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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1927
Page
2
A two day engagement at Teachers College features the Coffer-Miller players known for polished performances. Friday evening presents Love in Livery. Saturday offers Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer. Curtain at 6 10 nightly.
Miss Gertrude Louis of Grundy Center Iowa secretary treasurer of the Iowa Society in Washington D C entertained the Iowa delegation at dinner in the Burlington hotel last Friday Mrs Ellis Robb wife of the national bank examiner from Athens Georgia also attended a concert dine and concert program at First Congregational church featured soprano Jeanette Christine organist Arthur Williams and a plan for a benefit at East Park Presbyterian church with readings whistling vocal duets and a talk by Rev Paul Mincent also notes lodge 1115 meeting and K of P social hour
The First Methodist Episcopal church will hold its monthly meeting with a picnic at 6 30 p m in the church parlors. Entertainment committee members include Burton Jollys, K PJollys, Davis, White, Mil, Hall, Krapfel, Bisby, Armstrong, and Collard Jr serving. Missionary society will meet in the church parlors Thursday afternoon. Newly elected officers will be installed. The Clara Barton guild of the Universalist church will meet tomorrow at 6 o'clock for supper in the parish house. The Central Christian church gathered to honor Rev W D Endres and Mrs Endres with speeches by R E Black, Ray Short, Pearl Muthaler, Rev E R Bilers, and Don Ray playing trombone with Miss Neva Ellsworth. About one hundred attended.
Tonight several clubs host events including Eastern Star Masonic groups Fortnightly Mrs J W Krapfel Trinity Luther Black s Lenroom Junior Hadassah Misa Bessin Forget Me Not M Mrs Ifred Moore Rowena tigars FLT Bridge club Mrs J W Fitzgerald Lend a Hand Guild Mrs Frank Rath St Margaret s Guild Mrs A T Cash Cedar Heights Woman s Club Mrs W O Varrott Jueves Tarde Club Mrs C I F Nagle Joyvlo Club Mrs Fred Morrila Fldeen Club Mrs C J Rausch Thursday Evening Evening Department Woman s Club Blue Triangle League Y W C A and others with damage notes noted in the listing
A string of social club events unfolds with Mrs. George Jensen hosting Club Notes Tuesday and plans for tomorrow’s meeting with Mrs. H J Gille. Columbus and N B clubs hostesses are noted with favors, luncheons, and bridge. D A R and G A L B S O V members attend events at the Roadman home with talks on Lincoln Washington and McKinney, plus a Red Cross address.
A newspaper fragment discusses achieving a subtle Marcel wave at home using a low heat iron for short hair. It warns against hard applications and suggests gradual shaping for a natural look. Also mentions dieting advice to drop pounds slowly and to include a return mailing envelope for a pamphlet.
Agnes lox Westgate Iowa and C A Fiedler Warren Illinois were wed at St Marys Catholic church at 8 am. Father Theodosius Plassmeyer officiated. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Irvin McGinnis of Waterloo. Bride wore grey crepe back satin with matching accessories. After the service they had breakfast with the McGinnis family. The couple will live in Warren Illinois after visiting relatives in Tul Polll, Wests ute and Oelwein for several weeks. The bride had been a house guest of her niece Mrs Arthur Dommer for 10 days.
Judge J. C. Beem collected about 140 in winnings after a dice game ended at city hall. John Dietz faced ownership questions and was kept on bond. George Smith Dewar Earl Bagenstos and Mrs CC W Romig were charged as inmates of a disorderly house. Dietz pleaded not owner and case continued on 40 bond. The others pleaded guilty with fines and costs. Mrs Romig paid a 1 bond.
Announcements for the society page must reach the editor before 9 30 p m to be printed. All news should be in the society editor hands by 10 20 as she closes at 1d.
The Waterloo Evening Courier notes local coverage from La Porte City including a public display of David Millar’s 395 piece checker board crafted from walnut and maple. Millar’s era long projects include a 18 by 24 inch map of Iowa with 1200+ wood pieces, now at the Iowa Historical Society in Iowa City.
