By Al Rabenold
Where were you the week of July 9, 1970? (#117)
A tornado destroys a barn at the Edwin Bryan farm southwest of Montezuma. The barn was well over 100 years old, built during the Civil War.
Twenty-four girls are entered in the Poweshiek County beauty contest held at the Deep River celebration.
Thomas Goeke, a 16-year-old Montezuma youth, suffered multiple injuries and demolished the car he was driving in a one-car crash on a county road in the Ewart area.
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Jaycees offer $1,150 in prize money for the tractor pull which will be held on dirt as opposed to pavement this year, in northeast Montezuma just west of Manatt’s Concrete Co. on land owned by the Rock Island Railroad.
Kenneth Smith, MHS ’68, stationed at Camp Lejune, N.C., was promoted to sergeant after being in the Marines less than two years.
Winners at the Deep River Horse Show included the father-son duo of Wally and Kim Mathes in the Cowboy Rescue 16 and older.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ahrens won the July 4th Husband-Wife Golf Tourney held at the Montezuma Country Club. Their score of 82 topped the I. A. Gabriel’s score of 87.
A Pella boy, Jay Bender, won the 12-year-old division title at Wrigley Field in Chicago. He will compete for the national title at the MLB all-star game in Cincinnati on July 4. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Dave Bender of Pella, who are related to many people in the Montezuma area.
Montezuma State Bank “went online” with its new electronic bookkeeping system. They are one of the first 25 banks in Iowa to “go online”.
New arrival at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Larry Reams is Mark Kendall Reams, weighing in at 8 pounds. He has a two-year-old sister, Melissa.
Long-time librarian Geraldean Horn pens a letter in the Montezuma Republican expressing concern about people forgetting there is a library in town as the circulation of magazines and books has decreased from last year. She lists several new book titles that have been recently purchased.
Sandi Ernst marries former MHS all-star athlete Don Ferneau in a June 20th ceremony at Humboldt. The couple will live in Pella, where Don stars for the Flying Dutchman of Central College.
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