Trailer House Yields Gear Taken From Muscatine Car
Deputies recovered a spare tire wheel hub caps floor mats fishing rods reels wheel jack and tools taken from Richard Norris 1832 New Hampshire street after a weekend break in on Muscatine island. Items were found Monday at a West Branch trailer court home of Kenneth Dean Stecher 17. Stecher was questioned and released. he is among five youths arrested Sunday for breaking and entering.
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Richard Norris
New Hampshire Street
Muscatine Island
West Branch
Charlie Whisler
Clifford Bennett
Muscatine
Kenneth Dean Stecher
Stecher
Stocher
Final Week For Measles Shots Is Here
Time is running out to obtain measles vaccinations at a reduced rate for children ages 1 to 14. Shots cost $2 each, available through physicians or for free at City Hall via Public Health Nursing Association if cost is a hardship. Muscatine Jaycees spearhead the drive to reach all eligible kids who have never had the disease or vaccine. May is Measles Month and the drive aims to ensure every child can be vaccinated.
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Public Health Nursing Association
City Hall
Busy Schedule For Seniors At Muscatine High School
The Muscatine High School senior class faces a busy eight day period starting Friday with a junior senior reception at the Elks lodge at 8 30 p m. The alumni reception is planned for June on a date to be announced. Baccalaureate is Sunday at 8 p m preceded by a practice at 1 30 p m with the local ministerial association in charge. Memorial Day is Monday followed by the senior assembly on Tuesday at 10 a m and commencement at 8 p m in the field house. Seniors received six commencement tickets each valid for admission until 3 p m.
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Muscatine High School
the Elks Lodge
Plan Commission Approves Outline For New Garden Apartment Zoning
The plan and zoning commission approved an outline for R-3A garden apartment zoning to fill gaps not met by R4. R-3A sets minimums for apartments, two family and single family units, with specific lot sizes, parking, building height, and yard requirements and may bring R2 and R3 into conformity.
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Plan Commission
Plan and Zoning Commission
Grotto Members to Honor Hoover at West Branch Ceremony
Iowa and Illinois Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm will honor former President Herbert Hoover with a wreath placing ceremony at West Branch next Sunday. About 200 black-fezzed members from grottoes in both states are expected for the 2 PM program, with 75 Masonic youth from Rainbow Girls and others joining Memorial Day weekend observance.
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Town
Illinois
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Ralph L. Shepherd
International Order
Iowa
Rainbow Girls
de Malays
Job‘s Daughters
Shepherd
Muscatine
el Bey
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Harry E. Mueller
Erie
States
District of Columbia
George Washington
Hoover Memorial Library
Salvation Army to Move and Expand Services in Muscatine
The Salvation Army in Muscatine plans a June move from 118 Chestnut Street to the Hershey Avenue and Main Street site vacated by Mulford Evangelical Free Church. The new location will host a youth center and expanded afternoon activities, with the first service at the new quarters on June 5. The article notes the Army's long history and regional efforts, including a Des Moines home for unwed mothers and upcoming camps and programs, and mentions a regional meeting with Capt. Van der Vleet and Capt. Eldon Rowland.
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Salvation Army
Muscatine Center
Chestnut Street
Hershey Avenue
Main Street
Mulford Evangelical Free Church
John D. Spicer
Muscatine
Spicer
England
United States
Des Moines
USA
Red Shield
Way
Iowa
van der Vleet
Clinton
Eldon Rowland
Davenport
Grant Recommendation For Muscatine College Equipment
Muscatine Community College is recommended for a 5454 federal grant under Title VI to buy instructional equipment. Dean James Loper says funds will cover laboratory gear and audio-visual aids including projectors, tape recorders, and a copy-maker. The Higher Education Facilities Commission urged a total of 260 million dollars for 20 Iowa colleges, with final amounts set by the U.S. Office of Education.
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Muscatine Community College
James Loper
Iowa
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Jay W. Stein
U.S. Office of Education
CBMC Holds Pastors Night at Hotel Muscatine
About fifty men attended the Christian Business Men’s Committee pastors night at Hotel Muscatine including ten local area pastors. Bernie Reese, Rockford attorney and Supreme Court bar member, urged pastors and laymen of all faiths to cooperate in church and community work amid perilous times and youth unrest.
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Christian Business Mews Committee
Hotel Muscatine
Bernie Reese
Rockford
US Supreme Court
Reese
Cub Scout Picnic Set by Franklin Pack 425
Cub Scout Pack 425 of Franklin school will hold a family picnic at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the shelter near Weed park lagoon. In case of rain, the event moves to the school’s all purpose room.
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Franklin School
Weed Park
Lucky Shoppers Compete For Minnesota Vacation Prize
Two Muscatine shoppers enter a drawing during Vacation Value days at local stores to win a week long trip to Pehrson's lodge near Cook Minnesota with lodging meals fishing boating swimming and golf. The 1 pm Tuesday May 31 civic center drawing will reveal the winners.
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Civic Center
Chamber
Barge Line Talk At Muscatine Kiwanis Meeting
Wallace W Roller vice president of American Commercial Barges Lines spoke on Inland Waterways at the Muscatine Kiwanis club meeting. He noted barges move coal fertilizer grain and other goods to and from Muscatine and cited the U S inland waterway network totaling over 8000 miles with barge rates at 3 mills versus higher costs for truck rail and air transport.
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Wallace W. Roller
American Commercial Barges Lines
Muscatine
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JL & Ard
Sinca
Dine
Tows Utter
Associated Press
City of Muscatine
Grimm’s Dairy Freeze
Stewart Road
Whisler
Norris
Island
Thomas Leroy Frye
Mulberry Avenue
Tommy Klein
Billy Dale Kirkwood
East Second Street
Kirkwood
Eldora State School
Frye
Pattern Gifts
Pattern Gafte Division
Drive
Jack Rigler
John Schumacher
John Parks
Ed Maher
Harold Peters
Harv Woodstra
Vaerle Nietzel
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William Robirds
Dave Gross
John Wetsels
Warren Allen
Dick Stanley
Lee McKee
William Schafenacker
Stan Howe
Elmer Bloom, Sr
Orval Fisher
Bob Toborg
Luke Nelson
Elwood Clark
Otis Joiner
Hoover
Rock Island
Moline
Mora Fun Mora
Tiny Hill
Ufor
E. Ind &T
CBMC
Kent-Stein Park
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Pd Ee
Thrells
Paigentry
Minnesota
Kiwanis
POPOV
Menlo Park
Cal
Amdharyford
Popoy
East Second St
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