First airplane flight at 85 for Mrs. M. A. Smith of Waterloo
Mrs. M. A. Smith, aged 85, took her first flight Friday over Muscatine with her son Edwin Saunders. The 30 minute ride over the area was piloted by Glen Heller, manager of Muscatine Municipal Airport, as a birthday present from the local airport, captured in a Journal photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Smith
Waterloo
Edwin Saunders
Lake Park
Bled
Muscatine
Glen Heller
Journal
City Teachers Name Officers
Muscatine City Teachers Association held its final meeting of the year in the high school auditorium. Officers elected for next year are Edwin Chamberlin president Ernest Beatty vice president Mrs Mary Tice secretary and Larry Wolfe treasurer. Evelyn Seharland and Keith Larson were chosen for the salary committee. The group approved $150 to fund a delegate's NEA convention expenses in New York City from June 1 to July 2.
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Muscatine City
Wesley Mills to Speak at CBMC Ladies Night
Wesley Mills vice president of Spiegel Mail Order Co will address attendees at the Christian Business Mews Ladies Night at Hotel Muscatine. Dinner starts at 6 30 p m with Mills discussing Christianity in daily living and personal values. Reservations may be made by phoning 269-3673 before Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Mills
Spiegel Mail Order Co
Hotel ‘Muscatine
Mills
Typhoid Shots Given in Flood Area Relief Effort
About 1400 persons received typhoid immunizations at the Public Health Nursing Association office in April. Mrs. Elimae Ratcliff reports at the PHNA May meeting that nurses aided with treatments elsewhere and made 384 nursing visits. Expenditures totaling 1649.85 were approved and a new car for nurses was authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Nursing Assn
Ebllamae Ratcliff
PHNA
Mississippi
Cedar Rivers
Ratcliff
Aquinian Study Group Meeting At Mrs Holovbek Home
The Aquinian Study group will meet Wednesday evening at Florence Holovbek’s residence 212 Roscoe. The Psalms will be studied and Miss Mary Flannery will give a book review.
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Florence Holovbek
Roscoe
Mary Flannery
Thief Steals Checks and Purses From Homes and Cars
A home break in at 911 Mulberry Avenue, Lauren Jarrett, saw a thief take a $27 check and three purses. Police noted the incident Friday night. In Illinois City, Til lost $70 to a burglar who broke into a car at the Geneva plant of HON, taking a billfold. another car was entered but kept intact.
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Lauren Jarrett
Mulberry Avenue
Tdwylia Fetters
Illinois City
Til
Geneva
Hon
Forestry Major Has Summer Job at Weadall Plant
Ronald Shull, a forestry major at Iowa State University, will work this summer with International Paper Company Long Bell Division at Weedallt in plant operations under Frank DeVaul, plant superintendent and ISU forest products graduate.
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Ames
Ronald Shull
Gait Shull
Conesville
Iowa State University
International Paper Company
Long Bell Division
Frank DeVaul
Iowa State Forest Products
Brazil Borders All South American Nations Except Chile and Ecuador
A brief note states Brazil shares borders with every other South American country except Chile and Ecuador, highlighting its extensive geographic reach in the continent.
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Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Iowa State field trip to learn about migrant work
A group of about 40 Iowa State University resident staff, students, and Extension members will visit Muscatine on May 31 to learn about migrant families and the Muscatine Migrant Committee. The tour, led by Dr. Maxine Hinton and Dr. Glenn Hawkes, will cover Tama, Centerville, Des Moines, Harmond, Indiana, Chicago, Frankfort, Milwaukee.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
Muscatine
H .Philip Auffrey
Tama
Centerville
Des’ Moines
Harmond
Diana
Chicago
Frankfort
Illinois
Milwaukee
Wissconsin
Maxine Hinton
Glenn Hawkes
Pdepartment
Retarded Children’s Unit To Name Officers Tuesday
Muscatine County Association for Retarded Children will elect officers for the year Tuesday May 25 at 7 40 p m The annual meeting at Kennedy school will decide a proposed amendment to the constitution Nominating committee has proposed Mrs Ross Bellinger for president Mrs Marlene Hate for vice president Mrs Nellie Vetter for secretary and Mrs Floria Hucke for treasurer Nominations from the floor will be in order at the Tuesday meeting An annual picnic for Kennedy school special education classes will be held June 3 at Weed park The school term ends June 9 The association will resume meetings next September
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Muscatine County Association For
Kennedy School
Ale R
Ross Bellinger
Marlene Hate
Nellie Vetter
Floria Hucke
Harold Bridges
Bellinger
LeMoyne Hucke
Kennedy ‘School
Weed Park
Bank check transactions rise 11.3 percent in Muscatine April
Bank check transactions in Muscatine in April were 113 percent higher than the game month in 1964, per a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago report. The Muscatine gain topped six localities, all others up 4.8 percent or more. The state April increase averaged 7.7 percent year over year. Bank check activity signals business activity.
