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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
1
The Monticello spring program urges householders to clean yards gardens streets and alleys. Residents should remove old cans junk heaps and ashes to boost curb appeal and city pride while the street committee ensures first class streets and alleys for summer visitors.
Mrs Kate Meade one of Wyoming’s elder residents observed her 83rd birthday with a niece and neighbor hosting a luncheon and party. A county Farm Bureau meeting featured talks by Mr and Mrs Easterfly and C B Jessen addressing the county home’s living conditions and projects.
The red winged blackbird arrives in March and favors marshy areas with water and vegetation. Males are glossy black with scarlet wing patches and gold margins. females are brownish black with buff white markings. They nest in reeds and cattails and feed on insects and weeds. in Iowa their beneficial insect control outweighs crop damage.
The Hawthorne club gathered Monday at Mrs. Hans Ketelsen home with Jane Inglis and Dora Thomsen assisting. Members heard on Culinary Art of Our Grandmothers, Home Nursing demonstrations, and Rejuvenate Your Home Furnishings. President elect Mrs. Robert named committees for Program Social and Music. The Progressive Woman's club elected officers at Mrs. Lyle Tompkins home. Ada Willman and Irene Brownell hosted a surprise party for Mrs. Lee's birthday.
Faculty and students describe their summer plans from sewing curtains in Dubuque and visiting relatives in Pekin Illinois to spending time in Cedar Falls Des Moines Omaha and Farley Iowa and catching up on sleep with trips to Greeley Lime Spring and Coggan.
The Student Council welcoming committee had a productive morning as the larkinson music ensemble arrived. Members Gene Kuehl Bill Thoeni and Bill Hintz collected photographs autographs and addresses from the two girls in the ensemble.
Monti High biology students drafted 3000 word papers on chosen topics with pictures and good notebooks. Economics pupils compiled article summaries in notebooks while American History students begin three weeks of daily notes and current events plus extra reading.
Phyllis Null ties to F T A since school days and serves as Red Pepper member and recent president. Bob Ottens football center play earns M Club and Red Pepper membership while also acting in junior and senior play casts. Tom Ahlrichs joins Monti High after Coggan High, IA member with interest in horses and Army Air Corps plans. Carol Caspers leads Student Council noon recreation, Glee Club and Red Peppers, Luther League president and 4 H participant planning college next fall.
A large group of seniors auditioned for the high school class play The Willow and I. The selected cast includes Bessie Sutro Helen Jean Kopp Tinny Jo Ann Schneider Mara Sutro Irma Schoon Bailey Mary Lou Allam Theodore Sutro Gene Kuehl Millie Sutro Louise York Dr. Oliver Bob Thoens Robin Todd Dick Skelley Mabel Margaret Condit Dr. Trubee Bob Otten Duke Todd will be played by a grade school boy. Production by Mrs Greenley with show date May 17.
The Parkinson music group entertained the student body Monday with a varied program by Mr. Parkinson and assistants Doris Marcus and Marcel Christiansen. Parkinson played cello while the two girls switched among violin saxophone cornet piano and baton. Marcus also sang in the original skit The Life Span of Music and the audience praised the performances.
The editorial urges April 14 as Pan American Day to awaken awareness of tense ties among 21 Latin American republics. It highlights key challenges: education to foster democracy, industry and job creation, diversified agriculture, improved transportation, especially aviation, and a political democracy secured by educated citizens.
Monticello High School students gather for a regular Student Council meeting. President Kuehl leads roll call with eight attendees including four teachers. Committee plans include Courtesy Day on April 22 and a Home Making Class play with banners.
The article acknowledges omissions in coverage of a music contest. Helen Jean Kopp earned a Division II rating for her flute solo, and the flute quartet also received a Division II rating, facts previously omitted.
Peck guests enjoy somer set at five tables in the Peck home. Mrs. Sara Jenkins moved to Soldiers Home at Marshalltown after a year of illness in her son Lyle Jenkins’s home. Doris Day returns from Chicago to Wyoming to recover from an appendectomy before starting as secretary to Mr. Stamants in Cedar Rapids. Doris previously worked for Cherry Burrell Corporation in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Raymond Bramer left the Andy Fairchild house and moved to their own home on East Jones Street. The Bramers bought the John Jansen farm three room tenant house west of Onslow, moved it to the current location, due to the Fairchild house sale to Frank Starry.
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