Manchester Golf and Country Club Elects Leaders in July Meeting
G H Dunham is elected president of the newly organized Manchester Golf and Country Club at a courthouse meeting. Seven directors chosen, including E M Hughes as vice president and George A Newman as secretary, with plans to secure a golf expert and possibly purchase 60 acres of the Hoyt farm south of Manchester for a course. Membership open to Aug 15 with target of 100 regular members. initial signers total 69.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
G. H. Dunham
Paul A. Klaus
John J., McKeag
Maurice Moroney
Dale L. Smith
L. A. Hintz
EB. M. Hughes
T.J. Matthews
W. J. Nieman
R. E. Ogg
Walter Rossman
F. A. Hickman
J. M. Jones
H. L. Rann
E. L. Bolsinger
J. I. Jones
A. J. Gildner
H A Legg
Paul J Kehoe
E.D. Kuhlman
Tom D. May
Henry Bronson
C. G. Yoran
A. W. Stearns
Roy Weltersen
C. W. Bangs
George al. Newman
W. A. Dutton
B. Charlton
Thomas H. Tracey
Fred W. Hermann
D. J Meggenburg
Theodore Shelley
H. B.willard
Henry
Hampton to Send Six Delegates to Legion Convention
Hampton Iowa reports six delegates and six alternates chosen at George A. Aldinger post to attend the American Legion department convention in Des Moines on August 15 to 17. Delegates named include R. D. Moorhead, Glenn Bare, R. R. Stuart, R. F. Haecker, Judson Wheeler, Harry Jorgenson. Alternates listed are Howard Shafer, Orris Beemer, Harold Argent, Arthur Bird, Hayes Victor, and Charles Jackson. In Hampton, authorities issued a warrant for Joh Quinn on charges of cashing fraudulent checks totaling 75 dollars and for possessing a Ford truck tied to a conditional sales contract. Quinn left town after the alleged crimes and gave Eldora as a former address.
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Hampton
Department
The
American Legion
Des Moines
George A. Aldinger
R. D. Moorhead
Glenn Bare
R. R. Stuart
R. F. Haecker
Judson Wheeler
Harry Jorgenson
Howard Shafer
Orris Beemer
Harold Argent
Arthur Bird
Hayes Victor
Charles Jackson
Joh Quinn
D. W. Parks
Quinn
Eldora
Wood Auto Company
Sentenced for Theft of Charles Zierath Car in Iowa
Henry Conrad pleaded guilty to stealing the Charles Zierath car and was sentenced to 10 years in the Anamosa reform school with a $300 fine and costs. He paid $150 for car damage, damages totaling $144 for a Walnut Grove theft, and the sentence was suspended on good behavior. He had been jailed after an attempted suicide and has returned to Traer.
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Charles City
Saddler
Jens Grothe
Henry Conrad
Parkersburg
Edwards
Charles Zierath
Anamosa
Zierath
Walnut Grove
Minn
Conrad
Traer
Syndergaard Farm Outbuildings Lost in Saturday Fire
Fire destroyed all outbuildings at H. Synedergard place in Dike on Saturday noon, likely started in the hay mow by spontaneous combustion. Dike fire department had just returned from extinguishing a second blaze at John Rich farm near Stout.
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Dike
H. Synedergard
John Rich
Stout
Four Injured in Accident Near Greene Sunday
Four persons were seriously injured in an automobile crash at 5 p m Sunday near the Perry Newbern farm on the Allison road four miles south of Greene James Pringle drove the car with his wife daughter in law two grandchildren and Rae Weller a visiting granddaughter riding The car left the road and rolled into a ditch Pringle suffered a bruised leg and scratches Mrs Pringle had a bruised back and shoulder and cuts Rae Weller sustained a near severed scalp requiring thirteen stitches Phyllis Pringle received a badly bruised forehead and cuts on her arm and leg A family reunion followed at the Cheney home with about thirty in attendance Five generations were represented Mrs Mary Goldery heads the line with 14 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren It was noted several relatives could not attend Also reported were returns from Des Moines and an operation at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota on Mrs Faye Austin.
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Greene
Perry Newbern
Allison Road
James Pringle
Rae Weller
Fortune
Mont
Frank Knapp
Pringle
Mrs. Pringle
Mr. Pringle
Weller
Phyllis Pringle
F. B. Cheney
Mary Goldery
Fred Cheney
Clifton
Kan
Damon Cheney
Waterloo
Allen Pringle
Will Cheney
Paul Grey
Thomas Zurcher
Frank Cheney
Claire Cheney
Florida
Des Moines
Will Moon
Berenice
Faye Austin
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Cedar Falls youths injured in head on crash near Shell Rock
In a late July collision near Shell Rock two Cedar Falls youths Ralph Sisson and Howard Leonard were seriously injured and one Thelsen Stevens was less hurt. Henry Lerhoff of Clarksville, driving the other car, suffered a skull fracture and a shattered leg with his condition described as near death. Leonard steered the Cedar Falls car, and all three Cedar Falls graduates had just left for Clear Lake. A passing motorist carried them to Mercy hospital Waverly for treatment. Stevens was released late last night.
