Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (Newspaper) - July 22, 1948, Williamsburg, Iowa The Newspaper All Iowa County Depends On and Williamsburg Consolidated The Largest Circulation of Any Newspaper in Iowa County Iowa Countys Big Home Owned Newspaper JULY 1948 Number 48 Great Crowds Expected for Annual Tun Journal Tribune Congratulates and Arthur Clark of on the birth of daughter born July She is iSir third girl and Is named la I farmer Florine is the Victor Wardenburg g on birth of a July This Will Eash of township on the birth of orn July ine three daughters I NORTH ENGLISH Pat Hoey Badly Beaten By Two Men In Alley There Left With Fractured Skull Charged with assault and great injury William Whetstine I ST Merle Whetstine waived pre hearing in justice court Tuesday and were bound over to the grand jury at Lite Report On Condition Of Pat Hoey Favorable On Wednesday afternoon the comes in that the victim who 111 in a Sigourney hospital has re consciousness and that his for recovery are improv This is the latest word corn ling from the office of Sheriff Ithe fall term of bond of leach was fixed at Up to evening no one had come to go the bond of either I oi the The assault took place in an Idley in North English Monday Inight according to the charge and Ithe man assaulted was Pat lit is alleged that the two met in the alley and attacking beat him with a beer bottle so that the victim had to be to a hospital where he was the late afternoon of Tuesday in Not only was his fractured but he was beaten and bruised about his H is alleged that motive the attack was that of Unable to furnish bonds men were jailed and are in of the Iowa county I The attackers tried to escape North English but local intercepted them and in a time they were PRINTING IS NEWNESSES Local Plant To tad County Competition In Labor Saving Machinery Job Print Department out pt the parade in recent with the addition of much labor saving automatic mac e the is the Giant Automatic cylinder whips job work thru WOO impressions per hour doing a couple of hours what formerly K a press feeder all day to press Is especially equipped ugh grade color work and n now on two and three colors mfc on one sheet of paper will rule with many of the JT wrs who have found that Plant can and will do fine w competition with the big YOUTH GROUP GIVES INTERESTING PROGRAM HERE Large Gathering Of Church Workers Good Program Attended by one hundred and twentyfive persons interested in the youth for Christ movement in this county the meeting of that group held in the Congregational church Saturday night was a suc Quite a varied program was given to the profit of The service opened with assem bly singing of religious songs led by Dale Chaddock the official song leader of the organization in this A Whistling and vocal solo was given by Art Hebron of Eleanor Folkert played two flute solos accompanied atf the piano by her sister Phyllis Fol kert and Joan Shine of Victor Bap tist church and Marilyn Day of Community church gave testi monies of their experiences in the youth for Christ The offertory was rendered by Paul and Dorothy Titus of the Wesleyan Methodist church of The address was deliver ed by the Charles pastor of the Stevens Wis consin Wesleyan Methodist church and it appealed to live the full and true life of the The pianist of the evenings pro gram was Richard Stone of The offering amounted to IS PROVED BY TEST AND TASTE One Hundred Wells Tested Show That Seventy Supply Impure Water The old bucket has gone from the The rope and the wind lass have long since They linger only in the memory of ancient But new devices of bringing up the water from their depths has not improved the purity of water from any Only by sinking a well in a loca tion free from contaminating drainage and by covering such with a platform that does not allow any surface water to run through can a householder be reasonably sure of pure drinking News comes from our district public health engineer that tests and surveys made by the state health department reveal that in far too many cases the water from privately owned wells is capable of spreading such diseases as ty dysentery and summer Of all the water samples which are submitted to the state labora tory at Iowa City for analysis from privately own ed wells nearly seven out of ten are found to be unsafe for drink ing for this is that wells are often located close to barns or in low places subject to surface drain and some wells which would appear to be properly placed to in sure purity have wood platforms through which surface water may pass into the well The best insurance against jm purities flowing into a well that is otherwise well located is to have a concrete Another pro vision to be made in case the pit is time to time is to see that the pit is well If any well owner wishes to know what kind of water is drinking from his well he may send a sample to the sfate hygenic laboratory at Iowa City and for a small fee from the sender the analysis will be This service is free to scout Takes Plane From To Visit Mother Glenn Treat of Ohio took a plane there