The Muscatine Journal from Muscatine, Iowa • 3

i i i'k i 5f UUSOATINB JOURNA33 AND NEWS-TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939 'H ill Harvey Paulsen and family Sun; Club Picnic on i RaSiis Deluge jiyvskeyHbllow Damage Caused to Letts Homes and Railroad Tracks During severe Grahdview Qiurch 1 i Meetings Arranged for; Current Week Grandview Several church meetings! are scheduled, for the current week. iJ I The regular Bible; study will Electrical, Rain Storm Repaired II Letts Railroad service on the Hocls' ''Island' fine'- in this area was restored shortly after 4 p. m. Tuesday after a crew of 80. wprkmen and officials had completed repairs on the several hundred, feet of track washed early Tuesday reached "flood proportions af morning when Indian Creek ler a heavy The vis yards, were rushed nere shortly alter, the storm abated.

rr -w iring iti i 'Tuesday morning's heavy rainfall, which damaged railroad track and flooded Letts homes, sent torrents of water rushing down Whiskey j. Hollow carrying a mass of debris with it and taking not fences along the creek. The above picture shows a bridge on the Whiskey Hollow road, a dozen miles southwest of Muscatine, after the torrent had subsided, with debris still piled upon the floor of the bridge, which was submerged -when the water was at Its crest. fi Kepa in 'IF fit crews, sent nere irom the toil AS Radlco TOHZOKT. I ''I t.

On Man's Family, NB-WHO, WMAQ Dinner! Hour: I Pro- cram, WSUL ir 6:30 Paul Whiteipaa'a Orchestra. CBS WBBMi i lUona Ranger, MB3 WGN, ') 7:00 Whafs My JUaai, NBC WMAQ WHO; Horg and Buggy Iy. NBC WMT. fTii i 7:30 Georga Jessel'a iclebrity Pro- fram, NBC WMAQ. WHO: WGN.

si. 1:00 Kay I KVaer, NBCi- WHO. Roy Shield Orcheatraj NBC WMT. ij i 1:30 Music WMT) MBS WGN, Iowa Sportsman. WSUI.

Warln. i NBC WHO. :00 Fred- WMAQ; Amoa 'h Andy, CBS :30 Isham Jonea, NBC WMAQ, WLW; Gri MBS WGN. 1 --l 10:00 Wavne Klng'a Orcheatra. MBS WGN Bunny Berlgan; WMAQ.

10:30 Orrin Tucker, "I MBS WMT; Lights Out. NBC WMAQ, WHO. '-1 TRimSSAT. a. NBC WMAQ; Career or Alice Blair.

i 4 i 1:45 Houseboat Hannah. NBC WLS, WLW: Woman in White. NBC WMAQ. WHO. 9:30 Pppor Young'i Family, i NBC WLS; Career ot Alice Baiir.

WLW. 10:00 Life Can Be Beautiful. WHO; Editor's Daughter, WLW, ,10:30 National Farnt and Hom Hour, NBC WMAQ; Myrt and Marges ii1 1 MBS i-'i WGNl WMT Judy and Jane, WHO. i 11:80 Road of CBS WBBM; Melody Mart. i 13:00 Bettv and Bob, NBC WLW, WH' Glnsbureh's Concert Or-chestra, MBS-rWGV, WHBF 13:30 Valiant Lady, NBC i WMAQ, WLW Notea of Grace, MBS WGN.

i 1:00 Story of Mary Marlin, NBC WMAQ, WHO Favorite Tunea. Peppor YoTinsfa NBC-h WHO. 'WMAQ; Henry Cincone a Orcheatra, MBS WGN. i 3:00 Backstage Wf. NBQ WMAQ.

Organ-jMelodiep, WSUI. 3:30 Vic and Sad; NBC. WMAQ. WHO: Two Keyboards, MBS-; WHBF. tn 8:00 Browns Va.

KMOX; i Headlines of the Day. WHBF. Weber's Concert. I MBS I WHBF; Dedication Timiei WMT. 4:00 Dance Orchestra." MBS WHBF; Swing It.

WON. 4:30 Sweet -and Low, NBC WLW; Matlnea -Vartetiea, WMT. 5:00 Fultoh lewia, 3n, CBS WHBF; I Co a ft Orchestra. i 5:30 Joe Brown. CBS WBBM; Goldman Band CottccVt, NBC-r WLS.