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Cedar Falls
Ralph. Sisson
F. F. Sisson
West Eighth Street
Howard Leonard
Nellie Léonard
West
Sixth Street
Thelsen Stevens
Fred Stevens
Tremont Street
Clear Lake
Henry Lerhoff
Clarksville
Shell Rock
Mato
Mercy Hospital
Lerhoff
Stevens
Leonard
Sisson
Cedar Falls High School
Grain Harvest Soon In Vicinity Of Cedar Falls
Threshing starts next week in Cedar Falls area with machines from Olesen Behrens brothers Leversee Call Uhl Guldager and Main Street Utility company on schedule. Oats yields vary from 30 to 50 bushels per acre and prices noted for old oats at local markets. Two hay fires blamed on new clover hay in mows burned two Grundy county barns within hours of each other. Grace Darling named Cedar Falls school nurse. class of 1927 funded two electric lights at high school.
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Cedar Falls
Charles Olesen
Behrens Brothers
Clarence Leversee
George Call
George Uhl
Iver Guldager
Main Street Utility Company
Grundy
John Dirks
Beaver Township
Stout
Owen Rich
Hans J. Boysen
Fairfield Township
N. G C. Snydergaard
Dirks
Dirks Place
Boysen
Grace Darling
Emmetsburg
Miss Darling
Thirteenth Street
High School
Local Social Notes From Tremont Street Gathering
Woolverton and two children under 12 hosted a Friday night gathering at 10108 Tremont street with Miss Emalyo Rabb in attendance. Guests included Miss Estelle Rabe, Burton Byers, and Marian Jepsen. The Panagakis family welcomed a daughter last Saturday. Louie Zubrod visits Aunt Mrs Siefert on Bluff street. Guptill family returns to Cedar Falls after three weeks with Mrs Earl Rankin in Waterville New York. Mrs Roy Campbell of San Diego arrives due to her mother Alberta Guernsey’s critical illness. Elizabeth Peterson visits brother Hans D Peterson in Des Moines.
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Bluff Street
Frank £. Guptill
Cedar Falls
Earl Rankin
Waterville
New York
Roy Campbell
San Diego
Cal
Alberta Guernsey
Elizabeth Peterson
Hans d. Peterson
Des Moines
George Frerichs Buys Burroughs Farm for $24,000
George Frerichs bought the former Frank Burroughs 160 acre farm from W F Ray for 150 dollars per acre. Frerichs will take possession March 1. Ray has sold three farms since returning from California. Start Work on No 10 reports new bridges culverts and detours between Bristow and Dumont with grading planned this fall. Changes in staff noted at Allison school with resignations and new hires. Wilma Heppner underwent tonsil and adenoid removal surgery.
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Allison
George Frerichs
Frank Burroughs
W. F. Ray
Mr. Frerichs
Mr. Ray
California
No. 10
Bristow
Dumont
Two Farms in Crystal Township Sell for 225
In Crystal township Hubert Kahler paid 225 per acre for the Gus Leuth farm of 80 acres. Leuth stays on the farm next year under lease at 11 25 per acre, yielding five percent on the investment before taxes. J W Orr of Reinbeck bought the Peter Carstensen farm, 160 acres, with Waterloo property in part payment, at 225 per acre.
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Peter Carstensen
Central Crystal
Will Holub
Waterloo City
Two La Porte Young Women Honored on Their Birthdays
La Porte City July 25. Mrs Tom Henry and Mrs E Simpson hosted Friday night for the eighteenth birthdays of Ina Henry and Mary Simpson. They traveled by truck to a movie and held a slumber party at the Henry home with breakfast served by the hosts. Guests included Martha Brust Edna Haberichter Lucille Rauhauser Gladys Hartz Helen Merritt and Mildred Nandall of Manchester visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs John Young.
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la Porte City
Tom Henry
Simpson
Ina Henry
Mary Simpson
Henry
M. T. Anderson
Cars Crash East of Oelwein Injuring Four People
A head on collision east of Oelwein on Friday night involved Y L Robinson and his wife Mrs Robinson with Mr and Mrs Carl Jakeway of Oelwein and a young man named Thomas from east of Hazleton. Robinson suffered fractured ribs while Jakeway lost teeth and suffered facial cuts and Mrs Jakeway had minor injuries. Robinson’s car was badly wrecked when Thomas tried to pass a third car.
