Pledge Report Boosts YMCA Building Drive Progress
The Pattern Gifts Division volunteers reported $84,500 pledged toward the YMCA Building Fund, from 27 calls at Hotel Muscatine. Co chairs George Shepley and Jack Rigler noted delays due to businesses consulting offices, and hoped to reach the $350,000 target as the general drive begins June 13 with a final Special Gifts Division report on June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Pattern Gifts
Hotel Muscatine
George Shepley
Jack Rigler
Pattern Gifts Division
Muscatine
Shepley
Rigler
Lore
City Board of Review Extends Sessions in Muscatine
The Muscatine three member board of review will continue sessions in June to handle petitions from objectors to the recent commercial and industrial revaluations. The deadline for petitions was May 20 and no further objections will be accepted. The J M Cleminshaw Co will soon begin residential revaluations and an announcement will be made when inspectors start calling on homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Muscatine
State Tax Commission
Robert Birkhofer
J. M. Cleminshaw Co
Cleminshaw
ACT
Muscatine Community College
Community College
ACT Center
Iowa City
American College
Last Month For Signing Tax Credits In Muscatine
City property owners must file for homestead and military service tax credits by July 1 1967. City Assessor Robert Birkhofer notes the deadline falls on a Friday. First time homestead claimants need a deed or contract showing at least a 10 percent down payment. Veterans with military service as recent as the Korean conflict qualify for the military service credit on property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Muscatine
Robert Birkhofer
McPike Named to Iowa Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary
McPike J Donald son of Dr and Mrs J D McPike Muscatine joined 19 other University of Iowa College of Medicine students as initiates in the Iowa chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha the national honorary medical society High scholastic achievement earns selection and Dr Phil Anderson University of Missouri dermatology assistant professor spoke at the initiation banquet in Muscatine Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Donald McPike
J. D. McPike
Muscatine
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa
Alpha Omega Alpha
AOA
Honorary
McPike
College of Medicine
Phil. Anderson
University of Missouri
Subscription rates and delivery terms for Siyaca area
Rates list daily and mail delivery options. City of Siyaca and Muscatine regions shown with prices per month or year. Special delivery notes, payment in advance, and contact number included.
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Lelverea
Cartier
City of Siyaca- One
Careler
Muscatine
Davurday
New Address For Pvt. Meyer
A new address is received for Richard H. Meyer son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Meyer of Rt. 3 He is in Army basic training Pvt Richard H Meyer US 55880382 Company A L 2 3rd Platoon Ft Leonard Wood Mo.
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Richard H. Meyer
Alfred Meyer
Rt. 3
Pvt
Ft. Leonard Wood
United Fund Budget Study Prepared for Muscatine Board
The United Fund of Muscatine is presenting a budget digest. The budget and admissions committee completed analysis from May 12 and will review a summary report with the board on June 9.
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United Fund of Muscatine
Hare
Capt
United Fund
Max Churchill
Lester Coulter
Edwin Chamberlain
George Dunker
Otis Joiner
Charles Lewis
Drive
Chester Hank
Margaret Griffith
Robert Hammer
Park Pool to Open Friday at Weed Park
The Weed park pool will open Friday at 1 p.m. and operate daily with hours from 1 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m. except Sunday 1 to 9 p.m. Minor pipe repairs won’t affect swimming. United Fund Muscatine funds 17 agencies for operating expenses while capital projects await separate allotments.
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Park Pool
Weed Park
George Oveson
The
United Fund
Aldermen Hear Planting of Trees Proposal in Muscatine
Muscatine aldermen heard a Jaycees plan to beautify the city with tree planting. Merle Strouse and Alder man Gerald Powell presented, noting current curbside planting bans and the parking strip definitions. The program would remove diseased trees, replace them with new ones, and use a private firm for stump removal at about 68 to 70 dollars, with city serving as clearing house and utility line burial where feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Merle Strouse
Muscatine Jaycees
Gerald Powell
Strouse
Jaycees
Powell
Council to Open Disposal Plant Bids at June Meeting
City council to open bids for an addition to the municipal sewage disposal plant to serve the Wolverine tannery by mid March. Aldermen will decide the extent of the 1968 permanent paying program and review public hearing outcomes on street special assessments. Bids set for June 23 with 5 PM bid opening and 7:30 PM council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverine
Wier Street
Mulberry Avenna
Geneva Drive
Evelyn Schauland
William McElwee
Bond Street
Cedar Street
Fulham
Houser
Hershey
Main Street
Charles
Muscatine High School Diplomas Awarded at Commencement
Muscatine High School awarded diplomas to 278 members of the 1966 graduating class at Tuesday evening exercises. Principal Fred G. Messenger presented the class. board members John Barger William L. Fahy Richard Maeglin and Robert T. Walter handed diplomas. Valedictorians Janine Kay Wedekind and Mary Ann Stein gave the addresses. salutatories by Avice Louise Feshelt and Michael Jan McRoberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Fred G. Messenger
Muscatine Community School District
First Seniors Graduated Here in 1866 at Muscatine High
The article notes 100 years since Muscatine High School’s first class graduated in 1866. Seven graduates are named: Frank R. Lewis, Jennie S Sinnett, C Edward Stewart, Rebecca J Myers, Anna M Robbins, Lillie E Morrison, and Mary L Humphreys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Frank R. Lewis
Jennie S. Sinnett
C. Edward Stewart
Rebecca J. Myers
Anna M. Robbins
Lillie E. Morrison
Mary L. Humphreys
Death of City Postmaster Prompts Temporary Appointee
Assistant postmaster John Barger notified the regional postal department in St. Louis Tuesday evening after the death of Muscatine postmaster John H. Heddriks. The regional office will appoint a temporary postmaster until a permanent successor is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barger
St. Louis
Muscatine
John H. Hetdriks
Barger
1965 U S cattle population falls sharply to 16 million
In 1965 the nations cow population declined by 5.6 percent to 16,000,000 animals, marking the largest drop in six years.
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City Board of Review
Nancy Paul
Muscatine High
Samuel Slick
National Association of
Enrique Ferreira
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Incor
3Rd St
Jawa
Muscastine
Associated Prest
Focal
Yan Ey
Pierre Brice
Goliaty Vampires Apts
Gordon Scott
Coescore Ama
ST Sale Int
Pvt. Meyer
United Fund Group At Work
John D. Spicer
Salvation Army
Mary Harvey
Focal United Fund
United Fund Group
United Fund. of
Musca
Uptown
East Second St
MHS
Kathy Bender
Joyce Allan Collins
Michael Lange
Linde Cohn
Alynne Lord
Charles E. Kreeb
Sherman D. Hunter
E. B. Meyer
Woolworth’s
Bex
Colgate
Ponds
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Reeve
Woolworth's
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