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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1963
Page
14
A calm spring day frames Weed park as the lagoon mirrors the sky and trees. Lilac bushes near the lagoon host the ongoing Spring and Summer Howor show with crab trees and tulips in bloom. By June park roses are set to join the scenic display. Photo credit John Kasbeer.
The Christian Church board led by Nichols plans a Sunday meeting on May 3 at 2:00 p.m. EST. A crowd helped prepare St Mary’s Parish Hall for the upcoming Spring Supper. A variety sale by WSCS will be held in the Methodist church basement on Saturday May 4 from 10:09 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The sale features used clothing rummage cards candy and home baked goods with pie and coffee served during hours.
Scout leaders and Explorers from Muscatine BetEnderf LeClare Clinton gather at Camp Minneyala to ready for the season. Meyer Aller, camping chairman of the Buffalo Bill Council, oversees projects like rooting the punto house building tents platforms repairing porches and painting interiors. Ron Patton coordinates the Muscatine Jaycee group and troops at the camp sites.
Dick Allbee, chairman of the Hawkeye District Explorer Cate ries, announced Explorers will cut brush and trees remove stumps repair facilities and plant multiflora roses under Camp Ranger Charles Adamson direction. With good camping weather many groups aim to make this the best season yet for over fourteen hundred scouts.
West Liberty churches state a week of services and events. Including May 2 pastor Sarah Tharp luncheon at 2 15 p m and choir rehearsals for Methodist and Wesleyan groups. May 3 WSCS Guest Day at 2 p m with Rev Batnel speaking. May 5 worship at 10 45 a m, Sunday school at 9 30 a m, and a 6 p m Wesleyan class supper followed by Who Caves session No 3 at 7 p m. Other notes list prayer groups May 7 and May 9 choir rehearsals, May 5 Baptist Sunday services with Rev Gordon Olson, May 4 confirmation instruction at 8 30 a m, and Our Redeemer Lutheran events May 2 7 30 p m.
Muscatine and other Iowa municipalities monitor home rule and related bills as adjournment nears. Maurice A. TePaske reports several top measures passed both houses while others await committee action. He says home rule is misinterpreted as state control but is a method to grant local authority within state law.
A series of church events and meetings are noted including Luther League and ORLCW May Bible readings, Circle 1 and Women of the Church potluck with a motherhood program, a chalk talk by Mrs. Ralph Bierman, a session meeting, and youth planning for a Wyoming Camp picnic. Worship and Sunday School times are listed for May weekends.
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