bound for Iowa City Thursday July IS at 8 arriving at City at 12 where she was met by and Harold Walter who brought her from there by auto that she might be with her mother Emily Walter who is recovering from the results of a fall which she experienced while down town last Walter was visited by another daughter Mathre who came for the day from Illinois by her husband FORMER ASSESSOR DIES AT IOWA CITY Services For Martin Hudepohl attended by Host Of Friends And Neighbors Martin Hudepohl who had been in poor health for the past four years July in Mercy hospital at Iowa He was a native of Iowa having been born at April on the Hudepohl His parents were Henry and Meta His father was one of the early settlers of His education was received at Johns Lutheran parochial school and at the Cedar Rapids business He married Mar garet Stohlmann of April He was a farmer all his For 25 years he served as assessor of Iowa He was a life long member of Johns Lutheran church of Home His funeral was held in Johns church July The Otto Beer was the officiating Norma Beer was the soloist and hymns were sung by the The flowers were in care of Willard Zuber and Herbert Pallbearers were Ernest Hude Henry Edward Art Herbert Stohlmann and Clarence Stohl Interment in Johns His survivors are his wife Margaret his brother Adolph of Williamsburg two Paul Stohlmann of Iowa township and Emil of Williams GET OUT DRIVERS LICENSE AND LEARN YOUR RENEWAL DATE AH Car Drivers Must Secure New Licenses According To Schedule For the benefit of all drivers o automobiles in Iowa helpful ane reliable information in regard to HARLEY WADE LOCAL TRUCKER DIES AT OAKDALE HOSPITAL Well Known Resident of Williamsburg Had Lived Here Past Ten Years and other public and civ ic UNUSUAL FIRE l HAZARD DISPLAYED AT MUTUAL new for better wiU fold booklets a rate 10 girls workim at space is being cleared arrival of our new our new is known straw an ow three or four summer suns and and drivers licenses a bulletin re the renewal of is set forth in from the office of the department of public safety in Des Moines and is herewith pub Here points to be are the essentia considered by the Harley died at the Sanitarium at July Not many weeks ago He became a pa ient at the institution after having been in poor health for about four At the time he was called or the draft in the late war he was unable to take military train ng due to He was born at North August a son of William and Bridget Burns He mar ried Ila Ford at March and from that date made heir home in He survived by his wo Ronald and by his mother and a brother Leo of North English and his sister Joe Kelly of Wade was a mechanic and trucker operating from He was well and favorably known by all with whom he did Funeral services were held at Marys Catholic church here Sat forenoon July 17 with the Father Toomey interment was made in Mic cemetery at PASTOR SUNDAY WITH RECEPTION Directed By Womens Society of Christian Service Basket Dinner Is Given DON QUIXOTE I holder of a drivers Every driver not al ready secured a license renewal should look at his license If a license number is unde he will not unti within 30 days of his next birthday after July If license is over he mus renew within 30 days of his nex Each driver will receive a post card reminder several days be fore his next No driver is to appear at a drivers license station unless he has received the postal reminder because the examination schedules have been worked out so that if only those drivers appear whose birthdays occur within the month they can be taken care of prompt The following examples are given Those whose birthdays oc cur in the month of April with license number over should appear and apply in March or April of Those whose birthdays are in October and the drivers have licenses with number over should appear in September or October of Those with birth dates in March and having licenses with numbers under should renew February or March It was five years ago that Pritchard became the pastor of the Methodist church here and with Pritchard and Ruth and settled in their parsonage The women of the society of Christian service of their church thought it would be appropriate for the church to ten der them some form of recognition on the pastors reassignment to their field by holding a reception at the This was done following the ser vice last Sunday morning when a large number of members gather ed in the parlors of the church for a dinner and Especially fitting was the event inasmuch as they were entering the sixth year of their work The time seems to have gone swiftly by for the and the The church has pros under the leadership of their pastor and his reappointment to the charge signifies continuance of progress for the Within the period of their and parents of came to make their home with It was here that Cox passed Cox is a retired railway employee and he too graces the Methodist par sonage home with his genial pre sence as do they Rural School Books May Be Exchanged The exchange of used text books used in rural schools during the past year will be conducted as usual at the office