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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1963
Page
3
County Extension Director Eu génie Mathern urges removal of biennial thistles on land. Weed specialist E. Pe Sylvester of Iowa State notes musk curl ed pastures and bull thistles in rosette stage, recommending pre May 16 spraying with 4 pounds per gallon 2 4-D concentrate plus detergent as spreader.
Keller Manufacturing Co in Muscatine enters its third year as a local industry. President Howard Kerr says the move to 804 Oregon Street has been beneficial and the firm now produces ironing tables for foreign and domestic markets. New board-cover developments and the Weller Rover replaceable cover are marketed to ease iron work.
Mary Lawrence wins 5 States Bank scholarship at LM High School. Muscatine Development Corporation winds up a campaign for overhead funding as its executive director Harold W. Ogilvie notes the town’s industrial growth hinges on proactive leadership. The May 9 banquet will be attended by several hundred, with corporate praise for the organization’s guidance in locating a Swift building and supporting local business.
Forecast calls for temperatures about 5 degrees above normal from tonight through next Monday. Normal highs range from the lower 60s in the northeast to the 70s in the southwest, with northern border lows around 40 and upper 40s in the south. Temperatures rise early, stay mild through Sunday and Monday, then cool. Rainfall averages about .25 to .50 inch in showers this weekend.
The Sarah Tharp Circle of the West Liberty Methodist Church met Thursday for quilting. Guests joined a collage supper at Mrs. Lee Forsythe’s home honoring Mrs. Myrtle Dice, Mrs. Jessie Cor Hell, and Margaret Fitzgerald. Sixteen attended. gifts given to Mrs. Dice who plans to move to Hemet California in May. Mrs. Dice received a gift. special guests included Mrs. Dale Williams and Mrs. G R Paisley.
A Congregational meeting of the finance committee at the Methodist church drew over 25 members Tuesday. An extension lesson on yeast breads cornmeal and wheat products will be offered next week at Wanello and Columbus Junction churches led by Louisa County home economist Enionage Brown.
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