Tuesday Election Sets Iowa Course for Nation
Iowa voters prepare for a November 3 election to decide party control of the state house with Republicans praised for steadiness and fiscal restraint. The piece cites past administrations and leaders like George A. Wilson and Bourke B. Hickenlooper as examples of prudent governance in the Hawkeye state.
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Iowa
State House
Hawkeye
Republican Party
Express
George A. Wilson
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Des Moines
Elect Wilson As Senator In The General Election
The piece urges Iowans to elect George Wilson to the U S Senate to replicate Iowa’s government nationally. It praises his readiness to oppose wasteful proposals and to stand firm for constituents in times of need.
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Iowa
Washington
Iowa Bank Balance Seen As Proof Of State Prosperity
Iowa boasts a cash balance exceeding 10 million dollars as evidence of prudent finances. The piece likens this to an economic boost and endorses electing George Wilson to act as leaven in the national machine.
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George Wilson
United States
Bourke B. Hickenlooper seen as likely GOP governor winner
The piece endorses Bourke B. Hickenlooper for Iowa governor on the Republican ticket. It notes his strong primary showing, predicts the largest Republican plurality, and highlights broad support in eastern Iowa especially Jones and Linn counties. It urges readers to review other Republican contenders and down-ticket races on page 4.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Jones and Linn
Express
Texas Myths and Memories in Shine Philips Book
Reading and Writing columnist discusses Shine Philips's Big Spring a Texas reminiscence. The piece highlights Texas pride with tales of extreme weather loco weed prairie fires and the era of horse and buggy medicine. It notes West Texas town Big Spring and journalist William Allen White connections.
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Texas
Union
United States
Lone Star
Shine Phillips
Mr. Philips
Big Spring
West Texas
U.S.A
Shine Philips
Through the Exchanges By Other Editors
A compendium of editorials from multiple papers discusses war effort concerns and public morale. Topics include scrap drives to aid victory, German and Japanese threats, views on aesthetics versus wartime austerity, inflation controls, and the likelihood of reverses before final victory.
Trustworthy Republicans Safeguard Iowa in Troubled Years
A voter urges personal support for Republican candidates in Iowa urging a circle vote for the full ticket to aid the state duringwart years, claiming safety lies in trustworthy Republicans in office.
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Iowa
We Must Measure Up and Retire Clyde Herring
Opinion column condemns Clyde Herring as senator citing poor committee work lack of agricultural focus and missed votes. Calls for electing a capable strong advocate of economical federal conduct to mobilize national effort.
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Clyde Herring
Time Flies Back Through Monticello News Highlights
Ten 20 and 24 years ago junior play Ace High featured Clarence Seedorf Loretta Specht Eunice Buol Gladys Howland Ray Hodgson Trene Johnson Gerald Schoon Elmer Kaufman Bernard Che and Fern Bender. Wayne township youth dance group The Rockmans listed Lester Zimmerman Lorene Zimmerman George Harms Willis Zimmerman Albert Kula. Monticello Red Cross shipped 132 sacks flour to aid unemployed residents. University High Iowa City rallied to defeat Monticello 20 2 in a gridiron clash. November district court petit jury includes Monticello residents Michael Breen Ruth Cropp Harry Eastwood John Eileen E J McLees Jack Pelly Herman Rickels Mrs Thomas Redmond D M Ser.
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Clarence Seedorf
Loretta Specht
Eunice Buol
Gladys Howland
Ray Hodgson
Trene Johnson
Gerald Schoon
Elmer Kaufman
Bernard Che
Fern Bender
Wayne Township
The
Rockmans
Lester Zimmerman
Lorene Zimmerman
George Harms
Willis Zimmerman
Albert Kula
Monticello
American Red Cross
University High of
Iowa City
District Court
Michael Breen
Ruth Cropp
Harry Eastwood
John Eileen
E. J. McLees
Jack Pelly
Herman Rickels
Thomas Redmond
D. M
Ser
Monticello Community Notes and Obituaries Summary
Local items include anniversaries for Mr. and Mrs. B. E. First, a farm near Monticello. Virginia Hearn injures her arm. a welcome for Rev. T. M. Nielsen at the Methodist church. the death of Herman Cordes near Cass Center. and Mrs. Benjamin Jarrett’s death in Monticello. Monticello and area teams post a 101 to 0 football win over Grant of Cedar Rapids. Also noted are births, snowstorms, a fall leading to no injury, and various local business and military updates including field inspectors named for Jones county and soldiers in U.S. service.
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Virginia Hearn
Ray Hearn
Methodist Episcopal Church
T.M. Nielsen
Messrs
Main
Meyer
Carson
Rodman
Laude
Herman Cordes
Cass Center
Will Lubben
John Etten
Benjamin Jarrett
Monticello
George Keough
St. Louis
Joseph Millard Jarrett
Stickney
S. C
William Guilford
Cedar Rapids
Frank Jarrett
William Jarrett
Edith Haeussler
Lee W. Rigby
Grant High School
Alfred Yossi
T. M. Redmond
Redmond
F. P. Stuhler
Frank H. Shimanek
Oxford Junction
George L. Schoonover
Anamosa
Jones County
Federal Field Commission of
Fawn Offs Road, Iowans To Return To Alaska Project
A caterpillar road machine operator near Adel, Harry Stine, bumped a fawn that darted from the right of way. The fawn leaped a fence and fled across a corn field. Iowa workers on Alaska highway projects plan to return in March for ongoing construction and widening work. Paddie the dog wandered 175 miles to Hopkinton and returned five years later finding his home. Whopper II, a muskellunge weighing 38 pounds, led a Popejoy family fishing trip north as the season’s top catch thus far.
