ANOTHER NICE WARM DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASEBALL TEAM LOST A DOUBLE-HEADER LAST NIGHT
TO BENTON COMMUNITY, 9 TO 5 AND 8 TO 2.
MAQUOKETA OVERALL HAS 3 WINS AND 16 LOSSES. IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE,
1 WIN AND 11 LOSSES.
AND.. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM SPLIT A DOUBLE-
HEADER HERE IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, ALSO TO BENTON COMMUNITY,
WINNING THE FIRST GAME, 6 TO 0 AND LOOSING THE SECOND GAME, 1 TO
0. MAQUOKETA IS 20 AND 11 OVERALL AND 12 AND 6 IN THE WAMAC.
A LOUISIANA RESIDENT WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 6:10 A.M. AROUND 10 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON FOUR-LANE 61. HE WAS ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN A CAR THAT WAS GOING SOUTH AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND INTO THE MEDIAN WHERE IT ROLLED
SEVERAL TIMES. THE MAN KILLED WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.
THREE FROM THE CAR WERE TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1938 HELD ITS 70TH CLASS REUNION
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008, AT THE DECKER HOTEL. CLASS MEMBERS ATTENDING WERE: GLEN HENTON OF MAQUOKETA....JEANETTE KREIBLE MOIAN OF LIVONIA,
MICHIGAN....MAX MOELLER OF SAFFORD, ARIZONA....DILMAN DOLAN OF EASTHAMTON, MASSADCHUSETS....TRIULA SAUNDERS DALTON OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA....JERRY AND DOROTHY RASMUSSEN OF MAQUOKETA....AGATHA EARLES CARR OF GARNETT, KANSAS....GLATHA HUTE WINCHIP OF MAQUOKETA....DORIS BUDDE DUTTON OF ELDRIDGE, IOWA....MARY REGENWETHER SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA....GERALDINE EASTON PITHAN OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN GOODAL OF BETTENDORF.
THE EMELINE ALL SCHOOL REUNION WILL BE HELD AT THE EMILINE SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY, J UNE 28, 2008, FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00 P.M. A POTLUCK (BRING YOUR OWN TABLE SERVICE) AND BRING YOUR OLD SCHOOL PICTURES AND SHARE OLD SCHOOL STORIES. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL SHERRI "WELLS' REID AT 563-652-4954 OR AT NIGHT, CALL 563-485-3053 OR CALL JOANN "HEISTER" JONES AT 563-652-2966.
TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, JULIE MORRIS AND VERNIS OSBORNE, REPORTED THEIR VEHICLES HAD BEEN ENTERED OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT....ON NORTH DECKER STREET AND NORTH DEARBORN.
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A KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO! THIS WAS TAKE IN THE 70'S ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE DECKER HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. VAUGHN MONROE, FAMOUS DEEP-VOICED SINGER AND BAND LEADER, WAS WORKING AS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR RCA. MERLYN YEAGER, THE LOCAL RCA DEALER AT THE TIME, ARRANGED TO HAVE MONROE IN TOWN FOR A WEEKEND TO PROMOTE RCA AT HIS STORE AND ALSO TO BE THE EMCEE OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT "MISS MAQUOKETA PAGEANT". HERE HE WAS WELCOMED TO MAQUOKETA BY MAYOR BEN JACOBSON (YOU CAN JUST SEE HIS HEAD) AND BY MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT LOWEL HAAS. THE EVENT WAS BEING BROADCAST ON KMAQ ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DECKER AND I AM HOLDING THE MIKE AND PICKING UP THE COMMENTS MADE TO MONROE. LATER ON THAT DAY, I MADE A LONG INTERVIEW WITH HIM FROM THE PAGEANT REHERSAL AREA. NICE GUY....AND EASY TO INTERVIEW. SOMEWHERE HERE AT THE STATION I HAVE THE TAPE OF THAT INTERVIEW. I DON'T BELIEVE LOWELL HAAS IS STILL LIVING. HE WAS AN ENGINEER WITH CLINTON ENGINES HERE IN MAQUOKETA. BEN JACOBSON
WAS MAYOR ON TWO OR THREE OCCASSIONS. IN 1969 I DEFEATED HIM FOR
MAYOR BUT WE REMAINED FRIENDS UNTIL HE DIED IN 1976 OR 1977. DURING MY TIME IN MAQUOKETA, HE OWNED AND RAN HIS OWN HARDWARE STORE, RINGLEP HARDWARE, ON THE CORNER DOWNTOWN, ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE JANUARY FIRE. IT IS STILL STANDING BUT WILL PROBABLY BE TORN DOWN THIS YEAR.
MERLYN YEAGER NOW FARMS NEAR THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT.
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