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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1966

Page

2

Northern Gravel Low Bid To Pave 966 Street Program

City council opened two bids for the 966 street paving project and deferred award for meetings with bidders. Northern Gravel Co of Muscatine bid 297 961.44, Irving F Jensen Jr of Sioux City bid 307 165.83.

Northern Gravel Company of Muscatine Irving F. Jensen Sioux City Northern Gravel Co Spring Street East Fourt East Fifth Streets Watton Spring Streat Fifth Street

Twelve Women Complete Home Health Aide Course

Twelve women received certificates at the Muscatine Public Health Nursing Association on completing a five session Home Health Aide course. The group included Leora Job Florence Robinson Dorothy Knapp Leona Moore Laura Meinner Victoria Scott Helene Douglas Alice Kleveter Myrel Althaus Bessie Phillips Florence Brink and Kate Marine. The ceremony featured health and aging films and talks by Betty Masterson Frances McRoberts Ruth Jenkins. Additional classes will begin mid August for interested women to pursue employment as health aides.

Office of the Muscatine Public Health Nursing Association Home Health Aide Service Leora Job Florence Robinson Dorothy Knapp Leona Moore Laura Meinner Victoria Scott Helene Douglas Alice Kleveter Myrel Althaus Bessie Phillips Florence Brink Kate Marine

Muscatine Journal Gazette Details Publication Terms

The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays. It is a member of Che Lev perprisely and incorporated at 301 E St Muscatine Iowa 52761. It is entered as second class matter and the Associated Press provides exclusive rights to publish AP news content.

Muscatine Journal Muscatin Journal Che Lev Perprisely E. St Muscatine Iowa Focal News AP News

Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Carrier Delivery

Rates list daily carrier delivery in Muscatine at $2.00 monthly in advance. Non Muscatine carrier delivery prices are forty cents for two weeks. Mail subscriptions within fifty miles of Muscatine are $17.00 yearly, over fifty miles $20.00 yearly. All payments in advance. Office hours 3 am to 3 pm daily. Special delivery for missed papers offered until 12:30. Dial 283-2301.

City of Muscatine Muscatine

Nameless dinner guest robs Muscatine area home

Albert Workman of route 5 reports a nameless dinner guest who robbed his home on Thursday. He left at 10:60 a.m. and returned to find a break in. Pastry and fruit were taken from the larder. A rear door was forced at the Eagles aerie on highway 22. A juke box and cigaret machine yielded $20. Two outboard motors were missing.

Albert Workman Workman Bot Miller

Water Safety Instructor Course Starts Here Monday

Muscatine County Red Cross opens signups for part one of the Water Safety Instruction course. Adults 18 plus with current senior lifesaving certificate urged to report to Weed Park pool Monday at 1:38 a.m. Pat Altenbernd to teach the one hour session. Part two to follow.

Muscatine County American Red Cross Weed Park Pool Pat Altenbernd

Two Men Removed From Cedar River Near Moscow Bridge

Leslie Sterner and Roy Kress Jr were taken off boats tied up at the Cedar River near the railroad bridge at Moscow sometime since Sunday.

Leslie Sterner Roy Kress, Jr Cedar River Moscow

First Methodist Pastor Is Assigned to Newton

Dr Edwin Frohardt pastor of Muscatine church for five years has been assigned as pastor of Newton First Methodist church. The council sent plan and zoning commission a rezoning request for a Park Plaza north site for an auto dealership. Ralph Sterk seeks 260 by 400 feet to rezone from B1 to B2 to sell to Marvin Krieger for M and M Ford Sales. A parallel lot to the north would also be zoned B1.

Edwin Frohardt First Methodist Church Muscatine Plan and Zone Commission Park Plaza Park Avenue Ralph Sterk Marvin Krieger M & M Ford

Wiese Jr Aboard Enterprise Homeward From Vietnam

Myril Wiese Jr son of Mr and Mrs Myril T Wiese 612 Linn Muscatine was a Yeoman Third Class on the USS Enterprise when it reached San Francisco after six months duty off Vietnam He will be on leave early July and his wife Jeanne Lenz is expecting their first child Also Paul Sheetz Jr radioman aboard the Enterprise at Newton will be succeeded by Dr J Henry Teele as superintendent of the Methodist Council Bluffs District at closing session of South Iowa Conference in Indianola The Frobardt and Teele preaching engagements and pastor assignments were announced with moves to parsonages next week plus farewell planned at First Methodist church in Muscatine The conference also assigned Rev A D Douglas Steffenson Epworth Des Moines and Rev Stephen D Root Jr to Des Moines Fifth Avenue church moving from Muscatine and Ottonwa respectively

Myril T. Wiese Jr Myril T. Wiese Linn Muscatine U.S.S. Enterprise San Francisco Viet Nam Wiese Enterprise Jeanne Lenz Paul Sheetz Jr Wilton Enter Newton J. Henry Teele Methodist Council Bluffs Frobardt Teele Frohardt First Methodist Church Epworth

Bake Sale Planned by Little League Auxiliary

The Little League auxiliary received permission from aldermen to hold a bake sale on July 8 in front of the F. W. Woolworth store.

Little League F. W. ‘Woolworth

Council Adopts R3A Zone for Apartments in Mustaine

Aldermen voted 6 to 1 at a special meeting Thursday afternoon to adopt R3A multiple dwelling zoning in Mustaine, paving the way for early construction of several apartments, with regulation authorizing the move.

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Muscatine Contractors Organize In Muscatine County

Muscatine contractors form The Hare Builders Association of Muscatine County at a Thursday night meeting. Ray Zeidler is chosen president. other officers include Max Crumily vice president Ronald Conkling secretary and Karl Reichert secretary. Directors named are Francis Longhurst Clyde Lucas Omar Whitlow Lyle Hinman Joab Moore and Glen Brossart. The organization will be incorporated and meets on the second Thursday each month.

Muscatine Hare Builders’ Association of Muscatine County Ray Zeidler Max Crumily Ronald Conkling Karl Reichert Francis Longhurst Clyde Lucas Omar Whitlow Lyle Hinman Joab Moore Glen Brossart

Two Trucks In Accident On East Second Street

Two trucks collided at 7 20 a m on East Second Street at Oak Street. The pickup driver Joachim Hans Lenz 30 of 623 Fairview Avenue complained of a back injury and sought medical care. The Acme Fuel and Material Co pickup suffered left rear damage and the 1966 truck tractor incurred right front and radiator damage. The larger vehicle owned by Joe Kwapil of Palo was driven by Charles Junior Barker of Marion. Parker could not stop in time before the intersection.

East Second Street Oak Street Joachim Hans Lenz Fairview Avenue Acme Fuel and Material Co Joe Kwapil Palo Charles Junior Barker Marion Lent Parker

Band Concert at Weed Park Sunday Afternoon

A band concert at the bandstand in Weed Park is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. under the direction of Larry Hintz. The program features marches, popular tunes, and old favorites. The event is provided by the Music Performance Trust Fund, Recording Industries, and Local 551 of the American Federation of Musicians.

Weed Park Larry Hintz Music Performance Trust Fund and Recording Industries Local 551 The American Federation of Musicians

Arthur Miller Named Central Jr. High Principal

The Muscatine School Board, in special session, offered Arthur Miller the Central Junior High principal post effective July 1 at an annual salary of $9,400. Miller, currently assistant principal, will replace Clyde Gabriel Jr. who became principal. The board also discussed purchasing three microfilm machines for Muscatine High School and planned to add a district representative to the county conference board, with action postponed.

Muscatine Central Junior High School Arthur Miller Miller Clyde Gabriel Jr Muscatine High School John Barger

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