Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (Newspaper) - July 18, 1957, Williamsburg, Iowa Rules Set Up tr Sisters of Swish L met with her last Wednesday evening up the final rufes tobe tor the Sisters of the i Gift certificates to any store in will be awarded to and 2nd winners from each m Ribbons will be awarded to lace winners from each at Mo registration will order to enter the Different categories will an at and wili be to come to elow are the following groups you may Oldest antique ensemble ss Oldest single Oldest person Youngest person Largest family in Best costumed Best Queen baby thro 15 original Publicity Ramona Hersburg Youth Is ted Leaves Monday of Millersburg forwarded for induction the armed Monday the 15th of will receive his basic training AGED RESIDENT FOUND DEAD IN JOHNSON David who resided near Cou Palls in Johnson county was found dead in bed Saturday July Sheriff Murphy and George Callahan were call the sheriff said death was due to natural David Joseph Luther was born in At an early age he came with his parents to this For many years he resided on a farm on the county line west of He attended the Iowa township rural He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Dalton of Iowa She passed away some thirty years Later he married Blanch Surviving are his three Elmer Hos of Richard Hos of DC Leo darsky of Oxford three Earnie Schropp of A Margaret Slaymaker and Viola Creighton of Cedar Rapids a Jake Luther of Cedar Funeral services were held at Tuesday in the Barta Hesser Chapel in Cedar Rapids by Arthur Schuldt of James Methodist Burial was in the near The Community District Board of Education met Friday afternoon at the high school office and set the tax levy for the coming school year this tax levy will be one of the lowest of any high school district in the 18 1967 Price Volume Number 44 Set Tax Co The total levy will be just under twenty five Due to the increased valuation added to the district by the recent school reorganization the levy to retire the recent bond issue will drop from mills to m ing ear The levy for fund has been set at mills The above levies will adequately take care of all necessary school expenses they provide for the in terest on and the retirement of the recent bond They also pro vide for the cost of operating the school system for the Doming school year and furthermore they provide for the purchase of the necessary equipment for the high school and the grade Rumors have circulated from time to time to the effect that a second bond issue would be neces sary to complete the construction of the local schools and to pur chase the necessary equipment these rumors are just not All phases of the construction program are proceeding under contract ac cording to plan and the equipment for the new buildings is also under The levy indicated above provides for all necessary school costs there will be no second bend issue and there will be no Many Attend Centennial Fun at C A very large crowd of 130 local people attended a ball game and entertainment at the Cedar ball park Friday The Williamsburg delegation met at the centennial headquarters and within 15 here were so parked at he northeast corner of the square hat it blocked traffic About 70 cars drove to Cedar lapids to attend the Williamsburg Taking part in the parade were and Bob who tad a team of mules hitched to a by Bob CENTENNIAL SQUARE DANCING above is a square dancing exibition which was put on by a group of Williamsburg folks Friday evening at the Cedar Rapids ball towns Municipal Budget Shows iward Trend According To Council municipal budget 1958 shows an upward trend in same manner as other budgets these inflationary 11958 budget pre I at a special meeting of the i council Monday shows increase of over this rs tal to be raised by taxation for purposes will be compared to this nir items account for the in lases sanitation Public enterprise and utilities ain the same as this and i is a slight reduction of in I hearing on the proposed let has been set for the regular meeting for proposed increase will boost from of as value to an increase REORGANIZATION PLANS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED IN Two more school reorganization plans have been launched in Iowa County of Schools Meloy One involves Millersburg and Deep River adjoining it on the west in Poweshiek The proposed River district would include sections of and would include about 460 school age Hearing date has been set for in Complete legal description of the territory to be included in the pro posed district appears elsewhere in this County boards of education of Paving Project he two counties will conduct the hearing in After final rulings on territory to be included 11 or out of the district are a special election will be f the vote is the dis rict will go into effect next In the meantime a new board of education will be If and when the new district is high schools at Millers urg and Deep River will continue o operate as It i s pos sible that at some future date a centrally located high school will be Areas described in the proposed district are as follows In Iowa English town all of the Millersburg con school Pilot Rows Hill dis Dayton the entire Lincoln southern 12 sections of the In Poweshiek Lincoln sections 25 and 36 and parts of 29 and on this contract is being poured by the recently developed No forai are staked ahead of the The e is carefully form about 4Q feet long trails the moving forward the mixer moves e was considerable Activity in last week as mem o the crew sought living accommodations here while the paving I under Some of the crew live in housekeeping which started Monday will be 22 feet wide and Centennial Pageant centennial pag Milestones in a