13 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
1
Easter services will be held in Ames churches and at the college. The events will be richly decorated and mainly feature musical numbers as part of the program.
The morning service features an anthem by Kotscomar Solo The Lord is My Light by Flaxington Harker with Miss Ingeborg Svendsen and other solos. The evening program includes an organ prelude by Miss Clara McConnell and multiple anthems, solos, duets, and a trio.
The evening includes orchestra pieces by Phillips and selections titled Chanson Russe and Angel's Serenade. Vocal and choral numbers feature solos by Will Hauser and Miss Buckton, with an Easter talk by J T Houser and a final Festal March postlude.
Fragmentary church service items list music and prayer noting Clara D Thompson and R M Clark. Anthem King all Glorious Hymn 112 Benediction appear as readings or songs in a program.
Easter services at the Methodist Episcopal church start at 10 00 am with singing recitations by Sunday school and children. Mr Conaway will direct the morning music and an 745 pm service features Here Again with Mr Good directing and a sermon on The Moral Force of the Resurrection.
After a week break city schools resumed on Monday with pupils and teachers acclimatizing for the final stretch. Miss Emma Lester of Deep River is absent, her fifth and sixth grade post in Welch building filled by Mrs. F. Theis. In the high school, junior and senior planning continues for commencement. The 50 Juniors elected Clare Taylor president Anita Meltzer secretary and Dave Holden treasurer as they prepare to welcome the Seniors on May 5. The graduating class totals 46, with 27 girls and 19 boys.
The full choir will sing at eleven o clock Sunday morning mass and a three o clock Good Friday service. Musical selections include Gloria from Leonard's Mass in B flat Credo from Singenberger Mass and Agnus Dei from Bonner.
The program lists Processional Hymn 85 Service of worship and psalm, Gloria Apostles Creed and Festival Te Deum. Musical selections include Dudley Buck Anthem and pieces by Verdi Handel and Schnecker with singers Simpson Hensel Clark and Jackson.
Mrs. Pickett will present two pupil recitals in the library assembly room. The first recital is scheduled for Thursday evening and the second on Saturday afternoon at 3 30.
E. F. Keogh of Clinton takes possession of the Scenic Theatre from W. B. Ohle on Tuesday. Keogh, a Northwestern brakeman, has been a familiar Ames visitor and pledges to maintain high standards and improve shows. Ohle, leaving Ames with Mrs. Ohble for Texas, has built a local reputation and friends expect his absence.
F. B. Spence has purchased the Hardy building occupied by the A. L. White hardware store for about 5000 dollars. Spence plans to move his stock into the new building in about thirty days to gain more room and a permanent location. White has not decided on his future location.
A number of college people will attend the Iowa Academy of Science and Chemical Society meetings to be held in Cedar Rapids on April 28 and 29.
After sixty seven ballots in the Iowa legislature a deadlock was broken by electing Judge W. B. Kenyon of Fort Dodge to the U S Senate. On the final ballot he received eighty five votes to surpass the seventy eight needed. Kenyon, forty two, is described as one of Iowa's brightest men and will become a senate leader.
Ww W Marsh of Waterloo will address Alpha Zeta on Dairy Cow and Conservation. He has studied dairying in many lands and will discuss economic industrial and conservation impacts. The lecture is the final in a three lecture series and will be held next Thursday.
Passion week observances filled the college chapel with daily exercises. A male quartet sang each day as topics covered The Last Supper Garden of Gethsemane Trials of Jesus and The Crucifixion. A Sunday choir program includes Festival Te Deum solos two trios and a duet.
At the annual election on Tuesday J G Emerson and J S Dodds were chosen editor in chief and business manager of the J S C Student for the coming year. Emerson is a junior science student and Dodds a junior in civil engineering. A total of 228 votes were cast in a closely contested race.
The school board met in regular session Monday evening and transacted routine business. Superintendent Hicks proposed a salary increase for several teachers and the board will consider it before the coming year.
Ames friends learn Prof. Ashbaugh, once with J. G. White & Co., now based in London, is advancing in his field. He previously worked in Colorado Springs, Western cities, and San Francisco. His wife and three children are joining him abroad after recent relocation.
The winter waiting room for westbound passengers has been removed and stored until next fall signaling spring. Water has been turned on at Main street drinking fountains and tastes better than ever, another hint of the season.
