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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1939

Page

2

Party to Honor Cone's Baseball Team at Conesville

Plans are made for a community party next Wednesday evening May 31 at the school house to honor the Conesville high school baseball team runner-up in the state tournament. Hal C. Wolford chaired a meeting naming committee chairs for Entertainment Daisy Kemp Refreshments Mrs Dennis Christianson Finance C E Nicholson and Dennis Christianson. Each chair will appoint members and all community residents are invited. Women are asked to bring a cake.

Conesville Hal C. Wolford Daisy Kemp Dennis Christianson C. E. Nicholson

Future Homemakers Club Entertained at McElroy Home

The Letts The Future Homemakers Four-H club met Wednesday afternoon at the Thomas McElroy home with Genevieve McElroy. Plans for rally day were set, music study used The Prayer Song and victrola records, and a posture skit rehearsal was held. June meeting will be with Elizabeth Griffin. Members present include Betty Jean Henderson Anin Eliason Barbara Jo Van Dyke Marilyn Schafer Elizabeth Griffin Mary Alice Shellabarger Genevieve McElroy. leaders Mrs George Crist and Miss Irma Hickey.

Anin Eliason Barbara Jo van Dyke Marilyn Schafer Elizabeth Griffin Mary Alice Shellabarger Genevieve McElroy George Crist Irma Hickey J. H. McCormac Paul McCormac Cincinnati Ohio Ohio. Mrs. McCormac Accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore Washington H. J. Austin Charlaine Effingham Kas T. L. Eland Naomi Williams Concord Township Leila Williams Albert Werner Owens A. L. S. Owens Farmington Harold McCormac E. R. McCormick J. B. Garrett Anna Griffin J. L. Hildebrand Norman Armentrout Buffalo Lloyd Crumly Rock Island

Coming Attractions at Uptown and Palace Theaters

Weekend and midweek offerings include Midnight with Colbert Ameche Barrymore Lederer and Astor at Uptown. Pygmalion Jones Family in Hollywood and Only Angels Have Wings at Uptown. Zenobia You Cant Get Away with Murder Bale Bogart at Palace. Sweepstakes Winner Code of Streets Our Gang and Dick Tracy serials also shown.

Claudette Colbert Don Ameche John Barrymore Francis Lederer Mary Astor Fox News Leslie Howard Wendy Hiller Wilfrid Lawson PYG Malion Jed Proudy Spring Byington Ken Howell George Ernest Jones Hollywood Hoagy Carmichael Orchestra

Code of the Streets opens at Palace theater

Universal presents Code of the Streets at the Palace with the Little Tough Guys led by grim faced youths in a harsh city slum setting. stars include Harry Carey Frankie Thomas James McCallion Leon Ames Juanita Quigley Dorothy Arnold with screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Gordon Kahn.

Universal Palace Theater Harry Carey Frankie Thomas James McCallion Leon Ames Juanita Quigley Dorothy Arnold Arthur T. Horman Gordon Kahn

Memorial Day Visit and Ladies Aid Meeting Noted

Visitors arrived Thursday night for Memorial day at Mrs. Baumgartner’s home in Wilton. Mrs. A C Baumgartner and daughters Maxine Virginia and Carolyn plan several days with Mrs. J H McCormac. The Method of Ladies Aid Society will meet Wednesday afternoon at the M E church parlors with Mrs Walter Thompson, Mrs B B Lintner, and Mrs Delia Shellabarger as hostesses and Mrs Ralph Lowe as devotional leader.

Crumly Carol Ann A. C. Baumgartner Maxine Virginia Carolyn Wilton Baumgartner J. H. McCormac Method of Ladies’ Aid Society M. E Walter Thompson B. B. Lintner Delia Shellabarger Ralph Lowe

Wilton to Open Vacation Bible School Monday

Wilton will start a two week Vacation Bible School session at the school house Monday morning with morning and afternoon classes. Rev. J. M. Newgard Rev. R. L. Blaisdell Mrs. Harold Nicolaus Miss Norma Kretschmar Miss Helen Leuthye and others will staff the program.

Dolores Del Rio Still Hollywood Marvel in Latin World

Hollywood notes recount Dolores Del Rio's high status in Latin markets and rare film work in two years. The piece praises her beauty poise and magnetic stardom while noting Hollywood neglect and strong cross border appeal from Juarez to Buenos Aires.

