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I Muscatine, Journal Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1969 H. Wallace Moore Former Muscatine Man Ends Long News Career H. Wallace (Wally) Moore, native of Muscarine, retired week after a 50 year newspaper career. A story in the Jan.

24 issue of the San Francisco Examiner said "Moore had a knack for making news besides reporting It." The veteran newsman was a key prosecution witness in the 1926 Aimee Semple McPherson "kidnap" trial in Los Angeles and in the 1929 impeachment proceedings against Los Ange les superior Judge Carlos Hardy. Moore was the last to inter view Rudolph Valentino, two days before the famed silent screen star's death, and the first to broadcast the news of Ja pan's surrender in World War II. He scored the latter beat in his. capacity as assistant manag ger of the news broadcasting office of Inter American Affairs Association. Born in Muscatine, started as a "cub reporter" for th'e Muscatine Journal and worked for more than a half dozen newspapers throughout the country, including the Des Moines Register, the Salt Lake City Telegram, the Santa Barbara Morning Press and the San Francisco Examiner.

He also served five years as copy editor of the Stars and Stripes in Europe and ended his. Hoi Lunches A Topic at Session Of School Board With Principals Principals of Muscatine's elementary schools attended an ''informational session of the Muscatine Community school district board of education held Monday evening at the board office. No action was taken by the board. Purpose of the meeting with the principals was to give the board broader information on some of the needs and pro grams in the elementary schools. Miss Ethel Northey, principal Grant school, reported on school lunches and clerical help.

She said she felt that from 50 to 75 per cent of the residents of the Muscatine school district would like to have a hot lunch program in the elementary schools. "About one third to one half of the elementary children live at least six blocks from the school she said. Hot lunches are presently served in the Mulberry, Colora Broadcasting Program Given For Rotary Blean Calkins, sports announ cer at KWPC, was speaker for tne Monday noon meeting of the Muscatine Rotary Club. Calkins described the many details necessary to prepare for a sports broadcast and showed the modern equipment used in conjunction witn teieprwne circuits in broadcasting sports events. Over 100 basketball games and 17 football games covering local teams and the University of Iowa were scheduled this year.

Ke also related a number of humorous incidents that have happened during sportscasts while he was at the "mike'. Chuck Towne, director of Weed Park Zoo, will be speaker at next weeKs meeting. Large Gift Of Dog Food To The Zoo Weed Park zoo received a donation of 13,920 cans of dog food from Ralston Purina Co. of Dav enport, which is being used for feeding carnivorous animals. Zoo director Charles Towne saia tne donation was approved by D.

K. Bellchamber, plant manager of the Davenport piani. The dog food consists of cases, 24 cans each. Members of tne cat JamiJy, foxes, and other carnivores adjusted to the dog ilfuu mptaiy, saia Towne. COMMUNITY SHOWER for George McGreer Family (Home and All Possessions Lost in Fire) Jan.

30 7:30 p.m. ILLINOIS CITY HALL FAMHJEft career with an 11 year stint as public relations representative of The Army Corps of Engineer3 in San Francisco. With his wife, the former Louise Schenck of Muscatine, Moore lives at 5 Clearviev Court, San Francisco. In a recent letter to William Jeschka, Moore said "Louise hopes to complete digesting the contents of the Muscatine Journal 1958 annual edition within a fortnight then we'll loan it the Boyd Burnsides then when it returns, we'll send it on to my brother, Frank, in Washington. So rest assured, that one copy certainly is being read." 2 Concert Remaining In Season The Muscatine County Music Association is making serious plans to end this season in the black.

At a recent meeting, James White, the President, out lined some means of cutting expenses. "It all hinges on community support," said White. "We have two excellent concerts left in our present series. If we can get people to come, their admissions alone will save the series. The concerts remaining are the Augustana Choir and Allison Nelson Neal, pianist." do and Montpelier schools which were formerly in the rural Area Six.

Lunches are transported to the Kennedy special education school, and Fruitland Township pupils attending Garfield are transported to the Mulberry school for noon lunches. Miss Northey said the school schedules could be made more uniform if all of the schools had hot lunch program with a closed noon hour. She added that hot lunches are "fairly universal" in most school districts, and she felt that school faculty members would be agreeable as long as tnere was adequate space for the lunch program "and ade quate space for classrooms is our first concern." Several of the elementary schools are already using health rooms and kitchen space for instructional purposes," she said. Dr. John Fields, superintend ent, said he had requested rep enfatives of the State Depart' ment of Public Instruction to come to Muscatine to review he lunch program possibilities with local school officials probably February.

He said there would be problems at the outset. particularly at Jefferson and Lincoln schools, to provide adequate space'. Kenneth Huber, McKinley 388 Families Receive Food Commodities The Muscatine County Social Welfare Department announces there were 1,371 individuals from 388 famines sharing the January distribution of commodities. A total of 35,262 pounds of food was distributed. The next commodity distribution will be February 18 for persons living outside the City of Muscatine, but inside Muscatine County.

