instrumental departments prepare for contests with finals in Monticello on April 3 for small groups and solos and April 10 in Anamosa for large groups. Names cover solos and ensembles across vocal ranges and brass, woodwind, and drum sections.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Marjory Suett
Patty Podhaski
Joanne Wright
Loren Hayes
Jim Robinson
Karl
Phyllis Cox
Lyle Behrends
Bob First
Marvin Jacobs
Betty Lou Bebee
Shirley McCurdy
Minnie Otten
Mary Alice Wilcox
Paul Schneider
Paul Grossheim
Don Martin
Marjorie Paulsen
Doris Zimmerman
Clara Kehren
Roma Hoult
Nancy Schneider
Anna Diers
Miriam Young
Beverly Hanken
Karl Behrends
Brass
High School Girls Play With Mechanical Toys
The article notes a shift in school behavior as seventh graders bring new toys into the halls. It highlights Dorothy Behrends’ mechanical teddy bear causing injuries among students, with girls now enjoying the toys rather than fearing them.
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Dorothy Behrends
FFA Meeting Discusses Local Tournament Plans
The FFA held a meeting on Thursday March 18 in the Ma sonic Temple recreation room to discuss a tournament with nearby schools. Afterward the FFA played a basketball game against the Lovell 4 H boys. The sophomore English class under Mrs Guyan studies lyric poems and finds them challenging.
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F.F.A
Masonic Temple
Monticello
Lovell
Remsen Bowler Nearly Perfect After Wobbling Pin
George Del perdang of Remsen almost rolled a perfect game, starting with a wobbling first frame and finishing with 11 strikes plus a counted twelfth. Separate item notes James Osborne’s past kidnapping and escape, with suspect Claude Wiltrout captured in Sunny side Utah weeks later.
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George Delperdang
Remsen
Mr. Delperdang
Montana
Sheldon
Iowa
James Osborne
Minnesota
Claude Wiltrout
Sunnyside
Utah
Hand Amputated After Saw Accident at Earlham
At Earlham Charles Henry’s right hand was caught in a power saw as a piece of wood moved unexpectedly. The injury required amputation just below the wrist.
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Earlham
Charles Henry
Multiple church services listed for area congregations
Sacred Heart and St. John's churches announce Masses Confessions and schedules. The Methodist Oswald Sandbach and other congregations share Sunday worship times Bible classes youth meetings W.S.C.S sessions and a Grass Root program at Castle Grove with Prairieburg service at 2 pm. All nearby churches extend invitations to worship and attend.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Eugene P. Lorenz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
R. P. Young
Anamosa Reformatory
The
Methodist Church
Oswald Sandbach
W.S.C.S
Castle Grove
Evangelical - Reformed Church
John Baumann
Congregational Christian Church
A.mast
Women's Society
Wayne Zion Ev. Lutheran Church
F. H. Kehren
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
H. A. Diers
American Lutheran Church In
P. Hinrichs
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
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Kenneth Peterson
Davenport
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Edward A. Zirkelbach
Largo
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Handel
Sullivan
Peterson
Melotte
Jack Naylor
John Paulsen
Howard Zirkelbach
Paul E. Paulsen
Kenneth Petersen
William Grossheim
Paul
A. Mast
Charles Nelson
R. P. Clark
Edna Ladehoff
Alva Zimmerman
A. A. Oltman
Richard Hanken
Ruth Lange
Lucille Bartels
Glenn Cass
George Kuehl
Elkader
Everett Wilson
Maquoketa
Darvin Harderson
Cedar Rapids
Donald Grom
Colesburg
S. G. Thompson
Truman Stanton
Charlotte Clark
Howard Leech
Gladys McNeilly
Peter Prahm
Center Junction
John Stanton
Donald Morton
John McNeilly
Mount Vernon
Ruth McNeilly
Iowa City
Henry Lorenzen
Lloyd
Wyoming
Miss Nicoll
Mr. Stumbaugh
Mr. Henrys
Mr. Henry
I.Q
Speed Demons
William J
Grossheim
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Prairieburg
Monticello and
Jones County
Charures A. Doe
Bronticello Reprees
Eee
Assoc National Tecstorial
Bureau of Reterations
Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Illinois
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubucne
E. H. Huibregtse
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Fisher
Pea Gev
Atre
Matthiessen Auto & Supply CO
Une Aia
Goodyear Auto Tires
SIOUX
Freese
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