Century of Progress has been completed and work in now beginning on the var ious phases of its Ted author of the pag eant is now holding of the Centennial Choir each Wednesday evening at at the Congregational At tendance has been building up from week to We are al ready assured a fine but we can still use more Dale Pierce has been assign ed the job of executive director for the He will coordin ate the work of the various com which either have been appointed or are about to be ap pointed and will help work out the overall details of welding it into one unified Those who attended the program of the Iowa County Educational Association at the Williamsburg gym in the will vouch for the fact that Dale is qualified to put on a good the job of staging the pageant will call for the whole hearted effort of many peo So if you are called upon to help get into the harness and pull to make the pageant a CAN YOU SUPPLY IT We are hoping to run an article on Marys Catholic Church to complete our series on the church es of We need a picture of the old church Thus we have been unable to lOcate an And for the we would JERILYN OLIVER TO PLAY BERNADINE ON TV PROGRAM Jerilyn Oliver daughter of and Leslie who has been attending the summer work shop in speech and dramatic art or high students at the days to be presented Thursday ind Friday nights this week at he University high school aud Jerilyn is a member of the cast who will present The Madwoman if in the role of There are six in the This will be the second play to be pre Thursday The first will be Young Lady if Two other plays will ie staged Friday afternoon at They will be The erl and Sunday Costs Five Pe These will be staged in theatre n the round style with the aud ence close to the She will also appear inone of wo TV performing Deep River all of like to secure a copy of the song XT of Nfl which was currently popular during World War It seems to be out of print but possibly one of our readers will have If able to furnish either the picture or the contact Ted these Deep River 5 and 8 and part of 6 The other reorganization now underway concerns Marengo and If voters approve the new it will be known as the Iowa Valley community school dis The proposed area now has 758 enrolled in elementary schools and 276 in high The plans calls for continuing the elementary school at Ladora where enrollment would be 180 to It is estimated that about 350 pupils will have to be The proposed area includes al most all of the area now served by the Ladora inde pendent all of Sumner township except that taken by Wil some 16 sections in eastern Honey Creek all of Marengo township except a frac tion of a section going to Blairs all of Washington township not in the Amana or Norway dis includes one section desig to Norway and Fair view dis in Hilton 95 YEARS OLD Last weeks article on old Bert Long created interest to JT readers as word was re by this reporter that Herman Webert is 95 years She was a long time Williams burg resident is now at Mount Webert is the mother of Ferd who is liv ing in and was born hi Blue and came to Williamsburg as a Extending English Water Main NORTH main is being extended in the west end of town from the Larry Miller residence to the Eldon Boerkman Businessmen Discuss Centennial Location siness transacted July around reports on the coming n raade a working noting every their of possible attendance at the cen if estimated there will hs people Contract been made with the Royal shows to be here for the with possibly nine r rides and 20 plus for free linear blocks of The which has handled traffic at Fourth of July events the during the cel the last traffic and par It is planned to nave soT less than 80 acres of parking o property is also being and GabrinS r Bert spent eight years Other com Soil District Election To Be Held Here July 22 July 22 is the date for the 11 meeting of soil tion district supporters and for the election of a soil district commis The meeting and election is scheduled for 8 oclock in the as sembly room of the Farm Bureau building at the north west corner of the square in There are two candidates for one six year term Carter Atkin son of Sumner and Howard Beyer of Honey Ed Kinsey is the commissioner whose term M ex airing and who is not a candidate He bus r wood of Eligible to vote are farm opera who tors and land owners within owa The program speaker will be a Brown from Iowa whose subject will be Water Resources and Laws Concerning The last legislative session passed new laws concerning the use of public water With water as scarce as it has been in some places the last few this in formation can be of great impor and Dean riding in their little red Crosley car and and Dwight who rode in their old Model to everyone present wds the square dance exhibition which given by several of who were dressed in their centennial Ken Crow was the caller and Newman Shannahan was the public address To top off bearded men of Williamsburg put on some old time baseball uniforms and gave a baseball They played about three The two teams were the Red Sox and the Blue Sox and be lieve it or these old time uni forms were very attractive and nice Can you think of any better ad the Williamsburg Cen tennial which will be held August 27 and 28 University of Iowa will appear in one this of the four Revive Softball at Kalona is being re vived A league of five local teams has been Lights at the local out of use for several have been put service Plans For Retarded Children Class Have Been Set Up The Iowa County Association for Retarded Children held their July meeting 6n July 9 at the Haack west of Plans for the class for retarded which is to start in the are There will be a family picnic for all members of the association on July 28 