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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1927
Page
13
An inquest was scheduled after the death of 77 year old Mrs J E Fortier who was struck by a car driven by Harold Klinger at the Seventh street and First avenue intersection in Oelwein Iowa. She is survived by her husband and three sons with burial at St Paul pending details.
Waverly Iowa Aug 17 Marshall Canning company will finish its 1927 bean pack on Saturday after a six week run. The crop has been good despite dry weather says plant management. A motor caravan and band members toured the section to boost for the county fair to start Aug 30. Sociable at Orphans Home The Orphans Aid Society will host a lawn sociable Thursday evening with a concert by the Waverly band. Banks Close at 4 Saturdays Banks will discontinue Saturday evening service Sept 1 due to robber risk and state banking department advice. Expand Library Room Library expansion planned because of rising circulation and patrons. Burial at Clear Lake Funeral for Mrs Lydia Minium Aug 11 at the home of her daughter Mrs G W Reinhardt. burial in Clear Lake. Weick Funeral Services held at Zion Evangelical Cedar Falls for Miss Florence Weick formerly of this place. burial here. Pythian Sisters Picnic Picnic at Tourist Park Thursday with supper at 5. Sunday School Outing Evangelical Sunday schools of here and Warren picnicking in Nolte woods east of town Thursday.
Denver plans a Dairy Day picnic in the city park on Tuesday August 23 with speeches sports music by the band a ball game in the afternoon and a dance at night. Other items note social visits hospital returnees church events and a nearby family reunion.
Grundy Center Aug 17 Special A marriage license has been granted to Wanda Cramer and E N Powell both of Marshalltown in the Marshall County area.
In Cedar Falls on Thursday evening at 7 15 the third section of the class of 1927 at Teachers college will graduate over 300 diplomas. A reception follows in the women s gymnasium. The program includes an organ processional and a speech on education with faculty participation. Memorial Missionary union dedicatory exercises and multiple talks are noted for Riverview park Evangelical assembly.
Mrs. Wilbur N. Hostrop of 1103 Main Street is noted as a guest at the Lang residence on Grove Street with Rev. and Mrs. Clarence H. Faust and their son from Dubuque visiting at Rev. and Mrs. William C. Lang home on Grove Street.
A group of 18 tourists from Kankakee Illinois stopped in La Porte Sunday afternoon at the J R Elliott home while returning from a Denver trip. The travelers included Mrs Elliott’s brother in law M H Crawford and her nephew H J Crawford. The party traveled by a large bus.
In Huntington on August 17, two brothers once on opposing Civil War sides reunited after 66 years apart. Henry Roten of Fort Worth traveled 1500 miles to meet Jonathan Roten of Huntington, recalling a split sparked when each joined different armies. Henry served near Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. Jonathan fought with the Thirty-ninth Kentucky.
Fairbank W M S of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet Friday afternoon at Mrs. John Heck's home. Mrs. G F Monroe and daughter Elsie, Mrs. F D Agnew, and Mrs. Paul Romke have returned from Rochester Minnesota. E E Nichols of Lakeland Florida arrived Friday for a visit. Miss Celia McGowan went to Rochester Minnesota on Sunday to enter Mayo clinics, accompanied by Miss Thressa McCormick of Chicago.
Dr. F C Witzigman district superintendent of the M E church traveled from Cedar Falls to conduct the quarterly conference in St Ansgar on Sunday He also officiated at the installation of Epworth League officers arranging the leadership for the local unit.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a straw stack on the Ed Koob farm as threshing concluded. Mr and Mrs Will Musch are visiting relatives and friends from South Dakota in Jubilee Ta. on August 17.
Aug 17 Boone. Several from here attend a young peoples conference at a YWCA camp near Boone. Teachers include Arthur S. B. Miller on furlough from India. Five missionaries to India on furlough gave a church program, with songs, prayers, and talks on India’s rural and industrial issues. Local obituaries and visits are noted.
Five marriage ceremonies were performed at the Little Brown Church by Rev. J. L. McCorrison over Monday and Tuesday. Couples tying the knot included Ruth Fern Fry of Boone with Floyd Cooper, Mamie Mattick with Axel W. Swenson, Helen Lash of Beatrice with Edward C. Higginbotham, Vera Jean Beaver of Anita with Robert Edward Butler, and Jessie Margaret Chase of La Crosse with Carlton Storke of Wautoma.
Miss Nellie McCarthy of Waterloo escaped with two companions when a Ford coupe burned on a highway near Hazleton Iowa last evening. The top of the car was burned away during the flames as the trio traveled from Oelwein to Waterloo.
Mrs. L. R. Dockerty and Mrs. Lydia Tesch entertained a large Kensington tea party at Mrs. Dockerty’s home on Tuesday. The event honored Mrs. Nellie Stokes of Pierre South Dakota, hosted by Mrs. Robert Cordes of Long Beach, California.
Dr Edward Thorpe 67 a veterinary surgeon died at his home in Greene Iowa after being stricken Tuesday afternoon and losing control of his car. He had been in poor health due to high blood pressure and other illnesses. He was born in Yorkshire England and came to the United States at 19 before settling in Iowa. Surviving are his widow Miss Mae Harvey whom he married May 27 1890 four children and four grandchildren. Children include Mrs Mamie Drew Quincy Ill Walter Thorpe and Mrs Doris Krammeyer Calista Thorpe Greene.
