Monti Welcomes Visiting Musicians for District Contest
Monticello prepares for district music contest with about fifteen thousand visitors over Thursday to Saturday. Events include eleven mixed choruses, seventeen bands, multiple orchestras and vocal groups. judges hail from Mason City Drake University Buena Vista College and other institutions. Classes AA A B C are listed with twenty nine entries in class C.
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Monticello
Carleton Stewart
Mason City High School
Frank Noyes
Drake Symphony Orchestra
Drakeniversity
Des Moines
Harry J. Wenger
Owatonna High School
Owatonna
Minnesota
B. M. Carlson
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Clifford Roger
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
William G. Rozeboom
Rock Island Senior High School
Rock Island
Illinois
Boys Train Hard for Track Season in Indoor Practice
Article humorously describes a school sports program with 40 boys in daily training. It notes indoor exercises with dumbbells and mats, plus field events like hurdling discus and javelin, and the two mile relay as eyes turn toward upcoming track meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sissy
Moore
Dumbell
Overseas Correspondent Peggy Writes Of Dances And Life
An overseas correspondent Peggy from South Africa writes to Loraine Lubben about President Roosevelt, Lambeth Walk dances, and her admiration for Robert Taylor and Jeannette MacDonald. She lists skills in shorthand typing bookkeeping arithmetic English world history hygiene and biology. She contrasts Cape Province cold with Central Africa jungles where heat and wildlife prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
South Africa
Roosvelt
Loraine Lubben
Robert Taylor
Jeannette MacDonald
Cape Province
Peggys
Central
Africa
All Sing Session In History Class Ends With Sousa
Last Tuesday history students moved to Miss Merrill's room for a phonograph session after studying modern times. They heard fragments of pieces including early American songs and national anthems, ending with Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Merrill
Lands
Mendelssohn
Sousa
Staff Grade News Reporters Named in York Observer
The article lists staff reporters including Lucille Yosai Dr Wilma Grossheim and a team led by Gertrude Ortgies Yola Rodman Don Maire Gene Walker with Margaret Bader Arline Balaster Ruth Zubler Betty Adams Betty Otten Virginia Clark Mary Hansen Janet Howie Ruth Roberts Lorraine Jacobs and Katherine Woodall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille ‘Yosai
Wilma Grossheim
Gertrude Ortgies
Yola Rodman
Don Maire
Gene Walker
Margaret Bader
Arline Balaster
Ruth Zubler
Betty Adams
Betty Otten
Virginia Clark
Mary Hanssen
Janet Howie
Ruth Roberts
Lorraine Jacobs
Katherine Woodall
District Music Contest Calendar Opens in April
April schedule lists events across towns with multiple baseball games. District music contest spans April 13 to 15. Baseball games at Mar Tell o and Maquo Keta, Ons Low, Oxford Junction, and other locations, with dates on April 19 21 25 and 28. PTA meeting set for April 20.
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Martello
Parent- Teachers Association
Maquoketa
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Monti School Hosts District Music Contest This Weekend
The week has been spent preparing Monti School for its first district music contest hosting. Students polished doors and windows, repainted the stage, and practiced solos and groups to a high standard. Organizers urge courtesy and good sportsmanship to visitors.
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Monti
Matching Names to Teacher Descriptions
Seventeen items pair sixteen teachers with descriptive phrases including traits like born placid disposition red hair quick temper and other odd clues such as ski boots hairlessness and broken batons. The task yields a complete mapping of each name to a unique description.
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LFA
Typists To Receive Efficiency Awards
Typing students face a ten minute test and can earn H M Rowe Company pins for high scores. Lucille Yossi achieved 56 net WPM with 4 errors and Doris Board 54 net WPM with 5 errors earning 50 word silver pins. Bronze pins went to Ruth Zubier Ber Nice Tobiason Burdena Stutt Evalena Rickels and Jeanette Lubben with 43 words and 5 errors waiting to claim her pin.
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H. M. Rowe Company
Lucille Yossi
Doris Board
Ruth Zubier
Berniece Tobiason
Burdena Stutt
Evalena Rickels
Jeanette Lubben
Homemakers To Be Study Purchases And Materials
Girls in a homemaking class studied quality in food and clothing last week. They discussed shoe buying factors such as comfort style quality and price. A materials testing demonstration was held and each student keeps a fabric collection to compare textiles. Russia reports 42000 women doctors.
