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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1928

Page

2

Engagement Planned for Grace Boeller and Burt Mathews

A luncheon at Black's tearoom announced the engagement and approaching marriage of Grace Boeller and Burt Mathews for July 14. The couple, both East and West High graduates, work in state offices and live at 728 Reber Avenue and 1122 Wellington Street. Guests included Miss Anne McCarthy of Dubuque and several local friends.

Black Grace Boeller Barl Mathews Anne McCarthy Dubuque Burdette Smith Ifm Netcott Martha Bueter Mildred Bunn Dora

Muriel Correll and Harry Orrick Wed at Adair Ia

Muriel Correll daughter of Mr and Mrs B A Correll of Adair Ia married Harry Clark Orrick Jr son of Mr and Mrs HW Orrick of Waterloo Ia today at First Presbyterian Church Adair The bride wore a white Reorget gown with lace trim and a bouffant skirt The ceremony featured organ music and a bridal chorus Recessional was Mendelssohn They will reside in Cedar Falls Ia after a motor trip to Davenport and Chicago The couple's backgrounds include teaching and engineering with out of town guests from Waterloo Ia

Adair Muriel Correll B. A. Correll First Presbyterian Church Harry Clark Orrick, Jr Orrick Gates Street Waterloo J. M. Deberg Katherine Orrick Catlin Correll Geraldine Gater George Aidenbaugh Yahor Messi Lyman ‘Burr Kenneth Lyte Thoris Hubbard Cadman Mendelssohn Miss Marie Gundrum Casey University of Colorado Boulder Colo Northwestern University Evanston Adair Public Schools Waterloo East AL Iowe State College Ames Theta Xi Sdles Wagner Manufacturing Company Cedar Falls H. C. Orrick C. W. Chapman James H. Chapman Jackson McCoy C. H. Wilson

Free Methodist Pastor to Speak at W C T U Session

At 2 30 p m Tuesday in Willard hall Waterloo Women s Christian Temperance Union will host Free Methodist pastor J W Whiteside as special speaker. The program reviews the flower mission reef department activities for the month with special music in the works. Members are urged to bring infant clothing gifts for the Benedict Home Fund to be boxed for the institution.

Fev J. W. Whiteside Free Methodist Church Willard Hall Waterloo Women’s Christian Temperance Union Flower, Mission and Reef Department W. A. Davis Benedict Home Fund

Daughters of Isabella to Meet for Dinner and Cards

Daughters of Isabella will convene 6 30 p m Tuesday in Black's tearoom for dinner and bridge and 500. Important business to be transacted includes reading recommendations for by law revisions. John Hickey and Miss Bess Burns manage arrangements. notify officers if not informed by Tuesday.

Daughters of Isabella Gimmerst Black Ss Marine Eran Regent

Social events on week’s calendar and venues

Social events listed by day feature groups such as City Federation of Women’s Organizations at Hotel Tussell Lamson with Clira Horton of Universalist church and Miss Dorothy Weatherwax, Star Rebekah club with Mrs Frank Duke, Willardhall T A, Daughters of Isabella at Black’s tearoom, Bethany White Shrine picnic at Electric Park LA, and more. Activities include gatherings at Smith cottage near Gibertville Woodneway, Waterloo chapter, and meetings of the Do-A-Best club, Pandora club, Blue Triangle league, and a mixed bridge party at the Country club with multiple hosts and venues across the week.

City Federation of Women's Organizations Tussell-Lamson Clira Horton Guild Universalist Church Dorothy Weatherwax Star Rebekah Club Frank Duke Willardhall Isabella Black Bethany White Shrine Electric Park B. of RB.T+—Firemen's hall

Gold Leaf Camp Initiates at Janesville Camp

Thirty eight members of Gold Leaf camp Royal Neighbors and one member from Waterloo camp led by Mrs Harriett Wightman traveled to Janesville for class adoption in the Odd Fellows hall. Waterloo and Janesville candidates were received. After the ceremony visitors entered and Gold Leaf members offered refreshments. Janesville members served from a roses and peonies decked table. Gold Leaf camp plans a card party Friday afternoon July 6 followed by a regular evening meeting.

Gold Leaf Waterloo Camp Harriett Wightman Janesville Odd! Fellows Hall Waterloo Gold Leaf Camp

Banquet for Encampment Auxiliary Team Held Last Night

Ladies' Encampment auxiliary members and their husbands were banqueted in Black Hawk I. C. O. Fhell. The gold team hosted the purple team from a recent membership contest. Mrs. Alfred Lawton led the losing team and oversaw the kitchen while Mrs. Harry Hill ran the dining room. Tables featured gold and purple colors with roses and ferns. Covers numbered 75. Captains and officers issued tasks. Mrs. Olive Walden led the winning team.

