Milford High School elects officers and holds first PTA meeting
Milford Consolidated School elected senior class officers Jean Fry president Lois Cooke vice president Gladys Hanson secretary treasurer and Miss Welty sponsor Junior class officials Bernice Darby president Louise Hovland vice president John Allen secretary and Mr Bielefeldt sponsor Sophomore officers Timothy Wheelock president Edward Mc Cafferty vice president Sylvia Paulson secretary treasurer and Mr Pratt sponsor Freshman leaders Harriet Law son president Genevieve Brooks vice president Ada Lee secretary treasurer The first PTA meeting Friday featured a business session and a program with Superintendent Mr Pratt speaking on School Life and introducing teachers Miss Myers principal Miss Welty geometry government literature Mr Bielefeldt mathematics manual training and physics Miss Dickens seventh and eighth grades Miss Grinde fifth and sixth grades Miss Wise third and fourth grades Miss Heidkrass first and second grades Visitors included Morna Cole Ethel Townswick Cleo Christian Amelia Hanson Ruth Darby Kimble Peterson and Erwin Arlen Nelson Fay Beal of the sixth grade was absent sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Fry
Lois Cooke
Gladys Hanson
Miss Welty
Bernice Darby
Louise Hovland
John Allen
Mr. Bielefeldt
Timothy Wheelock
Edward McCafferty
Sylvia Paulson
Mr. Pratt
Harriet Lawson
Genevieve Brooks
Ada Lee
Milford Consolidated School
Pratt
Kimble Peterson
Erwin
Arlen Nelson
Fay Beal
Fifth Grade Scrapbook Keeps Maps and Pictures
Virgil Weeks visits Virginia for three weeks while fifth grade students assemble a scrapbook of maps and pictures. Students with perfect spelling include Katherine Tendall Harvey Beal and Evelyn Bloomberg. Miss Grinde spent the weekend in Des Moines and Miss Wise injured a finger, still in pain though healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Weeks
Virginia
Katherine Tendall
Harvey Beal
Evelyn Bloomberg
Miss Grinde
Des Moines
Miss Wise
Altho
County Attorney seeks injunction against Woolworth over bay rum case
Nevada district court hears petition by County Attorney Earle S. Smith to enjoin F W Woolworth Co from selling intoxicating liquor in Story County and statewide The action centers on bay rum lotion containing 60 percent alcohol sold in Ames The Des Moines jury recently ruled bay rum an intoxicant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle S. Smith
Nevada
F. W. Woolworth Company
Story County
Ames
Des Moines
St. John’s Episcopal Church
College
Lincoln Highway
I. W. Densmore
Story City
Nethergall
Collins
J. C. Jessen
Sam Hanson
Carl Ristvedt
Elmer Sande
James M. Smith
A. J
Hamilton County
Milwaukee
Jewell
H. R. Maudlin
Zearing
Ricketts
Funeral of Mrs. E. W. Sanders Held at Gilbert
The funeral service for Mrs. E W Sanders took place at the Congregational church in Gilbert with Rev J Himmel in charge and a male quartet performing. Flowers were abundant as a tribute to her, and her remains were moved to McCallsburg cemetery to rest beside infant son Clarence. Eva Belle Spencer born April 20 1869 near Fairbury Illinois died September 10 1929 at Mary Greeley hospital Ames aged 60 years 5 months 21 days, who moved with her parents to Story county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Sanders
Gilbert
J. Himmel
McCallsburg
Clarence
Earl Menzel
Eva Belle
David
Sarah Spencer
Fairbury
Ill
Mary Greeley Hospital
Ames
Story County
Milford Township
Boston
BE. W. Sanders
Claud
Floyd
Ernest
McCalisburg
Pleasant Grove
Dickinson County
Ernest Sanders
Claude
Grachtinger
Alberta
Wilma
Bobbie
Floyd Saunders
Calvin Randall
Hollandale
Minn
Arthur Spencer
Wisconsin
C. E. Clark
Marvin
Karl
Monticello
W. H. Reid
Sanders
Theodore Christianson
Kansas University
Harry Christianson
Simpson College
Indianola
Theodore
Zearing
Wayne
Ida Snyder
Andrew Wierson
Randolph Elwood
H. N. Bakke
Presbyterian Church
John Norton
Fort Dodge
The
Cave
Spencer
Holcomb
Conely
Art Dayton
Emma Bakka
Charlie Menzie
Nevada
Clarence Severson
Little Son
California
Allan Baumgardner
Lina
Kirkendall
Corcoran
Memorial in McCallsburg Area Notices Long Life and Family Ties
An extended village obituary notes the life of a Gilbert area woman, detailing her family, moves from Milford to McCallsburg and Pleasant Grove, marriage to BE W. Sanders, four sons, and caring for a granddaughter. It covers church affiliations, kin in Minnesota Wisconsin and Florida, recent community events, and local incidents including a school street accident and residents pursuing education and work.
Two Doctors Face Love and Duty Across the Sea
John Bates plans a medical relief mission to study tuberculosis abroad while Chester Hayes seeks Mary Hamre. Chester sacrifices his own career hopes and Mary marries John, surprising Chester at the pier as the ship sails, signaling a dramatic end to a tangled triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bates
Chester Hayes
Chester
John
Mary Hamre
Ches
Hayes
Mary
Chester Haynes
Relief Commission
Westchester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roland
ROD Publishing CO
Arthur J. Rod
Story
Hamilton
Hardin Counties
Iowa
OWA Press Associati
Milford
Bernice Durby
Genevieve Curtis
J. A. Snyder
M. D
H. J. Skarshaug
Magnussen Hardware
E. I. Rosheim
S. J. Michaelson
B. G. Dyer
New Hamilton Bldg
Sheldon-Mann Hotel
A. C. Allen Abstractor
Henry M. Bakka
Health and Accident Insurance
JENS
Egeland
Prop
O. M. Sevde General
John T. Johnson
Roland, Iowa
McCallsburg News
By John Smith
O. M. Anenson
Story County Credit Board
Pioneer Service Co., Inc
Incorporated
Iowa City
Paris Cleaners
Ali
Pathfinders
Donhowe Motor CompAny
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