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7. 7 .71 Fridoyj July 271951 JOURNAL I MUSCATINE. IOWA IITHE MUSCATINE A Kentucky Camp Reporter;" Fjorgcts wii SI i ps 's Groups ating In i Cooper Club Sessions Conducted by Wilton Groups Wilton The Martha class of c3 pscial Events Letts The first of the series of 1 i i) -if i-. -4 -i 1 aUiiiiii "1... Up Un ferinit IJate I During the' pastseveral months, The Journal has carried several stories strongly urgingxll holderjs lof drivers' licenses to check thjp rCsritos'poimcTo (notices mo loneer are being sent out and' it is the responsibility df the licensee to kno when WsKuri4 Duncn as i ol-hostess.

Mrs permit expires and to renew trc i i Vrtl Piii Ht-ciHpnt ntertalnment being sponsored by the different women' organisations of Letts lor everyone in: the community was held Tuesday evening on the school grounds with a large crowd in attendance. A basket dinner was served and the LetU band, directed by Fteese of Muscatine, a marching exhibition and a concert. The Band Mothers scliib members planned the program. Thei next event will bei sponsored by a council of women, with 7 Mrs. John; Padgett as chairman, nd win be a community plcttic to be held the first day of school.

Plans are being -made by both Letts Federated clubs to secure a rpeaker for community entertain i i i -JESS? Sunday school met 'at the home of Mrs. Etta Leech jTuesoay afternoon with Mrs -Ji'-i ra. devotions sand the icssvti on "wo i tmen of e' was; under th. jleadwship" iof NMrs Hazel Finch, with a social The jmectins closed hour ana reiresmeiHs were soruurl Sivlppii mi'mtlol- ahri one fguestiwere in atteiidialice Mrs. Ford lioness Mrs.

Rozella Ford! entertained the Friendly Bight cafd- ciub at her home Tuesday, altepoon. Mrs, L. Aid Fordand Mi LLj'Dawson won the favors; fo; nigh: scores at hundred and; Mirs.jiH,.'F. Jarr received the traveling prize. LA twO-course luncheoh was served after? the game, Mrs.

Clifford Chapman as a gUest. The- club will rmtet Aug Mrs. Tracy; Owers' 'L. A Mr and RolSand Abbott iiclurJied 1 ucsday frpm. a vacation 'trip i to Rockv xMoiintain National parkj F.sties park' ahd other western 'points Their son, Cpf 1 'Norman Abbt of ihe army air fionje, who had just completed a twto montjlis course Fui a supply technical schQoi at Lowrey accompanied- "sthem home for a 1 15 i leave en route to Rando.ph, Field, S-an where he is stationed, i fii A'A The and Mrs.

Edv, in Wiebei and Jimmie, Sandra and Mary of Bahl, Idaho are spending their vacation at i the parental Louis 1 Stoll and Carl Wiebei homes. Rev. Wiebei, as circuit; representative, I and! Mrs. Wiebei attended a convention at the Vni-ve-siti of Valparaiso. Mon 'W 'W tttr, 5 3 5:.

4 li PVTJ GRIM Nichols -Pvt. Everett W. Grim, of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grim of NUfiols, is stationed at Camp Ertfckenridge, i Ky and has the following address: Pvt.

Everett W. Urijm, R. A 17326726. Co. 516th A.

p. N. Inf. Reft. 101 Airborne, Cas)ip Brerkenrldce, Ky.

si I Iimie 0 iireau Drury Meets With Welch. fi iinoijs City -h- The Dfury Home Hujeau juhit rndt with Mrs. Agnes Wejoh; with; 14 members and seven visitors present Roll call "Hfnts for Keping Cool." Health report wasf givf ri (by Heieni 2dll-ner) and! the isafety report; by BeiLie Grls. iTihe major i demon stiation.j f'llomet Pirepaied 'Mixes' wa given: by Alto! Holmes and Mafy Gillette. The minor lesson, "OAe Diah Meal'' was given by Veifa; ICrueger.

'Plans were made to iervei meals the Rock Island coijnty fair -Aug. 22-25, and July 31 jwas set 'as Ithe date to "make traj at the ehbrch. Annual pjc-nic for member? and families Will be held. In the church basement AuJ, 16. The committee appointed be in charge; of the plans iWas Suafjna SwartQut.

