Monticello Invites Former Iowans to Centennial Fair
Monticello urges former Iowa residents to return for the Great Jones County Fair August 21 22 and 23 with a centennial celebration of Iowa's 100th birthday. Plans include county committees selecting farm families and a statewide drive inviting ex residents to visit during the prewar vacation.
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Iowa
Jones County
Hawkeye
Farm Bureau
AAA
United States
California
Towans Favor Higher Wages in Iowa Poll Findings
The Iowa Poll shows 35 percent support raising white collar salaries generally and 31 percent for factory workers. Most favor around 15 percent raises. 88 percent support increases in some cases. A 40 cent minimum wage is seen as needing change, with opinions split on raising to 55 or 65 cents.
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Iowa
A. Wallace
Wallace
America
Washington
Senate approves 65 cent wage minimum expansion bill
The senate labor committee approved legislation on February 14 to fix a 65 cent hourly minimum and broaden coverage. Public opinion in Iowa shows 34 percent favor raising to 65 cents, 28 percent favor 56 cents, and 21 percent want to keep 40 cents. Views vary by income, with yes responses ranging from 72 to 78 percent across brackets.
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Vaveeeaess
Senate Labor Committee
Trowa’s
Towans
Towa
Iowa
Meteor Fireball Seen by Scranton Elevator Workers
Three Farmers Elevator employees in Scranton reported a streak of light from the sky that appeared to strike and bounce on the ground. Investigations confirmed a meteor that burned up before impact caused the phenomenon.
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Farmers Elevator
Scranton
CIO United Farm Equipment & Metal Workers of America
Honor Roll Highlights Denison School Honors Honors for Six Weeks
Top honors go to Margaret Ann Zimmerman junior with a 94.76 average. Boys leaders include Bob Guyan and Harold Shaffer with 93.75. Girls show a strong majority around 90s across grades, with standout performers such as Beverly Hanken Georgia Plueger Norma Hintz and Jean Harris.
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Margaret Ann Zimmerman
Bob Guyan
Harold Shaffer
Beverly Hanken
Georgia Plueger
Norma Hintz
Jean Harris
Margaret Eilers
Shirley Bartels
Betty Aldrich
Betty Rebee
Lucille Clark
Robert Guyan
Raymond Eileen
Miriam Young
Marilyn Landis
Marileigh Clark
Anna Diers
Marjory Luett
Patricia Podhaski
Mary Alice Wilcox
Doris Zimmerman
Irma Bohlken
Betty Harris
Raymond Rieniets
James Seehusen
Paul Seehusen
Margaret Zimmerman
Donna McCurdy
Audrey Schrader
Susan Stuhler
Arlene Kuhns
Dorothy Hinrichs
Evelyn’ Meade
Leola Nachtrieb
Laneva Folkers
Fern Decker
Marjorie Thomas
Dorothea Diers
Banquet and Dance for M Club Members
M Club held its annual banquet and dance Friday night in the community building under a blizzard. Irma Schoon acted as toast master, with Louise York giving a speech titled Pebbles on the Beach and performances by the Shimmering Moonbeams and Singing Surf Riders. New officers announced: Barbara Walker president Seb Messerli vice president and Susan Stuhler secretary.
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M” Club
Irma Schoon
Louise York
Concnut
Hawaii
JoAnn Schneider
Donna Aitchison
Marjorie Thomas
Ken Kiburz
Art Jorgensen
Bob Lubben
Bob Gesse
Leslie Linn
Bob Messerli
Dave Hamilton
Gene Kuehl
Dick Shelley
Paul Seehusen
Aloha
Jone “Mith
Barbara Walker
Seb Messerli
Susan Stuhler
Grade News Highlights Third Grade Cuba Study
The third grade students finished a Cuba unit outlining sugar and banana origins and prepared a choral reading about a caterpillar and a butterfly. Spelling perfection was achieved by Keith Blayney, Carl Eggers, James Davidson, Joe Melsha, Carl Morning, Donald Schaeffer, Alan Shelley, Neena Brokaw, Barbara Buckner, Linda Hartman, Carol Leytem, Judith Podhaski, Leandre Smith, Shirley Tuetken, and Dorothy Pickett. Judith Podhaski is absent with mumps.
