Latham named successor as Town State Teachers college president
Dr Latham, president elect of Town State Teachers College, will assume duties Monday as the third in succession to the college presidency. He follows Homer H Seerley who has directed the college for 42 years and oversaw campus expansion and new buildings. Seerley will become president emeritus and vacate the residence. Latham, 38, is currently in Iowa City for a degree and will bring his family to Cedar Falls later.
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Scourter
Cedar Partis
Latham
Town ‘State Teachers College
Homer H. "Seerley
Seerley
College
Seerley*hame
Cedar Falls
State Board of Education
Iowa City
A. Degiée
Board ‘of Education
Ten Women Attend Bristow Woe
The August meeting of the Wy C U held Tuesday at Mrs L Hewett home had ten attendees. Topics included society notes and a welcomed hostess gift. A reception for Rev E R Buschman was hosted August 21 as he leaves for New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Weather damage from Monday night included a wreck on a farm and moved foundation at Leverich, corn fields blown. Duane Stewart and Lorne Boyland attended the Hoover reception at West Branch.
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Reformed
E.r.buschman
Castor
Buschman
Belmond
A'’ Theological Seminary
New Brunwick
N. J
Henry Serna
Jersey City
W.J
German Valley
Bristow
Leverich
Bd McClelland
Duane Stewart
Lorne Boyland
Hoover
West Branch
Charles City to Spend 2000 on Six Traffic Signals
Charles City details spending for five new electrically controlled signals at Water Court Clark Kelley and Blunt intersections totaling about 2000 including installation. A new turbine pump for the city well near St Mary's bridge will supply 500 gallons per minute. A 60 horsepower Diesel engine was bought for 7000. GF Wishard won the contract for laying water and sewer mains on Second Avenue.
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Courier
Charles City
City Council
Water Court
Clark Kelley
Blunt
St Mary’s ‘Bridge
Wishard
Second Avenue
Randalia Orchestra Plays Weekly Concerts For Town
Randalia starts a new community orchestra formed by local volunteers. The group, serving concerts and dances each week in the hall, replaces the usual band concerts and free movie offerings. Members include Dorothy Rubyer on piano Roy Benning violin Arthur Goatcher drums Harold Rosenburg banjo and Francis Walt trumpet.
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Courter Special Salvices
Randalia
Hudson School to Open Sept 5 in Hudson
Hudson consolidated school will open Wednesday morning September 5 after the two day county teachers institute at Waterloo. Teachers instructed to arrive Saturday and Sunday preceding the institute. Building and grounds praised for cleanliness. Bus routes updated and staff listed. Lincoln Cemetery Association picnic held in Hudson park. Local residents report wind damage to trees and crops. Prof Nolte to visit Gibson before opening.
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fGourtier Speving Service
Hudson
Hudson Consolidated School
County Teachers Institute
Waterloo
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Fairfield
Irend Blackman
Daven
Bart
C. R. Kemp
A. H. Evans
Mildred Geiske
Harrington
Ill
Doris. Anderson
Sumner
Agnes Jensen
Cedar Falls
Garnet Krouse
Corydon
Bya. Westerlen
Manchester
Zelwyn
Graham
Audubon
College Caftle
Yon Moehler
A. N
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Olingan
J. B. Pearson
Charles Wyatt
Lincoln Cemtery Ass
Lincoln Cemetery Association
Hudson “Park
Perle
Gibson
Ford
Burkitta
Thornton
Grundy Center
J. C. Reeder
Mary Richards
August Brandhorst
K.F. Nolte
Wilam Strausser
St Gibson
Teachers College
J. C. Gutknecht
A & O'Clock
Louis Manth
Chicago
Harold Gutknecht
Theodore Gutknecht
Irene Andorf
Chitcrego
Fairbank Ends Farm Home Service Sunday
The final farm home service of the Fairbank Methodist church will be held Sunday evening at the Ralph Richards home two miles west and two miles north of Fairbank. Music features include Olive Bane on violin with Angel's Serenade and Sweet Bye and Bye Evelyn and Mildred Castlemen sing a duet Lester Getz plays saxophone and Dale Phelps whistles and sings Rev Ployd RR Maynard will preach on A Good Warfare at the worship event.
