Postal Achievements In Decentralization And Service
The post office highlights decentralization under Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, expanding field authority and closer contact with postmasters. It notes improved employee benefits and service, citing regional gains since 1953, including rural routes, city deliveries, and station expansions, with reduced Washington concentration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masestine
Postal Service
Amd
Sealer Ses
Arthur E. Summerfield
Seo
Post Office
Washington
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Vhce
Post Office Department
Nations listed amid historic world regions and empires
A compact note identifies Spain yore and other nations including Australia Germany England Russia Canada along with Austria Norway Italy and the United States as part of a historical survey of regions and powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Australia
Germany
England
Russia
Canada
Austria
Italy
United States
Centennial Benefit Show Promises Local Amateur Talent
Local Amateur Program supports the Centennial Fund with a charity concert featuring the Letts Federated club quintette and performers including Mesdames John Rex Theodore Small Orval McCormac Jack Estle Max Schomberg Janet Blake Emma Lou Wiele Carol Peterson Julia Blake and others. The program lists musical numbers, tap dances, pantomimes and an acrobatic display with Mrs Crist accompanist and Dwight Cocklin Ronald Foster among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts Federated Club Quintette
Mesdames
John Rex
Theodore Small
Orval McCormac
Jack Estle
Max Schomberg
Mrs. Crist
Janet Blake
LaMoyne Dillavoo
Dwight Cocklin
Ronald Foster
Emma Lou Wiele
Carol Peterson
Julia Blake
Police Officers To Take Part in Revolver Tourney
Four Muscatine police officers left for Camp Dodge to compete in the eighth annual revolver tournament of the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police and Peace Officers. Capt. Clifford Bennett and Patrolmen Wayne McDaniel Don McDaniel and William Brendel will represent Muscatine in a four man team alongside officers from Des Moines and the Iowa Highway Patrol. Teams will stay in Camp Dodge barracks and the Muscatine group plans to return Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Camp Dodge
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police and Peace Officers
Clifford Bennett
Wayne McDaniel
Don McDaniel
William Brendel
Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ito
Timely Wedding Gifts and Timeless Gratitude
If you delay a wedding gift after the ceremony apologize briefly and note the next occasion will be easier. Acknowledge the gift is welcome and appreciated but emphasize the thrill of the bride receiving first gifts.
Wilton Church Services Parish Schedule July 31
Wilton churches list Sunday services with pastors for Methodist Presbyterian Evangelical and Reformed Trinity Grace St Marys Zion Lutheran Sugar Creek Peace and Youth groups. Worship times include 8:30 to 12 noon and Sunday schools at 9:15 to 10:45. No August services for some. Confessions and picnics noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dodder
Hugh P. Roberts
A. H. Bauch
Trinity
Grace
Grace Church
Kenneth Kuehl
St. Mary’s
Edward J. O’hair
Zion Lutheran
P. W. Happel
Sugar Creek
Caleb Larson
Peace Evangelical United Brethren
Carl Orr
Young Peoples Meeting
Mrs Nolte Attends Niece Wedding in Wilmington
Des Moines notes Phyllis Mead of New York on a one week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs E W Mead. Several visitors and guests attend gatherings, picnics, and dinners around Des Moines including Purity Matrons Club outing to Wild Cat Den State Park and a shower for Mrs Robert Grunder at the City Park Shelter House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Phyllis Mead
New York
E. W. Mead
Roger Derkson
John Luethye
Mercy Hospital
Iowa ‘City
Gay Mead
Rockents
Illiam Seiler
Muscatine
Ternal
Gus Nopoulos
W. W. Murren
Bridge Club
West Sttch Street
J. E. Walton
Herschel Flater
Edward Moylan
Purity Past Matrons Club
Wild Cat den State Park
Charles Hermann
Leo Maurer
Larry
Wisconsin Dells
Spirit Lake
William Hartman
Austin, Minn
Rowena Gill
Louis Marolf
Clarence Walther
Mt. Union
Vison
Clara
Ith
Country Club
Robert Grunder
Mar
Unions Plan Meeting on Disabled Children Programs
Unions will gather at the American Legion hall in Muscatine on Thursday at 7 30 p m to outline plans for services to crippled children. The CIO Iowa Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Iowa Society for Children and Adults sponsor the statewide program aimed at supporting disabled Iowans and distributing salvaged corn proceeds to the society. Vernon Dale and Gerald L Byers organize local arrangements for Cedar Louisa Muscatine and Scott counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Muscatine
Iowa Caraetee Crane ci
CIO
Iowa
Age Fedae Itea Ee . Wf L
Iowa Society For Children
Wick Tes & Diel Ceaeredie
Society
Cedar
Louisa
Scott Counties
Vernon Dale
Gerald L. Byers
A. F of L
Foster Takes Lead in Letts WSCS Meet
Mrs. Belle T. Garrett reported at the Letts WSCS meeting held in the parsonage. Small improvements were noted and a vote approved contributions of 5 to the Navajo Indian Fund and 5 to the Cuban relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Belle T. Garrett
Navaho Indian Fund
Harry Gipple
John Padget
Mae Barnes
Omaha
Wesley Harry
Bennett
Sheryl
Michael Hafner
Dr. and Glade B. Chapin
Kasson, Inn
White Elephant Day draws big crowds downtown
Meerdinks reports heavy traffic with hundreds of customers enjoying excellent values. The manager says the crowd kept staff busy and wishes for everyday success. Sterneman Clothing notes a very fine reaction and promotion favorable to merchants and shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Also Mentioned on This Page
James B. Tunny
Tunny
George J. Gross
Japan
United States Army
Whitten
Centennial Fund
Whamners
Umake Friends
Wilton
Ion Johnson
Vern
Senne Iasperson
Garold Ochiltree
Fam
Wayne Ford
Wayne Ejinfeldt
Ray Andres
Carl Herr
John Black
Harley
Edna Wolrod
Ft. Dodge
Homer Ochiltree
William Jasperson
George Feltman
Chamberlain, S. D
Mr. Feltman
John Feltman
Mgr
Bartons Shop
Spurgeons
Kresges
Thomas Shoe
Cohen & Gamble
Montgomery Ward
Journal Ads
Atea
Rosa’s
Battersons
Henderson Drug Store
Glass Smart Shop
J. C. Penney
the White Elephant Day
Tion
GEO. Kranz Florist
F. W. Woolworth
Sterneman
Bowmans
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