5 i.i h. 8:00 Buddy Cllark'i Musical Weekly; CBS WBBM The Green Hornet. -MBS WHBF. Jim.1 WGN; Modern Melodies. WHBF.

i 7:00 Jack Toagarden, i IMBS i-WGN; America's Lort jPlaya, NBC WMAQ. WHO, I 7:30 Alfred WallenntelnV Sitifonietta, MBS WMT; Evening! MusicaJe, i WSUI. i 8:00 Kraft Muslfl Hall. NBC WMAQ. WHOi Jrte Relchman's Orchestra, MBC WMT, 8:30 Add rewi by Herbert Hoover, 9:00 Fred NBC WMAQ, WHO; Amoa-'n' Andy, CBS WBBM.

9:30 Man on the Stnpet. WBBM: Woody HcHnan1 Orchestra. WGN. 'I 10:00 Harry Jwp' Orchestra. MBS-r JXi'; a t.

News, wlw. i 10:30 Freddy Marti Or0itril MBS 1WGN; NSnal fUdib Revival. J.g- lliOOJark McLean, I Mfef WHB IT. M(3Srt(. NBC ka, is visiting in he P.

W. il. Martin home. -n .1 i Mr. and Mrs.

George Baker and I daughter, Detroit, spent the week-end with Mrs. Baker's parents, Mr. and J. C. Miller, and withj other, relatives in the community and in Monday, jthe: Baker family, accompanied by I Mr.

and Mrs. Miller, visited Jri Washington, la. Tallie 'K Derby and her granddaughter, Marilyn Doerfer, are pending a month's vacation with relatives at Lone Rock, and i Mlnn.1 I Mr. and 'Mrs. Miller and family of Detroit, spent several days with relatives1 in Muscatine, and also visited relatives! and old friends near! Sweetland.

i i ilWhen Indian creek of Letts, Tuesday lj washedrout portions track fill both east and west of 'i li Graduates Of Letts Enjoy Reunion at Park Letts The members of the graduating class of 1935 of 1 the Letts high school held their la- mual reunion picnic on at Wild Cat Den park. AH old oin-cers were re elected. Melvin was named I president, Thomas Eland, vice president, and Pauline McCleary secretary and treasurer. The class will hold its reunion next year at Crapo park iff Burlington. 1 Members of tht class present were Melvin Coder, of Muscatine; i and Mrs.

Arthur Lieber-knecht, Paul 1 and, Raymond Bailey, Thomas Eland, Miss Pauline McCleary and Miss Hilda De Waele, Mr; and Mrs. H. Dayle Ftrame and sons, Billy, Harlan and Allan, i of Columbus Junction, were special guests. Mr. Frame was superintendent the Letts school when this class was graduated.

Other guests were Mrs. Melvin Coder, of Muscatine, Miss Margaret Wykert and Miss Jean Woodruff, of Columbus Junction, Achiel De Waele, of East Moline, Elmer Ziskovsky, bf 1 Iowa City, and Philip Baird, of Wapello. j. 1 Blakes Sntertain. I Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Blake ihad as guests for dinner on Sunday, Mr. -and Mrs. Willard danoei of Storm Lake; Mr. and Mrs.

Milton Tucker, of Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arington and Donna, Madison Arington and son, i Kenneth, and John Columbus Junction; aind Mrs. Joseph Schiffer and children, Dolores and Leonard, and Miss Ruth Schnell, of La Crosse, who have been visiting at Hhe Blake home, i Mrs. Schiffer and children and Miss Schnell left Tuesday; night for their homes in La Crosse.

i Mr, and Mrs. Harold McCormac and i daughters, Kathleen Herbert McCormac and and Mrs. Wayne arfd son, Billy, of Chicago, spent, Sunday at the home of Supt. and Mrs. A.

C. Baumgart-ner and family, at Wilton. aHd Mrs. Ulfic Lintner, Miss Lelia i Lintner, J. Garrett, Mrs.

Anna Griffih, Mrs'. J. O. Townsend and son, Billy1, of St. Louis, and Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Hildebrand spent Sunday at Iowa City Lakef McBride. Miss Sdna Long and Miss Martha Jenner, who ere attending summer school at the University of Iowa, Joined the group at Iowa City Miss Long returned over the Fourth.

i j.r. and Mrs. F. W. Blaesing, df Muscatine, spent Sunday with their Mrs.

