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MOUNT VERNON HAWKEYE VOLUME 104 NUMBER 40
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/'/ere
and
O John Klousia, superintendent
wen Welch,of Mt. Vernon Community
:~dNIMER FROST: The first Schools, submitted his resigna-
tion at a special meeting of the
0st of the season occurred school board Monday evening.
ilfie last day of summer. Aut- The board allowed him permis-
arrived later in the day, sion to terminate his position
ie rding to astronomical cal- here Nov. 1 as he requested in
u~tions, his letter of resignation.
There are several
to be considered in fore-
the community's future
One is growth in
and Mt. Vernon is
fast growth.
factor is family in-
Here, Mt. Vernon ranks
among cities in Iowa, with
family income of
with Marion' s
and Cedar Ra-
The Linn County
was $10,721 and second
has no counties in the
~t 50 in the country, al-
two or three years ago
showed this county was
the United States in per
kncome, behind only New
Klousia has been offered a
position with the schools at
George.
His letter of resignation is as
follows:
"I would like to request that
the Mount Vernon board of ed-
ucation accept my resignation
as superintendent of schools for
Nov. 1, 1972. A very fine op-
portunity has been offered that
fits into my plans for the future;
otherwise, I would very much
desire to complete my three-
year contract.
"Mt. Vernon has been very
kind to my family and me these
last six years. We regret lear-
ing this community which has so
much to offer, but that is the
price of a professional educa-
San Francisco. tor. The board of education has
~%~ been most cooperative and help-
~t:,~IARING. Latest reporls on ful in the completion of the new
Atr~ revenue sharing show high school building, the accept-
~ Mt Vernon will receive ance for North Central accredi-
t59 from the federal gOo~ern tation, and the many other pro-
II~' m the f~rst year f the jects for improvement of educa-
Id'dram. tion in Mt. Vernon.
J~[. Best wishes for an outstanding
aRM SALE'- Two 80-acre year andthecontinuedexcellence
,~ts northeast of Solon from of the Mount Vernon school
l~State of Rudolph Kratoch- system."
l~ere sold recently to Will- Board President John Wolfe
enishek, a neighbor, one showed emotion as he read the
i"~oing at $730 per acre and letter. Afterward he praised
l~ er at $660. Wilbur Colby Klousia.
l ~ me auctioneer.
IRIER: Subscribers fre-
remark to us that they
their Hawkeyes in the
~til Thursday, whereas
are available on news-
ay afternoon.
We wish to point out that
tte said that many people don't
realize the strides that were
m ade during his superintendency.
He named improved financial
condition, improvement in cur-
riculum area and staff, and the
price is almost new high school building.
the price of an annual sub- "One man didn't do all of this,
on. We understand their sbutheh%dlf~very, i~n$%~Tt$ora~,~
ess to have the news as
~z"/~" as Possible, and we would hard. Time of day doesn't mean
~~ find a way for everyone much to him.
~~ Vernon to have the paper
/~lesday afternoon. "It's people like that who built
/'. are considering the idea of the school system and made it
~~ier to pick up papers at grow."
~lliQ~ce to deliver to those who On the other hand, the super-
~Pay a little extra to getthe mtendent" commended the board. ,
~" early. We couldhelpfinda "for doing a tremendous job.
|l~Ster todothis perhapsone He mentioned the vote on the
1, '~ north side of town andone high school bond issue. "Most
It"~ th. import ant," he said, "you we re
the arrangement would willing to tackle a difficultfinan-
~~ be between the subscrib- cial situation and the only way to
the carrier, without our do it was to increase taxes."
~~Party (silly laws stand in Klousia also had praise for the
llfi~ of our direct participa- school staff, and mentioned that
We imagine it would cost other administrators had prob-
two cents a week, which
~ake the Hawkeye only
Per copy (approximately)
with the newsstand
15 cents.
are some children
eager to serve you. A
Community paper hardly
in size with abigdaily,
carrier could handle a
so that the re-
would be greater than
by a dally newspaPer
WOuld be glad to talk with
artier volunteers. Or, if
.~=qaVe someone who wishes to
~.to our office on a regular
i,i~y basis to get your paper,
l~,~1 direct us tohaveit avail-
him. size, it must be
wl t~gU"~ empha
lax basis, because once~
/[ !Uon goes in the mail and
lib filed our report with the
l~ ~l~ice, we cannot put any
ll~qc pies in the mail that
~: is your reaction to this
~{VEST. Corn pickerswere
iplW"]k,~ the fields for the start of
,r Ik'~t~, lastweek Observersbe-
[.~at despite'the wet season,
~,~v~ will not have an ex-
,'~ moisture content.
