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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1928
Page
2
A long list of dinner and house guests fills the day as Dr. and Mrs. Hildebrand host Columbia scholar John Hildebrand Jr. and others. numerous households in the area entertain relatives and friends from Chicago to Des Moines with meals and visits, reflecting a bustling social schedule.
Miss Helen Franzen daughter of Mrs L E Booth and Laurence Butts son of Mrs Florence Butts were united in marriage Monday evening at Grace Methodist Episcopal church. Rev Roy Lesle Smith read the service before friends and relatives. The bride wore orchid georgette and carried a bouquet of roses sweetness and baby breath. Attendant Miss Helen Aveldins wore blue georgette with pink roses. Best man Leo Pierce. After the ceremony a dinner for the bridal party and 14 guests was held at the bride’s mother's home. The couple will reside in Waterloo after attending local schools.
Tonight Phi Sigma Chi dance at K C hall. Wednesday afternoon Lucky Thirteen bridge club hosted by Mr Charles Parker at G I A of B of L E TI OZ F hall. Wednesday evening Waterloo chapter ES Ma sonic temple Helen Gould auxiliary Memorial hall dinner dance featuring Michel Russell at Lamson Hall.
The Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. S M Bentley was celebrated at the Cass home 205 Prospect Ave with a Christmas eve party. Guests included James Bentley, Miss Emma Giffen, Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, Mrs. Sarah Merritt of Clevesville Ohio, Miss Della Bentley Canton Ohio, Mrs. John McCleary and Miss Mina McCleary Crawfordsville, Bruce McCleary Des Moines, Rev Bruce Giffen Cedar Falls, Mrs. R McCune, Mr. and Mrs. E Bentley, Mr. and Mrs. F T Bentley, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Stoddard and daughters Mary and Meanor, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cuss, or E J Lockwood, Rev Roy Leslie Smith, Richard Cass, midshipman at Annapolis, and Nard Cass, with the Bentleys marking 44 years of married life.
Hollis Snyder of Cedar Falls will marry Theodore Dykehouse of Sioux Falls, S D, in a 4 p m ceremony at the home of Myr and Mrs Samuel Snyder 2512 Walnut Street. Eight close relatives will attend the service and the dinner. The bride is a public school music teacher at Westside Dunkerton and Little Rock and will reside in Sioux Falls after the wedding.
Mr and Mrs W F Parrott of Cedar Heights hosted a Christmas Eve dinner at Black's tearoom in an informal family gathering. Attending were E J Wenner family R W Parrott family W R Law family Albert Greeley Hugo Pearson from Chicago and others. Esmus Fischel wedding at First Lutheran church united Erma Esmus and Ernest Pischel of Waterloo with Rev H Mueller officiating. After the ceremony the couple planned to reside in St Louis. In boxing, Kid Williams won nine of 16 decisions in a comeback program with one draw.
Waterloos evening paper advertises up-to-date garment patterns from the Fashion Department. Send 14 cents per pattern to the Fashion Department at Waterloo Evening Courier to obtain patterns that include seam allowances and are shipped promptly, with delivery expected within 10 days after order.
Phi Sigma Chi hosts GC T O'Connor DeForest Carter and Roger Hrunn announce the annual Christmas dance at Knights of Columbus hall tonight with about 200 couples expected. The open event invites college students and will be followed by a New Year's dance on Dec 31 at the same venue.
Mr and Mrs W M Entz mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family reunion at daughter Mrs E H Collamer’s home 905 Logan Ave Waterloo Six of eight children attend including J F Entz David M Eitz J A Entz and Dr F Harold Entz Those absent are John A Entz who studies at New York University and Mrs W H Hartman in Hepburnville Pa Grandchildren totaled 11 The couple married Christmas Day 1874 in Hi Pa They later lived in Loyalsock Pennsylvania before moving to La Porte City Iowa where Mr Entz taught 45 terms retiring in 1920 He is 70 and she 68
Police reported four downtown stickups and one in a rooming house yesterday and last night. Victims include H Loomis at Lincoln Hotel and George Sibert at 702 Third Avenue West. The jeweler said a roll of bills was taken. McBlain and Aitchison also robbed near Fourth Street, with varying amounts recovered or disputed. Arrests followed when John Trum bly, from Mankota, was jailed after allegedly holding up Roper at 614 Bluff Street and later found with victims’ money in a bank book.
Noblesville Indiana December 25 Otto Christy and Parker Hervey were killed and Ora Beam injured when Lora Phillips 21 was involved in a car crash charged with manslaughter authorities say she was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
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