Grade Highlights From Book Week And Thanksgiving Activities
The piece summarizes a school week with first graders visiting the library, receiving book cards, and learning checkouts. Kindergarten made potato soup for a Thanksgiving party, while third graders curated an Indian exhibit with items like a rug and dolls. Fifth graders study cotton and create related art and poems. an art exhibit fundraiser raised thirteen dollars and fifty cents. A note mentions a new fad of male dancing observed in class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couse
Monte Calendar Highlights Early December Events
December events list Monti vs McKinley basketball games on December 3 and 5 at home and away plus Monti with Maquoketa on December 6. A Glee Club performance on December 5 and a Christmas program December 19 precede Christmas vacation from December 20 to January 6.
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Monti
McKinley
Glee Club
Maquoketa
Monticello Panthers Open Season With Victory Over Springville
Monticello opened its basketball season at Springville on November 26, edging Springville 19 to 18 after a close first half 13 to 7. Captain Jim Bone starred on both ends as Coach Moore used several substitutes, including Ralph Bender and Wally Schneider, to finish strong.
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Monti Hi
Springville
Monti
Black Panthers
Monticello
Panther
Jim
Grade Operetta Proves A Success
The operetta Rumpelstiltzkin was presented by the fourth fifth and sixth grades under Miss Huldah Peet. It proved successful with panto mime and songs to clever music. Mothers made the colorful costumes and the play captured fairy tale spirit.
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Huldah Peet
Freshman Girls Serve Thanksgiving Luncheon
Freshman home economics students planned and served a low cost, high value Thanksgiving luncheon to eighth graders. The two classes divided into committees to prepare different foods and handle planning and serving, gaining practical experience.
Law Students View Court Proceedings
A commercial law class led by Miss Lois Smith visited Anamosa court on Monday November 20 to observe the case of Lawrence versus Woods over injuries from a car rollover. The trial was ongoing and not decided yet. Six automobiles carried thirty six students to Anamosa, with a minor return trip mishap on the Monticello leg and a humorous cracker moment from Wilma Do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Smith
Anamosa Court
Lawrence
Woods
Anamosa
Monticello
Editor in Chief and Staff List Chronicle
The newspaper lists editors and staff including Don Howie as Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lee Byerly as Assistant Editor and a long roster of reporters led by Betty Adams Kathleen Adams Rosemarie Albers Mar guerite Bader Robert Balster among others with junior high reporters Helen Gutensohn Janis Grimes Elizabeth Guyan Ramona Hoffman and a typist Johnney Messerli.
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Don Howie
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Betty Adams
Kathleen Adams
Rosemarie Albers
Marguerite Bader
Robert Balster
Robert Buel
Lois Barrack
Richard Cartano
Betty Lee Clark
George Coxsee
Robert Eggers
Loretta Gerdes
Becky Grimes
Ruthe Anne Hoag
Anne Marie Husman
Arthur Husmann
Gail Huibregtse
Lorraine Jacobs
Mary Lou Luett
James Mann
Billy Marsh
James Matthiessen
Helen McLaughlin
Paul Messerli
Jack Naylor
Lois Naylor
Betty Otten
Doris Otten
Bette Patterson
Betty Podhaski
Audrey Ritter
Jack Stuhler
Eloie Timmins
Vernona Vernon
Wilma Yount
Irma Tendick
Dick West
Helen Gutensohn
Janis Grimes
Elizabeth Guyan
Ramona Hoffman
Johnney Messerli
Local basketball season opens with Panthers hosting Springville
The piece notes Ruthe Anne Hoag Monti and the team starting November 26 at Springville as the Black Panthers face Springville, with two early games against McKinley High of Cedar Rapids and nineteen games planned. It also highlights coaching changes, player absences, and a girls squad of thirteen picks for the season while sharing school life anecdotes and a Thanksgiving turkey poem by a student.
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Ruthe Anne Hoag Monti
Springville
Black Panthers
McKinley High
Cedar Rapids
Suppressive Yearning Echoes in Classroom Comments
A compact, fragmented item lists names and provocative lines. Chuck Boss-To calls for expulsion of sophomores. Don Leggett imagines a Alaska style country. Gail Huibregtse expresses a desire to throw a brick through a plate.
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Chuck Boss
Don Leggett
Alaska
Gail Huibregtse
Classroom Confessions From a Student Journal
A jumbled list captures students and teachers voicing quirky remarks in Study Hall. Entries name Arminda Jacobs Hubbard Gordon Wilson Irvin Hausmann Sue Banghart Nob Rogers Frank, Anne, Mickey Mac Vernon Audrey Ritters Pat Ralph Liz Betty Clark Mary Miner Kim Nelson Milton Harms Howie Katy Toot Lyla Dick Cartano Miss James and Miss Dwelle.
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Armindacobs
James Hubbard
Richland Township
Gordon Wilson
Irvin Hausmann
Cascade
Sue Banghart
Nob Eogers
Revere
Anne
Mickey Mac
Miss Merrill
Vernon
D. Wes
Audrey Ritters
Pat
Ralph
Liz
Betty Clark
Mary Miner
Kim Nelson
Milton Harms
Taint
Dutch Howie
Katy—Loys
Katy
Lyla
Dick Cartano
James
Miss Dwelle
Iowa game row sparks dressing room intrusion attempt
Wally tried to enter the dressing room after the Iowa Illinois game claiming Chatterbox Bob Bender had a new brother. The scene centered on Ralph leading a carload that was both first to leave and last to depart the venue, raising questions about the sequence of departures.
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Bob Bender
Iowa University
Wally
Illinois
Ralph
Students travel to Anamosa courthouse in odd class trip
Fragmented account shows a commercial law class journeying to Anamosa courthouse with mixed remarks about a student Paul Bender resembling a future star. The narrator notes aging effects on the class and deflects blame from Mr Shan while critiquing assigned tasks.
Causes of Daily Headaches in Biology Class
A school article attributes headaches among juniors to long class hours and student apathy while detailing a project on grasshoppers, crickets, cells, and related topics. It notes students fear blanking before tests and mentions trips to the M D. for several cases.
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Mer
Shannon
Wools
M.D
Local Future Farmers Hold Sfreeting on Nov 21
Members met on November 24 for a regular session. Mardoff and Gene Walker reported on a trip to the PRA convention in Missouri. The group planned selling a mineral mixture to raise treasury funds and reorganized committees before adjourning and sharing basketball and refreshments.
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Fie Wea
Mardoff
Gene Walker
Ikanrex Tair
Missouri
Seceyndad
Morasdo
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Liddy
Bender
Monte
Monticello Panthers
Farmer’s Mutual Creamery CO
Panthers
Chevrolet
Matthiessen Auto & Supply
Sports Charter
Stan Schrader
Stan
Moore
Wilma Doris
Sieb
Habber
Hogan
Ralph Bender
Rotary Club
Miss Smith
Ralph Pender
Miss Belle
Ruth Hoffman
Mildred Jacobs
Helen Husman
Virginia Hanken
Wilma Doris Yount
Letty Otten
Elizabeth Byerly
Dorothy Even
Toonce
bin Po
Turkey
Bobby Veitch
Chatterbox
Rickless Dry Goods Store
Bill Feld
Amana
Paul Bender
Clark Gable
Foreer
Mr. Shanno
Hassocks
Iverson Furniture
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