Anna Hendriks 64 longtime Muscatine teacher dies
Anna Margaret Hendriks 64 died at 7 15 p m Thursday at 407 West Fourth Street after 44 years in Muscatine public schools with a year off in 1911 She attended Oak Grove rural school Muscatine High Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and the University of Iowa She taught from 1906 except 1911 retirement last spring Surviving relatives include three brothers four nieces one nephew and numerous great nieces and nephews Funeral services 2 p m Monday at the Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home with Rev Fred G Ferris First Baptist Church officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery
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Anna Margaret Hendriks
Muscatine
West Fourth Street
William and
Ilena Schreurs Hendriks
Bloomington Township
Oak Grove
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Fall
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Hendriks
First Baptist Church
Charles W
J. Albert
Garnett
Kas
Earl Haroff
East Tenth Street
California
First Methodist Church
Geo. M. Wittich
Iva Willhite
Marjorie Caldwell
Davenport
Iowa Society of Grapho-analysts
YWCA
First Congregational Church
Florence Mason
City Recorder
H. W. Holzhauer
Lucas Street
Ernest Lamb
Friends Church
Richmond
Bloomington and Muscatine
P. M. Musser Public Library
Juliette Low
Daughters of Union Veterans
Paulina Olive Beardsley
Greenwood Cemetery
First Friends Church
Rose Croix Shrine
Ivy Willhite
George M. Wittich
Bellevue Hospital
Henry
Orchard Avenue
Tricia Ranberger
Mulberry Avenue
Martyn Townsley
East Sixth Street
David Jones and Son
Lombard Street
Betty Jane Mathias
East Second Street
Carrol Yoder
Route 6
Minnie Rosenberger
Henry Hormel 82 West Liberty Dies After Illness
Henry Hormel 82 lifelong West Liberty resident died this morning at his home three and a half miles northwest of West Liberty after a lingering illness. Born June 9 1869 near West Liberty. Body to Snider Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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West Liberty
Henry Hormel
Mr. Hormel
Omar Welch 76 of Wapello Dies at Home
Omar Dalton Welch, 76, longtime Wapello resident, died Thursday at his South Wapello home. Born May 4, 1876 in Greencastle Indiana, he was a painter and paperhanger. Survived by wife Rosa Moore, daughter Pearl Baugh of North Sacramento California, and brother William Welch of Greencastle. Funeral 2:30 p m Saturday at Dudg eon Funeral Home with Rev L E Tinker officiating. Burial at Wapelilo.
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Greencastle
Dudgeon Funeral Home
L. E. Tinker
Wapello Methodist Church
Wapelilo Cemetery
Junior Chamber Launches Get Out the Vote Drive
Muscatine juniors form a Get Out the Vote campaign led by Elmer Bloom Jr. with co chairmen Clayton Schmidt and Paul Roth. They plan registration booths, letters to businesses, a promotional program and a speakers bureau ahead of the June primaries.
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Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine
Elmer Bloom, Jr
Clayton Schmidt
Paul Roth
John Goudy
Marvin Krieger
Jim Ryan
Jack Ficken
Norbert Becky
John Stevens
Roy Luce
John Gust
Bill Fahy
Fred Bissell
Bloom
Legislative Committee
Chicago Produce Market Report May Butter Eggs and Poultry Prices
The Chicago market shows butter steady with mixed scores and prices around 68.5 to 68.75 cents. Eggs remain about steady with some U S standards up to 36 5 cents per dozen. Live poultry holds steady to firm with fryers at 23 5 to 29 5 cents and hens and roosters listed.
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Chicago
U. S
U. S&s
Estimated Receipts at Chicago Market May 9 nine USDA sample
Estimated Saturday livestock receipts reported by USDA include hogs 300 cattle 309 sheep 100. The figures reflect midweek forecasting for Chicago market activity and supply.
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Chicago
USDA
Community Notices From Muscatine Daily Events
City and church notices report travel plans for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Haroff on a California vacation, funeral services for Mrs. Iva Willhite, and a Bishop Friends church gathering. Parking meters in Muscatine brought in 760.13 dollars. local hospital admissions include Henry Wichers and others.
Potatoes Arrive Lightly as U S Shipments Stall in Chicago
Chicago May 9. USDA report notes 17 arrivals with 21 on track. Total U S shipments unavailable. Supplies very light. Trading limited on track and street hindering market establishment.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Fire Departments Attend Junction Meet in Iowa
Fire departments from eight towns gathered at Columbus Junction for the Muscatine Territory Mutual Fire Protection Assn meeting. Topics included a May 2023 fire school at Iowa State College Ames and expanding firefighter insurance beyond workers compensation. Columbus Junction demonstrated a rescuer. Next meeting set for June 12 at Lone Tree.
