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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
3
Mrs. Richard Davis and her six children Terri Pam Gene Marlo Colleen LeAnn pose for a photo. The family moved from Sioux City to Muscatine and now reside at 2124 Bidwell Road, Journal Phata.
Group E of Grace Lutheran Church met at Mrs. Jerry Verwers's home with 12 members. The session opened with the Pentecost devotional prayer. Mrs. Cottingham led the business, urging personal devotions and writing to missionaries. The group ordered soup bowls for the kitchen and thanked the music committee and Pastor Meyer for new junior choir robes. Other notes covered the state convention at Des Moines, a 24 hour recreet at Camp Golden Valley, and band jokers for Lutheran Word Relief.
Mr and Mrs Richard H Davis and six children relocate to 2124 Bidwell Road Muscatine from Sioux City in late April. Davis works as service foreman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. The family attends Baptist church. Members include 13 year old Gene in West Junior High seventh grade, Marla and Colleen at Grant School, and young Terri LeAnn at home. New neighbors also include Mr and Mrs Gary Lee Bragg at 42038 Mulberry from West Liberty, Thatcher Glass employee Mr Bragg, and Dr and Mrs B F Hanssen who moved from Davenport to 707 Broadway with daughter Sharon at Joan Deere Planter Works in Moline. The Hanssens, Protestant, are chiropractors linked with Dr Daub.
The West End Fortnightly Club held its final meeting of the year at Geneva Golf and Country Club with a 1 pm luncheon for members and out-of-town guests. Dr Bosco Milojevic spoke on Yugoslavia, detailing its geography, social system, and tourism as part of the program.
The Pike township Farm Bureau women met at Mrs. JoAnn Martin’s home with eight members attending a come as you are breakfast. JoAnn Martin led the meeting with roll call and last meeting minutes. Dues and pennies for the friendship fund were collected. A tour of new homes was discussed with date to be announced. A summer skating party was planned after school dismisses. The annual picnic is set for June 22 at West Liberty park shelter at 11 am. Closing thought read by JoAnn Martin quoted Saintly restraint.
Marguerite McConnaha of Muscatine and Barl L Hart of Inglewood California wed at Westminster Presbyterian church Austin Minnesota in a double ring ceremony on May 11 at 4 20 p m. Attendants were Mr and Mrs R W Meinhard and Bob and Darla of Austin. A wedding dinner followed at Hubbell House Mantorville. The couple will reside at 1109 Larch Ave Inglewood California.
The YWCA calendar outlines about fifteen weekly activities for women girls and teens during May 16 21. Highlights include play school story hour swims crafts plun ges and evening classes with times across Monday through Friday and weekend events at the YWCA facilities.
The annual St Mathias PTA Fun Festival will be June 5 on the school grounds from 2 to 8 PM with supper served at 4 PM Public invited Chairmen and volunteers handle publicity advance ticket sales table arrangements cashiers kitchen and many booths and games including ping pong dunk em ring toss and cake walk plus food items like potato salad baked beans hamburgers hot dogs coffee and pies all organized by local families and volunteers.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered Friday afternoon at the Church of the Nazarene with Mrs. Harry Houseman presiding. Devotions led by Rev Sherman Hunter focused on a Christian Home. Reports covered Christian outreach education home protection and protection methods. 42 dozen cookies were sent to Veterans hospitals in Iowa City and Knoxville. Thirty garments were donated for Navajo children. Nomination committee named to report in June. The next meeting on June 10 will be at the Washington St shelter in Weed Park with a picnic lunch and annual election of officers.
The Bloomington Grange held a business meeting on Thursday with home economics noting that part of pancake supper proceeds supported various needy organizations. A 2 style show featured Grange members, and the youth thanked attendees of the May breakfast and the Russell Huesmann party.
HIGH PRAIRIE The Lake Township Farm Bureau Women held a May breakfast at the home of Mrs Terrill Young with thirteen members and two children present. A short business meeting followed. Mrs Richard Eichelberger spoke on Chemical Safety. A home tour is set for May 19, with participants meeting at the Farm Bureau Office at 9:43 am. Lunch at Cole's Inn, then tour. No June meeting. an organizational tea is planned for September at Mrs Ray Boiler's home. Officers hold over for another year. Door prize won by Mrs Henry Brauns.
The Muscatine Journal lists the upcoming commodity distribution for May 17 to May 19. Residents outside the city receive on May 17, then city residents on May 18 for A through L and May 19 for M through Z. Available items include dried milk rice flour corn meal shortening rolled wheat canned beef peanut butter corn grits split peas margarine and raisins. Eligibility requires completed and approved applications prior to May.
The Society of American Florists urges using flowers to express praise and congratulations for graduates, highlighting two milestones in life and the enduring value of floral gifts.
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