Monticello and Mount Vernon show Eastern Town edge
Monticello beat West Branch 34 27 to extend their five game win streak while Mount Vernon remained undefeated and idle. Monticello needs three conference wins to claim the title or lose on percentage to Mount Vernon. Tipton could win if they defeat Mount Vernon and Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Monti Cagers
West Branch
Mechanicsville
Anamosa
Merten
Tipton
Mont High
Matthiessen
Eden
Spooner
Hobart
Miller
Monti Warriors
Ferring
Monti
Horsewell
Gibson
Fraser
Netolicky
Balding
Estle
J. Hobart
Taylor
Shain
U. of Town
Marion
Debating Teams Advance as Public Schools Reach State Finals
Milton Tobinson reports Cedar Falls trip where Mr. King's class B team led by Carol Naylor and George Bridges defeated rivals and earned a state finals berth in March. Separate notes cover a joint council discussion on a high school party, a declamatory contest winners, Ye Olde English Club activities, soil erosion projects, manual training progress, and class activities including dances and toasts.
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Mr. King
Cedar Falls
Carol Naylor
George Bridges
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Con
Stance Naylor
Lake Mills
West Union
Manchester
Nashua
Bellevue
Manly
Elkader
Iowa
Yvonne Will
Lauretta Cooper
Jean Liddy
Hilda Balster
Eloise Kuhns
Ye Olde English Club
Jerome Baum
Elmer Starks
Norma Jean Bevan
George Fraser
Bill Hobart
Townsend
Jess Smith
Frances Steck
Wayne Jones
Helen Holst
Garnet Eilers
School notes highlight lessons and events in Los Angeles
Sixth graders exchange letters with a Los Angeles class while Miss Berryhill recovers from a cold. Fifth graders visit mothers on Thursday and a February program follows. Third graders prepare two story poetry programs for Lincoln’s birthday and Valentine’s Day, with a plantation mill and factory scene.
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Los Angeles
California
Miss Berryhill
Luett
Robert Siebels
Anna Rose Strasburg
Lincoln
Ruth Hoffman
Richard Cartano
Colleen Maire
Margaret Ann Atwood
Mark Twain Spiders and Luck in a Missouri Paper
A Missouri subscriber found a spider in his newspaper and asked if it signaled good or bad luck. Mark Twain replied the spider was merely surveying which merchants do not advertise so it can weave a web and live peacefully thereafter.
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Mark Twain
Missouri
Sacred Heart Upset St Wenceslaus on Monday Night
Sacred Heart defeated St Wenceslaus 31 to 17 in a rough Monday night boys basketball game. Lahey led Sacred Heart with 13 points, Renk and Wolfe contributed, while Severa and Sedlak led the Hawks in scoring for St Wenceslaus. The Cedar Rapids girls also beat Sacred Heart 22 to 15.
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Lahey
Sacred Heart
Renk
Wolfe
Jandi
Severa
Hawks
St. Wenclaus
Feftp Fg Ft
Oujiri Randall
Skala Wolfe
Jandl
Severa Lahey
Oeschger
Blazek Kopleky
Sedlak Barton
Schneider
Lenox
St. Wenceslaus
Gitp
Fty
Hogan
M Kautnick
Nordman
Kautnick
Locher
Tresnack
O'Rourke
Werner
Kane
Majewski
Neilly
Miller
Randall
Severn
Reichart
Sacred Heart triumphs over St. Mary's 38 to 16
Sacred Heart, paced by Randall and Renk, beat St. Mary's of Cascade 38 to 16 on their local floor. The Hearts led 11-1 after the first quarter and widened the gap to 25-5 at halftime, 33-8 after three quarters, before St. Mary's outscored them 8-5 in the final period. Randall scored 12 and Renk 10, with Lahey and Wolfe contributing strong floor play for Sacred Heart.
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Monticello
Marion
Matthiessen
Eden
Hobart
Reed
Monti
Unyer
Fraser
Lowe
Spooner
Derflinger
Marion Beeson
Edwards
Manchester
Shomont
Dyersville Flyers
Dyersville
Flyers
Milkmen
O'Rourke
Coyle
Lenox
Creamhaulers
Randall
Renk
Sacred Heart
St. Mary's of
Cascade
Ray Ferring
Basketeers
Cascade Five
Lahey
Wolfe
Heffernan
Lees
St. Mary’s
Jc. Renk
T. Wolfe
Frost
J Randall
Lauser
L. Wolfe
Gross
Oescheer
Loes
Liddy
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls Meet February 2
The Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls 4-H senior division met at leader Mrs. W. B. Clark’s home on Saturday February 2. A pot luck dinner was served at 1 30 pm. The meeting opened with the president’s call and roll call of members naming February birthdays. Alberta Husmann read an inspirational, Carol Naylor spoke on skin care, Marcella Otten on woolen care, and Mrs. Clark outlined the year’s music memory work with Carol Naylor and Eloise Kuhns appointed to lead it. Wilma Kuhns closed with selections from Bohemian Girl on piano.
