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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1963
Page
12
Future Home Wapello city council approved a $250 grant to buy the Parsons relic collection and offered City Hall facilities to house the artifacts once purchased. The action supports a local historical exhibit and aims to enhance civic spaces with the collection.
A drive to purchase the Parsons collection to create a Louisa County museum moves forward as the Chamber of Commerce and city council back a fund-raising push. Lucille Parsons recalls how her late husband Don built one of the Midwest’s largest Indian artifact assemblages, with roughly 2,000 pieces stored in their home basement. The group hopes to house the relics in a city hall area and promote wider historical awareness of local mound builder history, Sauk and Fox connections, and Davenport and Illinois archaeological ties.
In the Parsons historical collection, rare Indian pipes stand out. Mrs. Don Parsons says finding an Indian pipe was among her greatest thrills. Journal Photo.
Carter named superintendent of Grandview Community Church adult department for 1963 after Monday night meeting. Other officers include John Wale Jace as assistant superintendent, Mildred Bieri secretary, Mary Ellen Peterson assistant secretary, Vivian Wiele treasurer. Junior department heads Markc Murray superintendent with Ethel Phillips assistant, Evelyne Larson pianist. Primary department led by Helen Carter with Myrtle Bartenhagen assistant, Kay Gast pianist. Home department heads Giorgia Schafer and Ollie Thompson, librarians Pat Boniehesen and Nora Werner.
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