Boy Scouts Prove Valuable Adjunct In Any Iowa Town
An Iowa town paper praises the Boy Scouts for building citizenship and self reliance among youths. In Monticello and Jones County the program includes 140 Scouts, 10 cubs, and 69 volunteer leaders aiming to develop healthy manhood and community service. The article notes the 35th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and a national membership peak of 1,800,000, urging local support to sustain progress.
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Monticello
America
Jones County
Boy Scouts of America
Work Or Else Bill Clears House Halfway Through Congress
Compulsory manpower legislation approved by the House with a 246 to 165 vote would place men aged 18 to 45 on a Work-or-else basis. The measure authorizes designation of labor shortage areas and directs draft boards to reassign non essential workers to war work, then moves to the Senate. Speaker Rayburn led the debate and blocked amendments.
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House
Senate
Office of War Mobilization
Director of Selective Service
Intelligent American Guide to Peace reviewed for citizens
Sumner Welles edited a concise background book on eighty nations, detailing people, industries, trade, history, and peace aims. The feature excerpt also touches pilots destroying a Fortress, Maine politics, Henry Wallace’s role, and wartime labor provisions, with civic reflections and legal notes.
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Sumner Welles
Time For
Legislature tackles three hot potatoes this session
The state legislature faces two House battles over a local option bill and a ban on food and dancing in taverns plus a Senate dispute over an installment loan measure. The local option bill advances after mass amendments and a referendum delay, while the tavern ban dies on a motion to table. Senate loans pass 37 to 11, with wide range of bills introduced and debated.
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House
Senate
Germany
Japan
Hess
Epton
House Committee On Ways and Means
Farmers’ Institute
Fair Board
Sioux City Municipal Museum
Social Welfare Board
Commerce Commission
Superior Court
Town City State Uni graduate and local notices brief
Janet McNeill earned sociology degree from State University at Town City. A Monticello service truck, a 1935 Ford V-8, was bought by the city council. Judge A B Clark won a district contest by 42 votes over C J Haas. Isabelle Liddy resigned as Jones County Farm Bureau stenographer to enter civil service in Washington. Edward Ament, son of Mr and Mrs Ben Ament, Monticello, fatally injured in a coasting accident. Emil Pratt attending a radio school in San Francisco. Mrs Carl Reuter and her husband welcomed a daughter, Carol Ann, born near Center Junction on February 4.
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Monticello State Bank
Franklin Barn Equipment Company
Thelma Welch
Clay Township
Frank Kiburz
Scotch Grove
Presbyterian Church
Leonard Duckett
Anna Reichart
Ed McBride
George Stuhler
W. H. Samels
Chaska
Minn
Anna King
Castle Grove
Immaculate Conception Church
Father Murphy
Samels
Monticello
Minnesota
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Janet McNeill
The
State University At
Town City
A. B. Clark
Cedar Rap- Wis
18Th Judicial District
C. J. Haas
Marion
Clark
Isabelle Liddy
Jones County Farm Bureau
Washington, D. C
John Barrack
Edward Ament
Ben Ament
Tom McDonough
Emil Pratt
San Francisco
Calif
Lillian Harms
Kenneth
Carl Reuter
Center Junction
Carol Ann
Reuter
Clara Bohlken
Real Estate Transfers Listing Various Iowa Deeds and Recitals
A stream of terrenos conveys numerous transfers in Iowa towns. Louis I Schneider and E Gwen dola to Margaret Rieniets guardians, various lots in 21-86-3. Harlan R Russell and Edith I wife to Leo and Althea Hay. Allman and Edna P to Josephine C Scherrer. Scherrer to Allman. Brittie Bailey to William and Muriel Baumgartner. Kizzie Grassfield and Dave to Frank and Florene Kula. R L Truesdell and Velma to W E Foy. Foy and Lydia to Carl and Hannah Tjaden. B E Rhinehart to Lucy and Cecil James. Lucy James and Cecil W to B E Rhinehart. all deeds noted with nominal payments.
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Louis I Schneider
E. Gwendola
Margaret Rieniets
Gerhard Rieniets
Harlan R. Russell
Edith I
Willard H. Russell
Thelma L
Leo
Althea Hay
Wurzbacher
Morley
Ferman L. Allman
Edna P
Josephine C. Scherrer
Walnut Fork
Olin
Iowa
Ferman L
Edna P. Allman
Brittie Bailey
William R
Muriel J. Baumgartner
Bradstreet
Monticello
Kizzie Grassfield
Dave
Frank C
Bundle Day Returns Amid a 1940s Clothing Crusade
February 22 marks the fourth annual Bundle Day at Monti High to collect clothing for underprivileged children. The drive, supported by Save the Children Federation, sends outfits to Europe, the Middle East, the British West Indies, and distant U.S. areas, with a 1.25 million pound American quota. The effort aims to educate youth about human needs and democracy through sharing, urging students to bring neat bundles to school.
