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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1939

Page

7

Fayette Boy Scouts Tour Iowa For Flag Day at Weed Park

Fayette Boy Scouts on a 900 mile trailer tour visit Muscatine on Wednesday June 14 to join American Legion and local Scouts for a Flag Day ceremony at Weed Park. The event features a court of honor firing squad bugle corps sunset flag lowering and remarks by Rev John D Clinton.

Fayette Boy Scouts Iowa Weed Park Muscatine American Legion John D. Clinton Mr. Young Fayette Epworth Anamosa Amana Keokuk Randpark Fort Madisonr Lions Club Des Moines State

YWCA Offers Free Swimming Lessons and Plunges Next Week

The YWCA lists free swimming lessons and plunge sessions scheduled for next week with nightly time slots from 7 to 8 30 PM. Each evening targets a different group: Monday ladies, Tuesday family night, Wednesday girls, and Thursday young people with mixed participation.

YWCA Grad Club

Direct Relief Load in Muscatine County May Update

May employment relief activity raises Muscatine County relief caseload to 337 with 203 families and 861 individuals. Of 91 May closures, June starts with 246 active cases including 113 families and 438 individuals, plus 306 on WPA. Fifty-one cases stemmed from unemployment, 30 from insufficient earnings, 47 from other causes. Fifteen persons certified to WPA. over 1,200,000 gasoline tractors referenced.

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World’s Fair Theme for Children’s Club Reading

The P. M. Musser public library launches a summer reading club themed The World’s Fair via Books. Children in grades 5 through 8 register June 12 to July 10, read eight books, and receive a certificate upon completion. Weekly story sessions begin Friday June 16.

P. M. Musser Public Library

Baptismal Rites Scheduled at First Methodist Service

Baptism of children will be part of the Children's Day service at 10 45 Sunday morning at the First Methodist Church replacing the regular morning worship. Flowers should be brought by Saturday afternoon or early Sunday morning. The program features a church school orchestra, recitations songs and a playlet with children from the beginners through primary departments.

First Methodist Church F. G. McCullough Sam Latham John McCullough Stanley Southall Walter Hahn Jesus Clifford Hamann Ruth Ann Baker Marian Sywassink Ronald Brookhart Margaret Jean Southall Joan Bloom Nancy Christiansen Diane O'Dell Ann Louise Osborn Diane TeStrake Patty Grossklaus Marian Paul Sywassink the Bible Brigade Jackie Nickerson Richard Thomas Raymond Hindahl Richard Hubbard Richard Stevens Thomas Dwight Teddy Hahn Ida Huber Betty Ruthenberg Robert Rittenhouse Jessica Weis Janet Froehner

Mulford Church Pageant To Feature Learn of Me Sunday

Mulford Congregational church will host a Children’s Day program on Sunday morning headlined by a pageant titled Learn of Me. The cast includes Barbara Ellman Joycelyn Heuer Kenneth Brendel Raymond Heuer Robert Kerschinschel Walter Berg and others with a long lineup of child performers and readers from the primary and junior departments.

Mulford Congregational Church Barbara Ellman Joycelyn Heuer Messenger Kenneth Brendel Parable Group Raymond Heuer Robert Kerschinschel Walter Berg Dean Fletcher Richard Duncan Fred Beckmann Niel Werner Miracle Group Treasure Virgins Rainbow Ruth Ellman Mildred Hart Junior Hartman Roger Knott Patty Berg Margaret Dodds James Brown Mary Louise Jones Marjorie Stegall Warren Meerdink Joan Hart Billy Jones Aletha Horton Deryth Fabrizius Edward Knott Colleen West Theresa Calloway Richard Semler Jack Meerdink Grace Ann Froehner Donald Massey Patty Sel Edwin Freyermuth Beverly Lamb Ronald Donald Crow Irma Karshenske Jack Nietzel God Donna Belle Rock Elinor Wilmering Donald Huff Shirley LaRue Betty Wilmering Wayne Garrard Jesus

Quartet and Minister From Waterloo Present Service

The Evangel male quartet and Rev. Hilmore Cedarholm of Waterloo will lead a service at First Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Sunday with brass quartet vocal solos and other numbers. Cedarholm will speak and quartet members will give testimonies. Quartet staff includes R A Case second tenor R C Savage baritone W H Schoof first tenor and C E Taylor bass. The group will perform in West Liberty Presbyterian church Sunday morning and in Moline Illinois Sunday afternoon.

