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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1951
Page
2
A rallying verse urges persistence and grit to achieve a goal. It emphasizes choosing a path, staying focused, keeping heart, and overcoming fatigue with humor and effort. It frames victory as earned through steady effort and nerve.
School calendar lists events from April 20 through May 8 including senior class meal April 21, track meets at Cedar Falls Charles City and Monticello, baseball at Anamosa, honors banquet, assembly, music contest at Monticello, and junior high track meets in May with Hopkinton and Vinton appearances.
A Monticello High senior, Stuart Sutherland known as Stu for short, shines in vocal and dramatic roles. He is active in boys' gleen club, choir, madrigal groups, and has starred in plays while serving as choir officer and business manager for the 1951 Panthers.
The schedule lists events from Thursday May 10 through Friday May 23 including Junior Senior Banquet Last Day for Seniors District Track Meet Baccalaureate Class Day WaMaC Track Meet Senior Picnic Commencement Baseball Alumni Banquet and the Last Day of School in Cedar Rapids area schools.
Edna Fitzsimmons, a Monticello high school student, shows early promise as a future typist. In sophomore year she sang in glee club joined a one act play and participates in church activities while hobbies include dancing and collecting records.
Local chatter outlines teen exploits and small-town rumors from Manchester. Names like Marie P and Jane D, Stu, Rex Rickers, Paul Grossheim, and Clif ford P appear in anecdotes about pools, cars, picnics, and a school assembly in Anamosa.
John Behrends, a four year high school student, enjoys building model airplanes. He serves as secretary treasurer at First Congregational Church in Monticello and remains unsure about his future plans.
Interest ran high at the April 6 meeting in Anamosa between the Production and Marketing Administration the Soils Conservation Service the Extension department and county groups. A housing study committee was named to investigate county facility consolidation with a June 20 target.
In Jones county district court a will claimed to be that of Amalia Rodenbeck is to be probated. The court sets April 28 1981 at 10:00 a.m. for final proof and probate and all interested persons may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Lecher and Lecher attorneys represent the estate.
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