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Cuba
Keith Blayney
Carl Eggers
James Davidson
Joe Melsha
Carl Morning
Donald Schaeffer
Alan Shelley
Neena Brokaw
Barbara Buckner
Linda Hartman
Carol Leytem
Judith Podhaski
Leandre Smith
Shirley Tuetken
Dorothy Pickett
Band Performance Supports Monti High Uniform Fund
Monti High band played for Soil Conservation members at the Community Building last Thursday noon. The event raised forty eight dollars to be used for new band uniforms.
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Monti High
Soil Conservation Organization
Mrs Ross Coughing Mystery From Eighth Grader Dialogue
Transcript shows Mrs Ross asking what coughing is and an eighth grader replying with a brief definition describing coughing as an irrigation of the nose and throat. The exchange appears to be a classroom moment or note.
Senior sketches of Monti High seniors and activities
Colleen Maire a twelve year member participates in band clarinet playing in a winning quartet and engages in NHS M Club Red Peppers church organist Fidelity Juvie Rainbow. Ronald Paulsen active in FFA track and 4 H. Mary Lou Hein Red Pepper Philomonte dancer swimmer and aspiring airline hostess. Carlota Morning Philomonte Red Pepper junior play cast artistically inclined. Joyce Lange plans to teach FTA historian Red Pepper.
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Colleen Maire
Colleen
National Honor Society
M” Club
Red Peppers
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fidelity Juvie Club
Rainbow
Logan College
St. Louis
Ronald Paulsen
FFA
Ron
Young People's
Mary Lou Hein
Monti High
Philomonte
Rainbow Group
Mary Lou
Carlota Morning
Twelfth Gerade
Carleta
Joyce Lange
F.T.A
Student Council Plans Courtesy Day and Honors Program
At a Tuesday noon meeting the Student Council prepared a Courtesy Day with the homemaking department and drafted final plans for an honor program Friday in the auditorium. A letter was sent to Sacred Heart Eagles for luck in the state basketball tournament. Safety Patrol members attended a chili dinner on Tuesday March 12.
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Sacred Heart Eagles
Monti High
Safety Patrol
Students Discuss School Democracy
A set of student quotes from Monti High reflect views on school democracy. They praise the Student Council as a democratic body and urge broader student participation and responsibilities, noting benefits and suggesting a Student Recreation Center and class representation in meetings.
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Esther Young
Stuof
Bob Messerli
Marjorie Thomas
Lois Guyan
Kathryn Bender
Monti High
Acsulty
NBS
Barbara Chatterton
Funeral Rites Held For Onslow Resident Mrs Horton
Funeral services were held at Onslow Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Ernest Horton 67 who died at home after two years bedridden from a paralytic stroke. Rev. Schroeder and Rev. Burdine officiated with a singing quartet and burial in Clay cemetery. Survivors include husband three children a brother and six grandchildren.
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Onslow
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Ernest Horton
Ernest Luking
Alma
Charles Sutton
Superior
Neb
Ned Sutton
Marshalltown
Roy Logan
Glenn Eichmeyer
California
Milo Hunter
Joliet
Trs
Frank Snyder
Howard Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Fred Ladehoff
West Chester
Pearl Minerva Sutton
Anson Edgar
Isabella Green Sutton
Floyd
Gladys Laddoff
Genevieve Paulsen
Center Junction
Thomas Sutton
Lois Horton
Wayne Wyeth
Wayne
Glenn Ladehoff
Eileen
Jimmy
Kenneth Paulsen
Garrity House
Temple Hill Church
Charley Heaster
Ted Hamilton
A. T. Tompkins Place
Hamilton
Thomas Carroway
Don
Bob Berringer
Monmouth
Jean Brown
Harold Jordan
Robert
Jack Corne
Anamosa
al Fuchs
Chicago
Forrest Briggs
A. A. Garnett
John Paulsen
Paul Paulsen Sr
Alvena Paul
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Betty Lou Vernon
Maldean Dirks
Elizabeth Wilson
Mildred Rieniets
Elfrieda Hebrens
Max Schrader
Helen Mardorf
Margaret Condit
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Baeneee
Helen Kopp
Clarice Siebels
Charles Heasters
Sen
Lena Henecke
Maquokets
Nora Streets
Ray
Ray Logan
Harvey Snyder
Mary Greiser
Leila Avance
Arizona
Elma Propst
Ralph
A. A
Goven, Eddins & CO
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Sperel F
Monticello and
Charles A. Doxsee
Monticello Express
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Credit Bureau of Circulations
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Illinois
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Delaware
Dubuque
John Deere
Severn Farm Supply
Hoag Duster Co
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L. A. Petersen
Feed Service
Farmer Canning Factory
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