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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1955
Page
10
Multiple congregations across Madford Muscatine and surrounding areas publish a week of services meetings and activities. Highlights include First Christian and North Methodist Parish programs, youth and women’s groups, prayer services, choir practices, and CROP meetings at Park Avenue and Wapello churches.
The Chamber of Commerce held its annual membership fish fry on Wednesday. The event, planned for entertainment, fosters goodwill with transportation officials and other city representatives. It serves to strengthen internal ties among the 500 plus members and funds community improvement.
Bees collect water and honey. Special carriers deliver it to the hive, distribute it, seal it in cells, or serve as storage tanks until needed.
The Quigley family Harry, Mrs, and children Sandra and Max are vacationing in Los Angeles California visiting Mr and Mrs H J Austin. The 4 H club notes a Madrid camping center trip and a Thompson family home visit in Clear Lake. The Letts Go 4 H club met at Grandview shelter house with talks on fair entries rope halters and a groaned pig contest.
Schedule shows multiple reunions across Weed park Erickson's grove Merrill park and Garvin Garrity Hayes places with open house 1 to 5 p m for Mrs Nettie Frick 87th birthday and rain contingency. Also listed are band concert at Musser park and several club meetings including Lady Eagles Four H clubs and American Legion Auxiliary events plus a Muscatine Newcomers luncheon and Zion Lutheran PTA gathering.
calendar lists a Moose family picnic Sunday an Air Reserves meeting Tuesday at 8 p m at the chamber office Muscatine Community Players meet Thursday a Veterans of Foreign Wars chicken supper Friday a dance at Geneva Golf and Country club and an Elks picnic Sunday August 21 at Erickson s Grove with the Penn Chamber of Commerce promoting the events
The Hoover Birthplace Society met in annual session at Hoover park on Wednesday evening with a basket supper and reports from secretary and treasurer outlining past events and planned improvements to the historic site. Officers were reelected: President W B Anderson Vice President John Thompson Secretary Treasurer L C Rummels.
West Branch resident Lorin Lloyd is among 32 Iowa Mountaineers leaving Iowa City on a 9000 mile expedition into Alaska. The group will traverse Castner Glacier and Richardson Highway traveling to Anchorage and Seward then to Kenai Peninsula wildlife refuge. An Austrian contingent accompanies the team with plans to gather photos for a 1955 56 travelogue feature.
Durant plans the opening of the Durant Community school on Monday August 29. The 32 person faculty includes 20 elementary teachers 10 high school teachers a principal and a superintendent. Four one room buildings will house elementary students from Farmington and Cloona townships with grade groupings. Kindergarten starts with alternating attendance days and a weekly schedule after registration on August 2. Rental texts cost 2 to 3.50 with optional insurance towel service and a 30 cent lunch. Milk program offers 2 cents per half pint. Labor Day holiday closes the first Monday.
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