Pep Rally Caps Homecoming at Eleven Oclock
The high school hosted a large homecoming pep meeting on November third with the band playing and students cheering. Don Mouw conducted a football Q A contest awarding a five dollar gold piece disguised as a penny. Ruth Hein won best decorated car and LaVern Eilers won for the bicycle parade.
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Don Mouw
the Express
Bob Clark
Emil Klumpar
Shannon
Monti
West Liberty
Undertaker's
Ruth Hein
LaVern Eilers
P.S
Chatterbox Gossip and Schoolhouse Snippets
Suzy Snoop offers campus gossip from Philomonte on homecoming aftermath and rumblings between a senior girl and a graduate living in town. A riddle about turning off a light near a bed is posed with a cheeky daytime solution. A junior faces an awkward social moment as a friend’s arrival changes plans.
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Suzy Snoop
the Philomonte
Montini Introduces Boys Health Class
The school adds a three hour weekly health program focusing on body care. In semester one students assess health by eyes, weight, teeth, and posture. Semester two teaches defect correction and prevention plus personal conduct at dances, deemed a success by staff and pupils.
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Montini
Cheer Leaders Debut In New Black Sateen Costumes
Three girl cheerleaders Jeanette Lubben Dorothy Heyen and Betty Otten appeared last Friday in new fitted black sateen dresses with short sleeves and swirling skirts. Neck openings feature braid frogs in Monti colors of black and red, aimed to add color to assemblies and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Lubben
Dorothy Heyen
Betty Otten
Monti
Piney Woods Quartet Performs Share From Piney Woods
Last Wednesday a Piney Woods Mississippi negro quartet entertained high school students. The group featured two tenors a baritone and a bass with another member accompanying and introducing songs. They sang spirituals folk songs and humorous pieces and spoke about the Piney Woods school for negro children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Woods
Mississippi
Barionte
Staff Editor in Chief Janet Howie Leads Local Paper Team
The newspaper lists Janet Howie as Editor in Chief and Virginia Clark as Associate Editor along with a lengthy roster of reporters and typists. The group includes Shirley Hobert Jeanette Lubben Ruth Reuter Margaret Bader Ben Long Betty Adams Betty Otten Kay Woodall Estella Smith Gertrude Ortgies Eileen Appleby Janana Schweitzer Betty Jean Crane Gertrude Wenger Verena Vernon Doris Otten June Henrichs Lorraine Jacobs Robert Eggers Elizabeth Lee Byerly Wilma Grossheim Rebecca Grimes Loretta Gerdes Ruth Hoffman Don Howie Joyce Wismeier Mary Lou Luett Deloris Bohlken Kathleen Adams Marion Deischer Betty Clark Ruth Roberts Eleanor Cooper and staff roles.
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Janet Howie
Virginia Clark
Shirley
Hobert
Jeanette Lubben
Ruth Reuter
Margaret Bader
Ben Long
Betty Adams
Betty Otten
Kay Woodall
Estella Smith
Gertrude’. Ortgies
Eileen Appleby
Janana Schweitzer
Betty Jean Crane
Gertrude Wenger
Vernona Vernon
Doris Otten
June Henrichs
Lorraine Jacobs
Robert Eggers
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Calendar items for Monte on November list events
November 10 features football at Anamosa and a freshman party. November 17 highlights a junior class play, with details unspecified in the fragment.
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Anamosa
Aftermaths of Halloween in Monticello
November first brought blockaded streets and widespread window cleaning after Halloween pranks. Business owners and janitors faced chalked chaos while residents pondered the cost of mischief. Miss Cox thanks a kind donor for lumber left in her car and hopes for a flower box to start gardening.
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Monticello
First Grade Halloween Activities and Indian Project Notes
Visitors in the first grade include Mrs. Grossheim Mrs. Tuetken and son Wallace and Mrs. Seehusen. The class is making Indian booklets and tracing Pilgrim arrival stories from Holland ending at Thanksgiving. Halloween events featured apple and pumpkin jack o lanterns, kitten masks, and masquerade activities across grades with birthdays treats and poems read.
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Wm. J. Grossheim
Wm. Tuetken
Wallace
Seehusen
America
Holland
Stuart Sutherland
Bobby Reade
Shirley McCurdy
Patty Podhaski
Marylin Landis
Keith Ritter
Paul Schneider
John Beeks
Gutensohn
Riess Stuhler
George Stahler
Thoone Aldrich
Lois Clark
Donald Heeren
Galen Hagen
Arthur Bohlken
Richard Skelley
David Hamilton
Helen Gerdes
Susan Stuhler
Most Traversed US Canada Boundary
The international boundary between the United States and Canada is the world’s most traveled border, handling vast cross border traffic and trade flows daily.
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United States
Canada
What A Night Of Homecoming Dance And Games
The article recalls a lively Homecoming day with a well attended dance, strong orchestra, and good floor conditions. Visitors from Anamosa and West Liberty joined the events, and the M club reports healthy finances from candy and dance proceeds.
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West Liberty
Anamosa
M” Club
Hirley Hobert
Interior Decorator to Speak at Night School
Miss Willoughby of Cedar Rapids will discuss window draperies and general interior decoration at night school on November fourteenth at 8:15 o clock. A Northwestern graduate she is an authority on interior decoration.
