Last War Chest Drive Opens This Week in Jones County
The Jones County War Chest drive starts this week with two township chairmen meetings in Anamosa and Monticello. It funds USO and 15 relief agencies, aiding distressed families in Central Europe and China, as troops serve in Germany and Japan.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Monticello
USO
Europe
China
Army of Occupation
Germany
Japan
United States
Living Quarters Shortage in Monticello
The town faces a housing shortage as hundreds of returning servicemen and their families seek rooms or apartments. Residents are urged to contact real estate dealers to offer rentals to servicemen to keep them in Monticello and support the war effort.
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Monticello
Wyoming Witnesses Seven Local News Items In One Issue
The Wyoming paper notes Geraldine Mader wed to Leo Levsen at St Pauls in Cedar Rapids and details the sept 2 ceremony. It covers Youth for Christ rally plans, Hawthorne club activities, Wolfe and Luckstead family events, and local elections and school news.
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Geraldine Mader
Leo E. Levsen
Wyoming
Youth For Christ
Harry Lindsey
Hawthorne Study Club
Gerald Mader
Geraldine
Leo FB. Levsen
Sono
Merc
Anica Leveen
Clarence
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Martin B. Rober
Myre
Norman Abrendsem
Oxford
Liatin
Abrendsen
Wreaning High School
Fias
Citizens State Bank
Wyong
Olin High School
Onslow Feeders Ship Cattle to Chicago
Onslow-M. P. Paulsen Ben Paulsen C M Holst and Emily Paulsen shipped cattle to Chicago Monday and Tuesday last week. Prices received ranged from 17.15 to 217.90 per hundredweight.
Find of Labeled Whiskey Bottles Stirs Marion Street Scene
A Marion passerby found a carton of bright labeled quarter whiskey bottles on the street. The bottles bore popular brand labels and a Town liquor control commission mark, but all bottles were empty.
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Marion
Town Liquor Control Commission
The Editor Speaks on Compulsory Military Training
The piece argues for compulsory military training after high school to improve national health and discipline. It links in citizenship, voting intelligence, tolerance, and education, warning that opposition risks a third world war with atomic threat. It ends by urging Monti stidents to use the bicycle rack.
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Germany
Japan
United States
Monti
Panthers Fall to Manchester in Rough Friday Tilt
In Manchester a close first half ended 6-6 as Monti and Manchester traded scores. A blocked punt and a recovery near the goal line sparked Manchester's decisive late scores while Monti mentor Monti failed to regain the lead. Monti marching band performed in Manchester, marking their first out-of-town appearance.
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Manchester
Monti
Adamsonas
Messerli
Benson
Marion
Teachers Are Guests At Dinners Given By Methodists Rotarians
The Monticello public school faculty were guests at a dinner hosted by the Methodist church on Sept. 22 with Rev. Virgil Grant welcoming attendees and Superintendent Boyd Shannon introducing his staff. On Sept. 24 the Rotarians hosted a teachers banquet in the community building followed by a program including a choir of the faculty, a barber shop quartet, a women's trio, vocal numbers, tap dancing, a trombone solo, and an original skit.
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Monticello Public School
Methodist Church
Virgil Grant
Boyd Shannon
Rotarians
Barber Shop
Dean Fox of Dubuque Speaks at P T A Meeting
Dean H. Clifford Fox of the University of Dubuque will address P T A on postwar problems at the first meeting in the school Thursday September 27 at 630 PM. A cooperative dinner precedes the program with local officers named and monthly meetings planned.
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H. Clifford Fox
University of Dubuque
A. Mast
Miss Bevans
Everett Nichols
Monti High OffICers Map Busy Year Plans
Monti High group officers elected last spring map a busy year. M Club led by Irma Schoon president and Gene Kuehl vice president. Triem math club with Donna McCurdy president and Delphia Balster secretary treasurer. FFA led by Ray Rieniers president with Randall Ganfield as vice president and Donald Zimmmerman secretary. Delta Sigma Delta NHS names Max Schrader president and Irma Schoon secretary.
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Monti High
M" Club
Irma Schoon
Gene Kuehl
Dick Shelley
Triem
Donna McCurdy
Delphia Balster
Jim
Paul Seehusen
F. F. A. the Future Farmers Club
Ray Rieniers
Randall Ganfield
Donald Zimmerman
Donald Taulsen
The
Future Teachers of
F.T.A
Phylis Null
Beverly Harms
Elaine Behrends
Dorothy Jacobs
Joyce Lange
Hand
Jo Ann Schneider
Minnie Otten
Monti
National Honor Society
Delta Sigma Delta
Max Schrader
The Tooth Tale of Max
A boy recounts losing a baby tooth at six and later a larger one after a bike accident. He describes fear of looking odd with a missing tooth, a painful extraction, and relief as a new tooth forms. The tale ends with a message to stay brave and brace for life’s rough moments.
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Max
Activity Cards To Gate Entry For School Events
Cards printed to teach high school students responsibility will be issued to those who bought tickets earlier. They must be shown for entrance to games and lyceum programs with events listed including P T A dinners and sales in September and October at Marion Tipton Iowa City West Branch Mount Vernon and other locations.