Rozella Frey-ernjutli and Lillje Keller. Jbhn Lentz of Battle Creek, was cayibg "on old friends herb Wednesday. JXike Bieri h.ijs moved, onto hjs larhi known as i the 'Leslie) Hayes orchand farm which he purchased i last 1 Nil's. Dbra Frahte of Rock Island and Mrsj Mary Mewes of 1 Muhcatin are I visiting at the Osdar Mewes I i Mrs, Mable Fowler and'" Mrsj. Je.4'c Hnf.ner df Hillsdale, 111., called on MrsjMiiiilne Fowler and thd Rev.

and Mrs. E. L. Fahne- stotk Tuesday afternoon. i i Left to Four i 7 I '7.

I I 1 A i'uM A I i the way. The lumber i shed and lumber drafted. partially overriding a modernistic one-story structure across thf street that collapsed beneath i the lumber when the flood drained away. FLOOD SCATTERS LUMBER Flood Waters floated this portion of the Frank Paxton Lumber (t. into the middle of Kansas avenue.

Arrnourdale's main thorogghfare Truck facing' West on the east-west Kansas City artery are loaded Thursday by workmen seeking to clear of Loaded Truck Collaps es lo umy onoge 'r ment and the members of the Order of the Eeastern Start and iff he Past Matrons will sponsor a antique exhibit. 73oth of these events are planned for early fall. Other programs will follow. I The July W. S.

C. S. mectimg was held Wednesday in the Methodist church parlors with about SO in attendance. A pot luck 'dinner was served at noon and the ci-y ww spent quilting. Some members also, worked at trimming the bushes around the church.) Mrs.

Charles Herrick presided Oat the business meeting and Mrs. Harley Bloomquint was devotional leader. Mrs. Herrick appointed the following membership Mrs. W.

C. Hendrix, Mrs. Madelco Blakej Mrs, Nile Jones, Mrs. Lyle Kehmi Mrs. John Ritter, Mrs, John Padgett, Mrs.

Dora Crumly and Frank Jamison. i To Buy Furnace Themembers voted to sponKor the purchase of, a new; oil burn- 4jng furnace for' the parsonage. The report was given of $49.91 earned at the parcel post sale. The tuilt committee reported: three torr.forters were completed. 1 Mrs.

Herrick reported on the group of young women who have rrgani2ed and will be known as Circle rive. Their study will be a course on family life, I Members are asked to bring feed sacks and clean ran! to; be for. carpet rags at the next meeting. i Mrs. Arthur 'Llebcrknecht.

I oiid Mis Lucretia Turkington were in charge of the lesson, It was decided to hold a riveting in August and. the following committees were "Mrs. Frank Jamison, devotional leader; Mrs. Bessie Eland. Mrs.

Qpal Collier, program, and Mrs.i C. Hendrix. Mrs. Fay iGibsoh and Mrs. Arthur Hackett hostesses.

Troubles Eliminated On Marsden Farm ihcen.se before that date. i The reporter, Wmton i Dtmlau) who has been writing these $tpri0s showed up atjthe courjt hou4e th morning. Yoy guessed it. J. He had forgotten to chejk! own license and the exDiratioh date Kent by unnoticed more thab a month ago.

Temperance Talk Scheduled at EUB Church on Aug 8 Miss Alice May- Smith, terri rierance speaker, w-ui present lecture in the auditorium of trje First Evangelical IJnited Brethren church at 2 m. Wednesday, Aug.i 8, it was announced todtfy; bv Mrs. Jacob Stellrccht, mtendent of ed ucation in' the, interchurch coun-i -i and vice president Of the: C'. Miss Smith; isi a graduate or ja seminar, at Evanslon. 'on the.

findings of science in 1 regard, io the- effects of alcohol naij- She has geen giving' lecturtls at state conventions land her talfk here, will be of special interest to educators, church school teachers pnrt rarfnts. The lecture here is being spon sored by the W. C. T- U. and dr terchurch couiicil of Muscatine county.