at n a cutting from Pat at the Haack Boones new movie of the same playing the part of Berna She will also give an oral which is a cutting rom Glass Other parts of the pro gram will include public original oratory and ex Front 1 to Larry Delmar Alvin Curt Roland Holden and Ed Back 1 to Eldon August Jim Jim Jim Harvey Harold Albert and Arnold Front 1 to Vincent Carl Frank Glenn Clair Jim Joe Lillis and Joe Back 1 to Frank Barney Don Larry Burton Frank Holz and Local Band To Present Centennial Concert Saturday The Community Band under the direction of Robert Gower will present its eighth sum mer concert Saturday night at In true centennial spirit the con cert will be based on old and new Such old tunes as Down By the Old Mill Stream by Tell Taylor and the popular old ballad Silver Threads Among the Gold by Danks will be contrasted by the modern Short Piece For Band by Otto Helbig and Bear Dance by Bela Old and new marches are also listed on the Miss Janice who was scheduled to sing two weeks but was unable to due to a failure in the system will be this weeks providing the equip ment is repaired in She will sing The Song From SCHOOL LUNCH WORKSHOP TO BE AT MARENGO A school lunch workshop will be held at Marengo High School on August for the school lunch workers in and Keokuk The workshop will be conducted by the State School Lunch Staff State Director Miss Hazel State School Lunch Nutritionist and live Field They will be assisted by Important Meeting Thursday evening July 18 at 8 there will be a meeting in of all Veterans of World Miss Nutritionist for Wheat Flour and June School Lunch Mana ger for the Ayr Public Hai Food Specialist from the Area of ture Office in Chicago will also assist in this The workshop will convene at There will be a reg fee of 600 to cover the local expenses including the noon lunch which will be a typical Type A lunch prepared under the direction of June County S PTA school board and any Rules On Queen Election Set Up By Queen Committee for sponsoring and elect ng the Centennial queen who will reign during cen tennial celebration 27 and were made by the queen committee Monday The contest will be open to sin gle girls between the ages of 16 and 21 merchants and firms will sponsor The spon soring merchant or firm may se lect a or any girl wish ing to enter the contest may ap proach the merchant or firm to effect such an Voting will be on the basis of purchases at stores sponsoring queen A ticket will be given for purchases either in cash or placed on and the buy er will the number of votes on the ticket and write the name of the candidate for whom he or she is Boxes in which to deposit votes will be placed in each sponsoring Buyers may vote for any necessarily for the candidate spon sored by the store where pur chase is Voting will be limited to on each In other maximum of votes on any one pur chase will be 100 though the amount bought may be higher than Voting will start and close Votes will be totaled daily and announced two or three times a Deadline for filing names of queen candidates will be Committee must be noti fied of the name of the queen candidate sponsored each mer chant or First place winner in the contest will receive second third Queen and second and third place winners inust wear Centennial dress at the pageant and in the Members of the queen commit tee are Bob Wes Crans Earl Arnold Mary irnest Huedepohl Accepts Position As Director In and Ernest Huedepohl will be moving from this opn after August to nas accepted the position of director of Religious education and the musical pro gram of Pauls Lutheran Church of a city of Huedepohl has been teach ng at Johns Lutheran school he past JT APOLOGIZES FOR OMISSION OF NEWS The this means to convey using public interested to ttw apology to Norman Kuddes who three weeks ago provided this newspaper with information regarding her son Harold who recently received his honorable discharge from military The news was set in but in some unexplainable manner was overlooked in the news Then to compound the the same thing happened the next But that did not end the type disappeared altogether last by that time both copy and proof had been Why is the explaining all this To demonstrate to readers that we want your news and are doing everything humanly possible to merit it and use it once it is by the JT our most humble Notify Rural Fire Patrons Provided With Fire Number Cards have Ween distributed the past week to all subscribers of rural fire conveying in formation to them on how to turn in a fire The fire alarm 81234 has been printed in large figures on the and Williamsburg firemen are suggesting this card be permanently posted near the subscribers In a few these cards have been sent to farm owners who do not reside on the If any tenant knows that the owner is a subscriber to rural fire pro and has not received a card he should get in touch with Wes WORD RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF CLARENCE REEMAR Relatives received word here last week of the death of Clarence Ree mar June 29 at a Chicago He was buried July 3 with funeral services at He was born son of the late Mary Grace Reemar and Charles Surviving are a Ray Scales of Chicago a Ed of San and a Don Jackson and a Mary Ann Scales of Clarence Leo Mahan and Arnold Schmidt of Williams burg were his Eliza beth Hoy and Fannie Grace of Ce dar Rapids were his whom he made his boyhood MILESTONE 1OO ANOTHER VIEW OF SQUARE On March milestone 100 had a picture tn which showed a view across the square showing the north side and a part of the east This would appear to be a companion picture that one showing the south and west The only buildings in this picture still to are Howard Garage and the buildings ou the ths Store Iowa
