Monticello narrowly beats Maquoketa in double overtime
Bob Siebels’ clutch dribble in the second overtime gave Monticello a 24 to 22 win on Maquoketa’s floor. The Minotaurs trailed 13-8 at halftime and 21-20 late, but Siebels and Schrader sparked a final burst to secure the victory.
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Monticello Cagers Edge Martello 26 22 In Tight Win
Monticello held a slim four point lead to beat Martello 26 22 as coach Roy Moore planned trips to Hopkinton and the Mississippi Valley loop. Hopkinton returns three lettermen and has defeated Delhi Dundee and Earlville while Dubuque, missing four starters, fields four lettermen led by Bierie Fleeney Pape Hoerner and Austin in a reshaped lineup.
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Minotaur
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Mississippi Valley Loop
Delhi
Dundee
Earlville
John McKay
Tony Hilling
John Karsch
Fairbanks Cooper
St Wenceslaus Girls Defeat Sacred Heart 51 to 25
St Wenceslaus of Cedar Rapids overwhelmed Sacred Heart girls 51 to 25 on Friday. Navratil hit 12 for the winners while Capek and Panek added 10 apiece. Sacred Heart’s Marguerite Fothergill led with 18, Dorothy Corcoran limited to seven.
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Property Rights talk at Fanny Ferguson home
Fanny Ferguson answers a call and invites the caller to discuss Warren. Edna Lee and Ferguson settle in a sewing room for coffee and cake as Sedma begins to speak about Warren.
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Monticello Girls Edge Epworth 41 28 In Historic Win
Monticello girls basketball, after years without a team, defeated Epworth 41 to 28 in their first cage game in many seasons. Key players Janet Howie Lucille Huibregtse and Virginia Clark led the effort with Jeanette Lubben Vera Rodman and Bea Long supporting as Epworth made a late push before Monticello pulled away.
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Hopkinton Cagers Win Close Game at Delhi
Hopkinton defeated Delhi 24 to 23 on Friday evening in a tightly contested basketball affair. The win improves Hopkinton’s late season momentum as both teams battled for control.
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Delhi
Monticello Girls Fall 30-29 Tilt to Martelle
Monticello led 17-7 at halftime but were outscored 23-18 in the second half losing 80-29 to Martelle. Rodman Long and Labben misfired late, while Stewart led Martelle with 29 points as the game swung to a late tight finish.
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Local Friday Games Feature Monticello Hopkinton and More
Weekend high school athletics schedule lists Monticello at Hopkinton and Monticello at Dubuque E I Loop events plus Sacred Heart at St Joseph Dubuque and Mount Vernon at Marion Springville at Anamosa. Conference games noted as part of the Sit Down Shopper ads.
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Tipton
DeMolays To Meet State Champs In Charity Cage Game
The DeMolay basketball team of Monticello hosts Waterloo DeMolay champions in a charity game Friday December 22 at 8 pm. The North Waterloo squad brings college and prep talent from Waterloo Cedar Falls. Monticello counters with former prep standouts and 1937 era players. Tickets at district tourney. proceeds go to Christmas charity.
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Sidney Schweitzer
Victor Richardson
Monti
Moore
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Onslow
Girls Basketball Scores From Olin and Surrounding Games
Olin 60 Wellsburg 34. Center Jct 22 Oxford Jct 22 in girls action. Olin 86 Bennett 20 in girls game. Onslow 22 Wyoming 20. Wyoming 40 Onslow 19 in girls contest. Hopkinton 24 Delhi 23. Cascade 25 St. Pat's 17. Oxford Jct 18 Center Jct 16. Bennett 22 Olin 11. Onslow 22 Wyoming 20. Onslow 22 Wyoming 20 in girls match.
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Film Week at The Princess Promises Technicolor Dungeon City Schedule
The Princess Theater shows Errol Flynn in Dodge City in technicolor with Friday and Saturday repeat. Feature No 1 No Place to Go stars Fred Stone Gloria Dickson Dennis Morgan. James Newill stars Lighting Mad. Sunday to Tuesday Here I Am a Stranger with Richard Greene Richard Dix Brenda Joyce. Sidney Toler Pauline Moore in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island with suspense and action.
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Dodge City
Fred Stone
Gloria Dickson
Dennis Morgan
James Newill
Richard Greene
Richard Dix
Brenda Joyce
Tory
Sidney Toler
Pauline Moore
Treasure Island
Charlie
No 1 Cowboy At The Niles Hails Autry In New Film
Gene Autry the world’s most popular cowboy star returns to the Niles theater next Sunday and Monday with Home On The Prairie. Smiley Burnette headlines alongside Autry with RKO News Our Gang Lew Lehr Monkeys Are the Craziest People and The Three Stooges in Three Sappy People. The Circle theater features The Beachcomber with Charles Laughton.
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Loveliest Isle
Poultry Raisers Comment on Farm Management
In the morning paper Oscar Johnston known as the cotton king of the South says intelligent management is the greatest need in farming today. He notes concerns over poultry prices and reflects on a discussion with a woman in Iowa last week.
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Youngsters Write Christmas Wishes To Santa In 1939 Letters
A collection of handwritten notes from children and adults listing gift requests and festive greetings. Richard Langworthy asks for hi-buts, rubber farm set, and tractor. Robert Leonard seeks a table tennis game and candy. Junior Leonard and Eleanor request dolls and a doctor kit. Shirley Ann Dehner asks for two Dydee dolls and a nurse set. Aneta Ann Hughes asks for a panda and doll plus a magazine rack for her mother.
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Monticello
Santa Claus
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Cascade
North Pole
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Dydee
Shirley Ann Dehner
Sesteeh Grove
Santa Tom
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Discipline Talk From Two Parents On Handling a Destructive Child
A mother describes daily dread as her four year old son breaks items in shops and at home. A father counsels modeling respect and sharing prized objects to teach boundaries and reduce incidents when visiting others.
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Joey
Edna
Warren
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Farm for Sale Near Center Junction Tama Silt Loam
Quarter section known as the Young farm located one mile east of Center Junction offers Tama silt loam soil, deep well, reservoir, rural electric service, good buildings and fences with grave road access. Possession March 1 1940. Contact W Harvey Young Galesburg Illinois. Also notes local notices including Lambert's Cafe offer and a mule trade ad. Cherokee Harvest Dance described with annual four day festival near Asheville North Carolina featuringGreen Corn Butterfly Eagle dances.
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Cockroach Facts Unearthed By Student Insects Study
Students of insect life report cockroaches existed a million years before humans. They note roaches smell and hear with antennae and that a lost leg can regrow with a replacement growing in its place.
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Weight of Milk
Milk weighs more than water with a density of 8.6 pounds per gallon versus 8.3 pounds per gallon for water. The slight difference is noted in standard gallon measures.
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