'J Camp Reports of Young l'eop Sliiicd Siuidav i Reports from various summo camps, attended by young peop' rjf the churches of. the-couniv will be presented at 4 p. m. Sunday oji Vesper hillside in Weed park. a program sponsored by the Mu catino County Christian Xoutih council.

i The Rev. Edward Norman the Nichols circuit' will bring short message, using as his "Why Be a Leader?" 1' i i Young people speaking will irt- elude Roger Shoemaker, Lucy Griffin, Donna Wiese, Alice 'Baker, Shepard and Janet lHahn. John D. Giles, youth leader Of the' First Baptist church, will direct jthc singing, and Dorisi Biejr-man; will lad the devotiottiis. All young people and leaders are iia vitedJ 'j i' if Mt.ss Coleem Weick, youthl direc tor of the county inter-churtth council, will preside.

Supper Nets. 125 For Chiirch Fiind Outstanding; bills of thp. pethpl M. E. church were paid las tHe result" of a supper served bv men-bersjof the church at the churcjh Thursday evening.

Proceeds reached $84.25: i- Mrs. Ella Seay, chairman ard treasurer, reported the following expenditures had been made dn outstanding bills: For coal, for plumbing work to two firms in the amounts nt $B11 anH 'T and for insurance, day and Tuesday Jensen of Davenport! vis-' i ited at the Martin Jensen, Hilbcrt 1 Jehscn and Harold Hinkhouse 1 homes Monday and Tuesday. Harry Freeland and son, John.U and Charles Peterson are spending' the. week at the home of Jftie fori daughter, Elmer "Vitelc, and family in ChiCHgo and attend ing the baseball games atWrigley 1 field. Miss Lorraine Laffetty, who had been a house of Miss Kathleen Freeland Mrs.

Ken neth 'Kelley, accompanied them to her home in Chicago. Gilbert Jones Sentenced On' Robbery Charge I Gilbert LeRoyt' Jones, who gave Muscatine as his home, was sentenced to 10 years I imprison ment on two charges in appearance Thursday at Pierre, S. pr-'r-r; IsM'r' til Jones, alias Timothy O'Brien and Steve appeared before Circuit Judge O.HK. VYhitney on charges, of robbery anfd in jon-nection with a forceful escape frbrnthe Hughes icounty jail July 6, Associated Press messages! He; was Isentericed toj'lO years'jOn a charge of tobberjl in the first degree and to two yars on thei jail break; charge, the sentences to, run concurrently. i (Jones was being held brt "a grand larceny charge, fpr thef of $28 from a church basenuent, when he escapedji, He sluggedljthe county janer to maKe, escape, but waa 'recaptured thei next ijay.

ine grana larceny charge Jones told the Court he had been in and out of mental nstitut since he was'6 j'ears plcf. ons ion Post Is For W. Fair ixm- West Liberty 4 Mansell Phillios post Au. ,509 ot the ArtiericanLe-gion ia planning its piart in i the iig West: Llbei'ty i fair iri Auffulst. The post will sponsor the i annual air dance on Tuesday Vfed-nsday 'and evenihgs, Aug 21, 22' arid 23, with Stan Stanley's orchestra furnishing the mlukic- Legion officials announce the dance floor acquired this iear is, much larger than in previous years.

I "S'Legion members will take tickets at the gate and will uiher a the amphitheater. Will Take Training. Pvt. Richard' iHazletti of the! U. S.

army left Saturday for Baltimore, wher he ill receive 14 weeks of specialized trainjing. He haU been, visiting at the hbrne of his parents, Mi and Mrs. ibale Pvt Hazjett had just (finished hjs basic i iralnihg at Ft. Riley, Kas. j.

Mrs. Phil Pachuco, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.

Hale, and her thie children spent the weck-nd aC thei Hale residence. Tbe'Patheco family livfe in Dan-ver. Colo; jj i iMiss Frances Hirikhouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Hnk-house, has returueo frorjn Scajritt college Nashville' Ten.i wmere sh hart hppri. wnrkini nn! hpr vjiif-uiiiu oi i ui? siutjieni body at this collciej is (j)f foreign descent Mr.

and Mrs. Ijlinkhouse went to Nashville or thetif da4gh-tejr and toured Great before; their teturni. Attended Funeral Mr. and 1 Mris. Vernon Rosi.

al- ptended the funeral scrvipes Tues day in Iowa Cityl tor Lep G. For rice Mr. Fdrdice was brother, of Mr. Ross. a Half- and Mrs.

