Holiday Observances Fill Waterloo Social Calendar
The city hosts a wide range of Christmas activities from breakfasts and dinners to theatre and dances. Guests arrive from many states and distant cities, with college students and married relatives joining in the festive spirit. Phi Sigma Chi held a 109-couple dance in Knights of Columbus hall, while Waterloo Lodge I O O F hosted a large ballroom event. DeMolay planned a dance and a Get-together dinner at 6:30 at Blacky’s for student members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Waterloo
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Knights of Columbus
Bekehs
Water- Joo Lodge
All
Armory
Phi Sisma Chi
Black'y
Klingaman Family Holds Annual Christmas Reunion
The Klingaman family held its annual Christmas dinner and reunion yesterday at Mrs. 8. L. Klingaman’s home, Orange Township. Thirty-two attended, with most children and grandchildren present except Guy Klingaman who was detained in Racine, Wisconsin. Out of town guests included Alice Klingaman, Frances Johnson from Iowa City, Carl and Harold Klingaman from Iowa State College Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bonacra of Titonka, Mrs. Berg, Hannah Lichty of Sabetha, Kansas, all sharing in the long-standing family gathering dating back nearly fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iown Stats College
Ames
Ray Bonacra
Engagement of Rose Schultz Highlighted by Bridge Party
Miss Ida Schultz honors sister Miss Rose Lorane Schultz with a bridge party celebrating her engagement to Jerome M. Deutsch of Chicago. The bride elect also was feted at a prior gathering hosted by Mrs. Herman Capron with three tables of players. Guest Miss Tena Mazaretskii of Philadelphia and winner Mrs. Aubrey Goldstein noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida“ Schultz
Rose Lorane Schultz
Jerome’ M. Deutsch
Chicago
Herman Caprnn
Tena Mazaretskii
Philadelphia
Aubrey Goldstein
Former Residents Wed in Michigan
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Davts Ward, a former Waterloo girl, to Ray Vickerstaff of Clinton Iowa. They wed Dec. 16 at her parents home in Lansing Michigan. Ward, a West High School 1924 graduate, worked as a piano company demonstrator in Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davts Ward
Waterloo Eirl
Ray Vickerstaff
Clinton
Ifa
Bert Ward
Lansing
Mich
Vickerstaff
West High School
Ier
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Lansig
Watering Woman's Club Hints At New Year Program
Local clubs pause post holiday season to focus on family and personal interests. Waterloo Woman's Club plans a January restart with a board meeting on June 4 and department sessions led by Elizabeth Huson and other leaders. Nearby organizations including the Natural Music Club Waterloo chapter and D A R resume weekly and biweekly study meetings in early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watering Woman's Club
Water- Joo Woman's Club
Fae Whidleg
Elizabeth Huson
Gladyce Lininger and E V Zearley wed at church ceremony
Gladyce Lininger and E V Zearley married Thursday at the Church of the Brethren during a Christmas Eve program. The couple, both from local families, will reside in Waterloo after a brief reception. The bride wore gray crepe and velvet, carried roses, and was attended by Louise Herberger and Floyd Herberger. The groom is a bookkeeper at Aryant Paying company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Detrick
Gladys Shaw
Vinton
Methodist
F. Arthur Young
John Shaw
Church of the Brethren
Gladyce G. Lininger
A. C. Lininger
la Porte Road
Bart VY
Nearley
A. ©. Blovel
Louise
Floyd Heralberger
Gaitar
Mendelssohn
Zearley
West High School
Gates Business College
Aryant Paying
Fredericksburg
Mrs. Zearley
Waterloo
Couple to Wed in First Baptist Church
First Baptist church hosts the marriage of Miss Erma Standish and Henry Aries at 4 30 this afternoon with Rev R Williamson performing the single ring ceremony. The couple will reside at 502 Milton street after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Erma Standish
Sayimnour Botkin
Milton Street
Henry Aries
LaRue Jessup
Elizabeth
Standish
Oflen
Rath Packing Company
Aries
Powers Manufacturing Company
Beauty makeovers from a bygone era
A quirky wartime era beauty guide describes home made eye makeup using white cream vaseline soot and glycerine mixed into a grease. it advises shaping brows with tweezers and scissors and darkening lashes with grease and castor oil. It also notes red noses from clothing or digestion and remedies for common cold sore like bumps among schoolgirls with simple tonics and rest.
