Essays On Light Win Many Prizes For Pupils Here
Richard Crane, 15, of 408 Fowler Street, won 50 dollars in cash for the best essay in a home lighting contest run by local electrical dealers with the National Lighting Education committee. Other prizes range from 5 to 25 dollars and honor medals were awarded. About 789 registered, with 294 completing essays, as national prizes offer an electrical home and college scholarships.
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Richard Crane
Fowler Street
East Junior High School
National Lighting Education Committee
Waterloo Electrical League
Waterloo
Dorothy May Hitchcock
West High
Marshall M. Uran
East Junior High
Charlotte Jungen
Sacred Heart School
Crate — Ellyson
Maurice Taylor
Central School
Pearl Potter
Louis James
Marvie Sweeley
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Jack Rawlins
Cedar Heights
Warvey Givens
Washington School
Dorothy Pederson
Whittier School
Wew
George V. Jensen, Jr
Alica V. Vaughn
Helen Alartin
James MelManus
Grace Bowman
Betty Margadant
Genevieve Gorman
Helen Given
Vivian Armstrong
Alvina Black
National Education Lighting Committee
National Electric, Light Association
Bk-: Luminating Engineering Society
The
Lotiety For Electrical Development
W National Council of Lighting Fixture Manufacturers
Mluminatinge Glassware Guild
Association of Electragists
National Hilectrical Jobbers’ Association
Trade Press
J. EH. Davidson
Power company leader chairs Nebraska committee
Omaha reports that the president of the Nebraska Power Company serves as chairman of the committee, guiding actions and decisions for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
The
Nebraska , Power Company
City in Brief Highlights Local Events and Ads
Evening summaries note Boy Scout troop camping at Kamp Kiwanis tonight and tomorrow, Dr. Paul A. Weires visiting Eldora, Miss May Keller resuming county auditor duties, and George B. McWilliams of Waterloo Garment Co. visiting Los Angeles. Seven minor auto collisions reported to police. hoboes use city jail bunks after cold nights. A lifesize Miss Faye Dorothy Martin painting seen in New York recent exhibit carried by the Times. Miss Martin is daughter of Hope C. Martin. Naval recruiter H. S. Hatton heard from Honolulu on radio. Knights of Pythias plan a large meeting at Pythian temple. An Independence marshal-cited for forgery case released after arrangements. Spanish war veterans heard Des Moines drum corps radio concert honoring John Boeller. St Mark's Church to hold lay services at 11 a.m. with Ernest Picksworth.
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Boy Scouts of Troops
Kamp Kiwanis
Paul A. Weires
Eldora, Jr
Eva Weires
May Keller
George B. McWilliams
Waterloo Garment Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Piva
Faye Dorothy Martin
New York
New York Times
Martin
Hope C. Martin
H. 8
Hatton
KDYK
Honolulu
Hawaii
Regina
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Temple
J. P. Uhr
Waterloo
First Waterloo troops leave for Civil War remembered
A. J. Edwards recalls June 4 1861 when 108 men from Waterloo and Cedar Falls boarded the Illinois Central train for Keokuk. He notes the oath on the courthouse fence by George W Miller, cheers, tears, and the crowd of about 4000 at the depot. The account highlights the era’s splendor, crowd sentiment, and the nation’s call.
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A. J. Edwards
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Fowler Farm
Waterloo Township
Co. K
Co. I
Trumbull
Benton
Butler
George WV. Miller
Tlineis
Mr. Edwards
George W. Miller
George B. Miller
W. M. Newton
Edwards
Miller
Black Hawk
Buteler
Lincoln
Keokuk
MM. Trumbull
Clarksville
Budler
Depot
Mider Mberlart
Wy MM. Newton
Trumbull Snake
Newton
Chvalry Company
Pioneer Greys
Cedar Fails
Vinton Woman's Auxiliary Elects Officers for Year
Vinton December 14 The region auxiliary elected officers for the coming year with Mrs J W Niehgls as president and Miss Delhi Greager as secretary among others. A Christmas party at Judge and Mrs Clarence Nichols home drew guests including Mrs Clifford Watson and Mrs C J Cartiste Farmington Tex. Mr and Mrs Gilmore and George W Gale were noted as honor guests with plans to spend winter in California.
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Norwar
Clarence Nichols
Clifford Watson
Jedar Haplds
Weber of
Heels
C.J. Cartiste
Farmington
Lex
Palmer
Myr
Butterfield S.A. Alemen
Hen. Gilmore
Vrner
Marital News Shrouded In Private Plans
newspaper fragment reports Mrs Carrier, formerly of Vinton, now Denver, and Mr Guerrer left recently but did not tell friends of their marriage plans. Mrs Lorenz of Denver is named alongside. The note mentions a move toward Morida and family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lorenz
Denver
Cubta
Guerrer
Carrier
Vinton
A Note
Morida
Parling Brick Hulls Man Nes Moles Dee H Ford Visit Klorhia
A fragment notes a person named Parling Brick Hulls Man Nes Moles Dee H Ford planning to visit multiple places in Klorhia and to return in the springs. The text is incomplete and lacks dates or clear affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klorhia
Nes Moles
Dee
CH Ford
Brick fatally strikes Perry at Oransky building
A brick from an upper story of the Oransky building killed Perry, a Black workman employed by Arthur Neuman Construction Company, late yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred as the brick fell onto his head, causing instant death. Local authorities investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Oransky
Arthur Neuman
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Buchanan
ST. Mark's Church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Ernest Picksworth
Greater
Berlin
Aity
Woman's Auxiliary
Vinton Legion
Ludwig
Commercial St
Kentucky
Home Coal Company
Mullan
Waterloo Community Fund, Inc
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts of America, Waterloo Council Railroad
Y M. C. A. Salvation
Army Social Welfare League
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
Naterloo Levy
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Hiss
Flint Gorner West Park and Commercial
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