ANOTHER NEAT FALL DAY, WITH SUNSHINE AND HIGH IN 60'S.
FIRST...THERE WAS A THURSDAY DAILY REPORT, BUT BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB UNTIL THIS MORNING. SO, IF YOU DID NOT READ THE THURSDAY REPORT YET, DON'T FORGET TO READ IT AFTER READING THIS ONE.
ALSO, TODAY'S "JUST TALK" CALL-IN SHOW, HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER, IS UP NOW AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ANYTIME.
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT MELVOLD WAS AT 11 THIS MORNING AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. A VERY NICE SERVICE, LASTING OVER AN HOUR. IT WAS LEAD BY REV. JAY KEPPEL, PASTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. IT FEATURED THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE PLAYING THE "STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER" EARLY IN THE SERVICE AND NEAR THE END, "ANCHORS AWAY". THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR AND ENSEMBLE ALSO SANG "THE NAVY HYMN" AND LATER, "WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN". BOB AND FRANCIS WERE MARRIED IN NEW ORLEANS AND BOB LIKED NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FUNERALS. PASTOR KEPPEL IS ALSO A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS. PERSONAL TRIBUTES WERE GIVEN BY MARY RUETER OF DEWITT, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEWITT OBSERVER, OWNED BY BOB AND FRANCIS AND BY GRANDSON TIM MELVOLD AND DAUGTHER JANIS MELVOLD. A LUNCH WAS THEN SERVED IN THE CHURCH SOCIAL ROOM.
HAD A SHORT VISIT AT THE FUNERAL LUNCH WITH PETE LEHMAN, LONGTIME FRIEND OF THE MELVOLDS. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. HE WAS THE MANAGER OF THE J.C. PENNEY STORE IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL 1979. I USED TO CALL ON HIM WEEKLY FOR ADVERTISING ON KMAQ. RETIRED NOW AND LOOKS GOOD.
MORE VANDALISM IN MAQUOKETA. A CAR HAD A SIDE MIRROR SHATTERED WHILE PARKED ON NORTH NIAGARA. LINDA HAYES ON SOUTH 5TH STREET REPORTED A NEW MAIL BOX WAS SMASHED ON TUESDAY. WAUGH AUTO ON EAST GROVE SAID TWO TRUCKS WERE DAMAGED. IN THE COUNTY, SAK KLEIN AND WINDY WINEGAR BOTH REPORTED MAIL BOXES DAMAGED.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, STEVEN BREUER, AGE 41, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AFTER HIS MOTORCYCLE HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64, NEAR PRESTON. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN AND DAMAGES LISTED AT $1,000 TO HIS HONDA. AFTER HITTING THE DEER, THE CYCLE SKIDDED 160 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. HE WAS WEARING A HELMET WHICH THE DEPUTY SAID PREVENTED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
"TAKE TWO VIDEO" ON SOUTH JONES IS CLOSING. SIGN IN THE WINDOW.... AND THEY ARE SELLING
OUT THERE VIDEOS AND GAMES. IT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR AROUND 20 YEARS. RUMOR HAS IT A NEW VIDEO STORE IS COMING TO TOWN LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR, A BIG ONE.
NO DEATHS TO ANNOUNCE.
BIG HUMAINE SOCIETY DINNER THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB AND THE BIG ANNUAL
HISTORICAL SOCIETY DINNER IS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE PEARSON CENTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART IS HOSTING A FUND-RAISER SOUP SUPPER TONIGHT AT THE GROSSMAN HALL IN DELMAR FOR ALL GOOD DEMOCRATS.
