La Porte City Progress-Review (Newspaper) - April 6, 1939, La Porte City, Iowa OFFICIAL City and County Newspaper LA PORTE CITY PROGRESS- V I WANT ADS Cost Little But Get Quick Results BLACK HAWK COUNTY'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER LA PORTE CITY IOWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 6 at Annual Meeting Monday Afternoon Free Movie Also Planned For Children Girl Scouts Observe S 1 aX Receipts Up This Yeari La Porte City Lions Arranges Annual Easter Entertainment For dren of This Vicinity announced today by a com- from the Lions club which vis appointed Tuesday to prepare for the celebration The free movie open to all will start promptly at pm and will last about an egg hunt will be limited to between 5 and 10 years of aED and the children to an undisclosed hunting Around immediately after the show Children who do not attend the show should be at the y p m if they wisn to take art in the hunt Transportation the hiding place of the eggs has ecn arranged for all of the In addition to dozens and dozens f brightly colored o that all who take part get their share three bigger prizes have been planned by the ee First prize will go to the boy or who finds the golden egg second prize to the one who locates the silver egg and third prize to the one who linds the largest act of colored eggs Members of the Lions club have been asked to bring their colored eggs to and store not later than 6 o'clock Friday night Collections Up to penalty Time Friday Arq Over Licensing Also Shows Marked Gain Sewer Plant Work Starts Howard Fosse Wins Contest Howard Fosse win ner this week of the Bird hous contest sponsored by the La fort City schools with Alfred Butsch in second place Many fine bira homes were entered in the contest which closed Tuesday afternoon Order in which remaining en- finished Billy Kline Howard Fosse Williams Wayne Dillon Thomas Collin Hamilton The anniversary of Gill Scouting in America Engineers and or's Foreman Start Job Tuesday Morning i no inns Alvin Ohrt leit Higgle Collin Hamilton and Van Fleet 1 Several houses placed low be- of the material from which were made The openings in few houses were declared too Ismail for the birds to enter Golf Club Officers Work started Tuesday three weeks after contract date on con- struction of La Porte City's new sewage disposal plant with the ar rival of engineers from the office qf Young and Stanley Muscatine firm a foreman representing Frank Zobak Son of Cedar Rapids contractor Engineers Job Tuesday were H and A H Dun ton who immediately the task of surveying and staking out the location of various unit of the plant Mr Dunton will b on the job most of the time whil the project is under construction It was planned that hiring of crew of local men was to star Wednesday with the work gettin into lull swing by this week-end Biggest immediate task of th contractor is excavation of a z foot deep hole for the basemen and of the con re house Ground water is expected t be a serious obstacle in this pa of the work and plans have bee La Porte City Pythian Sister eld a school of instruction her with Mrs Lila Minkle f Edgewood deputy grand chief n charge Work was given in th wa More than of al taxes due in Hawk the first half o hia year had been collected by he time the penalty went mt Saturday morning accord to Anna M Decker count Dormer Resident ies in Waterloo Funeral services wore held at at p m today j Thusday fm Mi Clinton of La Tuesday afternoon at i icr home in Waterloo Mia lad boen ill since u ered nearly o year Boin Nettie Claik of Mr and Mrs James City 20 she was here on Feb to Clinton Komi They moved to Wa- from La Porte City m or At the close of lus Director an- tho Friday Miss Decker had co since January 1 of SI due for the When final count of checks in the mail in time for a March 31 is made the apparent delinquency is expected be reduced still further Receipts this year were ably higher than a year ago First half collections before penalty date in 1038 totalled only Paralleling the increase in erty tax payments dog owners in Black Hawk County set nil lime 1 high for registrations last with licenses issued an daughter Mrs Kittle aim two sons and Bryan C mi M of four grandchildren five Mothers and Claik of Porte City Mil Clark ol and Waltn Claik of and fuin sisters Ada Abbott of Ln City Ul l i Peterson of S D and Mih and Mis Woolman of Waterloo services were in the Rev Liemohn Mils dire'clm if tho Wartburg of college Iowa which will a conceit at was at West View tery La Porte City the and a candidate in the evening Mrs Minkler highly d Woodley Most Excel ent Chief and her officers and taff on the manner in which the of La Pol Temple is con- and invited the local egree staff to put on work at the in Waterloo this fall A gift was presented to Mrs Minkler in appreciation of her work by Mrs C A of the local degree staff Fifteen members attended a ner at Abel's cafe at Mrs Minkler was entertained Tuesday night at the home of Mis May me past chief increase of almost 100 over registrations for tho same date last year and within 58 dogs of the final 1938 