Registration Dates and Fees for Muscatine Schools
Information from Superintendent Dr John Fields details registration for kindergarten through sixth grade on August 22 and 23 from 9 am to 3 pm at all attendance centers with elementary fees set at 5 dollars except kindergarten at 3.50. Central Junior High pre registration runs August 21 to 23 with 5 dollar student fee and gym suits priced 4.25 for girls and 3.25 for boys. Optional fees include meals 1.75, milk 0.20, and 3.50 insurance. football insurance adds 2. Fees collected August 26 to 28. Central enrollment totals 625 with 213 seventh grade, 209 eighth, 203 ninth. West Junior High uses similar fees plus a 1 dollar practical arts card for seventh and eighth graders. ninth graders require a practical arts card. Girls gym suits cost 5.60 at West and boys 3.00. Fees at West collected in homeroom on the first day of school. Ninth graders at Central and West face additional charges for industrial arts and Spanish. All students pay on the second day, Friday August 30, including activity ticket 7, physical education equipment rental 0.50, and student insurance covering most activities except football 4.0.
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Central Junior High
Central
West
Bob Brown to MC Miss Muscatine Pageant in 1968
Bob Brown executive film producer for WOC Davenport will be master of ceremonies for the 1968 Miss Muscatine Pageant set for August 22 at Muscatine High School auditorium. He has worked with WOC since 1951 and was a 10 p.m. weather presenter during much of 1951–1967, plus served as pageant host for numerous Midwest road shows and co produced the 1968 Miss Iowa Pageant in Davenport. He is married with two children.
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Bob Brown
WOC Television
Davenport
Mercer County
Brown
Durant ‘High School
Pat
Towa State University
National Honor Society
DAR
4-H
Washington DC
REA
Veishea
Kelmerer
ISU
Muscatine
Quad-City Angels
ISU Veterinary Medicine College
Veisha Queen of Queens
Cosmopolitan Queen
Angel Flight
Panhellenic Council
Greek Week
Iowa State University
New Students Register in Muscatine District August 21 23
Registration for new entrants into Muscatine Community School District runs Wednesday through Friday August 21 23 from 9 30 to 11 30 a m and 1 15 to 3 15 p m Seniors and juniors moving into the district must register at the Senior High 901 Cedar Central Junior High 515 Iowa Ave and West Junior High 600 Kindler Ave If more information is needed contact High School Central Junior High or West Junior High listed by phone numbers 263 6141 263 7744 263 0411
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Muscatine Community
Cedar
Central Junior High
Iowa Ave
West Junior High
Kindler Avenue
Muscatine
Central
Semi-Trailer Hits Man Sent To Hospital
Basil Dalton of Muscatine was struck by a tractor trailer at 9 33 am near 4th Street and Iewa Avenue. He went to a tavern at 207 Mulberry Avenue to summon aid, was rushed to Muscatine General Hospital with possible rib injuries, treated and released after emergency care.
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Basil
Dalton
4Th Street
Iewa Ave
Muscatine
Muscatine General Hospital
Mulberry Avenue
Miss Muscatine Pageant Featured In Saturday Parade
Local parade planned for Saturday will feature Miss Muscatine contestants at 2 p.m. routing through Town Avenue 3rd Street Walnut and 2nd Street to Iowa Avenue. Great River Days publicity accompanies the event. The Miss Muscatine Pageant is set for Thursday evening August 22 at Muscatine High School auditorium.
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Town Avenue
3Rd Street
Walnut
2Nd
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine High School
Miss Muscatine Pageant Entrants Highlighted
Patricia Sue Best 20, daughter of Elmer and Patricia Best of Stockton, sponsored by Hunters TV. Scout with a long record of high school leadership, awards, and activities. Bonnie Brodie 17, daughter of Edwin Brodie, sponsored by Central State Bank, a 1968 Hayes Catholic graduate and dancer with NHS honors and homecoming queen candiate.Jack C. Allen 20, shipfitter third class USN, aboard USS America providing air support in Vietnam. Seventh Fleet stretches across vast ocean areas.
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Patricia Sue Sest
Patricia Sue Best
Elmer Best
Stockton
Patricia Best
Hunters TV
Shipfitter
Jack C. Allen
Alton C. Allen
Route 5
U. S. Navy
U. S
South Vietnam
America
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
Bonnie Brodie
Veronica
Bonnie) Brodie
Edwin T. Brodie
Route 4
Muscatine
Bonnie
Restaurant Damaged In Early Muscatine Crash
Muscatine police report a 6:55 am crash on Stewart Road involving Virgil Earl Jarrett 42 of 1220 E 4th St and Gary Dean Closter 23 of 911 Nebraska St. Closter rear ended Jarrett after passing a car. A separate collision at 6:38 am damaged the Tastee Freez at 701 Grand View Ave when Linda Kay Perkins 23 of 709 Ward St spun on wet pavement and skidded into the restaurant.
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Virgil Earl Jarrett
4Th Street
Muscatine
Gary Dean Closter
Nebraska Street
Jarrett
Stewart Road
Clester
Tastee Freez
Grand View Ave
Linda Kay Perkins
Ward Street
Bleeker Street
Court action seeks 10900 in damages in Muscatine
A Muscatine County man, Francis G. Stork, filed in district court alleging a July 2 traffic accident on East 2nd Street in Muscatine caused $900 in car damage and $10,000 for pain and future suffering, naming Roger George Goodwin and Lawain Goodwin as defendants.
