Daily Report Hospital Admits and Dismissals Noted
A daily hospital report lists admissions including Mrs. Roosevelt Gaddis Mrs. Melvin Behrend Mrs Floyd McConnaha Lori Troxel and others plus dismissals such as Mrs. William Jordan Mrs Evert Trimble and Mrs Eunice Murphy. Births announced include daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Ziegenhorn and sons to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blaesing and Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Ziegenhorn. Legal notices include no taillights speeding faulty equipment and marriages licensed. Probate notes Ferdinand Schmarje died July 31 1966 with two daughters named beneficiaries.
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Roosevelt ‘Gaddis
Roselawn
Melvin Behrend
Oak
Floyd McConnaha
Lori Troxel
Roscoe
Dennis Rock
Martin Eichelberger
Ethel Musser
Herbert Bueser
William Jordan
Letts
Evert Trimble
New Hampshire
William Duggan
Devitt
Mildred Steckman
Eunice Murphy
New Boston
Mauro Ramirez
Leroy Lacy
Melvin Hunter
Gregon
Michael Blaesing
Bidwell Road
Rolland Ziegenhorn
Delbert Alan Eversmeyer
Wapello
Deanna Kay Porter
Nichols
Jerry Lee Doering
Vicki Ann Vaupel
Muscatine
Ferdinand Schmarje
Mary
Elizabeth
Island Methodist Church
First National Bank of
Livestock Receipts and Hogs Prices Rise for Week
Official USDA estimates show Monday receipts of 17 000 cattle 4 000 hogs and 500 sheep in Chicago. Demand was strong for butcher hogs on Thursday with prices about 50 cents per hundredweight higher for 4 300 head. The week’s total run reached 20 000 head, up 3 000 from last week and the largest in five weeks. Slaughter steers held steady to 50 cents higher in active trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
New York Stock Prices and Market Movers Report
NY records show hogs up to 50 cents higher with varied weights. Cattle prices rise for slaughter steers and heifers with prime and high choice ranges noted. Sheep and lambs steady with spring slaughter lambs priced at 25.00 to 25.50 per hundredweight and ewes at 5.00 to 7.00.
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Chicago
Omaha Livestock Omaha (Ap
Stocks Cling To Small Gain On Moderate Volume
In New York, airlines softened late trading but the broader market held a slim advance. Overall activity cooled with an estimated 4.4 million shares traded, far below Thursday’s 691 million. The near close picture showed mixed results among major issues.
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New York
West Liberty considers bulk blending plant and beer ordinance
West Liberty council sets August 23 public hearing on S and M Service Company plan to build a bulk blending fertilizer plant and warehouse on East 2nd Street along the Rock Island Railroad right of way. Ordinance amends beer licensing for miners possession. Council also approves building permits, discusses drainage and sewage issues, and names Irwin Mosher investments officer.
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West Liberty
S and M Service Company
East 2Nd St
Rock Island
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ethel Stroup Honored on 45th North Western Bell Anniversary
Ethel Stroup marked 45 years with North Western Bell Telephone Co. with a luncheon at the Sunset Inn. M. E. Annan, Davenport district traffic manager, presented a service emblem. An afternoon tea at the telephone office from 2 to 4 p.m. featured a group gift. About 60 guests attended from Davenport Clinton Rock Island and Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Stroup
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sunset Inn
M. E.annan
Davenport
Ethel
Clinton
Rock Island
Keokuk
WSCS Meets At Letts
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the church Wednesday. A basket dinner was held at noon with Naomi Johnson and Pearle Shearer in charge. The general meeting opened at 1 p.m. by the president. Mary Thompson used a meditation The Growing Teacher. The program The Inclusive Church was presented by Oliver Van Delinder, Marian Hildebrand and Irene Bloomquist. Sixteen members were present. Letters were read from the migrant council acknowledging a gift of money and from Nancy Schomberg describing youth work in New Orleans this summer. A report on Bible school refreshments was given. The planning meeting will be held at the church Monday at 1:30 p.m. Summer Assembly participants are attending the 73rd Iowa conference assembly this week, camping at Riverview park in Cedar Falls. Ann, Beth and Karen Eis are visiting grandparents in Sioux Falls. D. Fay Crull will speak at Cranston and the EUB churches on Sunday, Aug. 7. Golden Anniversary for Elmer Ziskovsky and his parents will be observed at the EUB church in Shueyville on Sunday. They live at 32 Lincoln Ave., Town City. Attending wedding guests include the Raymonds and the Goddards. Kathryn Padgett, on vacation from Mercy Hospital in Davenport, returned with the Raymonds for a visit. Personals note the Barnes family returning from vacation in Springfield and St. Louis. Steve Barnes stayed with R. J. Barnes.
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Oliver van Delinder
Marian Hildebrand
Irene Bloomquist
Migrant Council
Society
Nancy Schomberg
New Orleans
His
Keith
Carol
Iowa
E.U.B
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
Ann
Beth
Karen Eis
Sioux Falls
Fay Crull
Cranston
Letts News Notes Weekend Guests and Local Visits
Weekend guests in Letts included Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Lame and Richard of Trenton Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Covey and daughter of Trenton, and Mrs. Wilbur Johnson of Chilli cothe. Emery Blake is camping in Illinois, while Gerald Grace returns from a Grand Rapids Minnesota fishing trip. Ralph and Dean Floyd visit from Phoenix to see sister Mrs. Paul Quigley. Margene Meyer of Keystone and Ruth Tubbs of Detroit stayed with Mary Lou Thompson. The trio later toured the northwest and Canada. Hazel Thompson, with sister Mildred of Hampton, vacationed in Wisconsin and Michigan. Hospital notes list Mrs. William Jordan at General Hospital and Mrs. Orpha Estle at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Death notices report the passing of Mrs. Harry Froeming of Farmington Minnesota, sister of Mrs. Peg Eliason. William Jones has returned home from Hershey home. Mrs. Mary Mickey is as housekeeper. Address received for John Crumly who joined the Seabees is John A. Crumly 7WF3 B60 3651 SPOIC Co. 64 Davisville Rhode Island 02854.
