Highway Commission to Assist City on Right of Way Purchase
Iowa Highway Commission agreed to help Muscatine city buy property to obtain right of way for a future Rock Island railroad passenger and weight depot project. Tentative plans by Rock Island railroad and state officials aim to proceed next year with the purchase and construction in Muscatine.
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Mississippi Drive
Rock Island Railroad
South Muscatine
Journal
Highway Commission
Iowa Highway Commission
South
Eason
Sivas
Conway
Christmas Eve Party Open To All In Muscatine
Salvation Army invites residents living alone or without nearby relatives to a Christmas Eve open house at the Muscatine Citadel 118 Chestnut Street starting 8 o clock. It will be informal with refreshments. attendance by phone is welcome.
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Muscatine Salvation Army
Tin Salvation Army Citadel
Chestnut’ Street
Israel Velazquez
Muscatine Corps
Salvation Army
Morning Sun Students Home For Holidays
Morning Sun residents and students from Ames, Omaha, Fairfield, Monmouth, and other towns return for the holidays. Notables include Jim Lindey, Mary Ann Hetherington, Allen Smith, Phyllis McDonald, and many others. A hospital dismissal and family visits are noted alongside local social events and travel homelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lindey
Ames
Bill Madson
Omaha
Neb
Mary Ann Hetherington
Fairfield
Joh Allen
Mary C. Reid
Monmouth
Betty Hoobler
Leroy Corey
Allen Smith
Phyllis McDonald
Indianola
Bonnie McDonald
Columbia
May Larry Griffin
LeMars
Ruth Lehman
Mt. Pleasant
Milon Robertson
Ft. Collins
Robert Moore
Mt. Vernon
Lorella Boling
Bill Berry
Kirksville
Dana Crayford
Ice Skating Sites Prepared in Muscatine Parks
Muscatine park district reports two ice skating sites ready by Christmas break. Musser park pond clear for skating and Weed park lagoon heated shelter with lighting to extend skating to 10 p.m. daily. Weedspark arena will stay open as temperatures allow under supervisor George Oregon.
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Muscatine Park
Eris
Kenneth McDaniel
Musser Park
South Muse
Weedspark
McDiliel
Maser Park
Weed Park Lagoon
George Oregon
Gene Chelf Condition Stays Fair After Injury
Eugene Chew aged 48 of 517 Leroy was hospitalized at Muscatine General Hospital after a heating unit fell on him at Pact, Super Va.u store, injuring multiple ribs a shoulder and a lung. He was injured Sunday morning and remained in fair condition four days later with the incident under investigation.
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Eugene Chew
Leroy
Muscatine General Lospitst
Chelf
Pact, Super
Va.u
Towboats Struggle In Heavy Ice Near Quad-Cities
Four towboats including Blue Seal Dorothy Southern Emily Feun and St Paul Socony faced trouble in Mississippi River ice near Horse Island at Rack river mouth near the Quad-Cities. Blue Seal abandoned an upstream push to Albany NJ and returned downstream with two loaded barges. Lock No 16 crew reported ice cleared enough to keep the lock operable as Bettendorf transits paused and boats maneuvered back downriver.
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Muscatine
Horse Island
Rack River
Quad-Cities
Blue Seal
Dorothy Southern
Emily Feun
St. Paul
Albany
Bettendorf
St. Paul Socony
United Fund board names two year appointees
Harold Lemkau of the American Red Cross and Capt Israel Velazquez of the Salvation Army were named to two year terms on the Muscatine United Fund board at a Wednesday meeting at the Civic Center. Their terms begin this year, replacing James Kent whose term expired. Mulberry Sun Mart employees held a Christmas party at The Elms with about four guests and gifts exchanged.
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Harold Lemkau
Americal Red Cross
Israel Velazquez
Salvation Army
Muscatine United Fund Board of Directors
Civic Center
United Fund
Lemkaw
Ars
James Kent
Yew
Goddard Named to Governor's Honorary Staff for Inauguration
Tyan Mure Goddard has been named a member of the Honorary Military Staff for Norman Erbe, governor elect of Iowa. Col. Donald B. Johnson confirms. Goddard, invited to participate in the inaugural ceremonies in Des Moines, will escort Erbe to the House chamber during the inauguration. Tickets for the inaugural ball at Veterans Auditorium start at 8 p.m. on January 42 are provided.
