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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
6
Students scramble for pencils and nerves fray as Mr Grimes distributes an academic spelling test at nine o clock. Janet Howie notes the tense scene with groans and cautious whispers about occasionally and flexible spelled questions.
Kindergarten pupils visited the greenhouse learning about birds and flowers. Sixth graders hosted a party, a spelling contest winner’s list is noted, and first grade pupils earned 100 percent in spelling. Juanita Eilers visited third grade and poetry booklets with pictures were started.
Seventh grade geography pupils study commerce and foreign trade then make maps and dramatizations showing Rome’s dependence on Gaul. Eighth grade hosts skating rink party after school with many attendees. Junior high runners may compete in the Anamosa meet. Betty Brokaw received a letter from Belgium. Ninth graders review punctuation grammar and spelling.
The year’s spring sports roll with two to three events weekly. Teams from U High of Iowa City, Dubuque, and Anamosa compete in conference meets while the boys’ squad aims to score in multiple events. Baseball sits around .600, winning about half its games against Onslow Buck Creek Oxford Junction and Martelle with more contests ahead.
A girls sextet received a superior rating at the State Music Festival last week. Other entries included the girls glee club two excellent, mixed chorus two, and boys glee club three. Monti's instrumental group earned orchestra three with tuba and bassoon solos two each, reflecting an improved contest record.
Wilma Grossheim Grade News Betty Adams reporters 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 provide classroom notes and student updates from the junior high desk in a period style column.
A Montini calendar lists May events from athletics and ceremonies to exams and graduation week. Gertrude Ortgies recalls the State Music Contest in Iowa City with high spirits, sharing pride in Montini earning first to third division honors and noting lighthearted mischievous travel moments.
A freshman asks where the domestic science room is and learns it is the home economics room. The article traces its evolution from sewing and cooking to a broad field including nutrition child care and home management and notes its role in school life and community service.
American literature class listened to Vachel Lindsay read his poem The Congo on a phonograph. Students debated his interpretive approach after reading mimeographed copies of the text and hearing Lindsay announce reading directions.
On Tuesday night May 16 the high school gym hosts a May fete led by Miss Magana head of physical education. About 75 to 100 girls from first through twelfth grade participate in southern themed events including tumbling dancing basketball and more.
A physiologist claims that with training the blind can use the ears to perceive in darkness better than sighted people. The article suggests blind individuals exploit auditory cues more effectively than those with normal vision.
Daily bulletin boards announce First Act-Without lines at 7 00. Seniors at Gables and Hedy Lamarrs groan over missing cues as Miss James assigns Independence rehearsals after last week’s sessions. Ailing lines and late arrivals plague practices ending with reading rehearsals and calls to study lines.
Youths travel to Iowa City for a state contest and endure a hot day with coats shed, ice cream stops, lost pins and tiredness. By 4 30 pm they return home exhausted, many heading to Monticello by 7 pm with beds awaiting them.
The Presbyterian church in Wyoming held rededication services after interior remodeling including arches new draperies and lighting. Dr W P Nicholas led worship. Lee Sherrill was elected commander of the local American Legion with a slate of officers to be installed in September. Auxiliary planned a July picnic and Memorial Day.
Rural schools urged to enter a coloring contest with a prize of a bird book for the winning booklet. Entries due at The Express office by June 1. The Yellow Warbler’s habits and coloring are described, with nesting details and diet noted.
A crowded social scene includes a theater party for 39 with junior sponsor Miss Helen Downing, plus May gatherings hosted by Mrs. Ernest Reitz and the Midland Homemakers club. The high school class play Calm Yourself stars Martin Petersen and Leona Busch with a full cast and music between acts.
Dorothy Dandl stayed in Waukon with Dr Cahalin and his parents Mr and Mrs D E Cahalin. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Coohey on May 5. Betty and Hazel Reyner of Monticello visited their grandmother Mrs Fannie Leggett. Mrs Mary Ralston rushed to Monticello to aid her sister Mrs Rachel Reyner during Eleanor Reyner s serious illness after her mastectomy. John Corlin of Chicago visited his parents Mr and Mrs P J Contin. Miss Dorothy Setka of Minneapolis spent the week with her sister Mrs Stewart O Shea.
The Knoxville Express notes the disparity between a $1,000 yearly earner and a millionaire who loses about $950,000 to state and national income taxes, implying little satisfaction for high earners as taxes bite deeply.
Early military forces relied mainly on chariots for cavalry units. The text notes that cavalry consisted mostly of chariots and highlights their reliance on wheeled combat platforms.
Burial services for Miss Rose F. E. Lavery were held Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Martin’s cemetery. Rev. M. J. Farrelly conducted the rites. Lavery, a former Cascade resident, died suddenly in Dubuque Tuesday evening. She was born May 25, 1871, daughter of Dan and Mrs. Lavery, pioneers of Jones County, and is survived by brothers Henry and Leo of Dubuque and William of Chicago.
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