LAST NIGHT WAS GUEST NIGHT AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE, THE ASSISTANT LIVING PLACE UP ON THE HILL OFF WEST PLATT STREET. POTATO SOUP, SLOPPY JOES,
AND COOKIES WERE SERVED. THE EVENT WAS PLANNED BY GAY STORLIE,
THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR CLOVER RIDGE, AND SHOWN HER SERVING SOME COOKIES TO NOLAN "ZUG" ZUGSCHWERDT, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, TEACHER AND RETIRED BUSINESSMAN. THIS IS FFA WEEK AND MANY YEARS AGO, HE WAS A MAQUOKETA FFA ADVISOR WHEN HE TAUGHT
AG AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE LEFT TEACHING AND HE AND THE
LATE JIM BLAYNEY THEN OPERATED A FEED STORE KNOWN AS B & Z MILL AND
FEED ACROSS FROM THE BALLPARK AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
IT WAS A FUN NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME.
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NANCY MOORE AND HER MOTHER ELOISE STEWART. WE WERE THE GUEST OF ELOISE WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF CLOVER RIDGE SINCE LAST FALL.
ELOISE WILL BE 99 IN APRIL. SHE WENT TO A SMALL TEACHER'S COLLEGE,
BEFORE THE DEPRESSION, AT EVANSTON, ILLINOIS AND THEN TOOK A TEACHING JOB AT ANKENY, IOWA. THEN GOT MARRIED, LIVED IN MILWAUKEE FOR A YEAR
(WHERE SON SEN. ROGER STEWART) WAS BORN AND THEN MOVED TO THE FAMILY FARM ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA, JUST OFF HIGHWAY 64. AND THAT WAS WHERE SHE LIVED (AND NANCY WAS BORN) UNTIL LAST FALL. SHE LIKES TO TELL THE FACT THAT WHEN SHE WAS BORN, SHE WAS TINY AND SLEPT IN A SHOE BOX AND SHE WAS NOT GIVEN A NAME FOR NEARLY A YEAR. THEY JUST CALLED HER BABE. SHE LIKED THE SOUP LAST NIGHT, BUT HER FAVORITE FOOD
IS MOUNTAIN DEW AND HERSHEY BARS. LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, SHE HAS
MEMORY AND HEARING PROBLEMS. SHE IS AWARE OF THE ECONOMY SITUATION AND IS FAST TO REMIND US THAT SHE LIVED THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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