Monti High Vocalists Dominate Anamosa Sub-District
Monti vocalists led division one in five of seven entries at Anamosa with Yola Rodman in the contralto solo and the mixed chorus boys glee club girls glee club and girls sextet. Doris Beard soprano and the mixed quartet placed in division two. Instrumentalists Wilbur Coxsee oboe solo advances to district Monticello in April with Lucille Huibregtse bassoon Glenn Gerdes tuba LaVern Wahl flute in division two. Monticello band and orchestra also advance to the Monticello district contest in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti
Anamosa
Wilbur Coxsee
Lucille Huibregtse
Glenn Gerdes
LaVern Wahl
Monticello
Abies County
Students Make and Eat Butter In Class
Third grade pupils learned milk work by making butter from cream brought to school by Bobby Luett. They shook cream in a half gallon fruit jar to form butter and ate it with crackers.
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Bobby Luett
Bulletin Boards Tell of Daily Life in School Rooms
The article describes many boards in classrooms filled with notices and autographs, with the upper hall board always carrying something. It notes detention lists and chalky blackboards used by teachers to remind students after school, while janitors sometimes sigh at days with little on the boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Minotaurs Open Indoor Track Season in Iowa City Meet
The Minotaurs opened their indoor track season with a meet in Iowa City on March 27. Competing schools included University High Mt. Vernon Anamosa West Branch West Liberty Tipton and Monticello. Officials called the meet important and the team, though inexperienced, hopes for surprises as the season progresses.
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Minotaurs
Iowa City
University High
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa
West Branch
West Liberty
Tipton
Monticello
Orchard Boys Visit Reformatory For Pruning Demo
Orchard agricultural students visited the Anamosa Reformatory last Thursday to observe a pruning demonstration by the farm bureau. Mr Edgecomb of Iowa State College led the session. After three, the group began homeward, with some arriving around four and others closer to five. They gathered substantial information they plan to apply soon.
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Vocational Ag
Anamosa Reformatory
Farm. Bureau
Edgecomb
Iowa State ‘College
Ames
Staff to Richiefs Wanda Podhaski Grade NeWS
Principal notes staff assignments for the week with several reporters listed by name. The release cites Lucille Vosster and a team including Gertrude Ortgies Yola Rodman Don Maire Gene Walker Margaret Bader Arline Balster Ruth Zubler Betty Adams Betty Otten Virginia Clark Mary Hansen Janet Howie Ruth Roberts Lorraine Jacobs Katherine Woodall.
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Richiefs
Wanda Podhaski
Escce
Lucille Vosster
Wilma Grossheim
Gertrude Ortgies
Yola Rodman
Don Maire
Gene Walker
Margaret Bader
Arline Balster
Ruth Zubler
Betty Adams
Betty Otten
Virginia Clark
Mary Hanssen
Janet Howie
Ruth Roberts
Lorraine Jacobs
Katherine Woodall
Calendar notes for March through April activities
The Monte calendar lists spring vacation from March 81 to April 10 and district music contests on April 14 15 and April 18 at Here. Track teams travel to Mechanicsville Relays on April 8. Baseball game scheduled for April 11 at Central City.
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Mechanicsville
Central City
Spring Fever Sweeps Students With Daydreams
A nostalgic piece wonders at spring fever affecting students and teachers alike as windows open and study fades. It notes spring fever and spring fervor shaping moods from classrooms to outdoor fantasies with playful reflection on grandmothers’ remedies.
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Janet Howie
Spring Fever Tales At Local Music Contest
A playful note on spring vacation and school life highlights a local blonde at a music contest. The piece muses on teachers expectations and teenage flirtations, referencing local pairs and a lineup of song titles and acts from a school event.
National Student Poll Shows Similar Cheating Averages
The Weekly Review reports the National Student Poll indicates our school's cheating level is lower than the national average. Government class polls surveyed school and world problems with monthly follow ups planned.
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Weekly Review
American Lit Students Begin Term Papers Mood
The seniors in the American literature class face a four week deadline for term papers. Mr. Rodebaugh assigns topics from across American literature including Poe and nature poetry, while students adjust to spring and start their research.
Montini baseball practice with Coach Fuller leads nervous debut
A Philomonte observer chronicles Montini baseball practice with Coach Fuller guiding tryouts and positions. The scene captures players in odd uniforms and crowded drills as the writer hints at future season details and a mystery about Fuller’s career choices.
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Philomonte
Montini
Eugene
Bobby Liddy
Coach Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Stan Sall
Schoon
The
Yanks
Giants
Eighth Grade Publishes Letters Abroad and Class Projects
Eleven seventh and eighth graders write letters to foreign correspondents in New Zealand England Holland France Belgium Sweden Lithuania Scotland and Colombia. They describe daily life schools sports chores vacations home town and family and may include a photo.
