Manchester Plans Park Improvements This Summer
Manchester officials announce Denton park will be upgraded with summer residents Mr and Mrs Burk to manage duties including nightly park use charges, police protection and cooking facilities. Plans include shower baths a potential community house and enhanced picnic amenities for locals. Knights of Columbus building to be rebuilt after 1925 flood damage under contractor A J Bruce with new tile and brick walls joining to the existing structure near Franklin Street central.
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Bpceial Service
Manchester
Billie
Burk
Park Board
Denton Park
A. Bewer
Denton ‘Park
Knights
Columbus
Franklin Street
A. J. Bruce
Tllinois
Presbyterian
Dutch church official resigns to accept North Carolina pastorate
The Dutch church official at the church on Thursday, honored by Rev. Ree, has resigned to become pastor near his old home in North Carolina. He expects to move within a few days.
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Thurwiay
Eeece
Panbereia
North Carolina
Charles City to replace early landmark with new brick garage
Charles City plans a new brick 124 foot long garage with plate glass front to replace the Fitzgerald rink landmark. Work starts May 2. Holt Motor Co. takes term lease. land leased from Mrs. Sam Hackley. Earlier builders Will Cook and Janes Greeley erected the rink. Also notes: Alvin Stickney, 22, bound over to grand jury on a statutory charge. bond $3,000. Businessmen elect officers for Co. Cy. Business Men's association. trade extension planned for summer. L. As. Fisher to Fort Dodge to police amusement park summers.
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Courier
Charles City
Fitzgerald Rink
Fitzgerald
Holt Motor ‘Company
Sam Hackley
Will’ Cook
Janes « Greeley
Alvin’. Stickney
McGeeney
A. B. C. Dodd
Co. Cy
Business Men's Association
George” ’ Buckman
George Wyatt
W. E.taylor
J. G. Legel
Lee
Fenholt
William Carr
G. Gray
Chris Hauser
L. As. Fisher
Fort .Dodge
Flat Dike Drill Night Highlights Cedar Valley Lodge
Twenty Cedar Valley lodge members from Dike join Grant lodge in a Monday meeting drill exhibition in Dike Ia. The event ends with refreshments. Also notes Fritz Frericks of Lanesboro employed at Belsen store. L J Babcock and Seattle guest visit Fond du Lac relatives. Forest Grove Mich with 20 population supports a 44 piece town band, despite five homes and two stores in town.
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Courier
Dike
Cedar Valley Lodge
Grant Lodge
Canton
Fritz “ Frericks
Lanesboro
Carroll
Belsen
Atore
L. J. Babcock
Seattle
Wash
Fond du Lac
Wis
Forest.Grove
Mich
Forest Grove
Hazleton School Lends Nation In Musical Activity
Hazleton Iowa boasts the largest school based musical bodies in the nation with a 50 piece band and a 50 piece orchestra drawn from a 160 student population in a town of 500. Formed 1925 1926 the groups have performed publicly and will attend the Northeast Iowa district music contest in Waterloo. Director Lynn L James oversees over 700 instrumental music students within 12 miles. The bands plan weekly summer concerts from a new band stand.
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Courier
Hazleton
United’ States
Lynn
James
Oelwein
Independence
Geneseo Seniors Hostess Receives Easter Visitors
Genesso Ia April 21 Miss Sara Randabaugh hosted a party for members of the senior class. Miss Golda Kane Cedar Falls spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Lee Merritt. Miss Fanny Witwer Cedar Falls has no friends here this week. Randabaugh was home from Ames for Easter vacation.
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Courier Special Service
Genesso
Sara Randabaugh
Golda Kane
Cedar Falls
Lee Merritt
Fanny Witwer
Weil Randabaugh
Ames
Newell Funeral Will Be Held At Fairbank Friday
The funeral for Willard Newell aged 65 will be conducted at 2 p m Friday at the home of his nephew Paul Romke in Fairbank. Rev Tu J Elwick of the M E church will officiate. Newell died Wednesday at St Francis hospital after a long illness and is survived by a sister and a brother.
Builds Hog House on Barclay Farm
Barclay Center IA April 21 J P Conrad Waterloo is erecting a new hog house on his farm here Mr and Mrs H A Cummings hosted Easter dinner to relatives with Mrs Rena Presba of Waterloo among the guests Mrs F E Lewick entertained Ladies Mission Society of U P church at her home Wednesday afternoon T H Cunningham is repairing buildings on several farms much seeding remains as farmers avoid mud in oats
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Courier Special Service
Barclay Center
J. Pp. Conrad
Waterloo
H. A. Cummings
Rena Presba
F. E. Lewick
Ladies’ Mission Society of
U. P. Church
T. H. Cunningham
Three Sets of Sisters to Teach Next Year at Grundy Center
Three pairs of sisters will teach in the same Grundy Center building next year, a local curiosity noted by school officials. The pairs are Carol and Laura Payne, Cedar Rapids. Sue and Ruth Dodd, Grundy Center. and Almeda and Ruth Davis, Grundy Center.
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Grundy Center
Carol
Laura” Payne
Cedar II
Sue
Ruth Dodd
Almeda
Ruth Davis
Local Obituaries and News Briefs From Des Moines Area
Dodd and Davin are dead. The Mises Payne's father died last year but their mother is Living. Miss Elizabeth M Gleason elected as one of two primary teachers for next year. Jack Heffelfinger celebrated his eighty fourth birthday at the statehouse. Charles Adams 19 is in custody after an accident injuring five year old Genevieve Streeter. Adams fled and borrowed a car from Sulan Blenfang for the trip to Marshalltown. Mrs Jabez Tompkins 85 died in Long Beach Cal. three daughters survive. husband died about a year ago. Mrs Ortha Wilson 78, visiting in California, is very ill.
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Genevieve Streeter
Adams
Sulan Blenfang
Adama
Marshalltown
Mra
Oge Allbright
Jabez Tompkins
Long Beach
Cal
Ortha Wilson
California
Iowa to Celebrate Arbor Day Tomorrow in Des Moines
Des Moines April 21 UP Arbor Day will be celebrated by Iowans tomorrow with Gov Hammill designating the day for tree planting. The Iowa Horticultural Society chose Plant a tree as its slogan.
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Des .Moinea
Hammill
Iowa Horticultural Society
Wisconsin governor who remembers patrons and faces
Madison today recalls Fred Zimmerman once a Milwaukee newsboy who sold more papers by remembering patrons homes and later used the same rule in politics. Now Wisconsin governor, he prides himself on knowing names and faces at receptions. He even introduces guests at banquets and avoids clutter around the governor's office.
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Madison
Wis
Fred Zimmerman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Quarantines and Illness Names in City Records
Measles quarantine mentions Donald Ross Farrell Irene Brockway Ger trude Mary Boardman Margaret Wardle and Washington Street entries. Whooping cough entry lists Jack Foster. Report notes extreme kiln temperatures described as 800 degrees higher than volcanoes.
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Donald Ross Farrell
Sumner
Irene Brockway
Basen
Gertrude Mary Boardman
South
Margaret Wardle
Washington
Jack Foster
Bayard
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Hazleton School
Geneseo
Hecker~h-O Company, Inc
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Newell
Fairbank
Barclay
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Mality
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London
Bank of England
Debe
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4Th & Jefferson
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Jake & Bill’s
Balbriggan Union
Oxfords
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