The following two days the distribution will be for those living within the City of Muscatine. February 19 those whose last names begin with the letters A through L. will come. February 20 those whose last names begin with the letters through will come. A)l applications for those on low income wishing to annlv must be completed at the wel fare office, 316 Walnut no later than February 10.

Proof of all income and resources must be brought at the time of appli INVITED Certificates of merit wer presented to three people Monday at the Muscatine County courthouse by board of supervisors chairman Vernon Shephard, left. They included Phyllis Toyne, Muscatine, who is leaving employment at the county treasurer's office after 16 years; DEEDS RECORDED Fred Busch, Jr. and Vivian L. Busch to Homer C. and Sylvia j.

ireaa as joint tenants, war ranty deed, part of lot 28 of Cli mer Newell Addition to City oi muscarine. Harold C. Troxel and Rubv Troxel to Raymond E. Ribbink, warranty deed, lot 5 and part of iui diock oi fark Flace Addition to City of Muscatine. school principal, said the present sack lunch program at McKinley when the temperature is neiow 20 degrees is not prov ing to be very satisfactory.

He said it is difficult for a few volunteer mothers to provide adequate supervision for a school full of children during a lunch period about 80 minutes long. Many of the children at McKin ley live at a considerable distance from the school. In another part of her report' Miss Northey said the principals recommended that a full time secretary be hired for each building plus additional clerical help in the larger buildings. Jefferson now has a full time secretary. Other schools have adult secretaries for varying periods, depending upon enrollment.

Dr. Fields said more clerical help in the schools would free teachers, and principals, tc spend their time more construc tively in the task of elucating cmidren. "it doesn't make sense (o pay a principal $12,000 to 815,000 and then have fiim spend much of his time with details and paperwork that could be landled by an office girl." Kenneth Bartelt. principal at reported on library, vo cal music, art, migrant children, physical education, and remedial reading. Jerry Lange, principal at Franklin school, reported on problems dealing with the slow learner.

Drawbaugh In Seabees Training E02 David W. Drawbaugh, 2114 Schley Muscatine, has returned from two weeks of active duty for training with the He was with the Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion Twenty Five at the Navy Con struction Battalion Center, Gulf port, the Gulf Coast home of the Navy's Seabees. During the two weeks David's training consisted of both classroom and field work, including project worK on nome port facilities. This training is designee to sharpen skills for combat readiness. TO NITE IT'S THE FUNNIEST ROB IN Certificates of Merit Loran Walch, Muscatine, who completed a three year term on the board of social welfare; and Victor Mulf, Durant, for five years on the county zoning commission.

(Journal Photo by Jerry Russell) Six Applications Received For City Engineer Position Six applications have been received by the city of Muscatine to date tor the job of city engineer. Final selection will be made when further applications are received which are anticipated irom advertising in professional ana municipal publications. trie city recently held inter views with two engineer candi dates as a routine step to deter mine quawications. No selection has been made. Parking Limit In other citv activities.

Police Chief. Glenn Axel issued a reminder to all motorists in Muscatine of the 24 and 48 our parking limitation ordinances. Cars that are not moved in a 24 hour period are being ticket qa, wun a line ot si. if the same car is not moved a 48 hour period, anothei ticket is issued, with a fine of and S5 court costs, and th vehicle also may be towed awav at me owner's expense. Tne car is not released until the fine is paid.

excavation at the landfill and land reclamation site eight miles northeast of Muscatine is complete, according to the sanitation department. ah earth required for initial covering has been stockpiled. A new building will be deliv ered at the site Tuesday. It is to oe rriseu during the first week oi Reclamation Site Plans are being made to open the land reclamation site on Monday, Feb. 17.

Residents will continue to dispose of trees at cne old site on Stewart Road aft er this date, rather than use the new site. Two Parked Autos Struck In Mishap Two parked cars were struck by an auto which skidded oft icy pavement at Iowa Avenue and East oth street at 12:10 p.m. Monday in Muscatine. Margaret A. Rudolph.

29. 415 Pine street, Muscatine, was traveling west on East 5th street and turning south on Iowa Ave nue, when her car skidded ice and struck the two cars, re ported Muscatine oolice. One of the cars, owned by Roy iorris, 418 lowa Avenue. Mus catine, was parked on the west side of Iowa Avenue heading south, just south of East 5th street, and the other car was parked in front of it. The second car was owned by Verdean A.

Thompson, 416 Lake Park iwuscaune. The right front end of the Ru dolph car, the left front section of the Norris car, and the left rear section of the Thompson car, were damaged the acci dent. SHOW 7:45 OF THEM ALL! JP3L WTKE IwBSfew Pl55wS The city engineering depart ment nas reported to the city administrator that work is con tinuing on the paving program Trial assessments and evalua tions are now complete. Final specifications should be ready in two weens. Work on the Isett Avenue pump station is over three quarters complete, and the grit removal chamber is complete except ror aeiaiis.

