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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1965
Page
5
Snoopin through the ledger of tickets for the annual New Year’s Day game reveals patterns in presale sales. The note mentions Mrs. and hints at family seating practices and potential renewals for the upcoming event.
The Express notes a minor dispute involving Monticello Community School board and Sacred Heart Catholic school and the State Department of Public Instruction over a shared time program. It claims all sides acted in good faith and predicts a forthcoming approval, while urging focus on football at the State University of Iowa.
The author argues that rioting by California Negroes harms the civil rights cause more than the Ku Klux Klan. Condemnations are softened by “however” or “but” and cite brutality claims, while leaders like Martin Luther King Jr show timidity. Whites share blame for some issues, but the riot reveals a major threat within the black community itself.
An ominous warning of press freedom loss unfolds as a brief New York newspaper blackout ends. The author condemns a guild minority for starving the public of truth, noting similar actions in Cleveland Detroit Portland and Chicago and urging urgent civic response. The piece warns of broader threats to lifelines like fuel and food if democracy is eroded.
The piece notes Adam Powell of Harlem urges admitting Castro's Cuba to the United Nations as a logical extension when approving other communist states. Rep Selden of Alabama denounces recognizing Castro as a grave national surrender and a harmful foreign policy setback with echoes of appeasement before World War II.
Onslow-Mrs. R J Kleineck hosted a one o clock dessert luncheon for the bridge club with scoring honors to Mrs. Harold Jordan Mrs. C M Holst and Mrs W A Hicks. Sub Miss Dillon Stickley. Buford Baker is a patient in Jackson County hospital Maquoketa. Douglas Wherry released from Fort Leonard Wood hospital. Mrs Mabel Denniston visiting Anamosa sister Mrs R J Kleineck. Mrs William Somerville visiting Morris Somerville home Wyom ing. Mrs Floyd Chatterton hosted pinochle club prizes to Mrs Louis Thuman Mrs Mabel Paulsen and Mrs Florence Wherry. Dwain Norton guest Maquoketa. Miss Matie Harris visited Davenport. Carrie Moncrief Monticello and two children Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Ralph Con ley Martelle were Sunday guests of Frank Conley. Dinner for birthdays of Mrs Elva Hall Mrs Elsie Callahan Cheryl Hall at Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids. Guests included Dillon Hall Billy Callahan Russell Hall and daughter and Mr and Mrs William Plumbeck Toronto. Wilfred Wherry visited son Douglas at Fort Leonard Wood. Mae Walters visiting sister Mrs Frank Fairbanks Anamosa Lucy Huston hospitalized Maquoketa William Somerville released from hospital Maquoketa Piura 1127 Miraflores Lima Peru.
A reader from Martello and Anamosa sends congratulations to Mr Jones on the Monti cello Express Centennial Edition, praising its balance of factual history and local traditions and noting the publication took a week of attention.
The Amberett club held a October 20 dinner at Loop's in Monticello for its 10th anniversary with current and former members. Mrs. Galen Harms read the club history and Mrs. William T. Folkers screened club tour films. The Birthday club visited Mrs. Emil Poppe’s home for her birthday. attendees included several named local residents. Hostesses Mrs Dirks and Mrs Poppe served refreshments. Steven and Debra Poppe visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Emil Poppe in Amber on Friday.
Melvin J. Heim 36 of Dubuque, brother of Frank Heim of this area, died last Tuesday near Oxford Junction when a tree fell on him while he worked for a lumber company. He is survived by wife and five children under 14. Several local residents and families visited and hosted events in the Strang and surrounding households.
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