Five Directors Chosen Reports Heard at RC Meet
The Muscatine Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting in the Hershey building offices Friday night. Mrs. J W James of Wilton Junction was elected to the board replacing Mrs. Maurer while Harry Allbee Matt Leuck W D Nietzel and Lee R McKee were reelected to three year terms. J C Bishop chaired as the board expressed gratitude to volunteers for flood relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hershey
J. W. James
Wilton Junction
E. F. W. Maurer
Wilton
Harry Allbee
Matt Leuck
W. D. Nietzel
Lee R. McKee
J. C. Bishop
Glenn McMullen Fatally Injured In Car Accident
Glenn McMullen 66 of El Sobrante California, former Muscatine resident, died May 5 from injuries after being struck by a car May 1. He operated a photographic studio on East Second Street, Muscatine. Survived by his widow Dorothy McMullen. Funeral services were in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn McMullen
el Sobrante
Calif
Muscatine
el Sobrante Hospital
McMullen
East Second Street
McMullens
Cook Street
California
Dorothy McMullen
Lenker Named Club President and Meeting Highlights
Clarence Lenker elected president of the Wilton Music Boosters at a school meeting. Officers include Dora James vice president Violet Witmer secretary and treasurer Cliff Kohler membership chairman Betty Bates Leon Titus program chairs Ruth Kephart social chair Phyllis Peterson publicity chair H L Waech finance chair. NN club studied Adventures in Archaeology with Cliff Dwellers and Mound Builders topics presented by Blanche Kelley Ruth Kiser. Guests included Olga Port Thelma Kiser co hostesses and social refreshments followed. Birth announced in Wilton area: a son born May 13 at Mercy hospital Davenport to Mr and Mrs Harry Luethye formerly Anns Shuger of Wilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Kiser
Olga Port
Blanche Kelley
Ruth Kiser
Charles Erdman
Andrew Nietze
Muscatine
E. L. Hinebaugh
Scotch Grove
Paul Darting
James Lang
Wright Air Field
Dayton
D. W. Small
Edwin Small
Washington, D. C
Lang
Washington
Harry Luethye
Durant
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Luethye
Anns Shuger
Wilton
Spanish Theme Featured at Nichols Annual Banquet
The Nichols junior senior banquet featured a Spanish theme with decorations costumes and program. Seniors received rose corsages while juniors wore white carnations. The program included welcomes responses and songs, followed by a dance at Mills hall with the Prairielanders providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Nichols High School
Dorothy Wilkerson
Cecil Stalkfleet
Delbert Grim
Shirley Braun
Mary Stalkfleet
Naomi Wieskamp
Janis Coon
Darlene Will
Deine Viner
Wayne Westlake
George Smith
Robert Chown
Fritz Swanson
Roy Wilkerson
Lottie Porter
Lee Grim
Fred Mills
John Hillyer
Chloe Walker
Mills Hall
Prairielanders
Delores Grim
Iola Ann Brenneman
Joy Coon
Evelyn Smith
Lucille Jensen
Mary Lou Mills
Twyla Grim
Karen Chown
James Porter
Mary Lou Swanson
Columbus High Pupils Merit Special Awards
Columbus Junction awards highlighted outstanding students at the Columbus High School auditorium. Danforth outstanding senior girl and boy honors went to Jackie Duncan and Warren McConahay. Citizenship went to Bill Orr. PEO to Bill Morgan and TTT to Kay Ford. Track honors were earned by Bill Orr Jim Smith Harold Schier Dan Pine Ivan Reece Victor Bowen and Ron Bausch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Danforth
Jackie Duncan
Harold Duncan
Warren McConahay
William McConahay
Bill Orr
Lester Orr
Bill Morgan
Wendell Morgan
PEO
Thomas Perry
TTT
Kay Ford
Ernest Ford
Frank Whiteley
Jim Smith
Harold Schier
Dan Pine
Ivan Reece
Victor Bowen
Ron Bausch
Recital and new hires mark Wapello activities
Arlowyn Loghry presented her vocal students in a Tuesday night program at the high school auditorium featuring girls and boys choruses and a one act operetta Treasure Girl with a cast led by Barbara Brown and others. Beverly Hoover started as secretary at the I O P near Burlington, and several class of 1952 graduates take new posts in Burlington Muscatine and Oakville offices. Corwin Williams receives treatment in a Burlington hospital.
