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MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, RAWi %rE-RIE0OI D AND LisBoN
i =~" " -
THE HAWKEYE-RECORD
and THE LISBON HERALD
104 2nd Ave North, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Official Newspaper MountVernon and
Linn County
CHALK MARK
Editor Mary MacGregor
Assistant Editor Mark Hutchinson
Lloyd McCutcheon Estate, Proprietor
James W. McCuteheon, Editor
Published at Mount ~ernon ann Lisbon,
in Linn County, Iowa, every~Thttrsday.
Manager Jean Heasty
Reporters--Jean noustman, Don
THE MOUNT VERNON HAWKEYE Horten, Don Minnick, Betty
Founded in 1~65 by S. It. naaman Kohl, Ludwig Hedge, Peggy Ma
THE MOUNT VERNON RKMARKFAt gee, Carolyn Neal, Hallie Winsor,
Founded in 1893 hy ~ar4 I~zle~ Margaret Harris, Lois Bigger,
TitE--i~ISB()N-ii'EfiAL-D Douglas Hudelson, Jean Thomas-
Founded in 1894 hy W. F. stahl sen, Darwin Cook.
One year, in Li.nn and adjoining EDITORIAL
counties, per year $1.&0
counties, but within the state,
per
One year. autside the state ~-.~
Editorial Association, Forsign AdvertiS-
ing Representative, Iowa Newspapers,
Inc 405 Shops Bldg. Des MoineB, Iowa.
Entered as second class raail matter at
the post office of Mount Vernon, Iowa, and With semester ex-~ms j
Lisbon, Iowa. ing u~p over the hill many of us be-
Notices for en~rtalnm~ts or other gath- gin to worry about our grades. For
erin~ to which a 0barge iJ made, 1 several years now there has been
cent~ per line, minimum charge 25 centS. :
Card of thanks and resolutions of reslmet
10 cents a line, minimum charge $1.00
Display advertising rates furnished on ap-
plication to responsible advertiSers.
NATIONAL 6DITORIAL-
Orchids To Lisbon City Dads
Orchids to Mayor Harlan Briggs
;rod the members of the IAsbon
Town Council, Bill Dahn, Lee Crel-
ly, V~'. M. Bennett, Merle Kepler
and Chas Sankot, who have reduc-
ed the bonded indebtedness of Lis-
bon, $11,500 in the last three years.
Time was when IAshon used to be
the town without a debt. It will be
spinet[me before that goal can
again be reached ,but the trend is
definitely in the right direction.
This reduction has been accom-
plished at a time when federal
money has been spent in a manner
which many consider to be waste-
fill and unnecessary.
The Lisbon town officials all de-
serve eongr~tulations for their re-
cord in paying off part of the
town's indebtedness.
Eastern Iowa Interested In
Reappointment Of Abe Hurst
There is a movement on foot in
this 'part of the state to ask Gov-
ernor George Wilson to reappoint
Abe Hurst of Maquoketa as a
1)emocrat member of the Iowa
Highway Commission. Mr. Hurst
has been a valuable member of the
Commission during his first term
fights for this part of the state, and
has .been real good to IAnn County.
While he has been in office sev-
eral miles of No. 261 in Johnson
county has been ]~aved. Although
we haven't heard what is in the
wind for 261 during 1941, Mr.
Hurst has always been interested
in continuing the paving program
on this road as fast as funds were
available. People of this vicinity
are very much interested in the
early completion of pavement on
No. 261 across IAnn county.
If Mr. Hurst favors continuing
the work on this road, as we believe
he does, we would encourage his
reappointment.
Teddie Roosevelt On
Regular Church Attendance
s( me talk about changing our pres-
ent system. The idea would ,be to
give S's for satisfactory and U's for
unsatisfactory. Two seniors have
consented to write their views ~both
~ro and con. First let's see what
reasons Con finds against it.
I believe it would be a mistake
for the school to change the grad-
ing system from letter grades to
Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory. If
everyone who did average work and
above got S, I believe the standard
of our school work would go down.
I know there are some stu.ients
who go to school just to learn, but
these students also take great pride
in their report cards. If they came
down in a study one six weeks from
an A to a B they would work hard-
er the next six weeks. If you knew
i you could easily get an S without
working as hard as you usually do,
lyon would be likely to neglect your
]studies when something else came
up that you wanted to do. Do you
think this system would work un-
less you knew just where you stood
in the class according to ability
and grades?
On the other hand Pro seems to
have many reasons for it.
It is a recognized fact that our
present grading system is unfair.