bcit E pastor Presbyterian of f of- To Start Freezing Locker Plant Big Creek Farm Bureau Meets Farm Bureau of Big Creek township met at the home of Mrs Merle Tuesday for an day session with 10 present Lesson 4 on frozen fruits meats and vegetables was presented by Gladys Johnson home tion agent followed by a table discussion of table etiquette The opera Samson and Delilah bv was studied A planned menu was served at noon Freezing is expected to this week-end at lite newly led La Porte ity Locker Co plant and it is the ers will be cold enough for use by the latter part of next week Official opcninp of the plant will probably come the latter pait invited church Jubilee la on April p m compositions of this talented arc included on the conceit program Compositions by sohn Rachmaninoff Christiansen and other masters of songs aic inlei pi this well-trained singers have been high ill wherever the choir has A real musical in store for all who uic planning to at tend this concert La Porte City Man Buys Cedar Farm Cold Wave Hits City A 79 acre farm in Cedar ship was sold past week by Mac and George Fell of La Porte City for an pure of was living II Anton also of Pol te City Committees For New Year Are Named All-Day Session Monday Receives Annual Reports and Transacts Much Im- portant City Business La Porte City officials struggled through an and part of I the session Monday coni- annual reorganization tasks and finally adjourned the of the job foi two board first met Monday to receive annual reports fiom thu mayor treasurer and clerk covering the past fiscal year's business In the afternoon it met as the new board for the and and other appointments for the as announced by Mayor George Banger appointments in- Claims Brust and ites Police Burr Brown nnd Fire Light and Water lies and Miller Streets own Gales and Miller ary Brust Burr and Brust Miller and Burr No nk committee was appointed lis year as the park commission a year ago will continue supervise park activities rough the coining year 11 B Fields was commissioner and was city Monday evening the re- as a board of review spending the evening going ver the duties this board the voted to adjourn to April 7 nl which time it will sit as grievance board Final Hawks Game On Tuesday Night Big Church Fears of Bad Weathe Easter Day Follow Sharp Temperature Drop La Porte City women their new finery rueful middle of this week as cloud and thill win Expect Many April Plans for the coming golf in La Porte City are getting under way acre this week ing election of officers by the local night last week L J Tutt is president of the ub for 1930 Other officers in- Gene Kocher vice president Dan secretary Jame Robertson treasurer and Dr K is to be made on the old city dump and to learn how much water would be Engineers said one pit Tuesday showed water within three feet of the surface of the ground In addition to the control house the new plant will include sludge tanks and settling basins all located in the depression be the dump and the old septic tank Work on the project is to be completed within about five Twenty-Seven Churches to be at ering Here La Porte City Presbyterian church will piny host April 11 and 12 to a convention which comes here only once each of a century the annual of the Porte City unit Special guests at the convention ill include Mrs Smith Foster Thompson president and Mrs F H Kleas for missionary Meals will be served during the convention by the women of the local chuich Gertrude Gardner has charge of finding for those who will remain over night of th Society for Missions of Dogs Recreation Plan Talked and the meeting is held in each IB Fields L J Tutt C A Fosse IF S W M Slough Kline L J M Taylor and Henry Lamb I A membership drive will get I under way in the near future as step toward insuring a season on the local course Telephone Directories Out New telephone directories com- last by the com- printing department of the were distributed week to more than 800 sub- of the Farmers Mutual company months Good Friday Services Set them in turn It is anticipated that an nce of 150 may be reached the day of the nart to meetings of officers All sessions of the convention reopen to the public according to chareo and a Markets paid in La Porte City Thursday Subject to change with tout notice 10 Twenty-Five Minutes Services Will Begin at Friday Afternoon Lions to Hear Further Discussion of Proposed Local WPA Project Plans for a recreation projec City will be discus ed at an meting of th Lions club Tuesday next week Hawk county WPA when a A union Good Friday service the will be held tomorrow Presbyterian church bcp There will be a five minute service every naii hour Mowed by a five minute in- to those who e lalion of n project here local to be hired by directors in refugee bi ought fears the wealh will be far from Sund foi the Easter The dipped to Two Dead and Two ers Sick From Poison in Past Two Weeks Tuesday night the final of he basketball season be played This game is reating much interest in that the members of the Hawk quad Waller Dale Coburn Fultz Allan Coburn and Bud issued a enge to the