THE OTHER DAY, SOMEONE BROUGHT THIS PICTURE IN. WAS GLAD TO GET IT!
REMEMBER THIS KMAQ VAN? IN 1966, I TRADED-IN MY OLDS SEDAN (THE ONE I HAD WHEN I LIVED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS WITH THE U.S. ARMY) FOR THIS NEW VAN FROM JOHN WAGENER FORD ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, NOW THE HOME OF
T & J MANUFACTURING. AND WE USED IT FOR BOTH KMAQ AND FAMILY TRAVEL FOR SOME TIME. NOT SURE HOW LONG I HAD IT. LARRY HAGER, THEN
MAQUOKETA'S ONLY SIGN PAINTER (YOU HAD TO WAIT AWHILE FOR LARRY TO GET A LETTERING JOB DONE, BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT) PAINTED THE MULTI-COLOR LETTERING ON IT. THE VAN WAS HANDY FOR REMOTE
BROADCASTS. THE BACK ANTENNA WAS FOR A REMOTE BROADCAST TRANSMITTER.
THE ENGINE WAS UP FRONT BETWEEN THE FRONT SEATS. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON QUARRY STREET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
A BRAD DEERY NEW CAR LOT IS WERE THIS HOUSE STOOD. A LOOK BACK ON THIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY MONTH FOR KMAQ. BY THE WAY, JOHN WAGENER HAS NOT
RETIRED. BUSY AS ALWAYS. EVEN OWNS THE RADIO SHACK STORE HERE IN TOWN.
DENNIS VOY