Rather I should say our grading
systems, for I don't kno'w of any
two teachers in the building that
grade on the same basis. There is
the curve system, where out of a
class of thirty-five, three students
are failing students; there is the
percent system where on an off
day, a student can ruin his final
~qrade by getting one low mark.
ot one of these methods takes
into consideration the effort and
work given by the student, or the
fact that on a test day the student
may have .been out of sorts. Some
of our A students are those who do
very little studying, some of our C
students are those who work the
hardest. Should a person be given
a higher grade merely ,because
he was born with a larger capacity
for learning than some of his ecru-
)anions?
The only solution to this prob-
lem is the satisfactory, unsatisfac-
tory system. Under this, the teach-
er would grade on the effort given,
the work accomplished, the atti-
rude in class, and the intellectual
ability. The teachers would make
their pupils work harder for their
S than they ever worked for their
A. We are proud of our report
cards, but should we be? Should
we gloat over an A, gotten by ac-
curate guessing in an important
test or ,perhaps an expert bit of
apple polishing? It's a pretty shal-
low person who works for grades
instead of knowledge and I chal-
lenge you to find very many M.V.
H.S.'ers who do.
Some of our A students oppose
this system because their right of
Superiority would 'be taken from
them. We can't build a better
school and ,better graduates on
superiority and inferiority com-
)lexes.
EA,%q~ER IO~VA CONFERENCE
BASK~TrBALL JUBILEE
Last Friday evening, Mount Ver-
non High School was host to six
other High School ,basketball
;cams. They were: Anamosa, U.
High, West Liberty, West Branch,
Tipton and Monticello.
There were ~flve, twelve minute
games played. A team consisted of
one player from each of five
schools, making it very interesting
for the spectators, as well as for
the players themselves. A jubilee
like this makes it possible for the
teams to get acquainted with each
other and make friends with one
another.
The All-Conference Football
team was presented between two
of the games, also the names of the
members of the second string were
mentioned M.V.H.S. was ~proud
!to hear the names of Leighr and
Herring for guard and ,backfield
positions respectively.
The results of the games played
in the Jubilee were as follows:
1st ~'ame--IAghts 14, Darks 3.
2nd game--Lights 10, Barks 12.
3rd game--Lights 14, Barks 16
4th game--Lights 10, Darks 8.
Over time. Hutchinson made win-
ning bucket.
5th game--Lights 2. Barks 7.
BREAD OF LII~'E
What is the bread of life--po-
tatoes, rice, milk, oranges or cod
liver oil? Whatever it is, we must
have it. It's not new but essential.
,~o it is with exams--a ~ort of
bread of life with teachers and
school--not new but we must have
them.
We study and prime ourselves
with facts and lore--then at the
end of a quiz session we experience
a faintness, for a lot has 'been tak-
en out of us. And yet to go on and
up, we depend on these fearful vital
and inescapable exams. They give
us growing pains for which there
is not an easy remedy. Yes--exams
have a b-c-d-g vitamin contest A
live school must have them. 'T1s
an old maxim in the schools "Flat-
tery is the food for fools."
But ex~,m's the thing to make
you grow and shows the teachers
what you know.
SEMESTER EWENTS
He hum! One semester gone and
one to go. Doesn't seem like one
whole semester, three periods of
i I I- - II
One of the best statements on the
advant~ge of regular attendance at
church was made .by the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He gave nine rea-
sons for going to church which
are worth anyone's time to read.
They are here printed with the
thought that the first of the new
year is a good time to give atten-
tion to that subject. They are:
1. In this actual world, a
churchless community, a commun-
ity where men have abandoned and
scoffed at or ignored their religious
needs, is a community on the rapid
down grade.
2. Church work and church at-
tendance mean the cultivation of
the habit of feeling some responsi-
bility for others
3. There are enough holidays
for most of us. Sundays differ from
other holidays in the fact that
there are fifty-two of them every
year. Therefore on Sundays go to
church.
4. Yes, I know all the excuses.
] know that one can worship the
creator in a grove of trees, or ,by
a running brook, or in a man's own
house just as well as tn a church,
But I also know as a matter of cold
fact the average man does not thus
worship.
5. I-{e may not hear a good ser-
man at church. He will hear a
sermon by a good man who, with
his good wife, is engaged all the
week in making hard lives a lit-
tle easier.
6. He will listen to and take in
reading some beautiful passages
from the Bible. And if he is not
familiar with the Bible, he has suf-
fered a toss.
7. He will take part in singing
sonic good hymns.
8. He will meet and nod or
speak to good, quiet neighbors. He
will come away feeling a little more
charitable toward all the world,
even toward those excessively fool-
ish young men who regard church-
going as a soft performance.
9. I advocate a man's joining in
church work for the sake of show-
six 'weeks, has actually passed. But
it has and the first half of the year
wasn't so bad after all.
