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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1939

Page

4

Chevrolet Team Sets Pace In Opening Softball Tilts

Chevrolet fast start as they beat Grain Belt 4-1 and Franklin 9-4 to lead the league early. Sand Spring routed Center Junction 24-6 behind strong pitching and timely hitting as Ed Scherrer fanned four.

Chevrolet Grain Belt Franklin Sand Spring Center Junction Ed Scherrer Chevrolets Reynolds Qpeeteieling Doll C. Peterson Johnson

Schedule preview for the spring league season

The schedule lists matchups in May June and July across teams Franklin Sand Spring Anamosa Center Junction Chevrolets Grain Belt with dates from May 15 to July 3. Out of town nights include Chevrolet Franklin Grain Belt Anamosa Sand Spring Center Junction and De Molay on various Fridays.

Franklin Sand Spring Anamosa Center Chevrolets Center Junction Chevrolet Anamosa Franklin Out OF Town Chevrolet and Franklin Grain Belt Franklin and Anamosa and de Molay

Monte Closes Track Season Duel as Anamosa Beats Monticello

The first annual Anamosa Monticello dual track meet ends with Blue Raiders scoring 74 1 3 to 59 2 3. Beardsley leads Anamosa with 14 1 4 points while Rodman tops Monticello with 14 1 4 points. Monticello wins distance events. Anamosa shines in dashes and weights. About 150 spectators on a pleasant afternoon with light breeze.

Anamosa-Monticello Anamosa Blue Raiders Monticello Beardsley LaBarge Rodman Hogan Gerdes Hartwig la Barge Jamieson Kromminga Zirkelbach Russell Eiben Waggoner Fairbanks Layson Mardorf Buckner Schneider Smith Adams Gray Kintz Holub Benischek

Sacred Heart Drops First Game of Year on Coggon Field

Sacred Heart high school baseball fell 7 to 8 to Coggon on the Coggon diamond Friday. Nordhman started, replaced by Stoll, and Sacred Heart scored all runs in the first inning. The Catholic team, coached by George Nordman, featured P Jacque Hines Fothergill and Stoll among others. Sacred Heart had won its first two starts prior and planned to play Cascade next.

Sacred Heart Coggon Nordhman Stoll P. Jacque Hines Jacque Fothergill George Nordman Guler Netcott McKeever

Olin High Defeats Martelle 8-5 in Baseball Victory

Olin High School beat Martelle 8 to 5 on Friday. Gabby Williams hit a home run in the fifth inning. Olin pitcher and lineup faced a fourth straight win stretch, though M Ahrendsen suffered a broken nose from a sixth inning line drive.

OLIN Martelle Gabby Williams M. Ahrendsen

Notice to Mike Breen on 1939 tax sale execution in Iowa

Mike Breen is informed by Henry Eichhorn Sheriff of Jones County Iowa that by virtue of an execution Ray Echternacht Justice of the Peace has levied on and advertised personal property including 22 Jersey cows 24 Chester White hogs 40 white spring pigs 4 work horses 1 hay loader 1 farm wagon and farming implements for sale on May 28 1939 at 2 o clock PM at Breen farm north of Monticello Jones County Iowa The sheriff signs this notice April 24 1939 Deputy Roy D Cooley

State of Iowa Jones County Mss Donald McAllister R. H. Balster Mike Breen Ray Echternacht Lowell Township Iowa Jersey Chester Allis-Chalmers Monticello Henry Eichhorn Roy D. Cooley

Monticello Sports Under Way With Six-Team Softball League

Monticello launches a six team softball league with six teams from Monticello, one from Center Junction, one from Anamosa, and one from Sand Spring. League games occur Mondays and Wednesdays while non league games are on Fridays. Each team plays 10 league games and two outside games before July 4. Anamosa shines with Beardsley and La Barge returning. Monticello eyes a strong team with community backing. Oxford Junction represents Jones County in district baseball at Central City.

Monticello Center Junction Anamosa Sand Spring Oxford Junction Jones County Central City

Monticello High School Baseball Lays Out Final Week

Two games remain for the Monticello high school baseball nine at home next week against Manchester and Xavier of Dyersville. A tentative Manchester game is set for Monday afternoon with Xavier on Wednesday. Monticello has won three of seven games, beating Martello Buck Creek and Onslow while losing to Central City Maquoketa twice and Oxford Junction twice.

Monticello High Manchester Xavier Dyersville Central City Maquoketa Oxford Junction Monticello Martello Buck Creek Onslow

Monticello Eyes Local Baseball Team Practice

Area enthusiasts plan a Sunday practice at the fairgrounds starting 1:30 PM. Organizer Ale Larson leads about twenty local youths eager to make Monticello's chief summer sport with hopes for a league and regular games. Funds may come from ticket sales or a stag event.

Monticello Fairgrounds Ale Larson

New Car Registrations From Monti Cello Residents

Last week at the county treasurer's office Mount Cello residents registered vehicles including L. R. Hoag Mercury H. B. Tedrow Buick Louis Schrader Plymouth Take L. Caspers Ford.

Monticello L. R. Hoag Mercury H. B. Tedrow Buick Louis Schrader Plymouth L. Caspers Ford

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