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Muscatine
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Muscatine Recreation Board to Poll County Residents
Muscatine County Conservation Board will distribute questionnaires next week to assess recreation interests and habits across all towns. Ray Hockersmith says input from residents via schools and public places will guide future outdoor facility projects including picnicking fishing swimming and hunting.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Hockersmith
New Address For Trader Son Gary Trader RA 17735843
Mr and Mrs Leo Trader of Des Moines formerly Muscatine announce a new address for their son Pvt Gary Trader RA 17735843 Co Q 4th Bn 4 TRB Fort Leonard Wood Mo Nathan Hale as a Revolutionary War spy was hanged at 21 by the British.
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Leo Trader
Des Moines
Muscatine
Gary
Gary Trader
Co. Q
Fort Leonard Wood
Nathan Hale
Two Students Earn B S Degrees at Kirksville
Charles John Wester received a B A in elementary education at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Kirksville Missouri during the May 1965 graduation exercises. Richard LeRoy Weikert earned a B S in mathematics and was among 98 graduates with honors. his honor point ratio was between 3.00 and 3.24.
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Charles John Wester
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Missouri
Richard LeRoy Weikert
Weikert
Salvation Army celebrates 100th birthday tag sales
The Salvation Army marks its centennial with tag sales to fund youth music programs. Revenues support sending local youth to the Band Music camp in Madrid Iowa from June 24 to July 1 and to the 5 A. A. music congress in Chicago on June 12.
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Madrid
Iowa
Chicago
Maritime Poster On Mail Trucks For National Maritime Day
Postmaster John H. Hendriks highlights the American Merchants Marine poster on U S Mail Trucks for May. The poster features a merchant ship superstructure with trade slogans and notes the 1965 Fifteenth Anniversary Maritime Administration. May 22 marks National Maritime Day with public tribute to the merchant marine, ships, and mariners.
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John H. Hendriks
American Merchants Marine
National Maritime
U. S
America
Maritime Administration
Summer Air Cadet Tours Nation's Installations
Cadet Terry W. Fahy of Muscatine Iowa will leave the U S Air Force Academy in mid June for a summer study tour of Air Force Army and Navy installations nationwide He is a member of the academy class of 1968 and will visit missile facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base California receive Army briefings at Fort Benning Georgia and spend three days at sea studying naval operations with fellow cadets.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Ft. Benning
Salvation Army faces $1000 deficit after flood
Captain John Spicer reports Muscatine Salvation Army deficit of about $1000 due to Hood activities. Plans discussed for Tag Day amid Salvation Army Week and the 11th anniversary. American Legion Auxiliary plans Poppy Day May 28-29 with poppy sale volunteers fed at union building. Paricutin volcanic growth noted, first appeared in February and by 1961 reached over two thousand feet.
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John Spicer
The
Salvation Army
Jack Nietzel
National Salvation Army
Church
Muscatine Salvation Army Corps
Spicer
Esult
Hood
American Legion Auxiliary of
Mexico City
Auxiliary Members Aid Distribution in Muscatine County
Distribution of commodities in Muscatine County occurred from the 18th to the 20th this month. The American Legion Auxiliary ladies volunteered as checkers for the three days, assisting in distributing food to recipients. Helpers included Myrle Abney, Irene Moomey, Louise Butler, Mae Tommassen, Marian Hayes, Vinie Pasdach, Gladys Hampton, Marion Swain, and Mary Faith Hart.
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Muscatine County
Myrle Abney
Irene Moomey
Louise Butler
Mae Tommassen
Marian Hayes
Vinie Pasdach
Gladys Hampton
Marion Swain
Mary Faith Hart
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CBMC
Retarded Children’s Unit
DRY Cleaners
Wina
East Second Street
Air Cadet
Jack Wurften
Word of Life Fellowship
Orange, New Jersey
Muscatine High School
Bikin
Goliath
Mann Lut
Tina Aas
rTone
Ross Hunter
Marlon David Arate Brando
Niven] Jones
Flood
Legion Auxiliary
Fonneys
Mon
Penney’s
FBI
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