Museum Gift Expands Muscatine Heritage Center
T Courtney Wilson, newly elected museum board chairman, announced a gift from the Laura Musser Atkins Estate comprising a mansion on three acres with a large collection. The property includes artwork, artifacts, Persian rugs, a music wing with a Steinway grand piano and concert organ, plus a seven room apartment for staff. The grounds offer ample parking and room for growth.
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Art Gallery
Laura Musser Atkins
T. Courtney Wilson
Trusters
Garade
Wilson
Alva Runyon
Shirley Drake
George Springborn
John Klein
Robert Petersen
G. Stein
Harold Rosenberg
Robert Jackson
Whitmer Ordained as Episcopal Minister in Davenport
Ronald Whitmer son of Mrs Leora Whitmer and the late Lee Whitmer was ordained this morning at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Davenport by Bishop Gordon W Smith. Whitmer a June graduate of Episcopal Theological College Cambridge Mass will serve as vicar of Episcopal churches at Independence and Oelwein Iowa after July 1 living in Oelwein.
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Leora Whitmer
Mulcatine
Lee Whitmer
Episcopal Church
Whitmer
Episcopal Theological College
Cambridge
Mass
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Davenport
Gordon W. Smith
Episcopal
Iowa
H. Phillip Auffrey
Trinity Episcopal Church
Muscatine
Ates
Mr. Whitmer
Independence
Oelwein
Oeliwein
Burning Truck Backed Itself To Trash Heap
In Washington Iowa a delivery truck reportedly honked to awaken owner Paul Fern and backed from a garage into a trash heap about 30 feet away. Firemen found the vehicle ablaze, suspecting an electrical short in the horn and ignition wiring. At 1 30 p.m. Muscatine Firemen also were called to 508 E 4th for a smoking mattress in Clarence Skipton's upstairs apartment. Skipton, a painter, slept through the start of the fire with no injuries reported.
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Washington
Iowa
Paul Fern
Fern
C. Skipton
Muscatine
Clarence Skipton
Skipton
Road to Harbor Closed for Repair Near Riverview Park
The roadway beside Riverview park from Cedar street to the harbor entrances will be closed for three or four days. City engineer says reconstruction of Cedar street railroad crossing approaches caused the closure. Boaters must walk about two blocks to reach the harbor entrance.
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Riverview Park
Cedar Street
The Muscatine Journal Information Notice
The Muscatine Journal published daily except Sunday as a Lew Enterprises product from 302 E Bed St Muscatine Iowa. This edition is registered with the post office under state law and uses Associated Press material exclusively for publication of local and AP dispatches.
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Lew Enterprises
E. Bed St
Museating
Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Press
Incil
AP Oews Dispatches
Subscription rates and delivery details for Museatine Muscatine paper
The notice lists daily carrier rates forty cents, two weeks mall at $1.00, one year within fifty miles of Muscatine at $6.00, and over fifty miles at $8.00. All mall subscriptions are in advance. Office hours are 9am to 5pm daily, Saturday 8am to 1pm. Special doligary service for missed papers at 24.60 with contact at 263-2931.
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Muscatine
Dial
Shepley Reaches Iowa Junior Golf Semi Finals
Brian Shepley of Muscatine advanced to the semi finals of the Iowa Junior Golf Tourney at Ames with a 2-1 victory over Herb Appel of Dubuque. This marked his third tour win, sending him to face Brad Schuchat of Des Moines and John Peters of Muscatine, last year's runner up, who won his second flight match against Mike Holmes of Carroll.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Ames
Herb Appel
Dubuque
Shepley
Brad Schuchat
Des Moines
John Peters
Mike Holmes
Carroll
Peters
Fawns Given To Park Zoo
The Iowa Conservation Commission donated two fawns to Weed Park Zoo. Local officer Dan Nichols said one fawn was picked up in Muscaline County last weekend and the other in Boone. He urged residents not to take young fawns from lawns, noting the mothers will return for them.
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Weed Park Zoo
Iowa Conservation Commission
Dan Nichols
Fawns
Muscaline County
Boone
Nichols
South Iowa Methodist Youths Work Camp Aids Migrants In Muscatine
South Iowa Methodist Youth Work Camp from southern Iowa arrives in Muscatine for eight days to assist migrant families ahead of the temato picking season. Twenty two students and four staff sort donated clothes, attend evening discussions, and swim at Weed Park as a local program office lists at 10 West Second Street.
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Iowa
Musgaling
Musserville Methodist Church
Weed Park
West’ Second Street
Kathy Huffaker
Maxwell
Cindie Cramer
Des Moines
Kenneth Smith
Colo
Mary Krieger
Mt. Union
Cynthia Haas
Jane Dale
Brooklyn
Paula [Pilkington
Vicar
Marshall ‘Monthei
Altoona
Larry Davis
Sharon Karr
Mon
Supervisors Set Hearing On Status of Mobile Homes
Muscatine county supervisors schedule a public hearing at 10 a m on July 13 to review revisions to the zoning ordinance defining mobile homes as dwellings. The plan, backed by the zoning commission, would treat mobile homes on permanent foundations with universal owner consent as dwellings and allow placement on non conforming lots with proper zoning and a permanent foundation.
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Muscatine County Board of Supervisors
Epaia
Move City Landfill Relocates to Island Dump
The city landfill will shift to the municipal dump on Muscatine Island while a new site is chosen. Sanitarian Frank Anson Jr said Jeffer son Street and Hill Avenue landfill closes this weekend after the annual cleanup overflow. Island dump opens next Monday with hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, closed Sundays. entrance about a mile and a half south of the city on Stewart Road.
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Muscatine Island
Frank Anson, Jr
Jefferson Street
Hill Avenue
He City
Stewart Road
Reverend Waldschmidt Transferred to Fort Madison
The Rev. Donald L. Waldschmidt assistant pastor at St Marys Parish will become assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church Fort Madison on July 7. The transfer is among 17 clergy moves announced by Bishop Ralph L Hayes for the Diocese of Davenport. He served St Marys with Rev Carl F Clems for ten years.
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A Mary's Parish
Sacred Heart
Hhurch
Fort Madison
Ralph L. Hayes
Davenport
Father Waldschmidt
St. Mary's
Marvin N. Sieger
St. Boniface
Clinton
Carl F. Clems
Fourth of July Observance in Muscatine Delayed Error
The Muscatine Journal notes Independence Day events begin with a program Friday evening July 2, correcting a previous error that listed Friday July 3 in Wednesday's edition.
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