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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1963
Page
10
New York stock quotes show mixed results with gains for some names such as Amoco and Ford while others like General Electric and Westinghouse drift lower. The list includes major industrials, consumer goods firms, and transportation stocks with percentages indicating fractional gains or losses.
Daily court items include a divorce counter claim by Larry W Hendrix against Marieta Hendrix with custody support temporary alimony and $150 attorney fee. Donald Albert Pyotker and Bonna Jean Pyotker separate filings alleging cruelty and custody requests. probate note on Rudolph Schmidt who died Sept 1 1963 with will dated Dec 5 1950 leaving estate to his wife for life and naming executrix. speeding fine for Michael L Day. multiple adoptions and adoptions admissions for dozens of residents. false check case Gary W Franklin $10. several vehicle related infractions and dismissals including muffler and yield offenses. judge William Wellens presiding.
Three candidates Raymond Bailey Denno Stineman and Adrian Stevens file for two seats on the Louisa Muscatine Community school board to be decided at the election, with Walder Bartenhagen the current member up for reelection and Jack Estle seeking a seat on the Louisa county board of education. The election is scheduled for Monday at the new high school building starting at 12 noon.
Obituary notices report Frank Schneider, 71, of Davenport died Wednesday. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Range Mortuary Davenport with burial in Davenport. Survivors include three brothers, Low Cary and Vers, of Wapello. In Keithsburg F. A. Whitehall died at Mercer County Hospital Aledo after extended illness. Born June 23, 1889 near Seaton, he lived in Keithsburg area his life, served as supervisor of Meithsburs Township, married Alda Saxon in 1913. He belonged to First Christian Church Keithsburg and was an elder. Survived by widow, a son Paul, daughters Mrs. James Frick and Mrs. Paul Rowland, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren, plus a brother Don Whitehall and three sisters Mrs. Dom Pinger, Mrs. Chris Jackson, Mrs. Alma Teulman. Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday at Keithsburg Christian Church with Rev Ralph Coleman officiating, burial Green Mountain Cemetery.
The Wilton Saddle Club plans a Saturday hayride at 7 30 p m and a Sunday 10 30 a m trail ride and horse show at Garvin Farm. Events include grand entry pony class western pleasure and multiple Cloverleaf and stock horse races plus novelty races. Sandwiches will be sold Saturday evening.
Estimated Monday live stock receipts show 7 000 cattle and 700 hogs in the Chicago area with hog prices weakening about 25 cents per hundredweight. Slaughter cattle remain strong with prime grade cattle around 25.50 per hundredweight and several lots of choice steers trading higher. USDA hogs and cattle price ranges appear mixed, reflecting a liberal supply and variable demand across weights and grades.
Letts WSCS held a guest day tea with 25 members at the Methodist church. Mrs. Harry Gipple led the business meeting and a rummage sale is planned for Sept. 7 in Muscatine. Mrs. Ernst Lieberknecht Mrs. John Padget and Mrs. Lloyd Crumly presented on belonging to the Woman's Society of Christian Services. Tea was served by circle four led by Mrs. HN. Smal. The October meeting will feature a noon potluck dinner and a filmstrip. Members are asked to bring gifts for the Bidwell Riverside Home in Des Moines.
Wapello clubs report a nurse meeting and social afternoon after a 6:30 dinner at the Highway Party. The 1963-64 officers are Hallie Deam president Fern Delhi vice president and Florence Potter secretary treasurer. The KKK group met at Mrs Lillian Small house with eight members and two guests Arlene Ream and Becky. A next meeting is planned September 48 with Mrs Hazel Walker.
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa paid a $15 speeding fine in his hometown municipal court today after pleading guilty to driving 23 miles per hour in a 23 mph zone on Sunday. The incident occurred in Davenport.
Chicago Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co. reported record retail sales for the six months ended July. Sears showed a 10 percent rise and Ward a 3 percent gain over the same period last year.
About 1,300 to 1,400 attendees joined the Lone Tree Merchants Appreciation Day pancake supper at Lone Tree park on Tuesday. Sponsors included Iowa Electric Co and the Lone Tree Business Men. Market notes follow with USDA data for livestock and cattle segments, ranged from hogs to calves and sheep, showing firmness in several categories.
Grains show a mixed trend in Chicago futures with September wheat and corn fluctuating. Soybeans also move, with commercial accounts driving most activity while receipts include wheat 2 cars, corn 107, oats 4, soybeans 5. Prices vary, with September futures reporting small gains and losses across grains.
New York stocks opened with gains as steel shares led the advance after an all time high in Thursday’s turbulent session. By noon the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 736.16, up 0.18, before trading momentum faded into the afternoon.
On September 4 1963 the District Court of Muscatine County opened and publicly recorded the last will of Nellie Zehringer late of the county deceased. The will is set for hearing and proof on September 12 at the September Term of court. Anyone with cause may appear why the will should not be admitted to probate. Florence Hetzler clerk.
The item lists potato shipments and demand signals across U S markets with figures for Washington Minnesota Wisconsin and North regions. It notes russets and red varieties, with scattered totals such as 240 and 14 in Wisconsin, amid a broad supply demand context.
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