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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1956

Page

4

Area Sectional Basketball Opens Across Four Sites

Tonight the Ex press area hosts four sectional tournaments at Manchester Dubuque Wheatland and Central City with Monticello facing Manchester in Class A at 8 30 pm and Monticello Sacred Heart meeting Oneida in Class B at Manchester A wide slate of first and second round games follows through Friday and Saturday finals featuring Olin Marion Springville Coggan and other area teams across the four venues.

Express Manchester Dubuque Wheatland Central City Monticello WaMac Mong Winthrop Lamont Dyersville Navier Sacred Heart Oneida Sacred Heart Boys S.h.oneida St. Patrick's of Ryan Oxford Junction Nation Clarence Onslaw Monmouth Calamus Baldwin Onslow Jones County Wyoming Lowden Olin Marion Anamosa

Agriculture needs men like you in feeding program sales

Persuasive ad from Ralston Purina promotes a complete feeding program for farm families. It stresses sow gestation nutrition, benefits of Purina Sow & Pig Chow and Fast-Start Twins, creep feeding Baby Pig Chow, and transitioning to Purina Pig Startena. It cites Iowa State College tests and lists product prices and mixes for hog rations.

Ralston Purina Co Purina Iowa State College C. C. Culbertson

Rural Jones county P T group meets tonight

A Jones county committee will convene this evening at 7 30 in the courthouse Anamosa to discuss the rural schools Parent-Teacher conference. Members include Mrs Gladys Rickels Mrs Irene Witt Engle and Mrs Eliza Shannon of Monticello plus Leona Gierhart and Mrs Gretta Peet of Anamosa.

Jones County Joseph Beave Anamosa Gladys Rickels Irene Wittengle Eliza Shannon Monticello Leona Gierhart Gretta Peet

Jones County Board of Education Meeting Held at Courthouse

Jones County Board of Education met Friday evening at the courthouse in Anamosa with Joseph Beave, the county superintendent, in charge. Chairman Leigh Clark of Monticello presided, joined by Herman Helgens, Harold Larson, Harro ngwersen, and Mrs. Maurine Dirks.

Jones County

WaMac standings shift as Monticello moves to fifth place

In WaMac league action Anamosa Marion and Tipton posted wins while Independence Maquoketa Manchester and Vinton fell. Manchester’s Friday loss to Tipton changes Monticello to fifth with a 5 9 record as Marion remains 1 0 and Vinton sits bottom with 1 13.

Anamosa Marion Tipton Independence Vinton Manchester Monticello Maquoketa Independence Maquoketa Tipton Anamosa Bene Monticello Vinton Ve

Five in Row For Schmidts Five in Row For Schmidts

Monticello independent basketball team extends win streak with an 80-43 home victory over Epworth and a 60-41 road win at Dyersville. Rickels led Monti with 17 in the Epworth game while Jack Schmidt scored 26 against Dyersville. Dyersville trio Mescher Jenk and Fitzgerald each reached 11 or more points. The independents face Dyersville again Feb 22 at Monticello and will meet Postville in the Dyersville tournament on Feb 29.

Monticello Epworth Dyersville Schmidt Bros. Cngers Epworth Boys

Lions Club Tour Documents Iowa Victory over Purdue

Forty Monticello Lions members chartered a bus to Iowa City for Iowa’s 40 point win over Purdue. They left after a 5 30 dinner at the Community building with George Nieters and Les Linn arranging the trip.

Iowa Purdue Monticello

St Martins Rolls Bellevue in tight boys game

St Martins, Class B diocesan champs, beat Bellevue 71 to 64 as St Joe's surged late but could not catch the leaders. Wayne Ressler led St Martins with 27 points while Bob Mueller had 24 for St Joe's. In the girls game St Joe's won 71 to 51 as Ann Donavin top scored for St Martins with 17.

Cascade St. Martin’s St. Joseph’s Bellevue St. Joe's St. Joe’s St. Martin's Wayne Ressler Bob Mueller

Maynard Wins Semi Final in Girls District Clash

Maynard girls crushed Monona 84 64 to reach the district final at Garnaville. Clermont Elgin edged Aurora 64 62 to meet Colesburg after bye. Colesburg beat Clermont Elgin 63 58 in semis and faces Maynard Saturday for the title. Clermont Elgin meets Monona in the consolation game.

Garnavillo Maynard Monona Sacred Heart Garnaville Clermont-Elgin Aurora Colesburg Colesbury

St. Mary's Captures Eastern Town Tourney 71 64

St. Mary's defeats Epworth 71 to 64 to win the Eastern Town girls tournament after a close game. Grace Strang scores 31 for St. Mary's and Sheila Callahan nets 30 for Epworth as the lead shifts through the first three quarters. Cascade club Epworth had led at the end of the first, but St. Mary's pulled ahead by halftime and maintained the edge into the final period.

Holy Cross Cascade St. Mary's Cascade Club Epworth St. Mary's St. Mary’s Cascade Grace Strang Sheila Callahan

Fire Destroys Barn On Seth Ruhl Farm

ANAMOSA The barn on the Seth Ruhl farm south of town was destroyed by fire Thursday. Cause of the blaze was not known. Fire departments from Anamosa Morley and Martelle battled the blaze in a 40 mile per hour wind.

Anamosa Seth Ruhl Here Morley Martelle

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