Local notable visits and meetings in town this weekend
Mr and Mrs Jack Schiele spent the weekend in Wilton Junction with relatives. Ford Korn and Chas Korn visited relatives in town. Chas Croll and Clarence Croll visited family and Des Moines. Miss Lorel Hendricks visited her parents. Mrs Wm Bruinekool returned from Alton after weeks with her daughter and son in law. Several church and college officials visited including Rev Vander Linden Rev Rutgers and Dr M J Hoffman. The Van Houweling Wyllis Overland office moved to West First Street. Diamond jubilee events drew attendees including Mrs James Gardner. White Way Auto Co reported new car deliveries including a coupe and two coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Schiele
Wilton Junction
Ford Korn
Marshalltown
Chas. Korn
Oskaloosa
Chas. Croll
Newton
George Croll
Clarence Croll
Des Moines
Wm. Bruinekool
Alton
E. L. Hoeven
Nick Bogaard
Home For
N.L. van der Linden
Central College
William Rutgers
Grundy Center
Pella
Christian Reformed Churches
van Houweling
The
Wyllis-Overland Company
West High Street
West First Street
College Board Plans Renewal of Articles of Incorporation
Central College notes include annual meeting of the Board of Trustees to renew expired incorporation articles and revise constituency rules to include churches. Reports from President Wesselink and Treasurer Vanden Berg after audit by Stivers Company precede acceptance of the Alumni Record. Masquers present three one act plays then a lecture by J Stitt Wilson discusses democracy and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesselink
Vanden Berg
Stivers Company of
Des Moines
Eighteen Busy With International Correspondence Debates
Orville Dykstra receives a letter from Breslau Germany as German class members exchange correspondence with foreign youths. A Carthage College team sparked a debate with D Kolenbrander H Van Wyk and Henry Eggink presiding. Women and men debate at Parsons and Lowa Wesleyan later. The Russian Cossack Chorus visits the high school next Tuesday with uniforms. Campus Day may be celebrated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Dykstra
Breslau
Germany
Carthage College
Illinois
D. Kolenbrander
H. van Wyk
Henry Eggink
Parsons
Lowa Wesleyan
Europe
Mexico
Central America
Nighttime Motorcycle Crash Ends With Rider Unharmed
Friday night on West Washington street a motorcycle hit the dip, overturned, and dragged the rider a half block. The machine caught fire but was put out with water. The rider, in a sailor uniform en route from Florida to North Dakota, said this was his 19th accident since leaving the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Goad
Dutch Mill
Gerrit Weis
West Washington Street
North Dakota
Florida
South
Winter of 1877 Milder Than 1930
Des Moines reports the winter of 1877 78 as the mildest in a century, with Iowa's three winter months averaging 32.2 degrees above normal. Data shows 1819 20 as earliest record, followed by 1881 82 and 1930 31. The 1930 31 season is noted as the driest in 58 winters, with 0.25 inch statewide in February 1931 and 0.21 inch in the historic 1877 February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Round House Round Hours Visitor Question
Visitor asks about work length and is told the regulation length is sixty minutes. Hester confirms the rule limits shifts to one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round House
Hester
Old Timer Remembers A Simpler Time In Town
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls past times when life felt slower and stranger in town. The speaker contrasts a sewing machine and cow with a sport roadster and bank line, notes fewer panhandlers, and recalls wives wielding rolling pins, girls reacting to wild horses, leftovers as chicken feed, and youths steered onto the right path.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lorel Hendricks
Mrs
Udell Hendricks
M. J. Hoffman
New Brunswick
N. J
James Gardner
Omaha
First Reformed Church
A. Doedyns
G. H. Wormhoudt
John Wormhoudt
Ottumwa
H. Wormhoudt
Murray Steinkamp
Rariton Tlinois
John Steinkamp
Hull
Orange City
White Way Auto Co
Carl van Houweling
Fred van Maanen
Joe Dahm
For
Jess
J.C. Penney Co
Franklin ST
Pella, Iowa
College Board
Alice Manson
Gertrude Bensink
Florence van Sittert
Henrietta Kreger
Edna Beyers
Ruth Dykstra
Ellen Boot
Wilma Pals
Claribel Dykema
Michael
Leslie Sheets
Second Reformed Church
England
America
Christ
Henry Veldman
Reformed Church
S. Vander Werf
Hoffman
Central
Wilkins
Tysseling
Davis
Denekas
H. Kregel
the Reformed Church
Leighton
Mr. Unger
Fremont
Henry Boeyink
Cenie
University of Illinois
Washington
Pelia, Iowa
Oleo
Prunes
United Brand
Great Northern
Red River Valley
R. R. Ohio
R.r.cobblers
Vogue
ANE
Korn’s Bakery
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