Muscatine County Home Addition to Finish by 1963
The Muscatine County Home addition began this year with excavation, foundation and walls completed. The 594,700 job includes a main 126 by 58 foot block and a 66 by 30 foot L section totaling 9,288 square feet ground space. The annex dormitory will hold 84 beds with a service center. Contractors Peterson Plumbing and Heating Davenport 138,884. Oppell Electric Muscatine 53,456. Montgomery Elevator Moline 24,064. General work 388,300. completion targeted for 1968 in stages.
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Muscatine County
Peterson Plumbing and Heating Company
Davenport
Oppell Electric Company of
Muscatine
Montgomery Elevator Company of
Moline
Muscatine News Events Look Back Through Late April
A spring snowstorm dropped three inches over Muscatine on the 23rd 24th marked by local notices of honors and civic plans. Larry Bailey received notice of appointment to the U S Air Force Academy. Plans for Make Muscatine Beautiful were adopted. Parking meters began charging 210 cents per hour. The Chamber Fire Prevention Committee flagged homes housing invalids with a new symbol. Mrs D H Watermann was elected first vice president of the Town League of Women Voters in Des Moines. Jack Smith was elected president of the Muscatine Junior Chamber of Commerce. Arbor Day brought the annual tree planting by the Garden Club at Franklin School. Two Columbus Community juniors were chosen for Hawkeye Boys State. A spring storm knocked out a transformer serving West Hill, leaving parts of Muscatine without power briefly. Police cleared break-ins with two twelve-year-old suspects arrested. Clarence Martin’s body was recovered from the Mississippi River. The Iowa Supreme Court ordered a new hearing on Lone Tree Community School district boundaries. Bids opened for a $344 million steam boiler for the Muscatine municipal plant. Dale Wayne Pace, three, died from burns after being flown to Cincinnati. The state House passed a child migratory work bill with amendments favored by local growers. Rev J Paul Stevens was named pastor of the First Evangelical United Brothers church in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Larry Bailey
Arthur Bailey
Letts
U.S. Air Force Academy
Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee
D.H. Watermann
Town League of Women Voters
Des Moines
Jack Smith
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine Garden Club
Franklin School
Ivan Arthur
Jim Skubal
Columbus Community High School
Clarence Martin
Mississippi River
Iowa
Supreme Court
Lone Tree Community
State Department of Public Instruction
Muscatine Municipal
Board
J. Paul Stevens
Lansing
First Evangelical United Brothern Church
Muscatineé
W. Ray
Flaming Embers Thompson Transfers to New Congregation
Linda Wemer 16 of Letts won first place in the Muscatine Louisa county cherry pie baking contest and left for the Weishea observance at Iowa State University Ames. Ellis Parker Butler greeted friends and Joyce Kilmer expanded his circle at a First Methodist Episcopal church readings event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Wemer
L-E. Wemer
Route 2
Letts
Muscatine
Louisa County
Iowa State University
Ames
Ellis Parker Butler
Joyce Kilmer
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Van-Horner to Leave for Arkansas to Lead Radical Paper
180 years ago G. W. Van-Horner will depart tonight for Little Rock Arkansas to take charge of a radical paper. He formerly practiced law in this city and plans to become a citizen of Arkansas, a sign that wiser minds may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Van-Horner
Little Rock
Arkansas
Van-Horne
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Beard
Pheumonia
Muscasine County
E.D. Bradley
West Hill
Park Avenue
Thompson
Aredale-Bristow
Town
Choice
Joan Burroughs
Hazel Stebbins
Blue Note Lounge
East 2Nd Street
Charles Burroughs
Precriss
SEA Foods
George’s Steak House
West
George Thayer - Roh
Mary Griffin
Dial
Muscatine Area
Schmelzer
East Ninth Street
You
Tri-County
Lester Smith
Grandview Avenue
Grandview Ave
Muscatine, Iowa
Park Ave
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