Understanding history to ease current European tensions
Philosopher reporter questions Ken Fuller on whether richer historical insight could have altered today’s crisis. Fuller argues understanding helps but is not a cure, noting that rulers’ lust for power and misapplied nationalism often ignore past lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomonte
Ken Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Germany
Versailles
Fuller
Girls Begin Dress Projects at End of Term
Home economies class shares plans for next garments with pattern and color choices. Students select materials based on sewing ability, with some attempting rayon and wool while most plan cotton garments.
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United States
Portia
Jessica
First Grade Egg Hatchery Visit and Easter Activities
First grade pupils visited Monte Hatchery to view incubators and hatching eggs and received baby chicks. The class celebrated birthdays for several students and continued Easter projects. Kindergarten made Easter pictures and dyed eggs, while fifth and sixth graders planned egg hunts, spelling drills, and geography posters of European countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Hatchery
Marguerite Aldrich
Norma Boots
Beverly Ann Kerry
Gordon Ireland
Althea Fluckiger
Helen Marsh
Betty Lou Bebee
Carol Musgrove
Donald Harms
Lorraine _Kam
Europe
Skits Planned by Speech Classes After Spring Break
Speech classes plan skits after spring vacation. Groups led by Kirley Hobert Janet Howie Jo Ricklefs and Edna Howell chosen as chairmen. Classes study stage lighting costuming makeup and production for preparation of one act plays later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirley Hobert
Janet Howie
Jo Ricklefs
Edna Howell
Hopkinton News Highlights Local Obituaries and Town Appointments
Funeral services were held for Reeve Smith with burial in Hopkinton cemetery. Shirley Smith was named Hopkinton marshal and custodian of the new municipal building. The report also notes relocations, school reelections, social visits, and club meetings across Hopkinton and nearby towns.
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Matthias Funeral
Reeve Smith
Hopkinton
Thomas Edgar
William Edgar
Stanley
D. H. Johnston
Edward Mason
Walter Slasser
Deloit
Paul Ferguson
Earlville
Ferguson
Julius Gerlich
Bellevue
E. A. Kirkwood
Chuttenberg
Inver Moats
Stuart Brokaw
LaCrosse
Wis
Ella Brokaw
Portia Main
Toulon, Ill
Bertha Main
N. O. Talmadge
Kitty Meyers
A. M. Wheeless
Orlando
Florida
Isaac Littlefield
Moline
Rachel Littlefield
James Littlefield
Clio Club
F. E. Allen
A. P. Himebaugh
Chicago
C. A. Kellar
W. C. Cummings
Ripple
LeClerc
John Downs
Downs
Lewis Cottage
Main Street
Donald Johnston
Monte Ends Today Duke of West Point Show
The Monte theater features Duke of West Point with Tom Brown closing today along with added shorts. Friday and Saturday offer Lucille Ball in Beauty for the Asking with Patric Knowles Donald Woods and Inez Courtney. Roy Rogers stars in Billy the Kid Returns in the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegfeld
Joan Crawford
James Stewart
Lew Ayres
Lewis Stone
Frieda Inescort
Henry Wilcoxon
Sybil Jason
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Titans of the Deep and Loose Star In Sea Adventure Pair
Reginald Owen leads in Loose while Ralph Morgan headlines Titans of the Deep detailing thrilling undersea divers exploits. Both titles appear as feature film attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Owen
Ralph Morgan
Endings and New Films at the Princess Theatre
Ending Thursday Inside Story stars Michael Whalen and Chick Chandler as reporters seeking New York’s loneliest girl and Broadway’s dangerous woman. Gracie Fields appears in a gay musical Smiling Alone with Honor of the West. Jesse James in Technicolor featuring Tyrone Power Henry Fonda Nancy Kelly Randolph Scott opens Sunday with strong reviews. Jesse James is presented as thrilling motion picture fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inside Story
Michael Whalen
Jean Rogers
Chick Chandler
Jane Darwell
New York
Broadway
Comedienne
Gracie Fields
Jesse James
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Nancy Kelly
Randolph Scott
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Monte
Chatterbox
Miss Smith
Mr. Shannon
Miss Thornburgh
Miss James
Mr. Moore
Miss Peet
Miss Magana
Mr. Rodabaugh
Miss Kosters
Miss Cox
Miss Miller
Mr. Grimes
Mr. McMullen
Mr. Walker
Russia
A. W. McDonald
Johnston
Alice Johnston
Thompson
Myron Porter
Texas
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
Denver
Colo
N. A. Gearhart
Robert Gearhart
Madison
Charles Rannels
O.E.S
Earl Brutsman
Bert Freeze
FORD
Charles Greenberg
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