In the intersociety declamatory contest at the college Friday evening Miss Mary Vaughn representing the Crescent society won first in the declamatory section and James Watson representing the Beardshear society won first in the oratorical section. Judges were Rev. Scott of Des Moines Supt. Fr W Hicks and Miss Tucker of Poone.
The Marion Green Quartette will appear at Agricultural assembly hall Saturday evening as the fifth number on the spring semester lecture course and the last of the outside talent. The remaining number will be given by the Mens Glee Club on May 6. The Green quartette comes very highly recommended and should provide some excellent music.
Central section No. 5 of the Story County Teachers Association met in the high school assembly room Saturday afternoon with about twenty rural teachers attending due to bad roads and city schools not in session. Prof. G. R. Bliss of the college spoke on School Gardens using charts, offering practical suggestions likely to be adopted, followed by a round table on topics submitted by teachers.
District teachers from the southeast part of the county gather at Collins High School in the assembly room this Saturday. County Superintendent I J Scott will discuss grading rural schools as part of the program.
International Night was celebrated by the I. S. C. Cosmopolitan club Saturday evening. The complete program published last week was carried out and proved very interesting.
The district court trial concluded with a verdict setting aside the will of A F DeCamp and awarding the eighty acre M C Ufford farm to Laura DeCamp the sole heir. The eccentric decedent had left most property to Co M Soper, but the jury ruled otherwise after contested proceedings lasting two days.
Prof Kildee leads a spring dairy judging class at the college to review and prepare students for the National Dairy Show next fall. Visits to the area’s top herds supplement the in farm training and class sessions.
The C. B. Nelson Construction Co. was awarded the electrolier street lighting contract at Independence Iowa. They will install twelve five light electroliers on the block with Mr. Nelson likely bringing a crew to begin Monday.
The H. S. Senior class chose Bachelor Hall a three act comedy by Rachel E and Robert Melville Parker. The play will be performed April 28 under Mrs H Clemmer. Cast includes Betty Vance Elizabeth Canady Polly Reynolds Norma Greer and others with Harry Hall Jo Eldridge and Glen Ufford among the listed roles.
Sunday morning at the Baptist church the ordinance of baptism was administered to Edith Sutter Hattie Eggleston Gertrude Phillips Grove Foster and Fred Woods all of Kelley.
Nevada celebrates securing the Adventist academy site after a bidding process. The former Stuart location will move to Nevada, with several towns vying for the opportunity. The project cost the town five thousand dollars.
Merchants in Roland will close every business on Good Friday this year as the town observes the day as a church holiday. The practice is noted as unique in the state, with the entire village participating.
The I. S. C. Cosmopolitan club campaign collected 115 dollars from students faculty and townspeople for Chinese relief. Similar efforts at other schools may reach 1000 dollars, sent to Louis P. Lochner for forwarding to the Chinese ambassador in Washington.
W. L. King of the King Printing Co. caught his left hand in a press Thursday afternoon. No bones were broken but the member was badly crushed and will likely keep him out of work for some time.
Dry winter with a drier subsoil and 982 inches average precipitation deficit since October 1, 1910. March was dry and warm, spring wheat sown between April 10 and 25, first week of April cold and stormy with heavy snow in northern counties. Farm work advanced, winter grains in good condition, fruit buds dormant with promising fruit prospects, acreage of spring wheat up, oats and other grains about the same. Warmer weather likely to come.
Sunday closing of the Ames post office appears to work well with no patrons at the carriers windows and no protests. Mail dispatch was rapid, and about half the usual force served. Carriers used the day to attend church, suggesting added churchgoers if more routes existed.
The sophomore class in animal husbandry at the college held the annual Dinsmore medal contest just before vacation. Wayne D Dins more secretary of the American Percheron Registry Association awarded the medal for best draft horse judging. Eight classes of horses were judged but results were not announced.
A young girl named Post from Nevada visited the T. Bates home south of town and suffered a fractured arm on Saturday.
Mayor tells residents to note ordinance 222 prohibiting bicycle riding on sidewalks. The misdemeanor carries a penalty from five to one hundred dollars. Citizens urged to ride with caution.
The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jake Cramblett fractured her arm Saturday in an accident.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W C Stephenson on Tuesday April 11.
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