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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
6
Monti High gears up for homecoming after the game with West Liberty. The gym will be decorated by the decorating committee with ads ready, an admission of twenty five cents will apply, and tickets available from M club members or at the door. Miss Merrill leads planning with alumnae helping and support from officers.
The notice lists students achieving honor roll across grades from seventh to twelfth. Names include Elizabeth Guyan Janis Grimes Audrey Podhaski Helen Gutensohn Marilee Matthiessen Alice Clark Richard Sutherland Clark Shannon Gail Huibregtse Jacquelyne Curdy Anna Rose Strasburg Jack Stabler Elizabeth Byerly Ruth Hoffman Rebecca Grimes Ruth Zirkelbach Phyllis Schlimmer Lawrence Rieken Kathleen Adams Joyce Wismeier Elmer Heeren Mitesh Melvin Hein Gertrude Ortgies Betty Adams Mary Lou Luett Ruth Ann Decker Laurabelle Baum McLaughlin Ruth Ann Hoag Lois Naylor Yvonne Lange Stanley Schrader Arlene Balster Janann Schweitzer Robert Liddy Ruth Reuter Shirley Hobert Janet Howie Lucille Huibregtse Lorraine Lubben Wilma Grossheim Yola Rodman Robert Heyen Verna Stutt Delores Poppe Ruth Ehrisman Maxine Rynerson Milo Tobiason.
Shannon's Sons of Science held their annual initiation in the physics room at the school house on Monday evening October sixteenth. Seven new members were welcomed to the club increasing membership to sixteen. officers elected October eighth include Herbert Herren president La Vern Wahl vice president Milo Tobiason secretary and treasurer.
At the high school dance on Tuesday night students slipped and slid on each other’s shoes while learning to dance. The event ran from seven to nine thirty with punch and cookies served. Organizers wished for many more such successful dances.
Monti Hi launches a swing band for all high school dances under director Chuck Ross. Featured musicians include cornets Yola Rodman Marvin Schoon Louis Havilchick trombones Billy Marsh Albert Mc Neill saxes Carol Cartano William Minny bass horn Arline Balater and Ray in the rhythm section.
Local notes report teachers battling noise in class on Monday afternoon. Mr Shannon试 tried a candy bar stunt in study hall while townspeople bustle to the Express office each Monday night. SSS initiates sickened some newcomers, sparking concern over future hazing.
A school note urges students to practice courtesy in halls and at doors. It cautions against loud gum chewing and rushing into buildings, especially by smaller boys, and reminds students to let ladies proceed and to treat companions and teachers with respect.
The page credits Janet Howie as Staff Editor in Chief and Virginia Clark as Associate Editor. A long list of reporters follows including Shirley Hobert, Jeanette Lubben, Ruth Reuter, Margaret Bader, Ben Long, Betty Adams, Kay Woodall, Estella Smith and many others. Typists named are Jeanette Lubben and Robert Heyen.
Monte Calendar lists October 27 Mount Vernon versus Monti in a conference game. November 3 Home Coming Dance. November 11 Anamosa versus Monticello in a conference game. November 8 West Liberty game.
Philomonte staff held a candy sale to fund a publication upgrade. The event raised four dollars ninety nine cents in profit, with one cent donated by Miss Merrillen to bring the total to five dollars. The notice hints the yearbook will soon be bigger and better.
Alumni from Monti Hi and Mt Vernon branches join Cornell activities. Dean Morey a sophomore joins the new ten member cheer squad seen at the Cornell Beloit Parents Day game. Bill Coxsee leads the band while Glenn Gerdes, nursing a broken rib, remains on the Iowa State Teacher’s College freshman squad. Doris Beard pursues multiple music roles at Cornell across Cappella and Methodist choirs.
Monti High girls ping pong tournament is in full swing after two weeks of elimination under school coaching. Teams compete for top honors as students advance through rounds toward the final match.
Miss Magana reports twenty nine entrants to the tourney started with twenty one eliminated. Seven games remain featuring Arline Balster vs Maxine Rynerson Becky Grimes vs Ruth Roberts and Dorothy Prult vs Loretta Gerdes. Winners advance to determine the champion.
The junior class chooses seven boys and six girls for the play Big-Hearted Herbert. Cast members include Herbert Kalness Stan Shrader Elizabeth Kalness Gloria Babb Martha Arline Bal ster Herbert Kalness Jr Robert Liddy Alice Kalness Janann Schweitzer Andrew Goodrich Charles Boss Mrs Goodrich Dorothy Prult Mrs Havens Betty Crane with two roles still to be filled.
First and second graders present original poems about winter with lines such as The leaves are turning brown and Leaves are falling fast. Dental cards are being collected, with five more brought in to reach one hundred percent enrollment as the class studies a furnace visit and animal conservation in later grades.
The report details activities across grades including study of State Game Laws, Norwegian myths and literature, ship development from logs to steam vessels, geography on Norway, and a reading of The Norwegian Family. Perfect attendance lists and a chickenpox absence are noted along with science reels on Indians reptiles cotton Hiawatha and textiles.
Hopkinton P T A sponsors the three act play Dont Darken My Door to be presented Friday night in Lenox gymnasium. Cast includes Dewain Thompson Louis Herington Jessie Keith Soren Christenson Laura Morgan Daisy Sires Sarah Herington and Grace House. Fire at Martins Studio ends truncated report.
The column lists a paralytic stroke patient Henrietta Jeffries with son Roy Jefries nursing her at home. It records visits from Marion, Waterloo, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dubuque, plus a Lenox college football win 38 to 18 over Independence and a new real estate office opened by A P Himebaugh in Hopkinton.
The Jones county farm debt adjustment committee holds a session at Anamosa Court House on Friday at 1 p.m. Cedar Rapids supervisor Keith Noll will attend to assist farmers facing financial problems. A separate note mentions Miss May Smith of Northwood breaking her hip after a weed she was pulling gave way.
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