Thomas Mc-Elroy, and family. Spends' Vacation Here. i Miss Anne who attends summer school at Iowa State Teachers college at Cedar FaUs, came home Saturday for a few days' vacation, with, her mother, 1935 inini veiourea Trains, during! the interval. jwere detoured betweeriWashing-ton and Muscatine over tracks of the MilWaukee railroad. Several hundred feet of track east of here-was damaged, with much longer section a mile Und a half west of town suffering damage.

Repairs to! homes, which were also damaged by the flood waters of Indian creek, had I practically been completed today. Most! of the damage was from mud and water washed, into the erties. residence prop- Himmm nknia wA 9f, At the Martin Conchola home furnishings Were damaged, water reached a depth of; sev-, era! feet. Three hundred chickens and several head of Uvestock were reported drowned. At the home of Miss Mae ToWnsley, fur-- inishings were moved to the end floor.

Water reached; the baseboards at the B.l-C. Gage home. At the John Ritter home nearly a foot ofj water was re-sported. I Shocks of wheat frtam fields through whih the wafers rushed were carried downstream, as were tree trunks and I other de-, bria. Even, railroad tie, scattered along the railroad line to be used for replacement: purposes this summer gave evidence of having been carried along by the rush of water, i Other 'Losses Reported.

Farmers reported damage to abbage growing in lo fields. Several miles distant the rains which sent Indian creek on its rampage! sent a torrent of water raging down Whiskey Hollow, taking out fences and inundating fields. At the foot of the bluffs a bridge which is ordinarily 12 or 15 feet above the surface of the tream was under water for a time and was left littered with debris when! the water subsided. Am missionary lea For Sweetland, Society Booked i Sweetland The quarterly missionary tea of th Sweetland w. f.

m. wills be held in km section with the; regular meet- Big of the Ladies' Aid in I the home Thursday Mrs. Anna Kemper, afternoon. Others on the hostess committee are: Mrs C. H.

Hiller Mrsl. Henry SyWas sink and Mjss Nettie SyWassink. Devotlonals will be in charge of Mrs. Charlei Drummj. The program committee includes Mrs.

Tallie Derb, Mrs. Ed. Reynolds and Mrs. Minnie Leonhard. Teachers Chosen.

I Teachers land theijr assistants have been choseq to serve in the Sweetland Sunday school for the coming yeajr. They are: Class No. 1, Mrs. Pearl Pace; assistant, Mrs. Eva Shepard.

Class No. 2, Helen Bill; assistant, Mrs. Ruth Day. Class jNo. 3, Albert Hetzler; assistant, Gordon Day.

Class No. 4, Beverly I Moorhead; assistant, Marian Hetzler. Class No. 5, Chas. Shepard; assistant, Henry SyWassink.

Class No. 6," Mrs. rjeEtt Eis; assistant, Mrs. Hazel iJftrtin. Cjlass No.l 7, Vernon Shepard; assistant, Clarence' Eis.

Class T.j Downer assistant, GeOrge L. Sauer. Class No. 10, Mrs Bessie Moorhead; assistant, Mrs. Tallie Derby.

Class No. 11, Edgar Kemper assistant Ray Downer. I Other News. xi Mrs. Jennie iFrante, who has been living jin California the past two vears.

(arrived Thursdav tar an extende4visit in the home of weV daughter, Mrs. A. C. Eck- hardt. Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Key and daughter, Mae, of Lawrence, are visiting! in the home of Mrs. Key's father and brother, Isaac and Elra Longstreth. Mrs. Elizabeth iUbe of Winnet- FUNERAL HOME HOFFMAN dayj 1 i i'- 1 i i Harriett and Shirley LueUa and Lucille Broder and Dorthy Siebke i 'attended th birthday party In honor of Nelba Moeiler, near Plain 5 Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Ormsby' and Nancy, of Davenport "were visitors at the p. Ornisby home over the week! Beverly Jensen is spending a fewi days with Edith Dahl Bear Blue Grass' 1 I Barbara Lee Pieart has returned, to her home after a four; weeks visit with relatives in Des Moines. i Mr. and! Mri Lester i Piarmana and children niotored to Maquo-keta Sunday to visit Mrs.

