By Al Rabenold
Where were you the week of July 23, 1970? (#119)
Jaycees to sponsor 5th annual tractor pull contest with over 2,000 spectators expected and a purse well over $1,000!
Montezuma 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Dennis Brand, tells the story of how her student celebrated the one-year anniversary of man walking on the moon (July 20, 1969) by recreating their own “Flight of the Red Baron” back in April.
Montezuma Merchants to sponsor their annual Ridiculous Days on Friday, August 7th.
Wedding plans are announced regarding the approaching marriage of Bonnie Kay Hardwick, of Gower, Mo., to Russell Allen Cox of Montezuma.
Montezuma cheerleaders including Linnell Gruneich and Karen Fleming attended the Cheerleaders Institute at Upper Iowa College in Fayette, Iowa.
The MHS class of 1960 will hold its 10-year reunion on July 26 at the City Park.
The Clarence Hamor family hosted relatives from Charlotte, N.C.
Dixie Grier became the bride of Larry Hudnut on July 11 at the Methodist Church.
Johnnie Gabriel won the championship flight of the Montezuma Country Club women’s tournament. Lea Arendt was the runner-up. Sis Fulton won the top spot in the first flight with Lois Douglass second.
Braves baseball star, Bob Vitera, signs with Centerville Community College.
Montezuma State Bank president Kenneth Cox is pictured with three U of Iowa football players who are installing a roof on the bank and the new Presbyterian Church.
Tom McMeekin, Linda Beyer, Raymond Thompson, and Tony Lammers, (all MHS ’69 grads) receive their graduation diplomas from Marshalltown Community College.
Ernie Wilcox and Kathy Braley are among more than 2,000 graduates who received their diplomas from the University of Missouri.