Black Hawk I. C. O

Birthday Dinner Honors May and June Members at WRC

The Women's Relief Corps will honor members with May and June birthdays at a paid dinner Wednesday in Memorial Hall. An afternoon memorial service will follow for members who died in the last year. At yesterday's meeting, reports from the forty fifth state convention in Cedar Rapids were shared, and two new member applications were read. Mrs. Lottie Flick serves as president.

Women's Relief Corps Cedar Rapids Lottie Flick

Club Notes on Luncheon Gatherings and Meetings

The Notes Star Rebekah club will meet Tuesday at 1 PM for a luncheon in Mrs. Frank Duke’s home. Forget-Me-Not club was entertained yesterday at Mrs. Will Davis’s home with a picnic dinner at noon followed by games. The next meeting is planned at Mrs. Leo Billings’s home in Cedar Heights.

Star Rebekah Club Frank Duke Will Davis Leo Billings Cedar Heights

Farm Bureau Women Learn Quilt Pattern Lessons

Miss Norah Workman extension specialist gave training school lessons to Waterloo area Farm Bureau women at the YWCA. East Waterloo and Cedar township representatives attended the household linens lesson and quilt pattern activity. Present were Mrs. Hubert Sweitzer E E Mattingly R Silver Jesse Bige and L E Hanson. The session will be repeated for Waterloo township women next Thursday at Mrs. Mattingly’s home.

Norah Workman Farm Bureau Women of Waterloo East Waterloo Cedar Y. W C. A Mattingly

Church News Meet at Dorothy Westherwax Home

Clara Barton guild of the Universalist church will meet Monday evening in the home of Miss Dorothy Westherwax with Mrs. Joe Lavine assisting. Mrs. H. W. Hammond's circle of First Congregational church plans a 1 o'clock luncheon Wednesday at the Smith cottage near Gilbertville and nonmembers may arrange to go by calling Mrs. Hammond.

Clara Barton H. W. Hammond First Congregational Church Smith Cottage Gilbertville Mrs. Hammond

Hints in Beauty Care A Home Made Patter

Reader submitted ideas from Edna Kent Forbes column cover at home facial care. A clever patter uses a rubber device wrapped in a wood handle to tap the face and work cream into pores. Advice also includes oily hair cause linked to elimination and an exercise to prevent slouching during long work hours.

Edna Kent Forbes

Mrs Walls to Speak at Alpha Chi Omega Reunion in Chicago

Vera Rock Walls Iowa alum and former Minnesota state chairman will give one of the speeches at a banquet in the Congress hotel Chicago as part of Alpha Chi Omega sorority activities. Her Minneapolis sister Mrs J W Walpole joined a group of several hundred sorority members en route to Mackinac Island for a convention at the Grand hotel with a chartered steamer trip and future Indiana travel.

Vera Rock ‘Walls Iowa Minnesota Congress Hotel Chicago Alpha Chi Omega Sorority Walls J.W. Walpole Minneapolis Minn Waterloo Mackinac Island Grand Hotel Walpole Walls Wi Indiana

Dinner and Dance Attracts Sunovside Club Crowd

More than 160 persons dined at Sunovside country club last evening for a dinner dance in the summer series. The event drew a mixed bridge portion in the evening and was praised as highly successful. The next dinner dance is set for Friday July 6. A second mixed bridge night will be held Friday evening. Women of the club sponsor a 2:30 p.m. Monday benefit bridge at the clubhouse to raise funds for locker room renovations. All members and friends are invited.

Sunovside Country Club

City Federation to Hold Election Meeting

City Federation of Women's Clubs plans its regular meeting Monday with election of officers and committee reports as the order of business Dinner will follow at 8 30 p m at Hotel Russell Lamson Arrangements are led by Miss Minnie Maibauer Mrs A E Johnson and Mrs W W Warsaw Reservations to be made with the committee members

City Federation of Women's Clubs Russell-Lamson Minnie Maibauer A. E. Johnson W. W. Warsaw

Phi Sigma Chi Dance Draws 125 Couples at Electric Park

Phi Sigma Chi fraternity hosted 125 couples at Electric park attracting many students home on vacation. The event featured a strong turnout from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. The group plans biweekly dances throughout the summer season.

