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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1967

Page

3

Sue Ann Herrick and Eldon Kile wed in double ring ceremony

Sue Ann Herrick and Eldon L. Kile exchanged wedding vows Sunday at 2 pm in First Methodist Church with Rev. J Henry Teele officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Herrick of Muscatine and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Kile of West Liberty. About 200 guests attended a reception in the church parlors.

Sue Ann Herrick Eldon L. Kile First Methodist Church J. Henry Teele Charles L. Herrick Bridgeman Muscatine Raymond Kile Route 1 West Liberty Floyd Scott Elmer Bloom Lyle Beaver Town City Dennis McCann Judy Stoneking Beth Ann Barton Doug Beaver Ronald Hemsted Lone Tee Iowa City Dennis Schuessler Lone Tree John Lister Dean Schuessler Mark Elder Nichols Gary Hahn Robert Herrick Kenneth Herrick Clare Riley Dana Pittman Lester Rockafellow

Family Christmas Party Held at Reifert Home

A family Christmas party was held Sunday evening by Mr and Mrs Gerald Reifert at their home 1071 Lucas Thirty guests shared a potluck supper gifts were exchanged Janet Hahn and Rita Schuessler served the brides table Jim Barton kept the guest book and gifts were arranged by Mrs John Littrel and Mrs John Heyden After Dec 21 the couple will reside at Route 1 West Liberty Mrs Kile a Muscatine High graduate is employed as a stenographer at Home-O-Nize Co Mr Kile a West Liberty High graduate is with Kiles Feed and Grain Out of town guests came from Lone Tree Nichols West Liberty Iowa City Bettendorf Davenport Chicago and Wisconsin

Gerald Reifert Lucas Janet Hahn Rita Schuessler Jim Barton John Littrel John Heyden Florida Route 1 West Liberty Kile Muscatine High Home-O-Nize Co West Liberty High Kiles Feed and Grain Nichols Lone Tree Iowa City Bettendorf Davenport Chicago Wisconsin Don Blaesing Russel McCleary Edward Kaltenberger Gary Howard Steve Brade Bock Debbie Hill Terry Broderson Jan Sissel Marilyn Pitts Bitts West Iowa Ave Edwards Muscatine High School Benner’s Food Store Muscatine

PEO Sisterhood Chapter FC Holds Christmas Tea at Hahn Home

Florence Hahn hosted Chapter FC of the PEO Sisterhood for a Christmas tea on Saturday. The meeting featured Thelma Bloom presenting a Christmas musical and a quintet of Chapter FC members led by Bloom singing carols from various countries, accompanied by Elizabeth Bloom.

Florence Hahn Chapter FC PEO Thelma Bloom Shirley Drake Mary Jo Stanley Charlotte Worst Lillian Wilson Elizabeth Bloom

Patricia Broderson Weds Dennis Edwards at Park Avenue Church

Patricia Broderson became the bride of Dennis Edwards in a December 9 ceremony at Park Avenue Methodist Church. Rev. T Vel Hotle officiated as about 70 guests attended the double ring wedding. The couple’s families, decor, and attire featured blue and white themes with floral arrangements and organ music.

Patricia Broderson Dennis Edwards Park Avenue T. Vel Hotle Gerald O. Broderson First Avenue Max D. Edwards Monroe Street Gertrude Warrell Richard Broderson Mike Sissel Ronald Knause

Museum Hours And Displays At Laura Musser Gallery

The Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum will open Tuesday through Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 p.m., with Mondays and holidays closed. New display features 19th century drug store from the Muscatine Room and works by Carroll Coleman of Prairie Press Iowa City. Existing exhibits include old quilts, Monsanto display, the Muscaine area artists show, European colored glassware, and garden sculpture by Isabel Bloom. Organ programs are scheduled Tuesday Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. and Thursday 7:30 to 8 p.m. A list of staff and volunteers is noted, with local attendees and neighboring town visitors. The text also mentions local residents’ wedding or residence details, holiday plans, and community notices.

