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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1935
Page
5
Muscatine Garden club arranges Friday garden tour visiting private sites. Starts at Mrs. B. E. Eversmeyer 600 Walnut from 1 30 to 3 p m ending at Mrs. Fred Shafnit and Mrs. Walter Molis on Iowa avenue for tea.
Mrs Ollie Hintermeister of 202 West Fifth street hosted the Square Deal card club Tuesday afternoon at her home. Prizes went to Mrs Fred Schwartz and Mrs Fred Schroeder for first and second. spec prize to Mrs Nelson Graham. consolation to Mrs George Milder. Special guests included Mrs Fred Schroeder, Mrs Roy Holtz, and Mrs William Liebbe. The club plans a two week meeting with Mrs Milder at her country home and a club dance at the Legion home Thursday night.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Chase of Chicago have arrived in Muscatine to spend the summer with his parents, Mr and Mrs George Chase at 122 West Fourth Street, and with Mrs Bruce Chase's parents, Mr and Mrs A L Branson on Woodlawn Avenue. They will remain in Muscatine until September.
An assistant professor of household arts at Teachers College Columbia University in New York has long been noted for expertise in garment study and apparel education.
Mr and Mrs Henry Marten of 709 Newell avenue celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary with 43 guests at the Marten parents home at 843 Newell avenue. Cards music and a two course luncheon accompanied gifts and a pink and white floral decor.
Mrs M Pace with Mrs Vernon Franklin entertained the Morning Star class of Park Avenue Methodist Church at a Weed Park picnic supper Tuesday night. The outing celebrated a membership contest win by the junior Sunday school department. Attending were Virginia Freers Virginia Brown Pearl King Norma Buser Ruby Houk Eula Sheffler Bessie Hein June George Janette Paulison and Marla Paulison.
Mrs. Harry Brown of 2114 Mulberry avenue hosted an informal evening party Tuesday in her home honoring nephew Francis McConnaha on his birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Will Mr and Mrs David McConnaha Francis Mr and Mrs Brown and James Reynolds.
St. Marys Altar Guild of Trinity Episcopal church met Tuesday night at 1214 Mulberry Avenue to plan a bake sale for the following Saturday. The gathering focused on sewing and Mrs. Elwood Butz hosted and served refreshments at the end of the evening.
The United Brethren Ladies Aid society schedules Thursday afternoon gathering in the Neidig rooms with hostesses Mrs. Bates Sinkler Aubrey and Snell. Grace Lutheran Missionary Society meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Gunzenhauser assisting hostess Mrs. Hildebrand. Leader is Mrs. Pearson. Meeting moved ahead one week due to Independence Day.
Miss Iris McCullough will entertain the New Era Young People's society at her home 1522 Grant Street Muscatine on Friday night. President Jacob Brei will conduct a brief meeting and appoint committees to plan the society's role in the Fourth of July celebration at New Era.
Three Muscatine girls Ruth Romann Betty Mills and Phyllis Ellman will join a Y W C A outing at Camp Archie Allen Port Byron IL starting Monday. Ruth and Betty stay two weeks while Phyllis remains one week. Della Althaus chairs Sigma Alpha class picnic at Weed Park Tuesday night with 25 members.
All Saints guild of Trinity Episcopal church schedules a picnic Thursday at Weed Park meeting at 2 o clock with four covered dishes and sandwiches. If rain arrives the supper moves to Mrs Edith Freeman's Monroe street home.
The Evangelical and Reformed church youth postpones a wiener roast and dam hike from Tuesday to Thursday night at 6:30 in case of rain a church parlor meeting will be held. In England about 14 percent of homes have electricity with 4 million consumers and 500 plants generating 9 billion kilowatts annually.
A double wedding anniversary gathering was held at the Hollenbeck home in Lone Tree marking 19 years since the couples wed. Attendees included relatives from Columbus Junction and Lone Tree, with a basket dinner and program. Birthdays of Velma Wasson and William Hollenbeck were noted.
Girl Scouts of troop 3 met at the Y W C A in their last gathering before camp expected to bring 40 girls from Muscatine to Dixon Ia July 7 to 14. Thirteen girls attended and five were invested Doris Drumm Ruth Healey Mary Ann Hakes DeLea Jones and Margaret Ann Wagner with Miss Ruth Hartwig in charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hill, former Muscatine residents, celebrated their sixty second wedding anniversary at their Oklahoma City home. Their daughter-in-law Mrs. Bert Hill and two children Cleo and Earl attended along with many well wishers. An open house from 2 to 4 p m featured a church quartet and gifts and cards totaling over a hundred.
The article lists numerous birthday anniversaries and reunions held across Nichols, Weed Park in Muscatine, and surrounding areas. Highlights include George Chown honoring his 75th birthday at his Nichols home, Ola Crater’s birthday observance, and multiple family visits and dinners with extended relatives. A birth recorded notes a seven pound son born to Leroy and Mrs. Buser.
Mr and Mrs Walter Rock hosted a gathering at 501 Liberty Street to celebrate Mrs Rock's brother George Henry Globes's nineteenth birthday. Guests from Muscatine included George Kramer James Chasteen and families, Arthur Budelier, Fred Globes and children Kathrine George Henry and Frank, plus Inez Lang Mary Miller Wayne Kay and Angeline Rock. The guest of honor received many gifts.
Park Avenue Methodist Ep worth league members and friends visited Marston Illinois for a party hosted by Miss Irene Whitlock of Muscatine. Eighteen people traveled in a truck with chaperones Mr and Mrs Whitlock and the Rev Mr Worrell. attendees included Molly Black Emma Black Dorothy Hine Ruth Penrod Mary Stone Alva Stone Jean Healy Verna Reynolds Coretta Moore Glenna Elliott Beatrice Walker Irene Whitlock Clair Alderman Donald Shepard Earl Penrod Lloyd Worrell and Jess Walton.
Former residents Mrs Lyle Fairman of Kansas City and Mrs Paul Cook with son Gerald Miss Ruth Moser of Winston Salem are visiting at the homes of sisters Mrs Leo Carter 807 Hershey court and Mrs Harry McGreer Illinois City and with other relatives in Muscatine They plan to drive to Humboldt Minnesota to visit their parents Mr and Mrs George Moser former Bloomington township residents.
Eleven young women from the Zenith club of the YWCA enjoyed a Weed park picnic supper on Wednesday night. They planned a weekend outing at a cottage on July 6.
The Muscatine Iowa Board of Education invites sealed bids for removing the roof of the Muscatine High School Addition at Sycamore and Sixth Streets and replacing it with a lightweight roof deck and new roofing. Bids due by noon July 8, 1935, with 5 percent certified check. Alternate bids for steel or cement tile deck with or without a guarantee bond. Iowa preference applies.
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