Subway plan eyed at Fifth Avenue crossing in Independence
Buchanan county voters face a $1 200 000 bond issue for hard surfacing primary highways with a June 23 vote. The board reports interest in building a subway at the Fifth Avenue northeast crossing with Illinois Central lines, backed by railroad officials. Construction waits for grading drainage and paving the stretch of primary No 11 between the city and the north county line.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Buchanan County
Board of Supervisors
Fifth Avenue Northeast
Ilinois Central
North County
Leaders Arrive at Oelwein for Scout Camp
Oelwein Iowa June 14 officials and scouts gather across northeastern Iowa for a camp. Ge J Pollock travels to Rochester Minnesota for treatment and George Jardee recovers after major operation at Iowa City. Local notes report a Cresco loss for Oelwein golf 6.5 to 23.5 and a measles placard at the Silha home. Firecracker ordinance to be enforced. Police Chief Watt moves address. Reynolds writes from Newport News Virginia. Jefferson township farm bureau meets Wednesday in K C hall while the Community club schedules program. A postnuptial shower honors Mr and Mrs Harley McGee at the L H Englert home.
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Courier Special Service
Oelwein
Iowa
Ge. J. Pollock
Rochester
Minn
George Jardee
Iowa City
Cresco
Mr. Reynolds
Newport News
Jefferson Township Farm Bureau
K. C. Hall
L. H. Englert
Harley McGee
Traer High School Per Pupil Instruction Cost Report
June 14 Traer Indiana details a yearly instructional cost of 8.71 per month per pupil for the high school and 4.74 for grades below ninth. Enrollment totaled 478 with 21 full time teachers and 3 part time. Graduates 39. Nonresident tuition pupils 70 in high school and 48 below ninth. Attendance 86 percent.
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Courier Special Service
Traer
Treer High School
S. W. Christian
Osage Federation of Women's Clubs Elects Officers
Osage Iowa June 14 the Osage Federation of Women's Clubs held its annual election Monday afternoon electing Mrs H E LaRue president and other officers. Reports on the Finke federation biennial at Davenport were given. Abbie Gardner aged 93 dies. funeral will be delayed for granddaughter Raverina Eccles arriving from Florida. Burial at Nora Springs beside a son.
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Osage Federation of Women’s Clubs
Osage
City Federation of Women's Clubs
H. E. LaRue
A. E. Knowlton
Fred ©. Smith
E. B. Frye
C. E. Tubbs
Jerry Elman
Margaret Tabin
Brad Hitchcock
Daisy Tupper Nichols
Finke Federation
Davenpo
Abbie Gardner
C. E. Gardner
Raverina Eccles
Iowa
Florida
Nora Springs
Cloud Sells Stock in Manchester Bank
Manchester Illinois June 14 A M Cloud has disposed of his interests in First National Bank to other directors for 340 500 paying additional cash for 50 000 of bank loans He will move to California He was an unsuccessful Republican primary candidate for congress and has been a successful real estate dealer and lawyer.
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Manchester
A. M. Cloud
First National Bank
California
Reinbeck Wedding Sees Henrietta Smith wed Wayne Downey
Special dispatch from Reinbeck Indiana reports the marriage of Miss Henrietta Smith and Wayne Downey at high noon last Saturday. The couple plans to live on the John Runft tenant lot in Reinbeck this year. Next year Downey anticipates examining writs of farm work on Canada track.
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Reinbeck
Henrietta Smith
Wayne Downey
John Runft
Downey
Canadas
Fish at Manchester Hatchery Stricken by Rare Disease
At the government fish hatchery two miles east of Manchester Ja. a sudden epidemic killed 1 200 of 2 000 trout in minutes. The die off is linked to parasites and pond algae. salt is used as a preventive and some fish are redirected to Spring Branch to limit losses. Local fishermen report catching affected fish but the strain remains a challenge.
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Manchester
Government
Here
Washington
Local Briefs From Charles City News
Couriers report a motorcyclist fatal difficulty with injuries from being dragged 100 feet after a crash. Frances Wilcox mourns her newborn daughter. Obituaries note Mrs C A Bishop. Ida Newling and Frank Woodward marry in St Charles church. Dorothy Springer and Lloyd Huffman wed. couple to reside in Des Moines. Hazel Wagner and Kenneth Chapin wed at the Little Brown Church. Graveling work and paving updates across Floyd, Cedar and Chickasaw areas. Moon charged with intoxication. others fined. U C T prize awarded to high school band in Clinton.
