Interesting Books Put in P M Musser Library Collection
New titles added to the P M Musser library span travel works and regional interest. Notable items include Your Trip to Britain by Richard Joseph and The Glory of Our West with color photography. Non fiction covers religion healing health, fears, and home gardening. fiction ranges from Brave Interval to The Host Rock and five against Venus. youth, romance, and westerns are represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Musser Public Library
Opal Tanner
Finland
Britain
Richard Joseph
Pacific Northwest
Stewart H. Holbrook
Holbrook
South Seas
James Norman Hall
Hall
James Dale van Buskirk
Freud
Jund
Cannon
Lucy Freeman
Ardis Whitman
Herbert Hoover
Milo Miloradovich
Clare Barnes, Jr
John Tebbel
Elizabeth Yates
Mary Frances Doner
Vaughn Wilkins
Roger B. Dooley
Michael Home
Josephine Lawrence
Howard Spring
Phillip Latham
Raymond F. Jones
Linda Kent
Dorothy Deming
Henry G. Felsen
Phyllis A. Whitney
Clifford Knight
Erle Stanley Gardner
Kathleen Moore Knight
William Colt McDonald
the Ripper
Rawhide
Dan Cushman
Emora Attig Named Member of Lone Tree Council
Lone Tree council fills vacancy as Emora Attig is appointed to the town board after Neilson resigns. Betty Vedepo’s May 14 wedding to Pvt Floyd Hotz was celebrated with a bridal shower hosted by Mrs Edgar Lewis Jr with orchid pink blue and yellow decor.
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Lone Tree
Roy Neilson
Emora Attig
Betty Vedepo
Pvt
Floyd Hotz
Edgar Lewis, Jr
Harry Brown
Harold Fral
Firemen’s Auxiliary
Alvin Schnoebel
Ruth Miller
Warren McGinness
Robert Musser
Brown
Charles Doerres
Doug Abrams
Harold Storm
Raymond Flake
Rae Ann
Albin Soukup
William Kucera
Marion Carpenter
Bill
Charles Carpenter
Warren Carpenter
Linda
Bob
Iowa City
LeMoine Heither
Karyl
Tommy
Arleda
West Liberty
Wapello School Ends Year With Picnics And Short Week
Closing events under way as seniors finish Friday and are dismissed. Remaining students keep classes and hot lunch through the week. Picnics planned for Monday May 19. No classes Tuesday May 20, return for report cards Wednesday May 21. Lt and Mrs Neal R Kemp and Kathy Ann spent Mother's Day with relatives in Downs and Grand View before departing Ft Clayton Canal Zone for Mobile after three and a half years in Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Neal R. Kemp
Kathy Ann
Hamilton
Downs
Paul Kemp
Grandview
Ft. Clayton
Canal Zone
Prto Rico
Mobile
William Dwyer Returns Stateside After Sea Duty
William Dwyer former Wilton resident and commander of the heavy cruiser USS Newport News has arrived in Norfolk Virginia after two years at sea Mrs Dwyer and their children have remained in Wilton with Mrs Dwyer during his absence Dwyer enlisted in World War II and has now resumed duties in the United States Nearby WSCS and church groups hold meetings with lessons prayers and musical numbers while the community plans Memorial Day observances and welcomes guests at local homes and events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
William D. Dwyer
Newport News
Norfolk
Dwyer
Navy
Lac insect ranks among most useful creatures
The small Oriental insect that secretes lac used in varnishes and polishes is highlighted as highly useful, perhaps second only to honeybees and the silkworm in value.
Oysters Nine Inches Long Reported Along Early American Coast
A historical note describes oysters reaching nine inches in length as a common feature of the American coast during early colonial days, highlighting surprising seafood sizes of that era.
Families and trainees return from San Diego furlough
Eight month old Kathy had not met her grandparents before. Bob Stephens Buryl Foot and Phillip Schneider enjoy a 14 day furlough with parents and friends after completing basic training at San Diego. L L Schneider hospitalized in Burlington for observation and treatment after illness.
