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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1958
Page
6
Our View questions college admission criteria and argues that entrance should reflect learning ability, not prior knowledge, urging improvements in elementary and secondary education before college reforms. It references Philip Murson and critiques curve grading as a crutch.
Jones county 4 H Builders club members traveled to Des Moines on Saturday March 15 to watch the girls state basketball finals at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The trip showcases several Builders activities planned for the year. Earnest Miller son of Ellis and Mrs Miller Martelle was among five candidates for king of the Student Christian Association carnival at the University of Dubuque last weekend. He is a sophomore studying history and aiming to teach.
Scotch Grove Community club plans its March 19 meeting at the new Monticello home of Mrs. Harry Paulsen at nine p.m. The event includes a house warming with Mrs. William Henrichs and Mrs. Donald Grom as assisting hostesses and features a lesson and recreation.
Prairieburg resident John Wolmutt 83 took his 1930 Model A for a spin with his daughter Bernice after a winter idle period. They spent the day with Monticello's Ahlrichs family and were among many local social visits across Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Central City.
Local briefs record hospital stays and illnesses at Monticello, with Mrs. Alphonse Ries undergoing major surgery on March 5. Obituaries note the death of John Ries of Dyersville after an extended illness. The column lists numerous Sunday and weekend visits among households in Cascade, Dubuque, Manchester, Worthington, Ryan, Delhi, and Anamosa, including dinners and family gatherings.
In Sand Springs on March 10, Jack Chaplin and George Turtis were elected to school board posts. The report also notes a sequence of social visits and hospital stays including Mrs. Alphonse Ries undergoing surgery and several local families sharing Sunday visits in Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
Women of the Methodist W S C S met on Wednesday March 12 with Martha circle hosting 12 members at Mrs Ray Chaplin’s home. Fourteen attended Wither circle at Mrs L J Swift and Buth circle at Mrs Thomas Henderson. Rebekah circles had 22 members, ending with a pot luck supper and attendance at Lenten services.
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