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Monti High
Save the Children Federation
Middle East
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Netherlands
Jamaica
British West Indies
Belgium
France
Italy
Greece
Poland
America
S.C.F
Europe
Crusade
Sixth Grade Coasting Party Delightful Night
The sixth grade hosted a sleigh riding party Friday night with food and cheer. Two fourth grade girls, Carol and Shelley, along with Linda Lou Greenley, contributed treats for the class. Several first and sixth graders were neither absent nor tardy for the first semester.
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Carol, Shelley
Linda Lou Greenley
Elaine Appleby
Robert Morey
Duane Fluckiger
Paul Grossheim
Gene Seehusen
Robert Simmons
Audrey Eggers
Jean Barnts
Nancy Schneider
Velma Simmons
Students Fill Gift Boxes For War Relief
Pupils from public and Sacred Heart schools join the Junior Red Cross to assemble educational gift boxes for children in war torn areas. Each box includes pencils pens crayons paper erasers and various small school supplies to help these students resume schooling.
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Sacred Heart
Red Cross
State Tests Given To Junior High And Grades Students Last Week
The Iowa Every Pupil Basic Skill tests were given to Monti High pupils in grades 3 through 8 on Tuesday and Wednesday. Subjects tested included reading comprehension word study skills language and arithmetic. Tests split into elementary grades 3rd to 5th and advanced grades 6th to 8th for comparison with others.
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Iowa
Monti High
Lincoln to Be Honored in Special Assembly
A special assembly honoring Abraham Lincoln will be held on Monday February 12. The program will be presented by members of the speech and American government classes with special music featured.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Saving Paper Is Important in War Time
A school message urges students to conserve paper to support the war effort. It encourages using both sides, writing only what is needed, and avoiding doodling and scribbling to save materials for the war. Each pupil can make a big impact by saving every unnecessary sheet.
Gremlin Gab Sparks Schoolroom Anecdotes
Gene K finds a playful way to pass love notes by tying them to candy hearts and tossing them. Lois G sits near Loren. Naomi H frets over reading To a Louse to Epeeh class who might be offended. Junior party chatter includes My Lover is a Fisherman and a rival theme My Lover is a Janitor.
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Gene K
Junior
Student Council Organized At Local High School
The high school forms a student council after selecting representatives from each grade. Members include Herman Diers and Clark Shannon from the twelfth grade, Louise York from eleventh, and others from lower grades. Faculty advisers are Miss Wood, Miss Gertrude Smith, Miss Cruise, and Mr. Eells.
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Mony
Herman_ Diers
Clark Shannon
Dick Sutherland
Sally Otten
Louise York
Irma Sc
Miss Wood
Gertrude Smith
Miss Cruise
Mr. Eells
Philomonte
Monti
Seed Germinator To Test Legumes And Grains For FFA
Monticello chapter of Future Farmers of America purchases a seed germinator for custom testing of legumes and small grains. Purity tests will be offered, samples from Anamosa Farm Bureau will be tested on arrival, and a fee applies to nonmembers. The germinator costs 100 dollars and was financed by the Purebred Duroc Breeders Association which supports the chapter.
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Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Anamosa
Duroc
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Ting, Ae
OWA
Ouiatil
Monticello, Iowa
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el Guettar
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Elliott Arnold
Maine
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
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Mount Vernon Hawkeye
Washington
Henry Wallace
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Senate Committee
Wallace
Han Cage
Towans
Presnegan
Chir
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Wallaces
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Jon
State Board of Public
Point
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Teachers’ College
Grand Army of the Republic
Lillian Locher
Antonette Coxsee
Kathleen Carlsen
Mary Lucille Ricklefs
Earl DeShaw
Antonette
Emma Laude
Harvey
Neal Hayden
Ames
Lee Bohren
Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Bohren
Alfred Tucker
Albert J. Stuhler
A. O. Lambert
Opera House
Louis G. Stuhler
Mayo Bros. Clinic
Rochester
John J. Locher
A. M. Maurice
Goldstone Bros
Golden Eagle
Charlie Shipman
William Hawley Smith
James Whitcomb Riley
Florence Martin
Portland, Ore
Oakwood Cemetery
Charles W. Brown
Monticello Express
Egcerrepnemreree Monticello High School
Junior Red Cross
Lois G
Loren
Naomi H
Herman
H. G
V. E
Bob
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