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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1954
Page
1
Editorial notes that hometown papers preserve a deathless record of community life from marriages births deaths and events. It cites Reese River Reveille in Austin Nevada as a long running example with complete early files dating to territorial days and highlights the local press as a chronicle of a town's history and activity.
The annual preliminary contest was in Anamosa April 2 and 3. The state event will be April 30 and May 1 at Newton with first rating recipients including Sarah Vernon Sales and groups such as Drum Ensemble Brass Quartet Brass Otrintet and Mixed Clarinet Quintet advancing to Newton.
Northwood Anchor columnist Leon Barnes argues that voluntary charitable drives showcase American civic spirit. He contends such efforts reflect free enterprise values and their decline would threaten the system’s vitality.
Letters from Grass Roots Montpelier and Hugo condemn Soviet tactics to sow sectarian distrust in the United States. The Bellingham Herald notes the 1823 Monroe Doctrine precedents and the 20th century Inter-American stance condemning foreign intervention.
The Iowa GOP calendar lists a July 23 state convention in Des Moines with about 3,000 delegates, followed by a 3,000-delegate judicial convention in Fort Dodge on July 30. County conventions July 2 will pick delegates, and one cannot serve at both conventions. Six candidates seek the governor nomination, making a clear primary victory unlikely. Vice President Nixon will headline a statewide centennial dinner April 21 in Des Moines, a $25 per plate fundraiser, marking his first Iowa visit since 1952. The Iowa Temperance League has sent questionnaires to all statewide candidates to gauge positions on liquor legislation and advertising. Robert Kappen was named Iowa’s Outstanding Citizen at a Des Moines ceremony. Federal tax collections in Q1 1954 ranked among the top three quarters on record, totaling about $226,088,850.87, roughly $6.5 million above 1953 and $12 million above 1952.
April birthdays listed with names and dates from Haarlan Hall to Rosalyn Adamson. Included are short notes: a prodding sign outside a Tennessee courthouse, Iowa population figure debates, cornerstone date May 8 for the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, and a ruling that public hospitals cannot bar osteopaths meeting standard medical qualifications.
A plea urges society to donate to Easter Seals to aid crippled children and adults. The appeal emphasizes practical aid over talk and celebrates progress as donations enable rehabilitation and happier lives through charitable work and the Easter Parade.
A Hickory Grove talk extols thrift and will power as key to distinction and personal steadiness. It cites a banker’s pipe test for self control and urges leaders to display firm resolve in government thrift.
Carol Smith is highlighted as an active Monti High School senior. She sings in Glee Club and Mixed Chorus, earned All State Chorus, serves in FHA as vice president, attends GAA, helps with the Junior Class play makeup, and is a homecoming attendant on the annual staff. Active in church and Rainbow, she plans to attend Paris Beauty Academy in Cedar Rapids.
A Philomonte writer observes a quiet sports stretch with few items to report across football basketball track and baseball as seasons shift and coverage tightens. The piece reads as a personal reflection on sparse local sports news.
Janie Serbousek, a Montini senior of 1954, active in band alto clarinet four years and mixed clarinet quartet two years, also chorus and piano. She teaches Sunday School, led youth groups, and has 4-H ties, FHA and GAA roles, with wedding plans to Phil and Don, and a banana dish debut for her hobby.
Members of the FFA chapter attended the Chester White Hog Show in Cedar Rapids on March 27, leaving the schoolhouse at 9 30. Twenty six went though not enough to win the sow prize for the largest turnout. An FFA meeting on March 25 set May 1 as the banquet date in the Community Building and elected a chapter sweetheart.
Richard Riedel, known as the Homecoming queen’s king, is a well liked Senior with strong sports interests. He starred in track all four years, lettering in his sophomore and junior years and serving as captain in his junior year. He also played basketball as a sophomore and junior and has been a Panther Club member for three years. He attends Wayne Lutheran Church, enjoys model railroading, and plans carpenter work after graduation.
MHS seniors rehearse the class play Smilin Through with matinee on Thursday the 22nd and Friday night the 23rd. The track team is preparing at the school house and field for upcoming meets. Baseball season and instrumental students who placed first at the Anamosa contest head to state.
A light New Yearish column tidbits about local couples and social happenings. Names like Lynn S and Don D pop up with Anamosa ties while questions swirl around Eleanor Jack Dorothy P Rex and other teens. Skaters and WaMac party chatter mix with budding romances and friendships.
April schedule lists Frack Track Meet on the 9th and band events with National Honor Society Banquet on the 13th. Easter Vacation from the 16th to 19th. GAA on the 22nd followed by Senior Class Play matinee on the 22nd and evening performance on the 23rd. M Club Banquet on the 30th, then State Contest for solos and small groups in Newton on May 1.
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