100 YEARS—JULY 23, 1925
Plowing ground to be sowed to wheat should be plowed in July. The difference between July and September plowing is about 12 bushels per acre. Plow shallow stubble that is to be planted to alfalfa… Special for Friday and Saturday: 100 pounds of cane sugar $7.10, 48 pounds wheat flour $2.10 and our best heavy weight overalls $1.79, F.A.Hunt Jr., first door west of Lange’s jewelry store… It is estimated that fewer than half of us own homes. But with cars, it’s different… Jack Delp is walking on crutches this week, the result of cracking a bone in his leg while playing ball… BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Barrett of Orchard, Iowa, have a boy…
75 YEARS—JULY 20, 1950
Clair Campbell’s slogan has been printed 50,000 different times. Campbell recently won a voting slogan, Your Vote is your voice. Let it be heard… The 1950 wheat loan rate is $2.04 for number 1 wheat, number 2 is $2.03 and number 3 is $2.01… F.F.A. officers of Miltonvale High school are Robert Wilkins, President, John Lee Tanzer, Vice President, Dennis Lyne, Treasurer, George Shroyer, Secretary, Dean Catlin, Reporter, and Paul Shannon, Sentinel… BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. Etmer Begnoche have a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chilen of Kingsville, Tx. Have a girl…Wheat $2.02… BIRTHDAYS: Mrs. Adda Heals, 82. Dorothy Jean Wagner, 2… MARRIAGES: Cheryl Eckert to Joseph A. Woolery… Miltonvale Annual Celebration July 23-24-25-26, free street dance, carnival rides and concessions by Rockwell Shows, band concert, horse show, just to mention some of the events…
50 YEARS—JULY 17, 1975
BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. William Solms have a boy… The Robert Ames family have painted their home. Bill Graham’s house is getting a coat of paint. 20 blocks of street on College Hill were oiled and sanded last Friday. Bill Koster has run a cement floor where the wooden porch used to be on the east side at his home… MARRIAGES: Sally Brummet to Larry McKain… County rejects sales tax boost, 1,122 to 768… Rainfall for the week 3.79… Miltonvale has three girls’ softball teams, A,B, and C, and of the 33 girls who play on the teams, 18 of them are two sisters each from nine families… Families who have sisters on the teams are the Larry Carriers, Dean Catlin’s, Bill Fuller’s, Emery Girard’s, Jim Grant’s, Duane Hadorn’s, Franklin Pacey’s, Laurence Pacey’s, and Ed Shannon’s… Turner’s Grocery has Peaches 39 cents a pound, fresh lean beef 69 cents a pound, pampers 30 for $1.99, and Van Camp pork and beans four 300 tins for $1.00…
25 YEARS—JULY 20, 2000
Jennifer Coleman is on the dean’s honor roll at Bethany College…Glasco is having a historic driving tour, starting at the museum… Minnie Cyr will be the correspondent for college hill; Bernys McCoy feels like she can not do the job anymore… ANNIVERSARIES: Paul and Elinor Woellhof 50th… MARRIAGES: Heather Joy Johnson to Joshua Scott Breault… Moisture for the week .04… Wheat $2.36, Milo $2.25, Corn $1.53, Soybeans $4.39 ,and Oats $1.05… Anyone that wants to set up craft tables in the downtown area can do so during Tootle Fest. Please donate $5.00 or an item for the drawing Sat. night…
