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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1952

Page

2

Royal Neighbor Club Hosts Halloween Party and Social Gatherings

Wilton community notes list a Halloween masquerade at city hall for Royal Neighbor Club members with masked attendees facing penalties for unmasked guests. Also featured are events hosted by the Women’s Club at Miss Olive Burrows’ home, Tallahassee Campfire Girls’ election and party, Five Hundred club activities, a 21st wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. John May, a Grace Nell Crowell Book club meeting in Denver guest poet Inez Clark Thorson, and forthcoming club luncheons and showers with multiple hostesses and guests.

Wilton Royal Neighbor Social Club City Hall Susie Gill Frances Fick Edna Pierce Joyce Betsworth Clara Ellis Hattie Langfeld Hildreth Kaufman Nora Thurston Olive Burrows Herbert Fick Five Hundred Club Elmer Hagge Earl McFarland Harvey Lohse Walter Kaufmann Jack May Nancy Daly Inez Clark Thorson Denver Grace Nell Crowell Book Club Becky Whetstine Thorson Edith Nicolaus Grace Nicolaus Donna Schemme Irene Titus Glenna Vane Atta Maxine Patton Shirley Lawrence Lillian Chapman Janet Snider Pauline Maurer Apryle Frye Phyllis Gillett Eileen Schaeffer Charlotte Grunder Bonnie Stevens Claradelle Bishop Lillie Maurer Lavonne Hilgenberg Larry Wisgerhof Betty Bates

Face Trial for Goat in Church in Princeton

Six youths from the Princeton-Argo area will appear Tuesday for a hearing after a goat was placed in St James Church Princeton. The goat damaged the wall and sacred vestments and required disinfection before Sunday services. The youths aged 16 to 21 admitted taking the goat from a nearby farm and are charged with defacing property.

Davenport St. James Princeton Princeton-Argo Anthony J. Conrad Scott County

Mrs Mohnssen Feted at Party At Cranston

Crow family members gathered at the Mohnssen home for a potluck birthday celebration honoring Mrs. Mohnssen. Gifts were presented by a long list of attendees including Zula Crow Clark Miller Maraie Miller Ruth Benedict and many more. Other items note visits and social events in Nichols and surrounding areas.

Evin Carter Nancy Hetzler Mary Ellen Carter Leigh Panter Marie Crow Gerac Hetzler Tommy Linn Eugene Hafner Joyce Hafner Byron Hafner Gae Marianna Marjorie Jimmy Gloria Beth George Conklin P. W. Martin Arthur Raub Dean Fay Meeker Clinton Harre Lloyd Hummel Jess Newton Nichols Jessie Tomfeld Frank Courtney Fred Guenther Charles Courtney Cecil Courtney Ferne Courtney Mary Lou James Brookhart C. V. Courtney Victor G. N. Paullins Ryan Lloyd Lee Tommy Dickie Peggy Jane N. P. Schafer Grandview Paullins Iowa City Harvey Stanbaugh Astoria Levi Cocklin Dwight Mary Ann George Cocklin Jack McWhorter Steve Breeze Duane Stanbaugh Charlotte Baker Canton Cocklin Virgil Fuhlman Cedar Falls Jo Ann Iowa State Teachers College Shirley Braun Evelyn Smith Louise DeMean Earl Wiese Wiese Dennis Wanda Sharon Kay Earl Turkle William Wiese Mer Edward Harvey Hershey Hospital Muscatine Mae Lucille Robert Cuthamp Alice Brian Herald Turner Clifford Bennett Gladwin

Painter Dies Minutes After Wasps Sting Incident

Cincinnati report says painter Eugene Lin genfelser, 50, died Friday minutes after being stung by wasps while working. He collapsed at the scene and could not be revived. Local authorities are investigating the accidental incident.

Cincinnati Eugene Lingenfelser

Prison Helped Her As Actress Says

Hollywood actress Madge Meredith recalls prison time as beneficial for her craft. She spent 26 months in a state women’s prison and 11 months in LA County jail after a conspiracy to kidnap and assault, with a 10 year sentence commuted by Governor Earl Warren.

Hollywood Madge Meredith Miss Meredith State Women’s Prison Los Angeles Nicholas Gianaclis Verne Davis Earl Warren State Adult Authority State Assembly

Loan Shark on Palace screens stars Raft in crime thriller

Vicious Racket Is Exposed In Palace Picture reports a Lippert release featuring George Raft as an ex con who infiltrates a ruthless loan shark gang. Dorothy Hart co stars with Paul Stewart John Hoyt and Helen Westcott in a fast moving Noir style production directed by Seymour Friedman and photographed by Joseph Biroc.

