Clarence Meets Stanwood Club in Wapsie-8 Final
Clarence faces Stanwood in the Wapsie-8 junior high girls final after Tuesday’s semifinals. Clarence edged Lowden 33 30 with Carbaugh 13 points, Prembring 13 for Lowden. Stanwood beat Wyoming 46 38 led by Paist 25. Buckholtz added 15 for Wyoming. Earlier Monday, Olin Oxford Junction Mechanicsville and Lisbon won their round games.
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OLIN
Clarence
Stanwood
Wyoming
London
Careet
Lowden
Carbaugh
Prem‘bring
Sacred Heart Girls win junior high invitational final
Sacred Heart defeated Morley 36 to 33 in the junior high girls invitational final at the Eagles gym. Linda Staner led with 22 points. Morley’s Conner had 15 as Sacred Heart trailed at halftime before seizing a narrow victory.
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Monticello
Sacred Heart
Morley
Eagles
Oxford Junction
Colesbury
S. H
Linda Staner
Conner
Monticello Men Win in Pin Meet
Monticello council placed fourth in team events at the Eastern Iowa Knights of Columbus bowling tournament won by Balik and Reilly of Cedar Rapids with 1 295. Doubles team Dick Devaney and Kenneth Ferring were second with 1 281. Anamosa Knights finished fourth in singles with 673 as the state contest heads to May in western Iowa.
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Dubuque
Monticello
Iowa Knights of Columbus
Monticello Council
Dick Devaney
Kenneth Ferring
Devaney
Ferring
Balik and
Reilly
Cedar Rapids
Helling Bros
Ferdinands No
Council
Davenport
Confirmation at Our Savior's Lutheran Cedar Rapids
Monticello neighbors the Rieniers Gerdes and Mowrey families attended confirmation at Our Savior's Lutheran church in Cedar Rapids this Sunday. Thomas Preston was among the confirmands and all were hosted by the Russell Prestons in Marion.
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Frederick Rieniers
Paul Gerdes
Victor Mowrey
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Preston
Russell Prestons
Marion
Wayne and Oxford Lead 4-H Junior Basketball Showdowns
Wayne Master Farmers ousted Martelle Boys 4-H 38-19 in Monticello junior finals led by Jim Helgens 22 points. Oxford Livewires defeated Wyoming 41-15 in Wyoming junior final as Herb Rohwedder led with 11. Wyoming Pioneers won senior final 46-40 over Washington Tigers with Larry Dusanek 19 and Jack Burds 12. Semi finals earlier saw Wyoming 20-18 over Hale Wapsie and Washington 23-21 over Oxford. Finals and scheduling to be announced.
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Monticello
Wyoming
Wayne Master Farmers
Oxford Livewires
Wyoming Pioneers
Wyoming Gymnasium
Wayne
Martello
Jim Helgens
Ronald Wink
Martelle
Olin Hawkeyes
Fairview Thunderbolts
Castle Grove Royal Rangers
Cass Center Hustlers
Wyoming High School
Pioneers
Herb Rohwedder
Livewires
Bruce Reade
Jim Westfall
Oxford
HALE
Hale Wapsie Boys
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
Onslow Agricolae
Washington Tigers
Larry Dusanek
Jack Burds
Washington
Morley
Anamosa Woman In Crash Here
Beverly Lawrence twenty four of Anamosa crashed a 1955 car with a 1952 Marion vehicle at Grand and Cedar streets Sunday afternoon. Police say Lawrence hit Williams Domer causing damage to doors and rear wheel. Damages estimated at fifty dollars per car. The collision occurred about 3 15 p m.
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Anamosa
Marion
Grand
Cedar Streets
Leslie Bright
Beverly Lawrence
Cedar Street
William Domer
Easter Visiters and Social Callers Reported
Mrs W E Tuetken and Wallace were callers with Mr and Mrs A D Flockhart at Stanwood. Mrs R J Allen of Sioux City is visiting over Easter in the home of her daughter and family, Mr and Mrs Harold White.
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R. J. Allen
Sioux City
Harold White
Monticello Honors Letter Winners At Banquet
About 350 attendees listened as Vince De Francesca Iowa State coach urged Monticello and Sacred Heart athletes to develop morally mentally and physically through sports He described five athlete types praising the holler leader while cautioning against the others and noted public conduct shapes sports culture.
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Monticello
Vince DeFrancesca
Iowa State College
DeFrancesca
Monticello Public
Sacred Heart
Iowa State
Ike
Greater Monticello
Andy Strittmatter
Eugene Lorenz
William Wilkie
Bob Mullen
Boyd Shannon
Harold Shugart
Leo Cabalka
Bob Reed
Paul Knipe
Bill Johnson
Wyoming Rites Held for Bertha Levsen
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Levsen were held Sunday at Wallace Bros. Funeral Home led by Rev. Kenneth Harden. Born June 13, 1882, she died March 21, 1956, after living in Cedar Rapids, Oxford Junction, and finally Wyoming. She was survived by two brothers and a sister, with several Levsen relatives among attendees from Ames, Pekin, Fulton NL, and Brandywine Md.
