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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
6
The G A A carnival drew a large crowd Friday night with booths confetti balloons and noise makers a bingo area a boxing arena and fortune tellers. The event netted a $75 profit for the sponsoring organization. It featured a 1940 follies floor show a midsummer fantasy playlet and square dancing.
Speech students stage two one act plays at three o clock Friday. The Burglar features Marybelle Stevens Virginia Hanken Anne Husman Carlene Stahlberg and June Wright as guests fearing a burglary report. Be Home by Midnight stars Dorothy Dietiker Ralph Bender Frederick Shover Laurabelle Baum and James Robertson with a clock twist and a surprise ending.
High school band director Mr Lyle McMullen presented the Monticello public high school band in an evening concert last Tuesday in the high school auditorium. The program of eight numbers started at eight o clock. Miss Arline Balster performed a bass solo Emmet's Lullaby during a permission. A collection was taken to purchase music and other needed equipment for the band.
Seventh and eighth graders from country schools took state tests in the lunchroom of Monticello Public School on February 1 under the supervision of Miss Carmichael. Tests must be completed before graduation.
The article lists the Staff Editor-in-Chief Janet Howie and Associate Editor Virginia Clark with a long roster of reporters including Shirley Hobert Jean ette Lubben Ruth Reuter Margaret Bader Ben Long and others. It also credits typists Jeanette Lubben Robert Heyen and Mary Redman.
Basketball schedule lists West Branch vs Monti at Jones County Tournament in Wyoming on Feb 16. Local court action highlights high school teams, with matchups and venue noted.
In this chatterbox section readers ponder a mysterious wallet photo carried by a sophomore boy, mischievous muffins for Miss Cox, and various schoolyard antics. The notes mention freshmen getting around, snowball sabotage, parochial arrivals, and three Rusty Steers at an SSS meeting with questions about Coach Moore's square dance picks.
The note asks readers to discover the freshman girls' ideal man by listing attributes and corresponding names. It names several boys with traits such as dance, eyes, height, intelligence, modesty, neatness, and vitality. It concludes that after enough names are spelled, candidates will be published next week. Signed by The Freshman's Better Half.
Mr. Shannon's biology class has started notebooks recording data on birds lives and habits, descriptions of orders, and a full page drawing of each. The aim is to help students learn about feathered friends in a pleasant but distinctive way.
Janet Howie argues that failures, though scorned by ambitious youth, can motivate renewal and growth. By analyzing mistakes to prevent repetition, individuals transform setbacks into a rung on the ladder to future success.
Mrs. Darrow visited the first grade Tuesday. Second graders plan a post office trip and write to Mr. Hogan. Pupils bring in old cancelled letters to simulate a post office for valentines. Third graders draw Valentines and study Cuba in geography.
A short verse expresses affection for a father figure. The speaker notes his kindness and patience when she misbehaves. The poem ends with reassurance that she will be okay and cherish his guidance.
From the list of former staff, a new Philomonte staff has been chosen as reporters for the coming semester. Names include Shirley Hobert Ruth Reuter Beatrice Long Betty Adams Betty Otten Katherine Woodall Gertude Ortgies Eileen Appleby Janann Schweitzer Robert Eggers Elizabeth Lee Byerly Wilma Grossheim Rebecca Grimes Loretta Gerdes Ruth Hoffman Kathleen Adams Betty Clark Herbert Herren Ruth Roberts Eleanor Cooper and Mary Lou Luett. Plans are underway to select an editor, an assistant editor, and a sophomore editor for future leadership roles.
A nighttime gathering of Young Scientists Society in the physics room featured members choosing projects and performing experiments. Several students, including physics majors, conducted demonstrations and even dissected a salamander while Mr. Shannon urged caution with the Charles' Law Tube. The meeting adjourned after activities ended.
Shirley Hobert, Charles Ross, and Stanley Schrader were selected by Miss Marjorie James to play the three roles in the Shaw Checkov comedy The Proposal for the one act play contest in Iowa City during the last week of March. Schrader plays the father, Ross the lover, and Hobert the central woman. Practice starts once scripts arrive.
AMBER Wayne Zion Luther League met Sunday evening at the school house. Principal Boyd Shannon of Monticello led with a talk on the four cornerstones for a person’s good foundation. Luella Loper presented a paper on the Fifth Petition.
Local notes detail multiple bridge games and social visits among families including Zimmermen Daly Martin and Helgens in Monticello and Anamosa area. Farewell for Moencks, birthdays celebrated, dinners and hospital visits noted. Edna Dirks and Otis Thomas marry in Clinton on January 14 with attendants Carolyn Bodiker and Don Thede.
Mr and Mrs Carl Schoon and sons Wilmer and Lee Lorenz spent Sunday with Warner Heiken in Anamosa. Henry Rink and family visited Willie Husman home while Warner Heiken family moved to their new Anamosa home. Sunday guests of Mrs George Zimmerman included several families and Cletus Bol with others.
Three year old Bobby climbs packing boxes while mother and timid sister Marcia watch in fear. Marcia finally blurts out her alarm and asks how Julia allows it.
A mother argues that allowing toddler Bobby to test his physical limits is essential for growth. She notes that three year olds can climb high and navigate slides, and fears overprotection may hinder his development and future safety opportunities.
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