Anniversary Celebrations Attract Here Week in Muscatine
A Muscatine week of anniversary events features multiple couples marking milestone vows. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Lemkau celebrating their first anniversary at 801 Mulberry, and Mr. and Mrs. Toborg observing their twenty sixth anniversary at 1111 Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
John Lemkau
Mulberry Avenue
St. Joseph
Mich
Lem- Wwau
Ruby Callahan
William Toborg
Oregon Street
Toborg
Ford Bringer
Pine Street
Clarence Harper
Harper
Evelyn King
Fred Dankert
West Eleventh Street
Lois Wanda
Daryel Young
Clarence Masters
Merle Pletcher
Herman Lorenzen
Forest Davis
Springdale
George Eves
Harold
Eleanor Christianson
West Branch
Kitchen trousseaux by Mary Margaret McBride item features
New York item notes a bride receiving a red black and silver kitchen set priced at 95 dollars if bought piece by piece. The collection includes sugar and flour canisters, a dual identity fruit juicer and potato ricier, and precise measuring spoons. Names listed include Mrs. Oren Argo and Miss Evelyn Hollenbeck of Tipton and Muscatine residents.
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Mary Margaret McBride
NEA
New York
Trousseaux
Oren Argo
Harold Eves
Kenneth
Eugene
Carolyn
Betty
John Pitcher
Tipton
Evelyn Hollenbeck
Muscatine
Church and club notices shift schedules due to weather
The M. W. club of the Royal Neighbors moves a potluck to Mrs El sie Patterson at 327 West Second Street because of rain. Mrs John Miller hosts the Cc O C class at 7 30 in Hoopes hall. First Friends Missionary society meets Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Joe Washburn s Phillips Street. Fidelis club YWCA hike postponed to two weeks with a picnic at Alice Nyenhuis s across the river. World Wide guilds Princess Azalea chapter delays last week of June meeting to the first week in July due to Miss Mary Rumsey away at the Northern Baptist convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Club
the Royal Neighbors
Elsie Patterson
West Second Street
Weed Park
John Miller
Cc. O. C
Musserville Methodist Church
Hoopes Hall
Philippine Islands
First Friends Missionary Society
Joe Washburn
Phillips Street
Fidelis Club
Alice Nyenhuis
Princess Azalea
World Wide Guild of the First Baptist Church
Mary Rumsey
Northern Baptist Convention
Colorado Springs
Tarry-a-While Club Returns Visit to Irene George
Miss Irene George entertained the Tarry-a-While club at her home on West Fourth street Monday evening. Five hundred was played with first award won by Miss Bernice Hahnbaum and second by Miss Pauline Bielefeld. A two course luncheon followed. The club will meet next Monday with Miss Helen Eichelberger at 412 West Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene George
West Fourth Street
Bernice Hahnbaum
Pauline Bielefeld
Helen Eichelberger
Bridge and Bunco Social by Woman's Benefit Association
After the business meeting the Woman's Benefit Association held a social hour with bridge and bunco providing diversion for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge
BUNCO
Woman's Benefit Association
Four-H Girls Gather for Ames Convention Photo
More than 1 600 girls and leaders register on the Iowa State College campus for the annual Four-H convention. A 25 foot tower provides a giant corn formation photo as the event opens on the second day. Divisional meetings on clothing home furnishing home efficiency and nutrition highlight the morning program with awards and officer elections set for Wednesday.
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Ames
Iowa Four-H
Iowa State College
Bohemian Girl
Beth Bailey McLean
Southern Rice Industry
New Orleans
Caroline Smiley
Boston
Mass
India
United Brethren Choir Hosts Social Evening and Meeting
The United Brethren church choir held a social and business meeting Monday night at the church. The program featured hymn singing followed by a luncheon with rosebud centerpieces and favors. Hostesses were Mrs. Leo Hart, chairman, Mrs. Harriett Scott, and Mrs. George Gergen. several members and special guests attended.
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United Brethren Choir
United Brethren Church
Leo Hart
Harriett Scott
George Gergen
Charlotte Wright
Gladys Kingman
Leon Hawkins
Jacqueline
Ethel Fairall
Allen McCormick
Flora Husen
Fred Finch
Clara
Mary Paceley
F. C. Scott
Verson
Ray Church
Clarice Baker
Stella Machu
Grace Clay Hosts Lodge Ladies At East Eight Street Home
Mrs Grace Clay entertained Lady Eagles No 4 at her home 618 East Eighth Street Monday night. Card games and a two course luncheon followed with prizes to Mrs Bernice Ahlf first and Mrs Edith Nesselbush second. Mrs Else Height will entertain the group at its next meeting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Clay
Lady Eagles
East Eighth Street
Bernice Ahlf
Edith Nesselbush
Else Height
Grace Lutheran Aid Plans Church Meeting In Rain
Grace Lutheran Ladies' Aid changes picnic to church parlors due to rain and will serve a picnic dinner. Mrs. Louis Othmer hosts the Anna Blicker Foreign Missionary society at 103 East Fulham Avenue with Miss Margaret Kemble directing the program and Miss Anna Goddard leading devotions. Annual mite box opening set for Monday at Maccabee Hall, noting bridge and banco winners and June committee refreshments. A Weed park picnic is planned for Monday, July 1.