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New Zealand
England
Holland
France
Belgium
Sweden
Lithuania
Scotland
Colombia
Wood
Iowa City
Vernona Vernon
Portia
Mercy
Tennis Begins For Girls At School Gym
Miss Magana led a classroom session in tennis using a blackboard to teach fundamentals and counting. The program follows a cooking school held in the gym last week and engages girls who brought their rackets to class.
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Miss Magana
Typists Earn Certificates From Gregg Tests
Typing students rehearse since September and aim for certificates or pins by meeting speed and accuracy standards. Competent Typista Tests require thirty wpm in ten minutes with five or fewer errors for certificates and fifty wpm for pins if the test shows similar accuracy.
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Gregg Writer Magazine
Gregg Writer Company
Burdena Stutt
Evalena Rickels
Robert Maire
Eunice Howland
Patricia Keegan
Paul Behrends
Warren Durst
Willis Fairbanks
Eleanor Powell Stars in Hono Lulu at The Niles Theater
Eleanor Powell, queen of taps, performs in Hono Lulu filmed in Hawaii at the Niles theater next Sunday and Monday with Robert Young George Burns and Gracie Allen. Our Gang in Tiny Troubles and Popeyes also on the program. Children receive Easter Bunny balloons on both show days.
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Eleanor Powell
Niles Theater
Honolulu
Hawaii
Miss Powell
Robert Young
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Our Gang
Popeyes
A Family Decision
Dr. Jim Fulton debates adding a new member to the Fer guson family with Fanny and Joe as they discuss family size and plans for the future. The fragment hints at a lively household considering expansion.
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Jim Fulton
Fanny
Joe Ferguson
Jim
Joe
Understanding Iowa Children and a New Home Plan
A psychologist discusses integrating Ted into the Ferguson family with Doris and Joey as voting members. He notes Ted’s current environment may deeply affect his future development and suggests initial testing to gauge his starting point, while emphasizing the need to reassess after a year in the new social and intellectual climate.
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Joe
Doris
Joey
Ted
Fanny
Ferguson
Dr. Fulton
Nazi Propaganda Tactics Stir Minority Castigation
In Newton News a wartime editorial lampoons Nazi strategy of backing an underdog minority to gain support while denouncing larger powers. The piece characterizes the Czech, French, and British responses as insufficient to counter such moves.
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Newton News
France
England
Movie lineup and weekly galas at Monte Ends today
The Monte presents Bing Crosby in Paris Honeymoon with Gaal Tamiroff and Horton plus Blondie Meets the Boss. Friday sees Buck Jones in California Frontier and King of Chinatown with Wong Tamiroff Naish. Don Ameche Claudette Colbert star in Midnight. other nights include Persons in Hiding and Fighting Thoroughbreds Shadows Over Shanghai with a wartime backdrop.
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Bing Crosby
Paris
Francisca Gaal
Akim Tamiroff
Shirley Ross
Edward Everett Horton
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Buck Jones
California Frontier
Chinatown
Anna May Wong
J. Carroll Naish
Claudette
Don Ameche
Mr. Millions
Claudette Colbert
John Barrymore
Francis Lederer
Mary Astor
Lynne Overman
Mary Carlisle
Ralph Byrd
George Hayes
Shanghai
James Dunn
Ralph Morgan
Linda Gray
They Made Me a Criminal Opens at the Princess Sunday
John Garfield leads a stellar cast including the Dead End Kids Claude Rains Ann Sheridan Gloria Dickson and May Robinson in this dramatic new release. The film follows a powerful story of crime and punishment praised as dynamic and sensational by advance notices. Remembrance of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang echoes in critics highlights as Program Nights bring Off the Record with Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell next week.
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Ture
Paul Muni
John Garfield
the Princess
Mr. Garfield
Claude Rains
Ann Sheridan
Gloria Dickson
May Robinson
Pat O’brien
Joan Blondel
Bobby Jordan
Movie program at The Princess features Moto and Chan
The Princess presents two feature nights with Mr. Moto's Last Warning starring Peter Lorre and Ricardo Cortez, and Charlie Chan in Honolulu. The second feature is Mystery Plane with John Trent and Marjorie Reynolds, based on Tailspin Tommy. A historic Hollywood milestone film is noted.
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Peter Lorre
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Moto
Ricardo Cortez
Virginia Field
John Carradine
Charlie Chan
Honolulu
Tommy
John Trent
Marjorie Reynolds
Hollywood
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Monte
D'ja
Gone With the Wind
Pat Patterson
Ma— Toot
Stan White
Dick Mardorf
Eam
Fred
Ruth
Chatterbox
Nat’l
Intrepid Philomonte Scout
Kay Woodall
Eleanor Powell, Queen of
Taps
the Niles
Iowa
OMA Child Welfare Research Station
Eracs
the Monte
Earlville
Department of Agriculture
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Olds
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