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Willoughby
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Miss Willoughby
Talks Interesting To Sociology Class
In the sociology class last Thursday talks were given by different students. Wilma Großheim spoke on clocks and time, Herbert Herren on the calendar origins, Ruth Hein on the alphabet, Deloris Poppe on the story of numbers, and LaVern Wahl on counting.
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Wilma Grossheim
Herbert Herren
Ruth Hein
Deloris Poppe
LaVern -Wahl
Seventh Graders Make Indian Movie
Seventh graders Janis Grimes Audrey Podhaski and Helen Gutensohn finished studying Hiawatha and made a movie of his childhood shown to third and sixth graders.
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Hiawatha
Janis Grimes
Audrey Podhaski
Helen Gutensohn
Scotch Grove Aid Society Gathers For Project Lesson
Scotch Grove women heard a project lesson by Mrs. L. J. Hughes at Mrs. Bernard Cass home. The session focused on smartness in dress, accessories and posture. Future music study plans include works by Bach Handel Beethoven Rosini and Tchaikovsky.
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Scotch Grove
L. J. Hughes
Presbyterian Aid Society
Bernard Cass
Bach
Handel
Beethoven
William Tell
Rosini
Andante Cantabile
Ischaikosky
Community notes from Scotch Grove area gathering
A crowded Sunday evening gathering at the Clark home drew 28 attendees for a youth group meeting with a religious service on war, followed by social time. Local and visiting residents from Monticello and Springville joined in events, showers, and preholiday plans, while church and community programs covered Puerto Rico and Alaska topics and youth topics.
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Anitra
Greig
Naylor
Gilbert Cooper
Anamosa
Clifton
Abbott
Arend Balster
Chicago
Nellie (Sturtevant) Shillinglaw
Los Angeles
Cal
Shillinglaw
Scotch Grove Township
D. O. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
M. M. Sinclair
Marvin Lacock
Hazel Eby
L. B. Callahan
Eby
Mr. Callahan
Presbyterian Church
Callahan
New Cum’‘berland
Lorel Deane Jones
Elmer Ernst
Miss Jones
Stanwood High School
C. Hughes
Marion
Orlie Loomis
Earlville
W. B. Clark
Sunbeam Mission Band
Miss Hughes
Alice Clark
Ruth Zirkelbach
Mrs. Clark
Sinclair
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Gilbert McKeen
Cody
Wyo
Vera Moats
Emil Paulsen
Presbyterian
Community Picnic Plans And Local Visits In Amber
Mrs Dirks plans a closing picnic style day with Mrs August Schrader coordinating activities. Local families, including the Schlemme and Otten groups, hosted and visited in Amber this week, while funeral attendee lists from Ledyard highlight the community connections.
Amber Woman Undergoes Appendectomy at Mercy Hospital
Mr and Mrs Otto Otten called to Anamosa Friday evening as their daughter Mrs George Herren underwent appendicitis surgery at Mercy hospital. She is progressing as well as can be expected. Sunday guests included Herman Dirks, Anna Smith, Henry Rickless, George Kinnan, Austin Stadtmueller and Rose Stadtmauer of Monticello, plus the Bodiker and Folkers families and others.
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Amber
Otto Otten
Anamosa
George Herren
Mercy Hospital
Adolph Schoon
Herman Dirks
Anna Smith
Omaha
Henry Rickless
Seatch Grove
George Kinnan
Austin Stadtmueller
Rose Stadtroucher
Monticello
George Bodiker
John Folkers
Lloyd Collier
Viola
Carolyn Bodiker
Clinton
Edna Dirks
Will Dirks
Carl Schoon
Warner Heiken
Irvin Wilken
Lloyd Soper
Milton Harms
Howard Soper
Pete Paulsen
Minehart Paulsen
Claire Westphal
Fred Hanken
Ed Harms
Mas
Henry Harms
Louie Behrends
Virgal
Trvin Wilken
D. J. Bohlken
Mayeda Wilkens
Carlene
Adierika Promises Quick Relief for Gas and Stomach Pressure
An advertisement touts Adlerika as a remedy for stomach gas causing heart pressure from constipation. It claims one dose relieves the pressure and cleans out both bowels, available at all drug stores.
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Adlerika
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Monticello High School
Chatterbox
Piney Woods Quartet
Monte
Ortgies
Lois Guyan
Barbara Walker
Turtie
Babes
L. E. Tull
Albert Schrader
Doc Lawson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dirks
August Schrader
F. H. Schlemme
Lisbon
Gerd Rickels
Harold Darrow
Ben Otten
Otten
Darrow
Franklin Factory
Stahlberg
George Folkerts
George Harms
Lucy O’connor
Lead
S.D
B. H. McCarville
Moorland
Michael Martin
Neb
Ledyard
Here
William Poppe
Henry Poppe
George Rickels
Meta Caspers
Carl Dirks
George Schoon
Andrew Tobiason
Will Poppe
Margaret Poppe
Tom Schoon
John PD. Poppe
Arend
George
Conrad Poppe
Henry Badberg
D. John Dirks
Henry FE. Dirks
Wilmer
John Siebels
Maynard Dirks
Rex Reuter
Barbara
Will Zimmerman
Fairview
Donald Danneman
Ames
Amber Woman
NEW Legion Hall
Monticello, Iowa
Estrada Bros. Mexican Ramblers New
Old Mexico
Claudette Colbert
Twentieth Century-Fox
Standard Oil
Solita
Woodrow
Monarch
Samcook
Mueller Furnacette
Francisco
Ford
Se.s
Iowa
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