Hollywood Dolores del Rio Charmaine del Rio Mexico Central South America Juarez Buenos Aires

Movie Showings Sweet Potato Production At Cone

A school house program Thursday evening featured sweet potato production in Cone and Muscatine Island with Dr. Fitch of Iowa State College leading a reel on Irish potato production near Fonda. Miss Dollie Jones hosted a Sun day school party with games and refreshments. Birthday cake arrived for Mary Brehme. Attendees included Owen Maxwell Virginia Bell Mary Brehme Billy Hesseltine Debby Mae Coffin Evelyn Carney Marcia Wagner Harold Lee Abbott Harold Nicholson Evelyn McKee Frederick Everett Joanne Lutz Margaret Williams Ruby Warnstaff assisted. Orono township children joined Play Day in West Liberty. Mrs. Isaac Abbott and Harold Lee visited Mrs. Nellie Chapman. Read the Classified Ads.

Conesville Muscatine Island Fitch Iowa State College Ames Fonda Dollie Jones Mary Brehme Billy Hesseltine Debby Mae Coffin Evelyn Carney Marcia Wagner Harold Lee Abbott Harold Nicholson Evelyn McKee Frederick Everett Joanne Lutz Margaret Williams Ruby Warnstaff Miss Jones Orono Township West Liberty Isaac Abbott Harold Lee Nellie Chapman

Columbus High Honor Roll for Year Announced

Columbus Junction announces Columbus High School honor roll for the year with seniors Bernadine Lowe Eu gene Myers Robert Rock juniors Betty Dwinell Barbara Lynn Ruth Weigner sopomores Helen Aringdale Carmen Hamilton Lois Hetfield Lucille Jamison Mary Elizabeth McKee James Merritt Richard Utter freshmen Norman Gentzler Russell Greene Marjorie Moore Donald Rutt. Perfect attendance listed for seniors Louise Ayers juniors Betty Dwinell sophomores Helen Aringdale Phyllis Fulton Paul Heindel Lois Hetfield Jeanette Lewis Marion Pugh freshmen Merle Blieu Marjorie Cassabaum DeWayne Dicks Kathryn Dwinell Russell Greene Jean Hoben Marjorie Moore John Thompson.

Columbus Junction Columbus High School Bernadine Lowe Eugene Myers Robert Rock Betty Dwinell Barbara Lynn Ruth Weigner Helen Aringdale Carmen Hamilton Lois Hetfield Lucille Jamison Mary Elizabeth McKee James Merritt Richard Utter Norman Gentzler Russell Greene Marjorie Moore Donald Rutt Louise Ayers Phyllis Fulton Paul Heindel Jeanette Lewis Marion Pugh Merle Blieu Marjorie Cassabaum DeWayne Dicks Kathryn Dwinell Jean Hoben John Thompson

Pygmalion at Uptown highlights Shaw wit on screen

The film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion opens Wednesday at the Uptown theater with an all English cast. The story follows a professor of phonetics who bets he can pass a guttersnipe as a duchess after coaching her speech. The Jones Family in Hollywood also debuts at Uptown, with the usual cast, featuring Dad seeking a solo trip to an American Legion convention in Los Angeles and the family tagging along through comedy and romance.

Claudette Colbert Don Ameche Uptown France Zella Sowder Joan Crawford Hitler Dick Powell Joan Blondell Crosby Hedy Lamarr Gene Marky Hedy Los Angeles George Bernard Shaw Shaw Joneses Movieland Jones Hollywood Jones Family Dad American Legion Jack Roger Lucy Oliver Hardy Harry Langdon Zenobia Palace Theater Hardy Dr. Tibbitt

Radio Schedule Airs Tonight From 6 to 11 PM

A dense list of radio programs across networks NBC CBS MBS WGN and WHBF for tonight and Sunday morning through Monday afternoon. Entries feature orchestras hosts game broadcasts and variety shows with stations WMAQ WLS WHBF WLW WBBM KOA and more.

