Laura Musser Gallery and Museum Opens in Muscatine
The Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum opened to nearly 1000 visitors Sunday despite rain. Mayor Burts cut the ribbon. George Furman reported 94 sign-ins from Muscatine and nearby areas. The 22 room Mulberry Ave mansion houses exhibits from African and American Indian art to Civil War artifacts, with two local paintings sold. hours run Tue-Sat and select Sunday hours with no admission.
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Laura Musser
Muscatine
George M. Furman
Galesburg
Wilson
Alva R. Runyon
George Springborn
Shirley Jean Drake
John L. Klein
Robert Jackson
Robert Petersen
Harold Rosenberg
G. Stein
John F. Boepple
Charles
Chap) Hanley
Davenport
Ioan
Juty
Muscatine County
Kiwanis Club
Atkins
Mary Musser Gilmore
San Francisco
Mary Catherine McWhirter
Kansas City
E.S. (Kelly) Burns
Muscatine mayor inks endowment for Atkins estate museum
The city accepted a gift from the Laurel Building sale endowment to rehabilitate and convert the Laura Musser Atkins home into a public museum and art gallery. A temporary committee evolved into The Muscatine County Museum and Fine Arts, Incorporated, and started a membership drive to fund the project. Laura Musser Atkins, born November 23, 1877, in Muscatine, was a music lover who donated the organ for the First Methodist church. she married Edwin L. McColm in 1903 and William Z. Atkins in 1998, dying November 23, 1964, and is buried at Greenwood cemetery.
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E. §. Burts
Max Churchill
Muscatine
Mudeur
Lowa
Lown
Robert D. Bosch
Laura Musser Atkins
Bosch
Thomas ©. Wilson
First Methodist
Europe
Laura Musser
Edwin L. McColm
Wil
Muscatine Journal Publication Details and Rates
The Muscatine Journal, a daily except Sunday paper, is published by The Muscatine Journal and Leo Enterprises. Rates include 3.00 monthly carrier delivery in Muscatine, 0.40 weekly by carrier elsewhere, and 12.00 yearly by mail within 50 miles or 18.00 beyond. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm daily with Saturday mornings.
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Muscatine Journal
Leo Enterprises
Muscatine
Rintered Ag
Iowa
Associated Press
AP News
City of Muscatine
Man issues 15 parking tickets in Muscatine patrol sweep
A vigilant motorist, seeking camaraderie in misfortune, targeted cars parked on the wrong side. Police responded by issuing 15 illegal parking tickets along Bond Street Cypress Park Avenue Spring Phillips Phil lips Spring Poplar Walnut Town Avenue and other streets, with a brief lull until 1 35 p.m. Sunday when violations reappeared in the 500 block of East Seventh Street.
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Misery
Com
Muscatine
Bond Street
Cypress
Park Avenue
Spring
Phillips
Poplar
Walnut
Town Ave
Quam resigns Zion Lutheran pastorate for Mason City post
Reverend John L. Quam tendered his resignation as senior pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Muscatine to become Director of Program and Chaplain at Good Shepherd Geriatric Center Mason City. He and his wife move between June 1 and 10. The article also notes local activities including a driving rodeo at Muscatine Community College and a Rotary Club lecture on Viet Nam. Pastor Engel will cover duties until a new senior pastor is chosen.
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John L. Quam
Congregation of
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Viet Nam
U. S
South Viet Nam
Rotary Club
Naval Reserve Training Center
Davenport
William Houser
Navy
Lloyd Gamer
Muscatine
Heinz Field
Palmer College of Davenport
University of Wisconsin
Surprise Calf Birth Expands Weed Park Buffalo herd
At Weed Park a third buffalo calf was born Sunday afternoon, bringing the herd to three. Ma and Pa Buffalo share quarters at the zoo after Ma Buffalo arrived from Valentine Nebraska in October 1963 as a young heifer. The arrival surprised staff, who had hoped for calves but not yet. The calf and mother were seen active the day after birth. Iowa State University recognized two Muscatine Community College alumni Pam McRoberts and Hon Swain at a scholarship dinner in Ames, awarding McRoberts chemistry scholar honors and Swain upper two percent honors in five colleges.
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Weed Park
Pa Buffalo
Zoo
Valentine
Neb
Ma Buffalo
Iowa State University
Ames
Muscatine Community College
Pam McRoberts
Hon Swain
Miss McRoberts
College of Sciences and Humanities
Swain
College of Engineering
Scout Troop 116 Court of Honor Tonight at Lincoln School
Scout Troop 116 will hold a Court of Honor at the Lincoln school gym at 7 30 pm. Advancements include four to life, two to star, four to first class, and thirteen to tenderfoot. Scoutmaster Richard Drake thanked assistant scoutmasters Harvey Axel, Richard Wiley, Dale Harmon, Ernest Reeves, and Verl Holtz for preparing the boys for advancement.
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Lincoln School Boy Scout
Clude
Life Scout
Star Scout
Richard Drake
Harvey Axel
Richard Wiley
Dale Harmon
Ernest Reeves
Verl Holtz
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Liam Z. Atkins
Skelly Oil Company
Musser Farny
Greenwood Cemetery
W. Tad
IBM
Zion Lutheran
Hinman
Lyle Hinman, Jr
Mike Crumly
Lucas Street
Janet Howe
Colony Drive
James A. Engel
Pastor Engel
East Second Street
Paramount Pictures
Martha Hyer
Keenan Wynn
Satay
Fioxia Ota Aungess
Mereditt
Constance Baninett
Aha
Buffalo
MCC
Iowa State
Scout Troop 116
McMaster’s
McMaster Import CO
Detroit
Mich
Tuessee
East Second St
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