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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
3
The stay-at-home camp continues through next Wednesday with Young Women's Christian Association events. Daily class slots include children's and matrons swims, beginner and intermediate swims, plunges, and adult swims and plunges across Monday to Saturday with specific times listed.
Iowa Health Engineering Director A. A. Wieters reported from a rural school survey covering 10 counties that 70 percent of tested wells failed to meet federal health standards. Findings show 79 percent with insanitary outside toilets, 48 percent lacking on-site water, 73 percent with crosslighting, and generally unsatisfactory hand washing facilities. He urged a county wide, well planned program combining education and demonstration to improve school sanitation.
Michigan authorities, after questioning two Royal Oak men George Critese 29 and Timothy McLean 25, cleared them of involvement in the murder of Henry Becker Oak Park. Becker's widow Juliette and plant superintendent Ernest Hawkins face conspiracy charges. police seek two unidentified youths seen in the assault.
The Rev. John Parr and Mrs. Parr will help Rev. Vance H. Webster guide the First Baptist church retreat for youths at Rotary lodge from August 28 to 31. Ed Link handles transportation, Ray Reesink finances, Mrs. H Korneman supplies, Mrs. A L Sharp cooks, and Minetta Headley serves as general assistant. Arthur Talkington, registration chair, notes many youths already signed up.
Wilton churches release Sunday worship plans. Grace Evangelical Reformed led by Rev. J M Newgard offers church school at 9:50 a m and services at 10:45 a m U P Forum 8:00 p m topic Creative Living. Trinity holds worship at 9:30 a m and church school at 10:30 a m. Methodist pastor Rev. George H Smith conducts morning worship at 10:45 a m and church school at 9:45 a m. Moscow Church school at 10:00 a m and evening worship at 8:00 p m. Settlement Evangelical pastor Rev F H Yingst offers Sunday school at 10:00 a m and morning service at 11:00 a m. St Marys Church pastor Rev J A Brady Mass at 8:00 a m followed by Benediction. weekday masses at 7:30 a m.
Homeless Jews continue arriving at Constanza hoping to breach Britain's Palestine blockade. 483 Jews from Hungary and former Austrian lands reach Sulina for passport checks while hundreds wait to move on. The freighter Tiger Will sails with 850 refugees as Polish, Czechoslovak, and other Jewish groups pour into Danube ports. reports say Lisel captain jailed in Palestine and ten passengers killed at sea.
Fred Rowe of Des Moines, a member of the state AAA committee, will speak next Tuesday night in the old high school auditorium. The meeting targets corn sealers, corn borrowers, and lumber and elevator men in the area. Lester Wegers, state field man, will also speak briefly as announced at the agriculture conservation office in the courthouse. Additional farmers visited the conservation office to sign up for corn parity payment applications.
Judge Junius P. Califf in Rock Island County Court authorized acceptance of 501 from the United States government to cover damages caused in the Drury drainage district by dam No. 16 at Muscatine during 1938. Commissioner Frank E. Eichelberger filed the petition to gain funds for the district covering increased pumping costs due to water backed up by the dam.
The Alice M. Tyler towed three loaded and three empty barges through dam No. 16 at 7 20 a m today carrying 3 104 tons of scrap iron among three barges. Two barges held 1 070 tons each and the third 964 tons destined from Minneapolis to Peoria. The Mokita moved downstream with five empty barges from St Paul to Wood River at 9 p m Thursday.
Aledo Illinois will see over 1000 new poles and about 135 miles of wire for a Western Illinois Telephone Co improvement project. Five man crew led by C K Byers has started work from Aledo to Joy and Millersburg with three miles of poles already set. The program aims to finish all poles before frost and include 13 farm lines plus a Hamlet line joined next spring by Reynolds to be built by Reynolds Co. Free lines to Millersburg and Joy total five, with copper toll to Joy also planned.
Members of the Old Clifton club and their families held the annual picnic at Columbus Chautauqua park with 32 present and a noon basket dinner. President Mrs Hazel Jones led the business meeting and roll call was Bible verses. next meeting set for Sept 14 with Miss Margaret Huston and roll call response My Favorite Hymn. Entertainment was by Mrs Nellie Schlichting and Mrs Thelma Devore.
Atalissa Glen Shafer of Marshalltown visits his sister Mrs. Mary Long this week. Alma Collison spends a few days visiting relatives in Muscatine. Cheerful Workers club met Thursday for quilting and a potluck dinner at Amma Oxley’s home. Orvill Melick attends farm duties while Mr and Mrs Walter Gentnagel are away on their summer vacation. Linn Waters and Dora Waters visit Muscatine Thursday. Donald Long returns home after business in Des Moines. Ray Coverston of Fulton Nevada visits Jesse Van Horn home. Herman Eharich paints and repairs Edith Schnier property this week. John Knause of Muscatine visits Harry Burhop Wednesday evening.
Frederick B. Snite Jr and Teresa Larkin wed after a 220 mile honeymoon trip in Snite s tailor made trailer. The infantile paralysis victim who has spent three years in an iron lung received congratulatory messages at their Chicago home as the couple toured northwest suburbs and southern Wisconsin with a chauffeur nurse and attendant.
The American Business club met to map a revived fall program starting in September. Plans include a bowling team and possibly a basketball team, with weekly meetings resuming. New committees were announced led by Clifton Reeves and include Social, Clvic, Athletics, Membership, and Program chairs with several members named.
A new boundary line along the Des Moines River fixes the border between Lee county Iowa and Clark county Missouri. The boundary takes effect at midnight December 31 after an act approved by President Roosevelt.
William Snite and his 25 year old bride wed in Elkhorn Wisconsin and will stay at their River Forest home while he undergoes new treatments for at least a month. The groom, age 29, plans a longer honeymoon later.
Twenty people including the Muscatine county Beef club committee and 4 H boys examined 59 calves shipped from the Brown ranch in Texas. They met at Wilmont Hendrix farm north of Letts to plan distributing the calves among county youths for next year’s baby beef program.
Mrs Martha J Rowlen 89 longtime West Liberty resident died at 3 40 p m at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E T Stokes after years of illness She lived with the Stokes 28 years and previously lived in West Branch Iowa City and Downey Baptist then Christian churches She was a life member of the Missionary society and with the Rebekah lodge Surviving are daughter Mrs Stokes and two grandchildren Mervin and Marian Stokes Services at S C Snider chapel Sunday at 3 p m
The Muscatine Journal invites bona fide farmers to enter the tall corn contest to be held next Friday Aug 18 at The Journal office. Entry before 11 a.m. is optional but helps organizers. cash prizes go to the three tallest stalks 5 3 2 dollars. Iowa statewide prizes 75 25 10 dollars also available. Measurements sent to Iowa Daily Press headquarters after the Muscatine event.
Bette Lee Ambler 18 selected Miss Iowa at the Iowa State centennial exposition in Council Bluffs. She will leave Omaha Sunday night for the San Francisco world's fair as a guest of the Union Pacific railroad. She is daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Paul C. Ambler of Shenandoah.
In 1937 Canada produced 334 times as much standard newsprint as the United States, accounting for 73.7 percent of North America total production of 4,943,000 tons.
Rev. F. W. Sutton of the Christian church presides over services with burial to follow in the family plot at West Branch cemetery.
Funeral services for J. W. Hahn 83 former cashier of the old American bank who died Thursday at 1511 Washington Street will be held at 3 p m Saturday at the Ralph J Wittich Funeral home with the Rev. Stanley Fullwood of Trinity Episcopal church officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until services.
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