Pflueger Mahanke Wedding on Christmas Day
The Christmas Day wedding of Mace suerite Pflueger and Slar ey Pflueger took place at 6:30 PM at 227 Lane Street. Rev. Guinton WL Smith officiated the single ring ceremony. The bride, a East in school and Iowa State graduate, and the groom, from Ortinville Minnesota, will reside in Chicago after an eastward honeymoon. Out-of-town guests included the bride’s sister Miss Bifa Mahupke of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Mahanke
Lane Street
Mace Suerite
Slarey Pflueger
Tred Pfluegér
Ortinville
Minn
Guinton
WL Smith
First Evangelical Church
Re. Pflueger
East In
Iowa State College
Ames
Delian Delta Delta Sorority
Delia Upsilo
Couple Wed 54 Years Entertains at Family Reunion
Mr and Mrs A i Crawford 408 Ninth Street West celebrated their fifty fourth wedding anniversary on Christmas day. Their two children Mrs A L Miller and Allen Crawford plus families attended. The couple wed on a farm north of Cedar Falls where Mrs Crawford was born. They lived there 20 years before Mr Crawford lost vision in both eyes. They then moved to Waterloo where daughter Mrs Miller and her family now reside. He is 79 and she 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A .i. Crawford
Ninth Street
A. Ll. Miller
Allen Crawford
Cedaralls
Crawford
Waterloo
Aller
Cedar Falls
St. Patrick’s
Titherran
William Natzke
A. M. Andrews
WL. L. Hearst
George Knoche
A. B. Mason
R. W. Gideon
Charles Merrill
Highy
Lfe
Marshalltown
NB. Higby
Sarah
Seward
Richard
Slara
Louise
James
Rochester
Mia
Ora Sherman
Cleveland
Heman
Clear Lake
Jarl
Steve Gentle
College
First Street
Brown’s Chapel
Greenwood
Irs
Ethel Gordon
Des Moines
Tres
Iton
American Legion
Joe Foster
Oxford
Foster
Regent Theatre
Nels Jensen
New Hartford
Jeanette Hurlhig
Coster
Lyman
Ernest Nolte
Clay Street
Harm Viel
Viel
Viking Pump Company
P. GC. Petarsen
Ninth Street East
Western Old People's Home
James C. Martin
Rockford
Martin
College Street
Oscar Tlehe
O'Connor & Irda
Haymond
Harman Snapp
Dfee
James ©. Robinson
Mary Robinson
Long Beach
Cal
Robinson
Teachers College
Inez Radell
New York City
Henrietta
Cc. W. Lyons
Sartori Hospital
Oleson Family Reunion Marked Christmas Day Festivities
Christmas day dinner in Nome celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Olson and their large extended family. Attendees included Harold Bryan Des Moines and families, the Olsons of Hudson Waterloo and Des Moines, and plans noted for Victor Olson moving to Des Moines to become a Hawkeye Oil salesman. Also listed: Parsonage wedding Ruth Pierca and Herbert McKinney Cedar Rapids, engagement of Telen Belle Waterbury to James Meek Camp Des Moines for May 22, a carol group from Central Christian church visited 12 families, and parties at the homes of Ruth Silver and Dewey Bardine Des Moines. DeMolay and Becker-Chapman post dances announced for Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and Forum venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Olson
Jafferson Street
Aix
Olson
Eric Hansen
Harold Bryan
Bonnie Jean
Des Moines
Leo Olson
Harold
Marjorie
Hudson
Victor Olsen
Daisy Cotter
Dorothy
Cl. Q. Selzer
George
Gerald
Arlene
Waterloo
Victor Olson
Hawkeye Oil Company
Ruth B. Pierca
Herbert McKinney
Cedar Rapids
First Methodist Church
J. Arthur Young
E. L. Fay
Iowa Dairy Company
Beemond
McKinney
Eugene W. Waterbury
New York City
Telen Belle
James Meek Camp
Franks J. Camp
Fotel Fort Des Motes
Mr. Waterbury
Cedar Falls
Central Christian Church
Clifford H. Jope
Christian Endeavor Society
Silver
Ruth Silver
Salem
Dewey Bardine
Waver
Mullan Avenue
Foreclosure on promissory notes and mortgage details
Peter Bahl files suit to foreclose on promissory notes from Allanson and others. Mortgage covers land in Fox township section 14, dated February 26, 1920. Seeks foreclosure decree and statutory attorney fees. Also lists several marriage licenses including Earl V. Zearley and others in Waterloo and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bahl
S. Allnson
Fox Township
Christmas Mail Breaks Records at Waterloo Post Office
Christmas mail set records at the Waterloo post office with swift handling despite high volume. About 620 special delivery parcels were receipted before Christmas, and 401 special stamps were delivered by three clerks. Receipts for December are expected to be 20 percent higher than last year, reaching around 340,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ray Iguert
Eggert
Nostal
Pretty Girl Nearly Spends Christmas in Jail
