27 Nov 1947
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1947
Page
1
The article urges public support for tuberculosis prevention via Christmas Seals. It notes transmission by contact and contaminated objects, details mailing seals in Monticello and nearby areas, and explains funds finance x ray clinics for schoolchildren. It calls for national Thanksgiving gifts and community cooperation in disease prevention.
The labor government plans a peacetime industrial draft to mobilize about 500000 idle or nonessential workers into essential industries. The December 8 order targets street traders night club workers and the jobless, requiring registration and imposing a 400 dollar fine or three months in prison for noncompliance.
A column corrects an Anamosa game score and notes Monticello football, dress trends, railroad outlooks, and a state safety ranking. Anamosa is praised for ranking fifth in the state for town safety time lengths.
Local column highlights long traffic fatality free periods for Anamosa and Clarinda, road safety tips for winter driving, a reflection on Christmas shopping habits in Monticello, the Monticello firetruck feature and a defense of Dr. Eddie Anderson’s coaching, plus farmer Paul McVinna building a self made tractor from a mix of vehicle parts.
G A A girls begin intramural play with Green Hornets beating Hoosier Hot Shots 19 to 9 to remain undefeated. Slick Chicks win 12 to 10 over Wolf Gals. High Lighters top Basket Bombers 22 to 19 to claim city’s sole undefeated status. Lyns Lions to face Devilettes next.
Monti High features several prominent students. Marvin Jacobs alias Jake leads as band president and sax trio member while active in glee club and chorus. Marjory Luett heads F H A and excels in M Club G A A and Red Peppers with extensive music roles. Gerald Dirks, Future Farmers of America president, showcases athletic and church involvement as he notes a Kansas City convention trip.
A college style piece presents a student crafted rhyming alphabet poem filled with athletic terms, school roles, and playful lines. It blends verses about sports positions, classroom life, and personal names with a later section noting student reflections and a closing stanza about ongoing school traditions.
Mr. Stumbaugh led instrumentalists to the Iowa Bandmasters Clinic on November 20 at the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. A mixed clarinet quartet Donna Aitchison Phyllis Cox Charlotte Deischer Elizabeth Wilson performed, with Professor Voxman of the State University of Iowa conducting rehearsals alongside soloists Miriam Young bassoon and Elizabeth Wilson bass clarinet.
Betty F displays a newly acquired class ring amid a burst of engagement ring activity noted this month. The column highlights a trend of ring purchases as social signals within the community.
The weekly lunch menu lists meals from December 1 to Friday with daily options. Monday features weiner in bun with potato salad and fruit. Tuesday offers Spanish egg and noodles. Wednesday serves meat balls with creamed potatoes and desserts. Thursday includes candied sweet potato and ham salad sandwich. Friday presents salmon loaf with creamed peas and a cookie plus milk and ice cream.
Phyllis Cox at Locker 121 will collect G A A points on December 1 and 15 and December 22 and January 12. Students must hand in their points on these dates.
Eighteen FFA members were initiated at a local chapter meeting including Donald Ahlrichs Paul Bader John Behrends James Conley Lawrence Covington Galen Harms James Heiken Dale Hein Glen King Fred Messerli Donald Monk Emil Ortgies Benny Otten LeRoy Rickels Dick Rundle Wayne Wacker George Zirkelbach and Thomas Macomber. The group completed its annual rodent contest with rats 164 pigeons 635 sparrows 1047 starlings 67 mice 175 plus a lone mole 1. They bought 30 bushels Benton Oats and 48 bushels Clinton Oats for a summer project. Robert Spahr and Dale Mardorf were chosen for chapter gifts funded by a letter fund raised by Willis Harms. The club is selling Christmas cards and plans a certified potato sale next spring.
The document lists a sequence of events labeled Future Kin with locations such as Mt. Vernon Martello Tipton Independence Manchester Maquoketa Anamosa West Branch Marion Vinton and McKinley each tied to dates from November 21 through February 20, alternating there and here placements. It outlines a regional itinerary without further context or outcomes.
The Anamosa Chapter of the Izaak Walton League sponsors a Conservation Essay Contest focusing on soil conservation Wildlife management songbirds woodland and fish management for students The three week period ends with teachers hoping all pupils finish their essays with relief
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