New Market Herald (Newspaper) - January 28, 1932, New Market, Iowa VOLUME XLVII NEW TAYLOR 1932 NUMBER 51 Doings of the Public School Weekly News Furnished By the Pupils and Teachers During the month of January the average daily attendance in the high school was only The Seniors had the best average with their 17 members having an at tendance of There were only 5 tardies in high school dur ing the At the beginning of the present school month last Monday there were exactly 100 high school pupils enrolled of this number 58 are girls Sixtyeight of the 100 enrolled are nonresident The pupils of the elementary grades had an average daily at tendance of pupils for the bad weather caused much There were several new pupils enrolled during the and there were 106 pupils in the first eight grades at the beginning of this weeks making a total of 206 for the en tire The basketball boys on the re serve squad will play a practice game the Gravity seconds here next Wednesday Our boys went over to time ago and won a close game The game here will begin promptly at and the public is invited to There will be no admission After this game the first team boys will hold their practice On account of the tournament the school news staff did not get to interview Watson for the summary of his but we will be sure to have it ready next week The folio wing weeks we plan to give a summary of all our high school one each In economics we are working on a project to see if New Market spends their money We plan to secure an average estimate from the merchants of this town what is spent for the purchase of tobacco in all forms for a In another project wrote to the superintendent of schools of Page Taylor counties to learn the average salary of the rural school We are also com paring the average salary of the teachers of the town schools of Taylor for a three year period to the salaries of the New Market teachers over the same We expect to have all the results sum next week and if we do we will publish the results in the school The New Market High School band under the direction of Weaver has grown to be a good having six cornets played by Herbert Otis Paul Laura Merwin Hicks and Ruth one trombone by Dale Beauchamp two baritones played by Neil Pella and Marie Hayes two altos play ed by Ralph Pratt and Carroll Luther three clarinets played by Miss Clark Shreck and Wilma Shum two saxophones played by Miss Buchanan and Miss Cooper and one drum played by Clifford The Junior class ing candy bars at We have all We has been sell the basketball cleared sold them at the tournament last Thursday and taking in after the candy bars were paid We al so sold Eskimo pies and gum at the The purpose of selling these candy bars is to raise money for the ban quet that we have in the spring We took in approximately from our Junior play given last making us a total of The basketball boys teams go to Bedford this week end to play two games with the teams The Miners split the double played with Bedford here just be fore the reserves losing and the first team The girls go to Blanchard Friday where take part in the Little Seven Their first opponent will be the Coin girls at and if they win this game they will play College Springs Sat afternoon at Other teams entered are Braddyville and The Senior normal training girls have been teaching a favorite poem of three or four chil dren from the grades to which the poem was During the teaching of the poem the pupils were permitted to gather pictures which they thought illustrated the Booklets were made from different colored paper for the pupils to paste the pictures In English II the Sophomores are studying Sir Walter Scotts The Lady of the To help us to understand this poem we are making book lets illustrating the It is divided into six cantos or chapters We are required to have at least four illustrations for each In agriculture the Freshmen are debating over how long the people in New Market could live if no more food were shipped and all they had to eat was what is in the stores and peoples homes at the present This project proves how much we depend upon the farmers throughout the Combination box score of the tournament games G Ft Pts 3 2 c 4 R 5 0 9 f 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 15 22 26 10 9 0 0 2 2 0 Pf QFt 0 12 3 4 12 0 6 12 3 10 12 7 9 12 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 70 1 0 18 86 3112 18 The last column is the number of free throws Following is the financial report of the boys Little Seven Confer ence tournament held here last Friday and Saturday Total receipts were Expenses were as follows Ref leaving balance of New Market received 25 of the net or leav ing The teams were al lowed 25 cents per mile for travel ing which amounted to leaving a balance of 21 or 3 cents each to the visit ing No doubt the fact that New Market lost the first game had a considerable bearing on the small attendance Clarinda of Invites Farmers As announced last the Clarinda Chamber of Commerce invites the farmers to attend a banquet and discussion of the in come tax question in the base ment of the Armory theatre to morrow Friday The oyster supper and all the trim mings will cost but 25 cents and will be served at seven oclock fol lowed by the Two of the best speakers in the state will take part in the discus Leonard mem ber of the house of and a candidate this year for lieutenant will speak in of the tax and Q editor of the Council Bluffs will speak against the Everyone should be interested in this question as it will be a vital issue in the coming state campaign and this will give an opportunity to hear it discussed by two of the best read men in the state on this particular America now has more crime than most other but that is because most of our crimin als come from other The good old days were those when parents would now and then forget themselves and speak to their Many Upsets in Tournament Northboro Won Championship From New Market Won The boys basketball tournament of the Little Seven Conference held here last Friday land Satur day held many surprises for the In the first place New Mar considered one of the strong est teams in the was defeated in the first game of the tourney by Blanchard 29 to At the half New Market was lead ing 22 to 12 and it looked almost impossible for Blanchard to over come this Just what was the trouble with the no one seems to but in the third quarter they failed to register a single point and only