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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1973
Page
6
Pleasant Grove Church youth will go caroling Sunday evening November 16 to visit shut ins and friends. Adults may join at 6 30 pm at the church. Refreshments and fellowship follow. Children’s Chapel Christmas meeting is set for December 20 at 4 30 pm with preschool through grade school invited.
North South play centers on heart lead and three major play options. East or West can force the contract as declarer tries clubs and diamonds while South defends. with precise defense the hand yields a one down result for South. Tomorrow: Swindle.
A historical newspaper page fragment shows a complex cryptogram puzzle with across and down clues, hints about word lengths and thematic references. It includes mentions of Christmas songs, religious phrases, and a quoted line about intolerance in America attributed to Arnold Stassen, dated 1974.
WILTON astern Iowa Light & Power Co-operative held its annual Christmas party and service awards. DinnerSaturday evening at the Durant Community Center with 360 employees and guests attending. Twenty five year service pins were awarded to Jim Sartsock Bill Goodale Id Lauber Clyde Guthrie Joseph T. Smith Ralph McKown and John D. Wyatt. Awards for 20 years service went to Lon Brammeier Dick Hawkins Bill McLatchie and Carol LaCrosse. Ray Cram and Walt Ryder received tenth year pins. The eleven year service group included Maxine Wiley Virgil Latimer Loren Juergens Wilma Caseball Mary Stoltenberg and Larry McDowell. Five year pins went to Normi Moeller Cheryl Davies Iedward Linge Janet Ketelsen Bob Smith and Ken Asmus. In addition to his service award pin each honored employee received a U S savings bond. R E C manager Don Norris made the award presentations and served as toastmaster for the dinner. In his awards presentation address Norris touched on the events which were in the news twenty five years ago and pointed out parallels between national problems of 1948 and those of today including a fuel shortage. A pre dinner prayer was offered by Virgil Corey vice president of the RRC board of directors and board president Donald Schlapkohl gave the welcoming address. Tia Nieman provided organ music throughout the evening and Bi McLatchie led group Christmas carol singing. Each R E C employee was presented with a Christmas gift and a social hour followed the dinner program.
Pike Grange heard New Zealander Mark Apperly and Lewis Morrison speak at a recent meeting. Seventeen members attended a potluck with a committee including Mr. and Mrs. Black, Rob ert Middough and Dennis Lanier. Apperly, a West Liberty High School exchange student sponsored by the Rotary Club, showed a film of New Zealand and spoke of rugby, his family and plans to return to Wellington in January. Morrison spoke of 210 kindergarteners enrolled and other West Liberty notes. Grace Timmerman and Ray Rockafellow patients at Mercy Hospital. a December card party and Christmas event plans were noted. A 1974 yearbook and a thought for the day were shared. Other items covered included donations to the American Lung Association and food baskets for the needy.
The Sweetland United Methodist Women gathered in church parlors with 14 members. Led by Mrs. Merle Glenney, reports were given, a fall bazaar earnings tally of 1872.25 noted, and plans made for family night and a slide presentation. Committees were named and hot supper served. Next meeting January 2 with program by Mrs. Van Nice and Mr. Gordon Day.
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