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P.T.A
Marion
Tipton
Iowa City
West Branch
Mount Vernon
Monti High begins Monti Clubs activities and pep program
Triem mathematics club opens membership for students who have algebra and geometry with a B average. Meetings occur twice monthly and include problem solving and occasional parties. The Red Peppers pep club announces officers Louis Clark president and others. Pep requirements include wearing the M in a black sweater and paying an activity ticket. The M club hosted the first all high school party with dancing and refreshments to raise funds.
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Triem
Monti High
Monti
The
Red Peppers
Pep Club
Louis Clark
Helen Jean Kopp
Betty Hoult
Irma Schoon
Lois Clark
Helen Gerdes
Vivian Englehart
Betty Lou Null
Arlene Kuhns
Paul Schneider
Jane Smith
Leslie Linn
Donald Eells
LaVonne Fluckiger
M” Club
Seventh grade spelling quiz fuels imaginary world trip
Two teams in a Seventh grade class race through a pretend flight to Melbourne and Paris via weekly spelling quizzes. The Black Widow crew led by pilot Jean Barnts is halfway to Paris while Captain Stanley Morning heads the P-80 Shooting Star crew. Alvin Swanson, the new janitor and former Delhi resident, stays at Hei School residence. Paulsen’s car appears in dialogue as a quirky aside.
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Melbourne
Australia
Black Widow
Jean Barnts
Paris
Stanley Morning
Shooting Star
Alvin
George”) Swanson
Delhi
Hei School
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Colfax
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Lloyd Holm
East Moline, HS
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Maquoketa
Hawthorne Club
Robert Alden
L. H. Koch
John Holub
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Herbert Groening
Anna
Siam
Miles
Brown
Olin
Ernest Reitz
Hans Ketelsen
George Fishwild
Dora Thomsen
Harriet Alden
Lee Sherrill
Sakkema
Pulten
Chesley May Wolfe
Brandywine
Mir
August Wolfe
Washington, DC
Yibride
Irene Brownell
Henry
John Wolfe
Bertha Levsen
Mas
Fred Poultow
August Luckstead
Mervaind
Nick Ehlers
Scorpe (Zanninernine
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Irsin van Glenn
Laverne VansSprecken
Clarence Luckstead
Sot Howard
Or. Mero
Ravmond Lucksteed
Diugsters
Marianne
Delores
Onstow
Mao
Ernest von Sprecken
Keith
Dennis
Will Luckstead
Gus von Sprecken
Louise Brainer
August Pankow
Lafayette Bahnsen
Fred Pankow
Do KR
Morse
Elf, Rohwedder
Janet Robertson
R.on. Stoffel
William Peek
Gordon Marshall
EF. Kieineck
Raymond Griswold
Frank Riches
Ivan French
Lester French
James Conrad
Baby
Klamath Falls
Ore
Leonard Ahrendsen
Phes
Nhlamath Falls
Ivan Mader
University of Michigan
Doris Symonds
Carrolton
Ohio
Cleon Dodge
Maw
F. L. Dodge
Wyomange High School
God
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Lavern Urban
Willian Nears
Robert Nissen
Wor, Foy
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Jack Kiges
Leah Hoffiman
Eldwin Brunmseheen
Helen Lital
Alison Fishwild
Joan Wilson
Mary Hateet
Virginia Foy
R. J. Larsen
Freshiens
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Clare Westphal Jr
Betty Sevhusen
Clifford Dirks
Raith Ragan
Rigbur
Jean Stampe
Philip Smith
Patsy Marshall
Jimmy May
Jane Inglis
Brainard
Minn
Reid Watson
Onstott
Mercy Hospital
Larsen
Erma Lincoln
Houston
Texas
A. C. Lincoln
Henrietta Boquist
Onslow Feeders
Ship Cattle
Mrs
Mary Werden
John Mayberry
Home Neighbors Club
Otto Allen
John Jansen
Ed Kleineck
Roo. Kleineck
Anna Petersen
M. P. Paulsen
Washington
Vera Paul
Ruston
S. G. Hutton
South Prairie
Albert McQuown
Waterloo
Herman Gutzeit
Herta
Schick Hospital
Mayme Rowe
Rock Igland
Vern Rynerson
Ben Warren
Charles Hi
Merle Welty
James and
Melvin Spencer
Clair Felker
Vic Kleineck
Elsie Bender
Western Teachers College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Roy Bender
Lee Peck
Yvonne Hamilton
Miss Bender
Fred Petersen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Helen Countryman
Austin
Sophie Countryman
E. G. Steinman
Dumont
Routh Mallicoat
Earl Mallicoat
Kyle Poole
C. W. McMahon
F. E. Zinn
Arlington Heights
McMahons
Oxford Mills
Mr. Zinn
Amanda Zinn
Will Hall
Shaffer’s Sweet Shop
Leslie Reates
Bill and
Madge Shaffer
the Monty Sweet Shop
William Shaffer
Shaffer Sweet
Monty Sweet Shop
Leslie Reade
Philomonte
Monticello High School
Panthers
Dean Fox
Marjory Luett
Mama
Papa
Paulsen
Marilyn
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