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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
4
About 1 600 teachers from northeastern Iowa will attend the Northeastern Iowa District Teachers Association convention in Waterloo on April 2 and 3. H E Fuller of Iowa State Teachers College will preside with A W Moore and Mary Christie among officers. Hotel Russell Lamson hosts, with sessions Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday.
West High School debate squads fell to Boone in last evening’s meet. The affirmative team of Sam Sherman Robert McDowell and James Switzer lost, while the negative group led by David Dewey Ralph Childs and Morris Zimmering also went down.
Waterloo youths were invited to attend the 80 day Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines in August. Sergt L C Greenup reports inquiries for 1925, with blanks soon available. Scholarships will be awarded to St Thomas College, Kamper Military School, Missouri Military Academy, Shattuck School, Wentworth Academy and others in the Seventh Corps area.
The evangelistic effort led by Dr. H. R. DeBra and Dr. Guy Black will run March 29 to April 5 in Gary. It follows successful campaigns in the Calumet district and a city-wide drive in South Bend where 30 churches united and over 1,200 people affiliated with churches.
Nils Fischer, son of a wealthy Swedish maker, vanished December 6 while traveling from Chicago to New York. He saw a "Wanted-This Man" sign at the Bowery Y M C A bulletin board in New York, felt hunger and amnesia, and recovered under medical care without recalling his travels.
B B Hunter was unanimously elected Exalted Ruler of Waterloo lodge. He will lead during the completion and dedication of new homes on Mulberry Street and Park Avenue and has long promoted the project. Leonard Laird was re elected secretary along with named officers Joe Raymond Burr Towne Glenn Tibbitts L D Midler Louis Alderty J G Packard Walter Bags. Installation set for the first meeting in April.
A birthday anniversary surprise party for Mrs. Roy Gilley drew 22 friends last night. Ecards dancing and music entertained guests, with favors and gifts presented to Mrs. Gilley as a two course luncheon was served by hosts including Mrs. Wayne Palmer and Leo Regal.
Members of the Woman's Auxiliary of King Marion Post D A V will host disabled veterans and their wives at Memorial Hall tomorrow evening. The local auxiliary joins a state membership contest running from March 9 to May 9 with games music and dancing planned and refreshments to be served.
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