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Grace Lutheran Aid
Grace. Lutheran. Ladies’ Aid Society
Edward Goddard
Louis Othmer
Anna Blicker
Maccabee Hall
Lettie Gamble
Banco
Eva West
Maude Sauer
Prudnce Bowen
Weed Park
Slimmer by Kruschen Salts Promises Yet Again
Gossipers griped as a Virginia reader claims Kruschen Salts helped her shed 21 pounds in a month. Advertisers trumpet a hot water dose with lemon, promising safe weight loss and a money back guarantee if the scale stays high.
Colorful River Front Captain Batchelor 89 Celebrates
Muscatine's colorful riverfront figure Captain E A Batchelor turns eighty nine on Wednesday and remains active selling minnows renting skiffs and canoes He has run his business for 45 years and once operated his own steamboat The Clipper He lives with his son Ben Batchelor at 509 East Front Street and still travels to Chicago for visits while enjoying good health despite occasional rheumatism
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E. A. Batchelor
Batchelor
Mississippi
Muscatine
Ben Batchelor
East Front Street
Chicago
Mr. Batchelor
Pocahontas Card Party Closes Season At Redman Hall
Mrs F E Bailew and Eric Bar telt won high prizes in a five hundred game at Pocahontas drill team’s Monday night card party sponsored by the Pocahontas drill team at Redman hall. Second place went to Mrs.
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F. E. Bailew
Eric Bartelt
Pocahontas
Redman Hall
Presbyterian Aid to Hold Final Meeting
Women of the First Presbyterian Ladies Aid society will hold their final meeting of the summer Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. Meetings resume in September. A short program is planned with Mrs. G. A. Allbee as hostess committee chair, assisted by a long list of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Ladies‘ Aid Society
G. A. Allbee
Margaret Brown
D. S. McDermid
M. A. Barr
Lady Boston
M. Brower
Henrietta Cecil
Alma Cecil
V. Hine
A. M. McConnaha
Nora Potts
E. Kinnan
Albert Rowland
Fred Nesper
Paul Kent
A. Anthony
Will Ahlf
Leroy Daniels
Raymond Titus
Cidney Rankin
Card party series to be discontinued until fall
Bertha Roby and Herbert Wash burn. The card party series will be discontinued until fall.
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Bertha Roby
Herbert Washburn
Mrs Jessup Heads Tri T Chapter Yet
Mrs P M Jessup was chosen president of chapter M of Tri T after entertaining the society at her Broadway home Monday night. Officers include Mrs E E Nelson vice president Mrs John Potter secretary and Mrs Kenneth Fairall treasurer. Elsie Theobald Muscatine girl was chosen to attend the Tri T summer camp for under privileged children at Mt Pleasant July 5-19. Chapter M meets next July 8 with Mrs E E Nelson entertaining at her Wapello home.
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P. M. Jessup
Chapter M
Tri-T
Broadway
E. E. Nelson
John Potter
Kenneth Fairall
Elsie Theobald
Muscatine
Mt. Pleasant
Wapello
Camp life at Rotary drenched by rain for Gyrts girls
Rainy days keep the Girl Reserve camp at Rotary Lake busy with indoor activities and wet camping. A missing suitcase and a feared kidnaping scare dominated the week until a camper was found at her grandmother’s home. Alice Edwards reported her suitcase missing during return from camp.
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Rotary
Staley’s
Alice Edwards
West Eighth Street
Miss Wilma Axel Honored At Public Library Farewell
Library workers at the P. M. Musser public library gave a farewell dinner at the YWCA Monday night for Miss Wilma Axel who has served at the library for several months. A theater party followed the meal.
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Wilma Axel
The
P. M. Musser Public Library
Y. W. CA
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Laura L Baldt, A. M
Teachers College
Columbia University
N. Y
Ian
Muscatine Journal Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marion Sidor
J. C. Bosham
Callaway, Va
Hollywood
Virginia Weidler
W. C. Fields
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Muscatine’s River Front
Orrie Glatstein
New Furniture Mart
East Second Street
Stoves
American Bank
Presbyterian Aid
Holland
Leet
Tigaee
Holland Furnace Company
Holland, Michigan
Pine St
Iowa
Michigan
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