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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1952
Page
12
Slight temperature shifts forecast through Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Sunday highs reached 66, overnight lows dipped to 46, and Tuesday’s expected high around 73. Towns vary with Sioux City 69 and Dubuque 51, Spencer 34 to Burlington and Ottumwa 47.
Arrangements are under way for the Spring Swing at Park Lane Golf and Country Club. The formal dance is set for Saturday evening May 4 with music by the Wivehawks, local dance band.
The American Legion Auxiliary meets 8 p.m. Wednesday at AF of S hall on West Second. Pike Grange hosts a May 21 gathering with Harold Carter Clyde Martin and Charles Morrison in charge of refreshments. Wapsie Valley Grange cancels its program. A marriage license is issued to Rolland Hendrickson and Catherine Begey of Muscatine. Bellevue hospital lists admissions and dismissals, while a long list covers motor vehicle registrations, addresses, visitors, and a Geneva Golf and Country Club card party scheduled for Tuesday night. The Cedar Rapids school art show remains open at the Muscatine library through the week.
Miss Sally Ann Hine was installed as worthy advisor of Muscatine Assembly No. 38, Rainbow for Girls, at the Masonic temple. The event featured yellow and green decorations, music by Nancy Hays and Nancy Templman, and speeches by Miss Hine and Ruth Phillips. Grand Cross of Colors may be awarded to four members at Des Moines June 16.
A statement urges gratitude for escaping a disaster and calls for addressing root causes to prevent future events. It emphasizes thanking God while focusing on proactive safety measures at their source.
Grains finished a dull session on the Board of Trade with mixed results. Wheat and corn showed mostly lower and higher moves respectively while oats remained steady. May futures saw wheat 1-2 to 1-8 down and corn 0 to 3-8 higher.
Two officials of the Line Material Co. of Milwaukee will be guest speakers for the Quad Cities sub section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. W O Stoelting and W H Nash will discuss Lightning Arrester Logic, with about 50 to 60 expected to attend.
Bellevue records announce a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Harry Schnedler at 711 Pine Street on Saturday Syrel Whitaker Conesville on Sunday Hershey reports a son born to Mr and Mrs Maurice Beeding Jr of 515 East Front Street Raymond Lee Williams born at 302 East Second Street on Sunday A son born to Mr and Mrs John Beukenhorst route 5 today
Butter and eggs show steady wholesale prices with minor peat changes. Receipts cover two days with figures for AA 68.25 and other grades, while poultry markets show firm to steady prices for heavy hens fryers and roosters with varied coop receipts and F.O.B. payments.
Wheat and soybeans show no bids. Corn values listed for No 2 through No 5 yellow and sample grade, with prices ranging from 1.77 to 1.87? per bushel. Oats reported for No 1 heavy white grades, barley quoted nominally for malting and feed.
USDA potato arrivals reach 157 with 143 on track and market firm. U S shipments not available. Two track sales reported for 100 lb sacks. Alabama Triumphs quoted at 5.82 to 5.96 dollars, few at 5.45. California Long Whites valued 5.82 to 6.18 dollars.
A list of company names with percentage figures alongside. Entries include American Telephone and Telegraph American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Armour and Co Boeing Aircraft Chrysler Con Edison Deere and Co Du Pont Sinclair Oil Studebaker Swift and Co Texaco Unit Air Lines United Aircraft and US Steel among others. The figures likely indicate shares or performance.
Reservations are being received for the Lady Elks annual May breakfast to be held Thursday May 22. Luncheon will be served at 12 noon with admission for paid up members. The May breakfast committee meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks home and all members are asked to attend. A meeting of the fifth Thursday committee follows the luncheon.
Muscatine residents gathered at the high school fieldhouse for a special program of thanks for avoiding a flood disaster. Dr. Claude Cooper delivered the main address, with prayer by Rev. James Welsh and benediction by Rev. Fred Ferris. Music by high school groups directed by Max Collins accompanied the event. Dr. Cooper urged gratitude as essential in prayer and warned that thanks must not replace action to prevent future floods.
The Navy transport Pvt. Joe P. Martinez will dock in Seattle Tuesday with 1,483 passengers from the Far East including Sgt. Thomas J. Carney of 1111 Cedar Street and Cpl. Kenneth J. Tomfeld of Letts among those aboard the vessel returning from combat service. Also listed are SFC Charles W. Lewis of 214 Baker Avenue and Pfc Desmond.
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