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Tyan
Mure Goddard
Musesi‘Einejv
Norman Erbe
Towa
Donald B. Johnson
Goddard
Erbe
Bim
Thunsdany
Tran
Zonal
House
Mus
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
Schwengel Conveys District Views in Muscatine Visit
Representative Fred Schwengel of Iowa's First Town district met constituents in Muscatine for sixth annual pre session conferences. He and Mrs Schwengel hosted a district press and radio dinner at Sunset Inn at 6 30 tonight with about six attendees expected after morning and afternoon sessions at the courthouse.
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Fred Schwengel
First Town
Muscatine
Rep
Schwengel
Free Christmas show for Muscatine kids Friday
A free Christmas show for Muscatine children under 22 is announced by Lady Boston. The event, sponsored by local groups Moose Elks Eagles and Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be at 2 pm Friday at the Plown Thualey. Tickets available at each club.
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Lady Boston
The
Moose, Elks, Eagles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Heinz Employees Honored At Annual Dinner And Awards
Heinz Company employees and retirees gathered at the Elks Lodge for the annual dinner and Christmas party. Fifty nine service award recipients and a long list of honorees were recognized by H. J. Heinz officials, with Rev. J. Arthur Eveland delivering the invocation and an inspirational message. Prizes and door gifts capped the evening as committees handled arrangements at the Muscatine factory event. Personal debt trends noted include a rise in family mortgage and consumer credit from 1950 to 1959.
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H. J. Heine Company
Elks Lodge
Dick McColl
Edward §. Burns
J. Arthur Eveland
Lara’ Higgerson
C. B. Roberts
Muscatine
H. E. Melfinley
H. J. Heinz Company
Mr. Roberts
H.J. Heinz Company
Pittsburgh
Fred E. Winder
Alvie McIntyre
Marilyn Johnson
Nellie BR. Velter
Ella M. Roberts
Charlotte Wright
Levi Odell
Vernie D. Moore
Orville W. Smith
James Hants
Fred A. Christian
Dwight Leach
Martin P. Bold
Darlene Lichtenwald
Pearl McGill
Lorene Groters
Bertha Leach
Dorothy Ash
Inez
Grimm
Medrith Bird
Nona Miller
David Hathaway
Lonnie Clarke Jr
Ernest Neumann
Tim Dickey
Muscajie
Wilton Saddle Club, Inc
Rubben Thompson
Grant McConnain
Peggy Brower
Magnolia Street
Shirley Hagermamm
Forty Year Service Awards at Heinz Company Dinner
Alvin McIntyre and Fred E. Krider received forty year service awards at Heinz Companys annual Christmas dinner held Wednesday evening. Photo shows C. P. Roberts factory manager, Alvie McIntyre, Fred E. Krider, and H. E. McKinley regional manager.
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Alvin McIntyre
Fred E. Krider
H. J. Heinz Company
C. P. Roberts
Alvie McIntyre
H. E. McKinley
Heinz Company
Journal
Sisters Honored for 35 Years at Heinz Factory
Martha Crow and Lola Higgerson, sisters, received 35-year service awards from H. E. McKinley, regional manager for H. J. Heinz Company. They are the first pair of sisters to complete 35 years of service at the same factory, pictured in a Journal photo.
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H.E. McKinley
H. J. Heinz Company
Martha Crow
Lola Higgerson
Heinz
Journal
Terra colla in Greek architectural decor spans glazes and natural finishes
The term terra colletta derives from Italian and means fused garth. It was used extensively as a structural decoration by early Greeks when produced with ceramic glazes as well as natural finishes.
City Hires Engineer Swinoyse for Muscatine Post
City announces the hiring of Joe Swinoyse as Muscatine city engineer. He will move from Rock Island around June 4, 1961, earning $8,000 yearly. He succeeds Mark R. Gray who resigned to join Rochester city staff in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Swinoyse
Muscatine
Rocke Island
Normoyse
Gerald Powell
Normoyle
Mark R. Gray
Rochester
Minn
Post Office to Close Here Monday Holiday Observed
Muscaline post office will observe Monday December 26 as a holiday per Postmaster John H. Hendriks. Clerks will process mail but no regular mail or parcel post deliveries. Gift parcels arrive Sunday December 25. no deliveries Monday. Special delivery and rerishable mail will be delivered.
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Musecaline
John H. Hendriks
Parhelion Spotted By Muscatine Residents In Morning Sky
Muscatine residents reported seeing three suns in the southern sky this morning, later identified as a parhelion or sun dog. Webster defines it as a mock sun made by bright light often tinged red, appearing near or opposite the sun.
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Muscatine
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