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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1954
Page
1
Iowa enrollments across 50 colleges rise by 3 189 this fall versus 1953 54. The Iowa College Foundation attracts business backing and the National Association of Manufacturers backs private college aid, linking independent education with private investment to boost resources without government aid.
The passage argues government support for independent colleges would raise taxes on individuals and corporations. It warns cutting college services due to funding shortages would hurt American business, since small independent colleges supply about 80 percent of leadership and drive higher living standards and product demand.
The Hoag Duster Co based in Monticello Iowa produces about 168000 dusters annually and supplies half the world’s feather dusters. Owned by Louis and Stuart Hoag the firm began in the 1870s from turkey feathers and broomcorn dusting stylish Gay Nineties scrollwork. Iowa supplies roughly 60 percent of feathers for the dusters and up to 16000 feathers daily are processed before selection into 20 duster styles sold across the Western Hemisphere.
A Sharon Wisconsin report notes seven Iowa children young for school age played in yard leaf piles. One child hid in a pile in the driveway as a car turned into the garage, highlighting dangerous piles and urging parental caution and not raking leaves where cars may run over them.
Bremer County article urges leaving corn standing in fields to aid wildlife during winter. Quail and pheasants benefit, especially near marshy swales or brush. Standing corn offers greater value than winter feeders.
Center Junction notes list numerous Thanksgiving and home gatherings. Families visiting include Sechusen Danneman Behrends Naylor and Jamieson households from Center Junction Monticello Amber Lincoln and Wyoming. Other visits include Sam Thompson in Olin and Ralston in Alexis Illinois. A choir rehearsal and a live stock show trip by FFA students are also reported.
Multiple churches publish service times and December activities. St Luke, St John, Evangelical and Reformed, Nazarene, Sacred Heart, Wayne Zion, Scotch Grove, Center Junction, and St Peter and Paul outline Sunday schools, worship, choir practices, meetings, and Christmas rehearsals. Includes pastors and event dates.
A dense church calendar lists Eve service at 1 30 p m Confirmation class Saturday December 4 Ladies Aid December 3 at church parlors Mrs Albert Johnson hostess St Matthew Lutheran Arnold E Schlueter pastor Adult membership class Friday Worship Sunday December 5 Sunday school 9 30 am Adult Bible class 9 45 am Worship 10 30 Children’s Christmas program 2 pm Luther League 7 pm church council Tuesday 7 30 pm choir rehearsal Wednesday Church Women’s Guild Thursday Lutheran Women’s Guild First Presbyterian W Russell Hunter pastor 9 45 church school 11 worship Sacrament observed 7 pm Junior High and Senior High Youth First Congregational Charles A Ellett minister Sunday December 5 Sunday school 9 15 worship 10 30 sermon In Their Midst Rehearsals for Christmas pageant nursery and third grade to be out at 2 pm Fourth through twelfth grade practice 3 pm Pilgrim Fellowship 2 pm board of trustees 7 30 pm December 8 Pilgrim Bible class Sermon on the Mount continuation
The Iowa State Conservation Commission set the 1955 56 clam season with no changes from the prior year. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers will be open June 15, 1955 to June 15, 1956. Inland streams Des Moines Cedar Iowa Wapsipinicon Turkey and Shell Rock will open June 15 1955 to Nov 30 1955 with some closed portions. Commercial fishermen should consult last year’s regulations for area specifics. All other waters remain closed to clams.
A 20 year old Sioux Center youth died when a boom truck lifted an I-beam and the boom touched a highline near Biddleburg. As the truck slipped the I-beam contacted the line and as much as 12 500 volts may have passed through the victim. Ronald Mulder was involved guiding the I-beam.
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