Monday, July 29, 2013

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       THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEMBERS SAY
              "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAQUOKETA"
          NO ROTARY SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK

ROTARIAN BOB OSTERHAUS WITH WIFE ANN AT THE WEEKLY "BROWN BACK LUNCH" TUESDAY AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.  THE PROGRAM WAS ABOUT THE GALLAGHER  FAMILY THAT FOR 75 YEARS WAS PROMINENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH A JEWELRY STORE AND AS OWNERS OF SEVERAL BUSINESS BUILDINGS.   A POCKET WATCH FROM THE JEWELRY STORE WAS RECENTLY DONATED TO THE FAIRGROUNDS MUSEUM AND WAS ON DISPLAY TODAY.    BOB AND
ANN PURCHASED AND STILL LIVE IN THE LARGE GALLAGHER HOME ON AUSTIN AVENUE AND THEY TALKED ABOUT CLINT AND HIS WIFE (THE LAST TO LIVE IN MAQUOKETA) AND THE OSTERHAUS FAMILY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE TWO.
THEY HAD NO KIDS AND ENJOYED VISITS WITH THE OSTERHAUS CHILDREN.    NO ONE HAS A PHOTO OF THE COUPLE.   KMAQ RENTED THE UPSTAIRS OF THE GALLAGHER BUILDING AT 136 SOUTH MAIN FOR THE KMAQ FIRST STUDIOS AND OFFICES, FROM 1958 TO 1970 WHEN A FIRE NEXT DOOR FORCED KMAQ TO MOVE TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION.    HAROLD HINCKLEY RENTED A GALLAGHER BUILDING FOR HIS PHARMACY FOR 62 YEARS UNTIL HE SOLD HIS PHARMACY TO BOB AND ANN IN THE MID 60'S.
ABOVE, ROTARIANS DENNIS VOY AND NANCY MOORE IN PHOTO TAKEN AT BUSCH STADIUM AT ST. LOUIS THIS PAST MAY AT THE CARDINAL NETWORK PARTY THEY ATTENDED.   THEY SAW TWO GAMES AND ENJOYED SOME  BUSCH LITE  BEER OF COURSE.      KMAQ IS A NETWORK STATION AND HAS BEEN FOR 29 YEARS. . BETWEEN NANCY AND DENNIS IS JOHN ROONEY AND BEHIND DENNIS IS MIKE SHANNON.    ROONEY AND SHANNON ARE THE TWO ANNOUNCERS FOR THE CARDINAL GAMES HEARD ON POWERFULL KMAQ-FM.






 













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