Elks Name Most Valuable Students in Muscatine
Deborah Ann Danay and Ronald Keith Ross were named Muscatine Elks Lodge 304 Most Valuable Student winners. Danay, a Hayes Catholic senior headed to Clarke College, and Ross, a Muscatine High School graduate now at Rutgers, each received a $100 scholarship. An additional candidate, Sandra Kay McChesney, was submitted state-wide.
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Deborah Ann Danay
Robert Danay
Muscatine
Ronald Keith Ross
Belly Ross
Deborah
Clarke College
Dubuque
Muscatine High School
Rutgers College
Auroran
Rutgers
Danny
Ross
Muscatine Elks Lodge
Sandra Kay McChesney
Wapello Community High School
The
Paul Stych
Rod Drake
Archie Martin
Gordon Rogers
Charles Sabbath
Elks National Foundation
Car Wrecked Injuring Two on Highway 38 Near Muscatine
A car crash on Highway 38 about 1.5 miles north of Muscatine at 7:15 a.m. injured two occupants. Stephen L. King 20 of Blakesburg and Linda Bowton 19 of Nauvoo IL were taken to Muscatine General Hospital with hip and facial injuries respectively. The third occupant Paul Swank of Blakesburg was uninjured. The 1967 car, registered to Lawrence and Dorothy Gavin of Ottumwa, overturned in a field after leaving the road on a curve.
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Highway 38
Muscatine
Stephen L. King
Blakesburg
Linda Bowton
Nauvoo
Muscatine General Hospital
King
Miss Bowton
Paul Swank
Ralph Akers
Lawrence
Dorothy Gavin
Ottumwa
Schmidt Held On 3 Charges
Schmidt 21 of 1201 9th Street is held on three charges in Muscatine police files. He faces larceny resisting arrest and assault and battery. Police recovered 16 shotguns a rifle and a radio reported stolen from a Muscatine residence. Bonds total 10,600 dollars.
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Terrill. Schmidt
9Th St
Muscatine
Schmidt
Bennett
Muscaline
Four Charged in Break-in at Tri County Plumbing
Three Muscatine brothers and another local man were arrested and charged with breaking and entering at Tri County Plumbing and Electric. Nearly $1,000 worth of copper wiring was recovered. The four waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to district court. Jack Burns named attorney.
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Muscatine
Tri County Plumbing and Electric
Grandview
Muscatine City
Ernest C. Nichols
Breese
Virgil L. Nichols Jr
Hershey
Robert D. Hatin
Lake Park
Ronald B. Nichols
Cliff
Bennett
Wayne McDaniell
Weed Park Hill
Highway 22
Tri-County Plumbing and Electric
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace Bay Pace
Jack Burns
Migrant Committee Executive Session Scheduled Thursday
The Migrant committee will meet Thursday at 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal church. The session originally set for March 25 has been moved to March 28 at 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal church.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Stamp Machine Replaced At Muscatine Post Office
Acting Postmaster Walter Conway announced the lobby stamp machine would be removed this afternoon and replaced by week’s end with a new unit dispensing five and six cent stamps. After 5 pm no stamps will be sold at the post office. purchases will be available at Sim Mart Park Avenue and Sun Mart Grandview Avenue sub stations from 5 to 9 pm.
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Walter Conway
Muscatine Post Office
Sim Mart
Exploring Art in Gardens
Mrs. George Koenig saecker presents Exploring Art in Gardens at Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum at 2 p.m. Wednesday March 20. Slides show gardens from around the world and an arm chair tour of formal and informal gardens. Mrs. Rita Koen gsaecker adds her imagined flight to view gardens at Williamsburg. On March 27 at 2 p.m. the series concludes with a silver tea and reception for Mrs. Koenig saecker and Sister Clarice Eberdt of Marycrest college. Open to the public.
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George Koenigsaecker
Laura Musser
Rita Koengsaecker
United States
Clay and Whicher Paving Injunction Suit Denied
About 65 residents assessed for 1965 concrete paving on Clay and Whicher streets must pay the charges. District Court Judge James Havercamp ruled Tuesday that the injunction suit against the paving assessments was denied.