The class officers were elected at
the beginning of this semester.
Students were chosen for the Na-
tional Honor Society and the stu-
dent body witnesses their installa-
tion.
We had some pretty good times
at M.V.H.S. this semester. There
were plenty of football games and
the yelling was the best in years,
Maybe due to the excellent direc-
tion of our cheer leaders. The out-
of-town games always brought a
large group of Mr. Vernon kids.
Homecoming was topped by the
dance in the evening. The fresh-
men-sophomore play was really a
hit, and that brings up the junior
play. These were performances we
will long remember.
The activity ticket sale went
over in a big way and about every
student has paid, or is paying
monthly on his or her ticket.
All our dances were lots of fun,
and more students attended this
year than before. Folk dancing
was introduced. The homecoming
dance was probably the biggest and
best dance of the sen[ester.
The seniors had their pictures
taken for graduation. They really
believe in getting right down to
business.
The juniors were proudly dis-
playing their new class rings last
month. We don't blame them.
Nice looking!
Two days were given for Thanks~
giving vacation. About this time
we were selling magazine subscrip-
tions for a moving picture ma-
chine. This was quite a suece ~. ;
Then, best of all, e~me Christmas!
with two weeks vacation. A pro-
gram was given in the auditorium
the last day of school and then
everyone went home for Santa
ing his faith by his works.
~ome men look their age, and
some don't--but a woman almost
always overlooks hers.--Ex.
Claus and the ,big day.
Semester examinations will fol-
low. Of course these won't be en*
joyed, ~but they will probably be
easy enough.
What will this next semester
bring us? We are all expecting
just as much fun as we found in
the first. We'll get it.
1VE'LI~ CALL TIIESE JOKES
Do you know how they decide
beauty contests in Hawaii? They
draw straws!
And then there was the guy who
thought that a statistician fixed
radios.
A wealthy Spanish student walk-
ed up to his professor and asked if
Manual I,abor was a Spaniard.
What happens if you feed a girl
,bullets?--Her hair grows out in
bangs!
We really shouldn't slam the
Scotch--some of our very closest
friends are Seotchmen!
Speaking of the Scotch--did you
know that they had changed their
national sport from golf to swim-
ming since toll ~bridges were in-
stalled.
Al~FERMATH
Can't you just imagine these
ejaculations next week after sem-
ester exams ?
Charlie MacMillan, very cahnly,
"Well, that's done."
Oren Travis--"Very very uplift-
ing."
Louise M. l)vorak--"What a re-
lief."
Earl Edwards--Now I won't get
the chores mixed up with algebra."
Gloria Hedge, emerging from the
Latin class~-"At least I didn't get
the sight translation mixed with
those declensions." (We don't get
it.)
Mary Mae--"Yipe! !"
hose after every wearing.
Donnie Dolezal--1 resolve to
wear high heels to every dance.
Louise M. I)vorak--I resolve to
shave at least once a week.
Marion Fisher--I resolve to stay
awake in government.
M'u'guerite Sievers--I resolve to
grow a enrled moustache.
Mary MaeGregor--I resolve to go
Sunday morning. The horse was
sick only a short time.
Donald Travis t)roke both bones
in his right leg below the knec
Thursday when skiing at the Mrs.
~an Travis farm.
Congressman J sines ~V. Good
states that he will resign, to take
a partnership in a prominent law
firm in Chicago.
family were Sunday evening visit-1
ors at the Than Dean home.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hoffman:~
were Sunday evening callers at the
George Wallick home. i
The neighborhood was shocked
to hear of the tragic death of Olive'
Plattenberger and extends its sym-
pathy to the bereaved family.
Mrs. Gretta Haeseler attended the
on no more dates. Dr. William F. King had the rare New Year's day dinner at the
Mark--I resolve to put my hair satisfaction of celebrating his 90th church.
UPlo:lYb:k~gtevery: ' night r:t llVT inCh': birthday the 20th of this past BUSINESS CA:S f
e 'Miss Leila Barker and Ialther
Plattenberger were married at the
Ores Travis---I resolve to get to home of the bride's mother, Mrs
so I can get up Grace Barker, %V;ednesd'ty, l)ccem-t';":'*' ':":":*@*:'*:**:*'~'~*4~:**:~**:": "-' : ['
bed
at
9
o'clock
early and get breakfast for the bcr 28. F F EBERSOLE MD '
fa.i:{i,i;de im,; resolve to keep my THIRTY YEARS AGO
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hair in curls
i
~Marvin----I resolve not to wear Lee Keedick of New York City, I
Mount
Vernon.
