Graduation Echoes From 1905 Muscatine Class
Muscatine Journal recalls 1905 commencement at Grand Opera House where 21 graduates received diplomas amid rain. Now 1965 ceremony aims to honor 310 graduates in MAH fieldhouse. The piece notes changing fashion and education while presenting brief life sketches of several local alumni and their families.
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Helen Weiershauser
Grand Opera House
Muscatine
Gredvales
Lillian Rosenmund
Roy Kuebler
Kuebler
Linda Musser
Bessie Redsinkk
Muscaline
Muscaline Jounal
George Meerdink
Meerdinks
Mulberry
Ralph Leysen
Muscaline Journal
Davenport
Davenport Daily Times
Ivy Ryan
Edward Wilhite
Franklin, Garfield
Central Junior High
Ste
Andrew Asthalter
McKee
Europe
England
Hortense Fulliam
Edward B. Pulliam
Dri Edward Drants
Westport
Connecticut
Sylvia Robertson
Muscatine High School
Or, Robertson
First Methodist Curch
San Francisco
California
Edwin Lillibridge
Minnesota
Lee Ashcraft
Ashcraft Plumbing Company
America Tablet Company
Anna Wilson
Fort Madison
Leta Althaus
James Cathcart
Neosho
Missouri
Zelta Fessler
Jack Kenafick
Mabel Zeidler
Theo Drake
Fruitland
Muscatine County
Drake
Frisland
Martins Move In At Mrs. Carter’s Rural Home
Mrs. Marie Carter of Nichols reports her martin house, once empty, now hosts martins after a May sequence of a wren sighting and sparrow activity. She credits carpenter work to herself plus support from Burt Carter and Don Coon, notes martins respond to Journal headlines, and observes the birds singing from the television antenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Clark
Marie Carter
Nichols
Martin House
The
Journal
Columbus Alumni Honors Classes of 1915 and 1940
A large crowd of over 220 attended the Columbus Alumni Banquet at the high school. Grace Butler, oldest graduate from Nere, 1901, received honors. Darlene Clark Olmstead from Yakima, Washington, traveled the farthest. Special recognition went to the 1915 and 1949 classes with numerous attendees listed. Nancy Hills sang, and the program featured a toastmaster, toastmistress, and a dance after dinner with Mori sons providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus
Thomas Holie
Rebekah Lodge
Grace Butler
Nere
Darlene Clark Olmstead
Yakima
Washington
Katharine Edwards Miller
Crawfordsville
Orpha Foster Estle
Grafton Hale
Montezuma
Nellie Howell Shabilion
Davenport
Helen Ors
Gladys Patton Curtis
Nevada
Estella Shellabarger Masonkoler
Muscatine
Alice Sprague
Overholser
Town City
Richard Buster
Burlington
Keith Clark
Letis
Bette Dwinell
Linville
Columbus Juncttion
Richard Houseal
Harry Jordan
Wapelio
Lucille Jones Gipple
Winfield
Jean Sands Wekert
Oakville
Evelyn Woodruff Richards
Ruth Weigner Rodgers
Aurora
Nancy Hills
Jom Montezuma
Warren Greane
Toastmiistress
Hazel Adams Pine
Jobo Gabriel
Nancy Griffin
Sara Newell
Diata Howe
Brad Fulton
Bo Tobias
Melodie Hall
Cathy Poivers
Lee Allen
Swith
Morisons
Five Day Forecast Indicates Near Normal West to Warm East
Forecast shows temperatures averaging near normal in the west and several degrees above normal in the east from Tuesday through Saturday. Normal highs drop from 76 to 62 degrees with lows from 16 to 82. Expect warm Tuesday, cooler Wednesday, warmer Friday, and rainfall of one to three inches, up to six inches in showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday through Saturday.
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Iowa
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Muscatine, In
Gresce
New York City
Des Moines
Elsie Nargis
William Jungjohann
Mascatine
Benatena
Stu i
Elmus Richards
C.E. Richard and Sons Packing House
Lena Grunder
Emus Richarde
Helen Knopp
George Volger
Volger
Amy Hoopes
Joe Hoopes
Iowa State University
Ames
Dick McClean
Blanch Munn
Dan Hayes
Normal
Sinois
Charles Reuling
George Rewling
West Second Street
Mae W
Sed
Oscar Mayer Company
Maude van Atta T
Lauren Henderson
Henderson Drug Store
Helen Bloom
Ray Mark
Sterneman Clothing Company
Mark
Martin
ARS
SEARS
NS Wast
Pontiac Tigers
Krieger Motors Company
McMaster
McMaster’s
McMaster's
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