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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1929
Page
15
Martha's Vineyard Island Mass reports Dr Hill a chemistry college graduate from Town, member of Pal Omega dental fraternity and former Grinnell College student. The couple left for Wisconsin for a honeymoon.
Miss B L Heidelman 6400 conger efreet married W H Webb city electrical inspector 920 Newton St Monticello at 7 p m Saturday the Rev H L Adix officiated at the bridegroom’s sister-in-law Mrs Fred Lehman home A dinner followed and the couple will reside at 920 Newton St Cedar River park hosted a Leege family reunion and a surprise birthday party for F G Leege Louisa Van Lesbian hosted a dinner party in Cedar Falls for 10 guests including Iowa State Teachers College faculty members with pink lavender and white decor and six weeks internship in obstetrics was noted for a Mrs Albert Roderick and son Robert visiting Cedar Rapids before returning home Various relatives visited and traveled between Waterloo Spencer Independence and Chicago for family events and professional study.
City notices record a stream of local visits and travel. Mrs Carl Wyant of Los Angeles visits the Wyant home in Walnut court apartments. Police Driver Charles Pickens spent Sunday at McGregor with his wife and relatives. Mrs Samuel Silvers returns from Long Beach after a three week visit with her parents. Miles Davis attends funeral in Des Moines after his father’s death. Mrs F T Hawkins of Chicago visits her parents on Fremont street. Miss Josephine Straus Leona Berend and Elizabeth Tridel motor to Dubuque to see relatives. Paul Allen returns from Myrtle Creek Ore after a brother’s death. Ruth Smith departs for Chicago after a weekend at home. Dr A A Hoffmann returns from St Louis.
Richard Casslebarth a Grundy Center youth seriously injured in an auto crash at Reinbeck a week ago last Saturday remains hospitalized at Allen Memorial. He suffers a fractured skull, broken nose and facial and body wounds with ongoing treatment and uncertain prognosis.
The piece advises shaping eyebrows with tweezers and cold cream, outlining an ideal arch to influence facial expression. It covers thinning from beneath for height, dangers of over plucking, and the impact on appearance, plus brief notes on leg shaping through dance and exercise and a tip about oil use for hair and massage.
The Courier's News reports David McKinley and Wallace Young won flashlights while Miss Cole received a leather autograph book as prizes in a team event. The piece also notes a drug house fire in Rock Island with $260000 damage and aid from Davenport, Mo line, and the arsenal. Additionally, paving contracts and bids are planned in Crawford Page and Union counties with roads, bridges, and culverts a focus.
William Voelker of Manchester Iowa farms 120 acres eight miles south of town and maintains a high producing Holstein herd. The herd set state records in 1926 for eight to 20 head, earned medals at Dairy Cattle Congress Waterloo, and includes cows yielding up to 15,889 pounds of milk and 786 pounds of butter. The operation relies on purebred sires, cow testing, and strict feeding with alfalfa, while a model milk barn supports four milking sessions daily for top producers.
About fifty salesmen from the Cedar Valley division of Town Public Service will meet tomorrow at the utility offices to mark the manufacture of General Motors one millionth Frigidaire electric refrigerating machine and hear sales talks. Principal speaker Phil Avery of Frigidaire will also address Kiwanis at its ladies night. J W Tedford of Des Moines will speak at the session.
Jens Olesen & Sons Construction Ga has completed removing four houses from Bath Street to the 1601 block on Sycamore Street for the Olesen Simpson Realty Company. Two houses will be converted into apartments as work progresses. Removal cleared the right of way for the W. C. FL & N. extension of track age to Rath Packing Company Plant.
A corn cultivating demonstration at Chezak farm in Geneseo Township on June 24 drew a good crowd of farmers. The Chezak motor plow is a general purpose tractor attachment that cultivates three rows at once. It can plow six acres per hour, promising cheaper work than horse-driven methods. The farm has 800 acres planted this year with about 350 acres of corn and 66 acres of soybeans. Chezak employs two hired men and pursues modern machinery, with plans to add a combine for small grains.
Fourth district leaders met in Nashua for their annual conference. Daisy Williams and Henry Eichtung spoke on growth of the Farm Bureau, with Senator George Patterson proposing a state income tax to replace the property tax and urging attention to the federal inheritance tax. Patterson cited that farmers pay about two thirds of property taxes and banks paid 72 percent of net income in 1928. E. L. Kelly noted the Chicago Livestock Commission marketing co operative has grown to 150 million dollars in five years. Miles K. Calvert emphasized farm leadership development as key to industry problems. The Nashua High School band provided music.
Iowa State College at Ames has purchased three Chester White hogs from Robert Plager five miles west of Grundy Center. The college will feed them for exhibition at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. One hog foaled last September weighs 349 pounds and is considered a top prospect by college authorities.
The Dairy Cattle Congress enhances its twentieth annual program with a 50 percent production premium for cows three years and older that have produced in 300 days on official test and meet butterfat standards. New herd class rules favor uniform udder presentation and milk flow, while the American Guernsey Cattle Club awards rosettes to top exhibitor bred cows in early classes. Breeder inquiries surge, with Jersey and Guernsey farms planning Waterloo entries from across the Northeast and Midwest.
The largest prize money ever offered at the Dairy Cattle Congress will be complemented by soon-to-be-announced premium list and judges for the National Belgian Horse show.
Weather variations create a wide difference in Iowa corn size per the Weekly report of the Illinois Central railroad. Most corn is favorable, though some areas suffer from too much rain. harvest will begin soon in parts of Iowa while oats show good growth and heading.
Grundy Center plans a new 32 by type amphitheatre seating 1500 at the Grundy county fairgrounds. Construction starts soon and is expected to be finished by mid August, two weeks before the fair. A long awaited stand will be built as funds allow after past indebtedness. Arrangements with Greene County Fair at Jefferson provide exchange of free acts for both shows.
Gourler Kyceta Sereteed New Hampton Ia June 24 baby clothes will be the subject discussed during the week of June 24 to the farm bureau ladies in the home project work Third Year Clothing. Patterns for babies and small children will be shown plus four ways to alter a plain dress pattern to add variety without new patterns.
Geneseo Township June 24 A North Tata Cow Test association tour attracted many members. A key event was a debate by Wolf Creek Pioneers with Tama Calf club and Southern Boosters on Holsteins versus Jerseys. Wolf Creek won. LeNore Cole of Geneseo participated.
Large turnout at Cedar River park municipal bathing beach with about 1200 swimmers plus numerous onlookers. Custodian William Hoffman notes crowds increasing daily as search ends with the discovery of a body on a sandy bar in the Des Moines river.
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