Veterans Reunion Heads to Omaha for WWII China Burma India Vets
All Muscatine veterans who served in China Burma or India are invited to the fifth annual CBI convention August 7-9 at the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha. About two thousand veterans expected. speakers include General Wedemeyer Val Peterson and Ahmed Ansari. The event features Oriental customs displays and festive attire via costumes from India Burma and China while Omaha street signs mirror Bombay Calcutta Kunming and Shanghai.
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Burma
India
CBI
Ahmed Ansari
Pakistan
Omaha
Bombay
Calcutta
Kunming
Shanghai
Iowa Democrats Seek Advantage Over GOP Homestaters
Delegates from Iowa at the national convention push to outdo Republicans in influence and conduct. They streamline sessions, cut speeches, and expect on time starts, with cornfield humor and camera scrutiny shaping daily routines and coverage.
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Iowa
Chicago
IDPA
Demos
Dever
Eight County Delegates At GOP meeting
Muscatine county Young Republicans joined the state convention in Des Moines where nearly 400 delegates elected Alec MacKenzie Cedar Rapids as state president and Mrs. Joyce Fisher Davenport as national committeewoman by a 302 to 7 vote. Keith Richardson Jefferson won national committeeman 206 to 171 over John Rehmann Des Moines.
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Young Republicans
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Iowa Young Republicans
Des Moines
Keith Richardson
Joyce Fisher
Davenport
Alec Mackenzie
Cedar Rapids
Helen Thompson
Ottumwa
Muscatine County
MacKensie
Fisher
National
Barbara Sherbo Sparks
Osceola
Richardson
John K. Rehmann
Robert Tyson
Shenandoah
Sharon Milner
Iowa
Little Hoover” Commission
Helen Fugate
Muscatine
David Stanley
SUI
William Alexander
Oklahoma City
Okla
Muscatine County To Attend the Convention, In Addition To Mrs. Fugate
Woodburn
Bud” Carver
Bob Pape
John Stevens
Lola Howe
R. D. Hugill
Dick Hines
Musecatine
Wesley
Bill” Rabedeaux
Wilton
Methodist Evangelism Board to Elect 12 Members in Chicago
The General Board of Evangelism will meet August 1 in Chicago to elect 12 members at large and organize for the 1952 56 quadrennium. Dr Claude W Cooper and Bishop W Angie Smith lead a list of clergy and lay leaders as meetings set budgets and campaign plans. The Nashville based board includes six bishops among its ranks and oversees nationwide evangelistic work.
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Methodist Church
General Board of Evangelism
Claude W. Cooper
First Methodist Church of
Chicago
Methodist Council of Bishops
San Francisco
Evangelism Board
W. Earl Ledden
Syracuse
N. Y
Roy H. Short
Nashville
H. Clifford Northcott
Madison
Wis
Glenn R. Phillips
Denver
Col
William C. Martin
Dallas
Tex
John W. E. Bowen
Atlanta
National Conference of Methodist Youth
Harry Denman
Local Residents Present Gifts To Muscatine Park
Muscatine residents donate two improvements to Weed park. L C Henry of 805 Culver Street gives water lilies for the west end of the upper lagoon, with blooms in red pink yellow and white. Mrs Etta McAllister of 999 Lucas Street donates a large 24 compartment martin house to be placed near the playground, installation delayed until a suitable pole is found.
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Weed Park
Park Commission
Muscatine
L. C. Henry
Culver Street
Park Board
Martin
Etta McAllister
Lucas Street
Rock Island Man Fined for Careless Driving in Morning Court
Charlies Ronald Beckman of Rock Island paid a 25 dollar fine plus costs after a careless driving charge, court before Police Judge Nathan Hoefflin. He was arrested by Muscatine police at 1 a.m. in the 200 block of Mulberry avenue. Two other drivers, Mark Conway and John Kurland, were fined 5 dollars and costs each on speeding charges. Richard Massey, route 4, was booked Thursday night on a speeding charge and released on 15 dollar bond with a hearing set for 8:36 a.m. Tuesday.
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Charlies
Ronald Beckman
Rock Island
Nathan Hoefflin
Beckman
Muscatine
Mulberry Avenue
Hoefflin
Mark Conway
Sycamore Street
West Front Street
John Kurland
East Fifth Street
Richard Massey
Route 4
Harlan Jack Rites Set Saturday in West Liberty
Funeral services for Harlan Jack who died at Mercy hospital in Iowa City will be held at 3 30 p m Saturday at the Snider Funeral Home in West Liberty The Rev G L Hufstader pastor of the West Liberty Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be in Oakridge cemetery
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West Liberty
Harlan Jack
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Snider
G. L. Hufstader
West Liberty Methodist Church
Oakridge Cemetery
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