Comedy Offering Tops Program At Palace Thursday
Anything Can Happen, a comedy about immigrant trials opens Thursday at the Palace. Lead roles go to Jose Ferrer Kim Hunter and Kurt Kasznar. The script draws on scenes from a George and Helen Papashvily book. The second feature is a western revival When the Daltons Rode.
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the Palace
Jose Ferrer
Kim Hunter
Kurt Kasznar
George
Helen Papashvily
Palace
Daltons
First Time at Uptown Theater Prompts Family Drama
The First Time features Robert Cummings as a new father and Barbara Hale as the mother in a story of a young couple adjusting to life with their first baby. Bill Goodwin and Jeff Donnell play the neighbors in this midweek Uptown screening beginning Wednesday.
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Uptown
Robert Cummings
Barbara Hale
Bill Goodwin
Jeff Donnell
Action Pictures Featured Sunday at A Muse U Bill Elliott Leads
Wild Bill Elliott, veteran of Hollywood horse operas, is cast as a wanted man in Kan sas Territory, one feature opening Sunday at the A Muse U. Second feature is Spy Hunt starring Howard Duff and Marta Toren.
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Wild Bill Elliott
Kansas
A-Muse-U
Howard Duff
Marta Toren
Marion Brando
Jean Peters
Viva
Alan Ladd
Lizabeth Scott
Red Mountain
the Palace
Ladd
Quantrell
Arthur Kennedy
John Ireland
County Homemakers Plan Weeklong Tea Schedule
County Extension Director Harold Craig released a week of tea events hosted by four township homemakers groups including Cedar Cheerful Chums Lake Lassies and Montpelier with teas at local homes and churches. The schedule also features four Farm Bureau meetings, Four-H gatherings, and a get out the vote session at the YWCA.
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Farm Bureau
Harold Craig
Cedar Cheerful Chums
Willaim Scholes
YWCA
Goshen Gladiators
Donnie Schmidt
Lake Livewires
Ronald Hein
Montpelier Home Makers
Pleasant Prairie Church
Sweetland Home Makers
Sweetland
Fulton Farm Bureau
Spine-tingler at A Muse U features Bride of Frankenstein
The A-Muse-U opens Thursday with Bride of Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff as the monster Hasil Rathbone Josephine Hutchinson and Bela Lugosi. A second feature King of the Bullwhip stars Lash LaRue Jack Holt Tom Neal Anne Gwynne and Fuzzy St. John.
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Mary Shelley
A-Muse-U
Boris Karloff
Hasil Rathbone
Josephine Hutchinson
Bela Lugosi
Lash LaRue
Jack Holt
Tom Neal
Anne Gwynne
Fuzzy” St. John
Exam Scheduled For Montpelier Post Office Job
The Civil Service Commission announces an exam for the fourth class postmaster at Montpelier to be held in Davenport. Applications must be on file by May 29. salary is 2336 dollars yearly. Applicants must be US citizens or loyal to the United States, 21 to under 65 on May 29, and reside within the Montpelier post office territory.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Montpelier
Davenport
United States
Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Commission
Deeds Recorded in Muscatine Transfers
Virgil O. Green and Betty R. Green transfer part of lot 20 Carskaddan's addition to Muscatine to Marvin E. Werner and Jean Longshore Werner. Earl & Martin and Helen M. Martin deed lots 9 10 11 and 12 Block 60 Park Place addition to Muscatine to Anna E. Martin.
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Virgil O. Green
Betty R. Green
Marvin E. Werner
Jean Longshore Werner
Carskaddan
Muscatine
Earl &. Martin
Helen M. Martin
Anna E. Martin
Park Place
Knight Dream's first foals to race on harness turf this year
The world champion two year old pacer Knight Dream will have her first foals race on harness racing turf this year. Local breeders expect strong performance from the progeny as the season begins.
