Panthers Edge Anamosa for First WaMac Conference Win
The Monticello Panthers defeated Anamosa 60 to 58 at home to secure their first WaMac conference victory. Larry Husmann led with 21 points, John McElmeel added 20, while Denny Teymer scored 30 for Anamosa.
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Black Panthers
Anamosa
WaMac
Panthers
Halfdine
Monticello
Denny Teymer
Larry Husmann
John McElmeel
Panther
Blue Raiders
Jr High Teams Defeat Prairie in Close Cedar Rapids game
Prairie of Cedar Rapids suffered a double defeat as the Panther junior high teams lost both seventh and eighth grade games. Seventh graders won 20 to 17 led by 0 points from Tom Yeoman and 7 by Randy Harlan. Eighth graders won 30 to 24 with Stan Cowen scoring nine and Steve Edwards, Ron Wright, and Charles Hubbard each with six.
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Panther
Prairie of
Cedar Rapids
Tom Yeoman
Randy Harlan
Paul Beck
Prairie
Stan Cowen
Steve Edwards
Ron Wright
Charles Hubbard
Wright
Hubbard
Darrold Albright
Anamosa
Panther Five Edge Out Maquoketa By One Point
The Monticello Panthers defeated Maquoketa 72 71 on their home court. Dave Specht hit the winning basket in the final seconds as both teams traded the lead throughout a tense game.
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Monticello Panthers
Maquoketa
Dave Specht
Panther
Panthers
Cage Round-Up: Oxford Jets And Midland Subplots
Oxford Jet girls beat Olin 84 73 as Pat Burda scored 43 and Marcia Benischek 36 for Olin. Midland lost homecoming games to Lowden 75 60 and 45 26 while Olin beat Midland 66 45 in a twin bill. In Oxford Jet Lincoln, girls won 71 60 with Burda pacing 30 and McElmeel led Panthers boys 55 49 in overtime. Farley upset Aquin 44 39 as Aquin shot poorly and fouled out three players. Aquin 5 1 in season and 4 1 in Eastern IowaConf.
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Oxford Jct
Olin
Pat Burda
Oxford Jet
Marcia Benischek
Lyle Willard
Ron Shebetka
Midland
Lowden
Lowdon
David Sullivan
Joan Jensen
Shirley Stears
Ed Husmann
Joyce Hinrichs
Daryl Carstensen
Midland-Olin
Ronnie Mortensen
Shebetka
Joann Jansen
Barbara Lindsey
Georgia Wessels
Lincoln
Stanwood
Patty Burda
O. J
Ruth Robey
AQUIN
JOE
Farley
St. Joe
Iowa
Gerdes resigns as athletic director at Central Missouri State
Dr. Glen R. Gerdes former Monticello resident resigns Friday as athletic director at Central Missouri State College Warrensburg Mo His resignation followed a dispute over a $5000 athletic equipment order placed earlier this year The head coach Bob Hoff Cedar Rapids native says he was released after refusing to resign Hoff says he ordered the equipment after a conference with Gerdes Gerdes denies authorizing the purchase of the equipment
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Glen R. Gerdes
Monticello
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Anna Gerdes
Bob Hoff
Cedar Rapids
Sacred Heart Sweeps Maquoketa Valley In Twin Bill
Sacred Heart girls crushed Maquoketa Valley 57 to 31 on Buck Creek floor as Agnes Oaken scored 27 while Mary Tillotsen shone on defense. In the nightcap Sacred Heart boys edged MV 45 to 43 on a last-second drive by Rick Westhoff with Gordon Westhoff scoring 16. The win improves SH to 6 wins in seven starts. MV has two losses to the Eagles.
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Sacred Heart
Maquoketa Valley
Buck Creek
Agnes Oaken
Mary Tillotsen
Bob Mullen
Sacred Heart Boys
Rick Westhoff
Eagles
Gordon Westhoff
MV Boys
Hunting Safety Push Aims To Cut Deer Related Accidents
Paul Leaverton of the State Conservation Commission urges care in gun handling after November gun accidents total 15 with seven from shooters’ line of fire and eight from carelessness. The program reports 1,002 trained safety volunteers and 5,067 graduates, totaling 6,069 Iowa hunters with safety training. A winter reschedule and deer kill reporting to conservation officers are noted.
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Paul Leaverton
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
Five Jones County Youths Register With Selective Service
Lawrence John Broderson of Wyoming Gerald Reinder Wessels of Onslow Lawrence Abraham Allamand of Anamosa Phillip John Eichhorn of Wyoming Lawrence Joseph O'Shea of Cascade registered with the Selective Service in November.