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Hazel ‘Thompson
Mildred
Hampton
Wisconsin
Michigan
William Jordan
The
General Hospital
Orpha Estle
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Harry Froeming
Farmington
Minn
Peg Eliason
William Jones
Hershey
Mary Mickey
John Crumly
Seabees
John A. Crumly
Spoic, Co
Davisville
Rhode Island
Obituaries and Funerals Notices
Obituaries list several services and interments including Anna Kirkpatrick at a Methodist church with Rev. Shaughnessy, funeral at Sorden and Adams chapel, interment Lone Tree cemetery. Thomas Bonnichsen at Wapello Methodist Church with Rev. Dodder, interment Indian Creek near Columbus Junction, services with Dudgeon-McCulley. Laura Ann Strand stillborn in Muscatine area, services at Conesville cemetery, Pleasant Grove Bethel church for Wilma Gertrude Foster, interment Indian Creek cemetery.
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Nichols
Anna Kirkpatrick
Methodist
Roy Shaughnessy
Lone ‘Tree
Sorden and Adams
Harley
Wapello
Thomas Bonnichsen
Wapello Methodist Church
Robert Dodder
The
Methodist Church
Indian Creek
Columbus Junction
Dudgeon-McCulley
Wapella
Laura Ann Strand
Washington County Hospital
Washington
Conesville Cemetery
Stacy Lewis
Paul W
Alice Reid Strand
7Th St
Muscatine
Marion Reid
Wilma G. Foster
Pleasant Grove Bethel Church
Wilma Gertrude Foster
University Hospital
Town City
Stacy- Lewis Funeral Home
Grain Futures Trade Slow In Chicago Markets
Grain futures prices edged up in spots yet overall trading was slow and largely speculative in early trading. A private crop report suggested bearish wheat prospects while most wheat contracts saw support led by a commercial account. Old crop soybeans rose modestly but the market stayed largely unchanged otherwise.
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Chicago
False arrest suit seeks 14800 in Taylor County court
Charles Weil of Gravity files in Taylor County District Court a 14800 damage suit for his son Ed Weil 19 alleging false arrest on a charge of assault with intent to rob. The claim cites Mrs Bernice Brown of Bedford reporting a purse snatching near her husband’s service station on July 4 with 1100 in receipts. The charge was dismissed in a justice court July 15.
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Bedford
Taylor County
Charles Weil
Gravity
Weil
Bernice Brown
Young Weil
Justice of the Peace Court
Flying Farmers Name town Man
For est McDonald of Jefferson Iowa was elected secretary of the International Flying Farmers of America. The six day convention attracted 1 260 farmers and their wives and ended Thursday in Louisville Kentucky.
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Louisville
Forest McDonald
Jefferson
Iowa
International Fying Farmers of America
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Daily Report
Thomas Howard
Neil Truman
Seaton
Piper Lynn
Mercer County Hospital
Aledo
Lowell Taylor
Duane Goodken
John Gene Claussen
Bryan Avenue
Marjorie S. Allen
Jack Milford Ferguson
Angle Street
Della A
Eaths
Roger L. Math
M. L. Sutton
Allied Ch
L&p
Allied
Brunswik Ale Phill Pet
Case Jf
Chrysler
Collins Ra
Rock Ltd
Curtis Wr
Safeway
Deere Br
Sears Rod
duPont
Sinck
Eltra Coats
Sou
Fairmont Wa Ltd
Ford
Gmble Sk
Ws Swift Co
Texaca
Textron Ad
Goodrich
UN Elee
UN Pac
Goodyear
Gt West
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Air Ta
Homestic
I.c.ind
US Steel
van Cp
WU Tel
Westy el
Wilson
Meri Lynch
Pierce
Fenner and Smith
Davi
Caport
Polaroid Camera
Polaroid
Iowa Ave
Toowa
West Liberty Council
Grain Futures Chicago
Associated Press
State Safety Department
U.S
California
Nebraska
Texas
Lester Wiele
Harry Fleming
Curtis Utley
George Hinkhouse
Prairie Street
Roy Conklin
Irwin Mosher
City of
West Liberty Fair
West Liberty Jaycees
Kimberly Park
Charles Gosenberg
Craig Maurer
Legion
Evans Morris
Ben Nichols
Robert Johnson
American Legion
Des Moines
Oakville News
Otis Swafford
Burlington Hospital
William Kuntz
Oscar Bjorks
Europe
Harlan
Germany
Janice Boyer
Mount Pleasant High School
Raymond Peck
Florida
Francis Swan
Dee
la Crosse
N.C. Lansing
N.C. Dam
McGregor
Dubuque
N.C. Davenport Keokuk
Nietzel’s Pharmacy
Mulberry Ave
WSCS
del Raymond
Sioux City
William
Robert Goddard
Northbrook
Lil
May McElhinney
Schomberg - Carlson
Kathryn Padgett
Dav
Enport
Raymonds
Robert A. Barnes
Susan
Jimmy
John
Springfield
St.Louis
Steve Barnes
R.J. Barnes
Letts News Notes
Gerald Grace
Prairie Lake
Grand Rapids
Winnebegosh Lake
Ralph and
Dean Floyd
Phoenix
Paul Quigley
Margene Meyer
Keystone J
Ruth Tubbs
Detroit
Mary Lou Thompson
Northwest
Canada
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Hawk Motors
Grandview Ave
Nighy
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