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- ACTIVE CLASSMATES -
Percentage Of Active Classmates:
38.9%
A:
158
Active
B:
248
Inactive
Welcome to the Muscatine High Class Of 1970 web site.
Our 40th class reunion took place on July 9th & 10th and what a reunion!
The first pictures from the 40th reunion were from Cindi Ludman. There are now more posted from Randy Mitchell. Thank you Cindi and Randy for sending them in. Please send any photos you might have taken so all the classmates can enjoy them. The best way is to send a disc to Rose Whittaker @ 810 Robin Road, Muscatine, Ia 52761.
I have added pictures from Saturday night from Deb Cochran, thanks Deb.
Reunion pictures from Bill Ryder for Friday and Saturday night have been added. Pictures from Cindi Ludman for Saturday night have also been added. Thanks again Cindi and Bill.
I have added more pictures from Cindi for Saturday night and pictures from Anna Jarr for both nights. Thanks Anna!
Please use this site to keep your information current so we can find you for the 45th reunion.
Bob Elvidge called me last Thursday and told me he was going into hospice care. We then had our last conversation, reminising about old times and then said our goodbye's. Bob passed away this morning (August 17, 2010) from liver desease. Sad day...
Latest Taxes 3rd September ( 1925 ) New figures have been published by Washington to provide an idea of Income Tax paid against income based on a married man with no dependents it also includes normal tax and surtax. Tax Income $22.50 $4,000 $37.50 $5,000 $57.50 $6,000 $87.50 $7,000 $127.50 $8,000 $167.50 $9,000 $207.50 $10,000 $557.50 $15,000 $1017.50 $20,000 $2317.50 $30,000 $4037.50 $40,000 $14,877.50 $80,000
The tax increases steeply after $100,000 to as high as 40%
Dow Reaches Peak of 381.173rd September ( 1929 ) The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 381.17, this was the peak of the bull market that had been increasing at a phenomenal rate in the 20's and only 1 month before the great stock market crash in October 1929 signaling the beginning of the great depression of the thirties.
Sir Malcolm Campbell Breaks World Speed Record 3rd September ( 1935 ) Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his own previous world record of 276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the year.
Typhoon Ike 3rd September ( 1984 ) Typhoon Ike with winds approaching 185 mph strikes the Surigao del Norte province in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. The typhoon is thought to have killed over 3,000 and left more than 500,000 homeless in addition to completely destroying the countries staple crop of coconuts trees. The President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos has refused all offers of assistance from outside the country.
Britain and France Declare War On Germany 3rd September ( 1939 ) In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, declare war on Germany