Iowa
bright finger nail polish I formerly of Mount Vernon, has just I
Martha Jane---I resolve to brush lreturned from I!:urope where he] ~V. G. KRUCKENBERG, M.D.
tip on my wrestling, represented a movement origin'it-[ Physician and Surgeon
Houstie--I resolve not to smoke ed in this cotlntry and having for Office Gearhart Residence
dad's pipe without permission its purpose, the promotion of l)cace Mount Vernon, Iowa
Irene--I resolve to become less
of a heathen.
i Miss Hughes--I resolve not to
drive fast on icy roads.
iCharles MacMillan---I resolve to
~cut my waist line down to an even
i 17 inches. Present circumference
36).
John ~,Valton--I resolve to do
daily exercises to improve my pos-
ture and poise.
'WAY BACK WHEN
Items of Interest in Mount Vera~
And Lisbon 10, 20, 30 Years Ago
TEN YEARN AGO
January 8, 1931
The tax levy for the current year
in Mount Vernon is slightly lower
than for last year's taxes, which
are payable this year. The levy
for 1929 was 174.3. For 1930 the
levy is 172.3, a decrease of 2 mills.
The state and county levies show a
decrease of 1.5 mills, from 47 to
45.5.
The Lisbon tax levy for 1930
shows an increase of 3.2 mills over
that of 1929, the taxes for which
are pay,~ble on March and Septem-
ber of this year. The 1930 levy is
1~8 mills while for 1929 it was
184.9.
That the new water pump in
lashes is inadequate was proven on
Sunday night when the well was
pumped dry in one minute and one
half.
A. J. Meakin is staying in the
Beach cottage at the I,ower Pall-
s-tales having been hired ,by the
state for the purpose of trapping
foxes in the State Park.
"['he following election at the 4-H
chlb banquet In Cedar Rapids was
held at the Montrose hotel: Presi-
dent, Gordon Neal; vice president,
Gerald I~oone, secretary and treas-
urer, Ray Mills. Everett Neal was
toastmaster at the banquet.
Rev. and Mrs. Judson Perkins
and family, who have been ~pend- :
ing a furlough in Mount Vernon,
from the mission fields In India,
have received, word that ,because
of lack of finances they will not be
returned to India.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 5, 1921
The Mount Vernon town council
is contemplating having another
well drilled, for added supply for
the municipal water system. Tests
made the past two weeks shows
one of the wells is inadequate.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boyd were
and the elimin.~tion of war.
The venerable Isaac Kyle passed
away at his home in the IAnn Grove
neighborhood last Wednesday after
an illness of only about a week.
Lyall Bryant entertained fifteen
of his classmates with a marsh-
mallow roast last Friday evening.
"vV. H. Safely received word from
his son David, this week which
stated he was employed in one of
the largest auto garages in Hous-
ton, Texas.
Traffic on the west bound North-
western track was forced to go
over the east bound track for & few
houns on Wednesday when a switch
failed to work and half a dozen
freight cars were derailed.
The A. J. Baird farm home,
north of Lisbon, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire today shout noon.
Many will regret to hear that two
children of Ray Goodyear are ill
with the scarlet fever.
Abbey Creek
Mrs. Nathaniel Dean
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hoffman
had as their guests New Year's Eve,
Mr. and Mrs. Gee. Wallick, to watch
the old year out and the new year
in.
Mr. and Mrs. Than Dean, Mr. and
Mrs. Arvel Daubenmier and Paul-
ine, and Mrs. Helen Rupert attended
a show in Cedar Rapids New Year's
Eve. From there they went to Mar-
lion, where they attended the New
Year's Jubilee held in that city.
Mr. and Mrs. Golden Miller spent
New Year's night in Cedar Rapids.
Harold Gordon from Lisbon. is
in the Hill Billy section wiring
homes for the REA. He has wired
the Than Dean and Merrill ttofl-
man homes and perhaps will wi~e
other homes on the line later.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gaines a ~d
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Practice in state and federal courts
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Funeral Directors
CH' B. Johnston, Liccnsed Embahner
R. Johnston, l,icensed Emb~di~er
Lady Assistant When W~ted
~|ount VPrn~ul and I.isbnn
Flash! Miss Hughes (our Eng-INew Year's day dinner guests of
lish teacher) had a brainstorm the Mrs. Seward Shirer in Cedar Rap- t x~t'~x'~,
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day before Christmas vacation 1as ann on . unoay were entertain- . .
Each pupil made a New Year's re- ed in the Nathan[el Beechely home. ~ol~e~rta~,2/~'~e
solution. Then the ,boys took the Merrill Kleineck lost one mem-i nnd Li~h,m
gLrl's resolutions and visa versa, I ber of his fine grey team of horses :
and read them as their own. ~e I~---=------- --- -~ e
assure you that the result was very }i
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