City Administrator Gordon Jaeger and Superintendent of Sanitation Frank Anson will attend a meeting Wednesday in Cedar Falls to discuss forming a new aerial spraying corporation. Spray Meeting Representatives of 12 Iowa cities will explore the possibility of forming a corporation that will initially own and operate aerial spraying equipment for fly and mosquito control. The corporation eventually might expand into other areas that would be "mutually advan tageous" to taxpayers and city governments. Such an arrangement, if entered into by the city vi muicdime, migni save taxpayers several thousand dollars, according to Jaeger. Lockmaster Performace Wins Bonus Alva J.

Inewersen of Musca tine received a cash award of today for his sustained superior performance as lockmaster at Lock and Dam No. 16, Muscatine. The presentation was part of the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers' incentive awards. Ingwersen displayed exceptional judgement and ability in the overall direction of lock and dam operation and maintenance, the Engineers said. Despite manpower shortages, the structure was operated without navigational delays or mechanical failure while passing record commercial traffic.

"Ingwer sen's initiative in proposing im provemenis ana solving problems related to his position is also highly commendable and has contributed much to the suc cessful accomplishment of his duties during this period," the incentive report stated. WED. "Over 25 Nite" A New Incentive to Enjoy Life in Our Inviting Atmosphere With The Brass Notes SAT. "Dance A Rama" Thi Magic Word Mean You Can Expect Unusua Fun and Excitement at This Gala Affair With Sparkling Music by Hi Morgan SUN. "Music Explosion" It's a Showdown Two Rival Bands Each Week The Winner Returns Until Defeated YOU Judga The Winner! For Table Reservations Cad 322 1332 From 9 Till 4 Except Tuesday $36,203 Here in Hunting And Fishing License Fees License fees amounting to sbziM were sent to the state by the county recorder's office dur ing 1968, according to the annual report of business.

The sum was collected for selling 9,786 licenses. It is $1,939 over that taken in during 1967. Included were 4,332 fishing licenses, 2,563 hunting licenses, 2,194 combination licenses, $10,970 242, non resident fishing licenses, 25 non resident 6 day fishing licenses, $75; 75 resident and non resident 1 day fishing licenses, $75; 127 non resident hunting licenses, 105 resident trapping licenses (over 16), $315; 18 resident trapping licenses un der 16), $18; and 105 trout stamps, $315. There were 39 duplicate licenses sold, at 9.75 total, which is turned over to the county treasurer rather than the Licenses sold in 1966 amounted to $16,736 because the county recorder's office was only handling 12 of the 18 "depositories" where licenses are sold, in the county. The other six were handled by the state conservation officer.

Bearing Arms Is Topic Of Toastmaster Toastmasters presented the McOormick on MnnHav speech, "The Right to Bear Arms." critir flwarH ac niuan Irv Deihl, and best topic award to Jack De Pries ter. Norman Newton Hrfiuoroi prepared speech. "Un ITn AnH i Away." Topic speakers included Ken Hetzler, "Is Mr. Nixon a John Leatherby, "Mr. Fortas Swears in Ron Lamn "Paria Pm twit.

Jack De Priester, "A National Problem We Can Dave Homey, "Is Ted Kermedv ence Schmarje, "Has the Great iv. uucui aim Anion Vanicek, "Can You Bank on an Average Salary?" William Spieth was toastmaster for the evening; Dr. Vince Graettmger, topicmaster; Dick Parrish, chief evaluator; Max Churchill, grammarian; Dave Homey, timer; Ralph Cullen, educational speaker, and John Guest Oflil Mtirnlwr ,1 corned. THE MUSCATINE JOURNAL fconri 8 a. m.

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7 A.M. to 6 P.M. Daily Fridays to 9 This year all 18 in the county are being handled by the recor der's office. Licenses are sold the following depositories: Coyner's Marina at the riverfront in Muscatine; Danny's Bait Shop at 700 E. 2nd Muscatine; Estabrook's Bait Shop, 1301 Oregon street, Muscatine; Harned Hardware, West Liberty; Imperial Gas Station, 1019 Hershey Muscatine; Theo Kemper Store, New Era; Harold Musser, Montpelier; Chown's Appliance, Nichols.

Quality Hardware, 117 W. 4th street, Wilton Junction; Ryan's Hardware, 414 Mulberry Muscatine; Safley's Sporting Goods, 112 E. 2nd street, Muscatine; Ray Soloman, Conesville; Leslie Sterner, Moscow; West em Auto Associate Store, 200 E. 2nd street, Muscatine; Western Auto Associate Store, Wilton Junction; Yeager's Grocery' Ataiissa; Gibson's Discount5 Center, 103 Ford Muscatine; and Qik Serv, E. Harbor Drive, Muscatine.

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P.M. Deeds Recorded Evyline H. L. Paul, single, to Nash Finch Company, warranty deed, tract in section 25 77 2W. Howard L.

and Anges I. Rock afellow to Roger E. Awes and Karol A. Awes as joint tenants, warranty deed, lot 8, block 4 of Walton's subdivision to City of Muscatine. 89c inriatinn, ii iiy Of 'ntjtu Bill Hotz, Jr.

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