IG TREES: Cityofficials
commended for going
Problem of tree disease.
off spintered stubs of
limbs, as planned by the
a Preventive step.
is some damage that
entrusted only to pro-
tree surgeons. What-
costs to save the trees
well spent. Adead
a financial, esthetic and
loss.
MENTAR TRIPS
will leave Monday
e-day
lems which he did not face here.
He termed Mt. Vernon as No.
1 in football, almost in music and
in dramatic s.
The board went into an illegal
secret meeting to discuss his
resignation and afterward aP-
proved it and the termination date
unanimously.
The meeting was called on
short notice to consider the re-
signation. The president stated
at the close that the board would
actively evaluate the situation
In the Service
Bill Travis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Travis, enlisted in
the NavY and left Tuesday, for
San Diego, Calif for basic
training. He expects to enterthe
medical corps. MikeButterbaugh
also left Tuesday for San Diego,
Calif to begin basic training in
the Navy.
Capt. and Mrs. Larry Cork and
son, Daniel, arrived Saturday
from College Station, Tex atthe
home of Mrs. Cork's mother,
Mrs. Jeanne Peterson. Capt.
Cork went to Omaha Monday
where he has been assigned for
duty at the Air Force Global
Weather Center and will be re-
porting on weather conditions
over Asia. He is completing
work on a master's degree in
meteorology at Texas A. and M.
University. Mrs. Cork and Dan-
iel will remain for three weeks,
until the family gets Possession
of the house they have bought in
Omaha.
HAITI
Thurs Oct. 12
5-7 p.m.
Adults $2, Children $I
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Mount Verno Iowa, Thursday, October 5, 1972
and search for a successorwith-
in the present staff and else-
where.
The president announced the
following committee assignments
for the ensuing year:
Transportation: Charles l.itts
chairman, Paul Christiansen and
Tom Ipsan.
Finance: Guy Booth, chairman,
Mrs. Harlan Graber and Don
F e rgu son.
Curriculum: Mrs. Graber,
chairman, Christiansen and
Booth.
Buildings and grounds: Christ-
iansen, chairman, IAtts and Ip-
San,
Personnel: Ferguson, chair-
man, Booth and Mrs. Graber.
Kleins,
Cornell Alumni
Two Mr. Vernon couples, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Klein and Mr.
and Mrs. George Brown, will re-
ceive honorary associate mem-
bership in the Cornell College
Alumni Association, on the basis
of service and h)yalty to the
college, it was announced by Paul
K. ~ott, alumni director.
The honor will be bestowed at
the Alumni Association neon lun-
cheon Saturday, Oct. i4, during
homecoming weekend. The lun-
cheon is open to all alumni and
to friends of the couples. Re-
servations may be made at the
alumni office.
Mr. and Mrs. Klein live at 810
College Boulevard and Mr. and
Mrs. Brown at 413 S Second St.
W.
Mrs. Klein, the former Rubye
Beach, is a Mt. Vernon native.
~he has worked in the Cornell
alumni office for the past four
years. Iler duties include keeping
alumni addresses up to date and
filing material pertaining to
alumni.
Before joining the (orneil
staff, Mrs. Klein was emph)yed
for about 30 years by the Mr.
Vernon tiawkeye- Record. ller
employer for all but two years
was James McCutcheon of Mr.
Vernon, a 1925 graduate of Corn-
ell who is former editor andpub-
lisher.
At the Ilawkeye-l~ecord, Mrs.
Klein helped to produce many
Cornell publications printed
there. These included the Alum-
nus magazine, the Royal lharple
yearbook, the Cornellian student
newspaper, and numerous pro-
grams for Cornell events.
Mr. Klein retired from the
Cornell maintenance staff last
April after 34 years of service.
A native of Missouri, he came
to Mt. Vernon in 1937 to visit
his brother-in-law, Ilenry
Rhoads, who was the Cornell
plumber.
Mr. Klein's work at Cornell
began on atemporary basis, when
he helped move pianos. Then a
vacancy arose on the maintenance
staff for a carpenter, and betook
the job and settled permanently
in Mt. Vernon.