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Ala
Kathy
Bob Stephens
Buryl Foot
Phillip Schneider
San Diego
L. L. Schneider
Mercy
Record Winter Wheat Crop Seen
Washington forecast a total wheat crop of 11 293 468 000 bushels with a winter wheat estimate of 986 468 000 bushels the third largest on record and a spring wheat projection of 307 000 000 bushels. The rye output is seen at 17 795 000 bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lone Tree Youths Named for Boys State
Two Lone Tree youths Buddy Angelsberg and Paul Jedlicka are selected to represent the community at Boys State at Camp Dodge from June 1 to June 8. Buddy is sponsored by the American Legion post of Lone Tree and Paul by the Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce. Selection honors leadership, scholarship and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Buddy Angelsberg
A. A. Angelsberg
Paul Jedlicka
Arlo Jedlicka
Boys State
Camp Dodge
Buddy
American Legion Post
Paul
Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce
Nagle Funeral Rites Held in Minnesota for William J Nagle
Funeral services for 90 year old William John Nagle former resident of this community were held in St Cloud Minnesota with rites at Karlinski Funeral home and St Pauls Lutheran church officiated by Rev M G Brammer. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery. He died May 4 in Royalton Minnesota after a year of declining health. Born in Luxembourg April 3 1862 he came to the United States at 17 and farmed in Illinois and the Muscatine area before retiring to Little Rock Minnesota in 1943. He married twice and leaves a second wife along with children and many grandchildren stepchildren and other relatives. Those from here who attended included Mrs Walter Hetzler Mrs Mae Brown Barney Miller and Keith Hetzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William John Nagle
St. Cloud
Minn
Karlinski
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
M. G. Brammer
Riverside
Nagle
Royalton
Luxembourg
Germany
Illinois
Lilly North
Muscatine
New Era
Rosean Brase
Little Rock
Walter Hetzler
George Hanschu
Dearborn
Mich
Wilbert
Louis
Leo
Mae Brown
Marion Sheldon
William Brase
Greenfield
William Schultz
Wauwatosa
Wis
Arnold Gilleland
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Cheely
Hampton, Ia
Barney Miller
Keith Hetzler
Wilton Reports On Cancer Drive Receipts
Wilton residents contributed 349.28 to the local cancer drive, 99.28 over the 250 quota. Bert Leming and Mrs Faye Grunder announced the drive’s completion. Mrs Charles Drumm, Wilton township chair, reported a total of 172.50 to the fund.
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Wilton
Bert Leming
Faye Grunder
Charles Drumm
Wilton Township
Wilton Theater Sold. New Owner Plans Reopening
Wilton property owner James Sheetz of Wilton to reopen the Wilton theater sold by Davenport resident and former operator Ken Wagner. The theater, closed since February, will show every evening except Tuesday and Thursday with a Sunday matinee signaling a return of regular performances.
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Wilton
Ken Wagner
Davenport
Wilton Theater
James Sheetz
Mother's Day Ends Up With Mother Doing Things for Children
Kansas City writer HAL BOYLE recalls a Mother's Day where the mother, sixty four, endures the day by cooking and hosting at home. She resents gifts and insists on family togetherness, while reflecting on past security and the responsibilities of motherhood.
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Mother
Hal Boyle
Kansas City
Mama
Mom
Bird Lovers In Central Park Start The Morning Bird Watch
In Central Park amateur and professional bird watchers hunt for species during migration. Enthusiasts gather in the Ramble near the American Museum of Natural History, trading notes and hoping for a Cape May Warbler or other rare sight.
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New York
Central Park
American Museum of Natural History
J. T. Nichols
The
American Museum
Geoffrey Carleton
Names Mix Up Haunts Two Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Des Moines reports confusion over candidates for governor as Democrat hopeful Her schell Loveless corrects being called Loveland while Republican Nicholas fixes frequent misnaming as Nichols.
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Des Moines
ICPA
Herschell Loveless
Nicholas
Loveless
Loveland
U. S. Senate
Nichols
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lone Tree Council
Memo Ih
William Dwyer
WSCS
Mabel Friederichsen
Minnie Dice
Betty Maurer
Pansey Wessell
Dolly Ayres
Helen Werling
Doris Guy
Ethelyn Morrison
Peter Ketelsen
Ed Maurer
Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid
Raymond Moeller
Ruth Wall
Miss Wall
Bonnie Almindinger
Sylvia Jipp
Royal Neighbors Social Club
City Hall
Elizabeth Birkhofer
Gladys Bein
Ardena Masterson
Marion Hendriks
Anna Heabner
Ella Cromer
Louise Maurer
Elsie Hain
Henry Siebert
Legion Room
American Legion Auxiliary
Ada Lincoln
Lillie Whitmer
Clara Noble
Anna Luethye
Irene Atkinson
Frances Kelley
Louise Bicknese
Mae Sterner
M. B. Nelson
B. L. Norton
Charles E. Kelley
Roy Gates
Jennie Kelley
George Bankett
St. David
Ill
H. F. Jarr
Harold Dunsmore
Columbus Junction
Maggie Maurer
Harry Masterson
L. N. Masterson
Kenneth Peterson
William Crafts
H. *. Jarr
Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home
Thos. F. Beveridge
Cedar ST
Philco
Grange
Connie Gray
Norma Jane Deahr
Beatrice
Vernon Deahr
Margaret Pitsenberger
JoAnne Gray
Billy Gray
Deanna Porter
Doris Smith
Jo- Anne
Beatrice Dealer
Twyla Grim
Minnesota
Cancer
Muscatine Building & Loan Assn
Hershey
U. S
Credit Bureau OF
Muscatine County
Joe Wing
Broderson
First Congregational Church
Philip Morris
Cenie
RIS Eco
Gue
Lion
Ence
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