40 DEGREES TODAY IN MAQUOKETA
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
YES YES

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW CITY ATTORNEY.    KEN WRIGHT WAS APPOINTED AT THE MONDAY NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING.   HE REPLACES MARK LAWSON WHO RESIGNED AFTER HE WAS  NAMED A COUNTY MAGISTRATE.     KEN HAS DONE IT BEFORE.
HE ASSISTED JE GOODENOW FROM 1968 TO 1978 AND WAS THE ATTORNEY
FROM 1978 TI 1988.   HE WILL RECEIVE $28,800 A YEAR.

THERE WILL BE A WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA THIS
FRIDAY AT 10  A.M. AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY
A LUNCH.   A FREE-WILL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN AND THE PROCEEDS WILL
GO TO THE LOCAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER.

THE MAQUOKETA FFA ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION IS THIS SUNDAY MORNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, STARTING AT 11 A.M.

THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA IS HAVING
THEIR ANNUAL AUCTION AND RAFFLE AT 1 P.M.

LOWELL HENRY, PHOTOGRAPHER, STARTED  HIS BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA
60 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.     THINK HOW MANY TIMES HE HAS SAID:
"SAY CHEESE".    WE HAVE A FEW OTHER LONGTIME BUSINESSMEN STILL
GOING INTO WORK  DAILY(OR ALMOST DAILY)  AFTER 50 YEARS:       CARL ROTMAN....ROSS RIVER.....BILL MERRICK....JOHN WAGENER....DENNIS VOY....HUGH BOWMAN....ROCHELLE RAY....VIVIAN RIVER....BOB OSTERHAUS.

SOME OF YOU LIVING OUTSIDE IOWA....BIG IOWA SPORTS STORY TODAY....THE IOWA
HAWKEYE BASKETBALL TEAM IS HAVING THEIR WORST SEASON IN THE HISTORY
OF IOWA BASKETBALL.   THEY LOST THEIR 20TH GAME LAST NIGHT.

TAKE CARE!

DENNIS VOY

 

TO THE RIGHT IS THE POST COMMANDER OF THE

MAQUOKETA AMERICAN LEGION TIMBER CITY POST 75

CLIF MERRICK.   TO THE LEFT, IS LONGTIME MEMBER 

OF THE LEGION, W.H. "BILL" MERRICK, WHO HAS HELD

ALL TITLES AND IS NOW FINANCE OFFICER.     A SPECIAL

MEETING WAS  HELD LAST NIGHT AT 7 P.M. AT THE EAGLES

CLUB ON  EAST PLATT STREET.   THERE WERE ABOUT

20 MEMBERS PRESENT, TO DISCUSS SELLING THE

POST BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ON THE CORNER

OF MAIN AND PLATT STREETS.    IT HAS BEEN OWNED BY

THE LEGION SINCE THE MID-30'S.   THE UPSTAIRS WAS

USED FOR MEETINGS AND DINNERS, THE MAIN FLOOR

HAS BEEN RENTED FOR RETAIL BUSINESS  AND THE

BASEMENT A  LONG TIME AGO HAD A TAVERN USING

THE OUTSIDE STAIRWAY.    THE MAIN FLOOR IS EMPTY NOW.

AFTER DISCUSSION, IT WAS VOTED TO SELL THE BUILDING

TO A PROSPECTIVE BUYER.    THE LEGION WILL CONTINUE

TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY NIGHT

EACH MONTH AT THE EAGLES.   THERE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE

LADIES AUXILIARY AND THEY WILL HOST THE COUNTY LEGION

MEETING LATER THIS MONTH.    COMMANDER MERRICK SAID

IN CHECKING THROUGH FILES RECENTLY, HE DISCOVERED THAT

IN 1948, THE POST 75 HAD 800 MEMBERS.   THERE ARE NOW 170.

I JUST PAID MY DUES THE OTHER DAY ($35.00 A YEAR) FOR 

2010 AND HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR 31 YEARS.    IF YOU EVER

SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, MAKE

YOUR CHECK TO TIMBER CITY AMERICAN LEGION AND 

SEND IT TO ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA.

PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

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