Laura Musser Beok Carroll Coleman The Prairie Press Iowa City Monsanto Chemical Co Muscaine Area Isabel Bloom

Spengler Chapel WSCS Dinner Wednesday Meeting

Spangler Chapel WSCS will hold a noon potluck dinner and following meeting on Wednesday in Bloomington. Hostesses are Mrs. Paul Reed Mrs Merrill Satterthwaite and Mrs Paul Satterthwaite. Members to bring Butternut coffee strips and labels. those without secret pals to bring a 4 cent gift exchange. Treasure a smart jacket for travel with worsted yarn patterns and patterns for sizes 32 to 46.

Bloomington Spangler Chapel WSCS Paul Reed Merrill Satterthwaite Paul Satterthwaite Alice Brooks Muscatine Journal Needlecraft Dept Old Chelsea Station New York N Needlecraft

Swails Celebrate Silver Anniversary in Iowa

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swails of 124 Walters St mark their silver wedding anniversary on December 10. Married December 10, 1942 in Canton Missouri by Rev. E H Farmer at the Methodist parsonage, they were aided by Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKinnon of New London. Their four sons are Dean Joiner Swails Davenport David William Swails serving in Vietnam with the U S Navy Dennis Melvin Swails and Douglas Lee Swails at home. No special celebration noted.

Donald Swails Walters St Frances Canton, Mo E. H. Farmer Methodist Parsonage Frank McKinnon New London Iowa Dean Joiner Swails Davenport David William Swails Vietnam U.S. Navy Dennis Melvin Swails Douglas Lee Swails

Dear Abby column letters on marriage and trust

A reader asks if husbands are unfaithful and whether to stay for the children or divorce. Abby urges faithfulness, dismisses a lawyer’s broad claim, and advises giving the marriage another chance. Additional letters touch on late-night card games, a young man’s loitering finances, and marital jealousy, with Abby's practical fixes and admonitions.

Abby Digs

Christmas gift ideas at Eaton store

Time is short as Christmas nears with 9 AM to 9 PM hours. Eaton offers Music to Write Letters By paired with scented stationery, 12 day designs in gold and white tiles, gay Swedish files with translated greetings, and Reed and Barton silverplate sets under 100 dollars. Stop in on your next town trip.

Eaton Reed and Barton

Special Bible School Plans Holiday Program

The Interdenominational Special Education Bible school will present a Christmas program on Monday December 18 at 7 30 p m at First United Presbyterian church Fourth and Iowa. Attendees may meet the staff during the open house after the program. The school is sponsored by the Muscatine Ministerial Association and staffed by volunteer teachers helpers and drivers.

Special Education Bible School First United Presbyterian Church Fourth Iowa The Muscatine Ministerial Association

Fragmentary Confidental Note on Marriage and Loneliness

A fragmentary confidential remark discusses marriage prospects and loneliness. It questions a spouse’s card playing. It says some marriages fail despite not ending in divorce and notes years of strain and worry.

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Eldon Kile Eldon L Carstensen Island Methodist Church Letts Wscs J. Holliday American Legion Auxiliary Hotel Muscatine Grace Lucas Walnut Street Chapter FC of Hahn Home Mrs Bonnie Edwards Miss Edward Wesleyan Guild Wesleyan Service Guild Clarence Lick Irma Hoopes Dorothy Hahn Group 10 Opal ‘Tanner Patty Patty Hopkins YMCA Patty Ann Hopkins Dale Jones Roscoe Spengler Chapel Basells Sitler House of Light Washington, Iowa Phelps Norge Dry Cleaning Center Phelps Norge Gy Gruite Dry Cleaning Village Dial Mulberry Avenue Abigail van Buren Sayell Sweden Norway Wiinton Sminton Bride Register Shirley Stender Bonnie Stecher Pam Fisher Bannebelle Schenck Cook West Bend Hoover Ind
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