Sacred Heart Eagles sweep two against Cascade and Onslow
Sacred Heart Eagles beat Cascade 40 22 in girls action and 22 20 in boys. Onslow split the twin bill with Sacred Heart, winning 26 23 in the boys and 64 14 in the girls as Shirley Schneider and Janane Fagan led the Sacred Heart girls while Monticello and Onslow traded baskets in a hard fought boys contest.
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Sacred Heart Eagles
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Wolf
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Sacred Heart
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Eagles
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Wallroff
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Wilcox
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Howie
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Kennedy
O’rourke
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Heister
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Jim Hayes
Lasche Jack Hayes
Green
Stoll
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Bader
Dolphin
Bisenius
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Schneider
Wienecke
Heims
Cover
V.gearhart
Lawrence
Lasche
N.gearhart
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Breitbach
Maquoketa Takes Friday's Game 36-31
Maquoketa led Monticello 36 31 on Friday at Maquoketa with Sechusen scoring 12 points to top Maquoketa Halston 10 and McDonald contributing. The opening game saw the sophs fall 17 9 as Monticello’s Pat Jarrett underwent ankle surgery last Saturday and janitorial duties were covered by Harry Eastwood.
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Monticello Cagers
Panthers
Sechusen
Benson
Halston
McDonald
Pat Jarrett
University of Iowa
Monticello
Harry Eastwood
Panthers Fall as Keystone Edges Monticello on Home Court
Keystone defeats Monticello 43 to 38 as Monticello struggles with 16 of 55 field goals and 50 percent free throws. Kiburz leads Monticello while Fauerback scores 24 for Keystone. Half time 18-20. Junior high beat Sacred Heart 386 to 83 with Adamson Schneider scoring 9 each and Hayes 9 for Sacred Heart.
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Black Panthers
Keystone
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Monticello
Kiburz
Fauerback
Sacred Heart
No Space So No Sports News Reprinted
Editor notes space constraints led to reprinting sports stories from the previous week. The column explains that more than a dozen galleys were left out and now readers can view the omitted items in this issue.
Call For Mt. Vernon To I. C. Paving Bids
The state highway commission Friday called for bids January 7 for more than five miles of paving on Iowa road No. 261 southwest of Mt. Vernon. The project will improve the 4 route between Iowa City and Mt. Vernon and includes a 0.758 mile section and a 4.608 mile section.
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State Highway Commission
Mt. Vernon
Iowa City
Help a Little Express Message Encourages News
A hometown notice invites readers to inform the Express about out of town guests and their departures. Citizens are urged to telephone or write a signed message with any news, using the prescribed contact number.
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Express
Panthers Win Overtime Tilt In Monticello
Monticello’s Black Panthers edged Manchester 38 to 32 in an overtime thriller on December 18. Sechusen scored 19 for Monticello while Manchester’s Joslyn topped the visitors. The night also featured a junior high loss for Monticello and a for sale hog notice from Center Junction.
Discharges Filed During Past Week Show Navy and Army Honor
Several service members are listed as discharged or released in the past week. Joseph Huxtable MM3/c USNR separated at Minneapolis Now 19. Clifford D. Ferring Cox USNR served at Farragut and San Bruno. Victor W. Richardson chief machinist's mate discharged at Minneapolis Nov 21 with service at Great Lakes Solomons and aboard LST 28 243 1140 and at Camp Bradford Norfolk. William E. Thompson T4 discharged Nov 24 with multiple medals noted. Cpl Royal R Landis discharged Dec 4 from Camp Swift Texas with entitlement to several medals. Pvt Leaman E Scott released Nov 27 wearing American theater and World War II victory medals. Seaman first class Laverne Delbert McVay discharged Nov 30 at Minneapolis. Raymond Peters discharged from Army Air Corps Nov 20 Fort Leavenworth with wartime theater credits.
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Joseph Huxtable
Cpl
Royal R. Landis
Camp Swift
Texas
Rhineland
Central Europe
Ardennes
Landis
ATSV
Pvt
Leaman E. Scott
Seaman
Laverne Delbert McVay
Naval Service
Minneapolis
Raymond Peters
Army Air Corps
Fort Leavenworth
France
Peters Receives Air Medal With Two Oak Leaf Clusters
Peters is awarded the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the European Theater ribbon. He accumulated 90 discharge points.
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Peters
Monticello News Highlights Mail Totals and Local Happenings
Postmaster Dr M F Hogan reports Monticello residents mailed about 9000 letters daily last week with around 60 sacks of outgoing packages and 42 incoming daily. A daughter Janis Elaine was born December 22 to Mr and Mrs Donald Mouw at St Luke’s hospital Cedar Rapids. Mouw a former Monticello Ex press news editor was released last month from the army. Mrs Mouw is the former Bernice Havlichek. American Legion post 209 will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays each month under Post Commander Russell Jamieson. Royal Neighbor lodge meets Friday evening January 4 with officer installation practice. Pvt William Corbin of Fort Belvoir spends Christmas holidays with his mother Mrs W E Corbin.
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M. F. Hogan
Monticello
Janis Elaine
Donald Mouw
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mouw
The
Monticello Express
Army
Bernice Havlichek
American Legion
Arthur P. O’rourke
209
Russell Jamieson
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