Bloomington Grange Wins Grand Prize In 4th Of July Parade
The Bloomington Grange patriotic float topped Muscatine’s 4th of July parade as the grand prize winner in a sunlit downtown event drawing thousands. The march featured Muscatine High School and West Central junior high bands, multiple local groups, and a field of over 90 entries with prizes awarded for floats and marching units.
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Bloomington
Muscatine High School
West and
Central
American Federation of Musicians
Jerry Connell
Muscatine Jay
Lutheran Youth League of Wilton
Lutheran Homes
Friends Church
Rainbow Assembly
Muscatine County
Izaak Walton League
Ard
Bob Metcalf
Chuck Hesseld
Hub Elder
David and Carol Oveson
Togo Kaufmann
Down
Marian Rebeccah Lodge
Lil Abner musical chosen for Summer Scene Makers
Muscatine Park Commission sponsors Summer Scene Makers a student group entering tenth grade and graduates. Auditions 7 30 p m Saturday July 10 at Muscatine Community College pick up applications at Park Board Office City Hall five dollar fee. Dogpatch U S A plot spoofs politics and nostalgia with songs including Namely You If I Had My Druthers Jubication T Campane and Progress Is the Root of All Evil. Sadie Hawkins Ballad and choral works supplement the show.
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Li l Abner
Nancy Keel
Muscatine Park Commission
Muscatine Community College
Park Board
City Hall
Capp
Mammy
Dogpatch
Washington
U.S.A
Abner
Daisy
Druthers
T. Campane
Conesville Budget Increase and Town Actions
Conesville July council meeting voted to raise the 1972 budget from 3520 to 4020 and approved a Band L Tavern liquor permit. Payments approved include Garlzke 100, Maxwell 10, Roush 10, and Terry's Tree Service 75. Fireworks rules set. sewer project reported progressing. next meeting August 5. County officials hit by gifts inquiry in Johnson County. suppression of names deemed illegal.
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Conesville
John Coffin
Russell Maxwell
William Roush
Jason Wolford
John Thornton
Phyllis Swailes
Band L Tavern
Bill Roush
Park Fund
Terry's Tree Service
General Fund
John Gartzke
Iowa City
Iowa
Robert Osmundson
Richard Nolan
Osmundson
Eigns
Johnson County
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Bloomington Grange
Cees
James Kent
Jaycee
Theresa Bahr
Linda Connell
Trene Lary
Max Churchill
Brian Calkins
Elks Lodge
Jaycee Ettes
First Christian
Weed Park
Indianapolis
Ind
Service Club
David and
Carol Oveson
Lil Abner
Summer Scene Makers
USA
Mammy Yokum
Butlmoose
Feagle
Ford
Humboldt, Tenn
Jesse Hill Ford
Lord Byron Jones
George Doaks Jr
John Garlzke
Safety Fund
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