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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
4
Monticello and Anamosa meet tonight at 7 30 for the class A boys sectional championship. Anamosa holds two wins over Monticello in WaMac Joop play, but the Panthers seek a decisive upset in the looming title tilt.
Monticello overwhelms Xavier 86 75 in a tough Class A/ B semi final at Monticello with Carl Egger posting a 30 point effort to break the three year scoring mark. Dyersville Xavier rallies late but Monticello holds on as Ton. Anamosa tops Olin 86-74 led by Norton 26. Saint Marys Cascade defeats Peosta 34-32 in Class B action with late Peosta hope denied.
Ken Hetzler announced Harley Hawker of Cedar Rapids is appointed general agent for Farm Bureau Insurance Services in Jones County. Hawker moves to Monticello with family Sally Otten is his wife. They have two children, Douglas and Linda. Earl Phillips retains as Muscatine county agent. Hawker previously served six years as chief inspector for Retail Credit Co. in Cedar Rapids and left the military in 1947.
Sacred Heart of Monticello prepares for a district first round meeting with Stanwood after earning the Eastern Iowa Catholic title with a 58 41 win over St Mary's of Cascade. Fran Ferring scorched the floor with 36 points while Susan Stoner Linda Ferring and Rosalie Holmes provided support.
Final results list Sacred Heart of Monti cello 58 Cascade St Marys 41 in Monticello. Consolation Epworth 45 Buck Creek 26. Morley Final Stanwood 55 Martello 37 Consolation Olin 57 Onslow 40. Wheatland Final London 59 Wheatland 56 Consolation Oxford Junction 57 Lost Nation 46.
The Presbyterian School of Missions study will hold their second meeting at the First Presbyterian church Sunday Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. Dr. Joseph A. Kennedy of Davenport will speak on The Establishment of a Church in a New Community.
Churches in northeast Iowa and neighboring Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota are invited to send representatives to a Church Music conference on Thursday February 17 at the University of Dubuque. Dr Doy M Baker head of the university music department says the event will cover modern Protestant church music from ministers choir directors organists choir members and student viewpoints.
Olin and Oxford Junction captured consolation titles in two girls sectional championships Saturday night at Morley and Wheatland. Olin trailed early but defeated Onslow 57 40 in Morley with 28 points from Moreland and Westphal’s 28 for Onslow. Stanwood won the Morley sectional 55 37 over Martello to await Sacred Heart in Cedar Rapids next week. Lowden beat Wheatland 59 56 in the other sectional final as Eleanor Licht scored 33.
Freese Motors posted a 20 and 7 mark to win the second round of the Classic league at Bowlmor lanes in Monticello. American Legion finished second with 19 and 8. Standings for Classis Community and Women's leagues follow.
Peniel Presbyterian Church will host worship at 10 a.m. on Sunday February 13 with Sunday school at 9 a.m. Student pastor Howard Brentner and Rev. W Russell Hunter will ordain Ralph M Bayne as elder noting a one time time change for the date.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Kernen spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Henry Oltmanns in Anamosa during a neighborhood visit.
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