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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1969
Page
1
Mulberry School hosts a Head Start program from June 26 to August 13 with no classes July 4. Classes run 8 30 a m to 1 p m Monday through Friday and include breakfast and hot lunch. Transportation by bus is provided with pickup at the fall school and adult supervision on the bus. No charge for the program.
Davenport native Clair A. Ridenour has been named construction foreman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company here after years in the Davenport plant division and service as a 1954 hire. He and wife Betty have three children and plan to move to Muscatine once housing is arranged.
Mrs Florence Brayton head of Head Start announces tentative weekly parent meetings starting July 7 from 930 to 11 at Mulberry school. Call 263 8143 by July 3 if not contacted. A bus will pick up and return parents, babysitters available at each school to fit parent schedules.
Vern Hughart and Roy Jennings sue Russell Hargrave in Muscatine district court for more than $18,000 claiming negligence in a Nov 2, 1967 motor vehicle accident on Highway 38 a mile north of Muscatine. Hughart seeks $16,835.75 and Jennings $1,200 for injuries and truck damage.
Eastern Iowa Community College expands practical nurse education with Muscatine General Hospital agreeing to host ten students for clinical practice. The commuter program links Muscatine classwork with Scott campus instruction, prioritizing local applicants. Students complete a year of study, then sit the Iowa Board of Nursing licensing exam to become Licensed Practical Nurses.
The Miss Towa pageant concludes in Davenport with finals at the Masonic Temple after three days of competition. Julie Ann Sartor of Mason City won the talent round, Lois Ann Koth from Storm Lake led preliminary swimsuit judging, and Gov. Robert Ray officiated the parade. A Miss Iowa reception at Hotel Blackhawk caps the weekend, followed by a Sunday awards breakfast.
Mrs Ruth Drumm reports theft of a billfold from her car in a grocery parking lot Friday afternoon. The billfold contained $9, police were informed.
James White director of the P M Musser Public Library attends a three day conference of the American Library Association in Atlantic City New Jersey focusing on library building programs and modern design. The Friendly Twenty club meets Tuesday at Mrs Edna Sanders home with Mrs Helen Aldershoff as co host.
Relief director Kenneth L. Duncan announced a June 23 food stamp sale at the Muscatine county courthouse relief office. Hours are 3 to 11:45 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. He urged buyers who purchased in April but not in May or June to come, noting ADC or Old Age Assistance recipients must be re certified if they miss two months.
James William Rockey of 219 Parkington drive was taken to Muscatine General Hospital for injuries from a motor accident on a road near Oakwood Nursing Home. Marcia Krueger of 623 Jackson was transferred to University Hospital in Iowa City after police transported her. A squad car and wrecker responded to the scene and towed a car from a ditch. Rockey’s condition was not reported.
Rev. L A Stumme announces the 75th anniversary event at Valley View Manor chapel at 2 30 p m Sunday with former Iowa governor Robert D Blue as guest speaker The service includes scripture and prayers with local clergy and an organist and singers Then a cornerstone ceremony marks incorporation of the original home into a new wing as part of a master plan to raise beds from 8 to 146 expected occupancy by November and about 100 residents have joined the 1 of 1 000 club committing $100 or more Refreshments and tours follow the program with hundreds expected to attend
The Bliven Memorial African Collection at the Laura Musser Art Gallery will close on Wednesday June 25. The display, built by Mr and Mrs Albert L Bliven over five years in the 1920s, features pre tourist primitive African art and crafts. Also closing is the Karl Mattern Memorial Exhibition of reed pen drawings available for purchase at unchanged prices since Matterns death early this year.
Lyndon Michael Fisher, son of Mr and Mrs Lyndon K Fisher of 1907 Green Acres Muscatine, has been chosen for the United Methodist Church Parish Intern program. He will serve under Rev T Hackman in Burlington June 15 19 and under Rev Wayne Bartruff in Ames July 20 23. Fisher, a junior at Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant, plans ministry as a career.
Robert L. Jones son of Mr and Mrs Howard Jones of Muscatine was named to the Dean's list at the University of Dubuque for the second semester of the 1968 69 academic year.
Rebecca Ann Rohwer of Muscatine has earned spring semester Dean's List honors at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert G Rohwer Rt 3 and is majoring in anthropology.
Mindy Rockwell a Clarke College freshman from Muscatine area plans to use scholarship funds at Muscatine Community College and will teach singing as her talent while serving as a Red Cross swim instructor and lifeguard at Weed Park pool this summer. Tamara Kay White Wilton Junction graduate seeks Muscatine Community College and a teaching career, with organ as her talent and interests in reading drawing football and school journalism.
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