Garden Clubs to Hold District Event in Durant
Durant Iowa June 11 event hosted by Durant Garden Club and Tri County Garden Club. Morning session for members features business meeting and remarks by Mrs Walter Otto Des Moines state president. Bird habits talk by Mrs I Hurlbut Muscatine president. Luncheon at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church basement at 12 15. Reservations by June 7 with Mrs Alma Schiele Durant.
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Durant
Federated Garden Clubs of
Iowa
Durant High School
Durant Garden Club
Tri- County Garden Club
Walter
Otto
Des Moines
State Garden Clubs
I. Hurlbut
Muscatine Garden
Deeds Recorded and Floral Show at Muscatine District
Deeds recorded show William E and Jocelyn De Lea Liebbe transferring Lot 3 in Sawyer's Addition to Muscatine to Lee L Maurath and Rosemary Maurath. Harry J and Elsie EK Schweitzer convey Lots 25 26 21 28 in Park Place Addition to June J Wickert. Cost noted as $1.25 per plate. Public meeting reconvenes 1:30 p.m. in the gym, then open to public. Mrs John Kestel of Waterloo to speak on Happiness is Color with Flowers. She authored a book on flower arrangements, served on the state board, and her pictures appeared in National Council magazines and calendars. Public invited to visit District Standard Flower Show 3:00–4:30 p.m. in the gym. theme Melody of Beauty with Hops.
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William E
Jocelyn de- Lea Liebbe
Lee L. Maurath
Rosemary Maurath
Sawyer
City of Muscatine
Harry J
Elsie EK. Schweitzer
June J. Wickert
Park Place
John Kestel
Waterloo
Kestel
National Council
500 New Books Donated to Tornado Areas Schools
The State Education Association Library Service donated 500 new books valued at about $2,000 to Charles City Oelwein and Maynard schools hit by the recent tornadoes. The collection spans fiction and non fiction titles typically sold to schools across the state.
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Des Moines
Town State Education Association Library Service
Charles City
Oelwein
Maynard
Alumni Banquet Highlighted by Class Histories
Morning Sun high school hosted an alumni banquet with 20 attendees. Rev Robb opened the event, Cecil Bryant presided, and Dallas Johnston served as toastmaster. Gene Hamilton and Ella May McDonald presented histories of the 25 and 50 year classes, with Wayne Dalley and Fern Croson Mason sharing remarks. new officers were elected. The Mount Pleasant Sweet Adelines performed.
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Morning Sun
Morning Sun High School
Robb
Cecil Bryant
Alpha Naylor
Bryant
Jamie Griffith
Dallas Johnston
Gene Hamilton
Ella May McDonald
Wayne Dalley
Fern Croson Mason
New London
Sweet Adelines
Mount Pleasant
James Robertson
Pat Johnson
Conesville Grace Church collects for missions and aid
Conesville Grace United Church of Christ raised funds with three offerings during Sunday services. Thirty dollars supported Barbara Crieger preparing to aid Zapotec Indians in Mexico, forty eight dollars aided tornado-stricken communities in Iowa, and a special collection funded Dorothy Christianson’s Tibetan mission work in Kalimpong India.
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Conesville
Kalimpong
West Bengal
India
Lyle Coleberg
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Conesville Methodist Church
Russell Hart
Excelsior Springs
Cool Weather Slows Corn Growth in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports Iowa corn growth remained slow due to cool weather while rains aided development. 88 percent of corn had emerged, 4 percent of normal, matching last year. Soybean planting advanced to 92 percent complete, ahead of normal, with northwest and southwest Iowa nearing completion and adequate soil moisture widespread.
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DES. Moines
Towa
High School Alumni Banquet at Grand View School
Sunday and holiday weekend events are listed with many named guests including Mr and Mrs Robert Armstrong Davenport Mrs Iva Jarrard Lone Tree and Mrs Harley Williams Letts. A large group shared dinners and suppers at homes of Mrs Elsie Babbitt and Mrs Maxine Carney with relatives from Cedar Rapids Muscatine West Liberty Columbus Junction Long Beach Keokuk Davenport Davenport Muscatine and Lake Mills.
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Alden Maxwell
Lillian Vale
Cantril
Art Zimmerman
Coralville
Vern Chaplin
Bloomfield
Lloyd Jamison
Ronald Stewart
Lorie
Cragg
Geraldine
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Oliver Stewart
Donnie
Hugh Goldsmith
del Ray Beach
Fla
Elizabeth Brehme
Wilbur Brehme
Arlington
Iowa
Vern Halverson
Springfield
William Gray
Brendan
Bettendorf
James Bennett
Nancy Jo
Jeffrey
Davenport
Roberts, Gray
Robert Gray, Jr
Columbus Junction
Charles Shellalbarger
Grandview
Grandview School
Robert Armstrong
Iva Jarrard
Lone Tree
Harley Williams
Letts
George F. Westaway
Crete Heither
Lemoine Heither
West Liberty
Iola Heither
Mae McCullough
Muscatine
George Foor
Long Beach
Calif
Pearl Kennedy
Shirley McCullough
Clarence Schneckloth
Meta Mae
Louis Johnson
Elsie Babbitt
Walter Fromer
Musca
Roy Carney
Lake Mills
Charles Woodruff
Keokuk
Jack Marshall
Maxine Carney
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Robert B. Nash
Hatlo
Conesville News
Am Rite
Chuck
BOC
Gromts
Dacron
Pennleigh
Peg
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
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