Marjorie Lansing, 17, of 218 Seventh Street East, narrowly avoided a Christmas in the women’s ward after being arrested by Detective P. E. Walker on a forged instrument charge. A fraudulent check for Christmas shoes and galoshes led to a juvenile delinquency finding, the state charge dismissed. She was released to stay home until Monday, when a hearing on the original charge will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Lansing
P. E. Walker
Marjorie
J. W. Gwynne
Firemen To Receive Christmas Dinner With Cake From Mrs Heller
Firemen at station No 1 enjoyed a Christmas dinner supported by Mrs C G Heller of 505 Kingsley Avenue and the Ailtstadt Langias Bakery Co The bakery baked three chickens for the feast marking the third consecutive year Mrs Heller has supplied the cake for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Heller
Kingsley Avenue
Ailtstadt & Langias Baking Co
Christmas travels noted in city in brief
City in Brief items report Mr. and Mrs. C. Shean visiting Sigourney for Christmas and several locals spending holidays with relatives in Bellevue Dubuque Portland and Chicago. Other notes include a last American Legion dance at the Forum and a Christmas card from John Eisenhower to County Auditor Esher after 30 years with only occasional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Shean
Sigourney
American Legion
Forum
Kurth
Bellevue
Sumner Priest to Celebrate First Mass on Sunday
Rev. Thomas Francia O'Sullivan, ordained in Galveston, will say his first Mass in Sumner Iowa Sunday at 10 30 AM Archbishop Keene expected to preach the sermon Public welcome to the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Thomas Francia O'Sullivan
Galveston
Tex
Keene
IGE CREAM PLANTS ANNOUNCE MERGER
The Crowell company of Waterloo which runs cream factories in Cedar Falls Oelwein Webster City and Waterloo merges with the Hutchinson company of Cedar Rapids. Roger Crowell remains manager of Waterloo district factories. Hutchinson operates many Iowa plants and Cedar Rapids remains principal office. Crowell will resume active charge after a short vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell Company
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Oelwein
Webster City
Hutchinson Company
Ceder Rapids
Roger Crowell
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Iowa City
Iowa Falls
Waverly
Estherville
New Hampton
Tama
Manchester
Oxford Junction
Forest City
West Liberty
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake
Monticello
Clarion
Vinton
Growell
Crowell
YMCA Broadcasters Invite Members to Weekend Activities
The Waterloo Hi-V group plans a Sunday church-focused program and urges all members and parents to attend church services. Monday morning at 9:30 the camp truck transports members to Morris Isle for a rabbit hunt at 10 cents per head, covering gas, oil, coffee, cream and cigars. Those staying home at 1 pm will tour Meany Casket Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tis Church
Young Men’s Christian Association
Meany Casket Company
Herrick
Benton County Farmer Buys 80 Acres Annually To Reach 1010
Cedar Rapids Dec 26 Tell L Nos of Garrison that Iowa farmers are on the ragged edge as Nog buys his annual 80 acres for 334000 next spring. He now owns 1010 acres under high cultivation and has bought 80 acres yearly for seven or eight years. He is father of 14 children with all at home helping on the farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
L. Nos
Garrison
Iowa
Nog
Garrison Township
Mr. Nos
County Reimbursed for Money Lost in Banks
Mason City Iowa December 26 heavy local items report Cerro Gordo Treasurer W L Bristol receiving 151055.20 from state sinking fund to cover public money in closed banks. Also election news from Charles City with Women’s Benefit Association officers named and post office receipts surge during Christmas week. Train wreck at Port Jefferson injures few, Mount Union observes store fire loss, and Belmond sugar factory output sealed under warehousing act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Bristol
Cerro Gordo County
Jersey
Charles City
Om Shannon
Coromander
Women's Benefit Association of the
Marecabees
Port Huron
Rose McAvoy
Nellie Keumple
Mary Hoger
Lillian Kueth
Ida Peterson
Albertina Draeger
Luella Seaman
Sentinel
Garma
Ruth Zimmer
Christmas Observances In Cedar Falls Churches
Cedar Falls reports Christmas day services across three churches with high mass at St. Patrick's and preaching in others. Local families hosted guests from Cedar Falls and nearby towns, while Mrs Higby of Marshalltown dies and is brought for services. A Christmas Eve wedding, a 975 dollar gold bonus at Viking Pump, and numerous local dinners and community events round out the holiday notices.
