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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
2
The Journal reviews 1961 in a year-end edition noting achievements and plans for 1962. Optimism centers on progress, improved outlooks, and hopes for happiness, health, and continued gains as communities welcome the new year.
A Muscatine letter to Aunt Sadie looks back on 1961 noting a tense year with global crises yet local growth. It mentions weather, social scenes, and New aldermen taking seats January 4, stressing city service over petty demands and the duty of council members to guide policy and spending.
A Wall Street Journal feature notes rising confidence among West Virginia leaders and citizens to improve fortunes through state and local initiatives. With fading faith in federal aid, communities are reviving abandoned mines for tourism and mushrooms, and identifying soil and climate suited to strawberries, signaling contagious enthusiasm to act without waiting for Santa Claus.
This article traces automation from wheel and fire to the Industrial Revolution and steam power, noting that while steam created new jobs, transitions caused short-term poverty. It highlights electricity, electronics, and nuclear-era math as drivers of new production methods, and warns of political and social upheaval as labor shifts toward shorter hours and new service demands.
Muscatine Journal announces Daily Journal delivery options and rates for in city and surrounding areas. It lists staff roles including editor and business manager and provides subscription details, carrier delivery, mail prices, and special delivery service for missed papers. It notes association memberships and a private branch exchange contact for department requests.
Dr Cranes The Worry Clinic offers practical guidance on kicking tobacco and dieting. It urges personal resolve, replacing smoking with gum or hand exercises, and mindful eating, noting liquor hinders dieting and calories burn through stomach effects. It uses Marleen G.'s case to illustrate quitting challenges.
The Nichols Fire Department held the twenty third annual Firemen's Ball in the School Gymnasium. Proceeds will fund fire equipment purchases. Leo Connet won the $10 grand prize and Robert Eider won the $10 door prize, both residents of Nichols. Pike 4H clubs ran lunch and coat check concessions.
Georgia native Delilah Chastain rose from seamstress and hostess to field supervisor of a Palm Beach County flood control canal project. During WWI she oversaw water pumping at Opa-locka air station, then returned to construction, becoming superintendent of a 32-man crew. She works in slacks, explains tasks, and earns respect for competence.
Stainless Lodges 445 named Lewis Peterson to head the lodge for the coming year at a second meeting. Officers listed include Charles LE Elder Jr senior warden Virgil Vener junior warden Ernest L ner treasurer Fred Swain son secretary Willard Rice T B Holcomb Joss Newton on the writing committee. Installation set for January 8 1962. Refreshment committee for January 13 includes Earnest Kirchner Carl Ogren William Peters Harold Hintermeister Sam Coxad and Harry Braun. John F Swanson AT2 US Navy has returned to La Fayette Indiana after Christmas at his parents home and enrolled at Purdue. Theodore Nelson has returned home after hospitalization in Iowa City since Christmas Day and is recovering with his daughter and husband Clem Carvall. Henry Thoreau explored the Allagah region of northern Maine in 1846.
Abigail addresses readers with multiple questions about social etiquette and relationships. Topics include visiting a spouse’s workplace, dating a relative, refusing a best man invitation, and a harsh remark about a husband. Answers emphasize tact, boundaries, and clear communication within personal bonds.
A collage of small town items notes Mrs Mae Lin and Miss Sherwood returning to Beaver Dam University, politics in 1912 with a permanent Democratic HQ, Dr E B Fuleham joining the county insanity examiners, ministers urging fewer Sunday funerals, a motor boat season kick off, attorney Ganley and Henry Welch’s river trip, ice-free steam travel and historic weather, Muskies beating Burlington in overtime with Anderson and Hartoran stars, Krakow induction, and Oscar Davis reporting 83 marriage licenses in AVL paired with divorces.
A scrambled letter puzzle explains how 6 work with simple substitutions. The sample shows A replacing L and X replacing O while daily clues vary. The note ends with Yesterday's Cryptoquote and a mention of a syndicate and vesturewear styles.
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