Our Yesterdays

1975

The Packwood Library and Polk-Packwood Fire Department had a successful day as 140 signed the guest book for the open house and safety day that was held. On Main Street the Polk-Packwood Fire Department truck was on display. The newly remodeled library is owned and was redecorated by Eddie Wallace. Birch paneling has been used in the interior with drapes of red, gold, and orange stripes. The other half of the building is the Clarion office with a folding door separating the two. Chapter F, TTT has donated a paperback book rack, a Rand McNally World Atlas, and the Childcraft Encyclopedia. Mrs. Charles Cowen presented the library with a dictionary and stand and many other books. The Veterans of Packwood donated an American flag and an Iowa flag and $400 in funds. Henry McCleary has given a glass-enclosed case for 4-H trophies.

The Pekin Panther football team kept their perfect record by rolling over Harmony 66-0. The Panthers scored at will, with a total of 456 yards and 325 yards in ground attack. Pekin scored on the first play from scrimmage following the opening kickoff as Mark Hendrickson scrambled 65 yards to the goal and booted the first of seven straight conversions. Mark also got the next two counters in quick succession, one on a 27-yard pass play thrown by quarterback Steve Allison and one on a 45-yard run. Dick Lankford capped the next Pekin march with a seven-yard run and center Alan Wolf added two bonus points when he tackled a Harmony runner in the end zone for a safety. Another Allison to Hendrickson pass completed the first period scoring, this one for 37 yards. The Panthers struck twice in the second frame, first on a run by Hendrickson and the second on a pass from reserve quarterback John Mosinski to Andy Sauer. Pekin reserves saw most of the second half action. Opening the third quarter was linebacker David Clark when he scored by grabbing a Rocket fumble and racing 40 yards to the goal. Mosinski scored on a quarterback sneak later in the period and Mark Leppert ran the conversion. Leading the Pekin defense were Andy Sauer, Allen Wolf, Robbie Mitchell, and Mark Leppert, all with six tackles. D.A. Fye also helped the defensive cause by blocking a punt.

Howard Adrian, Richland, suffered severe injuries Thursday evening when he was caught in a sweep auger. The accident occurred at the Adrian home farm southeast of Richland. Adrian was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Adrian was working with his son, Junior, who operates the home farm. They were using the sweep auger to clean out a circular metal bin in preparation for harvest. Junior and Howard were both inside the bin when Howard was caught in the auger. Junior turned off the switch to get his father out. Adrian’s left leg was broken at the calf and his right leg was broken at the calf and fractured up at the top of the leg also. Howard will be in traction for three or four months.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swanson of Ollie announce the engagement of their daughter Sandra Jo to John Joel Stevens, so of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens of Oskaloosa. Miss Swanson is a 1972 graduate of Pekin. Her fiancé is a 1971 graduated of Oskaloosa High School. Both are seniors at the University of Northern Iowa.

One of Iowa’s new young race walkers is Marianne Atwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Atwood of Packwood. This past year, Marianne won the district and state junior Olympics half mile walk and placed second in the four-state regional one-mile walk in the 13-year-olds and under class. In the final junior Olympics results for the year, Marianne ranked third for 10- and 11-year-old girls in the United States for the one-mile walk. Her time of 10:09.6 was beaten by only two girls from Montana.

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Ellis of Martinsburg are the parents of a son, Shane Randy. Shane weighed in at seven pounds, 2-3/4 ounces at the Jefferson County Hospital on Oct. 27. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vance and Mr. and Mrs. Minor Ellis. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Conger and great-great-grandmother is Mrs. Dilly Conger.