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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1963
Page
2
Australian police locate American entertainer Mevie McDonald in Rozelle after a two day search. She was found with a friend at the government psychiatric center following a disappearance near dawn on Sunday.
A health notice urges men over 40 to consider glandular inflammation as the root of many troubles. It warns medicines only offer temporary relief and neglect can lead to premature senility and incurable conditions. The past year. men from 1,000 communities found relief at Excelsior Springs.
Approximately $1,200 was turned in at collection points Sunday as the Cancer Crusade continued in Muscatine. Cr usaders were hampered by damp weather and urged to complete calls early and use Missed You envelopes in drop boxes at local businesses and banks to contribute.
Typical April weather with showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday, mild temperatures, and 15 inch Sunday rainfall. Dense fog Sunday night, then partly cloudy skies. temperatures ranged from 55 overnight to 76 by noon. Charles Powell, 44, wanted for forgery in Mercer County, was held in Aledo after being returned from Harlan Kentucky on a federal warrant. five checks tied to him under investigation as local authorities pursue questioning.
Schauland chosen to head the Muscatine Rotary Club for the year starting July 1 at today’s luncheon. Officers named include Paul Styeitzer vice president Roger Landa secretary Herbert Leu treasurer Robert Bauer and Joseph Gillesme directors. CS Morris of Des Moines guest speaker spoke on Camp Sunnyside opened 1961 north of Des Moines housing over 500 crippled children last year.
Clarksdale Mississippi police prepared for the trial of three Iowa students from Burlington Town City and Boone on charges from breaking a star?ion to resisting arrest. The trio reportedly aided needy Negro families by delivering food and clothing before their Saturday arrest and band release. Named: Rosewell Danielson John Goulet Donald Flockhart. Police Chief Ben Collins said Danielson and Goulet were slapped simultaneously and Flockhart was jailed 112 hours later.
The Muscatine Masquers dramatic society will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the high school social room. Miss Hettie Kemble will conduct a makeup session.
One of Muscatine's largest shows ended Sunday after drawing about 500 attendees on Friday and Saturday. The exhibit featured over 100 entries from surrounding communities and three states with judges Sister Mary Clarice Eberdt and Miss Donna Rinehart naming winners in multiple categories.
The Sabin oral polio vaccine clinic will be held Saturday April 6 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Muscatine Central Junior High School. Nurses association teams with Jaycees will visit schools to vaccinate children on Friday April 5. Pharmacists at Muscatine General Hospital, with Pilot club, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts assisting, will staff the site. Residents urged to come. no membership date is anticipated.
Approximately 93 persons attended the YWCA style show held Saturday evening at the Youth Center. Jack Nietzel was master of ceremonies and Mrs. William Hohen moderated. Four stores Sterneman's Rosa's Fox's and Barton's were thanked. Door prizes went to Mrs. Irene Tobias Jorgy Dennison Mike Rickert and Dana Hill.
A Geneva Country Club golfing threesome eschews motorized carts while touring the rugged nine hole layout. Dillsey Gould, K J Asthalter, and Claude Edmonds, aged 78 and two others, average in the sixties with total ages soon to reach 281. They plan to share the second round of play in the new season, with Edmonds nearing octogenarian status and the trio famed for years on the club circuit.
Work began today to relocate Colorado street so it meets Park Avenue opposite Clay street. Street department crews operated a loader and trucks to handle earth excavation. The rerouting was recommended years ago, gaining urgency with the 1962 community college and a new grade school site on Colorado street. The street also provides access to Weed park and routes traffic toward H. J. Henry company plant and nearby residential areas.
Muscatine and Hayes Catholic high students earned division I ratings at Grinnell during the Town High School Speech association finals. MLS debaters posted seven wins and three losses for I rating. multiple students earned division I in individual events across extemporaneous speaking poetry reading original oratory prose reading and public address with several Hayes entrants earning division I and II honors.
Thatcher Glass Co describes a suit by American Can Co over plastic tube patent as entirely groundless. H J McPherson of New York, executive vice president, said Thatcher will seek to have the patent declared invalid and non infringed as steps in the defense. The patent relates to a tube process used in the company plastic packaging division.
Postmaster John Hendriks and Edward Hendriks returned to Muscatine early today from Sidney Nebraska where they attended the funeral of their sister in law Mrs Clara Hendriks on Saturday.
John D. Moore of Muscatine was elected as the State vice president of the Iowa Jaycees at the District F convention in Tipton. He will oversee Jaycee clubs in Iowa City Davenport Bettendorf Muscatine Wilson West Liberty DeWitt Clarence LeClaire Clinton and Tipton and takes office July 1. Nineteen Muscatine Jaycees and six guests attended the convention.
The city engineer's office announced 27 building permits issued in March 1962 with a total value of 56,04. New residences valued at 69,300 plus 13 residential remodels at 5,178 and four new non residential constructions at 26,320 alongside four non residential remodels at 3,800.
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