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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1964
Page
7
Local parishes publish a schedule of services, Bible schools, choirs, youth groups, and picnics for Blue Grass, Fleayant Prairie, and surrounding communities. Highlights include Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Brethren events, daily Vacation Bible Schools, choir rehearsals, group meetings, and a Washington Street shelter park picnic.
A compiled list outlines multiple church and group gatherings across Pleasant Prairie and nearby towns. Activities include choir rehearsals at Trinity Episcopal, clergy conference at Episkopal church center, Vacation Church School sessions, open houses at Methodist and Presbyterian churches, and a Women’s Society of Christian Service event, with times from 7:30 pm to 8:15 pm and a 2:00 pm session in New Boston.
The Muscatine YMCA announces next week’s activities including daily recreational swims from 4:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Boys in activities limited to one hour and up to 89 boys per hour. Other events include Church League softball at Weed Park on Monday and Thursday, Family Swim on Tuesday and Thursday, an Executive meeting Wednesday at noon, Mineral Study Club Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., and YMCA board meeting Friday at noon.
Frances Lowe leaves Columbus Junction for Orange California to attend her granddaughter Vicki Duncan’s graduation and visit Dean Duncan’s family. Also notes Mrs. Lloyd Clark travels to Cheyenne to visit relatives, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wehmayer celebrate a silver anniversary. Vacation Bible School planned at Pleasant Grove church June 8 to 12. Gerald Bretemann and Delpha Teeter are patients at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
Gale Tschantz, longtime Columbus band director, resigns after seven years. He will join Horace Mann Insurance and relocate to Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Tschantz and their son Todd plan to move this July, with band lessons for summer to be arranged.
Uptown theater offers Hay and The Triffids, The Black 700, and Sunday Tuesday with Burt Lancaster. Stars like Kirk Douglas Ava Gardner and Steve McQueen appear in Love with the Proper Stranger and Stagecoach to Dancers Rock. Hilltop Drive In features Tarzan the Magnificent and Four for Texas with Frank Sinatra.
Columbus Junction residents share updates on visitors and movers. Lewis Pugh and Mrs. Clem Cecil visited Wednesday. Rex Schafer family to Rochelle. Till-Cool from Cedar Falls joins for summer. Nancy Griffin to work in Paul Lowe’s insurance office. Vinnie Sargent visits Oskaloosa for several days. Dale Clark returns from Cedar Falls for summer. Tan Hedemann from Drake University visits. Bower family moves from Washington to Locust Street Columbus Junction with four children.
Officers of the Christian Women's Fellowship were installed at the June meeting held at the Christian church. Doris Chown served as installing officer. Ber NICE Longstreth was named president, Catherine Zievenberg vice president, Edith Grim secretary, Amelia Mills treasurer, Helen Grim worship director, Alvina Kirch ner study director. Alien Hillyer led the lesson and Clara Bolinger assisted worship. Sixteen members attended the meeting.
A Wednesday evening bachelor party honored Jerry Awhbrey at Leonard Longherst’s home at 399 Barnett Street. Twelve guests attended. the party was social with the guest of honor present.
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