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Knight Dream
Appointed election officials for Muscatine County primary
Twenty six clerks and forty five judges will oversee nineteen polling places in Muscatine County for the June 2 primary. County Auditor E R Swickard announced seventy one officials, listing clerks and judges for each voting site including Bloomington Cedar Fruitland Fulton Goshen Lake Township Moscow Crono Pike Seventy Six Sweetland Wapsie Wilton First Ward Second Ward See nd Ward First Precinct Second Ward Second Ward First Precinct Fourth Ward Second Precinct and the Fourth Ward
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Muscatine County
E. R. Swickard
Bloomington
Leonard Gleaves
Ed Thicker
Leonard Crees
Cedar
George Crist
Lloyd Lee
M. H. Coder
Fruitland
Arthur Shepard
Orville W. Ketchum
Harold Snyder
Fulton
Robert Under
Melvin Riessen
Walter Baker
Goshen
John Newman
Earl Lindle
Ed Baker
Lake Township
Lake
Clinton K. Coder
William L. King
W. J. Streger
Montpelier
Lester Bohnsack
Frank Batchelor
Francis Rinnert
Moscow
Marvin Johnson
Walter Duffe
H. Newton Lange
Crono
Fred Coffin
J. T. Curtin
Stars of Tomorrow and Screenings at the Hilltop Drive In
On stage Stephanie's Dance Studio presents Stars of Tomorrow. Screenings include The First Time with Barbara Hale and Robert Cummings, With a Song in My Heart, Blue Blood, Tripple Trouble, Copper Canyon, The Riot, Frances Goes to the Races, Mike Fright, Tall in the Saddle, The Arctic Fury, Red Mountain, Ridin the Rails, Swingtime in Mexico, Chicken in Rough, Anything Can Happen, When The Dalton's Rode, and Please to Eat You with various cast members across multiple showings from Wednesday through Saturday.
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Stephanie’s Dance Studio Presents
Stars OF Tomorrow
Barbara Hale
Robert Cummings
Bill Goodwin
Ray Milland
Hedy Lamarr
Copper Canyon
Frances
Mike Fright
John Wayne
Cartoon Palace
Alan Ladd
Lizabeth Scott
Arthur Kennedy
Red Mountain
Ridin
The
Mexico
Chicken
Jose Ferrer
Kim Hunter
Kurt Kasznar
Dalton’s
A Muse U Wild Bill Elliott in Kansas Territory
The listing previews Western star Bill Elliott in Kansas Territory with Howard Duff Marta Tore and others in a program noting spy hunt comedy and Lash LaRue cartoon features plus Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein.
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Wild Bill Elliott
Kansas Territory
Howard Duff
Marta Tore
Spy Hunt
Weather and logging concerns from yesterday to 75 years ago
Reports from 75 years ago note that rainfall did not extend beyond Dubuque, not aiding Wisconsin points or logging prospects, risking slower mill activity if tributaries do not swell.
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Musser and Co
Dubuque
Wisconsin
Dollarhide
Stohr Heads To Camp LeJeune For Refresher Course
City attorney R K Stohr departed this morning for Camp LeJeune North Carolina for a two week refresher course. Authorities say he will return by mid month after completing the training.
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R. K. Stohr
Camp le Jeune
N. Car
Bradford Burns Receives Minute Man Medal for Leadership
Bradford Burns son of Mr and Mrs E Burns of 215 Mary Place was among eight freshmen ROTC cadets awarded Minute Man medals for leadership and drill. The ceremony occurred during the 68th Governor's Day at the University of Iowa with Governor Beardsley and officials present. Col Walter E Sewell described the award as recognizing citizens with military knowledge and appreciation of American principles.
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E. §. Burns
Mary Place
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
University of Iowa
William S. Beardsley
W. H. Nicholas
Fred C. Tandy
Iowa
G. A. Finley
Rock Island
Robert G. Stutzman
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
LeRoy S Mercer
Iowa City
G. M Ludwig
Tiffin
Walter E. Sewell
ROTC
Rev L E Tinker to Deliver Wapello Graduation Sermon
The Rev L E Tinker named to deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the 1952 Wapello high school graduates replacing Rev M L Blake. High school band and mixed chorus will perform with Thursday Tulip festival marching band trip details and chaperones noted.