Thirty relatives from Chicago Alta Vista and nearby towns gathered with Mrs Albert Fiedler at her Littleton home to mark her birthday anniversary. A G P Ohl reunion and a burial service for A S Hoffman were noted along with plans for a Ladies Aid dinner on Aug 25 and an evening bazaar at the Presbyterian church basement.
Edith Redding, living with sister Eliza Sparks in Shell Rock Iowa, is hospitalized after a Thursday fall that damaged her spine and broke two ribs. She has been an invalid for years. The article notes upcoming church services and society meetings in town, including Baptist and M E church events and social plans.
Grundy Center Iowa August 17 special report two young Kittner children suffered finger nail injuries. Delbert four-year-old caught his right hand in an automobile door while the six-year-old was injured whittling a stick with a knife catching his finger.
Washburn Iowa August 17 special report notes the Leo Kemp family moved from Louis Golinvaux home to Waterloo where Leo Kemp gained new employment at Rath packing house. The shift marks a family transition tied to industrial work in Waterloo.
William Hansen purchased the residence of F. E. Birch at 1715 Birch avenue in Pfeiffer addition Cedar Falls. Possession is set for September 1 and Birch plans to move to Sterling WL.
A dense schedule of Central Time radio programs from stations WLS WENR WHB WHT KOA and others. Entries detail orchestras, soloists, baritone and organ programs, with frequent market updates and baseball notices across the day. Includes South American music on WLS and various hour by hour program plans.
The eighty ninth birthday of Mrs. Louisa Vorhes, early Marble Rock settler, was celebrated with a Sunday park picnic attended by over 50 relatives and friends including her son Ethan and his Crystal Lake family, son in law and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Keihm and grandson in law and granddaughter Mr and Mrs Merfeld Greene. Other Marble Rock guests included Mrs Ed Swant visiting from Phoenix and local families A J Ackley and Mrs Forest Ackley and Albert Gates. Coach Krammen and wife plan to return to Osage after a coaching course in Bemidji Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Fred Flewellen and family depart for a motor trip to Arpin Wisconsin to visit relatives. Mrs James Gillham has been moved to St Francis hospital Waterloo due to poor health. Mr Gillham has been an invalid for over a year.
Tripoli beat Denver 6 to 0 on the grounds here Sunday in a special baseball contest.
Independence Ta Aug 17 The city of Independence had a balance of 47901.42 when accounts were balanced July 31 report of A S Plane treasurer shows This is an unusually favorable showing it is believed by municipal officers in view of the large amount of building and improving which has been done during the last year The power and light lines were rebuilt costly machinery at the city plant installed a water tower built fire department equipent acquired and Several blocks of water and sewer mains installed
Col. W. G. Archer, special representative of the National Trade Extension bureau, will be guest speaker at the Lions club luncheon in Black's tearoom tomorrow noon. J. W. Koch announced the program. Archer, a former chautauqua speaker and World War I veteran, spent two years in Arabia and the Near East researching ancient sanitation practices and conditions. Glass that reflects headlight beams is being used for traffic stop and caution signs.
Charles City Iowa Aug 1 The drain No 10 dispute has been settled and assessments and taxes may be paid at the county treasurer's office. Property owners pay 9 percent over original assessment, scavenger certificate holders pay all against their property. Drain No 10 drains a large south side area and had caused trouble since 1919 over assessments along vacant lots. Outstanding warrants with interest totaled 15,000 dollars and a reassessment to 21 percent was objected to. Negotiations between city and warrant holders led to settlement. Parking ordinance to center Main street parking enacted parallel to curb with limited loading time. City council confirmed mayor Gray's appointments to the public library board. Poultry culling demonstrations held in several townships with future demos planned. Farm women plan Nashua fair booths with color purple and white. Police court case Henry Schmidt dropped after settlement terms with plaintiff paying costs. Long drought ended by rain, bringing relief to crops and lawns.
Osage Ta Auge 11 Hilman Sorlie, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Musklaus Sorlie of Rock Township, died Monday night from a rare blood disease that puzzled Rochester physicians. He had gradually failed for several months. The funeral will be Thursday at Rock Creek Lutheran Church with Rev O C Myhre officiating.
In Cedar Falls on Aug 17 the Teachers College department of education surprised their chief Prof. G W Walters and Mrs Walters at a celebration for their twenty eighth wedding anniversary. A gift was presented.
Ben Little announces sale of the Phillips opera house at First street and First avenue southeast to Skelly Oil company. A filling station will be erected on the property. The W. D. Little bungalow on Seventh avenue southeast sold to Mrs. Art Luthmer who has moved in. Doran family visiting in Oelwein. John Doran of Ames takes new A and P post in Des Moines. Milo Frame sworn as deputy marshal, to work part time as extra and relief.
Osage Iowa August 17 special Hamilton Fish a 15 year old son of Rev and Mrs A E Fish flew from Waukon to Waterloo with a pilot from the Waterloo air field. Hamilton handled the plane as pilot for the first time taking the controls Monday afternoon and will have more lessons before becoming a full fledged pilot.
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