NICE AND SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 41.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 50.
THE 50'S HIGHS WILL BE  HERE THRU THE WEEKEND.

JACKSON COUNTY HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA.....WILL BE PRESENTED THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2....AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.    LOCAL TALENT!
TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $15.   IN ADVANCE, $12.   

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS LAST NIGHT DECLINCED TO OFFER EARLY RETIRMENT TO ITS EMPLOYEES FOR THE
2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR.   BUT IT MAY BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE.

POLICE BLOTTER:
DAWN DEFRIEZE ON SHORLINE DRIVE (NORTH EDGE OF CITY) REPORTED
SUNDAY THAT THE TIRES WERE SLASHED ON HER VEHICLE.
JACOB KOLL ON SWAGOSA DRIVE REPORTED MONDAY THAT A TIRE
ON HIS VEHICLE WAS SLIT.
HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES ON SOUTH OLIVE REPORTED THAT SCREENS
ON THE OLIVE STREET SIDE OF BUILDING WERE CUT.

INTERESTING COMMENTS WITH STAIRCASE PHOTO BELOW.

THANKS FOR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON PHOTO IF YOU WANT TO ENLARGE IT.
I TOOK THIS PHOTO SUNDAY MORNING AT THE OLD ABE  HURST  (ABE STARTED HURSTVILLE AND THE LIME KILNS INDUSTRY THERE)  HOME ON
THE CORNER OF SOUTH 4TH AND WEST MAPLE STREETS IN MAQUOKETA.
THIS LARGE HOME HAS BEEN OWNED BY KEN MOORE OF MAQUOKETA FOR
MANY YEARS.    HE HAS DONE SOME WORK ON IT AND FIXED UP THE
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE.    NO ONE HAS LIVED IN IT FOR OVER 50 YEARS.    EVENTUALLY, KEN  PLANS TO MAKE THIS HOME AGAIN INTO THE PIONEER  HOME IT ONCE WAS.
THIS MORNING HERE AT KMAQ, ALJEAN CHRIST STOPPED IN TO SEE ME.
ALJEAN AND  HUSBAND DONALD LIVE  HERE IN MAQUOKETA.    SHE HAD SEEN THE PICTURE YESTERDAY ON THIS DAILY REPORT AND SHE
HAD A STORY TO TELL ME ABOUT THE HOME.    IN JUNE, 1952, WHEN SHE WAS 18, SHE WENT UP AND DOWN THAT STAIRCASE HUNDREDS OF TIMES.   SHE  AND A GIRLFRIEND LIVED IN ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS APARTMENTS IN THE HURST HOME, THE WEST SIDE APARTMENT WITH THE SUNPORCH ON THE SOUTH.   THE OTHER APARTMENT UPSTAIRS WAS ON THE EAST SIDE AND BILL AND MINNIE HURST LIVED DOWNSTAIRS.    BILL ,WAS A SON OF ABE.  ALJEAN  AND DONALD HAD JUST GOTTEN MARRIED AND HE WAS STILL IN THE SERVICE.     HE HAD BEEN IN KOREA AND AFTER COMING BACK TO THE USA, THEY GOT MARRIED AND HE THEN WENT TO KENTUCKY TO FINISH OUT HIS ENLISTMENT.    ALJEAN AND HER GIRLFRIEND LIVED IN THE HURST APARTMENT UNTIL DONALD GOT DISCHARGED.    THE APARTMENT WAS
HEATED BY A KEROSENE STOVE AND SHE SAID THEY  HAD TO CARRY THE
KEROSENE UP THE STAIRS IN A FIVE-GALLON PAIL.     SHE HAD A GAS STOVE,
AND IN ONE OF THE CLOSITS WAS A PLACE TO INSERT QUARTERS FOR A
QUARTERS WORTH OF GAS.     SHE SAID SHE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE
RENT WAS, BUT THAT SHE WAS WORKING AT JC PENNEY IN MAQUOKETA GETTING A $75  PAYCHECK EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO THE RENT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN TOO HIGH.    LATE JUNE 1952 TO EARLY FEBRUARY 1953..... SIX
MONTHS THAT NOW BRING MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA....IN THE GOOD OLD
DAYS.    IS THE PLACE NOW HAUNTED?   I GUESS THERE IS A STORY ABOUT THAT!   KEN SAYS,  "COULD BE"!
DENNIS VOY