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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1966
Page
2
Mrs Alice Monncke, cantor, holds her tri color ribbon as she and Mrs E Taylor, JeH, president of the Muscatine Garden Club, and Mrs L N Hockett of Marshall Town, chairman of The Judges, discuss the display.
Muscatine Garden Club held its annual flower show Friday June 3 at the American Legion home with Mrs. Albert Meineke of Durant winning the tri color ribbon for an arrangement titled Space Walk. Mrs. Charles Gauler took sweepstakes and received the award of merit. Special creativity went to Mrs. Alice Meineke for Easter Parade and invitational class honors went to several ladies. blue ribbons were awarded in the horticulture division to Mrs. M. Eichelberger among others.
Social Glances notes the Sunshine club meeting June 7 at Union hall with a potluck and prizes. The Hawkeye Hoppers host a dance tonight at the YWCA with Wiley Hutchinson from 8 to 11 p.m. Jaycettes meet June 6 at 8 at Mrs. Phyl lis Garrett's home. Farm Bureau meets June 7 at Wilton city hall. Lady Eagle Auxiliary initiates June 5 with noon potluck and officer installation. Plus a long list of iris and flower sales or exchanges from local residents.
HONOLULU Hawaii Technical Sergeant Donald D Williams son of Mr and Mrs Ray E B Diercks of 408 Mann St Muscatine has been awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal at Hickam AFB Hawaii for meritorious service as a communications technician. He attended Muscatine High School and is a Korean War veteran. His wife Shirley is the daughter of Mrs Gladys Deweese of B Sylvan Road Asheville NC.
Cherryt Hurlbut of Muscatine High School earns a $100 Luther College Honor Scholarship based on her scholarship record. The award renews yearly with a B average. She will attend Luther College Decorah Iowa this fall. Included are list of blue ribbons in artistic division and junior division winners.
Tickets for the Quad-City Music Guild summer opener 110 in the Shade went on sale Friday at four downtown outlets. Co chairs Mr and Mrs Herbert Benoy report good reserved seating and $2 general tickets. The four night run June 23-28 at Prospect Park auditorium in Moline will use a new shuttle system from Turnstyle Family Center to ease parking and access.
Forty five Hayes High School seniors received diplomas at Friday evening exercises. Guest speaker Congressman John R. Schmidhauser outlined proposed uses for revenues from Western oil shale deposits to fund education, natural resource conservation, and debt reduction. Father F J Lenoch presented diplomas. Father Carl Clems awarded them. freshman chorus performed.
Zion Lutheran Church hosts Bible School from June 6 to 17 with Jennifer Maas as superintendent and J C Woodhouse as program coordinator. Linda Wickers and others assist as teachers include Nursery Janet Rada Kindergarten Mrs John Evans First Grade Mrs Kenneth Jorgenson Second Grade Mrs Noahs Third Grade Mrs Kenneth Smith Fourth Grade Mrs Ronald Linn Fifth Grade Mr Leonard Thompson Sixth Grade Mrs Art Miller Seventh and Eighth Grades Mrs Robert Herwig Transportation chairman is Roy Gjertson. Opening devotions by Pastor and Mrs Engel. Closing program June 17 at 9 40 am. parents invited.
The Associated Press reports light to moderate showers moved west to east across Iowa, fading by noon and expected to redevelop later. Temperatures were mild with highs in the upper 70s to 85, rainfall peak around .82 inch in Sioux City, and lows in the 60s after dusk. Sunday looks partly cloudy with highs in the 70s to 80s and near normal temperatures expected for Monday.
A long hospital roster lists admissions and dismissals at various addresses for Mrs and Mr patients including Harold Vischer Arthur Cooley Albert Bell William Candy Mary Prichard Leroy Burk and others. Birth reported a girl to Arnold Lee at 2207 Isett. George Fabrizius is at University hospital Iowa City room C-23 and Leonard Thompson transferred to Veterans Hospital. A separate volunteers list names 5 to 11 June with numerous local residents assisting Muscatine General Hospital.
Two youths from West Liberty were arrested in Muscatine just after 1 a.m. when officers found beer in the car they rode in. Michael E. Howard, 18, faced a possession of beer by a minor charge and $50 in fines. Eckert Jr., 17, also charged with beer possession, plus a curfew violation and parole violation from Eldora training school. He was released to his parents and referred to his probation officer.
Randy Daut son of Mrs Anna Daut 931 Newell receives a club scholarship to a Southeast Asian Problems workshop in Boone Iowa June 19 26 He won debate honors at Muscatine High School class of 1985 and three club donations to Radio Free Europe UNESCO art preservation at Aswan Dam Egypt and the Museum of Americana at Ellis Island Also Barbara D Jones receives degree and is among Marquette University’s 196 record breaking class of 1472 candidates for a B A Liberal Arts at Milwaukee commencement June 5
Mr and Mrs Raymond Stecher Durant announce their son Albert R Stecher has a new Army address after basic training Pvt Albert R Stecher US g5ag93ds A E 2 BCT Fort Leonard Wood Missouri 65437
Muscatine students earned B A degrees at State College of Town Cedar Falls Friday evening 58 candidates received diplomas. Mary Lynne Diercks earned Lower Elementary Education and Miss Diercks won the Purple and Old Gold award for meritorious scholarship. Marian Lee Harbaugh earned Physical Education and Karen Jean Heigler Lower Elementary Education while others including Susan Dana Smith Sally Bee Taylor and Leland Burl Roudybush also received B A degrees in various education fields.
The Muscatine Civic Art Guild will hold a regular business meeting at the Cherry Street Art Center on Tuesday June 7 at 7 p.m. William England will present a program showcasing member paintings for an exhibition at Batterson's store. All members are requested to attend. program starts at 7 30.
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