Outstanding Park System Described by Kewanee Man
Vernon Verstraete, director of parks and recreation at Kewanee Illinois, spoke to Muscatine’s Kiwanis club about his city’s park system seen as one of the nation’s finest. He noted a $167000 budget funded by taxes, trusts and earnings, 48 employees, an 18 hole golf course, a large pool and a 3 acre fishing lagoon used for skating. The system employs 12 to 15 summer staff and Kewanee ranks fifth in park space per capita. The Kiwanis event also honored Fred Owen of Owen Appliance with the Rehabilitated Person of the Year award from Iowa officials.
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Muscatine
Kiwanis Club
Fred Owen
Scott
Cedar
Vernon
Butch” Verstraete
Kewanee
Ill
Verstraete
Kewanee Park
E. E. Baker
Illinois
E. S. (Kelly) Burns
Harold
Owen
E. Secord
Tom Kirsch
Division of Rehabilitation Education ,and Services
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Helen
Carlson’s
Dale Higgins
Davenport
Division of Rehabilitation
David Mills
Des Moines
Wayne King
Rock Island
Paul Johnston
Muscatine Journal details and subscription rates
The Muscatine Journal announces its daily publication schedule and subscription prices. It lists carrier and mail rates for various regions, with office hours and a contact number, noting association with The Associated Press and copyright notices.
Banker students attend Wisconsin school in Madison
Sulzberger of the First National Bank Muscatine is among 562 banker students from 49 states DC and Puerto Rico at the 16th summer session of the School for Bank Audit Control and Operation Aug 5 to 16 at the University of Wisconsin Madison. The roll includes 15 women across eight states with 259 freshmen 148 juniors and 155 seniors. The program is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and the Bank Administration Institute. The late historian Walter Prescott Webb called barbed wire the Industrial Revolution's greatest contribution to the economic conquest of the Great Plains.
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Madison
Lonnie G. Sulzberger
First National Bank
Muscatine
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
University of Wisconsin
Minnesota
Florida
Bank Administration Institute
Walter Prescott Webb
Great Plains
Brothers Hahntbaum Receive New Addresses
Arthur Hahntbaum Jr and his wife Mr and Mrs Arthur Hahntbaum have moved to 602 West Fulham as word arrives of a promotion. The note confirms the unrelated address update for the family.
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Arthur Hahntbaum, Jr
W. Fulham
McCleary Completes Vietnam Duty
James P. McCleary Jr returns from a 12 month Da Nang tour with the Navy Unit Commendation ribbon and a letter from Rear Admiral Osborn. He spent 20 days with family at 2809 River Road, James, before resuming duty at Great Lakes Naval Hospital.
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James P. McCleary
James McCleary
River Road
James
da Nang
Vietnam
J.B. Osborn
U.S.N
Nsa Station
Larry
States
Muscatine Council Adopts 2.9 Million Budget for 1969
Muscatine city council approved a 1969 budget of 2,907,699 with no objectors at a Tuesday hearing. The levy runs about 29.5 mills, with a $1,280,250 estimated tax, up 173,578. Alderman Rehwaldt noted a seven percent city employee raise aligns with national cost of living trends. The session also addressed library funds, utility remodeling bids, yard-light policy, and an urban renewal fund increase to 60,000, reflecting federal funds. A Harvard Dean's List student, Chris Altenbernd, was noted among 600 freshmen for 1967-68.
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Muscatine
Charles Rehwaldt
Ees
E.S. Burns
Chris William Altenbernd
David Altenbernd
Washington
Harvard College
Harvard
Chris
River Explorers Plan Weekend Return Voyage
Explorer Scout Post No. 127 reached Dubuque on the Mississippi after starting upstream on a powered raft. They expect to reach McGregor tonight and Muscatine by Saturday or Sunday, then turn around Thursday to begin the downstream trip home. Morale is high and crew members are reported well behaved and hard at work.
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AL Collins
Explorer Scout Post No. 127
Mississippi River
Dubuque
McGregor
Muscatine
Bode LaBode
LaBodeé
Absentee Ballot Rules and Raft Explorers Report
Absentee ballots open today in Muscatine County auditor office for the August primary. Voters may apply by mail or vote in person August 19 if not in area on September 3. Applications must include name address precinct and party, else party designation may be missing. Also included are notes on a raft expedition by Explorers Post 127 sponsored by Wesley United Methodist church and Navy news about Frederick W. Nichols aboard USS Waddell.
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Auditor’s Office
Muscatine County
Mary Doe
John Rex
Train Conductors Fined For Blocking Crossings
Two Rock Island railroad conductors from Eldon Iowa were fined in Muscatine police court for blocking crossings on Cedar Street Iowa Avenue and Chestnut Street. Vincent Summer paid 20 dollars and costs for a July 3 incident and Gerald Atwood 50 dollars and costs for a July 26 incident. City officials said railroad representatives promised to stop the blockages at a recent council meeting.
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Rock Island Railroad
Eldon
Muscatine
Duane Goodken
Vincent Summer
Cedar Street
Iowa Avenue
Chestnut Street
Gerald Atwood
Goodken
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Iowa
Kewanee, Ill
Russ Roskens
Kewanee Man
Vischer
Arthur Howe
Karl Reichert
John Sayles
Duane Keough
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Muscatine League of Women Voters
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Bard St
Associated Press
City of Muscatine
Ally
Dial
Sulzberger
Hilltop Drive
Abilene
Ronald Hahnbaum
Michael Hahnbaum
McCleary
Ronald
Michael
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Ronald L. Hahnbaum
61St
Trans. Co
Apo
San Francisco
Ding Ha
Michael J. Hahnbaum
Co. C
B.N
Fort Hauachuca
Women of the Moose
Weed Park
Lagoon Shelter
Dale
Crank
Little Rock, Ark
Marion H. Crank
Winthrop Rockefeller
U.S. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes
Mom
Elvis Presley
Nancy Sinatra
James Garner
Debbie Reynolds
Maurice Ronet
Paul Lynde
Terry-Thomas
Levy Garne
P.M. Musser Library
James White
Yard Lights
James Fuller
Fuller
Rehwaldt
Altenbernd
LeBode
LaBode
Credit Island
Princeton
Cordova
Clinton
Norman Smith
Kenneth Myers
Richard Carver
Dave Perkins
John Meyer
Lorn Britcher
Carl Bublitz
Pete Smith
Steve Jones
Greg Johnson
Jim Morehouse
Bob Vargas
Steve Cochran
John Stolley
Doug Nelser
Bill Meyers
Explorer Post
Wesley United Methodist Church
Frederick W. Nichols
USN
Iona R. Nichols
Taylor St
U. S. Navy
Waddell
Seventh Fleet
Western Pacific
Destroyer Division 22
U.S
FIRST
SU Otn Bank
Blackwood Bros
First Assembly of God Church
West 7Th
Bob Hope
Mary Lou Collins
Mike Caldwell
Rm Fn
Mary Lou Collin
Baja
He Mike Caldwell
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canaan
Soffa
Chiliran
Joey Chitwood
Mammoth Midway
Bay
Pridey
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