Finals set in 4H basketball tourney at Monticello gym
Billed as a Thursday finals night Scotch Grove Cornhuskers clash with Oxford Livewires in the north half junior division while Scotch Grove meets East Martelle for the county senior title.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1965
Page
5
Billed as a Thursday finals night Scotch Grove Cornhuskers clash with Oxford Livewires in the north half junior division while Scotch Grove meets East Martelle for the county senior title.
The Monticello Golf Club invites members to an opening party on Thursday April 8 with dinner at 7 p.m. and dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Reservations must arrive by April 5. Dues for the coming year remain at last year’s level and are due April 1.
Olin High School honors for athletic letters were awarded at the Friday banquet. Awardees include girls basketball captains Lana Graf and Mary Jo Rohwedder, football honoree Dennis Ahrendsen, and girls softball standout Ruth Lacock with others across baseball, baseball sixty four, cheerleaders, and pep club sponsors. Speakers included Paul Eells in Cedar Rapids and coaches Mrs. James Cole and Vernell Gookin.
The Monti Bowl Mixed Doubles tournament ended its final week with 177 entries. Top team Edna McDonald and Rex Rickels of Monticello posted a 1288 series, followed by Edna and Dale McDonald at 1266 and Edna with Paul Johnson at 1225. A $708 prize pool will be distributed to more than 70 winners in the coming days, manager Jim Green said.
Final postseason figures from the state Conservation Commission indicate about 70 percent of available roosters were bagged. Winter counts show 17 429 hens and 4 034 roosters sighted, with a sex ratio of 4.3 hens per cock and no overharvest concern. The 1964 65 season extended through Christmas and New Year after a record 1 935 000 ringnecks shot in 1963 64.
Nine boys report for Olin Consolidated track under coach Vernell Gookin. Names include Kenneth Feudner John Kell Garen Lorenzen Paul Levsen Chuck Findley Ned Rohwedder Randy McCullough Steve Allen and Sidney Moreland. First meet was the state indoor at Iowa City with the rest of the schedule listed.
Sacred Heart senior B. J. Featherston earned two basketball honors this past week. Terry Rooney’s March 25 Witness column lists him on the 1965 All Arch diocesan first team chosen by Archdiocese coaches. Hal Lagerstrom’s March 26 Telegraph-Herald account notes Featherston on the IDPA Eastern Iowa honorable mention list for the season.
Monticello Panthers fielded entrants at the Iowa City state indoor track meet but none earned a place, returning scoreless. Participants included Paul Wilcox, John Savage, Jim Perkins, Dick White in two mile relay. Tom Yeoman, Paul Specht, Savage, Balster in the mile relay. Yeoman in 60 yard events. Chuck Hubbard high jump. Rob Robinson shot put. Paul Wilcox 880. Rob Hosford in the mile.
J and B Royal Blue food store Monticello begins a three day Green Tag sale today Thursday and runs through Saturday Owners Jim and Ben Shelley note details in Section C of this week Express A color four page special section lists bargains offered during the sale
Central Iowa notes long lists of visits from husbands wives and children. Ezra Reiss funeral attendance names centers Vinton and Monticello. Geraldine Ketelsen Las Vegas trip and jet giveaway feature among weekend travel. Community events include church programs and local circles meeting in early April.
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