Obituaries and Funerals Notices From Local Area
Obituaries report services for Mrs. Austin Mae Noble 53 who died June 24 at home. Funeral details list officiants, organist, vocalists, flower attendants, pallbearers, and cemetery. Miss Gace Shires dies unexpectedly at 1 40, heart attack, with funeral arrangements and church services noted. Also covered are infant death at Wapello, Ada Burrows 81 obituary and funeral plans, and a Penney Company picnic at Weed Park with about 40 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Mae Noble
George M. Wittich
Illinois City Methodist Church
Buvial
Illinois City
Caleb Larson
Herbert Buccy
Larry Mier
Ralph Keller
Louis Bartley
Robert Green
Tugene Green
George Hoffman
Clyde Sedam
Harry Johnson
Susie Green
Clark Sedam
DeWayne Foster
Eugene Green
Aledo
Gace Shires
Glenn Robbins
Miss Shires
Eliza Township
Ill
Millard C
Yale Noble Shires
Letts
Rock Island
Wapello
Ralph Parish
Lawrence Parish
Frances McCarty
Burlington
Wapello Cemetary
Dudgeon-Mc-Culley Funeral Home
Ada Burrows
Route 4
Poage
George M. Withich
South Bethel Cemetery
Burrows
Charles and
Evelyn Dusenberry Everette
Moscow
Muscatine
Cedar Counties
George Burrows
West Branch
Waller D. Cuctis
E. James Rife
Cedar County
Council Lets $15,417 Contract For Parking Lot Construction
Keokuk city council awarded Central Paving Co. a 15417 dollar contract to build a 42-stall metered parking lot in the 300 block of East Second Street. Work includes cement pavement, curbing, wall planters, and 42 meter posts with bond and documents to be finalized next week. project tied to Walnut Street project planned for next year. Ground work and off street parking acquisitions are also under discussion with completion hoped for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wednaday
East Second Street
Central Paving. Co
Keokuk
Walnut Street
Harold
Pat) Fin
Finnegan
Willonot
Gerald Powell
East Second
Thieves Break Into Two Iowa City Cafes
Iowa City police investigate burglaries at Doug's Diner and Ted's Grill. Thieves entered Doug's Diner by breaking a window in a restroom, dragged a cash register into a hallway, and removed about 225 dollars. Ted's Grill saw a front window broken to gain entry and approximately 950 dollars stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Suit Filed in Paying Dispute Over Cedar County Street Work
Tipton wyane Lows and Building Co of Fairmoor Minnesota filed a 413407 dollar suit against Mechanicsville in Cedar County District Court seeking payment for alleged incomplete street improvement work begun March 22, 1961. Town courts blocked project completion as the suit proceeded. Separately a worker from H J Heinz plant near Davenport was hospitalized briefly after a ladder incident. The Eliza Community Church announces its annual fourth of July breakfast at 6 a.m. local time, inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton— Wy —Ane Lows and Building Co
Fairmoor
Minn
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Rides open Saturday for July 4th parade and festivities
Muscatine Junior Chamber sponsors a July 4 celebration with a parade at 10 30 a m and a horse show at 1 30 p m in Weed Park Heinz annex area. Rides open 6 30 p m Saturday and run through July 4 with a teen dance at 7 15 p m Monday. fireworks around 9 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Weed Park
Heinz Annex
Water Tower
Colorado Street
Dick Maeglin
Jaycee
Jerry Caslavka
Richard Dedder
Max Churchill
Glen Monson
Jaycees
Businessmen Tour GPC Facilities
A group of 34 Muscatine businessmen and industrialists toured GPC facilities and Kent Feeds on Wednesday afternoon. Slides showcased plant operations including starch, alcohol, fermentation products, and livestock and poultry feeds. The two plants employ 650 people, draw 560 gallons of water per minute, use 4 million kilowatts monthly, and process 27,000 bushels of grain daily. The visit concluded with a downstream winter trip aboard the Kent Feeds boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Muscatine
Kent Feeds
Manley Reunion Sets Change of Venue for 1962
The annual Manley reunion will be held July in 1962 at Columbus Junction park, changing location from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction Park
Weather Outlook: Warm Humid Across Area Through Friday
The Weather Bureau reports continued warm and humid conditions for the area through Friday. Burlington led the state at 92 degrees, with Des Moines, Ottumwa, and Davenport near 90. lows stayed around 69 overnight. By noon today downtown readings reached about 83, with a forecast drop below 86 tonight and near 90 again Friday. A few isolated thundershowers were expected in the northwest and far western central Town on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Burlington
AL Des Moines
Ollumna
Davenport
Mercury
Actress Virginia Christine Returns to Mediapolis Reunion
