NICE SUNNY DAY TODAY, BUT VERY WINDY. HIGH WAS 75.
NEEDED RAIN COMING IN A COUPLE DAYS.
WEEKEND FORECAST IS LOOKING VERY GOOD.
REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, MIKE FRANZEN WAS SHOT AT HIS GARAGE DOOR, BY AN INTRUDER TRYING TO GET INTO HIS GARAGE NORTH OF BALDWIN?
ANOTHER INCIDENT NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA EARLY THIS MORNING.
DON ROWAN, 175TH STREET, WAS SHOT IN HIS BICEPT AND TREATED AND
RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. REPORTS SHOW ROWAN'S WIFE, ANNETTE, CALLED THE LAW CENTER SAYING HER HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK
ON NOISES HE HEARD IN THE GARAGE AREA AND THAT HER HUSBAND
HAD BEEN SHOT. THE INTRUDER(S) FLED THE SCENE.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
THE O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER V.F.W POST 3633 IN MAQUOKETA IS 75 YEARS OLD THIS JUNE. A 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, ACCORDING TO POST COMMANDER TOM WATTERS OF (FULTON) RURAL MAQUOKETA. WATTERS SAID THE ANNIVERSARY WILL
START AT 11:00 A.M. WITH A SERVICE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH AND PROGRAM AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, MAQUOKETAA. THERE WERE 47 CHARTER MEMBERS FOR THAT FIRST MEETING IN 1937. THEY WERE:
DENNIS AHERN...FRED ALLEN...FRANK BEATON...FRED BEERS...JAY BURKEY...
OTTO BURNS...FRANK BAKER...JOHN BUSCH...CHRIS BECK...GEORGE BROWN...EARL CAREY...PETER CLARK...ELDON CURRIE...LEONARD EDSON...WILLIAM EVERETTS...EZRA EDWARDS...ROY FINK...JOHN FRANK...RALPH GEE...ED GREEN...EMIL GRUENWALDT...HAROLD HARFORD...HOWARD HOFFMAN...ANTON JAN...JURGEN JEPSEN...EDWARD KIRCHOFF...ANKER KLEIS...ARTHUR KNORR...DANIEL McDONALD...FRANK McCUTCHEON...VERNON MARTIN...FRANK MILLER...JESSIE MILLER...EMIL MOELLER...WILLIAM RANKIN...JOHN SCHUMANN...WILLIAM SCHWARTZ...JOSEPH SCOBY...CHARLES SHELDON...OTTO SORENSEN...ALLIE TEMPLETON...HENRY TURK...CARL WERDEN...CLIFFORD WATTERS...PETER WEIRUP, JR...LEONARD WHERRY AND ED WING.
ALL CHARTER MEMBERS ARE DECEASED. RELATIVES STILL LIVING,
OR FRIENDS, ARE ASKED TO CALL WATTERS AT 563-652-4375 WITH ANY
INFORMATION THAT COULD BE READ THAT DAY OF THE ANNIVERSARY.
TAKE CARE!
DENNIS VOY
