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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
44
Wilton sees growth with Economy Lumber adding a $6000 warehouse alongside a bank building. The Wilton school erected a new classroom and plans are underway for a Retail Farm Service Center.
WILTON The Waukania Country Club a joint Wilton and Durant project opened last of May 1967. Clubhouse greens pool bathhouse golf pro and swimming instructor hired. Ten new homes built in Wilton in 1967 total cost 159 250. Homes ranged 8 000 to 24 000 including listed families.
Wilton town council approved a budget of 467,136 for the coming year at a special meeting on Aug 8. The mill rate drops from 33.05 in 1966 to 31.07 in 1967, with 1966 budget at 320,494.
A Sept 16 fiesta at the L-Bar-M Rodeo grounds in Columbus Junction honored Mexican Independence Day. Mexican Independence Day Queen Maria Lopez attended with Duchess Consul Martinez Princess Lupe Lopez and Marquise Maria Ruiz.
A new Christian youth group formed in Conesville during October at Grace United Church of Christ. Rev. and Mrs. James Reinhard sponsor the group, which will meet on the second and fourth Sundays each month.
Wilton city council undertook major 1967 projects incl the installation of a new storm sewer system along several streets and widening Fourth Street between Maurer and Chestnut for improved parking. A sanitary sewer on Railroad Street was also built in the summer of 1967.
Columbus Junction began construction of a swimming pool in October with completion expected this fall. Plans call for a bath house and a kiddie pool to be added in the spring.
The Joy Baptist congregation broke ground July 31 at the proposed church site after years of meetings in a Main Street store. The ceremony marked the start of construction for the new house of worship.
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