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Wapello
L. E. Tinker
Wapello High School
M. L. Blake
Wapell High School
Pella
Daryl Sander
Dean Walker
Blanche McConahay
Arlowyn Loghry
Jack Beane
Oscar Kemper
B. D. Mackey
Neal Stout
Dale White
Benner Tea Co
Mt. Pleasant
White
Benner
Lida Robison
Leslie Robison
Iowa State College
Best Groomed Girl and Delegate Named by Four-H Club
Cedar Cheerful Chums Four-H members met at leader Mrs. Bill Scoles home for a Tuesday meeting. Jo Ann Fuhlman was named best groomed girl and Gail Legler chosen to attend the Girls State Four-H convention in Ames. Plans discussed for Mothers Day tea with a guest speaker. Demonstration team for West Liberty fair chosen as Joyce Fuhlman and Janice Chapman. Several talks on sewing and pattern work were given.
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West Liberty Fair
Betty Lou Black
Francis Turner
Sinnard Dies in Chicago City Livestock Buyer Remembered
T J Sinnard of Chicago a longtime livestock commission merchant known to farmers in Nichols West Liberty and Muscatine county died Thursday evening of a heart ailment in Chicago. He visited this territory for nearly 50 years arranging shipments to Chicago. Friends learned of his death Friday. Funeral services set for Sunday at Ketcham funeral home Halstead Street Chicago.
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T. J. Sinnard
Chicago
West Liberty
Muscatine County
Sinnard
Livestock Commission
East
Sixty Seventh Street
Farm Bureau Women to Hear Mrs Dickerson Host
Mrs. Dickerson will entertain Farm Bureau women all day Friday May 16 with a noon potluck dinner. They will display articles from foreign countries and their histories. The Farm Bureau meeting moves to May 22 at Paul Kemp's home due to a scheduling change.
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Lucile Wykart
Christina Boorn
Nellie Swarms
Emma Eversmyer
Velma Meyerholz
Nettie Bishop
Amelia Kemp
Minnie Schultz
Ellen Woodruff
Evelyn Dotson
Josephine Paris
Addie Cresswell
Bertha O’neal
Cleta Grasham
Marjorie Christy
Iva Murray
Eva Gast
Keep Pace Club
Marie Battenhagen
Frieda Biek
Carol Schafer
Marjory Stineman
Faith Jack
Mildred Biek
Stella Biek
Nadina Cocklin
Marguerite McGill
Esther Schultz
Vivian Ross
Stronghurst
Ill
Delia Ingraham
Eli White
Columbus Junction
Ollie Thompson
Senior Class Trip From Joy High To New Orleans
Members of Joy high school senior class with Mr and Mrs Martin Graff as chaperons depart Wednesday for a five day tour to New Orleans Biloxi and Birmingham They travel by bus to St Louis then train to New Orleans with planned visits to St Louis Cathedral Jackson Square Pirates Alley Napoleon House and Creole district Biloxi and Birmingham are on the itinerary Funds for the trip come from class sponsored projects over four years in high school
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Joy Iil
Joy High School
Martin Graff
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
St. Louis
St. Louis Cathedral
Jackson Square
Pirates’ Alley
Napoleon House
Creole District
Biloxi
Miss
Birmingham Ala
Joy
Giant beavers once roamed North America across states
Specimens of enormous beavers, once rivaling bears in size, have been discovered in Ohio New York Michigan South Carolina and Texas, revealing a wide prehistoric distribution of these giant rodents.
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United States
Ohio
New York
Michigan
South Carolina
Texas
Quick Soil Test For Lime Needs Now Available
Muscatine county farmers may submit lime requirement samples and receive results in about a week. Harold Craig, County Extension Director, says ISU Soil Testing Laboratory provides the most accurate lime tests for 35 cents per sample. Include past three years of limestone application when submitting samples and ask at the extension or PMA office for more details.
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Muscatine County
Harold Craig
Craig
Iowa State College Soil Testing Laboratory
Soil Testing Laboratories
Extension
PMA
Drive-In Screens Blue Blood Racing Saga at Hilltop
Bill Williams and Jane Nigh star in Blue Blood at Hilltop Drive-In. The story follows an aged race horse and its trainer amid racing world frustrations. Based on Peter B. Kyne, with Arthur Shields and Audrey Long in the cast.
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Hilltop Drive-In
Bill Williams
Jane Nigh
Dead End Kids
Kentucky
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