three points in the final Be it Blanchard has a good being considered one of the strong teams of the In the Blanchard was again the favorite to win and they were defeated 21 to putting them out of the running The biggest upset of the tournament was the game between Braddyville and Yorktown Saturday No one conceded Yorktown a chance to win but during the final minutes of play they nosed out their op 23 to This put York town in the consolation finals to be played against New the latter winning by a score of 29 to Four medals were given during the Northboro win ning two and Essex and New Mar ket each Northboro won the trophy for championship team and also the trophy for the most points made from the free throw line dur ing the They made 15 out of 26 while Essex and New Market were tied for Essex making 13 out of 26 and New Market 18 out of Essex won the trophy for and Slew Market won the consolation Following are the scores of the games First Blanchard New Market Essex Coin Northboro Braddyville Springs Yorktown Northboro College Springs Essex Blanchard New Market Coin Yorktown Braddyville Championship Northboro Essex Consolation New Market Yorktown Grand Master of Odd Fellows Here Samuel Whiting of Iowa grand master of the Odd Fellows lodge in was in town over Monday a guest of and we ac knowledge a very pleasant call Tuesday Whiting was on his way from Clarinda to being on a tour of the state visiting the different and took occasion to visit Hook while passing Whiting has been a member of the Iowa general as sembly and is this year a candidate for congress from the First district Arthur Clabaugh Has Arm in Sling Arthur Clabaugh is carry his arm a sling as a result o a dislocated some time Just when the shoulder was dislocated he caims he doesnt but it is reported that he and Les Alexander had the boxing gloves on one evening at a schoo board meeting and later he the dislocated Whether they were trying to settle an argu deponent sayeth but anyway the shoulder is giving him some and it probably wil be pretty sore for some Maybe the reason they don use liquor to christen ships with is for fear the might eat a hole in the out of which the ship is Many Weddings the Past Week Apparently Nows the Time to Fall in It was a great surprise to the friends of Miss Nora Bloom to earn that she had acquired a new being now Paul Morris The wedding occurred ng Day in Nebraska City when 3aul Morris and Miss Nora Bloom were united in marriage by Judge Simpson The bride is the daughter of and Bloom and is one of the charming young ladies of the She is a graduate rom the New Market high school n the class of and has since jeen teaching in the rural schools of her having con fined her teaching to Dallas town which speaks most highly of tier ability and standing in the The groom is the son of and Morris of is a graduate of the Bed ord high school and for the past ew years has been assistant man ager of the Bedford Battery and Morris will be at lome to their many friends at 805 Madison The many Newt Market friends of the bride hasten to extend learty congratulations to the new and wish for them a long ife of prosperity and contentment Kenneth son of Pearl and Miss thel daughter of and Tom Alkire were united in January at Thompson of the per the The contracting parties were ac companied by Miss Dorothy Al ire and Paul The was dressed in a medium lue flat the groom wearing dark blue Both the bride and groom are New Market pro having grown to maturity n this Both are graduates of the New Market high the groom in 1929 and the in They have a large of friends who rejoice with in their new relationship and ivish them a long and happy mar ried The newly weds returned to New Market Saturday where they were entertained at a wed ding supper at the Miles Shore after which they went to the Tom Alkire They will go to housekeeping at once at the arm home east of Crawford will finish her school where she is teaching at Another wedding of which we were unable to get the particulars for last week was the marriage on at of Bennie Carmichael of New and Miss Goldie of They were accompanied by Tressie a sister of the groom Raymond Hutchison of Cla and Miss Letha McNees o The groom is a son of and Clayton a gradu ate of the New Market high schoo class of well known in the He is employed a the Pullan coal The bridi was a sophomore in the Gravity high and is a ter of and Jasper Wise We join their many friends in extending hearty congratulations wishing them a long life of happi ness and Old Adams trouble came his but this day in time the troubles of a lot of fellows come from their When we hear some of the pro grams that come over the radio w can understand why most radi sets Important News From the County Seat Weekly News of General Interest Fur by Franklin Georgia who is managing license ap estimated that there is at least 1500 drivers in Taylor who have not yet applied or the County clerk of the district court has completed a compilation if the bar docket for the first term if court this year which will con rene February He stated that here are about 135 cases none of which are very copy of the docket is now be ng At the end of 1931 there were cars and 172 trucks register Up to the present date the has issued 2944 car and 56 truck It is quite like y that from now until the end of he month there will be quite a ew cars according 0 the deputy People have not licensed their cars will probably take advantage of he whole then at the end f the month give this office quite a To it was interesting to find hat the county was paid luring 1931 for interest on money in various county During 1931 the county had de in two Taylor county banks hat closed during the The has realized payments from he Farmers and Merchants Bank at Sharpsburg in sum of all heir deposits in that bank except was the balance of money in the First Nation 1 Bank of Blockton at the time hat bank failed to open its doors or further This money to be paid in full from the state sinking last summer a Daven bank having over of the sinking funds tioney on likewise failed o sustain its battle with De and put the sinking fund n a financial strait so that it was unable to pay various county loss is due to other bank A complete payment of the money lost in the Blockton bank may be expected sometime during he current Elmer living near Bed not guilty to a harge of intoxication before May or Saturday His bond was set at and was bond over to the grand has