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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1928
Page
8
The Charles City School Board unanimously votes to place a bond issue before voters to fund remodeling in every city school. Crowded conditions hurt teaching and health, and January PTA groups favored the plan by large majorities, arguing the small sum will improve facilities for years.
Floyd County board of supervisors met in special session to plan and budget road work for the year February 3. Birth announcements include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bradshaw born January 31, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Dana Festus January 30, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Krantz of Ohio Street, their fourth son, a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dodge near Orchard, and a son for Mr. and Mrs. D. P. D. Krantz. Circle No. 4 of the First M E church hosted a luncheon for 25 and presented a 50 dollar organ fund gift. Henry J. Roebrick and Nora Short married at the Bassett Christian Parsonage. Julia Norton celebrated her 86th birthday with calls and cards. Miss Dick, Aunt of Mrs. Hering, would have been 94 in June.
Dr. A. A. Mickelson, a converted Jew and University of Berlin graduate, spoke at Plainfield Baptist church in Plainfield Iowa on Thursday afternoon and evening and was slated to give talks today. He is a former criminal lawyer and now a theology professor in Rochester, Minnesota.
Vieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr and Mrs W H Barry will be celebrated at their home with a dinner party Sunday. Children and grandchildren will join. They were married Feb 12 1878 at St Clement s church. They farm seven miles south of town. Five of seven children survive and will attend. Mr Barry born Oct 18 1851 in West Meridan Conn. Mrs Barry Catherine Quirk born Banks Law.
St Ansgar High will hold a three class declamatory contest at the city opera house on Tuesday evening Feb 7. Entrants perform pieces in Oratorical Dramatic and Humorous divisions with listed titles and student contestants. Also reported, Illingson Motor Company has been sold to Lawrence Tuberty and Henry Schultz.
Western Union college debate team members travel from Fayette to Cedar Falls to challenge Upper Town University on the assertion that the United States should cease armed protection of foreign land investments except after war declaration. LeMars group defends the negative with the Teachers college team this evening.
More than 100 farmers attended a two day Hayt-Parr service school in Conroe. M. G. A. C. A. Lohrke and A. W. Fitzpatrick led sessions with three sets of slides and talks on payer farming. Afternoon tours and a morning program complemented the event. Also listed are January marriage licenses from Clarksville and surrounding towns. Brother of Mrs A Williamson dies in Jackson Minnesota, with brother Andrew Paulson noted in St Ansgar.
Courier special service from Dysart Iowa reports the funeral of George L Boyd on the fortieth anniversary of his marriage. Rev Paul Kilterer of Evangelical Peace church officiated at the home service with interment at Rampton cemetery. Surviving are a widow, three daughters, four sons and several grandchildren.
Charles City Feb 3 The Floyd Republican central committee chairman Dodge calls a county convention for Feb 20 at 2 oclock in Floyd City courtroom. Eleven delegates will attend the state convention in Des Moines on March 7. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen urged to caucus Feb 21 to select delegates for the Feb 25 meeting. District representation ratios based on 1926 county figures are listed for Cedar Township through Union, totaling 88.
The court in Flo vo continues with cases including J B Johnson versus C G Bhint in a partnership accounting before Judge M F Kepler. Judge Kelley adjourns Newill Construction vs BL 5 after Sulan Teeaver. Ciriven's Ma Gonal Wankova WoC Blunt case undecided. A divorce petition by Ivetta Dean against Carl E Dean is granted for cruelty and inhuman treatment. Proceedings note Nth week of January, midweek.
State Highway commissioners and engineers toured routes for No. 11 south of Oelwein in Buchanan county with a grading contract soon to be let. The party offered no decision on whether the road would run via Bryantburg Hazleton from the east or south. Neighbors bid farewell to Mrs. Alina Erickson as she plans to move to Waterloo to live with her son Carl. Burial for Henry Albright will be in Oakland after his death in California. T. J. Hughes urged formation of a local American Automobile Association chapter during a community club meeting. The Woodmen of Oelwein attended a Maynard lodge initiation. Superintendent Ferrell will attend the BASA meeting in Boston February 25 to March 1.
A 20 member Boy Scout troop was organized in Greene by a local American Legion committee with Dr H G A McLeod as scoutmaster and Fred Desing and Beryl Wilder as assistants. Joe Underwood and W Earl Hall aided, with a supervising committee named H E Sehrs C M Frudden Charles Coyle Glen Hardman and J H Graven. Mrs Mary Barnett is ill with pleurisy at the Dede home. Postmaster William C Moon is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital after an operation. The Moon family visited Thursday. Three Link Circle was hosted by Mrs G C Heidenwirth with the February committee. A daughter weighing 7 lb 12 oz was born to Mr and Mrs C Ramb o of Clarksville Iowa. The new Hudson rider suspension bridge will have eight lanes on the upper deck for vehicles and streetcar tracks on the lower deck.
Two Marshalltown hunters faced Justice Sieverding after four pheasants valued at more than $100 each were seized in Grundy county. Walker and Will refused to show contents or license, fled during arrest, resulting in fines totaling about 240 dollars for Walker and 200 dollars for Will plus costs. The case followed warnings to hunters invading Wellsburg area.
The La Porte Thrift Club gathered at the Loveless home for an all day meeting with husbands guests and a farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Loveless and their son Will who plan to move away. The group shared dinner and a cloth gift for Mrs. Loveless, with committee members Dora Hubbard Leslie Hubbard Will Peck and Homer Coots aiding.
Jurors hear Citizens Trust & Savings bank Davenport sue Abe and Adolph Estess on two notes dated 1924 totals 2300 and 1000 dollars. M J Breem Fort Dodge and Roger Birdsall Waterloo represent the bank. Jeffery G Sullivan defends the defendants. Remaining panel excused until Monday for State versus Co W Conger DUI trial.
A district court jury found W A Eskew not guilty of assaulting George Moody aged 73 with an iron poker, ruling Moody’s scalp wound occurred when he fell against a stove during a heated dispute. Moody and Eskew, once friends, had lived together briefly in bachelors’ quarters. The defense was led by W Beether with F W Edwards prosecuting. trial finished unusually quickly.
Enrollment for the journalism course at East High fell to 50, leading Principal Fred J. Miller to announce there will be no class this semester. The East High Quill and Scroll chapter will sponsor weekly discussion groups under Miss Mary Ethel Dixon, inviting any interested high school students. Orange and Black, Hast High’s newspaper, will continue biweekly publication.
An item notes the Waterloo Gun Club weekly shoot at Byrnes Park at 2 pm if the weather stays fair. It also features a Miss Dorothy Connor praising Danderine hair product, claiming it cleanses, adds luster, and keeps hair in place with minimal shampooing.
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