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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
1
Hoover backs the Books for Everybody program co-edited by Valley City public Library, praising library education as a measure of national civilization. The effort, supported by a $2,000,000 fund, aims to extend library access as less than half of Americans now have free public library service.
The American Library Association reports Norway with about 1,400 state-supported free libraries for 2.5 million people, while the United States has under 5,000 for over 100 million. The Books for Everybody fund of 2 million dollars funds a national library commission to expand service. An increasing number of Norwegian librarians study in the United States, including training in Albany.
Mrs. Agnes Rex of Grand Forks, vice president for North Dakota for the Business and Professional Women's club, has called a state meeting of all the business women's clubs to be held in Fargo Friday and Saturday July 23 24. Eight or ten of these clubs are now organized and it is.
Delegates will attend a convention in the new Commercial club rooms. Miss Cora Crowder of the Fargo Business Women's club is named chair of the general arrangements committee. Fargo Business Women's club members will host visiting business women. Details will follow. The event precedes the National Association of Business and Professional Women meeting in St Paul late July.
The Congregational Guild Rooms hosted Rev. W. C. Lyon and family with about 200 attendees. A 510 cash gift replaced furniture options, honoring nearly 12 years of service before their move to Gary Indiana. Local speakers praised the Ly ons while music and readings entertained the crowd.
The ode reflects Lysander students bidding goodbye in autumn 1915. It notes the warmth of “the kids,” the sense of closure as “goods go by,” and the hope their paths lay in bright places. The gathering ends with two verses of Old Lang Syne and a blessing by Rev. J. S. Wilds.
A well contested wrestling program at the Club Bowling Parlors featured Anderson retaining his local title by taking two falls to Frank Cassik Known as Sessik from Aberdeen Also on the horizon are more bouts with strict rules against frame ups and faking Manager Hubbard vows fair play and equal gate split The next match set for Thursday June 17 at 9 30 pm will pair Nels Anderson undefeated champion against Frank Cassik who promises to rebound in their return bout
Registration for the first annual North Dakota Sunday School Association convention opens in Minot on Sunday June 18 and is the largest on record. Walter S Athearn of Boston University will speak. an institute on Daily Vacation Bible School will be held with Bertha R Palmer and Harold F Humbert as instructors. The Western Passenger Bureau will issue certificates with full‑fare tickets to boost attendance.
A geography class from the Normal school plans an afternoon hike to Oriska to study the glacier movement that once covered the area. If rain or a calamity prevents it the trip will be postponed.
The Courier-News touts supposed 1920 crop savings on dockage and grades based on Professor Ladd, but a discussion of Red River wheat markets shows prices adjust to where buyers pay more. Farmers cross to Minnesota elevators for higher returns, contradicting the claimed multimillion gains and exposing the figures as fabrications to bolster a political cause.
A local editorial extols Valley City's growing beauty as shrubbery and trees flourish home by home. The Northwest Nursery Company is credited with supplying and planting much of the greenery transforming the northwest area into a blossoming, picturesque part of town.
The article highlights a major locally important institution in Valley City. It notes the Northwest Nursery Company employs many residents who spend earnings in town businesses and invest in personal property improvement. The narrative presents the nursery as a valuable community asset and economic driver.
Valley City delegates led by R. Dahmen returned from Fergus Falls Minnesota where thirty six members and six ladies impressed as the best boosters. The Valley City band wore butterfly lapels and played while the group urged hosting the next Grand Council convention in 1922.
Clionians present five framed works to the society last Saturday. Diego Velasquez portraits and four Rembrandt paintings including The Old Woman Cutting Her Nails and Pilate Washing His Hands showcase rich color harmonies and dignified subjects. The works will join the permanent art collection in the Clionian room for public viewing.
The twenty eighth annual commencement at the State Normal School runs from June 19 to June 24 with events each day. Highlights include Training School Exercises, the Senior Sermon by Rev Henry Hoag Frost, the Senior Class Play, Herrick Trophy Contest, Alumni Reunion and Banquet, and the Commencement Address by Dr Lotus D Coffman of the University of Minnesota.
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