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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
1
A front line tale from the Ruhr and Leyte shows a soldier returning to Beaver area after months away. A beaming reunion at a farm gate with a young woman unfolds as letters and home memories brighten his homecoming.
Postwar plans in Iowa call for new curriculums in high schools and colleges as returning soldiers, many older, seek vocational training. A survey shows 6,000 high school graduates yearly do not return to college, plus 4,000 rural farm youths who could attend but do not, highlighting a need for expanded vocational education.
A regional reading column surveys Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor praising its Restoration era setting and a deceitful heroine Amber St. Clare. It notes Winsor at twenty three and the huge advances she earned and expected, plus other titles and author anecdotes.
A collection of editorial jabs and views from small town papers on Franklin D. Roosevelt. Notes praise his invincibility after four public appearances while others urge Congress to act and criticize party loyalties. Mentions Stalin’s postwar ambitions and American priorities.
The piece argues that urban districts lead with metal work, woodwork, electricity, and diesel engines while small towns can offer limited courses. It urges legislators to pass a new state aid law requiring schools to include practical hands on programs to give every child equal access to quality education.
The Iowa Poll shows Iowans favor ending the two week unemployment waiting period and are split on raising the maximum weekly benefit from 15 to 25 dollars. In old age assistance, most support changes to increase monthly payments, with a focus on dignity for recipients. Some respondents cite adjustments to prevent recipients from feeling debased. Also noted are chilling sensitivity tips for tropical fruits like bananas and avocados in cold storage.
A survey of Iowa residents shows 66 percent read the Bible at home in the past year. Among readers, 27 percent read regularly, 58 percent occasionally, and 15 percent only at long intervals. War concerns boost Bible reading for 24 percent.
Mrs Agnes Fletcher of Onslow dies at her home after a long illness. She had recently been returned from Anamosa hospital and declined, with death attributed to poisoning in the Dolloch stream linked to kidney infection. She was 86. The report also notes Sgt Raymond J Duffy in France with the 90th division and Sgt Merle W Lathrop joining radio school at Sioux Falls army air field.
Several transfers of land in Iowa are recorded with Monticello Mortgage Company as the purchaser or beneficiary. Descriptions include portions of sections 11 and 86 4 West, lots in Cronkhite and Wyoming additions, and tracts bounded by highways and city plats. Names appearing include Mattle Clark Lake, Hugh Updike, Elizabeth Schaefer, Don Wherry, Cora Murfield, Al Thoma, Carl Straub, and Goodyear. Figures show nominal prices and detailed boundary descriptions.
A sequence of land parcel descriptions transfers in Iowa towns including Monticello Wyoming and Anamosa. Transactions cover lots 233 and 18, blocks 17, various deeds to named individuals, strip rights and building easements, with references to sections, townships and ranges and adjacencies to Holmes property and others.
Suggestions to lengthen a plain crepe dress include adding a band of grosgrain ribbon at the waist to create a longer, more elegant line. An attractive belt can hide the seam where the ribbon is attached.
Stocking manufacturers fear the bobby-sock fad and leg paint may persist after the war. They worry many women may embrace both the fashion trend and its economic appeal, extending wartime shopping habits into peacetime.
A new Junior Waboc organization forms in the junior class to boost war stamps and bonds during the Sixth War Loan drive. Officers include President Jo Ann Schneider and Vice President Vivian Engelbart with Louise York as Social Chairman, Mary Lou Hein as Treasurer, and Gene Kuehl as Secretary. Sponsors Mr Eells and Mrs Greenley back the effort as six weeks grades are tallied and honor rolls noted across classes.
Theona uses a strong right hook while Alice earns sympathy after knee injuries at the senior party. Joan passes notes to John as Sev enth graders joke about sugar beets and gossip. Dick Patterson daydreams, Clarkie S. jitters to a new dance, and Lois G. handles in between work for Don and Kay.
December 7 forum commitments. December 8 basketball game against Tipton. December 12 Manchester faces Monti in a cello recital. December 14 hosts an all high school party.
A Monti high school article urges stopping gum chewing in classrooms. It argues gum passes around hurts order and looks, and suggests chewing only after class to avoid disruption and potential conflicts.
Dave Walker and Neal Paulsen spoke at Farm Forum on November 27 urging safety around cars and cameras. Three short skits plus first aid guidance were presented by homemaking girls supervised by Mrs. Simmonda with Ramona Hoff man as narrator and several senior actresses performing.
Junior representatives share views on a democratic student council to address school problems and boost equality. Some praise increased pupil input and faculty cooperation, while others warn of conflicts and impracticalities.
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