school faculty bers of the Hawks squad The faculty members aie Tom ies t M H John Lynch and Irwin Goff Two of the Lynch and Goff have not out so the five Wednesday night foi the first time in days nnd past have allowed the ulty to select two other players Humors arc out that these two of the past Wagner of have former Big Six center s they Bob Curtis former Iowa Con- slow those of the Four La Forte City have alien victim in the past tu n weeks o an unknown dog poisoner of the animals ing- Latest victim was Sport big dog belonging to Glenn Teeter family and a familiar Mght the of La City for the past eight or ten Sport died Monday rooming a few hours after being discovered the home ill ith what was later diagnosed as Two weeks ago a doc ing to M L died from poison und in the time dogs belonging Dave Hines and V been poisoned but of charges of a penalty and dog lovers of the community temperatures of the ew days would i month ago us weie enough below those ol lnc previous week to bring The challengers offered ten or of storage and the two local I to the faculty The points have nut been accepted but the chances ire two from the Hawks will play with the faculty A game will be between the graduating of this years squad and he with another year of will the local fans i chance to see the for next season arc The first game will start at on his delivery loule The weather man however in- that theic is ti good chance the cold wave will have passed by Easter that is still room for hope that will bright and much warmer Snow Thursday kuil the outlook fiom being too bright Drive Is Started Several from the La Porte City attended a Kick-Off in Waterloo Monday noon for Kaily Diagnosis They included Mis Arthur of Spring Creek township Mrs J J Kelley fo ship Gibbons of and Charles less Mrs Glenn C Teeter of Big township Mr's Blair Wood of Jiggs Day Meeting Next Monday Night wi DC The conference will open a with a I which all w can attend only one 01 view to leave or to come in ing the five periods of the speak on spoken by Cross The from to p m It is contemplated that some local building fnr headquarters and that children ot the community would be given forms of handicraft expense to La Porte City it was said at this week's meet ng of the Lions club would be an og insist they will prosecute the of fender to the limit of the law if he is discovered Art Lange Wins Prize Hawk over the A bpccial meeting of all local people interested in this year's Day show haa been called for 8 o'clock Monday night at the city hall by Martin last Year's chairman Officers for this year's project will be- chosen at the meeting i roosters heavy He No l No NO i GRAIN Elevator Local Stores to Close on Easter 130 mornings over to a will be u convention b of officers P lace on the rone City stores which Bros r T and market Bros store I grocery Kline Bros grocery new Department store C A Brust Harold Johnson's grocery Ossie's cash market by T Paige Mrs loo of the Lions emu money for necessary materials M Ground Earliest garden report this year comes from Supt M n Taylor who said Tuesday that radishes in his garden are ready high enough to be hoed Most La Porte City dents however are just ready to have their Sells Most Used Cars in Contest For DCS Sales Area Mis J A Hawk county leal chairman in seal sale the and Mrs Teeter chairman for the southeastern part of the county reported sales of for Big Creek township Plans for the coming anti- tuberculosis drive were outlined in detail at the meeting Helen Gilbert county nurse will be in the La Porte City vicinity soon to begin the campaign in the schools and will go anywhere her services are needed Medical animations will be arranged f thc f the js me den plots plowed nnd planting fn general will not get under way much before the middle of this month Announcement was morning that Art Lange or the Leo Motor company Fora dealers here has been awarded irst place in n contest for the most used cars in towns under population in the Moines district He will receive in cash or a nine-day trip to the New York World Fair with all expenses paid Mr was aided in hiH victorious campaign by extensive used car advertising earned in tne by the Leo Motor company Remodeling made this For Apartments C A Fosse is remodelling the second story of his store building Bn Main street to form three em apartments The lower part ol the building is occupied by the and tavern the Pastime theatre and Diamond Bros grocery store Demand for apartments and houses continues acute Porte City and it is understood further apartments may be re- modeled this summer to meet the 9 AD INDEX Barnhart nnd Bremer Drug Brgwn Motor Brust grocery Pyam store Community Sale Christian Science Diamond Bros Federal Discount Gates Chevrolet Goodwin grocery Haven grocery Johnson grocery Kline Dept Store La Porte La Porte City State Motors Loveless insurance Milling Co Miles Nervine Moore Mill One Minute Paige general Pastime theatre Peck Bros Peter Pan Bread Toggery Standard Station Standard Oil Vinton Hybrid J Want ods modeled this summer to mcci for places Wolber IN SPA PERI IN SPA PERI
