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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
1
The Monticello High School commencement honors the class of 1944 as diplomas are issued. Many graduates enter military service or pursue further education, with Superintendent A B Grimes and faculty praised for guiding the students to this milestone.
A survey shows 81 percent of Americans feel the family doctor has a personal interest in them and 68 percent believe that personal interest often helps cure illness. The article argues against socialized medicine and defends patient choice and physician independence.
Vicki Baum returns with Hotel Berlin 43 set in a Nazi tainted hotel where Martin Richter, an underground leader, inspires guests and staff. The novel traces love, danger, and resistance as handwriting taunts the regime while a French duo hides Richter in the wine cellars.
Across papers a chorus of sharp notes on war, debt, subsidies, and leadership. Editors mock war glamour, question Bricker’s fate, applaud price controls, and lament wartime losses of historic shrines as nations brace for decisive years.
The Iowa Poll shows a third of residents have flown with men and women nearly equal in air interest. Many would use scheduled flights within Iowa, with some wanting to buy planes or learn to fly after the war. Air mail usage remains common and could grow with direct plane connections.
More than a thousand farmers attended the Jones county event. The committee began work at 9 o clock May 19, issuing the first check for 134.66 to Margaret Pfeil Balster. A Monticello chamber lunch followed.
The Rev. Loras T. Lane of Loras college Dubuque witnessed the drowning of his cousin Veronica Flynn 10 daughter of Dr and Mrs R J Flynn at Chelsea during a flood Sunday. Veronica and Frances Hrabak daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Hrabak were swept away in the current despite aid efforts. Funeral services for Martin Martensen Sr 88 were held at Cascade Community church. Burial in Cascade Protestant cemetery. Martensen born April 22 1861 in Nillsbeck Denmark came to America in 1883 lived in Maquoketa Monmouth Canton Cascade Bernard and Fillmore. Survived by widow and 12 children and four brothers. Cascade Commercial club to observe July 4 with Legion park event. Jimmie Hess celebrated third birthday with grandparents T J Lane in Cascade. Capt Hess recovering in Coral Gables Hospital.
Chile runs 2,600 miles from the Peruvian border to Cape Horn and presents four distinct regions. The north holds mineral deserts, the central plains grow crops, the southern belt is forested, and the southernmost islands are windy and damp. The nation averages about 100 miles in width.
Long growing crops such as car rots, celery, etc., should be side dressed at the same rate every three to five weeks. The plant food is distributed one half on each side of the row, two to three inches away from stems. It is then lightly worked into the sail with a rake or cultivator. Before watering the gar den is the best time to feed.
The passage argues that advancing medical care relies on the personal relationship between patient and doctor. It asserts that free men with fearless minds drive progress and that many deadly diseases are conquered or controlled through individualized service, emphasizing the physician's responsibility to protect life.
War ration notes list indefinite validity for meat fat and blue processed foods stamps. Sugar stamps 30 40 allow five or ten to twenty pounds for canning with two application periods in 1944. June plentiful foods include eggs potatoes canned vegetables and many staples. Sugar canning allotment may be 10 pounds per person per period plus five pounds stamp 40.
A brief note recalls ships carrying cattle in past decades, noting maritime carriers and routes once used to move livestock across seas.
The Monti Hi senior class commencement was held Thursday evening May 25 in the school auditorium. The program featured a procession by the high school band an invocation by Rev. Glenn W. McMichael a cornet solo by Charles Kreeb and a vocal number by John McNeilly Bruce F Gates president of Gates Business College Waterloo gave the address Making America Strong. The class song and diplomas followed with presentations by Supt A B Grimes and Leigh Clark president of the board of education. A list of seniors includes Glenn Adams Aul Chaplin Boyd Chatterton Robert Clark Wayne Claus Arthur Gesse Dale Grifith Arthur Husman Armin Jacobs William Kiburz C J Matthießen John McNeilly Paul Messerli Jack Naylor Norman Opfer George Richardson Donald Siebels Gene Taylor Calvin Thompson Billy Welter Roman Welter Duane Yousse and many others.
The Phi Lomonte announces its last issue led by the 44 seniors while juniors prepare to take over next year. The note reflects on past chaos and rapid learning during the weekly production cycle.
Seniors recall four years of high school life with humorous and memorable moments. Names like Gerry Schoon Nedra Kromminga Phyllis Schneider Earl Carroll and others recount incidents from freshman year through to graduation including a slip in a dressing room a loud trumpet blare a damaged shoe tossed from a window and field football tackles.
Seniors again outshines Monti Hi during Kids Day with spirited performances and a candy-filled tradition. Underclassmen envy the playful masquerade and class disruption as seniors relive youth in the school aisles.
The note expresses fond good wishes and patience as they bid farewell to Mrs Guyan and others, hoping for a happy and successful year ahead.
Geraldine Schoon presents a nostalgic compilation of the Class of 44 history from kindergarten through ninth grade. She lists classmates and teachers, notes changes each year, and recalls memories of the early school years and arrivals from area locales.
The First Congregational Church hosted a May 21 baccalaureate for the senior class. Rev. H E Dalrymple delivered the sermon Bridges into the Future after hymn singing and scripture reading by Rev. William J Grossheim.
Seniors held their last picnic on Wednesday at Palisades State Park near Mt. Vernon with sponsors Miss Harken and Miss Rummel and other faculty. Picnic lunch was planned by Gerry Schoon Jackie McCurdy Abby Banghart and Alaine Havlichek.
The article lists numerous tenth to twelfth grade students including Paul Chaplin Lyman Heeren Art Huffman Billy Kiburz Paul Messerti Jack Naylor and many others as the town appears to host a schooling event with scattered enrollment notes.
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