NBC WMAQ WHO WMT CBS WBBM WLS WLW Hollywood Whispers MBS WHEBF Sons of the Pioneers WHBF Jack Teagarden WGN Allen Roth Herb Bureau Nbc—Who Renfro Valley Folks Art Mooney Vincent Lopez Sammy Kaye Ted Lewis Artie Shaw Southernaires Major Bowes Capitol Family CBS Wccco Walter Logan Betty Bob Aunt Fanny's Leo Freudberg Berry McKinley Cubs Pittsburgh WCCO Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Ben Bernie KMOX Red Norvo Hollywood Felix Knight Jack Benny Fitch Radio Guild American Forum of the Air Phil Spitalny Walter Winchell NBC— Who H. V. Kaltenborn KOA Henry Kine Count Basie Jan Garber Tack Teatarden Mary Marlin David Harum Pepper Young's Carters of Elm Street Mother Helen Trent Rainbow Rhyme Happy Gang Judy and Jane Don Roth Farm Flashes WSIII Nbcwmaq Pepper Young Cincinnati Landt Anthony Milt Herth Rundhia Manhattan Longfellows Munshal Moods WSUI al Pearce Cavalcade of America Lux Radio Theater WSUT al Donahue Eddie Cantor Wbbbbm Amos ‘'N Andy Art Money Voice of Firestone

Parsons Graduate Elected as Coach at Atalissa School

Atalissa-Bernard Bosley of Council Bluffs won the election to fill the vacancy created by Robert Bell’s resignation. Bosley will coach boys athletics and teach science and mathematics. He is a Parsons college graduate and a former athletics letter winner. The board recently bought lockers for the boys and girls locker rooms and ordered new playground equipment for the lower grades.

Atalissa Bernard Bosley Council Bluffs Robert Bell Bosley Parsons College

Neighbors Help Harvey Ceeske With Corn Planting

Far mers from the South Bethel community near Tipton spent two days discing harrowing and planting two large corn fields for Harvey Ceeske who is in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after surgery. Four tractors and two teams assisted as the community upholds its tradition of neighborly aid amid a recent birth in the Ceeske household.

Tipton South Bethel Harvey Ceeske Mercy Hospital Iowa City Stork

Mrs Cora McIntire Hosts Friendship Circle at East Third

Mrs Cora McIntire hosted the Friendship Circle Sunday school class at her East Third Street home in West Liberty. Fifty plus members and guests attended from 2 30 to five. sewing and Chinese checkers were enjoyed. refreshments closed the event. The Kensington guest was sponsored by the second division, and over five dollars was added to the treasury.

West Liberty Cora McIntire Friendship Circle Methodist Church East Third Street Kensington Beatrice Nichols Martha Loy Anna Brown Katherine Brown Zelpha Monroe Lou Chesebro Carl Templeman Anna Hollingsworth Martha Miller Sadie McIntosh Zelma Borgstad Nichols Martha Lou

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Cone Future Homemakers Club McElroy Spanish Villa The Presbyterian Church W. J. Maurer Caroline Maurer Irma Kiser Nellie Griffith Ethel Wacker Esther Bestman Jens Hanson Lou McCroskey Gladys King Irma Wildasin Mildred Schroeder Helen Shuger Nellie Whitmer Charlotte Grinder Ladies Aid Society Grace Reformed Church Leland Barkalow Kate Ackerman Little Rock Ark John Joenk Philson Lincoln C. S. Lincoln Pearl Alexander Parks Harry King Beverly James Knouse Calif Mary Knouse Charles Whittaker Edwin Balch Davenport Cora Knouse Donald Birchard H. T. Birchard Bellevue Hospital Muscatine J. J. Hoskins Five Hundred Orville Ford H. F. Jarr E. W. Mead W. A. Grunder Harold Nicolaus Elsie Henderson L. H. Whitmer Dick Thompson H. F. Jarr. Whitmers E. C. Whitmer Mary Ella H. G. Nicolaus Robert Nicolaus Francis Henderson Craig Maurice Carol Don Foley Mary Ann Cranston L. R. Henderson Fred Vanatta Emma Lamp L. C. Winters Louis Miller Jimmie Fidler III Martha Raye Eleanor Powell Errol Flynn Joel McCrea Union Pacific Hugh Herbert Toonerville Wayne Morris Bob Burns Marie Blake Helen Troy Mexico City Ruby Foo’s Leo Gorcey Irene Franklin Zita Austria Jeanette MacDonald W. A. Beckley Minnesota Penitentiary Ona Munson David O. Selznick Belle Watling Mr. Selznick Gus Edwards Laura Hope Crews Ona Alice Eden Lee Jason Jason McNaught Syndicate, Inc A Museu Sun John Carroll Movita MR. Wong Sante FE Chas. Starrett Boris Karloff Scotland Yard Dorothy Tree James Stevenson Betty Lynn Columbus High Journal Pygmalion Parsons Dee Lang Claudette Gude Colbert Ameche Elaine Barrie Paramount Picture
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