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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1928
Page
7
Independence citizens and business leaders back a plan to establish an airport here. An available acreage near the city is eyed as a landing field with support from World War I aviators George Barrett and H C Funston.
Mrs. Ravlin a longtime La Porte City resident dies March 15 in Las Gatas California at her daughter’s home Survived by daughter Mrs F A Countryman and son John Ravlin Minneapolis Funeral services set for March 19 at Presbyterian church Hardin Funeral follows other local obituaries for Mrs Oscar Hardin of Traer and notes about local club meetings and a visiting teacher from Spirit Lake amid basketball tournament closures.
Thirty six women were treated to a St Patrick's celebration at Hotel Allison in Allison Iowa. Mrs Maja Pals and Misses Helen Baldock Ruth Smith Margaret Voogh Helen Gilbert Bertha Cook and Leata Schmidt organized the event. Guests from out of town included Miss Baldocks sister from Rockford and Mrs F C Whiteker from Shel Rock.
Henry Koch a prominent Wellsburg area farmer died at Grundy Center Saturday night after a long illness. He was a member of the German Lutheran church near Woelischturg and the pastor was Rev. William Hinrichs. He is survived by his widow and ten children. Burial details to be announced.
Three Waterloo youths F Connolly John Simmons and Bernard Murphy were arrested Saturday evening for intoxication after creating a disturbance on College Hill. They were released about 10 minutes later after bonds of 15 dollars were posted by A Connelly, father of one, with a fresh complaint by nearby residents when the trio became noisy while changing a tire on their automobile.
Cedar Falls voters face a $150,000 bond issue to maintain the municipal gas plant alongside water and electric services. Polls opened at 7 am and close at 7 pm with a required 75 percent affirmative vote based on the last city election. Also noted are park renovations, influenza subsidence, athletic luncheon, commercial club meeting, church women's meetings, and library additions with local residents and officials mentioned.
Hampton council approves a summer paving plan totaling about three and a half miles of streets. Bid advertisements for two miles will follow next week. After petitions and a prior cash stance, residents now back the project amid muddy spring conditions. A highway 65 segment through Hampton is let for paving with state funds and property tax. Plan includes Iowa Second to Great Western tracks and several cross streets.
Dillon Grover won first in the humorous division of the subdistrict declamatory contest at Waucoma facing entries from Chester Cresco Decorah Lawler Nashua New Hampton Oran Tripoli and other schools.
Parkersburg residents report Church Bros who run a local barber shop have purchased the LeBahn shop and will operate both. Mr LeBahn will remain in their employ and Raymi and Church will manage the new shop.
Injuries from a fall about two weeks prior led to the death Friday of 77 year old Nashua resident Usher who had been in failing health for two years. He came here about 18 years ago from Cedar Rapids and is survived by three sons George Otis Usher and Walter Bassett and two daughters Mrs Clarence Bignehard and Mrs Mary Dudiey.
Walter E. Brown, formerly cashier of the State Bank of Aredale, is named cashier of Security Trust and Savings Bank in Cedar Falls succeeding Donald Eells who moves to the Federal Land Bank in Omaha. Brown, a Cedar Falls native and son of Mrs. Eugene Brown now in the West, is to arrive soon.
E Sehrack travels to Fort Wayne for treatment with Mrs Sehrack accompanying him. The fragmentary note places the event in March with unclear spelling and a destination near Parkersburg Indiana.
The Iowa Capitol Reporter editors clashed with legislators in 1841 1842 at the Old Stone Capitol. Ver Planck Van Antwerp nicknamed General and Old Growler due to partisan battles and threats. Jesse Williams and Palmer followed, with Walworth and King figures in repeated confrontations. The era ended as government moved to Des Moines in 1857.
Parkersburg Iowa March 19 The bi month old son of Mr and Mrs Claus Penning suffered burns when a box near a stove caught fire during a family move The baby required the amputation of three fingers on the right hand The attending physician expects complete recovery The family lives on a farm nearby Also notes Schuyler Colfax birthday observance by Rebekah lodge with program and musical numbers and the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs A R Knudsen.