Besides carpentry, his work
included raking leaves and sho-
veling snow, originally by hand;
taking care of the president's
rose garden; winding the King
Chapel clock; and helping to set
up the chapel stage for the annual
spring Music Festival.
Mr. and Mrs. Klein have a
daughter, Carol, who is a 1971
graduate of Cornell.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are known
and remembered by scores of
Cornell alumni as the couplewho
ran Cornell's first studentunion.
"The Cole Bin," in a house cur-
rently owned by the Rev. Dr.
Richard H. Thomas, campus min-
ister, at 419 N. Second St. W.
With the Sick
Miss Peggy Travis returned
last Thursday from Mercy ttos-
pital where she underwent treat-
ment for a back injury.
Raymond Krumm returned
Sunday from ~. Luke's Hospital
where he had been fortreatment.
Mary Palmer was released
from St. Luke's Hospital last
Thursday and hopes to be able
to return to school by the end of
this week. She was injured in
an automobile accident on .Sept.
16.
Floyd Sutlfff enteredSt. Luke's
Hospital last Wednesday for ob-
servation and treatment.
Porch Sale
Sat Oct. 7, 9-5
Clothes, toys, lawn sweeper,
belt massager, youth bed and
HOMI:~('OMING RI~t]EARSAL: The Mt. Vernon Pare Gaines, DonnaZinkula, LynnMaaske, Linette
tligh School cheerleaders are shown here rehear- Stewart, Debbie Vargason and TheresaCody, while
sing for the homecoming football game whichwill on their shoulders are Karol Koppenhaver, Joni
Loomis, Denise Koss, Betty Floden and Ann
be held Friday night Standing (left to right) are
Dvorak. (tlawkeye- Record Photo)
to Cheerleaders Several Changes in
Fighting Apathy
Concerned by an apparent lack
of school spirit in spite of awin-
ning football team, the Mt. Vernon
ttigh School varsity cheerleaders
have taken steps to arouse enthu-
siasm among the students and to
increase participation in cheer-
hag at the games.
The girls have had a rigorous
practice schedule, according to
Mrs. ~irley Ryan, sponsor, and
before each game they put up
pep signs around the high school
and on individual lockers of the
football players. They have in-
troduced a number of new yells.
Practice started before the
opening of school in August with
three two-hour sessions. At one
the varsity cheerleaders from
Cedar Rapids Washington were
guests, and the two squads ex-
changed cheers and pep stunts.
Last month they held amorning
clinic for elementary school
girls, grades one through five, in
order to raise money for new
uniforms. Each group of the
elementary girls performed at
the Wilton game last Friday.
This week the cheerleaders are
selling homecoming mums and
corsages.
The homecoming game will be
Friday night with Mid-Prairie.
Recently the cheerleaders
started practice on the mini-
trampoline, to help them work
more gymnastics into their rout-
ines.
A homecoming parade will be
held downtown at 6:30 o'clock
Friday evening. Afterward there
will be a pep rally at the middle
school, followed by the burning
of the "M'.'
Justice Court
ltaven E. Simmons, Cedar Ra-
pids, failure to stop for school
bus with flashing lights, pleaded
guilty, $25 and costs.
Mayor's Court
Residence Made
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clark
have bought the Robert Corkin
house in the Sautter addition
and are to take possession on
Oct. 15. The Corkin family
moved last week to the house
at 512 Third Ave. S vacated
by the John Dietz family.
Changes are being made in
the S~ec apartment building.
Mrs. W.I.:. Taylor is planning to
move next week to an apartment
in the Goettsch building in Mon-
ticello to be near her daughter.
Mrs. Tom Meredith and Miss
Gertrude Witt will move to the
two-bed room apartment Mr s.
Taylor is vacating and Mrs. l.est-
er Cook will take possession of
their present apartment. S,~e
plans to move Nov. 1 from the
Jerry Clark apartment house.
Coppocks Sell Farm
to Marion Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Coppock
have sold their farm north" of Mt,
Vernon to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Gardner of Marion who are mov-
ing this ~eek. The CopPock's
moved to Marion duringtheweek-
end.
The (;ardners have two child-
ren, Sally in kindergarten and
Jeff, 15 months old. Mr. (;archer
is employed by Central Concrete
Co. of Cedar Rapids.
Tuesday Is Date for
School Open House
The three Mt. Vernon schools
will hold open house Tuesday
evening of nex-t week. The hours
are staggered so that parents
can visit more than one building.
