Miss Strahan To Be Honored At Reception
Miss Willetta Strahan longtime Muscatine Junior College faculty member and former dean will retire at the end of the school year. An informal reception follows the May 29 commencement in the Presbyterian church dining room, with graduates former students and spouses invited. Strahan joined the college in 1929 and served as dean until four years ago, currently teaching English and speech. She plans to move to Mason City after the school year ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willetta Strahan
Muscatine Junior College
Presbyterian Church
Miss Strahan
Mason City
Honor Gold Star Mothers Tea Honored Guests
Gold Star Mothers were guests at an American Legion Auxiliary tea held Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Martha Koeppen's home. Thirty attendees enjoyed a program with music, readings, a chili talk, and presentations of pins and a corsage to Mrs Koeppen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretchen Voss
Bessie Brenner
Mary Maurer
Harriett Jansen
Margaret Steffens
Ralph Bierman
Newton Lang
Koeppen
Miss Banks and Pfc Hampton Wed in Georgia Parsonage
Miss Helen Banks of LaGrange Illinois and Pfc Henry Hampton of Muscatine Iowa married Friday May 2 in Glenn Georgia church parsonage. Rev Rohn Ozley officiated as relatives attended and the ceremony featured white flowers Southern smilax and tall candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Banks
LaGrange
Pfc
Henry Hampton
Muscatine
Methodist
Glenn
Rohn Ozley
Special Threads For Drapery And Upholstery Sewing
For drapery and upholstery sewing use threads made expressly for that purpose. They are slightly heavier than regular thread, fast in color, and matched to the latest hues in home furnishing fabrics.
Country Supper Marks Century Club Year End Meeting
Members of the Century Club gathered for a country supper at Hahn's recreation barn 2817 Mulberry avenue to close the year. Miss Louisa Jericho led a brief business session and Miss Willetta Strahan received a special tribute as she plans to leave the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hahn’s
Mulberry Avenue
Louisa Jericho
Willetta Strahan
Charlotte Worst
Francis McRoberts
Five Feet Two Beauty Asset Mrs Lauritz Melchior Wife
European film actress turned wife of Lauritz Melchior shares how she balances career and marriage. She details her fashion, jewelry, perfume, and hair style choices to suit her petite height and doll like presence. She advocates individual style and personal confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauritz Melchior
Melchior
Mrs. Melchior
Tiny
Women Relief Corps Meeting and Royal Neighbor Club Gatherings
A Women's Relief Corps meeting is set for Monday evening May 19 at Union hall preceded by a 6 o'clock potluck supper. The Royal Neighbor Sunshine club meets Tuesday afternoon at Union hall with Etta Fr Eva Kindler and Rue Washburn on the serving committee.
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Women’s Relief Corps
Union Hall
Royal Neighbor Sunshine Club
Etta Fr
Eva Kindler
Rue Washburn
Potluck Honors Sg Leo Herlein Home on Mother's Day
ers Herlein home hosted a Mother's Day potluck honoring Sg Leo E Herlein who recently returned from nine months of service in Korea. Attending were Sgt and Mrs Leo Herlein and many friends and relatives including the Swansons Mills Morse Shields Digney Hagg Albrecht Rexroth and others plus afternoon callers Clifford Herlein Allan and Harold Albrecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Herlein
Leo E. Herlein
Korea
Leo Herlein
Kenneth Swanson
Diane
Linda
Larry Mills
Donnie
Donald Morse
Patty
Tommy
Michael
Sharon Kay
Richard Shield
Jimmy
Steven
Williams Digney
Donna
Larry
Jerry
Barbara Ann
Clyde Hagg
Clarence Albrecht
Gary
Ralph
Edna
Rexroth
Clifford Herlein
Allan
Harold Allbrecht
Laura
Lois
Dennis
Carol Peterson’s Fifth Birthday Honored at Dinner
Carolouise Peterson was honored on her fifth birthday at a dinner party hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Leon Peterson at 1523 Lincoln Boulevard. Present were Mrs. Fred Goss Roy and the families of Guy Lewis Richard Snyder Ramona and Cherry Peterson, with Mrs. Guy Lewis a great aunt of the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolouise Peterson
Leon Peterson
Lincoln Boulevard
Fred Goss
Roy
Guy Lewis
Richard Snyder
Ramona
Cherry Peterson
Diamonds Carried South to Great Lakes by Glaciers
Scientists explain that diamond particles were transported into the Great Lakes region by glacial movements during past Ice Ages. The story notes that rock and mineral debris were carried by advancing ice sheets, depositing diamonds in subglacial sediments and nearby soils.
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Great Lakes Region
First Ladies Day Event Held at Geneva Club
Twenty two golfers took part in the first Ladies day event at Geneva Golf and Country club. Prizes were won by Mrs. Eileen Fiese and Mrs. Olive Pratt. Luncheon was served at noon. Ladies day events will run each Thursday all summer with luncheon reservations due by the preceding Tuesday.