Har old Moser of Oxnard California escaped rising floodwaters after the St Francis dam failed. He was awakened at 3 am and drove 15 miles along Hill Roads to safety as water rose to within a mile of Oxnard. Moser, a carpenter and contractor, had three Oxnard house contracts.
Ray Sweet and Miss Lornin Miller were married Thursday afternoon by Rev. A EL Fish at the Congregational parsonage in Osage. They will reside on a farm near Mayd.
District conference at United Brethren church in Hudson Iowa discussed deficiency methods for Sunday school work. County association officers from Waterloo and local leaders spoke. Sixth graders Mary Louise Havig and Hubert Wallingford won the spelling contest and will advance to county level. eighth grade contest set for April 6.
The Chicago Great Western railroad plans extensive track improvements across east west north and south divisions and at Oelwein terminal as frost ends. Grading camps and extra gangs to be stationed at strategic points with several hundred workers for ballasting surfacing piloting in new ties and laying miles of new steel.
Narrow 700 year old streets in Paris lose old houses as sanitation experts applaud progress. The era of candlelight patrols and archers fades while the rue de la Reynie and rue de Venise lose their medieval fabric to new city improvements and safety measures.
Chauncey J. Stevens, 93, famed as the oldest mayor in the United States, died at his daughter’s home in Tama Iowa. He served as Montour mayor for 19 years and was Iowa’s oldest practicing attorney. Born in Jefferson New York in 1834, he moved to Tama County in 1855.
Berlin reports that Prof. Ernst Oppler, dean of Berlin etchers and painter, says provincial artists are financially successful while hundreds of Berlin artists struggle. He notes Berlin buyers follow fashion toward French painters and cites provincial patrons with leisure to sit for portraits in large country houses. He urges younger artists to establish themselves in the provinces.
The tomb of Tutankhamen is opened for morning tours three days weekly in Luxor. Electric power now provides light and air for visitors inside the Valley of the Kings. Howard Carter has completed current work after clearing the fourth chamber’s remarkable collection for the time being.
Miss Elsie Hurd of Greene and Ed Folkerts of Bristow married at Little Brown Church near Nashua on a Saturday afternoon officiated by Rev J L McCarlson. Attendants were Homer Hurd and Hattie Folkerts. The bride, daughter of Clifford Hurd, wore rose brush crepe. she taught in Butler county schools and will start housekeeping April 1 on Folkerts farm near Bristow.
Osage IA March 192 The sub district declamatory contest in Osage Friday evening brought Osage one first and two second prizes. Miss Marjory Dorsey won first in dramatic with No. 5. John Larson was second in oratorical with The Price of Freedom. Ruth McYinsy recited Peters Projects in humorous and was second. Clear Lake boy Renard won first in oratorical with The Plea for Cuba. Dorothy Hunchies Plymouth was first in humorous with Willies Contest. Schools represented included Clear Lake Kensett Mason City Norwood Otranto Rock Falls and Plymouth. Judges were Sup F J Moore New Hampton and Misses Sybil Yates and Catherine Catherwood Austin.
Glasgow March 19 Labour Councillor John Stewart urged Glasgow Corporation to accept advertisements on tramcars arguing it is less embarrassing for men to look at ads than at women passengers in stockings. He said men should be kept from staring at ladies and that advertising matter would occupy their attention during trips.
Nora Springs and Sheffield win in the northeast Iowa district declamatory contest at Hampton on Friday night. Moody, McGuiness, and Geissler take first in oratorical humorous and dramatic classes respectively. several others place, with a traveling cup awarded to school No. 8 and cash prizes for top ten finishers.
Paris authorities establish a new Museum of Word and Gesture under Sorbonne supervision. The facility will preserve slang and colloquialisms, spoken and written French, with a phonetics laboratory and phonograph recordings to accompany manuscripts for future linguistic study.
The Sister in charge praises Father John's Medicine as indispensable for health and strength. She notes its cough and cold relief and its value as a builder, claiming they would not be without it and that it has no equal. The ad claims seventy years of success with no alcohol or harmful drugs.
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