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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1965
Page
7
New gas mains will be installed on both sides of Mulberry Avenue and nearby streets to replace old lines. The project will ease repairs but will damage the street surface during construction.
The Columbus Community Club held its annual farm tour with about twenty members traveling by Columbus School bus. Stops included River Products Stone Quarry, Rees Davis farm, and James Dunn farm showing cattle feeding, oil conservation, and terracing. Dinner at Salem United Presbyterian Church preceded a brief meeting and the formation of a new educational committee.
Miss Margaret Bottomley and Mrs. Ed Eichelberger hosted a miscellaneous shower for their niece Connie Lewis of Davenport at West Liberty Legion Hall. The couple, Connie Lewis and Jerry Ramsdale, plan to marry June 26 at St Paul Lutheran church in Davenport. Prizes went to honoree. attendees included the groom's mother and other relatives.
Red Cross swimming in Louisa county will begin Monday June 4 with Letty and Grandview children at 9 50 a m and groups from Wapello Conesville Cotter and Columbus Junction at 10 30 a m Classes are Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings Local swim chairman is Mrs Carol Summy Miss Hazel Thompson is chairman at Letts Mrs Veil Phillips at Grandview Mrs Shirley Foor at Wapello Mrs Marjorie Carr at Morning Sun and Mrs Ruth Kallenberger at Oakville Morning Sun and Oakville dates will be announced soon Local buses depart Cotter school and Coffin building corner Cone at 9 30 a m and from old grade school corner here at 9 40 a m
The Oakville Legion Auxiliary Post 489 met at the Legion Hall with President Helen Hamilton approving bills totaling 30 dollars. Poppy Day sales led by Frances Swan raised 45.40 on May 22. A Migrants Day School food needs report was given and volunteers were urged to help. Next meeting set for June 18 at Mrs. Emma Waterhouse’s home.
Letts Hazell Thompson announced that bus departures from Letts School start at 9 15 a m on Monday June 14 with storms cancellations on KWPC at 0 00 a m. Worthy Matrons Past Worthy Matrons met at Marian Hildebrand’s home with Mildred Estle assisting. Sixteen members and one guest attended. A trip for the next Tweeting was discussed by a committee. The Order of Eastern Star 376 will meet at the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening. Philatheas Class will meet in church parlors Wednesday.
Columbus function lists chairs for baseball season with 16 volunteers named in weekly calendar. June and July committee members include Mrs Ralph Howell, Mrs Floyd Holliday, Mrs Everett Ruchotzke, Mrs Van Oliver, Mrs Robert Parris, Mrs Walter Wulff, Mrs Howard Jones, Mrs Howard Pedersen, Mrs Don Buser, Mrs William Podaris, Mrs Sam Murphy, Mrs Marion Brown, Mrs Dorothy Swain, and Mrs Bill Owens. John Summy moves to 303 N 2nd St Wapello, remodels building and buys Purdy TV repair business. Mrs Madge Hauenstein hosts luncheon for cousins from here and Muscatine. Lonnie Todd a patient at University Hospital Iowa City.
June 13 7:00 PM at the Methodist Church features devotional led by Mrs Harley Bloomquist hostesses Mrs George Crist and Mrs L M Hildebrand and centennial pictures to be shown. The Independent United Brethren Bible School closes with a worship period program. Sixty pupils and teachers attended the two week school. Personal notes mention visitors from Cambridge Illinois Muscatine Abilene Kansas and Hallsville Missouri and Mary Lou Thompson returning from a visit with her sister.
Wayne J. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White of Muscatine, will earn a master of business administration degree from the Harvard Business School on June 17. He previously attended Hayes Catholic High, Muscatine Community College, and Iowa State University, where he earned a BS in electrical engineering and joined several honor and social fraternities. After graduation he plans to work for IBM as a sales representative, with his parents, brother Jim, and fiancée Beverly Wills attending the ceremony.
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