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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1948

Page

2

Freese and Satterthwaite Wedding at Zion Lutheran Church

Verna Mary Freese and Paul Satterthwaite wed Sunday evening at Zion Lutheran Church in a double ring ceremony. The church featured gladioli carnations and candles with organ music by Herbert Grebing and vocals by Gloria Van Zyle and Delores Davis. Attendants included Marilyn Huttig as maid of honor, with bridesmaids Roma Connor and Mrs Richard S Fridley, and Cecil Houseman as best man.

Zion Lutheran Church Verna Mary Freese Harry F. Freese East Ninth Street Paul Satterthwaite Fred Satterthwaite Hartwig Harms Herbert Grebing Chopin Friml Harvey de Koven Leybaen Williams Liszt Gloria van Zyle Delores Davis Marilyn Huttig Davenport Roma Connor Richard S. Fridley Sandra Birkhofer Judy Dickey Jackie Rife Cecil Houseman Melvin Freese Raymond Deitricn Ray Houseman Myles Beitz Bill Busch

Muscatine couple wed in spring wedding at parish hall

The May 24 1948 Muscatine Journal reports the wedding of Mrs. Satterthwaite and Mr. Satterthwaite with 200 guests. Attendants wore cornflower and yellow gowns. flowers included pink carnations and white roses. A reception followed, with a three tier cake and a short wedding trip to the Ozarks. The bride is a 1947 Muscatine High School graduate, the groom a 1944 alumnus now farming. Out of town guests included relatives from Davenport Ames Illinois City and Andalusia.

Miss Huttig Miss Connor Mrs. Fridley Maid of Honor Judy Dickey Jackie Rife Satterthwaite William Freese Ernest Sylvester O. J. Mercer Hugo Braasch John Hall Virginia Hennig Emma Lenz Lillian Kerschinske Sally Hall Haroldyne Lucas Ruth Mercer Merle Schafer Jackie Braasch Ozark Mountains Montgomery Ward and Co Muscatine High School United States Army Hugo Stewart Andalusia Dick Busch North Dakota Albert Hutttig Vernon King Davenport Curtis Foster Illinois City Cecil Houseman Myles Beitz Ames Marilyn Huttig

Iowa DPS to Run Driver License Exams Nationwide by June

The Iowa Department of Public Safety announced that drivers license examination teams will operate in towns and cities across the state by mid June.

Des Moines State Department of Public Safety Iowa

May Breakfast Marks Beta Kappa Sorority Event

About 40 guests attended the Beta Kappa chapter of Beta Sigma Phi May breakfast at Weed Park on Sunday morning at 7 36. Mothers of chapter members were guests. Decorations featured greenery and a large Maypole with pastel streamers. Gifts in pastel colors lay at each mother’s place. Miss Mary Rada presided. Miss Bernice Griesenbrock and Miss Geraldine Dunker planned arrangements.

Electa Order of Eastern Star Muscatine Rainbow Masonic Temple Harold Lawrence Verna Zoller Marilyn Zoller Lillian Thomas Electa Chapter Temple Beta Kappa Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Weed Park Mary Rada Bernice Griesenbrock Geraldine Dunker

St Mathias Scouts Host Mothers Tea and Maypole Display

Members of the Brownie Scout troop at St. Mathias school entertained mothers at a Sunday tea in the Lanzarotta building. Spring flowers decorated the room and a Maypole centerpiece framed the serving table. Mrs Alma Hons, co leader, poured with troop help. Mrs Henry Truninger leads the troop.

St. Mathias School Lanzarotta Alma Hons Henry Truninger

McBrides Host Dinner For Two On Birthdays

Mr and Mrs Clement McBride of Letts entertained at a dinner Sunday honoring their niece Mary Eileen Drake on her first birthday and Shirley McBride on her birthday anniversary. A social time and card games followed with gifts given to the honorees. Attending were J S McBride and family, Norman Drake and Mary Eileen, Gwen McBride, Walter Miller and family, and Shirley McBride plus Clement McBride.

Clement McBride Letts Mary Eileen Drake Shirley McBride J. S. McBride Joan Eugene Norman Drake Mary Eileen Carbon Cliff Gwen McBride Moline Walter Miller Gary David

Professor Dead at Luther College in Decorah

Donald J. Larson associate professor of music at Luther College was found dead of a heart attack in his room Sunday night. He had been scheduled to accompany singer Marjorie Meyer Steen at a concert in the Luther gymnasium. Larson, a McFarland Wisconsin native, headed the music department during the war and held degrees from Wisconsin Temple University.