Paar-mafi's brotherj Clode Bowers who isi recovering I from automobile accident Injuries. I Mr. and Mrs. Leroy" Broders, Virginia and Charles! were callers at the Harry Bohnsack hom; Sunday i evening. Shirley Bohnsack returned home hvith them.

Mr. andl Mrs Melvin Rekemey-er and son, of Davenport wer visitors at the! home of Mr. and Mrs. George Riessed Sunday. 1 1 The total amount of fmotor vehicle taxes paid during 1938 to federal, and local governs ments amounted to I more tha 1 vf i Vour new home can be made ft- mite-proof nd structurally modrn by building foundations, floors' and porches of concrete.

Ready-Mlxtd Concrete helps contraaor do! a top quality Job The "mix" isj accurately proportioned fqr the luse intended by expert concrete men i et try load uniform 'in strength, density and reliability js delirered. exactly where aijd when you want iu Ut wa avut yau In touch with rN yew a oo fiemo ana aov ymm anoneyrnene vt tor iiuorinuiin Northern Crayel Company PHONE 193 I i- I- GREASING wnicn-secuon worKers tnere mayj nave had for a noiiaay on July Assisted by a special Icrew dispatched from the Silvis headquarters right of way workers spent the day replacing track ballast carried away by thie torrents of water. One of the groups is seen above, repairing track. Others were at work elsewhere along th! right of way. Numerous carloads of cinder ballast were employed to fill holes caused by jthe Trains over the Rok 1 Island! lines were detoured aroiind Letts over Milwaukee line tracks1 between Washington and! Muscatine while, repairs were in progress.

-j. 'i July 28 Planned By Nichols 0ES Nichols The O. E. S. Kensing ton club met Frjday afternoon tn me Masonic rooms, i-ians were made for the annual club picnic supper to be hld July 28 In Kim-berly park at West Liberty.

At the close of an afternoon of sewing and quilting for the club, refreshments were served by Edna Hesser and' Daisy MacDougal. Earl, Bettjr Fox, Dora Nichols, Anna Rosenf leld. Dais 1 Mac Dougal, Anna Klrkpatrick, Anna- belle Kirkpatrlck, Edna 1 Hesser and Helen Mrs. Earl Allicks. Maxine and Millicent, of West visited at the Harold Windus home Friday.

ji 1 1 I Mr. and i Mrs. James Hadlev were dinner guests at the I. D. Hadley home Sunday.

Jeano Elder, student nurseN.at St Luke's hospital; in Davenport. A. li A4 t. A. spent wnn ner parents, Mr.

and Mri. Charles Elder4J A fire evidently caused bv light ning jpartiallyl! destroyed; an out building and a large tree in the St I Mary's church yard Tuesday morning about 5:30. It was ne-ceessary to use the booster line in extinguishing the blaze, as it was well advanced in the hollow trunk' of the tree. I The building was iused to store equipment to care for the lawn which was removed safely, 1' i Mr. and Cullins.of Cedar Rapids visited friends in Nichols Tuesday afternoon.

Charles Elder, Al Hazen, Bob Borgstadt; and' Pershing spent Tuesday in Des Moines. Mr. and i Mrs. Floyd Larew re turned to their home in Oak. Park.

111.. Tuesday after spending the week-end at the-'J. W. Borestadt home'. J.

i Larew and daughter, Iva. of Lone Tree returned to Oak Park for a short visit. Those attending; the Centennial at Iowa City Saturday were Mr and Mrs. William Poole. I p.

1 L. Metcalf, Alberta1 Kelly. Aenes Hankins. Bob Poole, Kathryn Elder, Mrs. Ora Nichols.

Charlene and- Lorn a. y. 1 1 Kenneth Fridley and; Charles CoDenhaven of Caroll. spent the week-end at the L. B.

triaiey home. i i'lv: i i -x- 11 daughter, Lynn Susan, of Musca tine, and Miss Harriet tsaueroacn and friends, of Mt. who are teaching 1 at cornea college, were visitors Sunday at the home of Mr; and Mrs. George Liebbe. Visited Mrs.

