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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
12
Mervin French of 1253 Halstead found two large edible mushrooms Sunday along the New Boston blacktop in tilingis. The bigger specimen measures 1014 inches in length, photographed for the Journal.
Oakville American Legion Auxiliary reports 499 poppies sold with proceeds totaling 46.00. Local volunteers Cecil Thornton Ellen Swafford Helen Hamilton Mae Bailey Estelling Gerst Frances Swan assisted. Junior girls Kathleen Thornburs Martha Thornburg Martha Rose Gerst Alice Petty Patty Stoller Jill Hamilton aided sales. Weekend guests from Rock Falls Illinois included Miss Roberta Alstat. Wayne Hiland and Floyd Beck from Burlington. Clarence Wise to Wayne Sutcliffe home sale to take possession June 15.
Mrs W P McNeill and Fal left yesterday for a trip east visiting Johnson City Tennessee to see daughter May LaPella and family. They will proceed to Rogersville Tennessee for graduation events and to see former Wapello residents Burdine Blankenhorn and Jimmie along with Mrs Fern Dein. At Penn College Mrs Bradley and Ronald Thompson and Aaron Thomp son attended graduation. Aaron received baptism at Presbyterian church with James Deam and Lawrence Thompson hosting. They were joined home by Wathy Deam and Sharon and Connie Thompson.
About 220 attended the Wilton High School Alumni banquet held Saturday evening May 23. Attorney Mort J. Cockshoot of Nevada served as toastmaster. The 1913 1938 and 1963 classes were honored with a skit Those Wonderful Eyes. Highlights of each class history were shared along with vocal solos by Max Lauser Pat Smith and a tribute to Mrs Grace Nell Crowell American Mother of the Year 1938. The 1963 class was welcomed to the Alumni Association. officers were elected: Beryl Mann president Arthur Sessler vice president Shirley Atkinson Wacker secretary Mary Soteros Ford treasurer.
The Louisa County Farm held its first open house Sunday with 89 attendees including the board of supervisors and local officials. Visitors toured the home grounds canteen and recreation facilities. coffee and cookies were served. A separate opening of the Wapello Community Field featured master of ceremonies Clifford Steale and a plaque presentation to Mrs. Lucille Parson in memory of Don Parsons as teams played one inning.
Grandview alumni chose J McGill as president in 1984 at the banquet held Saturday at Grandview School with 152 in attendance. Jack Bier was named vice president, Jolene Page Miller secretary and treasurer, Evelyn Larson committee woman, as music parents served supper and the program featured the Junior Dixie band Barbershop Quartet and John Morrison's Band.
Data processing equipment in public schools is increasingly used for class work and records. At Myers Park High School in Charlotte North Carolina a malfunction produced a monotonous schedule with multiple lunches for some students and a single lunch for others. One student who failed French I three times was promoted to French IV, another avoided a full semester with extra study halls.
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