~cond and third grades will
be hosts at Washington l,:lement-
ary School from 7-8 p.m. Mem-
bers of the student councils will
be hosts at the other schools:
8-9 p.m. at Middle School and
8:10-9:40 p.m. at thelligh School.
Mrs. Boyd ltorton, charged
with allowing dog to run atlarge,
pleaded guilty, $15 and costs.
Honors
The name derived from that of
I)r. Russell D. Cole, who lived
in the house when he was Corn-
ell's vice president forbusiness.
tie became president in 1943 and
moved to the campus residence.
In Neptember of 1945, his form-
er home became "The Cole Bin.".
In September 1947, the location
was moved to a double quonset
building on a site now occupied
by the parking lot southwest of
The Commons. The Browns ran
this second "(ole Bin" until the
spring of 1951.
The next location was another
quonset building behindtheir cur-
rent residence. It was opened
in ~ptember 1951 at "George's
(;rill," but a fire the next April
damaged it beyond repair.
(ornell students rallied to the
Browns' aid, held a dance to
raise money, and bought another
identical quonset building. With
student labor, the building was
installed where the burned one
had stood, and "George's (;rill"
was again in operation, just one
week after the fire.
Before the grill's closing in
May of 1953, the Brawns recall,
as mar0' as 100 Cornell students
used to gather there at one time.
On occasion, the college's violin
instramtor, ~amuel Minasian,
provided music by candlelight.
In addition to their connect-
ions with Corncll through "The
Cole Bin" and "George' s (;rill,"
the Browns have had numerous
student and staff roomers over
the years. Also, Mr. Brown
used to help transport Cornell
athletes to out-of-town games
and meets.
The Browns are former re-
sidents of Grinnell, Iowa. Mrs.
Brown was Alice Winner of Des
Moines. They have lived in
Mt. Vernon since 1941, and Mr.
Brown currently is an agent for
Prudential Life Insurance. tie
plans to retire this fall, and the
couple will move in January to
Florida, where they have bought
a home.
FEEDING TIME: Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Wolfe
of Lisbon and their niece, Jane Ritchie of Cedar
Rapids. feed three ravenous kittens with a tiny
pet feeding bottle. The mother cat died of an
infection when the kittens were only two weeks
old. (llawkeye- Record Photo)
amount having been increased
once since the start. They also
get one drop of vitamins twice
dally in the formula.
They are house broken already,
adapting quickly to a panthatwas
placed in the kitchen.
Timothy Wolfe, a son, picked
up the mother, a stray cat, when
she came around a year ago and
she welcomed the hospitality.
Her illness was the aftermath of
parturition.
they should live, sought out ad-
vice on how to substitute for their
mother.
When their mother died of an
infection two weeks ago Mr. and
Mrs. LeRoy Wolfe of IAsbon
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First Home for
New Addition
Permit for constructing the
first home in the new Thomson
addition in south Mt. Vernon was
issued this week to LaVerne
Herbst. He plans a $25,000
frame house 26x40 feet. Herbst
is bus driver and mechanic for
the Mt. Vernon schools.
The city council was expected
to give final approval of the
Thomson addition at a special
meeting Tuesday night. The
planning and zoning commission
recommended conditional aP-
proval.
Other permits issued the past
week were:
Buster Brown, 105 First St.
W new windows on secondfloor,
$300.
Mrs. Viola Meish, 210 First
St. E garage.
Albert Atherton, 803 First Ave.
N frame and block breezeway,
$8oo.
Dramatics Group
Elects Officers'
A dramatic arts council to be
the governing group of the Mt.
Vernon ttigh .School Velvet Curt-
ain/Thespian Club was chosen
last Wednesday evening at the
first meeting of the school Year.
Co-chairmen are Lori Dana and
Pare Gaines, while Jennifer Bern
is secretary-treasurer, and
Chris ttanson is vocal music
liaison.
ttonors were presented, plans
were made for participation in
the colloquy at Iowa City Nov.
4, for a special meeting with
parents and associate thespians
Nov. 8, and for attending a pre-
sentation by "The Old Cream-
cry Players," which is to be a
feature of the state Thespians
convention Sunday at Washington
tligh Sctmol in Cedar Rapids.
Tentative plans were made for
a student show Nov. 29, also.