Mediapolis High School class of 1937 honoring its silver anniversary reunion welcomed actress Virginia Christine formerly Virginia Kraft. She attended with husband Fritz Feld and their sons Steven and Danny. Christine won a national forensics prize 25 years earlier and later studied at UCLA. Her father, a Chautauqua performer, died young and her mother later remarried Rev J T Kraft, pastor of Mediapolis church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediapolis
Virginia Christine
Virginia Kraft
Steven
Danny
Fritz Feld
Christine
California
University of California At
Los Angeles
Miss Christine
J. T. Kraft
Medhanolis Church
Long Beach
Calil
City imposes curb and gutter bond rule on subdivisions
City council adopted a plan requiring developers of new subdivisions to post bonds guaranteeing curb and gutter and gravel street work. Bonds duration is one year, set by street length and curb footage. If uncompliant after a year, the city may forfeit the bond and complete the work using bond funds. The measure targets subdivisions with newly dedicated streets awaiting plat approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton
Marine recruit completes training at Pendleton base
Pfc. James A. Van Dusen USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Van Dusen of Atalissa, is completing four weeks of individual combat training with the Second Infantry Training Regiment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton California. Instructors train Marines in tactical field skills for four-man fire teams and 14-man squads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. van Dusen
USMC
Floyd van’ Dusen
Atalissa
Marine Corps Base
Camp
Pendleton
Calif
Carrier Crew Aids Refugees in Hong Kong and Kobe
US Navy airman Terrance M. Riessen of Stockton and the USS Coral Sea crew donated blood to the British Red Cross in Hong Kong to ease refugee hunger and distress and raised funds for food. Earlier they gave blood for a Tokyo area train disaster victims while docked in Kobe. The USS Coral Sea, a 63,000-ton carrier of the Seventh Fleet, operates in the South China Sea and plans to return to the U.S. in July. Meanwhile Muscatine police arrested a one year old youth on a motor vehicle intoxication charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
B.C C
Terrance M. Riessen
USN
Melvin J. Riessen
Route 1
Stockton
Coral Sea
Red‘ Cross
Kobe
Japan
Tokyo
South China Sea
Seventh Fleet
U.S
Muscatine
Four Lutheran Groups Merge for Historic Union
Four Lutheran denominations join to form the largest merger in American Lutheranism. United Lutheran Church, Augustana, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran, and American Evangelical Lutheran unite, with founding ceremonies and a new home planned. local council details note curb and gutter costs for vacant lane access and indicate absences of Aldermen Powell Peters Wessels and Mayor Bosch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uetroit
America
United Lutheran ‘Church
Augustana Lutheran “Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gerald Powell
Harold Peters
John Wessels
Robert Bosch
Rochester institute ad director warns against procrastinating students
Hedden of Rochester Institute of Technology urges action now to avoid capable students delaying effort until college. He warns that waiting to start work leads to poor outcomes and misjudging one’s potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pont
Rochester
N.Y
George” Hedden
Rochester Institute of Technology
No Tollway His Trip Ends With $30 In Fines
Clifford G Hartman of Burlington faced speeding charges in Muscatine County on April 26. Two highway patrolmen cited him as he entered and left Muscatine city limits. He paid $10 plus costs on each speeding ticket and a further $10 for failure to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Clifford G. Hartman
Burlington
Hines
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Jornal
Big Lagoon
Catfish
Douglas Barclay
Susan
Robert
Doug
Weed Peark Lagoon
Mrs, Austin Noble
Miss Grace Shires
Eliza Community Methodist Church
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Roy
Uns
C. Glenn’ Robbins
Effie Meeker
Reiser Funeral Home
Starling
Reiser Chapel
Eliza Community Church
Kenneth Goodell
Robert, Maurais
Tampa
Fla
Hayes High Alumni Dance
Elks Lodge
Dave Warner
Woc-Tv
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Council
Wiliam
Robe
Negan
Wumunities
West Second
Tor
Iowa City
Adley
Saauwarger
Muscatine General Hospital
H. J. Heinz Company
Harshbarger
Eliza
Mlecrn
Arta Saddle Clubs
Businessmen Tour
Greenwood
Eowa
Ira Hayes
Bruce Bennett
Gregory Malo
Ivan Ath
Bdmund Hashim AL Urnere
Manyer National Pact
AES
Western Transportation Company
Bob Reynolds
Thatcher Glass Company
Celon
Mussentine
George B. Stych
Stych
Medway
Carl Bartenhagen Place
Journal
John Hisson
Pfc
Van‘Dusen
Marine Combat
James van Busen
OMVI
Court of Justice of the Pesce
Harvey G. Allbee, Jr
West
Seventh Street
Hilltop
Sonya Wilde
James Franciscus
DeWitt
Jomta
Ttl
Cheri
Thur
PTL
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