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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
1
Voters should attend Monticello school election polls on Monday March 13 to elect two directors for three years and a treasurer for two years. Candidates include E. H. Huibregtse Dr Earl DeShaw Carl Schneider for director and Don Sutherland for treasurer.
The piece argues Jones county faces a postwar crisis with 50 to 60 percent of young men in military service and many women in support roles. It calls for a Monticello community service program to plan postwar employment, public works, consumer markets, and a vocational listing of service members to address economic and social needs after the war.
The Book of the Month Club announces the critics’ choices for 1943 with 212 votes. So Little Time by John Marquand tops fiction and One World by Wendell Willkie leads non fiction. The list includes A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Here Is Your War among fiction and Guadalcanal Diary and U S Foreign Policy among non fiction.
A mosaic of editorials critiques and opinions. Wages versus prices, political endorsements, bond buying, voting rights for service members, birth control, and wartime leadership are discussed. The excerpts reflect wartime sentiment, economic critique, and social issues across several newspapers.
The article discusses efforts to organize support for individuals after discharge, focusing on coordinating community resources and services to assist with housing, employment, and integration into civilian life.
Lou Gardner reviews Paul V. McNutt’s Jackson Day address in Iowa. McNutt reworks an old 1936 speech to renew New Deal themes but avoids current policy details and his own ambitions. The piece notes his temper, silence on key issues, and the political gap between pressures from Washington and Iowa expectations. Senator Wilson advocates a federal sales tax to curb debt, while noting past tax history.
Historians report the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah near the Dead Sea were destroyed by fire around 2059 B C.
Monticello Express items recall deaths of William Stahler and Mrs. Henry Boner Sr and Mrs. Garrett Eiben. Gladys Looney to hold a newspaper cooking school March 12 to 14 with a prize for 14 year old bakers. Notre Dame debate team ties Iowa for first. Local butterfat price set at 29c by Farmers Mutual Creamery. A child narrowly escapes injury from a clothes chute fall. Style show announced by Business and Professional Women. Nadine Gardner wed Werner Hansel in Chicago. Sacred Heart basketball schedule shows ten wins and four losses. Other notes include high school sports, farm fire loss, and staff changes.
Churches list services for Methodist Presbyterian Zion Evangelical and Reformed Catholic and Lutheran communities. Includes worship times, Sunday school, Lent services, sermons on Notable Confessions, choir notes, and upcoming meetings led by pastors and leaders. Contains names like Glenn W. McMichael Wm J Grossheim F H Kehren A L Lorenz P Weltge Homer J Dalrymple St L Adix.
The Ladies Aid will host Gerd Kammerman on Wednesday March 16 at St John’s Ev Lutheran. Paul T. Gutknecht, pastor, will lead the event with a day service on March 12 and an English service at 10 30. A Midweek Lenten service is planned for Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock.
Monticello Public Library places Lend Lease in circulation per librarian Mrs. B C Roberts. The book by E R Stettinius Jr. details Allied aid and the lend lease program with current history narration. Other new arrivals include The Little Locksmith and Taps for Private Tussie among titles listed for reader access.
Federal rent control allegedly prevented a 1942 rise of 300,009,000 in the nation's rent bill and is predicted to save about one billion dollars in 1943 according to officials.
The Inquiring Reporter asks students and staff about Philomonte. Responses vary from praise to requests for more Chatterbox content and space for features and class projects. Several comments call for broader coverage of people, junior high topics, and more often updated images.
Monticello High School closes its 43 44 cage season with a first round sectional defeat by Dubuque Rams. Five senior starters end careers after a year of close losses and thrilling battles, capped by the Jones County Tournament title run.
Monti freshmen witnessed a two scene play about life of a locker in Monti II. Mortimer and Maurizy lockers discuss persecutions while students pass by with humor and a janitor’s whistle. A second scene imagines a utopian Monti Hi halls impression.
Monticello grade pupils have purchased about sixty war bonds this school year. Miss Ina Cruise reports bond purchases across all grades led by Kindergarten Elaine Appleby and multiple 18.75 or 37.50 bonds from Grades 2 4 6 8, with several students named for specific months from September to February. A closing note questions whether D.LH will follow as in past years.
Monticello hosted a Jones County rural teachers meeting last Saturday in the school auditorium. County Superintendent Nellie V. Morey presided as Miss Sparrow of the University Experimental School Iowa City spoke on Reading in the Primary Grades and led a phonetics demonstration for twelve students. Frank Walker Monti High agriculture teacher reported on the Iowa State Teachers Association Blueprint and its value, while Boyd Shannon Red Cross War Drive chairman distributed supplies and organized district chairmen and fund solicitation for the county campaign.
Arthur Husman and Boyd Chaterton were elected to the State Farmer degree of the Future Farmers of America. The honor recognizes only about two percent of 6,000 nominees annually. Six Monticello K F A members have attained the distinction in four years under Frank Walker. Eligibility includes net earnings of at least 250 dollars, rank in top 40 percent of seniors, active community involvement, a solid supervised program, and good character and leadership.
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