M. J. I Johahson ate vacationing in i Chicago i this Mr, and Mrs, John Birchard of Syracuse, who have spent the1 last two weeks at the hotrie of Birchard's mother, Mrs. Lura left Thursday morning for thir ij -ji Mrs. Donald F-win and children ard George Askanji left Fri-iday rndrning forja trip to Detroit.

i I) Mr, and Mr iDeWig lit Carter, r4firerrance McCabe and Mr. ad Kenh'eth Partis and daughter ,1 of" Kingston Ontario, are spending- a few 1 days visiting relatives in Clear l-aKe i and Mrs. Emmt-tt Sullivan Mr. and -j Mrs. Mike Sullivan aire spending the week at Lake Okoboii.

(You'll be happy i with the used car you buy here. Every V. i 1. car has been I i by expert mech a nji and doubly checked Select your car vi this eek. A Leg Planning I (AP Wirephoto) Mane Murray Chosen Teacher At Grandview Grandview- MrsMarie Murray has been elected to teach the i first pade school, -j Fourteen at trie Grandview were In' attendance when; the Joljv Twenty club was entertained home of Mrs.

Francis! Wielej The August! -meeting wjll be' at the home' of Mris. Thelma Thompson', Mrs. Nellie Peck oi Crbokstoh, jhas liomp after a several 4 ecks i visit "with her sister eilajl Schneider, Woodruff and Mrs: Nellie I Werner visited recently with Mrs. Ethel Wilson at Mt. Vernbnj la.

IfThey also went to the Kooettji piattenDercer home at Martelle; and on Sunday were puests of Fulwider, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd hear Tiptonl; at the Howard Fulj wider home at South stopping enroute home at the Hoover birthplace at West Lranchi 'j Mrs. Ne lie peck (' and Lela. Schneider isjted with relatives at Faiiifield 'recently, Mr.

and Max McQrew and ton 'left Tuesday for their at Crookston, after a visit with relativ les here. MerWyn the Holidav Buster has purchased: property on the south ride off town. Mr. land Mrs. i Harold Jensen and son's of Mission Mr.

and Lester Mrs. Dale Wiele and Mr, and Coeklin and Danny were Thursday dinner the Miloi Wiele home. guest. at Jacob Snyder Of Cranston Is I i I I- in Death iTa'cofe Snyder, 77, a resident of the Cranston community for most cflhis life, died at 8:20 a. m.

today atl. the Powers Nursing; Home, 710 Colver street, after an extended illness. --y I The body has been taken tol the Mf Wittich Funeral home where arrangements for Tuneral services are! being Mr. Snyder was born Jan. 13, 1874, Jn Muscatine county.

lived In the Cranston community m.Ost of hisllife and resided for a wfiile Leylaire. la. He attended thg Cranston 'Evangelical United Brethren cliurch. His' wife, died several years ago. -i-.

lit llelkC "engipus t.rtuWtion. cie- SODA POP 30c CARTON I $1.20 CASE. I (Plus Deposit) (j STARTING SAT; jl IsCHMELZER'sj! Columbus Junction The Walter F. Marsdcn farm in the Rhellbark district hart snake, trouble last week. The Mairsdens' fitting on their porch the evien-'0 inn had been hearing strange noises during the early of the1 week which sounded something like a baby'r cries and something like a bird.

