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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1940
Page
8
Betty Adams urges Montini students to maintain high standard in academics and activities. She notes strong school spirit in football basketball music and upcoming baseball and track while stressing student effort to excel in tests and contests.
A school feature covers new movers Jimmie Hubbard and Norman Hubbard to Dubuque and birthdays for Barbara Hoffman and Paul Schneider with classroom treats. Students, teachers and visitors including H. K. Bennett and Nellie V. Morey observe poetry, science on honey bees, Arbor Day plans, and animal kindness posters. Girl scouts perform first aid demo. sixth graders study Hawaii and Australia. a seventh grade English class and geography projects appear. The sixth grade hike ends with a campfire and songs after a picnic supper.
The byline lists Janet Howle as Editor in Chief and Virginia Clark as Associate Editor with a long roster of reporters and typists including Shirley Hobert Ruth Reuter Beatrice Long Betty Adams Betty Otten Katherine Woodall Gertrude Ortgies Eileen Appleby Janann Schweitzer Robert Eggers Wilma Grossheim Elizabeth Lee Byerly Rebecca Grimes Kathleen Adams Betty Clark and more staff.
Oxford Junction hosts Monte baseball tourney April 29 to 30 with county rivals, track teams compete at Coe on April 30, state music contest set for Waterloo April 26 to 27, and G A A play day scheduled May 4 with Oxford Junction and Monte teams involved.
Miss Miller's sophomore English class features student poems titled The Day and The Wind. Carlene Stahlberg and Mary Lou Luett submit representative verses showing reflections on daily life and seasonal weather through vivid imagery.
The Bloodhounds beat the Crickets to open the tournament on April 10. The Yumpin Yives crushed the Wizards the next day, and on April 16 the Dignified Dames edged the Bloodhounds. The Yumpin Wives then defeated the Dignified Dames 28 to 20 to close the event.
At Spirit Lake, residents confirm spring as flocks of pelicans appear for their seasonal visit before migrating farther north.
Monticello and Anamosa prepare for Tuesday afternoon dual track meet at 4 oclock. Anamosa expected to dominate sprints and weight events while Monticello holds edge in hurdles and distance events. Key matchups include Bone vs Kinser in broad jump and Hoag vs Russell in the 440 yard dash.
Local promoters announce a stag party at the fairgrounds exhibition hall on Friday May 3 to raise funds for the Monticello city baseball club of the Maquoketa Valley league. Tickets cost 50 cents and include food and drink with concessions and entertainment. Committee members include Alf Lambert C J Matthiesen Ralph Lambert Harry Schneider and Glenn Lambert. A dozen Cedar Rapids Raiders uniforms are on order with merchant names to appear on the back. Practice is set for Sunday afternoon for men interested in playing, and the first home game is scheduled against Guttenberg in the rat half of the schedule.
A string of classroom vignettes emerges with Izzy the chatterbox, Yola collecting gym attendance slips, and students gossiping about seniors and freshmen. Miss Magana is described jokingly as a cow by a first grader. Verona Kromminga works as a rural mail carrier delivering notes from Castle Grove.
The Yumpin Wives defeated Dignified Dames and other teams to claim the girls volleyball crown. Sidelights praise players Klumpar and Moore as they excel in spring sports chatter and potential future season plans.
Last Friday sophomores gathered in the school lunch room for a six thirty picnic supper. After eating sandwiches and polar sticks they played games like checkers and Chinese checkers. The evening ended with a gym floor dance as William Minney provided the music.
Preparations have begun for the senior class play Anne of Green Gables. The production by Alice Chadwicke adapts L M Montgomery's novel. Both girls and boys have auditioned, but the cast is not yet decided. More details will appear later.
Ends with Strawberry Point here June 23. Season tickets for home games will be sold soon at $1.25, about 18 cents a game. Teams in the league include Monticello Cas cade Worthington Dyersville Gut tenberg Farmersburg Strawberry Point and St Olaf. William Effle a former Perry boy now in the navy has been cited for bravery for diving into the water to rescue a girl who jumped from the pier.
Les and Don Leggett headline a Sikeston area boxing night with knockouts and a technical knockout. Clarence Aldrich edges Ray Williams while Louis Clark stops Duke Defendi. Frankie Draper defeats Moncrief, Eden bests Gralund, and Putnam loses to Beschen among other results.
Monday and Sunday visits fill the week as residents host relatives and friends from Winthrop Anamosa Manchester Prairieburg Hopkinton and beyond. Notable events include Mrs Warburg’s pleurisy care and a birthday gathering at the Batchelder home with prizes awarded.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary O'Shea of Richland township Jones county were held at St Martin's church with a mass of requiem by Rev. William Mullen. Burial was in Mt Calvary cemetery. She died Saturday night after a long illness. she was born Mary Daud on Sept 10 1868. Surviving are five sons two daughters and several grandchildren. The article notes community notices and school events in Cascade.
A fragment lists individuals Delores Lux Bob Skahili Marlys McQuillen Marie Hirtz Mary M Noonan Mary M Gearhart Catherine and Ethelyn McGinn Margaret Rausch Delores McLain Marian Flannigan and Arlene McQuillen, suggesting a community roster or event participants.
A historical data note states half of American families earn less than 22 dollars weekly while the other half earn more, illustrating a wide income divide across the nation.
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