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Muscatine County
Francis G. Stork
Muscatine
Stork
Roger George Goodwin
Lawain Goodwin
East 2Nd Street
Daughter of Former Resident Is Murdered
The daughter of a former Muscatine resident, Mrs. Joe Connolly, was found shot in the head Thursday night at her Tucson Arizona home on Indian Ridge Road. She had phoned her husband, a pharmacist, about prowler rumors before he found her. Their 18 year old son had died in an auto accident about a year earlier. The Albrights, formerly of 21 Mary Place, moved to Tucson in 1965.
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Muscatine
Indian Ridge Road
Tucson
Arizona
Joe
Margaret) Connolly
Marvin Albright
Connolly
Marvin Albrights
Mary Place
Muscatine Journal Publication Details
The Muscatine Journal is a daily paper, published except Sundays and holidays, by Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises unit. It is incorporated at 301 Second Street, Muscatine, Iowa 5276, and is registered as second class in Muscatine under the 1879 act, with AP rights for local news dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
3Rd St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Daily Paper in Muscatine Area
Rates list delivered daily by carrier in City of Muscatine and beyond. Prices: $2.00 monthly in advance, forty cents weekly for non Muscatine delivery, $15.00 yearly within fifty miles, $18.00 yearly in towns with carrier service, $20.00 yearly over fifty miles from Muscatine. All mail subscriptions paid in advance. Office hours and special delivery details provided. Dial 263-2331.
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City of
Stuscatine
Muscatine
Dial
Dance Tonight At The Armory
The Park Commission continues its summer dance series tonight at the Armory with the Daybreakers providing music. Plans are underway to explore a school year program if youth interest and conduct remain favorable, Park Commissioner John Robinson says.
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Park Commission
Armory
Park
John Robinson
Jim Rummery Home on Leave from Navy Duty
Jim Rummery son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rummery of Lincoln Blvd has completed Navy recruit training at San Diego and is home on a 14 day leave. He will travel to Hawaii and the Philippines after the leave.
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Jim Rummery
Kenneth Rummery
Lincoln Blvd
Navy
San Diego
Rummery
Hawaii
Phillipines
Area Farmers Invited To Annual Barbecue Here
Invitations go to about 2,000 area farmers for the Farmer and Businessmen's Barbecue at 5 30 p m Sept 9 in the new G P C recreation area near the Breaks, 12 miles south of Muscatine on Stewart Road. Farmers may arrive after 4 30 p.m. The Kent Feed recreation area is new this year. Chamber officials call the event the best rural PR program, with businessmen hosting and prizes donated by local firms. Return invitations to Muscatine Chamber of Commerce P O Box 306 Muscatine Iowa 2761. Donad D Judge chairs the agricultural committee with chamber and business leaders preparing for Sept 9.
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G.P.C
Grain Processing Corp
Rent Feed Recreation
Muscatine
Stewart Road
Chamber of Commerce
G.p.c.-Kent
Tion
Pistol Shoot Planned by Muscatine Police Unit
Muscatine patrolmen plan a department pistol shoot at the police firing range south of Muscatine on Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature a fish fry as part of the day.
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Muscatine
Rainy pattern sweeps state with showers and cool spell
The Weather Bureau predicts continued rain and showers across most of the state with locally heavy rain in Town. Skies will turn partly cloudy with cool temperatures and showers in the extreme eastern part on Friday. Saturday expects partly cloudy skies and slightly cooler temperatures. Tonight low temps mainly mid 50s to 60s, while today’s highs ranged from 69 at Mason City to around 72 at Council Bluffs and Lamont.
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Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Mason City
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Lamont
Olson Receives Master’s Degree from Colorado State College
Robert Olson son of Mr and Mrs Owen Olson of 1322 West Acre Drive received his Master of Arts degree this morning at Colorado State College in Greeley Colorado Mr Owen Olson attended the commencement ceremony Olson taught in Milwaukee last year and will teach in Germany this year
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Robert Olson
Owen Olson
West Acre Drive
Colorado State College
Greeley
Colo
Robert
Milwaukee
Germany
New School of Dance Opens Here
Bette Putnam School of Dance opens today at 108% E. Second rear for registration. Classes for six-year-olds and older begin after Labor Day. Offerings include ballet modern jazz tap and acrobatic. Putnam, a Chicago National Association of Dance Masters member, danced professionally seven years and taught during that time. She toured with a summer group performing in Des Moines and other cities.
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Bette Putnam School of Dance
Bette Putnam
Chicago National Associaton of Dance Masters
Bette
U. S
Canada
Des Moines
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M.C
Surance
Adams
Bryan
Dahl
Denese
Fisher
Fletcher
Harley
Hatfield
Jones
Marsha
McInally
McKee
Paul
Leyth
Shanahan
Tompkins
Toyne
Zuniga
Brewer
Bridges
Corn
Coulter
Ellman
Elliott
Halpin
Harland
Johnson
Greg
Markham
Marshall
Morse
Mucha
Reeves
Reusswig
Skubal
Thompson
Thornton
Wheeler
Whitacre
Zinger
Brendel
Broderson
Davis
Diana
Everhart
Fairy
Gueller
Hahn
Hughes
Halen
Lee
Debbie
Lees
Naber
Nelson
Polina
Price
Schauland
Schenkel
Terpenning
Terrill
Weggen
Zybarth
Elms Restaurant
Dick Willits
The
Playboys
Miss
Jack Allen
Ralph Zelmer
Whicher
Leo's Clark
Park Ave
Muscatine Savings and Loan Association
Cedar Street
Journal
Jerry Russell
Burlington
Olson
Yaeeyatin Ballet
School OF Dance
East Second Street
Jim
Grandview Avenue
W. 2Nd Street
James Garner
Debbie Reynolds
Maurice Bonet
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