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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1961
Page
2
Summer session opens for six weeks as 300 middle school and 720 high school students join. The program aims to raise learning levels and offers scholarships funded by the Pilot club and other service groups.
The Coast Guard cutter Lantana, which sells channel markers on the Mississippi River, moved upstream through Lock No 16 at Muscatine this morning, according to Jock attendants.
Joseph Gare an apprentice Davenport barber sues for 100000 damages in Muscatine district court over a January 15 1961 crash on highway 6 near the Cedar River bridge. He alleges head fracture multiple broken bones leg and nerve damage loss of his car and permanent disability. He names Burns and Comer among defendants and cites negligent driving and collision with parked cars on the south shoulder. Comer previously filed a damage suit over the same accident.
Police filed a charge of failure to keep vehicle under control after a 3:50 p.m. collision on Pine Street near West Eighth. Floyd Merle Law, 40, of 412 Pine Street, posted $23 for an appearance. His car turned into Pine striking Bernelle Hinrichsen's parked vehicle at 304 West Eighth, causing about 30 dollars damage to each car. Law’s left front was damaged in the impact.
Firefighters were called to the Ronald Skubal home at 201 Pond Street one day after a blaze was reported. Smoke issued from a wooden barn at the rear of the lot where baled straw and other materials burned or were damaged.
YMCA Muscaline urges parents to enroll sons early for camp sessions starting June 1 and July 2. Applications for the second and later sessions are now being taken, with day camp at Rotary Lodge and activities including boating archery fishing and crafts. Boys meet at the AC at 9 a.m. with lunch and ride bus to the lodge. swimming occurs at the lodge pool.
Morgan dunes, a graduate student at Iowa University in Iowa City, will trumpet a solo in Willow Echoes. The University commencement band will perform outdoors at 7:20 p.m. on the east lawn of Old Capitol as part of commencement activities.
Howard L. Melton pleaded guilty in Muscatine district court to passing a check with no account at a bank. He was sentenced to a county jail term and paroled to M. L. Thompson in the county probation office with costs of 18.04 dollars. The case involved a $40 check written for cash at a service station last Oct 1.
The state highway commission set up a weighing station on East Mississippi drive and began a crackdown on illegal truck operations. By noon, numerous drivers faced fines for overweight loads, missing licenses, and lack of reciprocity stickers, with penalties from small fines to suspended portions tied to corrected registrations. Names and charges include Earl Hanson, Charles Bull, William Blagrave, Gerald Douglas, Lar Sharp, Charles Pike, George Peterson, C. O. Kindelsperger, Ralph Parrish, John Wedekind, Arnold Pilketown, Walis Pruisman, Ralph Byers, Donald Wideman, Leonard De Vaull, William McAtte, Russell Strick, Eugene Rock, and others.
Northwestern Bell announces direct distance dialing will reach most U S and Canada numbers by spring 1962. Muscatine manager Harald Peters says the system makes long distance calls nearly local, with new equipment installations to extend reach from Davenport. Dialing will become self-service with guidance on correct numbers and error handling.
Persistent heat and humidity grip the region with highs near 89 degrees and overnight lows around 65. Scattered storms are expected through Wednesday as heavy rains bring localized rainfall totals and a windstorm damages tents at a Seventh Day Adventist camp near Nevada with no injuries reported.
The Muscatine Public Health Nursing Association board of directors will meet Thursday at City Hall at 2:80 p.m. The Muscatine United Fund board meeting scheduled for Thursday noon at Hotel Muscatine has been postponed to Thursday noon June 15 at Hotel Muscatine.
Bruce Sturdevant won best speaker. Pollett named best critic. Richard Parvish and Ralph Cullen chosen for heat topic talks. William Spieth delivered the educational talk on Parliamentary Fundamentals. Harvey Allee Jr and Max Churchill presented prepared speeches. Critics included Dale Nederhoff and Ralph Jackson.
Police reports from Muscatine indicate three separate incidents where missiles hit residential windows. Mrs. Mattie Pyoffitt on 2017 Br an avenue reported a rear window broken. M. fb. Thompson of 612 West Second Street said a brick was thrown through a window. Clarence Strang of 1126 Orange Street reported another window damage at his home.
Instructors headed by Nancy Cook have been selected for the Learn to Swim school sponsored by the Muscatine county chapter of the American Red Cross running June 12 to July 10. Instructors include Elino Hollenbeck Doug Fellan Sandra Smit Diane Sweitzer Judy Askam Nancy Baits Carol Newberry Dick Sellers Judy Peters Virginia Holtz Marilyn Moore Mary Gryver and Sherri Hindshi. Attendants are Barbara Havemann and Tom Shield. Children must enroll at the chapter office at the locality hall at once. Ages seven and up are eligible. Junior life saving classes will run daily from 5 am during the first two weeks and senior life saving at County daily the last two weeks June 25 to July 10.
P. M. Musser Public Library added 53 adult and 117 juvenile books in May raising totals as Opal Tanner announced. Staff mended 2000 books, registered 64 new borrowers, and dropped 478. Total registration reached 9,902. Circulation hit 45,800, down 198 from May 1960, daily ranges 206 to 71, average 355. Adult nonfiction made up 56 percent of circulation.
Larry J. Miller, son of Mrs Harriet Miller, now stationed with the Army in Hana Germany with the Sixth Quartermaster Group. He joined the Army last November after Muscatine High School and junior college. New address is Pvt Larry Miller RA 481343 Sixth Quartermaster Group (HED) APO 165 New York NY. Buffalo port serves Scandinavian ports and ships carry grain to warehouses in the harbor each winter.
Members of the Iowa Highway Commission from District No. 3 headquarters Fairfield worked in Mancatine county area today renewing white center lines on primary highways and yellow no passing zones. Red brick-sized blocks are laid along the freshly painted lines, dried about an hour after spray truck application and then removed. Signs request motorists to avoid driving over painted areas. the annual painting is routine.
Doctors at the State University of Iowa college of medicine warn campers to watch for unusually behaving animals as rabies cases rise in skunks. The latest case involves Jack Beranele of Davenport and his nephew Steven Koch of Wilton, who were bitten at a camp southeast of Tipton and treated at University hospitals. Rabies in skunks has been reported in Olin, Tipton, Bennett and Wilton auction areas.
Poug Randlemay, Kiwanis committee chair, outlined plans for the Kiwanis Midwest Square Dance Festival set for June 17 and 18. Open air dances will be on Fourth Street between Walnut and Mulberry, 8 to 11:30 p.m., with dancers from eight states and nationally known callers anticipated to attend. If rain, events move to the National Guard armory. over 1,100 dancers expected. Watchers welcome.
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