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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1965
Page
5
Ron Ehlts, a 9th grade Panther athlete, propelled into the air but narrowly failed to clear the 4 foot 8 inch mark in the junior high track meet high jump event.
Ron Long, Monticello Indiana native and Wyoming State Tribune report, achieves unprecedented feats in his first St. Marys Cheyenne coaching year. His team wins Abraska conference, tops district, places third at state with a 14 4 regular season, three players to All District and one to All State. Long, a Wyoming graduate known for basketball and state amatuer golf, resigns to return to Monticello June 1 to join his father in insurance.
Monticello Community high school hosted the WaMaC conference junior high track meet on Saturday. The 7th grade Panthers placed fourth and eighth, the 8th grade team finished fourth, and the 9th grade squad ended sixth with 16 points. Two Monticello athletes earned second in high jump and pole vault. 7th graders earned points in shuttle hurdle and 440 yd relay.
The Dubuque Packers will face the Quincy Jets in Cascade at Legion Park on Saturday evening. The game replaces a Dubuque home date flooded in Dubuque. 7 45 p m start time set. Cascade American Legion post sponsors the Midwest League event. a capacity crowd is anticipated.
At Air View Speedway Friday night a capacity crowd watched races. Carl Swanson of Waterloo won the modified feature while Bill Bleadorn of Monticello captured the novice race after last minute instructions from the starters.
Carl Swanson of Waterloo won the modified feature in a capacity crowd at Air View Speedway marking the 1965 season kickoff. Red Cruise and Bill Zwansinger, both of Waterloo, finished second and third with Croise winning the modified consolation. Bill Bleadorn of Monticello won the novice feature.
Sara Paulsen of Jones County 4-H enters competition for state 4-H officers with interviews May 15 at Iowa State University Ames. Fifteen finalists will be chosen from entrants, eight as officer candidates. state officers elected at the June 9 12 4-H conference in Ames. Bonds in Jones County total $54184 for March, $203758 year to date 22 percent of the 1965 goal.
Monticello will host the Class A district track meet Friday night May 7 and Saturday May 8. Participating schools include Anamosa Cascade Aquin DeWitt Central Elkader Central Epworth Western Dubuque Maquoketa Monona M F L Stormont of Strawberry Point Sumner Waukon and West Union North.
Miss Ann Brainard recounted her AFS exchange year in Norway at the Monticello Rotary Club. She shared colored slides and experiences from the land of the midnight sun, speaks as a Mosaic high school senior, with her mother and chapter leaders attending as honored guests.
In novice races, Virgil Offer of Monticello won the consolation with Bob Aldrich of Monti cello and Steve Carnahan of Springville taking second and third in different legs. In the novice feature Steve Carnahan placed second and Ham Monticello runners filled top spots. The modified division first heat saw John Connolly of Delhi win, with Bill Zwansinger and Red Crotse of Waterloo third. Jim Gerber of Davenport won the second heat as Cal Swanson of Waterloo placed second. Early novice heat results crowned Al Iben Dave Hubbard and Leroy Appleby of Monticello as the top trio, followed by Steve Carnahan winning the second heat for Springville then Don Harper of Springville and Bill Bleadorn of Monticello.
Monticello Panther varsity cindermen scored 16 points to finish eighth at Cedar Rapids as Independence led with 48 points, Anamosa 47.75, and English Valley 37.75. Monticello earned thirds in the distance medley and two mile relays, fourth in the shuttle hurdle, and fifth in the freshman medley.
The Coast Guard clarified life preserver rules effective Jan 1 1965. Fillings such as kapok require a plastic seal to be legal with approved numbers 160047 160048 160049 160052 160004 160003 160005 160002 and 160055. Disallowed numbers include 160007 and 160008. Iowa law requires a Coast Guard approved device for each person aboard.
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