Phi Sigma Ch Electric Park Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls

Erma Orth to wed George Henning honored at party

Miss Erma Orth, soon to be married in July to George Henning, was celebrated at a party hosted by Miss Kone Trainor and Miss Beatrice Shares in Shell Rock. Guests included John McDarwell, Mrs Don Amos, Edgar Sweitzer, Ramona Smith, Bertha Even, Josephine Kuck, and Mas Flin. Favors given to Leone Deardorf and Lois Kanneneelser.

Kone Trainor Beatrice Erma Orth George Henning Shell Rock Miss Trainor Banco Leone Deardorf Lois Kanneneelser Muss Orth Margaret Trainor Leone Annamae Trainor Shares Mines John McDarwell Don Amos Edgar Sweitzer Ramona Smith Bertha Even Josephine Kuck Mas Flin

Birthday Dinner Honors Peter Stallman at Home

Peter Stallman was honored at a birthday dinner at his home last evening at 6:30 am. Ten children attended except for son Fred in Grand Forks Minnesota and a daughter Mrs. ds MM. Fox of Fairbank Iowa. about ten people total. The gathering marked also the birthday anniversary of son Martin with a large orchid themed cake. Nearby guest Mr. angels C. B. Schafer of Des Moines attended from out of town.

Peter Stallman Fred Martin Rcenter Orchid

Luncheon for Burton Avenue D V B S Workers

Daily Vacation Bible School workers from Burton Avenue Baptist church were treated to a two course luncheon yesterday noon at Mrs Bre ton W Kibiers home. The table was set with shasta raisins and covers included Rev and Mrs Marion Flint Margaret Crandall Muriel Dredin Esther Peterson Lois Knudson Marjorie Dryden LoisBulings Mamie Van Eaton Ruth Hary Harry Peterson Paw Thorberry Donald Sandquist and Earl Armstrong.

Burton Avenue Baptist Church Breton W. Kibier Marion Flint Margaret Crandall Margaret Aint Muriel Dredin Esther Peterson Lois Knudson Marjorie Dryden Lois Bulings Mamie van Eaton Ruth Hary Harry Peterson Paw Thorberry Donald Sandquist Earl Armstrong

Waterloo O. E. S Plans Initiation and Picnic

Waterloo chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a picnic at Elretrie park with over 100 attendees. The group plans a special initiation at the Matt Parrott building on Wednesday evening with musical numbers and refreshments. the text notes other local fraternal events and a tangential reference to a firemen’s event.

Waterloo Order of Eastfern Star Wil Matt Parrott Elretrie Park aNsplom

White Shrine Outing Planned at Electic Park

Bethany Temple White Shrine of Jerusalem arranges a picnic for shrine members and families Tuesday evening at Electic Park with dinner at 6 30 p m. If rain, tables move to the automobile building.

Bethany Temple White Shrine of Jerusalem Electic Park Shrine

Faribault Aviators Delayed Twice By Fuel and Storm

Two Faribault aviators B J Arndt and E J Petersen faced repeated delays starting from Waterloo and Waverly as fuel ran low and a squall and a twister forced landings. They are employees of the St Louis Aircraft company and resumed flight at 10 a m after repairs.

Faribault. Minn B.J. Arndt E. J. Petersen Waterloo Waverly Glenn A. Tibbitts Grant Highway Arndt Petersen Faribault St. Louis Aircraft Company

Twins Picnic at Des Moines Delayed to Next Week

The twins picnic scheduled for today at Union Park in Des Moines has been postponed a week to allow sponsors to gather more Livins from across the state. Triplets also invited. mothers and fathers may attend. Fred Steinbeck of the local M. G. A. will serve as taster of ceremonies.

Is Moines Union Park Fred Steinbeck

Rainfall totals and kitchen notes from the week

The week brought 3.67 inches of precipitation with daily amounts listed as 2.25 inches Monday 0.46 inch Wednesday 0.46 inch Thursday and 0.50 inch Friday. A recipe for Chevy Dumplings with pie cherries is given along with kitchen conversions for pints of common ingredients.

Brain Test Answer Guriese and Ingredient Equivalents

A scrambled text describes equivalences between ingredients with odd spellings. It mentions a pint of seeded raisins equals portions, a pin g of currants equals ten The Jetters, and a pint of grated something equals an ounce. It appears to be a playful puzzle about measuring seeds fruits and powders.

Guriese Boliamara S.R. Ty Brenderunvos U

Know Waterloo Week Showcased Local Industry Displays

Waterloo week closed its six day downtown display of products from more than 60 manufacturers. Leaders praised public interest and the educational setup by the Greater Waterloo Civic Council and the Chamber of Commerce. Plans began for Know Waterloo week 1929 to widen educational value and regional pride.

