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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1929
Page
4
Fredericksburg Tai March 2 A mass meeting is set for Monday evening March 4 to discuss buying the opera house for a community center. The meeting will be held in the schoolhouse. A bird whistle on the water tower will be controlled from the telephone office and sounded at 7 am noon and 6 pm to tell residents the correct time.
Nar cissus lodge hosts Fifth district visitors in La Porte Iowa with Grand Chancellor Jean S. Tuthiil Waterloo and Deputy Grand Chancellor E A Randall Cedar Falls in attendance A program of toasts and lunch followed. Residence property sold to Mr and Mrs M Jacobs near city park occupancy by Mr and Mrs Arthur Bagenstos to begin around April 1. Mr and Mrs Grant Hollenbeck relocate to Independence. Community club held a Thursday meeting at Mrs John Gille with 11 members and three visitors Mrs George Oscar Dysart Miss Grace Seamons Miss Irene Kahler social hour and lunch. Next meeting March 14 at Mrs Lewis Kahler.
Cedar Falls Lutheran churches ready Palm Sunday observance on March 24. Each congregation offers a year long confirmation class for youths receiving instruction from their ministers. Nazareth Lutheran Church Pastor Otto Nielsen will confirm five boys and five girls.
March 2 Arthur Harrison received injuries when a horse, thought unhitched, reared and trampled him while helping George Davis move. No bones were broken. Also noted: Mrs Julius Vaughn improving after Iowa City hospital care, and Mr and Mrs Gene Wilbur moving near Lime Springs with the Binning family taking their farm. Four freight cars unloaded household goods as the Dewey Pulz family relocates from Dixon to Broder farms north of Randalia.
In Jesup Iowa on March 1 past chiefs of Barry Temple No 136 Pythian Sisters were hosted by Mrs. A C Knowles. Mrs D E Terry led a business session and a candidate Mrs HOC Sherman was initiated. Special guest Mrs Clara Allen attended as well.
Manchester Iowa March 2 The Independent School district of Manchester spent 43 492 217 on educators in the year ending March 2 Secretary M J Yoran issued the district annual statement Women teachers received 30 196 18 and men 13 296 99 The district had a balance on hand March 3 1929 of 189 004 78 The total disbursements were 81 154 97
Charles City March 2 Horace Shattuck facing assault charges after a dispute with junk dealer Paul Zelner. Zelner says Shattuck and his men shoveled snow onto his property and then struck him during a follow up confrontation. Case carried to next week at plaintiff attorneys request.
Osage Iowa March 3 The funeral of Willan Overkamp who died Thursday as result of pneumonia will be conducted Monday morning in Sacred Heart Catholic church Burial will be in the parish cemetery Mr Overkamp born August 1850 in Wisconsin came to this vicinity many years ago Surviving are his widow two sons and two daughters Mrs Anna Payne and William Overkamp Jr Waterloo Frank Overkamp Platte S D and Mrs Mildred Ryan Lincoln Til
Jackson Morgensen, a well known local figure, lies gravely ill at his Benson residence. His health has steadily declined since the holiday period, according to reports from Cedar Falls.
Nee, business manager for Central States Power and Light, told 18 local business men that the Sumner city council would be forced to raise gas and electric rates by 50 percent if the franchise were transferred to the Municipal Utilities company of Des Moines. He warned the proposal could lead to court action to enforce higher rates. Letters outlining the issue were mailed to all Central States Power and Light patrons. James Payton of the company’s public relations department presided at the hotel meeting.
