PARTLY SUNNY TODAY....HIGH OF 22. COLD TONIGHT...AROUND 1 ABOVE AND
PARTLY SUNNY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH A HIGH OF 19 AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF MORE
SNOW.
THREE MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AND ALL HAD OUT OF TOWN
DRIVERS AND NO INJURIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, JOE BULLOCK REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT TWO
OF HIS TRUCKS WERE VANDALIZED AT 113 E. MONROE STREET. THE WINDOWS HAD BEEN BROKEN.
LAST NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS
LOST TO SOLON.
AND, THE WRESTLERS DEFEATED ANAMOSA.
ROTARIAN DR. MELVIN BERNARD GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY AT ROTARY,
ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS WHEN HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA AS AN OPTOMETRIST
IN 1949, AFTER HE GOT HIS DEGREE IN CHICAGO. HIS HOMETOWN WAS EAGLE GROVE AND HE CHOSE MAQUOKETA TO GO INTO BUSINESS BECAUSE HE ALWAYS LIKED THE TOWN AS HE TRAVELED FROM HIS HOMETOWN TO CHICAGO AND BACK AND ALSO LIKED THE FACT THAT MAQUOKETA WAS IN THOSE DAYS ALWAYS A TOP COUNTY SEAT TOWN IN IOWA FOR SALES TAX FIGURES. HE STARTED WITH EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $2,000 (WITH MONEY HE BORROWED FROM HIS WIFE,
NOW DECEASED) AND HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A PLACE TO LOCATE HIS
OFFICE. HIS FIRST OFFICE WAS A SMALL ROOM IN THE HURST HOTEL.
THAT DIDN'T WORK AND AFTER 6 MONTHS OF DOING BAD BUSINESS,
HE RENTED A LARGER 3-ROOM PLACE NEAR THE HURST AND BUSINESS PICKED UP. THEN IN THE 50'S, HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING (AGAIN NEAR THE HURST) HE USED FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER UNTIL RETIRING. HE STILL OWNS AND RENTS OUT
THAT BUILDING TO ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH AND SOMEONE IN THE UPSTAIRS
APARTMENT. HE HAS COFFEE WITH US MORNINGS AT THE DECKER, STILL
DOES A LITTLE DUCK HUNTING (HIS FAVORITE SPORT OVER THE YEARS) AND
ENJOYS VISITING HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS NOT TOO FAR AWAY. IN 1949,
YOU COULD GET YOURS EYES CHECKED AND NEW GLASSES FOR ABOUT $25 TOTAL
AND YOU HAD A CHOICE OF A DRAWER-FULL OF FRAMES TO CHOOSE FROM.
GOOD ROTARY PROGRAM BY DOC WHO NEVER MISSES A ROTARY MEETING.
SOMEONE ASKED IF HE EVER PAID BACK THE $2,000 TO HIS WIFE. HIS ANSWER,
NO. HE LIVES ON SWAGOSA DRIVE OVERLOOKING THE GOLF COURSE AND
STILL PLAYS A LITTLE GOLF. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAD YOUR EYES CHECKED
BY HIM YEARS AGO.
GOOD NIGHT MRS. CALABASH WAS THE SIGN-OFF AFTER EVERY SHOW BY...
JIMMY DURANTE. THE FOLLOWING (OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER) EMAILED ME THE CORRECT ANSWER: TIM NELSON...SHIRLEY MILLER...BILL LUCKEY....LEN AND MARY JANE MOREHEAD ....DENNIS BECK.....AND SHEILA BENTLEY. JIMMY WAS ALSO KNOW FOR HAVING A BIG NOSE.
SHEILA ALSO ASKED ME TO MENTION HERE THAT 70% OF THE MONEY RAISED
BEFORE CHRISTMAS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY STAYS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE REST GOES TO THE SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN PEORIA.
IOWA AGAINST NORTHWESTERN TONIGHT. THE HAWKS NEED A BIG TEN WIN!
GO HAWKS.
DENNIS VOY