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Clay
Whicher
James Havercamp
Havercamp
Mavercamp
Carl Sachs Elected Exalted Ruler Of Muscatine Elks
Carl Sachs was elected exalted ruler of the Muscatine Elks for the coming year at a Monday night meeting. He succeeds Wesley Norton. Other officers chosen include Donald Hecht as leading knight Leroy Brookhart as loyal knight Archie Casebolt as lecturing knight Sanford Schmalz as secretary George Springborn as treasurer John Kistiler Raymond Tobias as three year trustee Wesley Norton as alternate delegate to the grand lodge Installation set for Monday April 1.
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Carl Sachs
Muscatine Elk Lodge
Wesley Norton
Donald Hecht
Leroy Brookhart
Archie Casebolt
Sanford Schmalz
George Springborn
John Kistiler
Raymond Tobias
Grand Lodge
Connell Receives 16th Oak Leaf Cluster Air Medal
David Connell a 24 year old former Muscatine resident was awarded the 16th Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for heroism in Vietnam on Nov 11, 1966. The ceremony occurred at the Iowa National Guard Hangar Davenport Municipal Airport. Connell served about a year in Vietnam with the 281st Aviation Company and resides at 151644 Pershing Ave Davenport. He is the son of Mrs. Lucille Connell 913 Eisenhower Drive.
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David Connell
Muscatine
Iowa National Guard
Davenport
Connell
Vietnam
Lucille Connell
Eisenhower Drive
281St Aviation Company
Kilburn Leaves Intensive Care After Kidney Transplant
Alan Kilburn of 154 Sherman Muscatine has been moved from the intensive care ward at St Marys hospital Rochester Minnesota after receiving a kidney from his brother Wayne Kilburn who has been discharged from the hospital.
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Alan Kilburn
Sherman, Muscatine
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Alan
Wayne Kilburn
Wayne
Sportscaster to Speak At Muscatine Banquet
Muscatine Kiwanis sponsors a 6 30 p m banquet on April 4 at Muscatine Hotel for basketball fans. Ray Christensen of WCCO Minneapolis will discuss Seventeen Years of Play by Play. Teams invited include Muscatine High Hayes Catholic and Muscatine Community College. Awards include Kiwanis trophy for top college player and high school coaches and families welcome.
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Muscatine
Kiwanis
Muscatine Hotel
I. H. Petersen
Ray Christensen
WCCO
Minneapoli
Christensen
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Gophers
Muscatine High School
Hayes Catholic High School
Muscatine Community College
Ed Ware
Town City
Hayes High
Deputy Engineer Outlines Mississippi River Navigation Plans
Major Eugene Bennett, deputy engineer for the Rock Island district, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spoke to the Muscatine Kiwanis about a potential 12 month navigation system on the Mississippi. He noted river traffic growing at least 10 percent yearly and studies for a 12 foot channel with 1,200 foot locks. He cited Muscatine in 1967 shipping 250 barges of grain downstream and receiving 150 barge loads of coal plus barges carrying fertilizer and livestock feed ingredients.
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Eugene Bennett
Rock Island
U.S. Corp of Engineers
Muscatine Kiwanis Club
Bennett
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Two Muscatine Students Win Essay Contest Gold Trophies
Cathy Krewer of St. Mathias and Kris Anson of St. Mary’s, both eighth grade pupils, earned first place gold trophies in the annual essay contest sponsored by the Loras General Assembly of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. The 1968 event, held at the Lend-A-Hand Club in Davenport, drew participants from 21 area parochial schools. Each school submitted five essays judged by a committee on the theme How I Should Act as a Good American Citizen.
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Cathy Krewer
St. Mathias School
Muscatine
Kris Anson
St. Mary’s School
Loras General Assembly
Knights of Columbus
Lend-A-Hand Club
Davenport
Mustangers Meet Plan Gymkhana At Ford Ave
The Muscatine Mustangers will meet Wednesday at 7 39 p m at 100 Ford Ave to plan a gymkhana. All interested persons are invited to attend and join the fun. A Yemen proverb warns against letting women or the devil wander the streets in darkness.
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Mustangers
Muscatine
Yemen
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