Charles City Girl to Teach in France
Miss Marian Jay daughter of Dr William Day sails September 1 from New York to Chateau Thierry to teach in a school run by Dr and Mrs Wentworth She will receive instruction in French A Charles City High School and Carleton College graduate currently works as assistant advertising manager at Parker department store Davenport Picnic for Young People Atlanta Ripley's bridge hosts a city wide event S upper at 6 30 and sports follow Baldwin Home reunion Attendees come from St Louis Denver Minnesota and local towns Exhibit School work Mary Kovinke county superintendent shows rural school work at Nashua fair Floyd county women win first in home furnishing Demonstrations Parents of Daughter Mr and Mrs Paul Fuller of Rudd welcomed a daughter
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Courier
Charles City
Marian Jay
William Day
Minnekahda
New York
Chateau Thierry
Wentworth
Jay
Charles Guy High School
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Parker Department Store
Mary D. Kovinke
Nashua
Floyd County
Paul Fuller
Rudd
Watters
David J. Watters
Arthur Watters
Mmes
Tsabel Watters
Earl Brown
Cedar Falls
Samuel Watters
Hudson
Will Watters
Jd. &. Watters
Waterloo
Archie Watters
Rawleigh Watters
Gedar Falls
Lake Okoboji
Tostlebe
Lemmer
Carl Lemmer
Madison, &. D
John Lemmer
St. Francis Hospital
Ll. M
Yale
John S. Latta
Teave
Los Angeles
Cal
Myra B. Downs
E. B. Downs
Franklin Street
Phoenix
Ariz
La Porte W. C. T. U. to Elect Officers
The regular La Porte W. C. T. U. meeting will be held Friday afternoon at Mrs. Stone’s home. Members bring a covered dish and sandwiches for lunch plus their own china and silver. Officers to be elected for the coming year. Also notes visitors from Minnesota and Mason City visiting local relatives.
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Roberta
Lola
Mankato
Minn
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Lichtenburg
Good
Donald Brennan
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mr. Good
Chicago
Mason City
Hien
Ruth Gulbransen
Mason Clix
C. A. Fosse
Funeral Rites Held for George Henn at Hawkeye Church
Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran Church for Clarence Henn who died after brain tumor surgery in Rochester Minnesota. The Hawkeye High School 1921 graduate, 27, aided on the family farm nearby. He was son of Mr and Mrs George Henn with several siblings surviving.
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Courier Sureral Service
Hawkeye
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Rochester
Minn
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Hawkeye High School
Aince
Here
Urges measures to halt pollution of streams
A. G. Williford of the Iowa Izaak Walton league urged pre emptive actions to stop stream pollution during a Rotary club talk in Independence Iowa. The remarks highlighted regional water quality concerns and the need for stricter environmental protections.
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Iowa
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Waotariso
Towa Izaak Walton League
Rotary Club
Girl Judge of Dairy Cattle to Act in Professional Capacity
Miss Ruth McGlade a 19 year old South Fork township girl earned recognition as a qualified dairy cattle judge after scoring with a state expert. She will assist as judge at Morning Sun on Sept 4 for a sale of 380 head. McGlade owns a Holstein herd and plans to graduate from Lenox College next year.
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Manchester
Ruth McGlade
South Fork Township
Delaware County
McQlade
Joan Henderson
Une
McGlade
Lenox College
Benson Picnic 16 Only Lawn City Labor Day Event
Cedar Falls marks Labor Day with the Benson Co-Operative Creamery picnic at the fair grounds. Francis Murphy of Minnesota addresses the gathering after lunch. The note says Cedar Falls public schools open that day and many students head home from the State Teachers College summer session. The piece also covers a saxophone band concert and various local notices.
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Lawn City
Cedar Falls
Benson Co- Operative Creamery Company
Fair Grounds
Morgan Grove
Francis Murphy
Minnesota
Benson Creamery Company
Oelwein Drum Corps Plays at Fayette County Fair
The old timers drum corps performs at the Fayette County fair in West Union with members including J. H. Campbell Charles Sager and Thomas Morton from Oelwein Louis Huennecke Maynard and Marion Baldwin from Hazleton. Funeral services were held for Gilbert Screen at Ridler Brothers and Brant funeral home with burial at Woodlawn Redecorate Station.
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Tra
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County Fair
Ad West Union
J. H. Campbell
Charles’ Sager
Thomas Morton
Oelwein
Louis Huennecke
Maynard
Marion Baldwin
Hazleton
Gilbert Screen
Seventh Avenue Northeast
Ridler Brothers
Brant
Woodlawn
Thompson Sells Nashua Produce Plant to Cagley
Thompson sells Nashua produce plant to D C Cagley and plans to devote time to real estate. Frank Conner leaves Independent Grocery and takes a meat market job in Luton. Fred Demro to New Hampton hospital for treatment. John Masten improves after serious stomach ulcers. Lou Lange convalesces from appendicitis.