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Muscatine Territory Mutual Fire Protection Assn
Columbus Junction
Iowa State College
Ames
Lone Tree
Muscatine
Wapello
Letts
Wilton
Grandview
Nichols
Auto Crashes Reported In Muscatine Area
The Muscatine county reports detail three automobile incidents. Frank Ralston, superintendent of schools, and John Gordy were involved near East Front and Cedar streets with about 50 dollars each in damage. Another collision on Illinois street near Bar Avenue involved John Kline backing into Charles Reifert, 60 dollars to Reifert’s car, no damage to Kline’s truck. A third crash at Sixth street and Town Avenue involved Martyn Warner with about 150 dollars damage. J E Stover’s report had no damage listed.
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Frank Ralston
Muscatine County
East Front
Cedar Streets
John Gordy
Route 2
Letts
Muscatine
Ralston
Cedar
Gordy
Charles W. Reifert
Illinois Street
John Orville Kline
Main Street
Bar] Avenue
Kline
Reifert
Sixth Street
Tawn Avenue
Martyn Harold Warner
J. E. Stover
Iowa Avenue
Stover
Warner
Improvement Meeting Set in Fort Dodge for Oct 6
The annual meeting of the Iowa Council for Community Improvement will be held in Fort Dodge on October 6.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Council For Community Improvement
Fort Dodge
Market Listing of Company Share Totals and Ratios
A compact listing shows multiple corporations with share figures and percentages including Sears Roebuck 53 Sinclair Oil 447.4 Socony Vacuum 38 percent Southern Pacific 727 Std Brands 245 Std Oil Ind 82 Std Oil NJ 7644 Studebaker 387 Swift & Co 313 Texas Co 554 United Air Lines 26 United Aircraft 29 US Gypsum 116 US Rubber 74 U S&S Steel 38 percent West Ungel 39 Wilson & Co 12 Woolworth 433.
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Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Socony Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Ind
Relatives Talk by Telephone With Set Leary
Mrs Marie Slovack of 515 Main Street and her daughter in law Mrs Dennis L O Leary of Newport News Va received a phone call Thursday evening from First Sgt Dennis L O Leary stationed with an air force ground crew in Japan He is on his third overseas tour and is currently receiving medical treatment in a Japanese hospital He is the son of the late Leo E O Leary Mrs Slovack has been visiting for a week and plans to return to Newport News this weekend
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Marie Slovack
Dennis L. O’leary
Newport News
Fst
Dennis L. O'Leary
Air Force
Japan
O’leary
Slovack
Hogs and cattle steady to weak as lambs stay scarce
Chicago reports a moderately active hog market with top butcher prices around 20.50 and downtrends for heavy lots. Cattle remain steady to weak, calves scarce, with slaughter steers and heifers harder to price. Sheep activity limited as lambs stay scarce and prices weak.
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Chicago
USDA
Maas Speaker for Muscatine Club
Jim Maas Muscatine high school track coach spoke to the Muscatine club about track and field and the 1952 Olympic games. Two groups from the high school music department performed, and tickets were distributed for a May 27 benefit concert supporting a meditation and prayer room at the new Muscatine County hospital featuring the Ellis Chanters, Margaret Jean Roberts, and the Viking quartet of Rock Island.
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Jim Maas
Muscatine
Muscatine Club
New
Muscatine County Hospital
Ellis Chanters
Margaret Jean Roberts
Viking Quartet
Rock Island
Mrs. Pearl Pace 71 Dies After Illness in Muscatine County
Mrs. Pearl Pace 71 a longtime Muscatine county resident died at Bellevue hospital at 12 20 a m after an extended illness. Born November 19 1880 in Albia she married Ernest H Pace December 25 1901 at Sweetland Methodist parsonage. Survived by husband two daughters grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at Sweetland Methodist church at 2 p m Sunday with Rev James Sloan officiating. Burial at Harker cemetery.
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Fairbanks Home
Harker Cemetery
Pre School Children Visit Jefferson Clinic
One hundred seven pre school children attended a Jefferson school clinic for medical and dental exams. The event is the third in a series run with Muscatine County Medical and Dental Assns. for children entering school in September. Remaining clinics include Franklin May 13 Garfield May 15 and Lincoln May 16.
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Jefferson School
Muscatine
Franklin
Garfield
Lincoln
Schusters Father Files Suit Against New York
Max Schuster, a Brooklyn store owner and administrator of Arnold Schuster's estate, filed a $500000 damage claim Thursday against the city alleging negligence in the slaying case.
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Schuster
New York
Arnold Schuster
Max Schuster
Brooklyn
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Armour & Co
Atchison
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Deere & Co
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Nati Dairy
Tony Martin
Eddie Fisher
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Patti Page
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Kay Starr
Johnnie Ray
Four Knights
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Jack New
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Quantrell
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Jefferson Clinic
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Toren Dan Duryea
PLU
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Tee
Batterson
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Jane Nigh
Dead End
MON
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Hedy Lamarr
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