Newcomers to Muscatine listed with families and ties
New residents include Mr and Mrs W Clark Holley moving from West Des Moines to 10 Geneva Drive with children Laurie four and a half and Mike who is nearly two, joining Sunday school at Our Savior Lutheran Church. Other families arriving are Mr and Mrs George Schaffer of Los Angeles and daughter Thelma, Mr and Mrs Bob Brenton from Denver with daughter Jacquelyn, and newlyweds Mr and Mrs James Long Jr from Muscatine and Wapello. Brenton works for the Rock Island Railroad and James Long is a lab tech at the Muscatine power plant. The Holleys, Schaffers, and Brentsons belong to local churches. Arps recently moved back from Waterloo with daughter Ellen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Clark Holley
Muscatine
West Des Moines
No. 10
Geneva Drive
Holley
Stanley Consultants
Laurie
Mike
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Sue
Ft. Dodge
George Schaffer
Fletcher
Los Angeles
Calif
Schaffer
Bessie
Thelma
James Long, Jr
Iowa Ave
Wapello
Dean L. Arp
Waterloo
I Roscoe
Mr. Arp
F.W. Woolworth and Co
Margaret
Ellen
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church
Activities On YWCA Calendar For The Week
The YWCA weeklong calendar lists varied programs for Children and Girls Teens and Adults. Daily schedules include day camps, swim classes, plunges and special events such as archery and modern dance, with family swims and community gatherings planned through Friday and into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Kent Feed Boat Ride
Shower Honors Carol Bunn
Miss Carol Lea Bunn was honored at a bridal shower Friday night hosted by Mrs. Edward Meerdink. Seventeen guests attended and game prizes were won by Mrs. Robert Oxenford and Miss Susan Bunn. Gifts were given to the bride, with decorations in her chosen pink color theme. The marriage to James Oxenford of Stranton, Iowa, is set for Saturday, August 10, at the First Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Buster
Island United Methodist Church
Miss Buster
Richard Bohling
Grandview Community Church
William Shoultz
Carol Lea Bunn
Edward Meerdink
Crestline Drive
Robert Oxenford
Susan Bunn
Miss Bunn
James Oxenford
Stranton
Iowa
First Baptist Church
Wapello Women Attend Officer's Training Meeting
WAPELLO The Burlington district officer's training conference of the United Methodist church held its third session Thursday at the Mediapolis Methodist church. Wapello delegates included Mary Fisher Jane Ortmeyer Hilda Kemper Grace Reif Myrle Hook Helen Jack Martha Hiller Mary Matthews Edna Heater Clintha Garhart Darlene Hupp Shirley Kemper Marie Schafer Clara Deppey. West Branch visitors toured Memorial Park and Library while others met in Burlington Marion Cedar Falls and West Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Burlington
United Methodist Church
Mediapolis Methodist Church
Mary Fisher
Jane Ortmeyer
Hilda Kemper
Grace Reif
Myrle Hook
Helen Jack
Martha Hiller
Mary Matthews
Edna Heater
Clintha Garhart
Darlene Hupp
Shirley Kemper
Richard Augsburger
Scott
Warren Kemper
Tom
Judy
Mark
West Branch
Memorial Park
Robert Emerson
Marion
Esther MacNeill
Cedar Falls
Paul Phillips
Vernon
Jake Bishop
Indians Cross U S Border Under Old Free Access Law
National Geographic notes that Canadian Indians gain free access to the United States under a historic law recognizing them as native North Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Geographic
Engagements announced for Vicki Irwin and Dennis Davis
Illinois City announces the engagement of Vicki Lynnette Irwin to Dennis D. Davis. Vicki, daughter of Keith and Mrs. Irwin, attended Augustana College and will be a senior at Western Illinois University. Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Davis Reynolds Jr., is a Rockridge High graduate and will be a senior at WIU majoring in political science and works at Coca Cola Bottling Co. in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois City
Keith Irwin
Route 1
Llinois City
Vicki Lynnette
Dennis D. Davis
Orville Davis, Reynolds, Jr
Miss Irwin
Rockridge High
Iugustana College
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Davis
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Rock Island
WSCS Women Meet For Work Shop
Seven members of the Women's Society of Christian Service attended a workshop at Lone Tree on Wednesday morning. The group will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon, August 7 at 1 30 instead of a noon potluck. Hostesses are Louie Padgett and Doris Clark with Mabel Bailey and Sue Turkington leading the program on The American Indian His Heritage and Emerging Identity.
Patricia Campbell and Richard Doyle Wed at Wesley Chapel
Patricia Lynn Campbell and Richard A. Doyle were married Thursday August 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wesley United Methodist church chapel. Rev J Henry Teele officiated. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs William Campbell Andalusia. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs Frederick Doyle Illinois City. The bride wore yellow dotted Swiss with a yellow and white carnation corsage. Attendants included Mrs Louis Powell Illinois City in yellow psychedelic voile. The bride is a Rockridge High student and Doyle a Rockridge High graduate employed at Cunningham Bros Construction Co Moline. He leaves Friday for Ft Campbell Kentucky and will be based at Ft Sill Oklahoma after basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tllinos City
Patricia Lynn Campbell
Richard A. Doyle
Wesley United Methodist Church
J. Henry Teele
William L. Campbell
Andalusia
Mr. Doyle
Fredrick Doyle
Illinois City
Louis E. Powell
Powell
Doyle
Rockridge High
Cunningham Bros. Construction Co
Moline
Ft. Campbell
Ft. Sill
Okla
Letts Women Return From English Trip
Muscatine Journal notes Mrs. Anna Meakes and daughters Iris Brookhart and Jeanne Shellabarger returned from a three week visit with friends and relatives in and around London England. The article also mentions relatives and travels of the Shellabargers and Crumlys, a Monterey postgraduate student, and a funeral for Willis Gideon near Eldon. A former Letts resident, Mrs. Nannie Zimmerman, died at a Huntington Park California nursing home and was buried in Letts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calif
Santa Monica
Tom Robertson
Tur
Jock
William Crumly
William
U.S. Post Graduate School
Monterey
Don Springer
Thousand Oaks
Boyd Hottle
Harry van Delinder
Hottles
Standard Oil
Aruba
Washington
Paul Quigley
Harry Quigley
Willis Gideon
Eldon
Nannie Zimmerman
Letts
Huntington Park
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Mrs. W. Clark Holley
Laurie and
By Naida Christian
Womens Editor
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Brenton
Bob B. Brenton
Denver
Colo
Lucas, Apt
Mr. Brenton
The
Rock Island Railroad
Wanda
Jacquelyn
Weed Park
Migrant Center
Carol Bunn
Meenagc
Phelps Bros. Laundry
Vicki Irwin, Dennis Davis
Vicki Irwin
WSCS
Patricia Campbell
Richard Doyle
Methodist Chapel
MARS
Bamford
Ralph J. Wittich
Muscatine, Ja
Journal
Loretta Crawbaugh
Cologne
Dana
Folger
T Oz
Gulf Lite
Dristan
Stiles Drug
Cedar Streets
Devanana
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