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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1955
Page
2
A Monticello column ponders leisure card games and the dominance of players who score high or low. It argues for changes in girls basketball, including a shorter court and subs, to boost on court action while keeping some guard forward dynamics. The piece ends with humor about holiday diet and New Year resolutions.
Fifteen members of the Wyoming Polly Pigtails met at Rosa lie Dusanek s home December 4. Connie Holub and Carol Vacek demonstrated party cookies. Barbara Holub and Janet Zimmerman demonstrated party candies. Adrienne Schnepp and Fern Blume demonstrated party sandwiches.
Jorie Jamison and Mary Vacek demonstrated party beverages and club members held a business meeting with Janet Zimmerman presiding. Reports were given on the officers training school in Anamosa, and plans included a December 1 party with the Wyoming Pioneers and a December 15 Christmas party for Prairie Hill club and members mothers.
At the Dec. 13 club meeting led by President Sue Wright plans were set for a party and caroling with the Olin Hawkeyes. Dues were collected and demonstrations on rope-tying and Christmas activities were shared by multiple members.
Onslow Gutzeits left Tues for Indiana visit. Families and relatives gathered for Christmas events at the Paulsen and Hanken homes. Warren Sonneman returned to Sheboygan and awaits transfer to Fort Leonard Wood. Massachusetts?
Ed Cox of Monticello and Herbert Cox of Wyoming joined relatives to honor Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Cox on their golden wedding anniversary in Riceville. Local attendees included Ed and Mrs. Cox with several family members from Monticello and Wyoming.
A playful Christmas card from Chief Squattin Heffer, a polar bear hide teepee resident, reflects on winter life and modern Paleface speed. He critiques fast driving on icy roads and shares a tale of roosters and sunrise urging thought beyond money.
In a feisty farmyard tale the crowing rooster argues against dawn, causing alarm among chickens who fear change and wither from hunger as the farmer distributes feed. The story concludes with the rooster fattened by neglect and ultimately harmed by the community’s rejection of his new ideas. The second piece notes a 1955 special stockholders meeting for Monticello State Bank of Monticello Iowa to renew amend and substitute its Articles of Incorporation, scheduled January 11 at 8 pm.
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