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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
6
Monticello High School honors Billy Sloan, the institution’s oldest citizen, whose long memory spans the school’s history. He has known students, their parents, and even some grandparents, linking past and present in a prized community tradition.
The eighth grade English class staged a lively program with poems, readings, pantomimes, dialogues, and a panto mime prize fight featuring Joe Louis Samuel Reyner and Max Schmeling. The ninth science class performed osmosis experiments while home economics students began sewing cotton garments. Shakespeare lessons ended with modernized Merchant of Venice scenes by the ninth English class.
A planned February 25 music clinic for small instrumental groups in Oelwein was abandoned due to lack of school interest. Monticello High School woodwind quintet and violin quartet had planned to attend, with possible rescheduling for spring.
Sophomore English class presented scenes from Julius Caesar with a modern twist. Gun props and electric lights replaced swords and candles. The funeral oration drew humor as Caesar’s corpse was carried to the forum. Conspirators dubbed the big guns.
An assembled list of staff names includes Lucille Yossi Jr. High News Wilma Grossheim Reportera-Gertrude Ortgies Yola Rodman Don Maire Gene Welker Margaret Bader Arline SBalster Ruth Zubler Betty Adams Betty Otten Virginia Clark Mary Hansen Janet Howle Ruth Roberts Lorraine Jacobs Katherine Woodall.
The Monti and Monticello teams prepare for a March 2 to 4 sectional tournament against Olin, with games in Anamosa. Editors note a student council could tackle absences and locker cleanliness to improve school life.
A physics class explored the school heating and ventilation. They examined two coal fed boilers heated by a stoker, opened furnace doors, and observed a ventilating shaft, fresh air intake, steam coil humidification, and a large fan distributing tempered air to all rooms.
Fifth graders in Miss Searles room produced dog themed poems with several good pieces. One example titled My Dog features Buster Brown and scenes from daily life.
Speech classes performed pantomimes and monologues as a weekly project featuring solo and small group scenes. Subjects included old school skits holdups and robbery. Monologues centered on a telephone call or grocery store scene.
Farm house plans focus on a central rear hall, a front door facing the drive, and a central work room. Wickers, Kansas State architect, advises concrete floors, a floor drain, a usable sink, and ample storage to handle chores and family activities.
The article notes lamb offers economical options beyond stew. It highlights shoulder and breast cuts as affordable ways for homemakers to feed a family well, citing home economist Inez S. Willson.
Mr Rodabaugh's English literature classes study heroic couplets used by Pope and Chaucer era. They learn iambic pentameter with aa bb rhyme and write original couplets. Bea Long composed lines about hair color and eye shade. Edwin Howell adds a third rhyming line.
Freshmen boys celebrate a 34-0 victory over juniors and an 18-7 win over sophomores. Freshmen girls lost to sophomore girls 24-7. The scene includes a playful epic poem about the freshmen’s early rally.
Mr. A. B. Grimes superintendent of Monticello Public Schools traveled to Cleveland Ohio on Friday February 24 to attend a national convention. He was joined by C. W. Bangs of Manchester K. C. Smith of West Liberty and Cc. E. Knapp of Vinton in Knapps car. He is expected to return tomorrow.
Guide to preparing lamb cuts including shoulder cushion roast with stuffing and bone removal. Describes pocked breast, pin wheel breast, braising methods, and economical options like neck slices and shanks with rice or barley filling. Suggests using chops and riblets for varied, affordable meals.
The article extols lamb as versatile and highly nutritious. It notes ground options from neck shanks or breast and suggests meat loaf or broiled patties. Lamb chops from the shoulder are mentioned as a choice, with a warning that availability spans all seasons.
The State Historical Society of Iowa releases Dr. J A Swisher's volume on Robert G Cousins early February with library distribution across state tax supported and college libraries The work profiles his rise from Cedar County to national prominence as an orator in Congress and the Iowa legislature. It includes biographical pages and about twenty five speeches memorials and addresses from Cousins collected before his death. His life begins near Tipton and spans a legal career and sixteen years in Congress with notable eulogies and a Maine battleship address that electrified the nation.
An overheated automobile engine begins to knock heavily and could incur costly damage if the issue is not addressed promptly. The warning urges immediate inspection or stopping to prevent further harm to the vehicle.
Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette headline a Niles theater program featuring Billy, The Kid Returns plus an RKO News Our Gang comedy The Practical Joker a technicolor science reel The Three Stooges in Three Little Sew and Sews and Popeye the Sailor. Regular prices prevail.
Fanny Ferguson discusses Mor rie Ridere and a jealous push by Joeys father. Elinor James overhears how Mor rie resents affection he sees between Joe and his wife. The chat turns to how parental warmth versus formality affects a child’s sense of love and belonging.
Born 1807 in New England, Ozro French trained at Andover Theological Seminary and spent ten years in India before arriving in Iowa in 1851 with the American Home Missionary Society. He served Cedar, Bentonsport, Knoxville, and Blairstown, facing challenges of sparse congregations and indifference before his death in 1865.
An article extols The American Boy Magazine as a loyal companion for boys and young men. It highlights sports coverage, advice from coaches and athletes, and its role in developing readers, plus subscription rates and foreign pricing. The piece notes a separate brief item: lightning struck a Johannesburg power station stopping streetcars.
The program lists a comedy drama Little Pal with stars Mickey Rooney Ralph Bellamy Karen Morley and others. It promotes Program Nights on first Wednesdays and Thursdays. Also features Swing Sister Swing with Ken Murray Johnny Downs Kathryn Kane and Ted Weems. Ghost Town Riders and The Dawn Patrol headline in upcoming showings.
A customer reports relief from rheumatic pains in the legs after using RUX Compound. The testimonial describes sleepless nights and discomfort before trying the product and states that it helped provide comfort and better rest.
Early World War era note promotes Dark Rapture a film photographed and produced by Armand Denis and Leila Roosevelt about their expedition into the Belgian Congo.
Today features Jean Parker and Joan Bennett in Little Women and Bobby Breen in Fisherman's Wharf with Leo Carrillo and Henry Armetta. Friday screens Tom Sawyer Detective with Donald O'Connor and Billy Oak and Richard Dix in Twelve Crowded Hours. Weekend runs Gunga Din with Cary Grant and others. Tuesday offers The Great Man Votes with John Barrymore and Virginia Weidler.
The town legislature plans a 170000 dollar ad campaign to promote the state at the New York World's Fair. The fair requires country newspapers to provide free advertising. Gold mined in the Philippines in early 1938 was valued at 1508700 dollars.
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