of the County Superintendent the first two weeks in August 2 and continuing through the Books may be left at the office any time after July All text books that are in good condition and were used in the rural with exception of may be Dwight Gahring and Dale Gahring took Will Gah ring and Mary Ann to Davenport where they spent the and Ahrens of Cedar Rapids visited Sunday in the parental Ahrens Children Of Europe In Need Of Winter Shoes And Clothing Anton Heitshusen is again making an effort to supply needy families in Europe with necessary clothing before Heitshusen has received many letters thanking him and the people of this vicinity who sent boxes of food and cloth ing before Christmas of last He reports that the children are barefoot now but hi the winter months ahead shoes will toe in Childrens shoes and clothing are critically needed be the cold weather Therefore it is necessary to send the boxes as soon as All those who wish to aid those in Europe are requested to leave boxes at the Anton Heitshusen FARM BUREAU MEET PLAN FALL MEETINGS SCHOOLS OF COUNTY TO BE OR NOT JO BE REORGANIZED SOON That Is The Question Which AH Citizens Should Be Informed On Party Attended By Ninety Young People Court House NEWS On July the final report of Herman guardian of Orval and Ruby minor was approved and he was On July P Zuber was appointed of the Of Marie Have Afternoon Of Enter At Home Of Howard Still Howard Still entertained the ladies of the York Farm Bu reau at her home on July Ernie Wallace discussed plans for the fall The ladies spent the afternoon sewing followed by a lunch served by Those present for the meeting were Ernie Lois Miss Esther Ross Earl Elizabeth Harring ton of Cedar Howard Carl Curtis and Howard The next Farm Bureau meeting will be held in the home of Lois on August GRASSHOPPERS ARE THREATENING IN COUNTY FIELDS All Crops In Danger If Young Hoppers Are Not Checked In Advance Grasshoppers are doing severe damage in some Iowa county fields of corn or clover and fa New seedings in oa stubble are in danger too as the oats are Young hoppers are easier ho killi than old therefore th earli est attack is the most Poison bran is still usable but each user will need to mix his own because there is no bulk mixing station as there was in A more convenient and probably some what more ef is the chlordane spray ap plied with either ground or air Trade names for this material are several but tne active in all is nonage it one pound of actual MOTORIZED CARNIVAL SHOWS TO PROVIDE ABUNDANCE OF NEW AND THRILLING ATTRACTIONS FOR ALL Celebration Promises To Be Best Ever Held Provided By Local And Kuch Querl Post Of American Legion Local merchants and legionnaires have issued an all out invitation to all fun lovers living in and around to attend the 1948 Annual Fun Days celebra two days of fun and frolic to be held on RED SOX TAKE TWO AND DROP ONE IN MEDLEY OF GAMES Defeat Of North English Puts Locals At Top Of East Central Iowa League The local Red Sox defeated here Friday night by a score of 9 to It was a hectic game with Dysart grabbing a lead early in the With the help of some local errors early in the game the visitors for a share of the time appeared as possible win Red Sox hitting and fielding came into their own later in the game led by Van homer to deep right center with two mates on Dysart got one run in the 9th but were re tired before they could knot the Joe Barker was Sox Heitshusen the Red had A meeting of teachers and board members and other person interested in the subject of the reorganization of schools an school districts in this county wa held in the grade school audito rium Monday night in Williams burg to hear a presentation of th proposition by Sorenson of Teachers College at Ceda the count introduced the speaker t the audience of about fifty person He pointed out the fact that re organization was the order of th day in the realm of public Iowa is not the pioneer in thi The state of New York ha made reorganization of its school a matter of practice for 35 years Kansas was a midwestern state t enact legislation providing for radical Actin under such authority the board inaugurated what was deemed needed elimination of certain dis and However this law was declared later to be un constitutional but much of the plan was continued in North and South Dakota have instituted measures of readjust ment of areas of districts in those In Minnesota the proposi tion is under way and a state ap propriation of has been made to promote the plan through a study of school areas and their needs in that There was a rejection of the plan in one state due as the speaker thought to lack of information us to what was needed and how the proposal would be carried He set forth that according to a national committee of tion a good school district is one that is comprehensive enough to meet the needs of all and that the system should permit the people to have a share in the operation of their The proposal to have inaugurated presents a com prehensive program which pro vides for the education needs on and secondary lev els with consideration of those