Waverly Iowa March 2 Mrs Clary died of a heart attack at her home Friday after summoning her son Archie by telephone when first struck. Funeral Monday at Methodist Episcopal church with Rev C Bacon officiating Burial Alcock cemetery Frederika Surviving are son here two other sons and a daughter Glyde Frederike Harvey Canada and Mrs Bertha Lemon Lhne Springs Mr Clary died three years ago. Declamatory Victors Hildegard Frese and Frederick Feldman will compete in district declamatory contest Miss Frese first in oratorical and Mr Feldman in humorous Laura Gail Laird second in dramatic section Waverly affirmative debating team Frese Lowden won at Vinton last week two to one Legion Groups to Meet Local post and auxiliary will meet Monday evening at Legion hall Service on the Rock Island restored today after wreck last Wednesday L. A. Winn substituting as agent during illness of B H Van Heel Hansen Zwanziger Ruth Zwanziger Harden Haonsen Horton were married Feb 28 at Baptist parsonage by Rev W W Simmons Brides mother accompanied them They will reside on a farm north of Horton About 19 neighbors and friends celebrated thirty third wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs William Guorgens
Independence Junior High presented a Friday assembly at Lincoln School. Harry Monroe recited Washington, followed by a pageant The All United States. A violin sextet played The next item was a debate Resolved that Washington as the father of his country deserves more credit than Lincoln on the savior. The affirmative came from Thomas Roberts Jr Paine Engleman and the Bagenstos with the negatives by Robert Stewart Ales Belgarde and Dwight Burkhart. A group song ended the program with a Virginia Reel.
Evangelist Rev. R W Fillmore leads a six night revival at First Church of Christ Cedar Falls with themes on danger signals Yankee prayers and the gauntlet of life The morning talk asks What Our Prayers Should Be and the week includes a children service and a closing vespers report on missions text from the article includes multiple church events and speakers across Cedar Falls and surrounding churches.
Funeral services for Mrs. T. J. MIMiken, 75, who died at her Ackley County home, will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian church in Town Falls. Pastor L H Sours will conduct. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery beside her husband, who died two years ago. She moved to Town 73 years ago and lived here since. Survived by one son Howard, a sister in Portland Oregon, and a brother in Hayden Lake Idaho.
An executive committee and chairmen were named for the Eugene Palmer religious crusade in Oelwein Iowa March 2 with roles assigned to F W Stephenson chair man J BE Greuer secretary Lester Boots treasurer W D Little publicity Mrs Emma Sayles prayer meeting Mrs Parker Young entertainment Newell Irvin ushers Mrs A R Hilsaheck women's work L D Wright personal work Osear Risaley young men's work Mildred Kiefer young women's work
Eva L. Pitts of Nashua recalled the founding and history of the First Congregational Church at a Nashua historical festival. She described migration from New York in 1859, the 1865 organization meeting, 1870 dedication, and 21 pastors over 63 years, plus 1915 church expansion and merger with Little Brown Church.
Manchester Iowa March 2 funeral set for Calvin Yoran a veteran Delaware county lawyer who practiced 58 years at his family home Rev J Frank Moore to officiate burial in Oakland cemetery He was born in 1844 in Herkimer County New York and moved to Manchester in 1867 to practice law with Griffins Satterlee later Yoran and Yoran His wife Phorne Chase died years ago He supported prohibition and served as lay leader and Sunday school superintendent at the Methodist church.
Mr and Mrs August Kirchman Jr celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Sumner on Friday. Married March 2 1875 at Lake Zurich Illinois they later moved to a farm near Bremer and then Sumner arriving in 1910. Attending relatives named include E H Bartles Miles City Mont H A Borcherding New England ND A Kirchman and two children Emma K Doderidge Crystal Lake Ill King and Emma K Doderidge were present.
The March meeting of the Ministerial association of Northern Hardin county will be held at Alden on Tuesday March 5 after a postponement from Monday due to inauguration. School election scheduled for Monday March 1, with board members Charles Roth Sr and Fred Trainer up for terms.
Cedar Falls March 2 annual meetings of both Cedar Falls BP Ee sisterhood chapters set for Monday evening. Chapter A will meet at Mrs Lucy Sillimans with a picnic supper and election of 1929 1930 officers. Chapter FV, hosted by Mrs S O Olesen on Eleventh Street West, will also elect officers and name a delegate to the state convention.
Ackley Iowa March 2 Funeral services for P S Whitney who died at his Hampton home Thursday after a second stroke will be Monday at 2 pm at the Congregational church in Hampton conducted by Rev H L Michael The body will be brought to Ackley for burial in Oakwood cemetery beside his first wife The Masons will have charge at the grave He is survived by his widow Lydia Fossler a daughter Mrs Madison Greer of California a son Ellsworth of Hampton several grandchildren and great grandchildren He would have reached his eighty ninth birthday today
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