McKinley Edges Monticello In 18 17 Narrow Win
McKinley High of Cedar Rapids tied Monticello's Black Panthers late with a field goal by Gregor and a free throw, securing an 18 to 17 victory after Monticello led most of the game. Liddy led Monti with 7 points, Bone added 4, while Gregor carried McKinley scoring with key late plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley High
Cedar Rapids
Monti
Monticello
Black Panthers
Gregor
McKinley
Bud Bader
Jim Bone
Liddy
Harger
Paulie Bender
Siebels
Bisek
Bob Liddy
Panthers
Dalzell
Chehak
Monticello Five
Panther
Perdue
Phil Schneider
Pugh
Young Rieken
Wally
Local Thanksgiving Visits Round Region Homes
Land Spring families and friends shared meals and calls across Clinton Marion Hopkinton Lamont Scotch Grove and Monticello during Thanksgiving weekend. Notable gatherings included Ray Chalpin and family with the Leese home in Clinton and the Fass family with guests from Monticello Hopkinton and Hopkinton residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Chalpin
Jack and
Paul
Fred Leese
Clinton
J. L. Batchelder
Fred Bohlken
Marion
FE. H. Cox
B. W. Cox
Center Junction
Herbert Cox
John Albany
Genevieve
Cyril
Manchester
Scotch Grove
Mra. Wright
Mra. F. Johnson
George Arduser
Delhi
W. H. Behrends
Fred Everett
Lamont
Josephine Warburg
George Billmeyer
Cascade
E. H. Cox
Blanche Moser
Colesburg
Louis Smith
Hopkinton
Cyril Stevenson
Jerome Baum
Langworthy
Marvin Johnson
Anamosa
A. L. Baxter
Ray Chaplin
Walter
Joe McDonald
Paul McDonald
Billmeyer
Bernard Kuriger
Charles Vernimont
Ben Schulte
Ben Helms
Archie Payne
Jess Huggins
Anna
Frank Lux
Mary
Catherine
Agnes Kirby
Jeanette Staner
Justin
Emmet Kirby
Foster
Billy McNeill
Louis Nachtman
Loretta
Rose
Nick
Joe Lahr
East Iowa Seven Announces Hoop Tourney Lineup
M F Carpenter of University High School released a tentative inter school basketball schedule for Eastern Town Seven. The lineup lists games from December through February with multiple matchups among Mount Vernon West Liberty Tipton West Branch Anamosa Monticello University High and others. The notice also includes local social items and two barn fires near Mount Pleasant with unknown causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Iowa Seven
M. F. Carpenter
University High School
Mount Vernon
West Liberty
Tipton
West Branch
University High
Anamosa
Monticello
University High West Branch
Anamosa West Liberty
Anamosa West Branch
Mt. Vernon
University, High
Ralph Huff
Mount Pleasant
Boy writes Santa from North Pole seeking various gifts
The letter from Ralph Rundell, a 22 year old boy, asks Santa for a 1940 McLaughlin Buick a Ford V-8 skis boots dishes crystalware and matching furniture electric clocks lamps and a camera book. He notes a low mood at the North Pole and suggests gifts for Monticello basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
North Pole
Bertha Sutherland Stricken While Traveling to Tucson
A telegram to Gerald Rohr says his mother Mrs. Bertha Sutherland suffered a slight stroke en route to Tucson, Arizona, with Mr. and Mrs. George Helgens. She was taken to a New Mexico hospital and will likely stay there awhile before continuing travel to visit her daughter Miss Helen Rohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Rohr
Bertha Sutherland
Tucson
Ariz
George Helgens
Helen Rohr
New Mexico
Cattle Die After Storm Tramples into Dredge Ditch
Forty one cattle owned by G C Brock of Algona died when a storm caused them to stampede into a dredge ditch. A caterpillar tractor the men were driving crashed through a bridge near Ovens, Vernon Gardiner and Slim Geller of LeMars were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovens
Vernon Gardiner
Slim” Gellerman
LeMars
G. C. Brock
Algona
Schrader Named All-State Center by Des Moines Register
Monticello captain Stan Schrader earned first string center honors on the Des Moines Register All-State football team. Teammates Rowe Liddy and Bender joined the honor roll for football while Schrader’s 16 tackles per game and standout punt play highlighted the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Schrader
Monticelo
Des Moines Register
Jim Bone
Bob Liddy
Paul Bender
Schrader
Register
Rowe
Liddy
Bender
Monti
Local Classifieds and Army Service Update
Wanted ads announce 42 full pigs for sale from Irvin Wilken Anamosa and hog stock listings from Thomas Stimpson. A medical officer Dr John William Ratnenstein begins U S Army Service Medical Corps duty in Logan. Mrs Bruno Boll Sheldon reports a muskrat attack not breaking skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Wilken
Logan
John William Ratnenstein
U- 5 Army Service Medical Corps
Bruno W. Boll
Sheldon
Voting Instructions and Candidate List
RF instructions direct voters to mark X at home and bring ballot to the hardware and electric. It advises voting straight at the head of the ticket as a better method. The readable candidates include Hunting Knives Dutch Ovens Keen Kutter Shears Electric Hot Plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark X
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cedar Rapids Cage
Monticello Bader
Eere Siebels
Amy Bone
Gere Bent
Pries
F Chehak
Burns
Ralph Rundell
Childress
Stuhler
Iverson
Nelson's and
Monte
R. R
P.S
Idle
Castle Grove Township
A. Ray Fairbanks
George A. Rickels
Henry Smith
E. J. Schnier
George Behrends
Arthur Holub
Anne Ee
C. G.ray Waukon
Emil Klumpar
Gene Walker
George Richardson
Paul Messerli
Dale Griffith
Milt Reiken
Art Gessie
Dick West
Ralph Bender
John Messerli
Bob Seibels
Ray Behrends
Jack Beeks
Bill Kiburz
Chuck Ross
Harold Hogan
Wally Schneider
Bob Buel
Sam Reyner
Lawrence Reiken
Bob Bohiken
Paul Franks
Junior Heath
Princess
Alape
Lynne Roberts
Guy Kigbee
John McGuire
ED Gargan Hobart Cavanaugh
Jerome Cowan
Sun
Thas
Bhig
Deb
George Murphy
Brenda Joyce
Elsa Maxwell
Mischa Auer
Charlie Ruggles
Ralph Sellamy
Moxie Rosenbloom
Berton Churchill
Franklin Pangborn
Bone
Frank Mohler
Frank
Judy
Des Moines
Hargrave’s Cleaners
Dale Adams
Thomas Stimpson
Diamond Bros
Iowa
Maxwell House Coffee
Hobinger Syrup
I’s Best
D. B
Krackers
Michigan
Jonathan
Emperor Grapes
Bey
North Dakota
U. S
Red River
Idaho
Peck
NeNeill
Keen Kutter Shears
Cream City Roasters
White Coffee
REM Electric Service
Thermos
Waffle
RCA Radios
RCA Portables
RCA Victor
Marcia Mae Jones
Jackie Moran
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