Monticello Edges Manchester In Rematch 10 8
Monticello varsity baseball beats Manchester 10 to 8 to even the season series. Bob Adamson pitched in relief for John Behn in the sixth inning to secure the win with Parke Behn catching. Loren Lubben collided with Tom Rhatigan in left field sending Lubben to the Monticello hospital with Rhatigan shaken but unharmed. Manchester’s Soppe and Lonsith were the battery for the night.
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Monticello
Manchester
Monti
Bob Adamson
John Behn
Parke Behn
Soppe
Lonsith
Loren Lubben
Tom Rhatigan
Lubben
Rhatigan
Monti Eyes Home Mount In Anamosa Friday Night Game
Monticello varsity baseball hosts Anamosa Friday at 7 p m for the season opener. Probable Monticello starter is Bob Adamson with Corky McQuaid for Anamosa. Monticello lineup features Behn Rickels Behn Baldwin Rhatigan Morey Shover Long. Anamosa lineup includes Conmey Walderbach Reeves Hartman Godwin Otten Taylor Thomas Wegman Eichelberger.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Bob Adamson
Monti
Corky McQuaid
Parke Behn
Dean Rickels
John Behn
Lynn Baldwin
Tom Rhatigan
Bob Morey
Cascade to host 1946 Junior Legion Tourney weekend
The Dubuque County Junior Legion Baseball tournament for 1946 will be held in Cascade at Legion Park on Sunday and Monday night June 17 and 18. Pairings: Sunday Cascade versus Epworth at 7 p.m. and Dubuque versus Farley at 8:15 p.m. Monday features lasers at 7 p.m. and the winners at 8:15 p.m. for the championship. The Dubuque County winner advances to the second district tournament in Cascade on June 30 and July 1.
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Cascade
Dubuque County
Legion Park
Epworth
Dubuque
Farley
Lasers
Colesburg Plastered By Cubs Sunday 10 1 at Fair Grounds
The Monticello Cubs defeated Colesburg 10 to 1 at the fairgrounds. Pitcher Darrell Rockroth worked the complete nine innings for Monticello with Hines assisting in the battery. John Wright added two doubles and a triple, aiding the win as Colesburg’s Richard Sampson and Robin Tangman pitched all nine for Colesburg. Monticello’s 13 hits included one error. Colesburg had seven hits and five errors. The Cubs rise to 3-4 and plan another home game against Worthington Sunday night.
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Monticello Cubs
Colesburg
Fairgrounds
Cubs
Darrell Rockroth
George Hines
John Wright
Richard Sampson
Robin Tangman
Monti
Worthington
Rhe
Morals Charge Hearing Held In Anamosa Case
A hearing on the alleged rape of a 17 year old Anamosa girl last Friday night was set for Wednesday in Warren Lawrence court. The incident between Anamosa and Olin involved five youths aged 17 and 18. Four boys were charged with rape and a fifth with assault with intent to commit a felony. four were jailed while the remaining youth reportedly fled to Montana.
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Anamosa
Warren Lawrence
Anamosa Justice of the Peace
Olin
Olin and Hale
Montana
Diversified Milk Program Planned By Creamery Here
Diversified milk program planned by Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello. Authorized last March at the annual meeting. Tentative plan to buy whole milk instead of cream, details not yet worked out. 1955 production included 902,292 pounds butter for $515,129.89 and ice cream sales of $11,967.86. Officers listed: Louis Hanken president Jake Dietiker vice president Joe Heeren secretary James A Maurice treasurer Albert Fass Richard J Hanken Colin Tschantz Robert Wahl Ben Ejiben directors.
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Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Albert Fass
Jake Dietiker
Ben Eiben
Colin Tschantz
Louis Hanken
Robert Wahl
Joe Heeren
Richard J. Hanken
James A. Maurice
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Nick Nosbish
Creamery Company
Ben Ejiben
Jones County 4-H Girls Attend State Convention
Eighteen Jones county 4-H club girls attend the Iowa State College campus convention. Delegates include Janice Kula Katherine Wacker Judy Shankland and others with Carla Folkers new county president. Dr James H Hilton welcomed attendees and Evelyn Millis Duvall spoke on girls rights and responsibilities in a democracy.
