Toastmasters Held Meeting in Muscatine
David Horney won the prepared speaker award for Rags to Riches at the Muscatine Toastmasters meeting Monday evening. Jol Talbot was named best topic speaker. other speakers included Richard Parish, Roger Johnson, Ralph Cullen, Larry Douglas, and more. Lin Kaas and Roger Johnson served as critics. Ralph Cullen presided on Public relations with Gil Diez as toastmaster.
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David Horney
Muscatine
Paul Sweitzer
Jol ‘Talbot
Buseful
Richard Parish
Jim [Aas
Charles Young
Ralph Cullen
Larry Douglas
Roger Johnson
Lin Kaas
Ana Wine
William Spieth
Gil Dieiz
Tom Denis
Dale Necler
John Talbot
Towboats Move Upstream As District Reports Week
Army Corps of Engineers records show 178 845 tons moved upstream in the week ending Monday along the Mississippi. Lock 16 at Rock Island logged 02 000 tons upstream including coal and petroleum products. Downstream cargo totaled 7 840 tons with grain and fuels and other items. 42 tons moved downstream on 185 barges.
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Mississippi River
Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
News Picture Program Shown For Kiwanians
John Talbot and Vernon Brown presented a Kiwanis program on use of pictures in newspapers. Talbot explained photos place readers in scenes and acquaint them with newsworthy individuals. Brown covered technical aspects and color reproduction. A film from Associated Press titled Frontiers of News was shown and a courtesy testimonial awarded. Local weather and rainfall data followed.
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John Talbot
Vernon Brown
Muscatine
Kiwaniseluh
Talbot
Frontiers of News
Associated Press
Mandalion
Journal Day
Waterloo
Lamon
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Weather outlook brings cautious relief for Iowa heat
The weatherman predicts relief from hot and humid conditions across southeastern Iowa with shifting winds and possible thunderstorms. Cooler temperatures are anticipated midweek with lows in the 50s and highs near 70s, though readings reached around 90 in recent days as Muscatine reports varied conditions.
City expands water supply to meet peak demands
City officials move to boost supply with new Sampson street well adding about 1.5 million gallons daily. Two Hershey avenue wells and Maple Grove field supplement capacity as tomato processing season increases demand. Storage holds about 6.5 million gallons with 1.5 million in two motel tanks and reservoirs on West and East Hills.
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Walter Russell
Wilk
H., J. Heinz Co
Muscatine
Sampson 'Street
Watenain
Maple Grove Avenue
Simpson Street
Hershey Avenue
Maple Grove
West Hill
East Hill
Chlorination Equipment Installed at Sampson Street Well Field
Dick Cracker of Muscatine’s municipal electrical department completes chlorine installation at the new Sampson street city well field. He moves a 250 pound cylinder of chlorine into the housing building for the chlorination gear to augment the city water supply this summer.
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Muscatine
Benner Store Trip To Bermuda For 90 Staff and Wives
A parate plane chartered by Benner Tea Co. will leave Peoria on Sunday morning August 9 for Bermuda. Ninety employees and their wives will take part in an eight‑day all‑expense tour deemed the culmination of a weeklong sales contest. The Benner store from the Muscatine area and several managers are named among attendees.
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Benner Tee Co
Peora
Ill
Disaster site marks entombment in Jura limestone mine
Cross marks the Mt River site near Champagnole as 14 men are entombed in a nine level limestone mine in the Jura Mountains of eastern France. AP Photofax reports the incident and location details.
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Champagnole
Jura
France
Pushing 16 Barges Up the Mississippi Tow in Motion
A large tow shows the 16 barges pushed by the towboat W. S. Rhea of Mississippi Barge Line Co. as it travels upstream past Muscatine. The convoy carries eight loaded barges with coal phosphate molasses and other goods and eight empties on the St. Louis to St. Paul run. The Rhea is one of two towboats regularly used on the route.
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Muscatine
W. S. Rhea
Mississippi Barge Line Co
St. Louis
St. Paul
Courthouse Lawn Loses Four Elms
A plant disease hits Muscatine area elms, including courthouse lawn trees. A tree service removed four ill trees as infection remains prevalent and reports describe the ongoing threat to local elm populations.
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Muscatine
Moon Observation Window Noted for August Eighteenth
The article hints at optimal moon watching times between August eighteenth. It mentions viewers should look skyward during this window, but the text is fragmented. Further details on specifics or locations are unclear.
Chamber Fish Fry Slated by Muscatine Chamber
The Muscatine Chamber of Commerce plans its annual Fish Fry for Wednesday August 3 at the Box Car Ranch. Reservations are being accepted at the chamber office. Event includes Chamber members and guests, plus Jaycee members and guests. T Eddie Hank and assistants will prepare the meal with serving starting at 12 45 p.m. Harold Maurer chairs the committee. other members include Max Churchill Wendell Day Harold Peters and Richard Shultz. A meteor shower named Perseids is forecast to begin August 11 at 4 p.m. with about 50 meteors per hour and several days of activity. Venus and Mars are visible in the early morning sky. Jupiter rises around midnight and Saturn around sunset each evening.
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Sun Mart
Park Avenue
Park Avenue Jet
Mulberry
Grandlylaw Avenue
South Muscatine
Fearnese A
Bear
Grandview Avenue
Park ‘Avenue
Sally Hoopes
Sno Mart
The
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jaycee
Tddie Hank
Harold Maurer
Max Churchill
Wendell Day
Harold Peters
Richard Shultz
1 Perseus
Venus
Mary
Jupiter
Saturn
Transferred Kenneth Stromer to Mercy Hospital Davenport
Kenneth Stromer of 225 Didaway has been moved from Masgazine General Hospital to Mercy Hospital in Davenport. His room number is 236.
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Kenneth Stromer
Didaway
Mas ‘Gazine General Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Raimiber
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H. J. Heinz Go
Heinz Plant
Jow Leu
Corps of Engineers
Ilinois
Sun Marts
United States
Word Health Organization
Iowa
Corydon
Weather Bureau
Dawklown
Muscaline
Win Benner
Bermuda
Benner
Gordon Schroeder
Vernon Franklin
B. M. Kirkpatrick
Bhain
Mississippi
East Second Street
P. E. Shinkle
Toledo, Ohio
Hilltop Drive-In
OK Corral
AB Hunter
Frankie Avaldh
Vincent
Pete Lorre
Walt Disney
Thomasina
Mm i
Hampshire
Buena Vista
U.S
American Motors Corporation
Sackatore
Krieger Rambler
West Mississippi Drive
Vitel
Broadway
Rudy Vange
CBS
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