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Courier Special
Charles City
Russell Hampson
They Ucker
Noa
Mass
Frances Wilcox
Cedar Valley ‘Hospital
Oakwood
Floyd
Bishop Funneral
C. A. Bishop
Seventh Avenue
Emmetsburg
Woodward-Newling
Ida Newling
Frank Woodward
B. J. Hoover
St. Charles Wesleyan Methodist Church
Milwaukee
Little Brown Church
Yale
Hazel Wagner
Waverly
Kenneth Chapin
Tripoli
Cedar Township
Messrs
Ehling & Snyder
Chickasaw Road
Charles Guy-Nashua
Graydon Moon
Greene
Justice Weatherwax
Clinton
War Risk Insurance Good, Speaker Tells Hampton Veterans
In Hampton Iowa on June 14 Ralph Lloyd Jones urged World War II veterans to convert their war risk insurance before July 1 when policies lapse. As alternate national committeeman from Iowa, Jones, a representative of an old line insurer, said government coverage offers key benefits and urged holding all current policies.
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Hampton
Franklin County Legionnaires
Ralph Lloyd Jones
Mason City
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Jones
George A. Aldinger Post
Old Line
Mrs Elizabeth Jay Dies at Waverly
Mrs Elizabeth Jay died Monday night at Mercy hospital after a recent operation. She was mother of Dr L D Jay of this place and had another son in Council Bluffs. The body will be moved to Jefferson Iowa for services after a Wednesday morning transfer from Koch funeral home.
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Courier Spreiat
Waverly
Elizabeth Jay
Mercy Hospital
L. D. Jay
Counml Bufts
Koch Funeral Home
Jefferson
Carl Johnson
New Hartford
Harvey Anderson
Parkersburg
Laura
Bertha Johnson
Cedar Falls
City Hall
H. A. Mommer
Greenwood Cemetery
Harold Ferris
Wichita
Kan
D. L. Scoggin
Ferris
Ethel Scoggin
Hester Ballheim
William Ballheim
Miss Ballheim
Des Moines
Fuller Brush Company
Mina Gardner
Marguerite
Robert
Vinton
Ella Jo Thompson
Carol Bettner
Will Adair
Shell Rock
California
Ira Richards
Martha Triem
Mr. Conant
Sam Whitney
T. A. Richards
Mr. Whitney
Mrs. Richards
Mrs. Whitney
Mr. Richards
Ruth Lutes
LeRoy Gaasch
Ladysmith
Wis
Roehl
Frank Roehl
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Harlington
Siebeck
Germany
Mutual Aid Society
Church Officers Meet and Ordain in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls June 14 Waterloo district Presbyterian church prepares for the ordination of Lester Lalan and the licensing of Paul N Fowler of Nevada. Lalan, blind, recently graduated from McCormick Theological Seminary. Ceremony at 7 30 p m follows morning candidate examinations.
Child Attacked by Pet Dog Now Out of Danger
Hampton Iowa June 14 Sherwood Hansen four year old Coulter child was attacked by a German police dog while playing near his home. The scalp was torn and a large flap behind the left ear was severed. At Lutheran hospital doctors cleaned sewed the wounds and treated him with antitetanus serum.