Decorah Donald J. Larson Luther College Larson Marjorie Meyer Steen Luther Gymnasium McFarland Wis University of Wisconsin Temple University

Courts Schedule Weekly Team Visits

The department said teams will be in each courthouse at least once weekly.

City News Notes On Ill Atty and Local Happenings

Atty W D Randall improving after five weeks at home following a heart attack. Davenport residents secure marriage license Roger DeVine and Wilma Smyser. Various new automobile registrations filed including Ruth Maurer Wilton Oldsmobile. Quad City section of I E E meeting May 25 at 7 45 pm at Iowa Illinois Gas Electric auditorium Rock Island. Film Watts and Glass to follow discussion on glass as an insulator. Officers listed as E C Lister secretary and E H Breckenfelder secretary elect. Admittances to Hershey hospital listed. Numerous dismissals from Bellevue hospital and other local notes.精彩

Atty W. D. Randall West Fourth Street Roger DeVine Wilma Smyser Davenport Ruth Maurer Wilton Oldsmobile Orville Miller, Jr Owens- Corning Fiberglass Corporation American Institute of Electrical Engineers Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company 18Th Street Rock Island Watts E. C. Lister Stanley Engineering Co E. H. Breckenfelder Hershey Hospital Bertha Wineyard Illinois City Thelma Connor Smalley Avenue Sara Marple Earl McConnell Carolyn Brownfield East Third Street Leis Orr Nebraska Street Belle Beckey Grandview Keith Mills Nichols E. R. King Letts E. F. Rakow Leslie’s Chicago Geneva Golf and Country Club Sacawajea Bellevue Hospital Lloyd Wasson Columbus City Earl Price Albert Wiese Mulberry Avenue Arthur Kistler East Second Street Virgil Wiese Rosalie Morgan Columbus Junction Elizabeth Stratton Betty Willits Orchard Avenue Joseph Gustafson East Fourth Street Laura Guinn Harris Gipple Loretta Gipple Max Jellinek West Second Street Herman Pagel Washington Street Donald Johnston Tipton Walter Fromer Mac Zion Wapello Joe Roth Lydia Dipple C. P. Hanley Innisfail Mississippi River Hanley Muscatine Clarence Nussbaum Willard Mallie New Boston Minneapolis Howard White Howard White, An Aunt of Mrs. Nussbaum Clifford Paul First Avenue H. and W First Evangelical United Brethren Church Owen L. Olson Muscatine Junior High Sam Polsky Glass Smart Shop Y W.C.A St. Mathias Field

Trinity Guild to Meet at Mrs Baker's Home

The Trinity Guild of the Trinity Episcopal church will gather Tuesday evening at 8 o clock at 1214 Mulberry Avenue hosted by Mrs J T Baker.

Trinity Guild of The Trinity Episcopal Church J. T. Baker Mulberry Avenue

Mrs Mueller 49 Dies At Brook Street Home

Mrs William Mueller aged 49 died at her residence 126 Brook Street at 12 55 PM today. She was born in Richmond Iowa August 23 1898 and lived most of her life here. Details of her life and funeral plans to be announced later. Body at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home.

William Mueller Brook Street Richmond Ralph J. Wittich

Sissel Family Celebrates 3rd Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sissel of 101 Holly street marked their 3rd wedding anniversary with a Saturday party. Attendees included children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and relatives from Durant Davenport Viola Kellogg Muscatine and more, tracing the couple's long life since their 1895 marriage on a Pleasant Prairie farm.

E. E. Sissel Holly Street Sissel Ella Lantz Kellogg, Ja Pleasant Prairie Muscatine Herman Sissel Joyce Ella Mae Durant Gilbert Sissel Barbara Ronald Donald William Koellner Billy Jimmy Davenport Clara Wilson Viola Henry Sissel Raymond Earl Rueckert Suzanne Karolyn Earl Sissel Anna Walter

Guests Honored at Chapman Home Picnic in Muscatine

A Sunday picnic at the Ralph Chapman home honored visitors from Ellendale North Dakota and San Diego California. The event celebrated birthdays and wedding anniversaries with a list of local attendees from Muscatine Tipton Letts Davenport West Liberty Nichols and surrounding areas.