Velvet Curtain special merit
was awarded to I.ori Dana, mast-
er's magna cure laude; ['am
Gaines, master's cure laude;
Karen Miller, distinction; Car-
olyn Henderson and Charlene
Hinchliffe, excellence; Paul
Brown, Larry Covington and IAn-
ette Stewart, honors.
Paula tlolcomb and M ark W ilch
were awarded annual best thes-
pian honors, the International
Thespian Socie~ allowing each
chapter to maketwo such awards.
New members of the Thespian
group are Paul Brown, Larry
Covington, .John Ferguson, Pam
(;aines, Chris llanson, Charlene
tlinchlfffe, Barb ltughes, Mark
lIylbak, Karen Miller, April Oja
and l.inette Stewart.
Sue Kinley is a transfer from
Cedar RaPids Jefferson and I.ori
Dana is a charter member of
Group 1470. Membership in
Thespians is awarded on a point
basis. All Velvet Curtain mem-
bers are eligible. But because
of the fee membership here is
limited to seniors and to juniors
with a year's experience in Vel-
vet Curtain. Thespians give
credit for musical participation.
And assistant memberships will
be offered to a number of people.
New Velvet Curtain members
are Jennifer Bern, Jen Chadek,
Larry Covington, Betty Floden,
Chris ttanson, Rick tlanson, Car-
olyn tlenderson, Barb Hughes,
Mark tlylbak, April Oja, Annette
Stastny, Linette Stewart, S~aeila
~hri, Ellen Thomas, DounaZink-
ula. Former Velvet Curtain
members are Paul Brown, Scott
Bys, Lori Dana, Pare Gaines,
Charlene Hinchliffe, Karen Mil-
ler.
Limited P.O. Service
for Monday Holiday
Monday will be observed as
Columbus Day and will be aholi-
day at the Mt. Vernon and I.isbon
Post offices.
Postmaster Dale Travis an-
nounced that the service lobby at
the post office will be closed, but
that mail will be received Monday
morning, although distribution to
the boxes may be a little late.
There will be no city delivery.
Outgoing mail will be dispatched
at 5p.m.
Lisbon's service counter will
be closed all day, and the morning
mall may be a little late. Out-
going mail will be dispatched at
8:30 a.m.
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2-Family Garage Sale
Clothes, household items
Fri Sat 10-5
310 Palisades Road
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3-Family Sale
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Englert Heads
Student Council
Mike I glert was elected pre-
sident of the Lisbon high school
student council last week, when
the council met to organize.
Other officers elected were
Kevin Tiedemann, vicepresident;
b~neri Mohn, treasurer; and Don-
na Hubler, secretary.
The council was to have an-
other meeting Tuesday afternoon
to make plans for homecoming
Oct. 20-21. Bedriek will be the
opPonent in the homecomingfoot-
ball game.
The student body will nominate
five senior girls to compete for
the honor of homecoming queen,
who will be chosen in a run-off
election. Coronation will take
place at half-time intermission
of the game.
Olin Is Smothered
Under 60-0 Score
l,isbon junior high school
smothered Olin under a 60-0
score in a football game last
Wednesday at 1Asbon. TheLions
ran up 24 points in the big first
quarter, with Dan Palmer and
Tim Bennett each carrying the
ball for two scores.
In the second quarter Mike
Sproston and Joel Mumford made
touchdowns, Bob Mace and
,'~proston scored in the third, the
latter on a pass, while Sproston
scored again in the fourth period
on a pass play.
Two-point conversions were
made after each, two by Bennett
and one each by Palmer, Mace,
~eve Siggins and Billy Buttress.
Siggins led defensively with
14 tackles, while Palmer made
12.
YOUTlt F:IA:~CT OF[:I( I':I{S
The Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship held election of officers ~m-
day evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Alger. I,:lectedwere
Betty l:euss, president; Bey
Feuss, vice president and Diane
~henk, secretary, and treasurer.
The next meeting Will be C.ct. 15
at the Feuss home.
(;I,'TS TWO SAI,ES AWA]{I)S
Mr. and Mrs. I~ruce Alger
attended a l~alston-l'urina party
last Saturday evening at()ttumwa
celebrating the end of a fiscal
year. Mr. Alger was awarded
two plaques, one for exceding
his quota in the sale of chows,
and tJ~e other for exceedh~g his
quota on health aids.
GAMF:S RAINH) ()r.:'l"
(;iris varsity and junior var-
sity softball games between lAs-
bon last Thursday at l.ost Nation
were cancelled because of rain.
They will not be resch(~lulc