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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1965
Page
10
Willow trees along the Muscatine slough west of Muscatine cast shadows into the cold December water. Unseasonable warm weather of this Christmas season awakens trees from their normal dormancy. Journal photo by Dick Mirkman.
W R Luckey sells Ed Motors stake to partner Jack Williams whose brother Frank joins the firm Luckey becomes a Ford salesman with Shelimger Motor Co Families host Christmas events with Vannice Nelson Warren Dempsey Duncan and others traveling to celebrate Dave Williams home on leave from San Diego Production of The Messiah attended by Parris family and others Partington Insurance bought by Paul Lowe effective Jan 1 1966 Lowe Insurance and Duncan Real Estate move to same building Multi line up of Christmas plans includes Mass Confessions and a Chicago trip for Columbus Community School Science Club College night for local seniors set at high school Student Center
A large Bloomington audience attended Spangler Chapel Methodist Church for its annual Christmas program. The event featured numerous student performances including recitations, songs, and an organ solo. Rev Le o Jand Enke offered the benediction as WSCS member Mrs Elmer Windman presented a small token.
Mrs. Donald Gates and Bonnie Fay Plattsmouth Neb arrive to spend holidays with Wapello parents Mr. and Mrs. W P McNeil. Also noted are Christmas dinner plans with multiple local families. Newborns: Jan Stineman daughter born in Rock Island hospital. Richard Taylor and son born in Burlington hospital with extended family details.
Ronald Lutz Airman First Class son of James Lutz has been nominated by Headquarters Thirteenth Air Force Clark AB Philippines as Airman of the Year candidate He will compete with other Pacific area airmen for the Pacific Air Forces Airman of the Year award Lutz a 1958 Jane Tree high school graduate earned journalism degree at Iowa State University under Operation Bootstrap He recently spent three weeks in Thailand on a fact finding mission and will spend two weeks in Taiwan next year for a similar project His address is Ronald J Lutz AF 17631493 Headquarters IsAr Dothy APO San Francisco Calif 96274.
West Liberty hosts an open house at Our Redeemer Lutheran observing Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Petersen fifth wedding anniversary. About 125 guests from Racine Cedar Rapids Washington and nearby towns attended. Their daughter Barb and daughter in law Jim Petersen poured. Petersen family members and friends shared gifts and well wishes from across Iowa and Wisconsin.
Col and Mrs Harlan Jost and family will spend the holidays in Redondo Beach California with their son. The notice notes the family's travel plans and Christmas season gathering.
Grandview Church announces weekly schedule led by Reverend Walter West. Sunday includes 10:00 a.m. worship, 11:00 a.m. Sunday school, 30 p.m. morning worship, 7:30 p.m. Jet Cadets and Senior Youth, and 8:00 p.m. evening service. Wednesday features 7:00 p.m. choir practice and 8:00 p.m. Bible study and prayer. Friday December 24 watchnight service runs 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. with Singspiration Fellowship film The Angry Jungle.
Barker Construction Co of Iowa City secured a contract for grading a sanitary lagoon at an Interstate 80 rest area in Cedar County for 43 863 dollars. The lagoon sits mile west of the Route 38 intersection. The Iowa Highway Commission awarded more than 2 3 million dollars in primary road work including rest area buildings and grading. The largest bid was 2 098 170 dollars by Hallett Construction Co of Boone for grading and concrete work on 1 196 miles of Interstate 0 in Polk County.
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