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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
2
A mosaic of items from Valley City ND and beyond includes columnist riffs on work days and duty, a review of government war costs, local fund-raising woes, a debate in Bismarck on taxation, and a profile of Willard Lyon, a Valley City native serving with the Y M C A in Germany after World War I.
In Coblenz Germany March 18 a pastor with a red triangle on his overseas cap dispenses two cigars for a mark and gum as he makes change with scrap paper money to a long line of khaki-clad boys. The exchange occurs swiftly at the Y M C A canteen counter amid wartime rationing.
It is reported that a surge of building will occur in Valley City and vicinity this season. Thompson Yards Inc. predicts more and better structures, with sales including a barn and farmhouse for C. P. Enerson, gambrel roof barn for Fred Schulz, circle roof barn for Herman Noeske, and multiple homes and garages for Ed Romfo and others. The City Park Commission will buy materials for a park drive as part of the expansion.
Monday at the High School featured a Hobo Day with students dressing the part and performing. The band entertained, Nat Finney sang Cleopatra in Egyptian style, and Harley Wilds faced frosh pranks on his trombone. A debate on rides versus transportation delved into strong arguments. Prof Brown received a coffin prop, and the Hobos marched down Fifth Avenue after noon led by Richard Adcock, a Cuba area farmer visiting Valley City.
The Barnes County Fair Association schedules harness races and a Barnes county horse race with a $200 purse at Valley City on July 9–12 1919. Entry fees are $6 plus $10 the day of the race, added to purses, with eligibility rules for local owners and past racing days. Running races offer $100 in two purses of $50 each with $2.50 entry, all added to purses. entries close July 8.
In chapel Prof P F H Selden reviews Henry Maudslay’s life from poverty to London factory foreman and inventor of the slide rest in 1796. He urges educators to learn from Maudslay’s methods for today’s boys and teachers. Frances Sly reads War Verse selections by Foxcroft, McUrne, and Rupert Brooke, reflecting wartime emotion and art.
The board of regents granted permission to members to establish gardens on campus sites following an offer. Officials noted the move aims to improve campus grounds and provide educational benefits for faculty and students.
The Barnes County Older Boys Conference held last Saturday drew representatives from Oriska Fingal Nome Darey Less Wimbledon and Valley City. Delegates Newton Pederson James Griffith Theodore Pinney Hayes Stevens Roy Peterson Dallas Belcher F W Hillerson and Joe Messer presented parts on Efficiency. Resolutions commended the Methodist Aid banquet and church hospitality thanked milling firm managers for mill tours and editors for publicity and extended thanks to local hosts. Officers elected include President Joe Messer Secretary James Griffith Treasurer Roy Peterson.
The county superintendent Miss Faith Stevens has issued a 20 page Rally Day Number with topics including County Reading Circle Work Suggestions for District Rallies Eighth Grade Graduation Club Work Policies Night School Trachoma Suspects Sanitation Report and other rural teacher aids. The bulletin appears practical and worthwhile.
Under date of March 26 from Gondrecourt France Corp Power writes Lieut Carlson with the 88th division and discusses visiting Camp Hospital No 1 and North Dakota troops. Carlson is tasked with running a Y canteen in the 88th. Power notes two Bublitz brothers and hopes to return to Valley City by commencement, but fears delay.
The kindergarten held an Easter at home exhibit last Saturday hosted by Miss Jeannette McCoy and her class. Mothers and friends viewed homemade flowers nests with colored eggs and bunny rabbits, admiring the children’s daily work.
A fragment notes rare natural black diamonds valued as terctons and contrasts them with light diamonds found widely in the Fer i. It mentions the largest cut white diamond in England weighing 971 carats, about half a pound, and comments on the remarkable nature of these finds.
The Junior class announces a display of a perfect black diamond weighing at least 340,000 carats. The famous gem will be on exhibition from 8 30 to 10 p m on Monday April 28 in the Normal Auditorium.
A group of music students met with Mrs. A. O. Wright to organize a musical society. Nominations were made for officers and will be voted on next meeting. The society will meet Saturdays at 8 pm after other clubs. Membership includes Normal or High school students taking lessons in voice violin piano or band junior. Mrs. Wright spoke on American singers and played records.
The local high school seniors held a gymnasium carnival Friday night with a full midway. Booths featured patter on shows, a Kiss booth, a candy sold attraction, and a popular Trip Around the World. Bidding for luncheon baskets drew lively competition as youths enjoyed a successful social and merriment.
The Department of Superintendence meeting in Chicago lauds American public schools for sustaining liberty and democracy during World War I. It credits patriotic instruction and classroom teachers for youth morale and immigrant loyalty, while acknowledging inequalities in opportunity and pledging continued devotion to Americanism and world democracy.
Ed Romfo begins excavation for a new bungalow in Valley, aiming to develop a block with his modern homes. The project includes parts of a Catholic neighborhood and plans to expand the area with updated houses led by the Romfo family.
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