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F Courier
Hampton
Sherwood Hansen
Coulter
Lutheran
Walter Hansen
La Porte Truck Driver Crashed Into a Pole
La Porte Iowa June 14 Albert Miller driver of a Standard Oil truck was badly injured when the truck rolled after the crank in gear and he was crushed between the cab and a telephone pole The accident occurred in front of the Lloyd J Lamb residence where he lived Visitors Were Honored at a family picnic in Pomona Cal relatives from this vicinity attended including Mr and Mrs EL Gates and others The Presbyterian Sunday school held a picnic in the park plus a W H M S special meeting to discuss business Personal mentions note several residents visiting relatives and returning from trips with updates on families and neighbors
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Waterloo
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Chase
Sixth Street West
C. N. Madsen
Walter EB. Fredericksen
Martha Parks
Franklin
Cedar Falls
College
J. B. Dowden
Clay Street
N. D
Carl Pietsch
Fargo
John ©. Theimer
Riverview Park
Alvin Tostlebe
Worcester
Carl Tostlebe
Herman ‘Tostlebe
Courier Special Service
la Porte City
Albert Miller
Lloyd J. Lamb
Clyde Gates
Pomona
Cal
Olive Gates
Will Norwood
Vinton
EL. J. Gates
R. B. Tripp
Nellie Hull
A. Brust
C. G. Woodley
Cecil Gates
J. W. Lahman
Cinna Piente
Bremer County to Vote on $900000 Road Bond Issue
Waverly Iowa June 14 voters will decide Thursday June 23 on a proposal to issue 900000 in bonds to build hard surfaced roads in Bremer county. Roads include routes No 93 from No 59 Tripoli to Summer No 59 from Black Hawk county line through Denver and Frederika to the Chickasaw county line north No 10 from Butler line to Fayette county line via Waverly and U S No 218 from Janesville via Waverly and Plainfield to the Chickasaw line north. Well installation advances with casing completed and pumping to mains. A water sample was sent to Iowa State College Ames for analysis.
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Courier Special Service
Waverly
Bremer
Tripoli
Black Hawk
Denver
Frederika
Chickasaw
Butler Line
Fayette County
U. S. No. 218
Janesville
Plainfield
Chickasaw County
Iowa State College
Ames
Niewehner
Paul Taff
William Rodgers
Alga Torgler
Janesville to honor Eastern Star founder on anniversary
Janesville Iowa hosts a June 16 celebration for the fortieth anniversary of the Janesville Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star with visiting high officials, charter members as guests, and a banquet at the church dining room served by the Ladies Aid. The local lodge will present a program of musical numbers and remarks.
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Janesville
Janesville Order of Eastern Star
Janesville Community News Highlights and Events
The piece lists local names and roles, including Stella and Vivian Newell, Edna M Howe as president, Horace Loveland as vice president, and Evelyn Schmidt as secretary treasurer. It notes open air band concerts led by R D Day, a Vacation Bible School starting June 20 at the church, with Mrs Wild in charge, and an I O O F memorial service conducted by Rev F A Smith at the lodge hall Sunday afternoon.
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Janesville High School Alumni Association
J. W. Bennett
Bess Smalling
Evelyn Schmidt
Phy
Stella Newell
Vivian Newell
Edna M. Howe
Horace Loveland
Janesville
R. D. Day
Cedar Falls
Water witches aid locating Manchester well site
Manchester Iowa June 14 water witches were used to pinpoint the new city well location. The city council hired civil engineers Barber and Schenk and Sanford Lyman to interpret earth conditions and guide drilling at Prospect and Union. A test well to 250 feet may be drilled and the main well placed nearby.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
New City
Bert Scharff Oelwein
Barber
Sanford Lyman
Scharff
Prospect
Union
Reservoir on Lot Remains Unconsidered Due to Tower
The report notes a reservoir on the lot is not contemplated at present because a tall stand tower stands on the river's west side, limiting immediate plans and impeding development.
DeWolf Heads Grundy County Road Boosters in Reinbeck
Sherman W. DeWolf was unanimously appointed chairman of a road boosters group formed at a public meeting in the Masonic hall to promote a June 21 road bond issue of over 600000. The proposed road would run from Reinbeck west to seven miles beyond Grundy Center and then south to the Marshall county line, with several committees named to lead the campaign.
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Reinbeck
Sherman W. DeWolf
Masonic Hall
Grundy Center
Marshall County
Hundred Fifty Rotarians Enjoy Fish Breakfast
One hundred fifty Waterloo and Waverly Rotarians visited Rotary Reserve north of Cedar Falls for their annual fish breakfast of fried pike, boiled potatoes, cantaloupe, bacon, coffee and doughnuts. George Shoemaker and Roy Sinnard led a large local crew who staffed the event after overnight preparations. Carleton Sias acted as head bus boy with a hotel style wait staff. Neil Jackson aided the organizing committee. The Waverly Rotarians were the sole guests.
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Waterloo and
Waverly
Rotary Reserve
Cedar Falls
George Shoemaker
Roy Sinnard
Reserve
Carleton Sias
Neil Jackson
Waverly Rotarians
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