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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
9
Durant High School hosted a Wednesday evening parent visitation for junior and senior students. About 200 attendees, representing 79.8 percent of students, toured a ten minute class schedule with teachers detailing goals and grading. Tea and toffee were served in the cafeteria after sessions.
Federated Club members met in the Methodist Church parlors for December events with 29 members and 35 former members and teachers from the Louisa Masca line Community school attending. A dinner, initiation service for new members, and Christmas program followed with charitable contributions to the Salvation Army and the Retarded Children's project.
John Schmitt helped harvest 80 acres of corn for Lloyd Schmitt on Thursday as Bloomington Grange members and about 36 friends assisted following an elevator mishap that injured Lloyd Schmitt. The incident led to Schmitt's name being omitted in Friday's print.
The First Baptist Church missionary society held a Christmas potluck supper and program in the church fellowship hall. Mrs Harry L Parker spoke, carols were sung, and Devotions led by Mrs Robert Griffin featured Luke 27 20. The program included high school musical selections, a reading The Christmas Spirit, and a Christmas play The Christmas Heart. Members were urged to save stamps and books for a kitchen project.
The Morning Sun Sorosis Club schedules its annual Christmas luncheon for Wednesday December 7 at 12 30 PM in the library. Directors include Mrs Robert Dickson and Mrs Iva McElhinney. Ushers are Mrs Lloyd Edgar Mrs Iva McElhinney and Mrs Chest McConahay. Mrs M M Todd will give devotional notes. A Nutcracker Suite ballet interlude and guest star Mrs B C Roundy of Columbus Junction will discuss Christmas decoration under the theme We Deck Our Hall with Boughs of Holly.
A fragmented poem-like collection of children’s Christmas wish lists from Rock Island Illinois addresses. Christine Fenner Mary Martin Linda Martin and others request toys such as a diaper bag purse watch tea collar baby buggy a doll hogey stove dishes stroller clothes and general good behavior notes.
Eight Morning Sun high school musicians and director King Gleason will attend a dance band festival Saturday evening at the Armory in Washington Ta at 7 45 p m. Participants include Monte Hamilton Judy Caldwell Larry Cary Donna Jennett Tom Griffin Linda Hutchcroft Celia Thomas and Mary Ann McElhinney. Celia Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Thomas was chosen to play in the clinic band under Bud Coty guest clinician and former Stan Kenton member.
A list of names including Jarvis Mae Jarvis Joy Sue Wright Christ ane Brown Gladys Herr sima Dick Florine Pagemiller Dianne Nollen Danny Thomas Mrs. Maxine Hobbs Rosa Douglas Lily Bryant and Mrs. Shirley Haight visited Mediapolis on Thursday with several others.
MYF members of High Prairie will meet at the Earl Eich elberger residence in Muscatine for Christmas caroling on Sunday evening December 11 at 6:00 p m. After caroling the group will go to the Burdett Hitchcock home for fellowship and refreshments. Ann Whisler daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Whisler and Bryan Hoben son of Mr and Mrs William Hoben were honored at a birthday party held at the William Hoben residence. Both celebrated birthdays this past week. Mr and Mrs L Burns of Atalissa were supper guests recently at the home of Mr and Mrs Don Burns Tom and Tim. The occasion marked Don Burns birthday.
Fragmentary local items note a couple named Mrs Beinke welcomed a daughter, and Mrs Norma Staley heads a Salvation Army fund drive committee. Details are fragmented with broken names and places, but reference a hospital birth and ongoing fundraising efforts.
The Wapello Jaycees met Thursday evening at the high school to finalize arrangements for the Beef Producers dinner on December 8. A dinner for Jaycees and their wives is set for December 15 in the elementary building, served by the school cooks with music by the school dance band. A. Ravenhill is a patient in Town City.
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