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Courier Special Service
Nashua
C. W. Thompson
Independent Produce Company
D. C. Cagley
Frank Conner
Independent Grocery Company
Luton
Fred Demro
New Hampton Hospital
John Masten
Lou Lange
Vada Toombs and Forest Wickham Wed at Dumont
Forest Wickham and Miss Vada Toombs married August 20 at United Brethren Parsonage by Rev. Fred Riggs. They plan to live on the groom’s farm north of town after a brief trip. Also notes new homes and a local birth.
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Courier Special Service
Dumont
Forest Wickham
Vada Toombs
United Brethren Parsonage
Fred Riggs
Bridgegroom
O. I. Overtarf
Will Griner
Edwin Brown
H.E. Day
Riley Britcher
Elmer Hershey
Fayette Farmer Kicked by Horse at Fayette Fair
Reynald Strong a lyrria township farmer, injured while driving a team in a Fayette fair work horse display, was reported practically recovered after being taken to his uncle L B Humphrey's residence. In a separate incident Mrs William Stahr escaped with minor injuries when her car was forced off the highway to avoid a collision and overturned. A passing motorist did not stop to help. a brother in law found her and took her home.
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Courier Special Service
West Union
Reynald Strong
Llyria
Fayette Fair
Strong
L. B. Humphrey
Wiliam Stahr
Funeral Rites for Rutledge Harris in Cedar Falls
Rutledge Harris dies at 87 in Cedar Falls on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at 519 Washington Street with Dr. W W G Crowder of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Harris was a lifelong manufacturer and merchant, arriving here 60 years ago after early work in a blacksmith shop and carriage factory. He left a widow and son Stanley.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Rutledge Harris
Washington Streets
W.W. G. Crowder
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harris
Mfe
Norman
Harris- Cole Bros
Stanley
Mitchell County Receives Bridge Refund Installment
Mitchell County auditor F. E. Cramer announced a $14,942.96 check from the state highway commission as the first installment of a $104,594.80 refund for funds spent on bridges rights of way and culverts before the new law. The total refund will be allocated to county road improvements as payments arrive.
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State Highway Commission
Mitchell County
Independence Death Claims Mrs Cates in Indiana
Mrs. Charles Cates dies at home in Independence Indiana after several months of illness. Survived by husband Charles Cates and two daughters Mrs Marble Bright of Missouri and Mrs H W Farnham of Rock Rapids. Weakened prognosis noted in recent weeks. Funeral arrangements not announced. Mt Auburn recital details follow. Twenty pupils of Mrs George Kaiser to perform at M E church this evening at 8 o clock.
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Charles Cates
Marble Bright
Missouri
H. W. Farnham
Rock Rapids
MT. Auburn
Tuition Contract Prevents New School Building
East Waterloo township and East Waterloo city district boards sign a tuition contract allowing 45 children from a north Waterloo district along Burton Avenue Road to enroll in East City Schools for 4590 dollars. The deal, renewed yearly, avoids constructing a new township school unless enrollment grows significantly.
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Burton Avenue Road
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Veterans of Fife and Drum Corps Celebrate Fayette Return
Tom Morton and J H Campbell the lone survivors from the 1888 Oelwein founded corps performed with the Fayette veterans group at the county fair. Morton age 75 last appeared here 42 years ago and played in the first Fayette show. Gladbrook hosts a church ice cream sociable Friday night at the M E church lawn.
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Veterans of Fife
Fayette
Courier Special Service
West Union
Tom Morton
J. H. Campbell
Oelwein
Fayette County
Morton
Waverly hit by two storms within hours
A sequence of storms swept through Waverly and surrounding areas last night. The first storm brought heavy rain and ice, while the second formed from three minor systems from the east and southwest. Monuments toppled at a cemetery, electric service was interrupted, and damage occurred at FG Clark billiard room. A separate downpour near Delwelv, Ia measured 2.31 inches with soil flood across No. 11 highway. In Clarksville, three and a half inches of rain accompanied by wind caused the last concert of the season to be canceled. Funeral held in Fontanelle for Mrs. B J Slocum.
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Waverly
Lynch
FG. Clark Billiard Room
Courier Special Service
Delwelv
Here
Weather Areau
J. L. Callicoat
Fifth
Clarksville
Sale of Tracts in Park View Gardens Offers Ownership
Rent day again September 1st. Own your home and end that trouble. Sale of tracts in Park View Gardens presents opportunity for buyers who can visualize development potential. Location opposite Bymas Park Golf Links facing shrubbery. size 120 by 280 feet. Prices 500 600 700 with terms. W H Howrey, Realtor.
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Bymas Park Golf Links
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