Monticello Track Notes Highlight 1950s County Actions
Junior and senior activities fill a busy week at Monticello High School with preparations for the junior senior banquet, honors society dinner at Maples Inn, and new member inductions. Track team notes include Elmer Starks as captain, Monticello placing 12th at Cedar Rapids, and Starks finishing fourth in the half mile.
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Honorary Society
Maples Inn
Grimes
Mr. Stout
Helen Holst
Ada Egger
Frances Steck
Caesar
Frederick Bone
Calpurnia
Dorothy Sawyer
Brutus
John Hay
Max Palmer
Elmer Starks
Bill Ferring
Robert Spooner
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Monti
Paul Allen
Vernon Eilers
Clarence Hearn
Clark Matthiessen
Bernard Che
Ivan Reynolds
Clarence Seedorff
Jess Smith
Paul van Buren
Lloyd Taylor
Russell Jamieson
Edward Scherrer
Oliver Hutton
Tom Eden
Mr. Walker
Castle Grove
the Dam
Mary
Katherine Mansfield
Madona Cotton
Wienles
Edna Higgins Strachan
Loretta Specht
Naaman the Leper
Margaret Phelps
Gladys Howland
Pickwick Papers
Mr. Pickwick On Ice
Lucile Welland
Science Club
Dean Morey
Gordon York
George Fraser
Herbert Adix
Roy Ricklefs
Paul Hanssen
Orvin Yeoman
Fern Bender
Wanda Cooper
Ray Hodgson
Beatrice Bailey
Elmer Kaufman
Cooking School Proves Successful Promotion at Opera House
The Omaha Flour Mills sponsored baking school last week in the opera house. Demonstrator Mrs. Baker led the event which drew a partially filled auditorium Friday and a good Saturday audience despite heavy rain keeping some visitors away.
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Omaha Flour Mills Company of
Omaha
Opera House
Baker
Night Kittenball Lights Up Monticello Grounds
The Monti cello school district partners with local leaders to install lights at the public school grounds for kittenball. Games begin about 8 p.m. across four nights weekly with no admission, hat passed to cover lighting costs. Stuhters face Anamosa tonight at 6 15.
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Monticello
Teague
Express
Stuhters
Anamosa
Household Hints and Facts From Daily Life
Practical tips on keeping flour dry and light, soaking new clothespins to prevent splitting, greases on wood cleaned with cold water and washing soda, cleaning bread mixers with hot water, linoleum maintenance with linseed oil, and care for Japanese trays. Also notes on ads, Scotland housing, rubber hose at sinks, a Manchester canal bridge viaduct, rabbinic title Eminence, and mandatory voting in Argentina.
Stranger in the Glass Reveals Frances Boal Mehlek
A speaker reflects on a life filled with family and daily tasks until a morning encounter with a stranger in the mirror. The voice names Frances Boal Mehlek in the Commonwealth, suggesting a personal reckoning or rediscovery of self.
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Frances Boal Mehlek
Curious Spectacles Reveal Plant Growth Adventure
A boy and the Jogulong use Curiosity Spectacles to witness a plant grow. The green shoot emerges from the earth as water moves through tiny veins, suggesting an unseen process feeding growth and releasing matter into the air.
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Iello
Jogiulong
Jogulong
Jomatonge
Frente
Yam
Bor
Jogalong
Roots and Water Explain Plant Feeding to a Boy
A jag explains plant nutrition to a boy, describing how water is absorbed by tiny root hairs and dissolved nutrients travel upward. The dialogue emphasizes nutrient uptake, plant efficiency, and the protective selectivity of roots in a vivid, instructional scene.
Fruit Puzzle Names Hidden in Grid Solvable by Letters
A word puzzle presents empty grid spaces to be filled with letters forming well known fruit names. Letters already placed must be used exactly as given, guiding the solution to complete the fruit names across the grid. The challenge blends vocabulary with careful placement and consistency.
For Rent Storm House Eight Rooms and Bath
For rent the Storm house offering eight rooms and a bath with a garage and modern features. Contact E. A. Hubbard for current session and availability.
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Session
E. A. Hubbard
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Kitty Creek
Janis Grimes
Imogene Cram
Albert McNeill
Phillip Schneids
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Miss Meyer
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Healthweek
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Olive Nagel
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Norma Reyner
Robert Brokens
Arlitt Hughes
Jackie Becks
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Manchester Ship Canal
Manchester
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Argentina
A. G. Bohlken
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Fred Shover
Wilcox & Son
Wm. G. Schoon
Illini
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O. L. van Meter
H. E. Delscher
Newton Parrott
Louis Nouzak
A. M. Maurice
Kissich Co
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West First
Orpah Cramer
Ed Wirth
Ee Ee
Amber Savings Bank
Adolph Schoon
Amber
Norman &. Clark
Gerhard Freese
Meyer’s Produce Company
Towa
Seifert
J. Newmann
Clinton
Farmers' Grain Company
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Adam Reichart
Chestnut Street
Estray
Roy Snell
Dr. A. M. Maurice
D. D
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the Children’s Corner
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Olin
District Court
Jones County
State of
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Norman Davidson
Doxsee, Doxsee & Heiserman
J. F. Werting
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Udga
Uda
Palmer's Drug Store
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Cascade
Emil Flindt
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Paramount Picture
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Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
Ann Sathern
Robert Montgomery
Mr. X
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Iward Hawks
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Man ON the Flying Trapeze
Irene Dunne
This Man
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the Cities Service
the Cities
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Precision Instruments
Sudan
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