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Geneva Golf and Country Club
Eileen Fiese
Olive Pratt
Goshen Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Activities
Reports were presented at the Goshen township Farm Bureau meeting held Thursday night at Cedar Valley church. Alvin Roberts discussed the last board meeting, Florence Oberman reviewed Get-Out-The-Vote progress, and Vern Jarvis gave an insurance report. Shirley McIntire delivered a reading while Brenda Hughes performed an accordion solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen Township
Farm Bureau
Cedar Valley Church
Alvin Roberts
Farm Bureau Board
Florence Oberman
Vern Jarvis
Shirley McIntire
Brenda Hughes
Schedule of Muscatine Extension Week Events
Extension Director Harold Craig releases a week long list of four H and civic gatherings. Activities include Weds hayrack ride from High Prairie church and a Friday barn dance at Angell's barn eight miles west of Muscatine.
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Muscatine County Extension Service
Harold Craig
Bloomington Fairwinners
Marvin
Gary Klebe
Spirit of Seventy-Six
Richard Turner
Wapsie
Howard Rockafelon
Light and Water Office
Lake
Muscatine
Burlington Road
Muscatine Women to Receive Parsons College Degrees
Mary O Toole Hughes and Hazel A Barker of Muscatine will earn bachelor of arts degrees from Parsons College Fairfield at commencement on Monday morning June 2 in Barker Chapel. Allan B Kline president of the American Farm Bureau Federation will be speaker. Baccalaureate services were held Sunday with Dr Dean G McKee president of the Biblical Seminary in New York delivering the sermon.
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Mary O'Toole Hughes
Hazel A. Barker
Muscatine
Parsons College
Fairfield
Barkyr Chapel
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dean G. McKee
Biblcal Seminary
New York
Pinochie Club Entertainment By Mrs Strong
Lone Tree Mrs Roy Strong hosted the Pinochie club and guest Mrs Mabel Burr on Thursday evening. Dana Musser won high score with Harold Storm second. traveling prize went to Herb Schnobelen and low to Harry Brown. Next hostess.
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Lone Tree
Roy Strong
Mabel Burr
Dana Musser
Harold Storm
Herb Schnobelen
Harry Brown
Bible School at Atalissa Opens Monday
Atalissa churches plan a cooperative Bible school from Monday to May 30 with daily sessions 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. at Lutheran church and Christian and Presbyterian classrooms. Rev. Luther Meyer oversees. teachers include Mrs. Otis Arnold, Mrs. Luther Meyer, Mrs. Bert Schafnit, and Mrs. Grant Smith. Open to children ages 4 to 16.
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Atalissa
Lutheran Church
Christian
Presbyterian Church
Luther Meyer
Otis Arnold
Bert Schafnit
Grant Smith
Mrs Edward Smid Set for May 29 Ceremony
The item notes that on May 29 a wedding or formal announcement will feature Mrs Edward Smid. It identifies the person and the date as the key details from the readable text.
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Edward Smid
First Flower Seed to Sow Is Petunia in a Seed Box
Petunia seeds are tiny and require careful sowing in seed boxes. Start early, use sphagnum moss to reduce disease, keep temps around 60–70F for germination, then raise to 50–55F nights and 60–65F days. Transplant tiny seedlings to flats with porous soil. Florists may repot for larger plants. begin two weeks before other flowers.
Annual Tea by Bloomington Township Homemakers
Bloomington township Homemakers held their annual tea Friday at Spangler chapel church. Officers for the new year were Curtis Smith chairwoman, Fred Satterthwaite vice chairman, and Danny Welk secretary treasurer. The program included group singing, a Get Out the Vote report by Eugene Welk and Bernadine Neff, readings by Elmer Windman, a Mrs. Raymond Zeller travel note, and a vocal duet by Marcia Belter and Danny Welk. The tea table featured pink, green, and white spring flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington Township
Spangler Chapel
Curtis Smith
Eugene Welk
Fred _ Satterthwaite
Danny Welk
Bernadine Neff
Bernadine Neff, county home _ economist
Elmer Windman
Mother
Raymond Zeller
Black Hills
Marcia Belter
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J. M. Banks
Mr. Banks
LaGrange High School
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Hampton
Lloyd Hampton
U. S. Army
Ft. Benning, Ga
Om Society News
Century Club
Alicia Hart
NEA Beauty Editor
Sgt. LE
Herlein
Carol Peterson
the Muscatine Journal
Geneva Club
Goshen
Journal Today
Luellen’s
WEST
Bible School
Ralph J. Wittich
Ralph Is
Wel
O.freers
Dione
Bloomington Bureau Group
Young Married Couples Club
Gorham
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