Evangel Hilmore Cedarholm Waterloo First Baptist Church R. A. Case R. C. Savage W. H. Schoof C. E. Taylor West Liberty Presbyterian Church Moline Ill

First Baptist Church Observes Children’s Day Program

The First Baptist Church will observe Children’s Day at 10 a m Sunday with a two part program by the younger Sunday school departments. Mrs William Cullen chairs the committee with Mrs William West Mrs Leland Horst and Helen Schmitt. The program includes an introductory segment welcome songs and recitations by numerous children followed by a playlet Grandmother s Garden directed by Mrs Cullen with Genevieve Crow as prolocutor and many youngsters from various departments participating.

First Baptist Church William Cullen William West Leland Horst Helen Schmitt Carl Paetz, Jr Tommy Bloom Billy Hurlbut Raymond Freers John Brier, Jr Billy Benninger Wesley Joseph Fry Benjamin Schoemaker Grace Ann Marilyn Bobby Furnas Freddie Hurlbut Gloria Soll Janice Horst Helen Schmalz Marcella Noret Janice Hathaway Geraldine Tyler Jack Paetz Freddie Krel Margaret Heitz Harry Hahn Robert Nyenhuis John Pollock Donald Rode Edward Lorber Thomas Young George Fischer Cullen Genevieve Crow

Rural church services announced for Oak Grove and Cranston

Rural churches announce Sunday schedules. Oak Grove Christian Church holds Sunday school at 10 with Ward Harvey as superintendent and worship at 11 led by Rev. Gerald Hallover of Davenport. Cranston Community Church lists Sunday school at 10 with Donald Lee as superintendent, morning and evening services at 7:30 p.m.

Cranston Oak Grove Ward Harvey Gerald Hallover Davenport Cranston Community Church Donald Lee

Names Do Not Form a Single Story Here

A list of female names appears in fragments across the clipping, with multiple entries including Evelyn Greenwald Loraine Bry ant Shirley Hays Betty Talking ton Marjorie Rode and others. No cohesive event or context is readable beyond a roster of individuals.

Evelyn Greenwald Loraine Bryant Shirley Hays Betty Talkington Marjorie Rode Marietta Kennedy Helen June West Joyce Dodge Dorothy Simpson Patricia van Zyl Lois Lupton Ruth Borgstadt Geraldine Schumacher Mildred Atkins Helen Wanda Weggen Phyllis Funck Doris Jean Wilson Charlene Schumacher Mary Ellen Law Joan Richardson Darlene Borgstadt Dorothy Wilder Evelyn Fowler Jenny Bricher Marilyn Danz Marilyn Mason Florence Ruth Fitzgerald Shirley Hutt Janet Rummel

Bible Printed Most: Early Printers Start With It

The Bible has been reprinted more than any other book. Early printers began their careers by producing a few copies of the Bible to assure success in future publications.

Precision of a watch driven by static electricity

Static electricity from the human body affects a watch by being absorbed into its hair spring mechanism, altering its precision. The interaction between body-generated charge and the watch components can disrupt timing accuracy.

Poem of Muscatine Girl to Be Published

Gertrude Arline Salek of 217 Roscoe avenue has a poem titled Louise accepted for The World's Fair Anthology of 1939 to be published by Exposition Press New York City. She has prior publications in A Neglected Friend The St Mathias Progressive and Honey I'm a Hoping from Columbian Music Publishers in Toronto.

Gertrude Arline Salek Roscoe Avenue Louise Exposition Press New York City Miss Salek St. Mathias Progressive Columbian Music Publishers Toronto Canada St. Mathias High School Muscatine

Gounod Hymn Saviour Leads Choir Postlude Intermezzo

Zammenik conducts church school orchestra in a program featuring Gounod hymn Saviour Like a Shepherd Lead Us and the intermezzo postlude. The event highlights choral and instrumental pieces.

Gounod Zammenik

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