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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1966
Page
1
Members of the Mennonite church through the Mennonite Disaster Service assist nationwide disaster relief. The photo shows workers building an implement shed near Elkhart Indiana in a region touched by a severe tornado last April.
Tucson man Addison Taylor aged 87 ate the neighbor's rooster for dinner after the bird crowed every morning, following a police complaint. The incident occurred this week and related to ongoing disputes over noise.
A 61 year old man in Bolton England asked the Health Service Council to replace his false teeth claiming mice carried off his bottom dentures. The council approved new bottoms for him citing his poverty while Dr Bernard Thornley joked about the mouse story.
Jackson Mississippi Roman Catholic St Mary's Church begins a fund to aid Woodville Heights Baptist Church after a tornado last week. The similar past event at St Marys in Bunker Hill Delaware 17 years ago is recalled as the church offers support.
The Mennonite Disaster Service known as MDS draws members nationwide to disaster scenes volunteer without pay or compulsory service. Based in Pennsylvania Dutch country near Lancaster, MDS aids Hurricane Betsy cleanups and Mississippi River flood relief across Iowa Illinois Michigan and Indiana with leadership by coordinator Delmar Stahly.
The Muscatine Journal recounts Mennonite Disaster Service efforts, noting local units handle most disasters but call in other chapters for large events. It details past tornado relief in Indiana, deployment from Akron Pennsylvania, and recognition like Hutchinson News Citizen of the Year.
Mrs. William Paterson of Colorado Springs loaned objects from her late mother Mrs. Maynard Thompson of Muscatine to the Laura Musser Museum. The display includes a late 1700s English Punch and Judy set, a large mahogany secretary, 20 hand carved circus animals, a sword cane, and a slave overseer cane. The Muscatine Room opens in May with ongoing renovations by the Muscatine Art Association.
A feature on knitting across generations shows Mrs. Elmer Schwartz weaving for WWI and WWII volunteers, Steve Tarbell taking up the craft at work, Sue Foster pursuing music while knitting, and Jefferson fifth graders learning to knit after school, with peers teaching and sharing in the hobby.
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