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Jones County
Iowa State College
Helen M. Tucker
County Extension Home Economist
Janice Kula
Katherine Wacker
Judy Shankland
Anamosa
Julie Schlarmann
Dixie Wanken
Evonne Reth
Monticello
Carmen Robertson
JoAnn Benischek
Olin
Janice Soppe
Mary Joy Ledvina
Oxford Junction
Ruth Ann Heiken
Phyllis Hagen
Scotch Grove
Barbara Holub
Mary Jo Ehlers
Wyoming
Floyda Merritt
Central City
Marjorie Tjaden
Springville
Betty Steari
Center Junction
Ames
Carla Ann Folkers
Madrid
Miss Folkers
Iowa
Ernest Ortgies
Albert Storm
Madison Jolly Jones
Mary Ellen Jones
Tucker
James H. Hilton
Evelyn Millis Duvall
Chicago
Ers
Floyda Merrit
Janis Soppe
Barbara Flolub
John W Morse Dies at 88 in Mason City
John W. Morse, 88, died Saturday night at the Odd Fellows home in Mason City. Services were held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Wallace Brothers funeral home in Wyoming with burial in Wyoming Cemetery.
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Wyoming
John W. Morse
Odd Fellows Home
Mason City
Wallace Brothers Funeral
Wyoming Cemetery
Services Friday For B. H. Bohlken
Funeral services for Berhard Henry Bohlken will be held Friday at 10 30 a m at Wayne Evangelical Lutheran church with Rev F H Kehren officiating. He died Tuesday morning after illness since last April.
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Berhard Henry Bohlken
Wayne Evangelical Lutheran Church
F. H. Kehren
Man Injured After Fall From Apartment Stairway
Injured Sunday evening, Grammar Coward fell from an outside stairway to the sidewalk at his apartment. He was hospitalized at John McDonald hospital. After release, Coward said X-rays were taken and the full extent of injuries remained undetermined.
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Grammar Coward
John McDonald Hospital
Coward
Express Wants News Tip Line Open for Readers
Readers are invited to share news tips with The Express by calling the provided numbers 6 or 7. The call-in service seeks timely local events, incidents, and community updates for quick publication.
Cascade collision injures none as 18 year old driver swerves
Robert Payne age 18 of Monticello drove a 1949 auto on Worthington road near Cascade when an 8 year old boy on a bicycle veered into the path. Payne avoided a head on crash by driving into a ditch. Neither party injured and minor bicycle damage. Payne is a movie theater projectionist and son of the Vernon Paynes.
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Cascade
Robert Payne
Monticello
Payne
Worthington Road
Vernon Paynes
Anna McBride Rites Conducted at Sacred Heart Church
Services for Mrs. Anna McBride 78 were held from Devaney funeral home to Sacred Heart church Tuesday at 8 am. Rev. William E. Wilke officiated the requiem high mass. Burial was in Sacred Heart cemetery. She was born March 22 1878 in Dubuque county. Surviving are a sister and a brother. Pallbearers named.
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Anna McBride
Anamosa
Devaney
Sacred Heart Church
William E. Wilke
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Wyoming Eastern Star Aims 50th Anniversary Celebration
The Wyoming chapter No. 379 OES marks its 50th anniversary on June 19 1956 with an open meeting in the school gym and a dinner at the Presbyterian church at 6 30 p m Reservations for the dinner are due by June 15 Tickets are held by secretary Mrs Elsie Mott and honored guests include the worthy grand matron and other grand officers The charter members Mary Jane Kvarsgaard is worthy matron and Robert Orris is worthy patron.
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Wyoming
O.E.S
Presbyterian Church
Elsie Mott
Mary Jane Kvarsgaard
Robert Orris
Anniversary Story Details Church's 1860 Debt-Free Dedication
The article recounts the founding of a church in 1860 with Alvin F Condit offering to build if land for the church and cemetery and $500 cash were donated. Materials came from Dubuque by oxcart. Membership reached 400 by 1950. Resident pastors served until 1925 with later commuting ministers. Revs names listed.
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Alvin F. Condit
Dubuque
Anamosa
Cass Church
Co. C. Humphrey
William H. Hayward
William H. Barrows
Daniel Bordwell
S. F. Millikan
A. B. Keeler
W. R. Bundy
W. B. Jackson
George Hughes
M. C. Alexander
J. E. Grinnell
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Ray Brokaw, Jr
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Carla Folkers
The
Breeders Service
Don Burhams
B. H. Bohlken
Worthington Memorial Hall
Kenny Hofer
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Schneider’s Groce
Dippers
Sherbet
Farmers Mutual Creamery CO
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