Waterloo Week Waterloo Herman C. Miller Chamber of Commerce Greater Waterloo Civic Council Greater Waterloo Cretonne Susanna Levis Buck's Booterie Fisher Tent & Awning Co Waterloo Paint & Glass Co Rose

Waterloo area notices and minor court actions

Local items report Miss Lillian Huntington visiting Storm Lake Iowa and Harold McCavick reporting a stolen drum. Updates include Miss Margaret McMahon improving in Oelwein, a divorce petition by John Dirks from Lena Dirks, amputation after finger injury to Mrs I G Niemeyer, a drunken driving fine for Ave Smith, and searches for Edward Wood of Chattanooga. Also noted are a Waterloo clerk’s vacation fish box, a missing boy Clarence Kelley, Dave Stranahan’s liquor arrest, Waterloo residents visiting family, Phyllis Rollins arriving for a visit, Francis Connolly charged with DUI, a Lamson family trip, and a postponed church picnic due to rain with activities rescheduled.

Harold McCavick Cedar Heights Margaret McMahon Waterloo J. W. Dahl Oelwein I. G. Niemeyer Sycamore Street St. Francis Hospital Ave Smith Eighth Street West J. G. Beem Waterleo Edward Wood Chattanooga Tenn Wood Walter Alexander Deep River Minn Ray C. Begert Express

Oldenburg Women On U S Tour Visit Baltimore Aunt's Home

Three Oldenburg women Miss Margot Hongers Miss Adele von Stooten and Mrs Meta Doh arrive in Oldenburg Germany and stay with Miss von Stootens aunt Mrs P G Bakker at 413 Baltimore Street before beginning a U S tour. They plan to visit Yellowstone National Park and other scenic points after leaving Monday for the Pacific coast.

Margot Hongers Adele von Stooten Meta Doh Oldenburg Germany Miss von Stooten P. G. Bakker Baltimoore Street United States Pacific Coast Yellowstone Natonal Park

Childs First School is the Family column series

The National Kindergartens Association publishes weekly articles in the Evening pages arguing home education. It promotes the idea that the family should be the child’s first school and emphasizes parental involvement in early learning.

National Kindergartes Association West Fortieth Street Mewae

Cultivating the Habit of Kindness

Ruth L. Franke recounts how a mother taught her children to speak kindly of others. When Alice and Tommy teased Johnny Randall, the mother urged choosing praise over fault finding. The habit grew, guiding the siblings to seek the pleasant in people and discuss multiple viewpoints, shaping Charlie into a friendly classmate.

Ruth L. Franke Alice Tommy Johnny Randall Johnny

Noted Clark University President Hails Early Childhood Guidance

Wallace W. Atarood of Clark University Massachusetts stresses the crucial impact of guiding young children in both work and play. He warns that early years carry greater potential for good than any later period in a child’s life.

Wallace W. Atarood Clark University Massachusetts

Henderson Gets 10 Years in Bank Fraud Case

West Union Iowa June 23 Inde terminate sentence to the peniten tiary motto exceed 10 Years was given M. W. Henderson Jr former state superintendent of banking and state cashier of First State bank of Hawkeye which failed this morning by Judge H E B Taylor in district court here No fine was assessed The court overruled motion of Hendersons counsel for new trial on the ground of error in admission of a state bank examiner s report which cautioned officers of the bank against practices which the prosecution alleged were irregular S H Bevins president of the same bank received similar sentence several months ago on the same charge.

West Union M. W. Henderson, Jr First State Bank of S. H. Bevins

Arrests Bring Eldora Escapees Back in Custody

Donald King 5 taken at 0 My with companion and Paul Yerky 15 Des Moines arrested after five of six youths who escaped from Eldora training school Tuesday night are recaptured. King and Yorky face story county charges of breaking and entering before returning to Eldora. Hartzell Greenley Waterloo youth arrested at Ames after naming Robert Keeler. others jailed. Elmer Wright Council Bluffs remains at liberty. Women along the Mississippi River aid navigation by caring for more than 100 lights maintained by the department of commerce.

Donald King Second Street East Paul Yerky Des Moines Eldora Training School King Yorky Theing Eldora Story County Hartzell Greenley Waterloo Ames Robert Keeler Pates Independence William Novak Tama Elmer Wright Council Bluffs Mberty Greenley Missisappi River Department of Commerce

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