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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1946
Page
1
Iowa Governor Robert D. Blue seeks renomination on the Republican ticket for 1944. The 47 year old incumbent highlights enacted postwar policies, a strong bond position, and a record of major laws from his first term including tax cuts and school and road funding.
Local residents urged service clubs to form committees to study Monticello housing needs. The piece cites Manchester's survey showing lumber shortages and proposes locating rooms, temporary ground, and potential prefabricated buildings to create at least 50 housing units as families move out.
A collection of editorials argues for learning a trade despite youth preference for short-term work. It highlights Red Oak shops eager for apprentices and notes long-term benefits of skilled labor amid economic shifts and decentralization. The pieces critique overreliance on white collar work and ponder social policy.
A 1930s Federal Writers Project archive of 10 000 manuscripts in the Library of Congress becomes the source for B A Botkin’s Lay My Burden Down. The volume blends long slave narratives with excerpts and folk tales, Civil War viewpoints, and rural life anecdotes including farming methods.
Center Junction reports the marriage of Selma Alyea daughter of Mrs. Abram Alyea to Fred H. Edler Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Edler Sr. of Tipton. The 2 p.m. Feb. 3 ceremony was at the Alyea home in Tipton with Rev. Stanley Schlick officiating. The couple will reside with the bride's mother until an apartment is ready.
Walter Holub transfers Lot 1 and 2 in block 14 Bronson's addition to Wyoming to D B and Laura Vargason as joint tenants. Delbert Brickley and Blanche transfer North 100 feet of Lot 10 block 34 Scott and Skinner's addition to Anamosa to Carlton and Gladys Brainard as joint tenants. Includes perpetual water pipe easement over adjacent land previously owned by J W Conmey with pipes remaining in place.
Multiple deeds recorded transferring parcels in Wyoming area including lots, sections and subdivisions. Transactions cover rural land with rights of way, joint tenancies, and agreements to correct titles among buyers such as John W Gordon, Harold J Schlimmer, and R J Bone, with notable parcels in sections 6 7 84 1 and 4 84 4 and references to highways and roadways.
Clara H and others transfer interests to Gilman Lozier in Boardman subdivision lots 80 and 31 totaling 62 feet frontage. Zula B Fegan and G W husband convey undivided half in 40 acres off neat side of lot 1 and sec 14 north of 844 west. James McMurrin and Mary C convey to Lila Stivers in Shaw subs with life estate to grantors or survivor.
A student named J Gremlin visits multiple classes at a school, observing Civil War discussion in history, grammar and sentence work, farming terminology, bookkeeping basics, air science, Kipling reading, advanced psychology on teaching qualities, algebra, and preschool child care before the bell ends. He plans to return next week for two o’clock classes.
The Maharaja of Calcutta will speak at the pep assembly before the West Branch game on February 8. Junior high cheerleaders Roma Hoult La Vonne Fluckiger and Catherine Hanken will lead cheers after the talk. The juniors received their class rings last Friday and are proud.
The sophomore Homemaking class held a party for nine preschool children to finish a child care unit. Attendees included Jackie Ross Barbara Ruth Null Merle Cox Marijane Shover John Tapken Judy Pierson Lou Eells Cathy Craig and Jackie Maire. The event featured free play, a rhymes reading session, and orange juice with cookies.
Despite snow and cold, the cast of HMS Pinafore holds daily rehearsals with glee club and mixed chorus practice. The production features songs like We Sail the Ocean Blue and When I Was a Lad while Donna and Gene perform lines. Assistants include Mrs Greenley directing speaking parts and Mrs Shover with Mrs Arthur Skelley handling dances.
The list covers encores and events in small towns including West Branch Anamosa Coggon Marion and Lyceum acts by Ambrose Jones and the HMS Pinafore operetta scheduled between February 8 and March 8 plus a Valentine Dance and the M Club Banquet. Mr Shannon attended the Iowa Educational Association State Convention in Des Moines last Thursday Friday and Saturday noting it was the first general convention in years due to wartime conditions.
The high school auditorium will host Ambrose the Magician and a Show of 1001 Wonders on February 8 at 11 o'clock. Admission costs 17 cents plus 3 cents tax. Activity tickets are food, watch for the wonders. Philomonte prints a correction from last week. Max Schrader posts a 93 percent semester average.
The senior class holds a playful survey of height statistics as Mr. Eells asks all twelfth graders to report to his office. Ken Kiburz leads at six feet four inches, with Bill Hintz and Ronald Paulsen close behind at six three. Betty Bartlett and Carlota Morning are the shortest in the group, while Betty Eggers reaches six feet, revealing a humorous take on the upcoming graduation rites.
Senior Sketches profile two students, Bill Hintz and Vivian Englehart. Bill, known as Wild Bill, joined as a freshman and excels in track with letters in high hurdles and relays, and is involved in M Club Red Peppers F F A, 4-H and church work. Vivian, nicknamed Baby-face, is a four year senior and cheerleader with two years in Red Peppers, in glee club and class play crew, exploring career plans in airline hospitality or nursing.
The piece notes Mr. Eells was ill and taken to the hospital at the start of the week. Rex Schrader visited and had his appendix removed last Thursday. Rose Stadtmueller had been a hospital patient for several weeks.
Student responses list pet gripes and annoyances including transportation to games, selfish behavior, lateness, study hall noise, waiting for others, unexpected tests, rude conduct, and teachers’ words or looks. Names and items reflect classroom social concerns from a high school setting.
Monti High students packed the gym on Wednesday to cheer the squad before the county tournament at Oxford Junction on January 30 and February 12. Coach Linn praised the band and the student body while Betty Lou Null led a pre final pep gathering with Jim Seehusen giving a pep talk. Lincoln birthday events planned include two one act plays on February 12 with band and choir selections.
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