La Porte City Iowa February 16 Tuesday morning at 9 30 Sacred Heart church saw Miss Marie Albert and George Gill united in marriage by Rev Francis Habirg Attendants were Mr and Mrs Harry Perigo The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs John Albert Brandon is an 18 2 graduate of La Porte City High School and has been employed here Mr Gill son of Mr and Mrs J F Gill Eagle township has been a bookkeeper at Farmers Savings Bank After March 1 they will reside in apartments over the bank
Hart-Parr tractor plant in Charles City hosts a two day meeting for 200 Wind farmers and 150 Floyd county operators. Illinois farmers near infested areas discuss tractor powered control methods including deep fall plowing stem cutting shredding stalks and converting to silage. J Leo Ahart of Dow City Iowa shares low cost crop raising techniques learned on his farm.
George H. Brown, pitcher for the Waterloo Mississippi Valley league team in 1923, was arrested in Des Moines with George L. Gibson. Police say both confessed to robbing hotel and apartment mailboxes and forging checks found in letters. Detectives estimate hundreds of dollars in checks cashed over a year of thefts. Brown, once a noted ball player, was described as unreliable by A C Wilford, ex Hawks president who helped him secure a stint in Pennsylvania before moves to Providence. Brown later toured Waterloo with his wife seeking work.
Ed Troyer, convicted a year ago on a third offense liquor charge in this county and sentenced to up to three years in the state penitentiary, has been denied parole. County Attorney FF W Edwards, who met with the parole board in Des Moines ontem, led the prosecution as an assistant to W A Cook.
Chain of short items from Waterloo and surrounding areas. A Glasses ad notes Buchanan for eyewear at the Y Building. Baking firm Schmolt from Altstadt Langlas attends a two day Chicago conference. Mrs Goldie Cook of Cedar Rapids Unity Center speaks at Waterloo Unity Center. Edward Koch of 174 Barclay Street South is arrested on a bench warrant for failure to support. J C Jensen assists. William Zunker of Waterloo files for bankruptcy listing debts of 1510.77 with assets around 2660.59. Dean Dowling, Creighton medical student, was initiated into Phi Rho Sigma. Rummage sale held Friday and Saturday at First Baptist Church.
The estate of Warren Cottrell, late of Evanston, Indiana, shows on paper assets valued at 1.2 million but appraisers peg the total at 16 dollars. Promissory notes and oil leases prove worthless while life policies add 2,682 dollars. The estate includes 1,018,000 dollars in notes by Louisa J. Williams. Warren Cottrell and a brother once ran a Sioux City farm implement business and earned a Bradstreet rating of 1,000,000.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Dailey of Allison celebrate their fifty fifth wedding anniversary at home with family present. Married February 13 1872 they are longtime Butler county pioneers now living in Allison. They have ten children and many grandchildren.
Independence Ta Feb 16 The motor coach stolen from Harry I Riede has been returned from Sioux Falls where a man driving it was arrested and convicted of forgery. The machine had been driven 2000 miles since leaving here. Hope is entertained for recovery of two other automobiles of A C Van Rae and EK W Walker harth taken earlier with the arrest of a group of alleged auto thieves in Cedar Rapids.
Detectives and officers set a bait dollar to trap Anna Edwards of 250 Douglas street in a raid at 8 30 p m yesterday. She was charged with bootlegging and illegal possession of liquor and held on 650 bail pending arraignment. Peter Zubroff, who took part in the operation, had been sentenced to 30 days in jail on a liquor charge.
Annual election of officers for the Waterloo Community Chest will be held tonight in Blacks Tearoom, following a 6:16 dinner. A report on the 1926 campaign is expected. retiring president John W. Gwynne steps down. Members urged to remit overdue pledge installments by January 10 to keep participating organizations’ work from being interfered with.
Twelve Pleasant Valley youths staged Five Feet of Love at the new tile school west of Allison No 10 drawing a large audience Thursday evening. The midwinter series continues with a potential Legion theatre showing. County agent Denner showed an educational film and comedies. A district ladies served a cafeteria lunch and pie auction proceeds fund a bell for the tower.
In a Sunday service at Lincoln a flag was presented by members of the Woman's Relief corps. The ceremony emphasized unity and national pride during the country’s revival period.
Mabel Ettinger Tompkins offers full course instruction in foundational and intermediate piano grades at her studio. Located at 19 Went Fourth Street, contact via phone 1091 or 3958 for lessons.
An advertisement touts a new French process face powder named MELLO GLO. It promises longer wear and less shine, claiming it gives a peachy color and unique effects. The copy urges readers to remember the brand and its seller Paul Davis Dry Goods Co A.
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