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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
7
Muscatine's YMCA outlines a full week of activities after a Christmas Day closure. Schedule includes prep and intermediate swims, junior and youth center events, table tennis and kickball, volleyball, gymnastics, and swimming team practices with daily recreational swims and a dance at the Youth Center.
In observance of Christmas, the Muscatine County Extension Department office will be closed all day Monday, Dec. 25. Weighing in of baby beeves on Tue Wed Thu. Year end on Fri. Extension Council meeting and potluck at 7 p.m. at First Methodist Church. Office closed again on Monday, Jan 1.
An unusual sunrise Christmas morning service is planned at Lincoln Blvd. Baptist church for 6 30 a m lasting half an hour. A Christmas play The Blind Beggar on the Bethlehem Road marks the service with 15 staff under Lisle Wilson. Unique scenery costumes and fine Christmas music will be featured. Public invited. Also listed are Muscatine County Farm Bureau events for the coming week with meetings and a potluck. The Farm Bureau office will be closed Monday Jan 1 2962.
The finest tea grows at elevations between 3000 and 7000 feet where cooler temperatures slow growth. This produces smaller leaves with reduced water content, yielding a subtler flavor.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk defended U S Congo policy before six Senate Foreign Relations members but failed to sway critics. He argued the United States and United Nations do not seek to impose systems in Congo and supported UN action against Katanga. Critics from both parties pressed for a full inquiry into Congo policy, fearing allied splits and mixed signals on foreign stance.
The Montpelier Merry Makers hosted a December meeting at Barbara Brown’s home with a favorite Christmas story read by two members. Mary Ann Payton spoke on personal expenses, Grace Ann Arp on fabrics and pattern pointers, and Irene Waterhouse shared home economics tips. The group sang carols, exchanged gifts, and lunch was served by the hostess. The next meeting is set for January 13, 1962 at Grace Ann Arp’s home. A group from the First Evangelical United Brethren church will attend the state YF conference in LeMars December 27-29, including Paul Evelani and others, leaving Muscatine early Wednesday and returning Friday night.
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