Ralph Chapman Fred Rekow Gary Ellendale N. D Henry Goehring Jean Ann San Diego Calif Muscatine Chapman Floyd McIntire A. B. Chesbro John Chesbro Oscar Chapman Lomax Chapman Barbara Donald and Gale Tipton Verla Robertson Patsy Chester Corder Joan Ronald Garrett van Gent Lydia van Gent W. J. van Gent Marian Emily Anna Mae Forrest Thomas Leonard Chapman Lilly Mae Charles Maude Collier Davenport Albert Chapman Janice David Donald Caery Kay Bobby Everett Chapman Bertha Chapman Letts Floyd McIintire West Liberty Charles Geirce Nancy Eddie Earl Workman Shairley Stauffer Nichols

Births Reported at Hershey Hospital

Local hospitals announce a birth at Hershey of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Thomas Evans of West Liberty on Saturday.

Hershey Thomas Evans West Liberty

New Boston Man Falls Off Barge and Drowns

Sheriff Leo Martin blamed a friendly scuffle for the drowning of Frank Meyer of New Boston Illinois in the Mississippi River near Gordon's Ferry south of Dubuque. Reuben Cloll of St Louis Mo was rescued as the Memphis barge moved up river from St Louis toward Minneapolis.

New Boston Leo Martin Dubuque Frank Meyer Ill Reuben Cloll St. Louis Memphis Gordon’s Ferry Mississippi Minneapolis

Baby Strangles in West Los Angeles Play Pen

Judith McGill 14 months old died in West Los Angeles when she slipped from a play pen cross bar and hanged herself by the neck. Det Lt Jack Fergis said the infant, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward L McGill, toppled onto the bottom bar before becoming wedged and unable to be revived by an inhalator squad.

West Los Angeles Judith McGill Jack Fergis Edward L. McGill

Rubbish Pick-Up Starts Earlier in Muscatine

Muscatine residents are warned that city street department rubbish collection begins at 7 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. on the summer schedule, running 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. until early fall. Please have rubbish ready before 7 a.m. to conform with the new times.

Muscatine City Street Department

Msgr Conway To Give Graduation Address At St Marys

The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. D. Conway of Davenport will deliver the high school graduation address at St. Marys Sunday evening in place of Rev. Albert Goetzman who cannot attend. Baccalaureate mass at 8 pm will precede diplomas and awards presented by Rev. Henry Sendbuehler.

J. D. Conway Davenport St. Mary’s High School Msgr Conway Society of the Propagation of the Faith Albert Goetzman Houghton Iowa St. Mary's Henry Sendbuehler St. Mary's Church Sister Mary Vere

Eighth grade graduates and guardians listed for Mary's school

A list of eighth grade graduates at Marys school includes Mary Lou Kurriger Dorothy Kurriger Robert Noll Arnold Blaesing William Slattery Bernard Wingerter and Richard Hoffman. Guardians or sponsors include Mary Ann No for Judy Noll Ann Moots for Daryl Vet ter Katherine Huber for Ramona Wingerter Deanna Bieber for Darlene Peyers Roger Montgomery for Robert Lewig Michael OLeary for Hildred Hoffman Leonard Kurriger for Francis Kurriger and Jimmy McCarty for Charles Lorber.

Mary Ann No Judy Noll Ann Moots Daryl Vetter Katherine Huber Ramona Wingerter Deanna Bieber Darlene Peyers Roger Montgomery Robert Lewig Michael O'Leary Hildred Hoffman Leonard Kurriger Francis Kurriger Jimmy McCarty Charles Lorber A Mary’s School Mary Lou Kurriger Dorothy Kurriger Robert Noll Arnold Blaesing William Slattery Bernard Wingerter Richard Hoffman

Also Mentioned on This Page

Freese and Schaffner Toby and Susie WMT Toby Mers Ola Renegade Dan Byay Ayea Jeffrey Tymy News OF the World Edward R. Murrow Radio WMI CBS Henderson Muscatine and KWPC Southland Cugat Church In the Wildwond Wvug Land of the Free Jan Garber Allen Roth St. Mathias McBrides Luther U. W.F United World Federalists United World Federalists of City News Mrs. Mueller Chapter Betty Msgr. Conway St. Mary’s Beckie Jodey Oak St. Desk Kansas City Davis Cleaners Ek Cash & Carry W. 2Nd St Tae Guaronte Aestonic Dodge-Dickinson CO Bloomington, Ill MRI) Furniture CO
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