New Job Opportunities In Hire Now Campaign Muscatine Iowa
Muscatine Iowa employment office reported a Hire Now campaign adding over 30 job openings. Glenn W Reynolds, office manager, said June placements aim for zero. as of today 100 people have applied with May totals showing 170 placements. Construction led hiring, manufacturing rose 40 percent, sash and door industry employed many. Sixty eight percent were under 45, 37 percent under 20, 18 percent 85 or older, and 44 percent were women.
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Glenn WW. Reynolds
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Locil
Unseasonably Cool Weather Across the Area
Unseasonably cool weather persisted with fair to partly cloudy skies predicted tonight and Friday. Temperatures remained low with a downtown low near 68 by noon and night lows in the upper 40s in parts of the region. Iowa towns reported lows to 47 at Mason City and up to 83 at Sioux City, while other forecasts showed highs around 70 for Friday. Rev B Watt Young of Muscatine was admitted to full membership as an elder in the South Iowa Methodist Conference during the Des Moines meeting.
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Weather’ Bureau
Associated Press
Iowa
Mason City
Sioux City
B. Watt Young
Soul Methodist
Muscatine
South Iowa Methodist Conference
Young
Des Moines
Mildred Boney Admitted To Iowa City Hospital
Mildred Boney of Illinois has been admitted as a patient at Iowa City Veterans Hospital. The address listed is Mildred Boney, 8 East Teoant 31, Veterans' Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Illinois’ City
Iowa City
Veterans’ Hospital
Towa City
Towa
Schwengel Addresses Flag Day Ceremony at Capitol
Rep Schwengel of Iowa spoke on the east steps of the Capitol Wednesday night at Flag Day exercises. Sponsored by the Potomac Women’s Relief Corps, the event featured the U S Marine Band. Schwengel, DC Lincoln Group president, was named chairman of its board of governors. Also noted, Ivan Davis enlisted in the Army Medical Corps and will train at Fort Riley Kansas with duties assigned after advanced training.
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Edith Stammer
Pine Street
U. S, Army Medical Corps
Hoyt la, Kestier
Army Recruiting Service
Davis
Fort Riley
Kas
Feee
Muscatine High School
Ivan Fi) Davis
U. S. Army Reception Station
Chamber Board Meeting Friday in Muscatine
Members of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet at noon Friday at Hole Muscatine to discuss chamber business and upcoming activities.
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Rural-Urban Tea at YWCA Fosters Community Ties
About 75 residents attended a Rural-Urban Tea at the YWCA parlors Wednesday afternoon. Carl Hearst welcomed guests. Mrs. Levi Hichelberger and others led a program with township entries including piano solos, vocal duets, and readings. Attendance prizes were awarded to numerous local residents.
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Muscatine County
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Levi Hichelberger
Cloyce Downer
Martin Johnson
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Carol , Reesink
Montpelier
Tamera
Randie Zinger
L Whiton
Ellen Weccksung
Vearl Ayres
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Harry Binfeldt
Guy Plater
Robert Gregg
Guy Hildebrand
Levi Bicherberger
Newton Lang
Chad James
Marguerite Lane
Carolyn Gregg
Marvin Brown
Weldon Mai
Clayton Rost
Adlai Visits Troubled Bolivia to Sell Alliance Plan
Adlai E Stevenson travels to La Paz as Kennedy's Alliance for Progress supporter and Latin American representative. He aims to push the plan during the Uruguay conference and discusses Bolivia amid a state siege and suspected Communist plotting. Stevenson will also visit Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia before returning to Washington.
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Muscatine United Fund Names Budget Committee
The Muscatine United Fund board named a six member budget and admissions committee to review applications, examine agency budgets, and oversee the United Fund budget. The board also approved an agreement on relations between the fund and participating agencies.
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Midwest Square Dance festival raises Muscatine turnout to 2000
The Kiwanis club hosts a two day Midwest Square Dance festival on Muscatine courthouse square and Park Avenue armory. Dancers from across Iowa and beyond gather for outdoor and indoor sessions with noted callers such as Paul and Edy Tinsley and Bob Yerington. The event traces western style square dancing from its 1930s revival through modern calls, featuring workshops, open dances, and closing events at the courthouse and armory.
