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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
2
The Columbus Junction State Bank and the Louisa County National Bank will close all day Monday September 4 for Labor Day. A series of local social notes detail family gatherings visits and trips among residents including Aringdales Olinger Struble Duncan and Weber families with travels to Davenport Washington and Mt. Vernon.
The official board meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Philathea room to resume regular sessions and adopt the year budgets. The Philathe a class meets at 7 45 p m for officer elections and pass reveals. Wednesday 7 50 p m the church school board holds its annual meeting with department reports and officer elections. Thursday activities include the W F M S at 2 15 p m, a wiener roast at the Hocke cottage, and a regular congregational meeting at 7 30 p m to call a pastor, followed by missionary program and choir rehearsal.
West Liberty mourns as 41 year old Mrs. Garfield Hogan is laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery after funeral at First Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. McClure officiated with other clergy absent, Royal Neighbor lodge members attend, pallbearers named. Out-of-town relatives from Ainsworth and Muscatine attended.
The notice lists Delta Alpha class gathering Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the church. Wednesday includes senior choir rehearsal at 7 PM. Thursday offers a prayer service at 7 30 PM with junior choir practice at 6 45 PM. Friday features a ladies prayer meeting at 2 PM in the Baraca room.
The Men s club gathers Tuesday night at the parish hall with James Grady as host. The Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon in the parish hall with Mrs Herman Jagow and Mrs Fred Tuerck. The choir rehearses Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Muscatine County Ministerial association will begin fall activities with a 10 a.m. meeting Tuesday September 5 at the YWCA. Fall plans will be discussed and other business transacted. The meeting is postponed one day due to Labor Day.
The West Liberty schools will open Monday September 4 with about 600 students enrolling for the new year. High school registration will occur Thursday and today, with 30 new primary pupils under Miss Carrie Olson. Football practice began last Monday under Coach Saccaro and home games will be night contests under floodlights.
The Evangelical and Reformed Ladies' Aid will gather at 2 p.m. The pastor will lead devotions. Attendees will lay out plans for the upcoming fall season.
Grace Lutheran activities include a Tuesday Boy Scout meeting at 7 00 p m and a Wednesday Ladies Aid gathering after noon with Mrs Carl Gunzenhuaser and Mrs Kate Griffith as hosts. Rehearsals for junior and senior choirs, a church council meeting, a Missionary Society session at the J W Mark home, and a congregational picnic committee meeting are planned with a Sunday Sept 10 picnic at 2 30 p m to open the Boy Scout cottage.
The Rev. Virgil Bolen, Methodist pastor from Mahomet Illinois, will be guest speaker at Grandview Sunday morning service. Also noted: Scorza family visiting, fox hunters begin annual hunt and bank show planned, travelers leave for California, and locals attend state fair reporters with hospital dismissals and returns.
Barbara Peters Kaylor Donald Schooley Robert Walker Betty Lea Leonard Helen Robinson and Jack Bragg are part of a group that will return home on Tuesday.
The Rev H B Sprinager of Litchfield Illinois will preach a trial sermon at Providence Baptist church at 11 a m Sunday. A potluck supper was held in the Providence church basement in honor of former pastor Rev Robert Shobe of Oreana Illinois who with wife and daughter are visiting.
Cedar Valley community schools will begin the 9 month session on Monday September 4 with teachers listed for Goshen Valley No 3 Helen Walther Cedarville No 5 Mildred Brown Independence No 6 Elma Odell Union No 7 Dorothy Frater Swamp No 8 Marie Jansen The community also notes local residents returning from the state fair in Des Moines and visits with relatives and friends across nearby towns.
Government weather-reporting facilities for air pilots include stations every 50 miles, operated jointly by the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Weather Bureau. This collaboration provides continuous aviation weather data for navigation and safety.
Hollywood pundit Jimmie Fidler argues Hawaii’s sugar industry offers dramatic material for cinema. He highlights tunnels, flumes, planes sowing seeds, billions of gallons of water, and model plantations with towns and facilities, urging Hollywood to film there.
Louisa County Methodist Episcopal and Letts United Brethren announce Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. with Neill Lieberknecht and Nellie Lee as superintendents, worship at 11:00 a.m. and evening services at 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Benjamin R. Van Dyke speaks on Fragrant Lives. U B I chicken supper set for Thursday evening September 7.
Sweetland and Letts residents host visitors from Hamilton New York Cedar Rapids and Muscatine. Families including Holtz Downer Leonhard and SyWassink share weekend and fair travel updates with relatives in Davenport Des Moines and Muscatine.
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