Tuesday, October 30, 2018

TUESDAY DAILY

STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE


COMING SOON TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS IN MAQUOKETA


WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA


A PHOTO FROM THE PAST....1960
EVERETT SCHOENTHALER WAS A LAWYER IN MAQUOKETA.
STAN BARTON WAS KMAQ'S FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR FROM 1958 TO LATE 1960.
ROBERT MELVOLD WAS PUBLISHER OF THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER.
JOHN JARGO WAS A BANKER.
HARLAN EASTON HAD A GROCERY STORE WHERE KMAQ IS NOW.  I  PURCHASED
THIS BUILDING FROM HIS WIFE IN 1969.
DUD YOCUM  OWNED THE WESTERN AUTO STORE AND SMOKED A PIPE.
HAROLD MILWRIGHT WAS POSTMASTER FOLLOWING OWNING A FARM MACHINERY
BUSINESS DOWNTOWN WHERE MY THEATRE IS NOW.   WALT DOLCH OWNED
THE DOWNTOWN BAKERY AND SERVED ONE YEAR AS PRESIDENT OF THE
AMERICAN BAKER'S ASSOCIATION.    JIM ROUND RAN A SHOE STORE.   HIS
SON NOW LIVES IN RURAL MAQUOKETA.   WHEN STAN BARTON LEFT MAQUOKETA,
I REPLACED HIM ON THE BOARD.    THE MAQUOKETA SALVATION ARMY WAS
THE OLDEST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.    AFTER IT CLOSED, THE CITADEL
STOOD EMPTY FOR A LONG TIME JUST NORTH OF THE DECKER HOTEL  AND LATER WAS MOVED TO HORSESHOE POND PARK SOUTH OF TOWN AND IS USED NOW
AS A CHURCH.   THE SALVATION ARMY IN MAQUOKETA HAD A BAND AND I
RECALL HEARING IT PLAY OFTEN ON THE SIDEWALKS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.



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