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Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
W. B. Clark
Alberta Husmann
Carol Naylor
Marcella Otten
Mrs Pearl Meloy Died In Pennsylvania
Mrs. Pearl Meloy born Pearl Roy formerly of Monticello died last Saturday at her North Bend Pennsylvania home after a month of illness. She was wife of Rev J B Meloy and had worked as a stenographer in Monticello for Hong Duster Co then at the People's Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids. She and her husband moved to Pennsylvania eleven years ago and left Cedar Rapids years earlier. She is survived by her husband several children a brother and two sisters.
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Pearl Meloy
Pearl Roy
Monticello
North Bend
J. B. Meloy
Cedar Rapids
the Express
Grace Hollingsworth Cadorette
Chace Avenue
North Triverton
R. I
Cadorette
Vivian
Audrey
Marion
Edwin
Topic Club Heard Talk on Masaryk Monday
Rudy Langer spoke at the Topic Club on Masaryk the Czech leader. He described Masaryk as president of Czechoslovakia elected for seven years and currently in his third term at age five years. Next week J J Locher will discuss Side Lights on Great Statesmen. Francis Merten joined the club last Monday.
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Rudy Langer
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
J. J. Locher
Francis Merten
Howard McLaughlin Elected to Sachem at Coe College
Howard McLaughlin son of Mr and Mrs W D McLaughlin of Castle Grove township was elected as a member of Sachem at Coe College Cedar Rapids The society founded in 1924 limits membership to nine men with four juniors and four seniors Readiness based on scholarship readership and character Also noted he was named most representative man of his class in high school
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Howard McLaughlin
W. D. McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Sachem
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Howard
Local Social and Historical Notes Highlight Ida County Museum Items
Local families, church baptisms, and a Wayne township birth are noted. Ida county society shows relics from early days including a Missouri rifle, an 18th century firearm, a candle mould, and a candlestick. Museum items also feature petrified bones and a deer head from Ida county. Smyrna’s fly industry depends on the blotophaga insect for pollination.
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Ida
Ida County Society
John Holder
Missouri
Frank Stephan
Floyd Martin
Dan Bresnahan
Ida County
Highway Vacation Proposed in Jones County
The commissioner overseeing a highway view in Jones County reports in favor of vacation. Objections or claims for damages must be filed in the county auditor's office by noon April 1, 1935. If not filed, the highway will be vacated without further reference.
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Jones County
North Rouge
St. P. m
Said County
Geo. F. Specht
Home banks attract Osceola clients in a branching move
Osceola in Clarke county faced the absence of a bank, Leon's bank opened a Osceola branch drawing 250 accounts to the home bank on the first business day. Eldora in Hardin county fears water shortage due to cold weather as residents keep faucets open, straining supply and endangering fire safety per Fire Chief H A Kielsmeier.
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Osceola
Clarke County
Leon
Eldora
Hardin County
H. A. .Kielsmeier
Iowa jury duty trek gains judge’s praise amid cold
B E Sellers of near Chariton walked five miles through 15 below zero to reach jury service before a motorist picked him up after about three miles. Judge Charles F Wennerstrum commended his willingness to endure the hardship to fulfill civic duty. C M Mason of Cambridge injures leg in exploding coal incident while lighting a fire. A bullet may have embedded in coal or cobs and the bullet could not be found. Gordon Jensen near Audubon loses part of his index finger when a knife accidentally strikes chalk in a test of sharpness. Charles Roberts, 18, of Spencer undergoes operation for extra ribs growing from the spine near the collar bone, risking nerve damage. 11 such cases documented at the Iowa City state hospital since its founding.
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B. E. Sellers
Chariton
Lucas County
Charles F. Wennerstrum
Sellers
Wennerstrom
C. M. Mason
Cambridge
Story County
Mason
Bat
Gordon Jensen
Audubon
Audubon County
Jensen
Charles Roberts
Spencer
Clay County
State Hospital
Iowa City
Roberts
Miss Crabb Still Sees Needle Sliver Under Nail
Eight years after a fall at her Nevada Story county home Miss Dora Crabb had a doctor remove a tin sliver of steel from under a fingernail near the entry wound. The sliver entered when she was a child while running up stairs.
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Dora Crabb
Nevada
Story County
Miss Crabb
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