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Otatuniwa
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Gother
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Arnie Vonenberger
Glendale
Calif
Armory
Bob Fisk
Kansas City
Johnny Hendren
Kankakee
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Yerington
Shirley
West Liberty
Iowa City
New Yerington
Muscaline
Quad-Cities
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Dubuque
Rockford
Canton
Wisconsin
Missouri
Franklin DO. Roosevelt
Red River Valley
Medical Center Produces Hope For Cancer Patients
Cedar Rapids reports the Margavel and Howard Hall Radiation Center, run with Mercy Hospital, has treated 16,748 patients by May 1961 and aims to reach 700 patients for cobalt60 therapy before year end. Doctors note varied responses to radiation, with several cases showing significant improvement and others needing palliative care.
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Margavel
Howard Hall
Mercy Hospital
Ray Othmers Included in Shrine Group
The Muscatine delegation will include Ray Ottumer and his wife, traveling on a special train from Davenport on Friday to attend the national Shrine convention in Miami Beach Florida.
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Davenport
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Prison Term for Larceny in Muscatine Court
Weslie Hall of Kearney Nebraska received a sentence of up to ten years in the Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to automobile larceny in Muscatine district court. He was captured at Grand Island by Sheriff Dick Oppelt. The victim, Jesus Macias of Muscatine, reported his 1952 car missing while serving a 45 day term in Adams County jail near Greenfield.
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Greenfield
Hermann Wins Rose Trophy at Tri-City Show
George Herman avr Newell won the queen of the snow trophy in open class with his Korder Perfecta vase at the Tri City Men's Rose Show held at the Masonic Temple Rock Island. Mrs Mamie Hayes of Muscatine placed second with bey Crinson Glory vase and Muscatine exhibitors Dr J D McPike Larry S Buster Mrs Pearl Huizel George Hermiann and Mrs Mamie Hayes were noted for the Iowa rose show set for State Center on Sunday June 18.
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Masonic Temple
Rock Island
Mamie Hayes
Muscatine
Bey Crinson
Iowa
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Larry S. Buster
Pearl Huizel
George Hermiann
City Council to Receive Zoning Change Tonight
Muscatine city council to hear actions on a zoning ordinance change at tonight's regular semi monthly meeting in city hall. A public hearing Tuesday approved rezoning at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Colorado Street for the proposed Town and Country Bowling Lanes with no objections filed.
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Parades Planned For Children In Muscatine This Summer
Two summer parades for Muscatine children will feature a Bike Parade on July 19 and a Pet Parade on August ? The Bike Parade offers five decoration themes and prizes of silver dollars from the Chamber of Commerce. Entries are via an upcoming entry blank. Also, city aldermen discussed Newell Avenue resurfacing, with the street department to focus on it when ready, while residents install curd and guttering and the city furnishes hard surfacing.
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YWCA
Muscatine
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Tierney
Fourth and
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Newell Avenue
Newell
Five-Watters Hold Meeting at T and T Safe
Twenty members of the Muscatine Five-Watter group met Wednesday night for a business session at the T and T safe. The next meeting is scheduled for 7 20 p m July 5.
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Morning Sun Brownies Attend Girl Scout Day Camp
Morning Sun third grade Brownies attend the Girl Scout Day Camp in Wapello this week with local participants Becky Brynanta Karen Boysen Patricia Harris Vickie Byerly Barbara Anderson Rosemary Johnston Mary Ellen Stahle Kathie Hosteter Linda Wilkerson Debbie Mills Teresa Callahan Leaders include Eileen Bryant Dorothy Boysen Mildred Stahle Virginia Weikert Also scheduled are a Happy Hour Club meeting June 21 at the L A Pierce home with Mrs Mac as hostess and Mrs Lillian Smith assisting Birthday celebrations include Marlys Swanson’s 12th birthday slumber party Guests Mary McElhinney of Mediapolis and Janice and Nancy Robertson of Yarmouth attended from out of town A family picnic at Locust Grove park celebrated Todd Johnson’s first birthday with many relatives attending including Millard Johnson Johnny Jobson Keith Johnson Trvin Baker Harold Todd Milford Todd and family Michael Shirley Mickey and Jimmy Johnson
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Becky Brynant
Karen Boysen
Patricia Harris
Vickie Byerly
Barbara Anderson
Rosemary Johnston
Mary Ellen Stahle
Kathie Hosteter
Linda Wilkerson
Debbie Mills
Teresa Callahan
Eileen Bryant
Dorothy Boysen
Mildred Stahle
Virginia Weikert
Happy Hour Club
L. A. Pierce
Mac
Lillian Smith
Rolleall
Marlys Swanson
Mary McElhinney
Mediapolis
Janice
Nancy Robertson
Yarmouth
Locust Grove Park
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Keith Johnson
Millard Johnson
Johnny Jobson
Trvin Baker
Harold Todd
Michael
Milford Todd
Shirley
Mickey
Jimmy Johnso
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