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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1971

Page

6

Obituaries and funerals Muscatine IA 1971

Charles E. Mathes 98 of 1209 Isett Ave Muscatine died Sunday night at Muscatine General Hospital after a brief illness. Services Wednesday 1:30 p.m. at Geo M Wittich Funeral Home with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by three sons, two daughters, a sister, 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Visitation begins at the funeral home this evening. Also listed are obituaries for Edna Nay, Anthony Weikert, Lulu McDonald, Jessie Kistler, Otillia Buchmeier, Clara Niemeier, John Harris, Lena Stiles, Patrick Burroughs, Bertha Rosenmund, Floyd Coulter, Florence DeVore, and other notes from area services and local court items.

Charles E. Mathes Charles Edward Mathes Isett Ave Muscatine General Hospital Geo. M. Wittich Funeral A.A. Buntenbach Memorial Park Cemetery Warsaw Ill Fred Melissa Mackey Mathes Medille Rosetta Wiseman Muscatine Howard G Hubert William IF Roberta) Becker Clarence Sarah) Higgerson Ethel Osborne Peoria Lit WRS Edna K West Liberty Sedna R. Nay Topeka Kansas Snider Lawrence Carlton Oak Ridge Cemetery Nay West Branch Everett Nay Eldo Bunger Kan Fivo Mary Dunn New Haven Conn Carolyn Brainard Waterloo Anthony Weirert Anthony Weikert St. Mathias Church Vincent A. Walsh Vada Timm Eddie Weikert Phillip Steele Weikert Timothy D. Theunick Craig Theunick Michael W. Theunick Lake Orion Mich Leo A Lulu McDonald Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church Morning Sun G.M. Robb Sharon Cemetery Pierce Funeral Home Miss. McDonald Mornng Sun Manor Hartry and Elizabeth Hines McDonald Des Moines County John McDonald Viola Ibbotson Bettendorf Otillia Buchmeier Durant St. Mary’s Church Wilton Otillia Mary Buchmeijer Durant Fick John Harris Ralph J. Wittich Gregory C. Caldwell Floyd Scott Raynard dJarnes Bart Mittman Thomas Dilley Bernard Bean Charles Rice Greenwood Cemetery Harris Bertha Rosenmund Bertha Clara Rosenmund Geo. M. Wittich David Higdon Enmtelie Schneider Luedtke George C. Rosenmund Wesley United Methodist Church Fred J Kate) Mannhardt Gien Edith) Houdek Bonita Springs Fla Floyd Coulter New Boston Til Floyd (Sparky) Coulter Olin Chapel James Hancock Coulter Kenneth Edwards North Henderson Olin Eliza Creek Leonard Phyllis Fuller Coulter Eliza Township Mercer County Eliza Verne Ralph Clifford Andalusia Kenneth Frances) Edwards Robert Iris) Baker Aledo Florence Devore Dave Higdon Florence Aida DeVore Albert J Mary Susana Perry Brown William H. DeVore DeVore Rebecca Lodge Ivan B. DeVore Conesville Frank Horace Hilton Grover Clara Adams Allie Hazel) Myers Arthur Myrtle) Quast Charles Mabel) Healy Davenport

Homer and Jethro mourn partner death in shock

Kenneth Berns of the comedy duo Homer and Jethro said he will take time to think after Henry D. Haynes died of a heart attack hours before a Crete Illinois performance. Haynes, 51, was the guitarist and Homer’s longtime partner in the act. Leitung wage of the duo’s future remains uncertain.

Jethro Homer Evanston, II Kenneth Berns Homer and Henry D. Haynes Iam Burns Haynes Crete

India and Soviet Union Sign Peace and Cooperation Pact

New Delhi AP India and the Soviet Union signed a 20 year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation placing Moscow clearly alongside India in the India Pakistan dispute Foreign Minister Swaran Singh called the pact a stabilizing factor in Asia and a treaty of nonaggression announced after talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko

New Delhi India Soviet Union Pakistan Swaran Singh Asia Andrei A. Gromyko

Farm totals for Muscatine County from 1969 census

The 1969 Census of Agriculture reports Muscatine County with 1,272 farms, down from 1,307 in 1964. Of these, 1,073 farms sold $2,500 or more of agricultural products, compared with 1,083 in 1964. The average farm size is 209.9 acres and the average value of these farms is noted.

Muscatine County U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of

Market report from National Stockyards with farm values and thefts

Estimates for Tuesday list hogs calves sheep and cattle with varied prices and loads. Farm product totals for 1969 and 1964 are given, plus new census data on corporate farming structures. A service station pop machine theft is noted, and a yard fence and plants were reported stolen at a Cedar Street home.

Omaha, Neb Omaha Neb USDA Vo Roads Til U.S DeFossee Conoco Cedar St Mississippi Dr Harley Blake Roselawn Ave

Stocks decline on Wall Street as traders stay on sidelines

New York stock markets fell with the noon Dow at 45.79, down 4.82, as worries about the economy and European dollar problems dampened activity. NYSE volume at 2,030,000 shares marked the slowest trading since August, with declines slightly leading advances. Brokers cited investor caution and seasonal slow periods.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange U.S

Futures Rally on Chicago Board of Trade

Futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rallied as new crop corn surged about 4 percent early trading on Monday. Soybeans and wheat also climbed, with soybean oil and meat prices rising while profit taking trimmed gains later.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

Area man injured when tractor overturns near Stewart Rad

Charles H. Buck Wilson, 58, of Rt. 5, escaped with leg abrasions Sunday noon after a tractor overturned at the road edge near Stewart Rad just north of the Louisa county line. He had delivered cantaloupe to the co op shed and, while returning, drove too close to the edge. Four or five passersby lifted the tractor wheel and freed him. Wilson was transported to Muscatine General Hospital by his wife, treated and released. He remains recuperating from cuts and bruises with no broken bones.

Charles H Buck) Wilson Rt. 5 Stewart Rad Louisa County Wison Wilson Muscatine County

Louisa County Group Chosen for 1971 Camp Honors

Five Louisa county youngsters and young adults have been chosen to receive the 1971 camp honors sponsored by the Louisa County Association for Retarded Children. They are Brenda Staats George Staats Mike Edwards Martha Wakeland and Janet Slater. They are guests at a full schedule of activities at Camp Lookout Montrose this week. The next meeting of the association will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 17 in Grand View. All meetings are open to the public.

Grandview Louisa County Louisa County Assny Brenda Staats George Staats Mike Edwards Martha Wakeland Janet Slater Camp Lookout Montrose

LSD Doses Found In Abandoned Iowa Restaurant

Two children fishing at Spirit Lake in Dickinson County found 21 bags of LSD totaling 2100 doses near East Okoboji Lake. Three men from Omaha and Arnolds Park were arrested the night before on possession and delivery charges, with bonds set from 1000 to 5000 dollars. Local grain quotes followed in the report.

Iowa Spirit Lake Okoboji Lake Dickinson County Robert Baker Baker Dennis Paulson Ray Besta Omaha Ned Donald James Elder Arnolds Park Paulson Besta Elder

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