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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
2
City assessor CMW Connor warns a little over a week remains to file for tax exemptions. Military service and homestead exemptions qualify, but many eligible persons have not yet filed at the city assessor office in City Hall.
Three boys from Muses vines will attend Camp Manilow uhe north Woods youth camp operated by the North Central Area Council of MCA's at Boulder Junction Wise. They are Wiliam Spencer 103 Middle road Joseph Voor husen 207 Broadway and Jon Hanson 1311 James Place. The camp opens its fourth season June 20 and features a canoe tripping program across lakes and streams of northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan and a sailing program on Boulder Lake.
June program at Hotel Muscatine features J W Myers of Muscatine General Hospital explaining a community blood bank plan. Enrollment, donor eligibility, and substitution options described. blood bank aims to cover emergencies for area families. Pilot Club to join civic events on July 4 and plan a Mississippi River boat trip with reservations through Olive Rhodes.
Ruth Vanner Ploeg, president, announced two board meetings as the St Paul Minnesota Pilot sub hosts a performance at Hershey con valescent home. The planned gathering includes residents and is scheduled for 7 20 p.m. on June a.
The municipal water department board met Wednesday night and authorized a second well in the Harshey avenue field. Thorpe Well Co. of Des Moines may be contracted to start work, aiming for completion and readiness by Aug 1. J W Andersen and Robert Harbaugh were empowered to hire a foreman, succeeding Louis Grimm who retires in September.
Police reported a break in at Masculine Produce on East Fourth Street. Entry was made by breaking a west windowpane and an unlocked safe was forced open. About $3 in pennies were taken during the incident.
Clifford Hall joins the Navy after enlisting at the Des Moines recruiting office. He will train at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Hall Sr. of 1400 West Third Street.
Postmaster John I Hendriks announced Muscatine will use ZIP 52761 with the national rollout starting July 4. The code improves mail speed and reduces misaddressed mail, requiring the ZIP to follow city and state in addresses. Examples and nearby ZIPs listed by Rock Island officials.
Des Moines reports that a new Iowa liquor law aims to end table hopping. The Liquor Control Commission plans to approve regulations prohibiting walking with drinks. Rules require liquor to be consumed only while seated at tables or at the bar. Chairman Homer Adcock says the measure will curb rowdyism and requires staff to transfer drinks between areas.
Two Jefferson youths, 12 year old Jon Harvery and 13 year old Clyde Ganoc, were awarded the American Legion Medal of Valor for saving a younger companion. The ceremony took place here on Wednesday.
Muscatine's community blood bank opens at 203 East Second Street in the Town Electric Light and Power office. Hours start 9 a.m. daily, with varying closing times through next Tuesday. The bank, a division of Scott County Medical Society Blood Bank, operates on a family plan requiring one pint per family every 18 months.
Funeral services for Kelley Linn Sorgenfrey, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Sorgenfrey of Durant, were held at Gloria Pel Lutheran church with Rev James L Carlson officiating. Burial in the Durant cemetery. George Chester Wise, 83, of Riverview Heights nursing home died after admission to Muscatine General hospital following a stroke. He reportedly fell from a second story window after cutting the window screen. He was a teacher by trade and had lived in Muscatine since retirement. Survived by two grandchildren and a nephew. funeral arrangements with George M Wittich. Bertha Bald Davison, 59, of Wapella died at Mercy hospital Burlington. Services at Dudgeon McCulley funeral home with burial at Edwards cemetery Oakville. Surviving children and relatives listed. services to be held Friday.
Heublein Inc of Hartford seeks about 10,000 savings by taxing 66.6 million pounds of grain alcohol stored in Muscatine as grain handled rather than personal property. The suit names Muscatine board of review members and challenges the 1988 assessment of 92.50 on Lathauer Street inventory. Heublein contends 1962 grains yield 3.598 million gallons of proof and disputes 1983 rates, seeking to exempt the grain from personal property taxation.
Free chest xrays will be available to the general public Friday afternoon and evening. A mobile unit sponsored by Muscatine County Tuberculosis and Health Association and the state department of health will park in front of city hall. Since Tuesday this week, the unit has asked Muscatine firms to provide x rays for industrial workers. The screenings identify early cases of tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases and results will be advised later with instructions to contact a physician if indicated.
The Weather Bureau foresees scattered showers and thunderstorms in southeast Iowa tonight and Friday, with cooler can be expected tonight in the 30s and top temperatures reaching the 70s. Thunder and lightning were reported here late Wednesday, with a high near 88 and a cooler 59 overnight. Western Iowa saw showers and storms move southeastward earlier today, with Le Claire reporting .78 inch and Burlington around .38 inch.
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