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Jones County
Lawrence John Broderson
Wyoming
Gerald Reinder Wessels
Onslow
Lawrence Abraham Allamand
Anamosa
Phillip John Eichhorn
Lawrence Joseph O'Shea
Cascade
County Resumes Civil Defense Program in Jones County
The Jones county board of supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday to reactivate the civil defense program. Hugo G. Deininger of Anamosa was named county civil defense director. The Anamosa courthouse will close all day Saturday December 23 and reopen Tuesday morning December 26, with Saturday offices typically closing at noon.
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Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Hugo G. Deininger
Anamosa
Swine Producers Elect Two Members to Board
Mike Paulsen of Center Junction and Rex Brady of Onslow were elected to the Jones County Swine Producers board at the fall meeting held Thursday evening in Anamosa. They succeed Jack Smith of Center Junction and Clews Hughes of Cascade whose terms expire. Speakers included Bernard Ebbing swine specialist with Rath Packing Co. and John Legg supervisor of the company's grade and yield buying program.
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Mike Paulsen
Center Jct
Rex Brady
Onslow
Jones County Swine Producers Board
Anamosa
Jack Smith
Clews Hughes
Cascade
Bernard Ebbing
Waterloo
Rath Packing Co. Agricultural Bureau
John Legg
Emma Hershberger Allen Dies at 78 in Monmouth Area
Funeral services were held December 13 at the Monmouth Methodist church for Mrs Emma Hershberger Allen 78 of rural Wyoming born November 5 1883 and died December 10 at Jackson County Hospital Maquoketa She taught in Jackson County rural schools and married on June 16 1908.
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Austin Allen
Wyoming
Austin
Emma) Allen
Monmouth
Emma Hershberger Allen
Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
Watertown
S. C
Abraham S
Emeline Rockstraw Hershberger
Tno
Jackson County
Mar
Balwin
Charles Hershberger
Martha Ellen Eby
Scotch Grove
Walter S. Eby
Goettsch
Monticello
Gerald E. Shibley
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
Eby
John McDonald Hospital
Martha Ellen Winians
William Winians
Temple Hill
Cascade
Walter Eby
Marion
George
Los Angeles
Calif
Richard
Harold
Theodore
Arthur
Joseph
Charles Winnans
F. W. Kreeb
Louis Hanken
Glenn Goldsmith
John Otten
Henry Heiken
Rudolph Oltmanns
Raymond Wright
Carl Opfer Hopkinton
Carl Opfer
Springville
Hopkinton
Martinson
St Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Amelia
John
Anna Rettke
Sachenzine
Germany
Kansas
Iowa
Carl J. Opfer
Ottumwa
Gene
Bernice) Moulton
Raymond
Central City
Norman
Fred Rettke
Concord
John Rettke
Topeka
Kan
Alvin Sdgge
Fairbury
Nebr
Martha Kos
Maryville
Emma McMaster
Wichita
Anna Powlishta
Oxford Jct
Hayden
Hull
Anna Stehlik
Jones County
John Powlishta
Pioneers Remembered in Obituary Notices From Iowa Towns
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Martha Ellen Eby Scotch Grove Bertha Opfer Anna Powlishta and family survivors across Jones and surrounding counties including Monticello Hopkinton and Oxford Junction. The notices list spouses children grandchildren and siblings with funeral details and burial places.
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D. Holmes
D. Balser
Davis
Panther John McElmeel
Tom Greenawald
MONTI
McElmeel
I Plueger Husmann
Behrends
Greenawald
Specht
E. Huibregtse
Raymond E. Adams Morgan Hyde Louis Slauson
Louis Stutt Phillip Gerdes
Bob Behrends
Rich O'Hara
Mike Plueger
Ron Jackson
Ken Burda
Monti FG PF
Plueger
Husman Bebrends
Balster
Maquoketa FG FT
Fresh-Sophs
R. Robinson
Independence
Gerdes
Mo. College
Hoff
S-H
Twin Bill
Oaken
Housman Manternach
Clement Eflers
Tillotsen Becker Holmes Hosch Lewis
Westhoff
G. Westhoff
Featherson
Hubert Weber
Howle Locher
Cosgrove
Valley High
By Bruce Froning
Noel
Arnold H, Poock
Swine Producers
Ey Tko
Vaiss
Harold Tenhoff
Monticello, Lowa
Guernsey
A. M. Hess
ED Cox
E. Oak St
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