America George Raft Palace Theater Encore Films Lippert Raft Dorothy Hart Paul Stewart John Hoyt Helen Westcott Henry Slate Margia Dean Bernard Luber Seymour Friedman Joseph Biroc

Judy Canova in Colorful Comedy at Hilltop Drive In

Judy Canova stars in Republic’s 3 color Tru Color western comedy Oklahoma Annie debuting at Hilltop Drive-In. The film features gunplay and humor with a cast including Houseley Stevenson Almira Sessions Minerva Urecal and Denver Pyle. Director Bud Springsteen returns with Sidney Picker.

Judy Canova Republic Hilltop Drive-In Judy Jack Elliott Sonny Burke Houseley Stevenson Almira Sessions Minerva Urecal House Peters, Jr Allen Jenkins Maxine Gates Emory Parnell Denver Pyle

Wasps suspected in death as coroner weighs heart attack

Police report indicates multiple wasstings while coroner Herbert P. Livle could not determine if Lingenfelser died from a heart attack or if the wasps contributed to the death.

Herbert P. Livle Lingenfelser

Jessie James at Hilltop Drive-In Two Days

Hilltop Drive-In screens the Zanuck western Jessie James starring Tyrone Power Henry Fonda Randolph Scott and Nancy Kelly in Technicolor. The action filled tale follows Jesse James from boyhood on a Missouri farm through the James Gang era with Henry King directing on location in Pineville Missouri.

Darryl F. Zanuck Jesse James Tyrone Power Henry Fonda Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Hilltop Drive-In America Missouri Frank James Henry King Pineville James Gang Power Brian Donlevy Henry Hull Slim Summerville J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek John Carradine John Russell Jane Darwell Nunnally Johnson Carrie Marciano Walcott George Raft Dorothy Hart Charles McGraw Marie Windsor Jacqualine White Bing Crosby Jane Wyman Ethel Barrymore Hilltop Drive Lin Cary Grant Myrna Loy Shirley Temple Wearinn The Grin Jessie James Buck Joseph Cotton Linda Darnell Cornell Wilde Judy Canova Grant Withers

Axe Slaying Trial Set for Oct 20 in Bedford

Elza Jones, 78, indicted for murder in the 1932 axe slaying of son-in-law Tom Allen, 26, has trial scheduled for Oct 20. Arraignment before Judge Charles J. Lewis on Oct 1. district court jury to be called Oct 13. Jones, once adjudged insane, was committed to Anamosa reformatory ward but recent examination shows recovery of sanity. A Taylor county grand jury indicted him again this month.

Bedford Elza Jones Tom Allen Charles J. Lewis District Court Jones Allen State Men’s Reformatory Anamosa Taylor County

We're Not Married opens at Uptown with star studded cast

Twentieth Century Fox comedy We're Not Married opens Sunday at the Uptown Theater for a four day run. Five couples discover after two years of marriage that they are not actually married as a rogue Justice of the Peace presides over each vignette. The ensemble includes Ginger Rogers Fred Allen Marilyn Monroe David Wayne Paul Douglas Eve Arden Eddie Bracken Mitzi Gaynor Zsa Zsa Gabor Louis Calhern and Victor Moore delivering a lively mix of wit and romance.

Twentieth Century-Fox Uptown Nunnally Johnson Edmund Goulding Ginger Rogers Fred Allen Marilyn Monroe David Wayne Marilyn Paul Douglas Eve Arden Eddie Bracken Mitzi Gaynor Zsa Zsa Gabor Louis Calhern Victor Moore Justice of the Peace

Natural Colors Caught In New Western Picture

Ed ward L Alperson releases Twentieth Century Fox color Western Rose Of Cimarron stars Jack Buetel Mala Powers and Bill Williams. Four weeks of location scouting across Bridgeport San Luis Obispo Riverside High Sierras Yosemite Topanga Canyon. Lady in the Iron Mask co feature stars Louis Hayward Patricia Medina in Color by Natural Color.

Jack Buetel Mala Powers Bill Williams Cimarron Louis Heyward Patricia Medina Jack Sutton Owl Show Cecile Aubry Michel Auclair Rose of Edward L. Alperson Twentieth Century- Fox Uptown Theater Topanga Canyon California Alperson Natural Color John Suttor Alan Hale, Jr Steve Brodie

Olivier Returns To Films After 10 Years Lapse

Laurence Olivier returns to Hollywood after a ten year absence in the Paramount drama Carrie at the Palace theater. Jennifer Jones co stars with Olivier. Wyler directs and produced the adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.

Carrie Laurence Olivier Jennifer Jones William Wyler Palace Theater Olivier Miss Jones Wyler Hollywood Ruth Goetz Augustus Goetz Theodore Dreiser Miriam Hopkins Eddie Albert Basil Ruysdael

Will Get Heat Right From Yard

Kansas City reports Dr. Graham Asher will heat his home with a yardside water well drilled by a contractor this winter. The plan aims to use subterranean heat for domestic warmth.

Asher Kansas City Graham Asher

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