Bloomington Homemakers Tea and Officers Elected
Bloomington Homemakers held their annual organizational tea at the YWCA with 25 adults and two children. Mrs. Leslin Hendriks was elected township chairman, Mrs. Robert Gonnell vice chairman, and Mrs. James Graves secretary and treasurer. Special guest James Van Niec lectured on his trip to China.
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Bloomington
YWCA
Leslin Hendriks
Robert Gonnell
James Graves
James van Niec
China
Lorna Welk
Ted
Minnie Alice Welk
Robert, Carlson
County Home
John McConnaha
L. E. Windman
RB. George Shield
Paula Buster Wins First in Sewing Contest
Paula Buster daughter of Mrs Evelyn Buster won first in the Singer Sewing Contest pole in Burlington. Her yellow grenade party dress with a jacket earned top honors at Milwaukee regional and New York judging rounds. She received a portable Singer Sewing machine and had previously won a regional contest last year with a wool suit.
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Wapello
Paula Buster
Evelyn Buster
Burlington
Milwaukee
Wise
New York
Iowa State Marching Band Opens Season at VMI Game
Bion Hitchcock of Muscatine is part of Iowa State University's 14 piece marching band making its season debut at the Iowa State VMI football game. Head baton twirler Judy Strecker of Arvada is the 1963 National Senior Baton Twirling Champion. The band plans pre game and half time shows, with 29 town high school bands assisting, and will also perform at home games and the spring parade. The season includes a trip to Boulder Colorado for the Iowa State Colorado game on October 19.
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Bion Hitchesek
Muscatine
Towa State University
Towa State-Virginia Military Institute
Judy
Strecker
Arvada
Caio
Boulder
Colo
Re Elect Beck On Morning 5 School Board
Morning Sun residents vote to re elect Beck as president of the Morning Sun school board Lester Lee named vice president H Jack Wheeler and Orlent Caperoon took oath Wheeler begins first term replacing Milord Johnson Caperoon reelected in last election A church or community event note: Spangler MYF ride postponed for Saturday Sept 25 Ed Silverhorn and Yerle Smith hosts casual visit in Mishawaka Indiana
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Morning Sun
Charles Beck
Lester Lee
H. Jack Wheeler
Orlent Caperoon
Wheeler
Milord Johnson
Caperoon
Spangler Myf
Ed Silverhorn
Mishawaka
Indiana
Yerle Smith
Conesville Junior Bible Club meets October 1
The Junior Bible Club of Conesville will meet Tuesday Oct 1 in the Friendship room of Grace United Church of Christ. Assignment includes memorizing Joshua 24 2 and studying the Bible memory program. Darrell Crieger Billy Roush Murry Wheeler and Sherwood Essex will lead the discussion How I Should Act in Bible Club. Mrs Faither Shellabarger will present the lesson on Joshua 24 16 24.
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Conesville
Bible Club
Grace United, Church of Christ
Darrell Crieger
Billy “Roush
Murry Wheeler
Sherwood Essex
Faither Shellabarger
Ed Milder
Thomas Gipple
Donald Walker
Glen
David Chapman
Morton
Vanderwall
Ineg Nelles
Rock Island
Ed Showalter
Morning Sun
Marie Faber
Davenport
Bloomington
Richard Milder Lare
Mercy
Francis Steecs
Ill
Fred Showalter
Ted Davies
Rock Island, Til
Showaler
Davies
Showaller
S. Welly Meee
L. W. Walter
Muscatine General Hospital
Fannie Williams Honored On Eighth Birthday At Oakville
Oakville residents marked Mrs Fannie Williams eighth birthday with a surprise party Tuesday. Mrs Ruby Richardson arranged the celebration featuring an eight cake and refreshments by Mrs Clara Wykert and Mrs Susy Wykert. The Oakville Twentieth Century club delays its Oct 2 meeting to Mrs Dorothy Gerst's home with co host Mrs Marjovie Malcom. The program covers The Land of Our Neighbors and a planned tour of President Hoover birthplace in West Branch Iowa and other historic sites.
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Oakville
Fannie Williams
Ruby ‘Richardson
Clara Wykert
Martha’ Balmer
Zella Peck
Iowa
President Hoover
al West Branch
Adult Farmers Meet Lone Tree In Vocational Class
The Adult Farm meeting in Lone Tree started a 10 session series in the vocational agriculture room on November 4, 1963. New instructor Virgil E. Corey will guide topics including gain marketing, rodent and insect control, understanding feed and formulations, meat type hogs, income tax and the farmer, and hybridization of corn through January 1964.
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Lone Tree
School Council Metal
Virgil E. Corey
SUI Art Gallery Exhibits Recent Acquisitions at University
The SUI Art Building hosts a major show of new acquisitions for the university collection. Highlights include a quill pen drawing by the late German expressionist George Grosz and other works acquired in recent years, displayed in the Mezzanine Gallery.
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The
State University
Cowal
SUI
George Grosz
Five-Day Forecast and Art Exhibition Headlines
Northeast towns will average two to four degrees below normal through next Wednesday with cooler spells Saturday and Monday. Precipitation totals about a quarter inch in showers early week. Also, a University exhibit features Durer engravings Cranach and Vicente paintings, a John Thomas painting, a Mary sculpture gift, and works by unknown 6th century Flemish sculptor. exhibit runs through Oct. 15 with gallery hours.
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Towa
John and Evangelist
Albrecht Durer
Whaser
Lucas Cranach - Esteben Vincente
John Thomas
SUI
Mary
Mir
Raymond Wielgus
Chicago
Flanders
Norval Tucker
George Bogdanovitch
Dunellen
N. J
Maranatha Class Picnic At Weed Park
Maranatha Mission of Cal ary Baptist church met Thursday evening at Weed park. Sixteen persons attended the picnic and guest night. Mrs. Jean O Dell offered the prayer and Mrs. Gen Chapman Jod led devotions. Mrs. Earl Rohde was named to the office of reporter for the remainder of the term. The October meeting will be at Mrs. Helen June Weiershauser’s home, 912 Orange. Members are asked to bring pot holders and towels for home missions, and a treat for the Korean orphan.
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Maranatha Mission
Calary Baptist Church
Weed Park
Jean O'Dell
Gen Chapman
Earl Rohde
Helen June Weiershauser
Poage Nursing Home News Notes Leaderway of Davenport visitors noted
Wapello notes mention Mr and Mrs Walter Humiston Davenport visiting Mrs Cora Humiston. Dale Schneider Moline IL visited Mrs Molly Schneider and took her for a car ride. The Poage Nursing Home redecorates interiors and coats exterior with aluminum siding.
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Wapello
Poage Nursing Home
Walter Humiston
Davenport
Cora Humiston
Dale Schneider
Moline
Molly Schneider
the Homie
Traditional Rents Due to Crown For Past National Heroes
The mon arch of England demands rents for property granted in the past to national heroes and royal favorites. The due items include six horseshoes two white greyhounds a salmon spear a snowball a large eel pie and a bed of straw.
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England
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