LOOKING BACK – FIFTY YEARS

May 14, 2020 admin COMMUNITY 0

By Al Rabenold

Where were you the week of May 14, 1970?

Barbara Braley and Jim Casey, both juniors at MHS, will represent Montezuma at Iowa Girls/Boys State in June.

Sophomore distance runner, Jack Morrissey, sets a new school record in the 2-mile run with a time 10:43.

TWO MILE RELAY TEAM: This speedy foursome set a school record in the 2-mile relay with a time of 8:34.7 at the conference meet. They now head to the state track meet held in sunny Milford, Iowa, on Saturday. From left to right: Bill Van Cleave, Steve Schuldt, Dallas Ferneau and David Kercheval.
PHOTOS BY ROGER ALLEN

Top scholastic honors for the senior class of 1970 go to Gene DeJong, who was named valedictorian, while Roger Cox was recognized as salutatorian.

The County M road a.k.a Diamond Trail 7-mile paving project from Montezuma to Highway 146 is under way according to County Engineer M. O. Hansen.

New FFA officers are: president Randy Latcham and vice-president Mike Phillips.

The annual safety inspection and licensing of bicycles in Montezuma will be held on Saturday at the Fire Station under the supervision of the Montezuma Auxiliary Police. Every bicycle must have a rear reflector and a front light.

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Cheney and their five children are the second winner of a 3-day vacation at Arnolds Park/Okoboji Lake given away by Montezuma Merchants.

A 27-year-old Grinnell man, Gerald A. Linn, was shot to death in a vacant lot just south of the Searsboro tavern. Carroll Hammond, 43, of Grinnell, is charged with murder.

Keith “Bear” Johnson qualifies for the state shot put with a heave of 48’4”.

Former What Cheer night marshall, Louis Shackelford is charged with attempted murder of the present marshall, Elmer Wagner.

ANNUAL REPUBLICAN PARTY’S BUCK DAZE: Montezuma merchants Denny Johnston and John Rabenold accept a contribution from attorney E. W. McNeil as Sheriff Max Allen looks on. The group collected $72 on the tour around the square.

May has been a good month for Bob Sanders. First, he & his family won a free weekend vacation and a week later he was named “Scoutmaster of the Year” at the Rock Creek District Scout’s Appreciation Dinner.

Walter Hockey of Walt’s 66 Service station in Montezuma is holding the local Pitch, Hit and Throw contest co-sponsored by Major League Baseball and the Phillips Petroleum Company.

The two-mile relay team of Dave Kercheval, Dallas Ferneau, Steve Schuldt and Bill Van Cleave turned in a time of 8:48 to qualify for the boys’ state track meet.

Shirley Gregory will replace the retiring Margaret Ingram as chief cook at the Montezuma Community School effective at the end of the school year.

Drivers Education will be moved to the summer months and taught by Mr. Erickson.

Coach I. A. Gabriel closed out his coaching career on a winning note as his Montezuma golfers defeated NM 170-174 at New Sharon. Kevin Miller set a school record with a blistering 34 on the New Sharon course.

Gene De Jong is one of three Poweshiek County seniors to be awarded scrolls and bronze medals for citizenship by the Iowa State Bar Association.Mike Gabriel, just a sophomore, sets a new school record in the 120-yard high hurdles at the SICL meet.

JACK MORRISSEY – RECORD SETTER: Braves track coach Dennis Brand is pretty proud of sophomore distance runner Jack Morrissey who set a school record in the 2-mile run with a time 10:43 at the SICL meet.
PHOTOS BY ROGER ALLEN