Virginia Willis Wins California Horse Show Title
Mrs. Virginia Willis of Palo Alto and Mrs. Shirley Kennedy won blue ribbon in the matched pairs section at the California State Horsemen's Assn convention and show in San Jose. The pair rode matched light sorrel horses owned by Mr. Whipple, earning Grand Champion trophies. Mr. Willis, a Pan Am pilot, and Mrs. Willis planned a Hawaii vacation after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Willis
Palo Alto
Calif
Virginia Dooly
Muscatine
California
Willis
California State Horsemen’s Assn
San Jose
Shirley Kennedy
Mr. Whipple
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pan World American Airways
Irma Dooly
West Fourth Street
Letts MYF to Take Part in Wapello Rally Event
The Letts MYF plans to participate in the MYF rally and booth festival in Wapello on October 19 with 1 pm registration. The local group seeks donations of used or new toys or money for the booth to aid a children's institution. Layman's Sunday is observed October 19 at 11 am at Letts Methodist Church with Jack Estle coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
MYF
Wapello
Childrens
Letts Methodist
Jack Estle
Seek Volunteer Baby-Sitters in Annual CC Drive
Community Chest drive seeks volunteers to care for children of workers at a nursery. The YMCAYWCA facility will host supervision from 9 to 1130 am Monday through Wednesday. Call the YWCA office to offer help, preferably on Saturday.
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MCA
YWCA
Hebron Grange Hosts Sweetland Program in Cedar County
Hebron Grange of Cedar county presented an exchange program at Sweetland Grange on Thursday night at the Sweetland school. About 1 members from the visiting Grange attended. The program included Lois Jean Anderson piano solos and readings by Alma Mae Ahrens and Ruth Ahrens, a skit, duet, and a playlet. Next meeting set for Nov 6 with a refreshment committee led by local couples. potluck lunch planned.
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Memers
Hebron
Cedar County
Sweetland Grange
Sweetland
Lois Jean Anderson
Tableau
Grange Foundation
The
Grange
Alma Mae
Ruth Ahrens
Fred Schnithoweit, Jr
Reading
Alma Mae Ahrens
Josine Seitz
Delores Schnikoweit
Martha
Ed Timm
Carol Stiff
Ralph Meyer
Edward Kemp
Verne van Camp
Ane
Harold Davis
Two youths arrested on dog theft suspicion in Davenport telegram case
Policeman Berry detained two young men in connection with a stolen valuable dog as read in a Davenport telegram. the pair claim the animal leaped into their skiff during a shove off and await the owner’s arrival in jail. A Milwaukee cutoff earth slide near Adam Wigim’s farm delays work by three weeks, damaging a brick culvert and tying up shovels and crews. In haymarket, a spelling contest at the big top tent yields one winner Earl Troutman of Nichols who spelling Khaki wins ten dollar prize and gold medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Davenport
Milwaukee
Adam Wigim
Haymarket
Supt. Cronin
Earl Troutman
Nichols
Palace Week at the Movies Highlights Classic Casts
The schedule features Mario Lanza Coretta Morrow and James Whitmore in Because You're Mine along with cartoons Fraidy Cat and Sweet Land of Liberty and news events. George Raft Ava Gardner and Victor McLaglen lead Whistle Stop while Dick Powell Lizabeth Scott and Jane Wyatt star in Pitfall plus Casper's Spree Under the Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Mario Lanza
Coretta Morrow
James Whitmore
Joyful visits spread across Viola Muscatine Beloit and Madison
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fullerton of Viola visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fullerton Sr. Nearby Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cooper toured Muscatine while Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Morrow stayed several days in Beloit and Madison Wisconsin. Woodrow Wardrow and children also visited Walter Cooper.
