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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1975
Page
3
A long list of school lunch menus shows varied weekly offerings by day across many districts. Meals include soups, sandwiches, meats, vegetables, fruits, desserts, and regular milk, with occasional special dinners and notes on non-school days.
The Muscatine Lions Club annual Christmas party and Ladies Night will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Hotel Muscatine with the Wilton Lions Club joining. Reuben Denbo district governor of Lions will present the program and install three new members.
NFC leader Oren Lee Staley withstood a strong challenge at the annual convention winning 2 353 to 1 575 over Delano Paulson. Paulson urged unity and broader membership while Staley stressed fair income for farmers amid a push to leverage 30 percent of production for bargaining power. DeVon Woodland was re elected vice president as NFC extended four year terms for top offices. Nearby fertilizer sales rose to near record levels with phosphate and potash up while nitrogen materials dipped.
Wilton Foundation members voted to sponsor a community auction and antique sale to raise funds for West View Park development. The sale will be directed by Charles Schneekloth Rev. Gerald Ukena and Rodney Burnett with local clubs assisting. Net proceeds will help meet a $10,000 North Star Steel matching gift and may retire park debt, enabling $14,000 for development before the City takes title after debt clearance. The Foundation notified of tax exempt status on Nov 19.
The Muscatine YWCA pre school center presents a Christmas music program on December 18 and 19. Morning groups perform at 9 15 a m while afternoon groups perform at 1 15 p m. Children play in a rhythm band sing carols and cookies baked by the children will be served after the program.
Lisa Mills 11 of Nichols dies from a one car crash at University Hospitals Town City as services are pending at Stacy Lewis funeral home. James Maher 92 of 1831 Lucas St dies after extended illness. services 9 am Monday at St Mathias Church with visitation Sunday at Riley Funeral Home and burial in St Marys Wilton. he was a lifelong resident, never married, survived by sister Julia Greiner and several nieces and nephews.
The Muscatine County Sheriff's Department reported an early morning accident. James E. Burmeister, 26, Meyer's Edition, drove a car owned by Kim Griesenbrock, 1215 1st Ave., off the road into a ditch after a car on the opposite side crossed the center stripe. No injuries reported. Extended forecast calls for precipitation Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the mid 20s to 30s and lows in the teens to 20s.
The column blends female sun signs with brief personality traits and fate. It covers Libra through Pisces with notes on behavior and relationship cues. Each sign offers cautious guidance about finances, travel, and personal interactions, linking planetary cycles to the reader's outlook.
Judge Max Fr Weiling presided with entries on marriage licenses for Steven P. Lee and Marla Jo Hunter both 20s of Muscatine and Ronald J. and Rita Kirkpatrick. Decree dissolving their marriage and property division. Probate petitions for Lenora Faulhaber and Clarence Criger estates with executors named. Preliminary inheritance tax reports filed for Martin Nielsen and others with nets of 206.25. McDaniel accommodation hearing withdrawn. jury trial set for Jan. 6 on accommodation issue. Various admissions and dismissals to Muscatine General, births, speeding and other traffic fines, forgeries, weapon and license cases, and other court actions.
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