E. P. Neill Sought Here Father Dead at Redwing Minn
Traveling advertising rep E P Neill is being sought in Waterloo after his father died in Redwing Minnesota. W I Clark, a business associate, arrived seeking Neill but could not locate him by noon. The elder Neill was president of the Independent Telephone Companies of Minnesota. Ball Telephone Co offered its resources to help locate the son. He had recently left Maquoketa Iowa for Waterlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Neill
Minneapolis
Minn
Waterloo
W. I. Clark
Neill
Parochial School at Independence to Cost 45000
Independence Iowa December 25 Contributions toward the 45000 fund for the proposed parochial school at St John’s Cathedral church have reached a point which assures the contract being let in February The plan calls for a brick two story building with a gymnasium extending to the basement floor measuring 61 by 60 feet and to be located on the edge of the old school Work on the project follows the recent destruction of Notre Dame seminary by fire and will replace it with the new structure Meanwhile local activity includes harvest ice work being prepared and town business clearing after Christmas rushes, with several civic posts filled and a death called in the area including Wallace Lumsden’s brother Roba Lumsden of Buchanan county and local officers chosen for the coming year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
St. John's Gathoiier
Notre Dame Seminary
Ica Company
Mike Gibbons
Michael Giobons
St. Paul
J. R. MicGready
Tommy Gibbons
Postoffice
Births Recorded In Waterloo Area
Birth notices list new infants: Stephen Elbert Taylor at 216 Salisbury on Dec 14. Elizabeth Elizabeth Thompson at Waterloo on Nov 17. Stewart Ellery Ension jr born Nov 25 at Waterloo. James CUE ord. McCraney at 3519 Mulberry on Dec 11. Melvin Leonard Rosecrans at 824 Mulberry on Dec. LaVerne Dodge born Dec 19 at Black Hawk street. Alfreda Ann Beekman at 122 Suerman on Dec 16. Names and addresses of parents provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
Elbert Taylor
Salisburr
Stephen
Cecil H. ‘Thompson
Waterloo
Elizabeth
Stewart Ellery Ension
Stewart Ellery. Jr
Clifford
McCraney
Mulberry
James Cueord
Leonard II
Rosecrans
Melvin Leonard
Cecil Beard
Black Hawk Street
LaVerne Dogee
Charles J. Beekman
Suerman
Alfreda
Ann
Waterlooo Patterns from Evening Courier Fashion Dept
To obtain the Courier up to date pattern of accompanying design. Bend it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo enclosing 15 cents for each pattern. These patterns allow for seams. All orders filled as soon as possible, but should reach you in 10 days after sending in your order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
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Klingaman
Miss Rose
Schultz
Michigan
Gladyce Lininger
E. V. Zearley
Perrigo&Gritman
Florence Gritman
George KR
Perrigo
Herbert Maehlmann
Trinity American Lutheran Church
John Gritman
Randolph Street
Saxon Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Charles Tritzle
Mary Jane G
Peng Jomon Daire
Siampon
Eveh Qiart
John F. G
Oleson
DeMolay
DeMoys
Witerloo
Lesimr Putee
Becker-Chapman Post
The
Earl V. Zearley
Waterlon Gladsee
G. Linlinger
Water
George K. Perriza
Alorenne
Buchanan's
YMCA
Fred H. Stearns
Dubuqua
Stearns
Edwin R. Moore, Jr
Chicaso
EB. P. Reese
Ronnie .Jean
Des Maines
John Isenhower
Esher
la Porte
Isenhower
New York
Black's Tea Room
Megse
Udyorai
IGE Cream Plants
Benton County
Port Jemts
Mount Union
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Belmond
API
George H. Twaddle
Wee Jean
Waterloo Evening Courier
Daily Reporter
Weat Fourth Street
Teachers’ College
W. H. Kadesch
B. J. Cable
O. W. Laniz
Roy Abbott
Kansas City
Wionifred Gilbert
East Des Moines High School
Marguerite Uttley
Ansen Aitchison
National Geographical Society
Madison, Wis
George H. Robinson
Washington, BG
Messrs
Jacobsen
Edward Short
Peter Norgaard
Kenosha
Wis
Wnela
First Congregational
Evangelical
Wes
Ley D. Wiler
Migs Clara Nolte
Rotary
Rotary Club
Black Hawk
Father
Redwing
Libert's
Parish
Wallace Lumsden
Atkinson
Neb
Roba
Huchanan County
Independence Gap
Memorial Hall
Don D. Donnan
I. Cc. Smith
Glenn van Etten
Charles Cates
A. C G. Rleby
R. G C. Turner
William van Etten
Albert Burr
A. C. Rigby
H. E. Carrier
R. N. Whitney
Winfer
Tenes Wee Eee
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