Russell Wilson and children spent "the Fourth of Jiily in Muscatine and visited witjk Mr. Wilson, whel is a patient at Belle-vue hospital i i 1 Mrs. Jessie Letts, who has been visiting for, several weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs; Don at Washta, Ia.i land Miss Irene Letts, who is attending business college at Chillicothe, spent Tuesday-and Wednesday at their! home here, i Mrs. Letts went to Muscatine to I the J. M.

Brockway home where 'she will help care for Miss Alice Brockway, who is seriously 'ill. WASHING 1 be held Wednesday night; the church official board will meet Thursday night and' prayer serv ice will be on Saturday night The Rev. B. Larson, pastor, accompanied the 'senior, Chrl tian Endeavor society to Cones-villej Sunday where the group attended services in the Reformed Evangelical church. The Rev.i Druse, retired; Methodist of Wapello, preached in the local church.

1 Feted at PsJty. 'bl Miss 'Ruth Moelerman of De- corah, is a guest at the How-aid Snyder home. On Friday afternoon Mrsv Snyder entertainj-ed in her honor and also the birthday occasion of LaRue Buster. I Games played and re freshments served tcf Colleen Rexrothi Marceline Cocjklin, Bev-erlyi Gipple, Helen Evelyn Gipple, i. Rachel Larson, Mary Derby.

-f j' Mrs. i Sieve! KisselL Mr.l and Mrs. Leland Larson and Mrs." Milo Weile and children, Sherrill and were called to St Louis, Friday; by the illness of Sharon Lynn, little- daughter! of Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Knott, i i Beiks Entertained. Mr.

and J. J.i Beik entertained at Sunday dinner Mr: and Mrs. Donald Murray! of Oakvllle, Mr. and Mrs. Burl Reed, Harold Krahl: and sonl Billie.

Miss Galloway of Fort Dodge, came to spend the Fourth with Miss Mildred Thompson, i i Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Long entertained at Sunday 1 dinner their mother, Mrs. Georgia Long, of Burlington! -Mr. and Mrs.

Lysle Ross of Winfield, and Mary Margaret' Long. Mrs. Harley McGill and children, Janet and Dicky, are visiting Mrs. McGill's parents, Mr. anct Mrs.

Earl Hopkins at Brighton. Verlum and Alma Odell of Fay ette, were week-end gqests'l of their sister, Mrs. Lloyd Werner and Mri Werher, 'I Bohnsacks Hosts to Relatives, Friends at Social Gathering 1 Stockton Mr. and Mrs, Harry Bohnsack entertained a few rel? atives and friends at; a lawn par ty Suncjay aftemoonj Those pres ent were-, Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Fa brizuis and daughter, Patsy, Mr. tnd Mrs. William Heidt, and Miss Arlene Bohnsack, all. of Miss Pearl Christensen, of Durant and Geraldine Sambman, Mr. and Mrs.

Carl Bprchers, Mar- jorie arid Gary Lee; of Muscatine Supper and refreshments were servea. i' Guests of Cousin. i. Rollin Paulsen is spending a few das with his cousin, Wyne Riesseni near Durant. Mr.

land Mrs. Leonard Duge and Marketa, of Muscatine, were Visitorsj at the Louis home Sundayi Xl. i Henry Paulsen, I Harry and Martha' of DavenpoH, were visitors atj the home of Mr. and Mrs. "Your Mileage Merchant I Mi' -'i1 24 Iloor Service 1 I looa uamage riisF swollen bv heavy rains early of the Rock Island railroad's town, "it also ruined any plans 1 Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Fischer! Mr. arid Mrs. Paul Fischer and Mr. jand Mrs.

Emii Doering and daughter, Bonne, of -Muscatine spent the day Sunday 'with Mft and Mrs. Charles Knott. if and Mrs. Donald' Lee arid son, Girry, were Sunday dinnet guests jat the homel of; Mr. and Mrs.

Birch Buffington and daugh-j ters at jWinfield. i 'ii MrJ and Mrs. A. J. Bauerbach Mr.

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I Orville Gipple and son, Donald, and Pete of Rock Island, spent the Week end with Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Gip- le.

r- Mrs. Joe Garrett, of Muscatine, is visiting this week with her sister, Mrs. Pearle Ross.1 Mary Stump, of Muscatine, came Saturday 1 for a few days' visit at the Russell Wilson home. OSS i COFFEE 1 lb. 19Vc IS lbs 58c KM Phone i Free 840 420-Mulberry Ave.

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