30 Years Ago
January 1989
The monks of St. Gregorys Abbey, Shawnee, Okla., elected Piqua native Charles Massoth as the eighth abbot in the history of the monastery. Massoth had been the chaplain of St. Gregorys College when elected on the second ballot of the 47 monks who had gathered for the election. He entered the Order of St. Benedict after service in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was ordained a priest in 1951. Since that time he served in many capacities at the college and the monastery.
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Ivan Strickler of Iola is one of eight representatives of the United States who will go to Tunisia and Algeria Jan. 19 on a 10-day agricultural mission. Strickler will meet with dairymen and agricultural developers in those two countries.
10 Within the federal budget proposed by President Reagan is money for substantial expansion of the Iola National Guard maintenance shops. The proposed budget contains an expenditure of $300,000 to be funded in fiscal 1991 for the expansion. CW2 Larry Heim, foreman at the maintenance shop, said the expansion would increase the number of service bays in the maintenance shop from two to six and would add some supply area.
12 Ivan Strickler of Iola is one of eight representatives of the United States who will go to Tunisia and Algeria Jan. 19 on a 10-day agricultural mission. Strickler will meet with dairymen and agricultural developers in those two countries.