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Joy
Russell Fullerton
Viola
Glenn Fullerton
Walter Cooper
Muscatine
Lawrence Morrow
Beloit
Madison
Wis
Woodrow Wardrow
Important Election Dates Voted By County Auditor
County Auditor E R Swickard announces key election dates. Oct 20 is first day to vote absentee. Oct 25 is last day to register at Florence Mason’s city hall office. Nov 3 is last day to vote in the auditor’s office. Nov 4 is election day with polls from 7 am to 8 pm in Muscatine and 8 am to 8 pm elsewhere. Absentee ballots far exceed past totals with service ballots mailed since Sept 10.
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E. R. Swickard
Florence Mason
City Recorder
Muscatine
Dreamboat spoofs delight at Uptown theater
Ample laughter fills the Uptown as Dreamboat, a Twentieth Century Fox spoof, debuts on local screens. Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis lead a merry send up of silent film stars with parodies of Foreign Legion, World War I aviation, and swashbucklers, under Claude Binyon’s witty direction.
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Uptown
Twentieth Century-Fox
Clifton Webb
Ginger Rogers
Webb
Anne Francis
New York
Miss Rogers
Foreign Legion
Sol C. Siegel
Wagons West at Uptown shines on color cinema frontier
Rod Cameron stars in Wagons West at the Uptown theater in color. Gun runners and Cheyenne conflict spark dramatic wagon train action with Noah Beery Jr and Peggie Castle supporting. Ford Beebe directs from Dan Ullman screenplay. runs Thursday to Saturday at Uptown.
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Clifton Webb
Ginger Rogers
Anne Francis
Bird
Rod Cameron
Peggie Castle
Noah Berry
the Bowery Boys
Fox
Captain Video
Monogram
Uptown Theater
Wilton R. Holm
Clifford D. Shank
Harry Neumann
Cameron
Vincent M. Fennelly
Noah Beery, Jr
Michael Chapin Henry Brandon
Sarah Heyden
Anne Kimbell
Ford Beebe
Dan Ullman
Lanza Shines in Palace Singing Romance Because You're Mine
Mario Lanza stars in MGM s Because You're Mine opening at the Palace for four days. He plays a private who pursues song and romance amid training mishaps and comedy, with Co retta Morrow and James Whitmore supporting.
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Mario Lanza
Caruso
Lanza
Palace Theater
Uncle Sam
James Whitmore
Coretta Morrow
U.S.A
Miss Morrow
Metro
G.I
Alexander Hall
Joe Pasternak
Property deeds outline transfers in Muscatine and Conesville
G A and Harriett Moore transfer part of lot 13 block 2 Burnside's Second addition Muscatine to Orval K and Gertrude Fisher. Russell and Eloise Frisinger transfer part of lot 5 block 1 town of Orono now Conesville to Otto and Elmer Hoback.
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G. A
Harriett Moore
Orval K
Gertrude Fisher
Burnside
Muscatine
Russell and
Eloise Frisinger
Otto and
Elmer Hoback
Orono
Conesville
Bowery Boys star in Feudin Fools at Uptown
Bowery Boys led by Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall and Louie star in Feudin Fools a comedy of a hillbilly feud at the Uptown to run Thursday Friday and Saturday. The plot centers on Sach inheriting a southern plantation next to the Smiths with gunfire erupting in the hills.
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Hollywood
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
Bowery Boys
Uptown
Boys
Louie
Sach
Horace DeBussy Jones
Smith
Jerry Thomas
Monogram
William Beaudine
Muscatine Ad Club Opens Fall Meeting
Fenton Barnard presided at the first fall gathering of the Muscatine Ad Club held Friday noon at the Hotel Muscatine. Plans for the year were discussed and George Volger named chairman of the program for the next meeting on October 22. Weekly Friday noon meetings continue.
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Fenton Barnard
Muscatine Ad Club
Hotel Muscatine
George Volger
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Elks
Hebron Grange
Paty
Phelps Bros
Orange Street
Steve Canyon
Arizona
Milton Caniff
Maine
TNEAT
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. B
Inger
FBI
Washington Story
Captain Blackjack
Freckles
Hamburger Hannah
Lai
Tevei
Ginger Roger
Hulk Smith
Pruny
Luke
Clem
Caleb
Yancy
Ellie Mae
Barnard
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