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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
7
The Presbyterian congregation invites all friends to mark the church 75th founding with a day of events next Sunday. Activities run from Sunday school through three services including a 11 a.m. worship, a 2:30 p.m. youth pageant, and 7:30 p.m. worship, with former pastors attending and special music from the choir quartet and orchestra.
About 40 members attended the Letts chapter meeting and potluck supper. Farewell tributes were given to Mrs. Leah Smith who moved near Wapello and Mrs. Alice Frame who will relocate to Edgewood.
Grandview residents welcome back former locals Mr and Mrs Rudolph Boozer and their son Phil of Kansas City. Boozer taught in local schools here 24 years ago when his father Joan Boozer led the Evangelical church. John Boozer died five years ago. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Jack Thompson and family of Lone Tree and Richard Nelson from Wapello who stayed with Willis McGrew.
Pleasant Franie-Grace Petersen won first prize for a gypsy costume in a Fulton Royal Worker's Four-H club contest. Second prize went to Néedine Bernick. Costumes will be worn in the operatic performance The Bohemian Girl at the Four-H camp on June 28. The roll call response was My Favorite Sport. A series of talks followed on topics from Exercises in June to Canning Peas and Edible Wild Plants for Greens.
West Branch Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen left Tuesday for New York City. They will sail Saturday on the SS Frederick VIII bound for Copenhagen Denmark to spend two months with relatives in their native land.
Striking convicts at the Mine Arsenal mine 720 feet underground surrendered after a 22 hour stand. They demanded better food and the removal of penitentiary physician Dr. David F. Parker. Guards repulsed them with tear gas and blocked access to a gun cage.
Sally Moon readies her wedding fit for tomorrow while Annabel Matthias frets over luck and secrecy. Katharine Strykhurst and Michael Heatheroe’s past shadows linger as Sally navigates a rushed rehearsal plan and a budding engagement with John Kaye watching close by.
Tri T members gather at Stella Willits home for Chapter 6 meeting with elections led by Gladys Hammond and other officers named. Special guest Mrs Cecil Marshall attends. A mock initiation, refreshments, and plans for July picnics and a Mt Pleasant summer camp are set.
The West Branch board released a 44 page history of the school from its start, including alumni records, faculty roster, and course of study. The booklet aligns with a national push celebrating tercentenary of high schools. Superintendent F J Snider, in service 14 years, oversaw the project. West Branch High began in 1877 with first commencement in 1878 and 743 diplomas issued to date.
Stockton vicinity notes include D B Ormsby and Minnie Becker visiting Stanwood residents D B Ormsby and family. Arloine Arp joins an Eastern Star initiation in Wilton Junction. Lester Paarman and son Herbert Visiting Hawkeye parents Joe Bowers family. Merwin Kohl of Davenport visiting Mollie Luette. Roy Quandt and family mentioned in local updates.
An old advertisement promotes S S S Tonic as a scientific remedy for bodily weakness tied to low red blood cell count. It claims to restore red cells to normal, improve appetite and digestion, and renew energy, with a 108 year history and phial packaging details.
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