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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
2
The se vere blizzards of the last ten days crippled transportation by rail and road, delaying mail and crimping Monticello business. Residents reflect on past hardships and note weather may slow but will not last, urging neighborly patience and slower pace.
The legislature enters its fourth week with House debates on extending the 50 percent income tax rate to 1947 on 1946 income. Gov. Blue backs a permanent 50 percent rate with power to restore full taxation if needed, while opponents push for an immediate return to 100 percent. Tax returns for 1946 show 15,000 on half rate and 5,000 on full rate, creating extra work for the Tax Commission as budget plans for 1947-49 await final action.
The article outlines state department funding gaps with a 20 million annual base and potential deficiency appropriations of 1.5 to 2 million. It notes liquor policy debates from prohibition to enforcement and mentions a bill to abolish highway weighing crews amid new lawmakers and no current budget. It also includes farming and towel care tips as filler content.
The G A A girls sponsor a Valentine's dance after the Manchester game on February 14 inviting twenty five juniors and seniors for a Cedar Falls campus event featuring basketball swimming stunts and games plus a noon get acquainted program. A bus will transport attendees to a statewide teachers college visit with hundreds from across Iowa.
Future Homemakers entertained agriculture students at a gym party last week with dancing games and refreshments. President Marjorie Luett opened the meeting with membership cards. Arlene Arduser led Courtesy Day planning and a skit soon. La Vonne Fluckiger reported Monti emblem sale results.
A collage of quirky lines reflects on love religion and daily life in a bygone era. Characters discuss affection materialism and curiosity as dialogue drifts through teasing banter about romance family and school life.
Absences are now graded in three divisions by excuse type. Division A covers illness with a doctor’s note and full details. Division B includes work or avoidable incomplete excuses requiring a 300 word theme plus makeup work. Division C applies to unexcused absences and carries council-decided punishment.
A list of upcoming school events includes dances on February 14 and February 18, concerts on February 20 and March 1, instrumental shows February 21 and March 28 29, and a sectional tournament from March 1 to March 7. Other items include a Grade Operetta on March 21, a Music Contest April 4-7, an Eastern Vacation on April 10, and an M Club Banquet.
Student Council secretary Susan Stuhler announced noon lunch program supervisors. Assignments span February to March with pairs like Aud rey Schrader and Dwaine Plueger on Feb 3 7 and Barbara Walker and Bob Suett on Mar 18 21, detailing a rotating schedule.
Miss Nagle snowbound and under the weather last week. A cozy pair spent Friday in the countryside instead of at school. The annual shows a dull outline and may stay that way. McKinley fellows arrive with address books. Mr Adams debuts a new theme song Come to me my melancholy BABY. Georgia hopes for a portrait of Grant soon. Janet S. is told not to be jealous.
Principal Ray Stumbaugh comes back to Monticello after a two and a half year leave spent largely overseas with the Army Air Corps Band. Now civilian, he coaches Student Council, the junior class, runs the music program, and serves as instrumental instructor while remaining active in the Lions Club and athletics.
Ray Stumbaugh announced a new Five Hundred Club with a one dollar admission for three concerts by soloists and small groups of the band. The first concert is February 20 with brass sextet and quartets plus soloists Marvin Jacobs Randall Ganfieild Dorothea Diers Donald Martin Miriam Young Susan Stuh ler. Selections include Bach chorale Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring Richard III overture Invercargill march and tickets are sold by band members. Concerts begin at 8 p.m.
Donna McCurdy’s Pantherettes top five G A A squads with four wins and one loss while Kay Benders’ Little Red Devils stand runner up with three wins and two losses. Each team has played four games so far with at least two more ahead as season ends. Ping pong tourney underway with badminton to start after.
Eleven girls report weekly to Miss Potter to help with a fourth grade class due to scheduling conflicts. Names include Dorothea Diers Edna Kray Leona Smith Margaret Ann Zimmerman Donna Lea Heiken Laneva Folkers Audrey Schrader Betty Hoult Marjorie Thomas Barbara Walker and Pearl Brokaw.
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