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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
3
Mrs. Billie Wellman and family reside at 1506 West Acre Drive. They did most of the interior work on their new home and are proud of the finished product. Mr Wellman is employed with Thatcher Glass.
NAIDA CHRISTIAN notes new arrivals Mrs Billie W Wellman and family settling at 1508 West Acre Drive Muscatine. Mr Wellman works as a mechanical engineer at Thatcher Glass. Daughters Leslie and Kristin, aged five and three and a half, came from Bethany Conn after a stay in West Liberty.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Orville Reid of Letts that their daughter Judy M Reid will wed Robert A Fridley son of Mrs Mildred Fridley and the late Mr J Fridley. A spring wedding planned. Also notes on Carmela Wellman and new residents Schley family plus New Year’s Eve church services at Church of God.
New year brings new instruction at the YWCA with dancing baton and senior life saving classes. The calendar lists daily play school sessions, swim lessons for various ages, dance, baton, lifeguard style training, and social activities through Friday and weekend events including family and teen swims, square dancing, and bridge sessions.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Bivens and Kathy at 513 Adams host holiday guests Mrs Janet Sandora and daughters. Christmas visitors to the Bivens home come from Muscatine and West Liberty Iowa Silvis Rantoul and Bellwood Illinois.
Local organizations announce January gatherings across the YWCA and township clubs. Social activities include Hi-Tri and Low-Tri youth meetings, Snow Queen candidate selection, Homemakers sessions with nurseries, Farm Bureau gatherings, a Past Noble Grands pot luck, Rainbow Girls rescheduled meeting, and the Sunshine Club bringing covered dishes and prizes.
Mrs. Harry E. Faulkner announces the engagement of daughter Pat to Steven Temple, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Temple Jr. of 1603 Hershey. Temple is stationed in the armed forces at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. An early spring wedding is planned.
Lincoln Blvd Baptist Church at 1235 Lincoln Blvd Muscatine hosts a three hour watchnight service this evening from 3 to midnight. The program includes fellowship, a film titled The Accuser produced in Frankfurt, devotional time with communion and prayer to usher in 1966, plus refreshments provided by the social committee. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches and cookies. drinks are supplied.
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