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Wapello
Arlowyn Loghry
Girls Glee Club
Jane McNeil
Shirley Topp
Barbara Brown
Hilda Schneider
Robin Winter
Marilyn Blankenhorn
Diane
Mary Jo Wilton
Burlington Hotel
JoAnne Ball
Oakville
Mary Jo Schaper
Delaine Stephens
Bernice Colson
Sally Bumgardner
Burlington
Lena Allison
Marilee Edwards
Barbara Winslow
Syl
Council Hears Applicant For City Engineer Post
The Muscatine city council interviewed one applicant for the engineer job at city hall on Friday night. The candidate, a University of Minnesota graduate, lacks an Iowa license and will pursue licensing steps. Leroy Thomas said the committee will interview additional candidates for the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
University of Minnesota
Iowa
Leroy Thomas
Eighth Grade Pupils Promoted to Wapello High
Ninety nine pupils from the 19 grade were promoted to Wapello High at a ceremony in the auditorium. Pamela Jack led the processional and several students performed music and the operetta Treasure Girl. Superintendent Witt awarded diplomas to a large list of graduates including Barbara Brown Doris Clayton and Janet Thomas among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Pamela Jack
Leonard Humiston
Diane Parish
Will
Hilda Schneider
Mary Schafer
Judy Miller
Arlowyn Loghry
K. F. Witt
Warren L. Ball
Marilyn Jo Blankenhorn
Barbara Jean Brown
Myron Carter
Doris Marie Clayton
Larry Connelly
Jerry Lee Courtney
Larry D. Courtney
Bob K. Deppy
Richard A. Fearing
Sharon Beth Foor
Dennis L. Hall
Janet Dell Haven Hill
Wilma Loraine Heater
Leonard Hamiston
Gerald L. Krammerer
Warren Kemper
Merwin Leroy Kerr
Donald E
Letts Consolidated School Term Closes May 23
Letts Consolidated school will close Friday May 23 with lunch service ending the Wednesday before. Senior class assembly Thursday set report cards for 9 a.m. Friday. Seniors travel to Chicago for weekend after the ceremony. Sixth grader Marcia Foley won the county Farm Bureau essay contest. proceeds go to Des Moines district contest. Second and third places went to Joy Dee Viner and Carl Bartenhagen with prizes of 3 2 1 dollars.
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Letts
Letts Consolidated School
Jo Ann Fuhlman
Betty Lou Bennett
Raymond Hackett
Chicago
Marcia Foley
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Miss Foley
Donald Foley
Joy Dee Viner
Milo Viner
Carl Bartenhagen
Durant Pupils Tour Journal Plant
Pupils from a rural Durant school visited the Muscatine Journal office on a Friday afternoon to observe daily newspaper printing. The group included Allen Otto Doreen Schluter Peggy Zimmerman Larry Schlapkohl Dick Ellsworth Bernice Otto Darlene Otto Phyllis Otto Melanie Zimmerman Bill Ellsworth Dale Schlueter Gerald Schlapkohl Sandra Ellsworth Gerry Zimmerman Ellamae Sissel and Bob Ellsworth. They were led by Mrs William A Duncan and accompanied by three mothers Mrs Lester Schlapkohl Mrs Philip Zimmerman and Mrs Allen Otto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
William A. Duncan
Muscatine Journal
Allen Otto
Doreen Schlueter
Peggy Zimmerman
Larry Schlapkohl
Dick Ellsworth
Bernice Otto
Darlene Otto
Phyllis Otto
Melanie Zimmerman
Bill Ellsworth
Dale Schlueter
Gerald Schlapkohl
Sandra Ellsworth
Gerry Zimmerman
Ellamae Sissel
Bob Ellsworth
Lester Schlapkohl
Philip Zimmerman
Ingrid Bergman Goes Home Early From Hospital
Swedish film star Ingrid Bergman left the Rome hospital two days after admission for twin births and was told she was too early. She and husband Roberto Rossellini have a son Robertino born Feb 2, 1950 and a daughter Pia Jenny aged 13 from a prior marriage to Dr. Peter Lindstrom.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Robertino
Jenny
Pia
Peter Lindstrom
Hildebrands Attend Weisha Celebration at Ames College
Mr and Mrs L M Hildebrand plan a weekend in Melbourne Iowa with Mr and Mrs John Hildebrand and will attend the Weisha celebration at Ames College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
L. M. Hildebrand
John Hildebrand
Melbourne
Ames College
Youth Still Has Rebel Quality Defends Girls Dorm Raids
A satirical column defends college male raids on coed dorms as harmless rebellion. It argues such pranks relieve campus boredom, compare romantic tokens to chivalric gloves, and muses on lightening world tensions with playful dares and fanciful matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
YWCA
National Guard
Korea
Harry Truman
Dean Acheson
Joe Stalin
Andrei Vishinsky
Yankee Stadium
Renewal and Amendment of Local Loan Company Articles
At a special Muscatine meeting on April 17 1952 Local Loan Company Incorporated Iowa renewed its corporate period for twenty years from April 8 1952 and adopted Renewal Amended and Substituted Articles of Incorporation detailing stock classes voting rights and capital structure Published in Muscatine Iowa records the renewal and filing with state and county authorities.
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Local Loan Company, Incorporated
Iowa
Muscatine
City of
County of
State of
Muscatine County
Armed Forces Day Call to Vigilance and Gratitude
A 1952 Citizens editorial urges vigilance on streets and in communities, arguing dark street crime is a setup by criminals. It links national defense to public duty and thanks service members protecting the home front in a wartime like atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Armed Forces
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Mother Nature
Captain
Chic Young
the Gulf
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the Everglades
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Henry
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Shadys
Henry H. McGoosey
Columbus High
Stout
Court House
Grace Oakes
Herman and Lu’s Cafe
Pauline McCleary
Corwin Williams
John Williams
Burlington Hospital
Wapello High
Journal
Ingrid
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United States of America
J. R. Hall
M. van Gent
Board of Directors
Joe Palooka
Steve Canyon
Ham Fisher
Jerry
Milton Caniff
Boots
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