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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1955
Page
3
Miss Burns and Ro land Elliott announce their engagement. Bonnie Burns is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Burns of First Avenue. Roland Elliott is son of Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Elliott of rural route 1 Illinois. No date has been set.
About 60 members attended the Lake Lassies Achievement Day at the High Prairie church. Elaine Harper was chosen to take the flower arrangement to the West Liberty fair. Marilyn Hoben won the Style Revue. Ibits were judged and served by Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Hoben, and Mrs. Brown. Mary Harper spoke on Mitered Corners. Mary Stuart demonstrated Seam Finishes. The fair demonstration team Janet Conway and Elaine Harper presented Be a Fan of Peter Pan.
A Grace Lutheran Women of the Church chapter held Thursday evening at the church. Mrs. Hazel Boston led devotions. Colored slides depicted Lutheran mission work at Box Elder, Ontario. Social committee members were Mrs. Arbutus Fahy, Mrs. Della Monson, Mrs. Esther Kill, and Mrs. Patty Pederson. Members were reminded of the September general chapter meeting.
A special meeting of the Park Place Parent Teacher Association is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday at the school. All members are urged to attend and interested persons are welcome.
Mrs Elmer Ziegler of Madison Wisconsin and her daughter Dorothy long time Muscatine residents spend the summer in Europe attending music festivals. They sailed aboard the Ile de France and will return by air to New York around Sept 1. Dorothy Ziegler, Eastman School of Music graduate, served as assistant director for Pittsburgh Summer Opera and is the first trombonist with the St Louis Symphony. Mr Ziegler will drive to New York to greet them on their return.
Kenneth Ray Church of Mason City earned a B A in Physical Education at summer school commencement at the University of Iowa fieldhouse. He serves as physical education director for Mason City schools. Family members including Marilyn, Stephen, Susan, and Mrs Waltman attended alongside his mother.
The 1955 Lindle family reunion scheduled for Sunday August 14 at Lindle's lake has been canceled. Announced today, the next gathering will be on the second Sunday in August 1956 at Lindle's lake.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Gertrude Griffen and Arthur Black of Letts, performed August 7 in Albuquerque New Mexico. The couple are now on a one month wedding trip.
Relatives from this area visited the past week at Tampa Florida with Airman First Class and Mrs Harold Forbes of Tampa formerly of Lone Tree. Included were Mrs Forbes parents Mr and Mrs Fred D Mills and brother Wendell of Nichols and Mrs Forbes uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Lester Mills of West Liberty.
Judy Anson won the summer reading club at P. M. Musser library for a river cruise theme. She read 87 books, leading the contest with Id Itasca to New Orleans, while Elizabeth Nesterenko 53 books and Sandra Gilfoyle 45 books followed.
Miss June I Lingo of 703 Leroy street returned from a Writers conference at the University of Colorado in the Rockies. English instructor Miss Wells of Iowa Wesleyan attended. The event featured workshops by notable writers including Hal Borland Richard Holmes Nora Kramer and William Barrett among others.
Miriam Rebekah Lodge No. 27 meets at the IOOF hall and appoints a committee to arrange the county picnic this September. Members include Eva Schleif, Beatrice Crouch, Nola Bauguess, Mable Lee, Zera Crouch, Wilbur Dickerson, and Perry Wall with Hortense Stanseil as entertainment chair. Next meeting set for August 26.
A Pleasant Prairie Unity club meeting was held at Mrs. Ora Cawiezel home with Mrs. Grace Wathan and Mrs. Ruby Franzen assisting. Twenty six members attended and card game prizes went to Mrs. Velma Spiess Mrs. Gertrude Bermel Mrs. Alvena Thoeming Mrs. Vera Peterson and Mrs. Nadine Hoff.
The YW building will be closed for three weeks to clean the pool and repaint the pool room and dressing rooms. Work starts when the building opens on Tuesday September 6 with floors in the girls dressing and shower rooms also repainted.
Mrs Louis Dipple hosts a post nuptial party with guests including Mrs Carrie Hershey Lizzie Morris Fern Buster Doris Ricketts Maraldona Irwin Lydia Dipple and several others. Prizes in games awarded to Janet Dipple Rose Hohenadel Lizzie Morris Fern Buster Maxine Ricketts and Gisela Creamer.
Wy lodge No. 76 selected J. Drew Van Camp as official delegate and Charles M. Mason as alternate to the Grand lodge session in Des Moines August 21 to 23. A D.O.K.E. ceremonial precedes the session on August 20 at 8 p.m. Tigris Temple 219 of Davenport will lead it. Alfred Bohling is reappointed lodge deputy grand chancellor for the year. Mason is endorsed for grand master at arms.
Miss Jean Orr married Charles H Borgstadt at a Methodist ceremony in Muscatine. The bride wore a brocaded nylon ballerina gown with a blue and white floral theme, with matron of honor and bridesmaids in ice blue organdy. A reception for 75 followed at the church basement. They will live at 718% Main Street Davenport.
The Moscow Busy Miss 4 H Club held its Achievement Day at the Werlings home with 14 members, 12 visitors and parents, leaders, and judges present. Carol Hafner presided. roll call asked What’s Brought to Achievement Day. demonstrations included Correct Measurements for a Pattern by Marilyn Johnson and Donna Griggs. Mary Ann Bierman and June Marolf demonstrated Choosing Your Wardrobe, planned for the West Liberty Fair.
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