been in the county jail or about 2 weeks pending At the end of the year 1931 Taylor county had on according to the annual re port of the county This amount includes fees for car and drainage which therefore makes some of this money not of true county The county has but about 000 of its own money as surpluses from all various county funds left from This amount includes the left over from general emerg and poor changed from a Bedfords justice court to the Justice of the Peace at Henry and James were fined and by Justice Ray of The brothers were to have committed and bat tery on Marlin Parks living near the Stephens about five miles west of last It was testified that Parks received severe cuts and bruises about his The motive was supposed to have been founded in a debt the Stephens brothers owed According to county William prosecuting the pair fined are now in the county bastile as a result of failure to pay their Parks through his Davidson of has filed an original notice asking for damages for the bodily injuries that the brothers are reported to have in taxes taxes that were paid in 1931 for taxes that were due in 1932 had been receipted for by the county treas urer before the first of this According to that this is the largest advance tax payment on The sum represents 25 county taxpayers February 2 has been set as the time for a meeting of all county peace The meeting is under the direction of Charles county It will likely be held in the The state department is sponsor ing the their intentions being to instruct the officers along their professions Dallas Dennis and Frank Hunter and Elmer Roberts truck ed hogs to the Shenandoah market Thompson and Dar rell from visited with relatives and friends Sunday and and Earl McAlpin and family spent Sunday evening at the Worthy Werts and Bloom and amily were Maryville visitors Harris and Frank Hunter business in Bedford Mable Worthington is visit ng relatives in Lone The program committee met at he school house Monday evening o make arrangements for the pro gram they are giving in the near and Max Williamson ivere visiting at the Lew Van Al tine home Dale Van Alstine traded his Chevrolet car to Eddie Madden or his and Guy Morris and amily were Sunday afternoon call ers at the Roy Rowlings and Lloyd Wilson of who have been the last few months at were visiting with their Jess Minor and family one day the first of the Before adjourning until Febru ary board of supervisors cut the pay of road constructors and maintainers about 20 in al They also resolved that any skilled or high wage man when doing other labor would re per hour instead of his wage when performing January 28 and 29 havi been set as the dates for the an examinations of rural teachen holding The exam will be given in the super office in the cour house by the county superintend Anna NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS Items of General Interest Taken From Our Its a cold day when some new stunt for panhandling money is not reported from somewhere in Here one from Inde It seems that a strang only reasonably well dressed and apparently very stroll ed into a cafe and for a meal One of the owners was touched by his pitiful tale and ordered a After consum ing the food the man arose and thanked the As he did so he took a handkerchief from his pocket and out dropped a twenty dollar On the sight of the money the cafe mans sym pathy changed to anger and he de clared that anybody with that much cash should not be begging for He took the from the deducted 50 cents for the meal and returned But later in the the cafe man went to the bank to make a he discovered that the was Although the schools of Iowa show a slightly less enrollment than they did thirty years the average daily attendance is 25 per cent greater and the graduates of high schools have more than declared director of research in the depart ment of public instruction of Iowa in a recent One of the rather unique bits of information Williams was that there are more school officers in Iowa than there are school teach In the latest available the schools of Iowa cost the taxpayer sixtyone millions of The same year Iowa paid for certain luxuries one hundred and fortyone and for passenger automobiles three hun dred and seventyfive The board of supervisors of Floyd county recently made a close scrutiny of the names on the public charity roll and here is the result Two brothers on the list have homes of their own besides having their cellars filled with potatoes and apples and other food while another is on the list who has had employment right Another case was of two young women being supported by the but when it was found that their folks were they were given a chance to reduce their Still another case is that of a man receiving aid and yet who has money to make payments on an The state highway commission has purchased a number of high powered snow plows of the latest design and most approved The truck is a giant FWD with a 90horsepower 6cylinder motor and has a snow plow attachment that will clear 8 feet of roadway before The a La Plant is of the newest design and is detachable from the truck by the simple operation of removing four The process requires about fifteen Special for Custom regular price per 100 Special for per 100 Place orders early for baby Wilson Gravity and 50tf After having their bond set a and their venue j For I herewith announce my candi dacy for the office of Sheriff of Taylor subject to the decision of the Democratic voters at the June primary elec Your support will be ap Jesse The man who is going to get along best this year is the one who forms a merger of hope and Another thing our grandmothers never had to contend with was some fellow coming along and nos Notice of Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing be tween the undersigned as a lumber business under the firm name of Rose Tuttle has this dissolved by mutual con and that the business will hereafter be conducted at the same place and under the same name by Rose Tuttle a who have assumed all the obligations of the old and who alone are entitled to re payment of debts due All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to the partnership are requested to make Rose Tuttle the cor at Rose Tuttle Jones Done at New this 1st day of 513 Unemployment has its bright side after Its going to make a lot of fellows put higher values ing them out of a good parking j on their jobs when they do get them
