Recreation fund debate tests Waterloo city budget
The Waterloo budget meeting faces a clash over expanding the municipal recreation levy from 1 mill to 11⁄2 mills. Victor Zellhoefer, playground commission chair, argues for year-round recreation funding to sustain growth, citing past deficits and the need to erase them with this year’s tax funds. The plan seeks up to 2 mills by state law, but current request targets 1.5 mills as a step toward permanence.
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Jose
Victor A. Zellhoefer
Playground Commission
Waterloo
Zellhoefer
Waterloo faces end of year round recreation without levy
The playground commission pushes for a 11 mill levy to fund a year round municipal program in Waterloo. They compare costs to Dubuque and Cedar Rapids and warn that without higher taxes, the city will revert to a ten week summer program, risking the loss of an established recreation system and staff. In 1927 65,957 attended summer activities and 18,026 joined winter events.
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Playground Commission
Forum Hall
Waterloo
Commission
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Bishop Titus Lowe Heads to Portland as Regional Bishop
Bishop Titus Lowe, former Cedar Falls Methodist pastor, travels to Portland Oregon to assume duties as regional bishop. His wife stays behind at 724 Park Avenue West for two to three weeks while he proceeds, after recovering from an illness in Paris and months of recuperation at Omaha and Lake Okoboji.
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Titus Lowe
Cedar Falls
Egloff
Park Avenue West
Lowe
Portland
Ore
Beimne
Bishop Lowe
India
Paris
France
Oormer
Omaha
Lake Okoboji
Holding the Ropes Sermon at Westminster Union Service
Rev E W Main of Graves Memorial United Brethren preached at Westminster Presbyterian in a union service on holding the ropes or following Christ in worthwhile living. He used alpine rope rescue to illustrate mutual duties and the cross each person bears and urged all to hold fast against discouragement and cares.
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E. W. Main
Graves “Memorial United Brethren Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Christ
Mr. Main
D. Arthur Young
Altho
Jesus Christ
W. P. McCormick
Sarth Fortiord Groundbreaking for St Luke's Parish House
In Des Moines on July 16 J and Orvis, aged 92, turned the first spade for a new parish house for St Luke's Episcopal Church. The project costs $30,000, and Orvis is a charter member of the congregation.
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Des Moines
INS
J. &. Orvis
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Friend in Need highlands medicine praised by mother
Mrs L E Harr of 223 Floral Avenue Johnson City New York says her daughter aged 20 suffered two years in a misery with run down nerves aches and loss of appetite. After two bottles Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound her appetite improved she became more cheerful and could work. She calls the medicine a friend in need.
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Johnson City
N. J
Lydia F. Pinkham
Mars
L. E. Harr
Floral Avenue
Johnson City, N.Y
Youths Eye Wounded by Emery Wheel Chip
Clyde Richards, 18, of Fairbank Ta, was brought to Presbyterian Hospital with a contusion of the right eyeball after an emery wheel chipped and struck his eye while grinding a sickle. The injury occurred Saturday night.
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Clyde Richards
Irvine Richards
Fairbank
Presbyterian Hospital
Eye Injury Vision Saved Says Attending Doctor
A severely injured eye received treatment with the attending physician expressing confidence that the damaged eye will not be lost. The report notes the extent of the cut and serious injury but optimism remains about functional recovery.
West Waterloo Band Draws A Large Washington Park Crowd
A large audience gathered at Washington Park Saturday night to hear the West Waterloo Band under the direction of J. A. McEwen. The youthful players presented a varied program captivating the crowd with spirited performances.
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West Waterloo
Washington Park
J. A. McEwen
West High Band Graduation Honors Spark Noise and Applause
West High graduates and students drew loud applause from bystanders near the bandstand while car horns provided a noisy refrain. The band performed difficult pieces with a professional air, though the article notes some fatigue and missteps in the selections. A separate item reports a cow owned by Thomas McGlone of Harrodsburg Kentucky dying suddenly after a postmortem found it had eaten a quilt.
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West High
Diificult
Thomas McGlone
Harrodsburg
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TAK
City Playground
Zillhoefer
EF. W. Main
Mellon Institute OF Industrial Research
REX Research
Eczema
Baltimore
H. Friend Store
Chicago
Gordon
WJAM
Davenport
Blue
America
TW OC Broadcasting
Shipleys Statewide
Jaban
Coolie Coats
George Miller
Exen
Entz Cafe
New England
First National Bank Bldg
O’keefe & Towne Funeral Home
Franklin St
CAL J. Miller Drug Store
Unique Cleaners
WOC
Shipley’s Great
OUR
Shipley
Dimity
Bargain
Sport
Balbriggan Union
Men's Athletic Union
Tock
Vy Price
Nottingham
Bacilla
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