City approves 21 blocks paving plan with $185,000 bid date set
Portland cement streets 20 year life pave 21 blocks with 14 blocks requiring owner assessments. council sets June 7 bid date for construction with expected $175,000 motor fuel tax funds. Seven aldermen vote approving segments, two oppose. Harvey Moore seeks to block paving. 28 blocks total in 1963 program, six later removed.
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Hve
First Avenue
Monroe Street
Gerald Powell
Lincoln Blvd
Harvey Moore
West Eighth
Main Street
Jaycees Seek Vote on FourYear City Council Terms
Muscatine Jaycees rally for 1000 signatures to place a special ballot at the next municipal election. Proposal would extend mayor and council terms from two to four years with staggered elections to avoid a full council change every two years. Jaycee president John D. Moore and organizers urge voter familiarity with experienced officials and reduced election costs.
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Muscatine Jaycees
Jaycee
John D. Moore
Musi Jaycees
Catine
Civic Center of General
Ron Reynolds
Local School Supervisors Honor Two Local Leaders
Lillian Friedericksen and Robert Welch were honored at a Muscatine public schools meeting at Franklin school. Friedericksen, retiring after leading Franklin from 1931 to 1963, received a watch. a decorative token noted her tenure. Open house for Friedericksen is set 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at Franklin, sponsored by the PTA. Welch, the local art supervisor, received a brief task and pencil. A fire burned a 75-foot strip of Edward Barke’s strawberry bed on Kindler Avenue. firemen contained the mulch fire and a boy was seen running away.
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Robert Welch
Muscatine
Franklin School
Fredericksen
Franklin
Welch
Fredericssen
PTA
Vormter
Edward Barke
Kindler Avenue
Former Muscatine Pastor Assigned to Alaska Mission
Rev Dr Claude Cooper formerly of Muscatine First Methodist will depart for an Alaska mission post next month as announced by Methodist Bishop F Gerald Ensley. Cooper now serves in Fort Madison and is slated for Anchorage assignment.
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Methodist Church
Alaska
Claude Cooper
Fort Madison
Anchorage
Wren
Methodist
Cooper
F. Gerald Ensley
Susie and Tiny the Murphys yard pair in microcosm
In a Climer Street home, Susie a New Zealand rabbit and Tiny Marie a Chihuahua pup live with William Murphys. Susie mothers 34 offspring from past litters, while Tiny, three months old, tests the elder rabbit with playful bickering. Joe the Bantam rooster and Henny Penny nearby complete the neighborhood tableau.
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William Murphys
Climer Street
Susie
Tiny Marie
Tiny
Chihuahua
Mexico
Marie
Joe
Tencedin
Henny-Penny
Won
Java
Muscatine Group Attends Iowa Development Clinic
Muscatine delegates attend the ninth annual Iowa Development Clinic at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Harold W. Ogilvie John B. Riger F Warren Alen H C Bain H L Nelson Rev E J Hageman O K Fisher Robert B Jehring and Robert Naber travel to Des Moines for workshops on site development travel promotion and regional development while a panel discusses Union Carbide's Century plant decision in Centerville.
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Hotel Fort Des Moines
Muscatine
Harold W. Ogilvie
John B. Riger
F. Warren Alen
H. C. Bain
H. L. Nelson
Rev. E. J.hageman
0. K. Fisher
Robert B. Jehring
Robert Naber
The
Iowa Development’ Commission
Laurence H. ‘Hall
East
Cleveland
Ohio
Vishing
Union Carbide Corp
Cenierville
Cycling Youth Plans Around the World Journey
Ray McClain, 17, rides 2001 miles in 19 days from Dillon Montana toward Greenville Ohio. He sleeps outdoors near a national guard armory and averages about 100 miles daily. He left high school early to begin a three year plan: two years for a world tour and one year for a Western Hemisphere trip. He aims to Jersey City then a ship to Great Britain, earning funds along the way. McClain has long Montana summers ties and spent two years finishing high school in Dillon.
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Ray McClain
Dillon
Montana
Muscatine
Greenville
Ohio
National Guard
Park Avenue
Montara
Mary Ann McClain
Western Hemisphere
Jersey City
N.J
Great Britain
City Teachers Name Bartelt As President
Kenneth Bartelt, principal of Washington school, was elected president of the Muscatine City Teachers association. Gertrude Coder was named vice president and Winfred Bixoal with Scarlee Dickerson named secretary. The treasurer withheld. Delegates to the National Education Association convention in Detroit are planned, with Ben Tesch representing the Iowa Education Association Southeast Jawa district.
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Washington ‘School
Muscatine
National Education Association
Detroit
Ben Tesch
Towa Education Assovation
Jawa
Bartelt
Calineis
Intergest Commmittes
Arthur
Workston Airman
Kenneth Huber
Rev Meyer Named New Pastor At Grace Lutheran Church
Rev E B Meyer of Salem Oregon will become pastor of Grace Lutheran Church Muscatine in June. He and his family move from Iowa City where he studies counseling and psychology. He earned degrees from Audland College and Central Lutheran Seminary and previously served seven congregations in British Guiana as a missionary.
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Grace Lutheran Church
E. B. Meyer
Salem
Oregon
British Guiana
Grace Lutheran Church of
State University of Iowa
Moyer
Audland Lutheran College
Fremont
Nebr
Central Lutheran Seminary
South America
United States
Board of World Missions
America
Lutheran Church
Chanters Open Tonight In Muscatine Elks Concert
Nervous anticipation marks Muscatine as the 16th annual Muscatine Elks Chanters begin tonight at Muscatine High School. Directed by Max Collins the program features four religious songs by the chanters and soloist Devere Newberry, followed by five favorite tunes and a musical scrapbook of four decades of popular music. Friday and Saturday concerts begin at 5 o clock.
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Muscatine
Muscatine High School
Max Collins
David
Devere Newberry
Fishhers
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