Community honors flood volunteers from area colleges and universities
Muscatine chamber and city officials recognize hundreds of students who joined in the March April 1965 flood effort to contain the Mississippi. Honorary Muscatine citizenship certificates will go to seven colleges and one university with dozens of students noted from Marycrest Davenport Iowa Wesleyan Mount Pleasant William Penn Center Ville North Park Augustana. A bronze plaque for Parsons College Fairfield will be unveiled later at the new student union.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Community College
Parsons. College
Fairfield
Parsons
Muscatine Elk Chanters
Fairfield College
Robert Bosch
John H. Spencer
Chamber
Mississippi
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
University of Iown
Iowa City
North Park College
Chicago
Augustana College
Rock Island
Parsons College
Rural poverty called harder to fight in Iowa event
About 1000 delegates at a Des Moines meeting on the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 said rural poverty would be harder to combat than urban poverty. Speakers including C Edwin Gilmour of Grinnell College noted most poverty lies in rural counties and a community action committee must form to qualify for federal funds. Parole revocation for Lucius Lee Williams and a PhD awarded to John Oostendorp were also reported amid weather and other items.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Grinnell
Kanawha
Vinton
Pella
Grundy Center
Mason City
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Lamoni
C. Edwin Gilmour
Grinnell College
Gene Hoffman
Farmers Home Administration
Patrolman Law Assigned to Brooklyn Patrol
Thomas E Law formerly of 1810 Schiller Muscatine has completed Camp Dodge training and is assigned as a highway patrolman in Brooklyn Iowa The article notes youth flood repair work plans including a $315000 fund and 50 youth positions in Muscatine Davenport Clinton and Dubuque.
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Thomas E. Law
Schiller
Muscatine
Camp Dodge
Iowa Highway Patrol
Juan
Brooklyn
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
Nelson Boy Hurt By Car in Hershey Avenue Incident
Michael Nelson eight, son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Nelson of 1927 Hershey Avenue, was struck by an eastbound car driven by Donna Maureen Pittman twenty at Letts Rt1. He darted from the curb into the road at 7 10 p m Friday. He suffered abrasions and injuries to left leg and side and was listed in fair condition at Muscatine General Hospital.
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Michael Nelson
Woodrow Nelson
Hershey Avenue
Donna Maureen Pittman
Rt.1
Letts
Pittman
Hershey ‘Avenue
Nelson
Muscatine General Hospital
Congressman's Office Seeks Academy Applicants in Iowa
Congressman John R. Schmidhauser announced today that First District of Iowa students seeking 1966 entering classes at the Air Force Merchant Marine Military and Naval Academies must notify his office promptly. Applicants face a written exam by the United States Civil Service Commission and will be nominated on a strictly competitive basis.
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Muscatine
The
National Association of
Retired Civil Service Employees
John R. Schmidhauser
Air Force Academy
Merchant Marine Academy
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Schmidhauser
Iowa
United States Civil Service Commission
Riverbend cooks board Kent Feed boat for river trip
In Muscatine area lunch cooks joined Riverbend Food Association to ride the Kent Feed boat for a two hour Mississippi excursion replacing their monthly meeting. Journal photo caption notes the river outing involved area school meals staff.
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Cooks
Muscatine
The
Riverbend Food Association
Kent
Mississippi
Accuse Youth of Altering Age on Driver's License
Muscatine police arrested Howard Ernest Lewis a 17 year old of 917 Maiden Lane early today for altering his drivers license The state highway patrol charged him with making a false statement after Lewis displayed a license listing his birth year as 1941 while he was born in 1947 The officer cited a false statement when he applied for another license claiming the first was lost He was released on 30 bond and to appear before Justice of the Peace Marcid Hansen on June 9 one week before his 18th birthday
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Muscatine
Howard Ernest Lewis
Maiden Lane
States Highway Patrol
Lewis
D. R. Platt
Justice of the Peace
Marcid Hansen
McCleary Wade Wedding Delayed To Monday Evening
The wedding of Miss Ruth Ann Wade and Ronald Eugene Mc Cleary was moved from this morning to Monday at 7 30 p m at the Evangel United Brethren church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ann Wade
Ronald Eugene McCleary
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Evangel United Brethren Church
Dedicate Yearbook Honors Muscatine Principal and Teens
The 1965 Muscatine High School Auroran yearbook dedicates the book to Fred G. Messenger for his wide service to the community and school. Sally Smith and Joe Wathan are named representative boy and girl of the graduating class for the year, reflecting their active student careers and high grades. Smith led student council, held class offices, and participated in cheerleading, Homecoming, and NHS. Wathan engaged in 4H and FFA, and competed in extemporaneous speaking and parliamentary procedure.
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Muscatine High School
Auroran
Fred G. Messenger
Sally Smith
Joe Wathan
Messenger
Muscatine
Miss Smith and
Wathan
Miss Smith
Lee Wainscott Completes Army Cannoneer Course
Pvt. Lee M. Wainscott, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wainscott of Muscatine Iowa, completed Army cannoneer training at Fort Sill Oklahoma under the Reserve Enlistment Program. The rite covered preparation loading and firing as part of artillery training. Wainscott graduated from Seatine High School in 1952 and is listed as from Route 2 Muscatine.
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Army Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Wainscott
AHTNC
Lee M. Wainscott
Lee Wainscott Fitzers
Route 2
Muscatine
Iowa
Mus
Seatine High School
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Domincan Republic
Organization of American States
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Matthew Westvale
Lucius Lee Williams
John Oostendrop
John Oostendorp
Muscaline
River Falls
Wisconsin
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T.T.T
Arthur Howe, Jr
Colony Drive
Nelson Boy
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East Second St
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Keith Herrick
Chamber of Commerce
Hilltop Drive-In
Sam
Tony Randall
Hudson
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CAF Technicolor
Alurtmershl
Burl Ives
Tony Young
Taggart
Fluffy
Samuel
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Sia
Lee Wainscott
TEAST
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Raggedy Ann Garden Fresh Peas
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Hush Pup Dog Food
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