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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1927

Page

7

Minister to Answer T. C. Students' Queries About Church

Cedar Falls March 26 ten questions on religion morality and Christian responsibility from Iowa State Teachers College students will be answered Sunday evening by Dr Harry C Culver pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church. He will preach in the morning on Stewardship of Personality. The queries cover college life today church membership finding faith in college and moral standards including double standards and cooperation with teachers in examinations.

Gourier Cedar. Falls Iowa State Teachers College Harry C. Culvere First Methodist Episcopal Church

Falls District Evangelical Church Finances Stable

The Falls district of the Evangelical Church reports solid finances and full pulpit coverage for rural communities. About 2,500 members in the congregation with a Sunday School enrollment around 3,000 and 82 enrolled in a program. The church cost 59,000 to date and is fully paid. Several congregations have spent on repairs and remodeling including Cedar Falls with 1,500 spent on decorating as the annual state conference approaches next week.

Mission Society Meeting at Independence Presbytery

Women missionary societies of the Dubuque presbytery plan a large gathering April 26-27 at First Presbyterian Church in Independence Iowa with representatives from northeastern Iowa.

Independence Women's ‘Missionary Societies Dubuque Winthrop Lyle BE. Smith Rexall Drug Store Knightmake L. C C. Simmons

Charles City Man Dies as Result of Fall Down Stairs

Charles Fix, 79, died Friday from injuries after a fall down the stairway of his bone striking his head against a radiator and cutting an ugly gash over the temple. He was a retired farmer living near the city for 40 years. Funeral Sunday at home with burial in Beckwith cemetery at Niles. Stockholders Must Pay 100 P.O. The Iowa supreme court reversed the lower court in L A Andrew v Farmers Trust and Savings bank, ruling stockholders must pay full 100 percent assessment. depositors will receive an additional $25,000. Nehis Funeral. Funeral services for Fred Nehis, 58, who died after stomach ulcers operation at Cedar Valley hospital, were held Friday at the Lutheran church. interment in Riverside.

Courier Special Service Charles City Charles Fix Beckwith Niles Iowa Supreme Court L. A. Andrew Farmers Trust & Savings Bank Supreme Court Nehis Fred Nehis Cedar Valley Hospital Lutheran Church Prottengeler Opel Ting Riverside

Legion Auxiliary At Traer Adopts Disabled Soldier

Traer Iowa March 26 The Traer American Legion auxiliary unit voted to adopt Ned L Tolle a disabled World War I veteran now a tubercular 24 hour in bed patient at Fort Lyon Colorado The unit sends a monthly gift and frequent letters and greetings Members take turns writing to ensure steady mail Tolle formerly lived in Muscatine and enlisted April 1917 in Company B Eighteenth Infantry France service with the First Division He saw continuous fighting until he was incapacitated The Traer auxiliary has grown this year reaching 100 members adding Mrs Max Balfour a native French girl of Mitchell Field Long Island wife of a Traer overseas veteran now in the air service of the army who married in France after the war

Courier Special Service Traer Traer American: Legion Auxiliary Ned L. Tolle Towa the. U. S. Veterans, Hospital Fort Lyon Col Tolle Muscatine Burlington Jas France Anfantry Tolle A Max Balfour Mitchell Field Long Island Unlok Traer Overseas Air Service Army Tank Balfour

Jesup Bank Declares 15 Percent Dividend April 1

A 15 percent dividend will be paid to depositors of Jesup State Bank on April 1, announced by Paul Wilson, examiner in charge. This is the third payment since the bank's closure, bringing total deposits returned to 45 percent.

Courier Special Service Jesup State Bank Paul Wilson Examiner Methodist Episcopal Church Roberts & Son J. M A. B. Laird T. H. Barrett S. Sherman R. L. Bordner

Fire Destroys Barn and Contents on Grun dy Co Farm

Cedar Falls reports a fire at a Grun dy County farm destroying the barn and its contents. The Courier Special Services story notes the blaze occurred Friday with extensive damage. In Waterloo presbytery business, proceeds from Eldora church sale will fund Westminster foundation at Teachers College, plus three personnel changes. Reverend Marcus Krotzer joined from Iowa City Presbytery to Conrad. Rev A R Smith moved from Wincoln to Winona Minn and Rev Jd G Walz moved from Nevada to an Oregon church.

Cedar Falls Waterloo Eldora Church Westminster Foundation Teachers College Marcus Krotzer Iowa City Conrad Presbtery A. R. Smith Wincoln Winona Minn Jd. G. Walz Nevada Oregon

St Ansgar Child Dies While Visiting in Council Bluffs

The body of nine year old Junior Hendrickson, son of Mr and Mrs Norval Hendrickson, who died while visiting relatives in Council Bluffs, will be brought to St Ansgar. The father left for Council Bluffs immediately upon learning of the sudden death.

St. Ansgar Junior Hendrickson Norval Hendrickson Council Bluffs Blue Boy

Evang's Church Annual Session Opens Monday

The six ty-seventh annual session of Iowa and Des Moines Evangelical church conferences will open Monday evening at the Evangelical church with examination of junior clergy and a meeting of examiners. Delegates begin arriving Monday. first joint session since 1890 merges. Election precincts open 7 am to 7 pm with alderman contest in Fourth ward. Band tax and municipal gas plant questions on ballot. Lutheran and Presbyterian speakers set in Cedar Falls. schools back from vacation.

