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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1952
Page
9
The Roman Senate in 250 B.C. tried to ease traffic by banning women from driving chariots. The brief rule reflects early efforts to regulate urban mobility and gender roles in public space.
The Ladies Classic League lists Evelyn Davis as high series with 224 and high game with 224 by Elizabeth Carlson. Team leaders include Meadow Gold and Coder Hardware in top series and games with scores across Batterson's Store, Ina Mae's, and Florists. Individual standings feature multiple bowlers with upper 200s and 400s in the table. MAT RES TONIGHT shows shadow league pairings and attendance notes for a year-ago period.
Promoter Bill Veeck, despite bronchial pneumonia, touts the Browns rapid ticket growth and promo efforts. He criticizes the Yankees for promotion while noting St. Louis, with Rogers Hornsby guiding on-field efforts, has seen attendance rise in the first five home dates.
The Muscatine city council studied curb and gutter installations on several streets including Fuller, East Tenth, Lombard, and Main with costs per foot estimated at 1.50 to 2.00 for adjacent property owners. Additional projects on East Third, Park Avenue, and other blocks were referred to the paving committee, along with repairs and no parking signs. The fire escape issue at the Grand hotel was referred to the fire committee for decision.
Iowa State Highway Commission questioned over logs on a vacant lot during Park Avenue paving. Council rents gravel pit to Henry A. Martini for three years at 15 dollars annually. Jessie Perry lease of block 44 terminated as city sells to Henry Matthiessen. Bonds approved for several officials and vendors. Resolution creates parking meter maintenance post. discharge of related police role. Licenses to serve beer issued. warrants canceled. Investigations ordered on foundation liability at 608 Cedar Street and on dumping ice cream containers near Park Avenue and East Fourth Street. Appraisal planned for Christofferson lot along Grover Street sewer route. Omri Taylor sanitation farm purchase request referred. Roof repairs underway at South End fire station.
Funeral services for 77 year old Bertha Sywassink were conducted at 2 30 p m at the Fairbanks chapel with Dr J M Kennedy pastor of the First Presbyterian church in charge. Mrs Eva Kramer played organ as pallbearers E P Horst Ben Sywassink Jr Charles Sywassink Henry Sywassink Dave Sywassink and Will Reesink stood guard Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral services for one year old Jimmie Joe Butler son of Mr and Mrs George F Butler Jr were held at 2 pm Thursday at Geo M Wittich Funeral home The Rev Neil Palmer Mulford Congregational church led the services Pallbearers were Kenneth Rommer y Orla Hinkley Edward Bennett and Charles Haller The vocalists were Shirley Groters and Diane Evans The organist was Mrs E E Bloom Burial was at Greenwood cemetery
Heavy hens over 4% lbs at 18 cents. Lights and Leghorns at 14 cents. Eggs No 1 at 32 cents, No 2 at 24 cents.
High water causes J. P. Squire Co to suspend pork shipments until further notice. No shipments are being accepted at this time as the river conditions remain unsafe for transport.
Approximately 700 members of the 1000 club attended Drake choir’s fourth annual high school concert. Under Stanford Hulshizer the program ranged from folk tunes to operatic arias with scenes from Verdi La Traviata and Menotti The Consul. Genevieve Wheat Baal directed costumes and staging. the event was a spring tour stop with overnight Muscatine hosting.
Muscatine janitor Oswald Steinke sustained minor head injuries when he fell from a stool while opening a window at the post office. He was taken to Bellevue hospital for first aid and released. Police aided an unidentified man with heat illness near West Sixth Street afternoon.
Muscatine YMCA resumes regular class schedule as National Guard units depart. Physical director Jim Kremer announced the schedule restoration after guardsmen from Iowa City units left the building at 3 p.m. Thursday following flood emergency coverage.
By virtue of a Special Execution from the Muscatine County District Court I will sell on Tuesday May 27 1952 at the Muscatine Court House door the west half of Lot seven and east half of Lot eight in Block 65 Muscatine. The sale is to satisfy a claim in favor of Central State Bank and runs between 9 am and 4 pm with 11 am as a special time. Charles L Anson Sheriff. June Garvin Deputy.
Chicago reports hog prices rising to a top of 19.25 per hundredweight the highest since Christmas. Week gains total 1.75, with market 25 to 75 cents higher than Thursday and 50 cents to 1.50 for the week. Cattle steadier, lambs up to 28.50, sheep slow. various hog and cattle price ranges listed for different weights and grades.
Public grade school pupils will perform at the Grade School Music Festival in the high school auditorium at 7 tonight. The program includes third grade song flute group, baton twirling, soloists, and the grade school concert band. Selections by the high school band close the program under Harold Freese and Gordon McLean.
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