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Wyoming
Bertha Levysen
Wallace Bros
Kenneth Harden
Levsen
Oxford Township
William
Charlotte Wolfe
Ed Levsen
Cedar Rapids
Leo Levsen
Max Levsen
Carl Levsen
Louis Levsen
Lumir Ingwersen
William Thomsen
Walter Sullivan
August Wolfe
Bradnywine, Md
Dan Inglis
Ames
M. J. Clausen
Danny and
Gregory
Robert Sikkema
Gail
Ralph Sikkema
Fulton, NL
Clarence Bondrow
Marie Bonhrow
Anna Proehl
Pekin, Ill
Homemakers Club Donates to Red Cross
The South Prairie Homemakers met at Mrs. Melvin Mortensen's home last week for a pot luck dinner. They voted to donate $2 to the Red Cross.
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South Prairie Homemakers Club
Melvin Mortensen
The
Red Cross
Sew and So Club Holds Meeting with Comforter Tie
Mrs. Reggie Morse spoke on Wall and Floor Covering and led a safety quiz at the Sew and So club meeting. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Melvin Marttensen and Mrs. Reggie Morse. next meeting set at Mrs. Minehart Zimmer man’s home.
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Reggie Morse
Melvin Marttensen
Minehart Zimmerman
Sew and So Club
Fred Latare
Henry Datarean
New Library Adds Agnes Newton Keith and Aviation Cadet
Roche Memorial library this week catalogs Agnes Newton Keith’s Bare Feet in the Palace a Philippine Islands true story Papa Married a Mormon as the People's Book club pick and A Field Guide to the Birds from Harrison Morse For older students Aviation Cadet targets boys high school age interested in United States air force piloting.
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Roche Memorial Library
Agnes Newton Keith
Palace
Philippine Islands
Papa
People’s Book Club
Harrison R. Morse
United States Air Force
Receives Church Award for 4-H Member Kenneth Paulsen
Kenneth Paulsen, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Paulsen, received the Lutheran God-Home-Country award at Zion Lutheran church during Sunday worship on March 18. The SCotch Grove Corn huskers member earned the honor after three years of 4-H club work with a report detailing projects in crops judging animal care and related activities.
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Kenneth Paulsen
Zion Lutheran Church
Kenneth
M. P. Paulsen
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
Kenneth Paulsen Receives God Home Country Citation
Kenneth Paulsen is honored for health safety conservation and community service and Christian character. He wrote a theme on What the Church and 4 H Club Mean to Me and received the God Home Country medal from Rev Richard F Gronewald as his father and mother Mrs M P Paulsen look on.
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Kenneth
Jerry Parsons
Jones County Extension
Ralph Husman
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers Club
Richard F. Gronewald
M. P. Paulsen
Martin Luther
Christ
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Wapsie
Julie Mizaur
Aes
Monte
Iowa
Coon « Fechnicolor
Bry United Artists
HUNTZ
Hall ‘Bowery Boys
Mae
Wayne Tops Olin
Azqleas
Hydrangias
Western Union
F.T.D. Florists
Cabalka
Shugart
Mike Carter
Tom Rhatigan
Dean Rickels
Maynard Lang
Keith Clark
Clarence Meyer
Marvin Wink
Bob Morey
Neil Bleadorn
Eldon Covington
Stuart DeMoss
Loren Dirks
Jerry Schneiter
John Shover
Rob''Adamson
Gary Poock
Dale Volkman
Tom Null
Ken Wirtner
Lynn Baldwin
Richard Wright
Jerry Shaw
Elaine Appleby
Bonnie Schneider
Judy Hollar
Mrs. Johnson
Mullen
Allen Westhoff
Courtland Chapman
George Maire
Douglas Zangerle
Lyle Ridenour
Joe McAleer
David Westhoff
Donald Welter
Tom Ridenour
Gerry Heeren
Kenneth Payne
James Goedken
Bob Eilers
John Barron
Rosalee Holmes
Susan Staner
Rosemary Barron
Linda Ferting
Madonna Seehusen
Carol Oaken
Sharon Miller
Betsy Barron
Carol Heeren
Joyce Morrissey
Patty Eilers
Joyce Smith
Jean Hennessey
Ruth Manternach
Joan Dand
Marlene Oeschger
Virgil Hunt
Floyd Kephart
Leslie Linn
Coach Mullen
Vance Stead
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Ford Motor Company
Freese
Bertha Levsen
Mrs. Lyle Ahrendsen
Perot
Mrs. Latare
Express
Prairieburg, Iowa
Pete Dougherty
Band of Rhythm
ST. Joseph’s Church
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