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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
2
The Muscatine Journal notes a Hootenanny event tonight celebrating the East Second Street fourlane project. Seven local businesses stay open during festivities from 8 p.m. for two hours as the George Dunker trio performs guitar and bass pieces with vocal groups providing two instrumental and vocal sets.
City council reached an out of court settlement in a 7719.70 suit with Wiedemann Industries Inc over damage from broken water pipes on East Second Street. The offer of 1300 dollars, to be matched by J V Lowe and Sons, ends litigation after planned Muscatine district court jury trial. Wiedemann later moved its baptismal font manufacturing to Muscatine island. East Second street area is now a metered parking lot.
The Muscatine Community council urged the mayor to appoint a five member shade tree commission to advise on replacing trees lost to Dutch elm disease. Mayor Robert Bosch will name four one year terms and two four year terms for successors. Traffic study requests two way traffic review on Climer Street from Lucas to Logan. Climer is 20 feet wide and previously west bound only. Campus Chest drive at Ames Iowa State University opens Sept 27 and runs to Dec 5 with Miss Lexs Contest and a carnival. Auction on Oct 2 to raise funds, with crafts and goods from students and members. Roger Burke chairs the auction committee. Jelinek family guests from Sao Paulo, Brazil, visiting through Oct 7. Actor Richard Boone hospitalized after a Maserati crash near Pacific Palisades. injuries include facial cuts and possible broken nose. Alderman Peters requests report on portable stop signs near schools per state highway standards.
Morning Sun reports Arthur Tom of Memphis Tennessee has earned the Eagle Scout rank. He is a ninth grade student and has served his troop as Senior patrol leader for a year. He belongs to the Order of the Arrow and has earned merit badges for two palms.
Sweetland Wee man’s Society of Christian Service members attended the fall Seminar in Brighton on Tuesday led by Mrs. Vernon Shepard and others including Mrs. Russell Cline and Mrs. Brink. Phyllis Sywassink leaves for nurse’s training at Cedar Rapids St Luke’s hospital. Durant Fulton Township Farm Bureau met at Crabapple school with 38 attending and a Fulton Royal Workers 4 H skit.
Tonight marks a two day East Second Street celebration with the String Alongs featuring John Evans Lee Mauth Jim Lange performing guitar and vocal talents in Hootenanny style. If rain forces indoors the audience will relocate to the Hill Lumber Co storage building. A highway improvement ribbon cutting follows Saturday with a parachutist, contractors and city officials attending. Cooperating merchants offer prize registration including a television set.
The Muscatine county surplus commodity distribution is set for October 8 for residents outside the city and October 9 10 for city residents. Those with last names starting A through D through L pick up on Oct 9 and M through Z on Oct 10. Applicants on low income must file with Welfare on Walnut Street by Sept 27 to be eligible. A September distribution served 1520 individuals.
Four milsentine boys aged 14 13 and 15 were taken into custody early today as they ran away from home. Police found them on highway 61 east of highway 28 and held them until parents or guardians took charge except one 11yearold whose parents declined to take him. a parolee from Eldora state school remained held for a state parole officer.
Keith Herrick of 919 Fuller will chair the Industrial Employees section for the 1964 United Fund drive. Appointed by campaign chairman Robert E. Veerhusen, Herrick is personnel director at Thatcher Slee Manufacturing and is a former United Fund board member with prior campaign service.
Lynne M. Larson and Larsa, daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith W Larson of Stockton, are listed as juniors at Sioux Falls College in Sioux Falls. The notice identifies the student’s family and current standing at the college.
The Muscatine chapter of the United World Federalists will hold a fall picnic at 5 30 p m Sunday at the shelter house near the tennis courts in Weed Park. Mrs William Duval will report on the National Assembly she represented the Muscatine Federalists. The event is the chapter kickoff for the every member campaign with Mr and Mrs G F Fisher and Mr and Mrs Murray Sedgley hosting.
Livre Godiard Muscatine county treasurer reminds taxpayers that the second half of 1982 taxes is due September 30. A penalty of one percent per month begins October 2 for unpaid second half taxes on both personal property and real estate.
South Muscatine moves by city council pinpoint industrial growth. Aldermen approved selling the east block of Kemper street and the north block of Latham Avenue to Grain Processing Corporation for 5000 dollars. Objectors to be heard October 17. The industry had requested the purchase weeks earlier, citing steel and dairy plans.
A city-wide Crusade for Christ is planned for Muscatine beginning November 18. Meetings will be at 7 20 p m daily in the Muscatine high school auditorium with notable business leaders as speakers. The event opens with a banquet on Saturday, November 16 at Hotel Muscatine featuring Rich Jellinek of New York, an atomic scientist. Carl Paetg and W D Niewel are general chairmen.
The Muscatine County Association for Retarded Children meets September 24 at the Education Center 399 Climer with a speaker to be announced. City council discusses rezone from M-1 to M-2 east of Stewart road and south of Keepers avenue and plans a new road connecting Oregon Street to Maple Grove road. The building and grounds committee can accept an option on a small brick house bought for West Eighth Street resurfacing. Kemper Avenue near Oregon forest is closed to waste for four weeks due to a sanitary sewer project.
Two former Stanley Engineering Co. workers were honored at dinners hosted by friends. G Ronald Conkling of 1310 James Place, now president of Muscatine Plumbing and Heating Co., served as guest of honor at Park Lane Golf and Country Club. Also honored at Box Car Ranch were Tom Wenger of 1707 Orange, Wenger, who led the power and industrial group and later joined Grain Processing Corporation.
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