I Wednesday night, Mr. Marsden heard the birds nesting! in a large tree raising an alarm and froing out to see what was! wrong a bull snake. Mr. Marsden the snake which was found to oseasure over four feet. I Snakes always travel iti pairs hdweyer and Friday night Mr.

tJ Marsden found another bull snake 111 a tree closer ta the house which proved to be even larger. After the two sinakos were i eliminated last, week quiet has returned to the Marsden Traffic i detourlnr today around the site of a bridge on county road which collapsed under the weifht of a truck load of er'ushed rock lat Thursday afternoon. The collapsed bridge is west of the old stone church where county road Irrosses Pine creek i mile northwest of Wildcat liDe-n State park in Montpelier ijtownshipr j- A crew from the county engineer's department is dismantling the wrecked 80-foot span and the road at the site of the bridge has been closed. A picture of the Abridge as it appeared shortly i after the mishap Is shown In the accompany ing Journal photo. The bridge crumpled without Warning about 4 p.

m. Thurs-jday as a 1951 dtmp truck was proceeding west across the structure. Casey 1 Behrens, 34.. 1081 ujsrew Hampshire street, was un-r I Injured as the floor crumpled and the big truck was flipped over i on Its right side; Behrens madejhisi escape through the left window of the overturned machine, 11 A The Muscatine man was ifrom Liriwood under a contract farm. 'i MOWS to safeguard your carl I.

'li' Wendtina of Muscatine. The cargo) in the truck, weighing about 1 I engaged Jn hauling crushed rock for road surfacing held by Otto Legion Junior Baseball Players To Attend Games 1 for! taking the Muscatine, LegionS Junior baseball players to a doubleheader In Davenport tonight were made by Edward H.j Bitzer pot No. 27, American Le-1 gion, at- its meeting Thursday night at the post tiome. Games will be between the Quad City Tigers and Waterloo. i i Further reports from the baseball committee were heard at the meeting and'' routine business matters were transacted, Tent a Itiye nlians were made for a sta fish: on ighi Switch i i A 6 to experiments color-ohaingihg depend on their sight to change When the upper of the fish- eye was shaded, they' assumed a darker shade, while they turned lighter when the lower parV.of the eye was darkened.

This Ad Will Bring You i Prompt Fred, Sanitary Removal of AU Dead Stock. IMioiie 189, Muscatine F. E. DEAN "66" SERVICE 1 Local Representative for Morning! Sun Render ing Work's UC. ILL.

HAROLD E. PARKS, 7 si Driver eight tons, was-destined to be dumped on the county road just a short distance west of the bridge and was the last load that would have been taken acrossj the bridge. i LAGOMARCHSO GR UPE CX. Ibui" cash bequests are made in the will -0 i August Hctke wh ch has been filed for.fifobate. in kiist' ict court here, Mr.

Hctke die at Muscatine; Julv 'hote named to receive the caw" bequests, all Muscatine res dents, Schroeder William' $100 ea(h; John' and Mii. William S25; The rest of the estate is left to a granrtnephew, Adolph'" Kl itt, who': is as ex-, ecu The will jwas drawn Jan 8. 1951j and is set for hearing Aug. 20.. lit ure rammers ciHWeijjihei Arrange On I inn Vest Liberty-4-The annual niiht outing of Ithe local chapter of the Fjutu.re Farmer's of -Amer-ivi wilt be jheld: 'night the Musfotiht' Notary, j'lodgei night' Lweiner roast and pifnic 'flipper wjjl be.

served after wiich'the JuJ.Wfn'eeting of the will fa held; pn Sunday noon a chicken oUn-n i- will; conclude' the oufMg. THE WIFE WHO GETS A DAILY PECK OrJ THE CHEEK. FROM HU88M RATES AT LEAST TVjO ON VALEMTIWES DAY JIUSCATLNE, IOWA mono t3 7 Bumper-to jumper CHANGE-OVER SERVICE .0 INCiUDES THAT FAMOUS i i 4 I ifm 4 V4 j. -ill M- I )V A AVf (a -I i It- i I 7 A BAHEID WAV Aerial Spraying Scheduled Soon At West Liberty West Ligprty 4 Announcement was made today by -Mayor Harold a.Keeie that, the Hirsh Flying Service of Marengo has been; aired to spray the city in anti-fly campaign. J.

The aerial spraying will be done Monday1 evening, or as soon thereafter as the Weather is suit- I ible. A DDTiBolutl fit will be the first on will be used. aerial spraying 7' cautioned ag- this year. Housewives are ainst leaving clotjhes fon outside lines while the spraying is in progress. The solution to be used, is 1st also fatal, to goldfish in outside pohds, unless they are covered.1 1 ,7 i Subscribe to The Journal Today.

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