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Adel
Harry Stine
Dallas
Stine
Iowa
Paddie
Hopkinton
Bob Guthrie
Whopper II
A. E. Wright
Popejoy
Pen Pals Share War News Through Christmas Packages
Monti Latin students under Mrs Milan Miller wrap gifts for pen pals in foreign countries. Letters describe wartime shortages with some notes on Ireland children who had never seen an orange before soldiers arrived. Packages include writing paper pencils hard candy and gum sent before November first to arrive by Christmas.
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Milan Miller
Ireland
Mathematicians Induct 13 Members At Initiation
The Monti's Mighty Mathematicians club welcomed 13 new initiates after a candlelight ceremony led by president Philip Schneider. New members include Hildegard Kehren, Alice Clark, Jean Bender, Dick Sutherland, and others, with a finale lunch in the physics laboratory.
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Monti
Philip Schneider
Hildegard Kehren
Alice Clark
Jean Bender
Dick Sutherland
Irman Tendick
Betty Jo Guyan
Mary Freese
Lois Tobiason
Charles Kreeb
Marilee Matthiessen
Greta Kuhns
Marie Kray
Dorothy Bartlett
Jones County Tent Blackout Reported After U High Game
A fragment describes a tent blackout at a country club following a U High game in Jones county. The note mentions items for sale or disposal, including a size 14 pair of black gym shoes and a Turkish towel bundle, with unspecified contents, to be auctioned if unclaimed.
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Jones County
Monti High Students Share Common Given Names
A playful survey notes many Monti High students share first names across classes. Boxed lists show multiple Bobs, Bettys, Richards, Helens, Doloritys, Marys and others among freshmen sophomores juniors. The piece invites matching last names to common first names among seniors and underclassmen.
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Lavern
Milton
June
Dorothy
Ray
Ruth
Jim
Joyce
Paul
Betty
Art
Lois
Bill
Elaine
Edwin
Lloyd
Charles
Ramona
Vivian
Galen
Mary Lou
Phyllia
Helen
Irma
Deloris
Mixed Chorus Elects Class Representatives
The high school mixed chorus elected class officers and representatives on October 19. Elizabeth Lee Byerly was named president, Albert McNeill vice-president, and Jane Ann Patterson secretary-treasurer. Representatives include Abigail Ode Matte, Dick Sutherland Thiessen for the junior class.
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Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Albert McNeill
Jane Ann Patterson
Abigail O de Matte
Dick Sutherlan
Thiessen
Monti Eye Annual selects Becky Grimes as editor
Becky Grimes has been appointed editor in chief of the Monti Eye Annual staff for this year. Work on the annual has begun and will go to press early this spring. Other staff members and advisors are listed.
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Becky Grimes
Monti Eye
Albert McNeill
Ruth Hoffman
Betty Clark
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Melvin Hein
Ruth Zirkelbach
Sam Reyner
Gail Huibregtse
Jim Matthiessen
Abigail Banghart
Bob Balster
Betty Jo Guyan
Janis Grimes
Claire Shannon
Shannon
Betty Merrill
Dorothy Dwelle
Dorothy Cox
Hallowe'en Poem Colleen Maire Aboard Witches
A playful Hallowe'en verse describes witches riding at night on broom and through the sky. They wear pointed hats and ride with black cats as they sweep over cornfields in a spooky festive flight.
Sixth Graders Win PTA Contest Prize
Sixth graders win the PTA membership contest and earn a prize subscription to any magazine. They choose Story Parade for their room. Fifth grade writes Halloween poems and third grade hosts a visit day with a program. Second graders publish a Halloween booklet with stories poems and pictures.
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PTA
Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
Mass Pep Meeting Replaces Monticello Homecoming Parade
Hitler and his stooges disrupted plans by Monticello students replacing the traditional homecoming parade with a mass pep meeting in the school gym the night before the game. The homecoming game remains at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Cal Meyer’s Orchestra Waterloo IA providing the entertainment after a town snake dance.
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Hitler
Stooges
Monticello
Anamora-Monticello
Cal Meyer
Waterloo
Iowa
Elizabeth Byerly
M” Club
Becky Grimes
Ruth Hoffman
Betty Clark
Albert McNeill
Bob Balster
Exchange Dept To Include Six Schools
Philomonte expands its news paper exchange program to six schools this year. The plan aims to compare issues with peers and includes Blue and White of West Liberty Iowa Blackhawk of Davenport Earlybird of Early Iowa Miss Helen Patterson journalism instructor at the state university Madison and Mra O Barnard head of School Newscast at WMT plus The Argus of Farmington Community High School Farmington Illinois and The Purple Pen from Wall ee.
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Philomonte
West Liberty
Iowa
Blackhawk
Davenport
Earlybird
Early
Helen Patterson
The
State University At
Madison
Mra. O. Barnard
WMT
Argus
Farmington Community High School
Farmington
Illinois
Purple
Wallee
Who Killed Isabel in the Jr. Play Mystery
The notice invites amateur detectives to solve the mystery of Isabel in the junior play The Haunted House. Cast tensions arise as rivalries between men seeking her favor and women who hate her drive the intrigue. The event is scheduled for November 20.
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Isabel
Jr. Play
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