Group Leaves For Army Exam
Castle Grove reports several township youths left Saturday for Jefferson Barracks to take pre induction exams. At least four operate farms mainly for widowed mothers. Peggy Albers returns home from John McDonald hospital after a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Jefferson Barracks
Peggy Albers
John McDonald Hospital
Henry Stadtmueller
Max Specht
Herman Hahn
Alva Hahn
Delmar King
O. J. Rogers
Burlington
Herman Hook
Cedar Rapids
C. A. McLaughlin
Hook
James McLaughlin
Floyd McCorker
Quimby
Fred L. Kromminga
H. A. Deischer
Albert Bohren
Draft Boards Are Criticized Since Farmers Enter Picture
Jones county selective service board sent 938 men to Jefferson Barracks for pre induction exams last Saturday. Most were farming or worked on farms, drawing criticism amid spring manpower shortages. The board defends its careful, unpaid work and says men are sent only after mature judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Selective Service Board
Jefferson Barracks
Draft Board
Armed Services
Jones County Selective Service Board
Newspapers as Essential to War Effort Highlighted by WPB
The WPB classifies newspapers as essential to the war effort and credits them with enabling bond drives. Publishers in Jones County are commended for supporting the war, while a California paper’s rebuilding priority was reversed before a new building was approved on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Secretary of the Treasury
Jones County
California
Washington
Wyoming Pioneer Ellen Coleman Rites Held
Funeral services for Ellen Walston Coleman 79 were held at Harrington funeral home Wyoming with Rev E G Steinman officiating. Burial was in Wyoming cemetery. Surviving children include Leon Coleman and Mabel Sherrill. Grandchildren five and one great grandchild. A son Stanley died eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ellen Walston Coleman
Clayton Sherrill
Harrington
E. G. Steinman
Methodist Church
Coleman
George Coleman
Hale
Ma Coleman
Leon Coleman
Mabel Sherrill
Bernice Topping
Stanley
Truck Collision Causes City Street Turmoil In Rock Rapids
A Sioux City Produce truck skidded on slick Main street in Rock Rapids smashing five cars and toppling street lights. One person was slightly injured. the truck itself had only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Rapids
Sioux City
Main Street
Administrator Named for Elise Rieniers Estate in Jones County
The district court in Jones County Iowa appoints Monticello State Bank as administrator of Elise Rieniers deceased. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and within time. Debts should be paid promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa March 17 1945. E W Brashaw attorney for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Town
Elise Rieniers
Anamosa
Towa
A. D
Monticello State Bank
E. W. Brashaw
Speech Classes To Present Plays At Monti High Assembly
Monti High speech classes under Mrs Greenley present two plays The Nine Lives of Emily a comedy and The Eldest a drama of American life in an upcoming assembly The Nine Lives of Emily features a large student cast including Kathryn Bender David Hamilton Natalie Helen Gerdes Laure Dorothy Hinrichs Emily Arlene Kuhns and Tom Wells among others The Eldest features Rose Naomi Hanken Floss Edna Kray Al Donald Bohlken Pa Jim Seehusen Ma Glendora Kidwell Henry Selz Herman Diers and Fern Decker in a household drama set around a summer home by the seashore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti High
Floss
Edna Kray
Donald Bohlken
Jim Seehusen
Glendora Kidwell
Henry Selz
Herman Diers
Fern Decker
Student Council Forms Safety Traffic Patrol at School
The new Student Council creates a safety committee to patrol crossings before and after school. Members from 6th to 8th grade receive rank badges and the group uses crossing signs to enforce traffic rules near the school.