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Oelwein
Robinson
Carl Jakeway
Thomas
Hazleton
Jakeway
Holiness Meetings Enter Final Week
Evangelistic services under Black Hawk County Holiness association continue in a Park avenue east tent near Bob Jones tabernacle. Rev. Anna L. Stahn of Oskaloosa heads the Iowa Holiness association meetings. Daily services at 2:30 and 7:30 p m, with three services next Sunday to conclude. Public invited to all meetings.
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Bob Jones Tabernacle
Park Avenue East
Black Hawk County Holiness Association
Anna L. Stahn
Oskaloosa
Iowa State Holiness Association
Pro prowler shot at as he raids Howe residence
Prowling man kept at bay by a double barreled shotgun fired in the air by E. E. Fouts of 915 Colorado street at 2:40 a. m. today. He was knocked down and ran off after recovering his balance. G. G. Howe reported the intruder had roamed the home all night and was driven away twice before the third visit. Capt. Douglass and Officer Buckley investigated.
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E. E. Fouts
Colorado Street
G. G. Howe
Fouts
Howe
E. L. Douglass
Warren Buckley
Iowa Roads and Weather Update 10 A M
Des Moines reports soft cloudy conditions. Keokuk notes slippery and cloudy with a threatening sky. Ottumwa reports muddy and partly cloudy. Dubuque and Clinton are good with clear skies. Marshalltown and Muscatine show good in partial cloudiness and clear. Council Bluffs and Davenport good with cloudy skies. Iowa City fair with light rain last night and cloudy. Fort Dodge good and cloudy. Creston muddy then clear. Cedar Rapids fair and clear. Around Waterloo indicate varied readings with No 20 east fair to good and west fair to good. No 59 north fair to good and south good. No 218 northwest fair to good and southeast fair to good.
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Des Moines
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Dubuque
Burlington
Clinton
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Iowa City
Fort. Dodge
Creston
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Ferdinand’s body laid to rest in Curtea de Arges vault
In Bucharest and Curtea de Arges ceremonies across Roumania mark the interment of Ferdinand the first king of greater Roumania. Queen Marie fainted during rites as 6 year old King Michael asked to stay with his grandfather. A thousand priests led the cortege and wreaths pay tribute.
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Roumania
Ferdinand
Greater Roumania
Curtea de Arges
Carol
Marie
France
Cotroceni Palace
Michael
Grandpa
Alfred Olson to Visit Sweden After 23 Years in U S
Alfred Olson president of Olson Construction plans a three week visit to his birthplace Malmo Sweden followed by three weeks touring Sweden and visiting relatives. He will then travel to Germany and France before air crossing from Paris to London. He expects to return to the United States on October 1.
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Alfred Olson
Olson Construction Company
New York
England
Sweden
Malmo
Olson
Germany
France
Paris
London
Pythian Sisters to attend Mrs Chapman funeral
All Pythian Sisters are asked to meet at 12 45 tomorrow at Peters and Bros mortuary to attend the funeral of Mrs J I Chapman. Several residents and travelers are noted in the day’s notices including local trips and family news across Iowa, Minnesota, Utah and Colorado.
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Petersen Bros.’ Mortuary
J. I. Chapman
Last of Orioles Vanishing From Iowa Card This Year
Three cardinal families and one oriole family have chosen Waterloo as their summer abode, signaling birds fading from the middle west. The Baltimore oriole, once common, is now scarcely seen and may be near extinction in the region. Mrs. Mary Callahan reports an oriole family near her Edwards street home has vanished this spring, possibly moved or perished. Three cardinal nests near George Leckington’s Fifth street address mark dwindling migratory songbirds amid harsher winters and habitat pressures.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Baltimore
Mary Callahan
Edwards Street
Charles City Man Dies After Rheumatism Treatment
Fred Smith, 45, a Charles City resident, died at Sartori hospital at 11 p m yesterday after four weeks of treatment for sciatic rheumatism. The body was removed to his home in Cedar Falls, Sg.
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Cedar Falls
Fred Smith
Charles City
Sartori Hospital
Peoria Woman Hurt in Grant Highway Auto Crash
Mrs. W. C. DeGroot of Peoria was severely injured in a three car collision six miles east of Waterloo on Grant highway at 3 30 p m yesterday. She suffered head back and left arm injuries with cuts and bruises. X rays at St Francis showed no fracture. Mr DeGroot and their son Clyde 18 were returning from Minneapolis after a storm delay. DeGroot said a speeding car crowded their car into a ditch then a second crash occurred. Mrs DeGroot was thrown through a car door. Both other cars were damaged and the other occupants escaped injury.
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W. C. DeGroot
Peoria
Waterloo
Grant Highway
St. Francis
DeGroot
Clyde
Minneapolis
Dewar Road
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