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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1968
Page
1
Muscatine High School senior Kathrein, 18, named first on the John Phillips Sousa award plaque presented by the Sertoma club of Muscatine. The plaque will be presented annually to the outstanding instrumentalist in the high school.
About 200 attendees at Muscatine High School cafe gathered for a Band Recognition Dinner. The event honored Jean Kathrein with the first John Phillip Sousa award and celebrated the band council and student achievements including All State Band, letters earned, and numerous band activities. The program featured Sertoma Club and Band Boosters sponsorships, with Tom Davis of Iowa University Band as guest speaker.
The Muscatine AAUW art study group meets May 22 at 1 15 p m at Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum then travels by car to John Deere administration building in Moline for a 2 30 p m tour. They will view a three dimensional collage of Early Americana and tour Saarinen designed buildings. Call co chairmen Mrs J B Rigler or Mrs Frank Prochaska for details.
Helen Bamford of Bamford Studio Muscatine won the Frank Medlar award at the Professional Photographers of Iowa Convention in Des Moines for the outstanding print. Her entry Mrs. George B Hahn won first in Portraits of Women Direct Color and the Medlar award. George Michaels Jr. from Bamford Studio took three firsts in monochrome divisions. Portugal noted for vacation highlights with Serra da Estrela and Algarve mentions.
The CBMC Ladies Night will be held Monday May 27 at 6 30 p m at the Sunset Inn. Vernon Schrock of Waterloo will be the speaker. Reservations must be in by Thursday noon and the permanent list is not in effect for this meeting. Call reservations to Jack Delveau 263 7233.
Karen Waltman and Dennis Axel, Muscatine High School 1968 graduates, received full tuition scholarships to Muscatine Community College at the Rotary Scholastic Recognition Dinner. 66 students from Muscatine and Hayes high were honored for scholastic achievement. certificates were given by Clyde Gabriel and Father Len Och. Exchange students Kazi Watakabe of Japan and Percoran Solders of Sweden also received awards. UN observer Plambeck spoke on global issues, noting no easy Vietnam peace ahead and urging graduates to shape their futures in the 1980s.
Mrs. Mi ter Libbie Sandra Pol sky of Muscatine has resigned after 13 years on the Val Verde County Library board. She served as president during construction of the new library and during the award years when the library earned the Dorothy Canfield Fisher prize and national recognition in the John Cotton Dana contest. Stoolhok holds a BA degree from the University of Texas and is working on a Master’s in economics. her husband is an attorney. They are parents to Ethan 13 Elizabeth 11 and Larry 8. She plans to return to Muscatine this spring for her 25th graduating class anniversary.
Rates list for daily carrier and mail subscriptions in Muscatine and surrounding areas. Prices include $2.00 monthly in advance for Muscatine city, 40 cents weekly outside Muscatine, $15 to $18 annual mail within 50 miles or towns with carrier service, and $20 beyond 50 miles. All payable in advance. office hours listed. special delivery for missed papers until 6:30 p.m. daily and 4 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
Kiwanis lunch program featured head librarian James White outlining expanded aims for Muscatine's P. M. Musser library. He described the site as a materials and reference hub, a business information center, and a cultural center with free meeting rooms for nonprofits. Proposals include a larger children's collection, a children's room with a librarian, a business center with investment guides, a phonograph record expansion, a telephone reference service, a youth study room for grades seven to twelve, a children's story hour starting June 1, and a weekly family film night.
John C. Macon son of Mr and Mrs Robert F Macon of Muscatine will graduate from the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado with a bachelor of science degree and receive a commission as second lieutenant on June 5 He will join pilot training at Vance AFB Okla as a history major and a cadet captain in the academy s 10th graduating class This class follows 1964 Muscatine High School graduate Macon s athletic and academic record and links to Vietnam era service history of earlier graduates
Public records show deed transfers including Paul J Gin ferich and Darlene M Gin ferich to Gary L McCullough and Joanne E McCullough as joint tenants with warranty deed for lot 9 Phillips first addition West Liberty. Lawrence J Dwyer and Mary K Dwyer transfer to Mabel Whittaker warranty for lots 3 and 4 Greenwood Addition Muscatine. Providence Gaeta and Vincent A Gaeta and Josephine A Gaeta transfer to Grace Lutheran Church warranty deed for tract in section 27 77 2W. Jack L Pearlman and Bessie Pearlman transfer to Alfred D Sto ber and Carolyn L Sto ber part of lot 9 Pearlman subdivision Muscatine.
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