Gremont GAB debate and student chatter turns spicy
Gremont GAB discusses rumors about swapping girls and dating ethics. A fraught exchange includes references to Lois and Spooner Amendment as students joke about classmate images. The voice hints at discipline concerns with references to Sacred Heart and Monti High students near street lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Monti High
Junior Red Cross Council Packs Overseas Boxes
The Junior Red Cross Council assembled boxes for liberated countries' schoolchildren. Twelve boxes were packed Tuesday evening with at least twelve more planned this week. Helpers included Ann Theent, Margaret Maragg, Robert First, Arlene Kuhns, Audrey Oltmann, and Louise York. last week boxes were sent to St. Louis for overseas shipment, including 78 bedside bags 80 ice bags and 18 pairs of slippers made by homemaking girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Council
Ann Theent
Margaret Maragg
Robert First
Arlene Kuhns
Audrey Oltmann
Louise York
St. Louis
Concert Tonight Names Alvin Edgar Guest Conductor
Alvin R. Edgar band director at Town State College Ames will guest direct a pre contest concert tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium. The program features the band selected small groups and soloists. Edgar also serves as critic judge at a music clinic this afternoon for Monti High entrants in the upcoming contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin R. Edgar
Town State College
Ames
Mr. Edgar
Monti High
Monti High Awards Letters For Basketball Tumbling
Monti High awarded letters to basketball and tumbling athletes in a Tuesday assembly. Notable basketball letter recipients include LaVern Rickels with five awards and Dick Bonwell Ken Kiburz with four each. Tumbling awards marked a Monti first with routines performed at game halves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti Fligh
Crimmings
LaVern Rickels
Dick Bonwell
Ed Hemmer
Bill Corbin
Ken Kiburz
Frank Fitzsimmers
Jim Seehusen
Ronnie Benson
Monti High
Lloyd Messerli
Jerry Naylor
Dayton Yousse
Don Hackbarth
Bob Guyan
John Lubben
Paul Schneider
Dean Willworth
Bob Gesse
Mifred Claus
Irma Schoon Elected President of M Club
Irma Schoon was elected 1945 46 president of M club at a recent meeting. Other officers were Gene Kuehl as vice president and Dick Shelley as secretary treasurer. Miss Jane Smith announced the new officers at the annual banquet March 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Harry Lindsey
Hawthorne Club
Thomas McMahon
Ernest Reitz
E. G. Steinman
Carl Tjaden
August Thomsen
Hans Ketelsen
E. G.diggs
Tjaden
Victory Gardens
H. Groening
Clauda Sears
Ed Urban
Don Wherry
Claude Sears
Irene Brownell
Melvin Sievers
Wherry
Irma Schoon
M” Club
Gene Kuehl
Dick Shelley
Jane Smith
Senior Snapshots From Mantix High Class of 1945
Senior portraits highlight Hermandier, Ortgies, Toblason, Frese, Schatz and other Monti High graduates. Each student, from band and glee to pep clubs and future plans, maps a path to college or work after graduation.
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Hermandiers
Mantix High
The
Andrew High School
Future Teachers’ Association
Lois
Brass
Gtroup
Lester Schatz
Monti High
Aeiterman
Les
M Club
Pep
Boys’ Glee Club
Monti Students Benefit From Teachers Visit And Activities
Dr. H. Van Engen of Iowa State Teachers College observed Monti public schools and discussed curriculum with the faculty. Monti track prospects show a large squad with former lettermen back. FFA members advance oats germination and a Farmed degree bid could place David Walker among ten Monticello youths honored in six years. First aid classes replace PE, teaching accident prevention and patient care for seventy two pupils under Dr. DeShaw and Mrs. Huibregise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. van Engen
Towa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Towa
Monti
Iowa State College
van Engen
David Walker
Dave
Monticello
DeShaw
Huibregise
PTA Cooperative Supper and Fun Evening Held
Last Thursday evening the Parent Teachers Association organized a cooperative supper in the school lunch room. The event included games and folk dancing followed by the concluding meeting for the year, set for April 26 when officers for next year will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers Association
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Charles A. Doxsee
Monticello, Iowa
NAL
Psiocon
Iowa
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Betty Remley
Keating
Twenty Voices
Betty Levien Remley
Decatur
LaJuie Wilkens
Iola Robinson
Glen Norris
Frank Norris
Center Junction
Houston
Texas
Norris
Cpl
Scott Field
Ill
Masonic
Onslow
Eastern Star
American Legion
Barbara Tasker
W. W. Bronson Jr
Janet
George Moir
Ean
C. G. Park
Freddie
Mechanicsville
Carl Moir
Clarence
Ethel Johnson
Lisbon
Wyoming High School
Des Moines
Opera House
Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church
E. F. Rohwedder
Paul Godfrey
Lutheran Church
Joyce Hansen
Lorraine Behnke
Betty Bahnsen
Verna Westphal
Norman Lazare
Clare Westphal Jr
Erwin Christiansen
Warren Behnke
Allison Fishwild Jr
Richard Westphal
Hans Bendixen
William Luckstead
John Jurgensen
Fred Pankow
Fred von Sprecken
Gus von Sprecken
Ladies Aid Society of the
John Behnke
August Hansen
Luther League
Lloyd
Peter Westphal
Otto Newell
Madison Township
Newell
Allison Fishwild
Mercy Hospital
Anamesa
Ella Metejka
John Urban
Lynn Swain
Davenport
W. C. George
Leonard Holzinger
Raymond Holtz
Anna Jansen
Lowell Coburn
E. R. Marshall
W. G. Krause
Leota Wherry
Robert Platner
Frank Pealey
FE. C. Diggs
F. B. Zimmerman
el Paso
C. B. Zimmerman
Dora Thomson
Navy
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Waukon
Farm Bureau
Wallace’s Farmer
Pvt
Homer Thompson
Camp Barkeley
Bender
Hanken
Gremont
Mr. Eells
Spooner
Charlie
Miss Ahrendt
Jr. Red Cross Council
Alvin Edgar
M’ Club
Herman
Wartbure College
Waverly
Elfrieda Ortgies
la Conner
Elfrieda
Lois Toblason
Mary Freese
Business College
Mary
Eastern Iowa
Marion
Noy
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