youths who are college The technique of educational processes was exhaustively gone into by the speaker and some of the methods of the workings of the program before and after re organization were dealt The advocates of the plan or plans state that the whole purpose of re organization is to make the schools more efficient in meeting the needs on the different educational levels without depriving the people of their administration of double and a triple for the Red North English fell before the ax of the by a score oi burg city square Friday and Sat August Great Sutton Shows The entire theme for the 1948 celebration is built around the Great Sutton Shows which is Americas largest and most beau motorized carnival and which features a galaxy of stage stars presenting their free acts and an of thrilling rides and f Free Acts The Great Sutton Shows work ng in conjunction with Williams burgs community band will pro ide all those in attendance with a arge amount of free entertain Free acts sponsored and presented by the carnival clien ele will feature such attractions as Australian knife sharp Jungle African Glass Black magic and Circus Clown troupe complete with slack wire These lighly trained performers of the 3reat Sutton Shows will present heir free acts three times during heir stay in The irst free show is scheduled for Friday the second will begin promptly at Sat afternoon and the grand finale will begin at Sat Each free act will be preceded by a thirty minute 3 to 1 in an east central league The Red Sox runs Early in the game and had to be with a three run lead as Anderson North English lefty was in good It was a costly game however for Williamsburg as Clayt Henry on a sacrifice attempt broke a Joe Barker had to finish the game allowing but four blows to North This win put the Red Sox at the top of the C standing as Marengo dump ed Watkins in a 14 inning thrille Sunday The locals will mee Belle Plaine here Wednesday nl in a league game and Victor Sun day evening each being a leagu cold o whatever term you care to use wti what the Wilson Packers of Ceda Rapids did to the Red Sox in thi game here The score b the way was 13 to 0 and Williams burg did not get a run so figur it out who Local errors let Wilson single go for triples and doubles while the potent attack of the local bats was silenced for the Gordon Heitshusen pitched for the locals relieved by George Krause in the Krause finished the Wes Cranston and Fred Gittins did the Millersburg Man Heads Office Of Air Force It was 1940 that Maurice son of and Frank Bauer of entered the ser vice of the Army Air He is now Major Bauer and is ed at the Louisiana air base where he is in charge of the office of the personnel department having supervision of the flying records of all pilots in the entire During the war he was a pilot of bombers and for a time after the war flew bomber planes from one base to another over the western program of band music presented by the Williamsburg community band under the direction of leader Jack Jointly Sponsored Fun days this year as has been the custom for the past several years will be sponsored by the merchants of Williamsburg and the post of this com EIGHTY FIVE YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF Had Lived Through All His Years In The Locality Of His Birth The community of Millersburg saw the passing of one who had been a life long resident of Day ton Township when Jones Secor died at his home five miles west of July Secor was born in Dayton April His age at death was 85 3 and 10 He is survived by two sons and one One son Bernard is at the home the other lives in The is at Funeral services were held at the house at 11 July Hebron of Deep River Interment was made in Community His was a farmers life through out his From the vantage point of a long continued resi dence on his home farm he saw the world go In the extended span of his life he watched a mul of changes take place but through them all he remained in his native place a thrifty tiller of the On My Byron was appointed acting from to too of pw enough to insure distri bution over the That may be five or 5fl sprayed vegetation Summer Music lessens Will Be Concluded July 31 reports will be dis students under tbt nan continued July for t traveling IOWA COUNTYS ROAD FUND IS Board Of Supervisors HAS Transferred Emergency Fund To Road Building Iowa Countys road system was given a much needed boost by a cent of the Board of Super visor at one of the regular meet ings when it was voted to trans fer the entire amount in the county emergency namely to the road fund for immediate on the county Th amount of money available for road Band Invited To Herbert Hoover Celebration The Williamsburg which is under the direction of Jack has received an in to appear at the Hoover celebration at West August Drennan has been forced to decline the invitation due to the large number oj the regular band de tasseling and on Also the of in the summer band is so large it is not possible tq outfit them with Herbert Hoo vers birthday will be observed his at West On ttii of m at te tate to feed or A of