Courier Cedar Falls Iowa and Des Moines Evangelical Church Conferences Evangelical Church Board of Examiners Ackley J. F. Dunlap Western Old Peoples’ Home and L. H. Seager The G. L. Berseman Harvard E. Perry W. D. Wiler Band Citizens Committee

New Hampton Will Elect School Head From Seven Applicants

New Hampton Indiana March 26 The board of education will select the superintendent of schools from seven remaining applicants after credentials were reduced from about 20. The vacancy arose when P C Lapham resigned to join Charles City.

New Hampton Board of Education P. C. Lapham Charles City

Births Reported Across Several Iowa Towns

Manchester and Earlville announce newborns with families listing Walker Schemmel Emerson Reinburg Woerdehoff Ament Staith Krapfl Wilson Buchanan Simmons Drexler Otts Bailey Wilson Waddell Shaw Chambers and other parents. A daughter or a son is noted for each couple with no further details.

Manchester Robert Walker Earlville A. L. Schemmel Ryan Carl Emerson Robinson, & Son John Reinburg Robinson Ron Ben Woerdehoff Rob Inkon Leo Ament Hopkinton, & Son Mark Staith Cleans Krapfl Barlville Robert Wilson Farlville Oscar Buchanan Delhi Thomas Simmons Ralph Drexler Cogr- Bon Charles Otts Clifford Bailey Oak Park Delbert Wilson Ploy Vers Waddell

Floyd Supervisors and Medical Aesan Disagree on Fees

Floyd County Iowa faces a clash as the Floyd County Medical Society revokes its county care arrangement and shifts to its fee schedule. A prior county board resolution barred officials from ordering medical service for the poor, deferring payment decisions to the board. The dispute traces to a hospital emergency case where another county declined full payment, citing its own contracts.

Courter Charles City Floyd ‘County Board of Supervisors

La Porte Woman Married March 6 in Colorado

Friends learn of Marie Ingram’s marriage to Mr. Strickland at Glenwood Springs on March 6. They will reside in Grand Junction where Strickland runs a business. Marie served as a nurse during the war and was discharged after caring for her ailing mother in Fort Leavenworth. she had wintered with Mrs Mantz. Concludes with local notices of club and railroad obituary, and travels.

Courier Special Service la Porte City Marie Ingram Strickland Glenwood Springs Colo Grand Junction Mantz A. L Kennington Harry Perigo Clyde Jenks Charles Loveless American Legion Auxiliary a_Kensington C. Schreiber Iowa City University Hospital

Allison School Contracts Let For Additions and Gym

Allison Ia March 26 contracts let for school additions and gym. Olson & Sons Waterloo bid 1922 for 29 by 40 foot classroom addition. Fr F Victoria Britt to build gym costing 7820, 44 by 84 feet, hollow tile. Project includes basement locker showers eighth grade room ground floor and extra recitation halls. Allison Hardware to install plumbing and heating fixtures. Both structures to be finished before opening date.

Allison Allison School Olson & Sons Waterloo F. Victoria Britt Allison Hardware Company

Bremer County Spelling Champion Crowned in Waverly

Florence McCurrin, a sixth grade pupil at Irving School in Waverly, won Bremer county spelling championship last night defeating 14 contestants. She competed thirty minutes without misspelling a word.

Courier Special Service Waverly Florence McCurrin Irving School Bremer County

Marriage in January Announced at Fredericksburg

Fredericktown dispatch reports Mr and Mrs G R Davis have moved to Minneapolis after a January wedding in Nevada Tennessee Grace Hinkley formerly in the Black Hawk county engineer office is now wife of Mr Davis Muscatine was his former home Richard Stoltz a local contractor is in New Hampton hospital for pneumonia Frank Marr a former Williams town resident bought a residence and grocery in Waterloo with family to operate it Ed Mueller a former Mars garage employee has returned as foreman Mr and Mrs Noel Davin bought the Hagearty residence from the estate Henry Wittkop reports the loss of 18 head of cattle as a result of the 7 3 tot

Courier Enccial Service Fredericksburg G. R. Davis Minneapolis Nevada Frank Marr Williamstown Waterloo Ed Mueller Mars Parage Noel Davin Hagearty Henry Wittkop

OWA University Completes Major Projects

Cedar Falls March 26 Four worthwhile projects were advanced by the American Association of University Women in the last year including expanding state branches in the north central region revising history textbooks and studying women's economic status. Ten of 14 Iowa AAUW branches attend the third annual convention in Cedar Falls where Mrs F H Waters Ames presides and delegates applaud Iowa's building quota achievement for the national association in Washington.

Cedar Falls American Association of “University Guy 8. Ford Minneapolis North Central Iowa F. H.waters Ames Towa Waters National Association Washington D. C Association Ford

Married at Traer Iowa in wedding ceremony

Ervin G Winebbecke and Mise Maye Raymond both of Clutier were married at Traer Methodist parsonage by Dr W N Alexander. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Jon Winebbecke and the bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Raymond. They will reside on a Whitmore farm near Clutier bought by the groom’s father last month.

Traer Ervin G Winebbecke Mise Maye Raymond Hear Clutier Traer Methodist Parsonage Clutier Whitmore Farms

Rotary Club to Meet for Monday Luncheon at YWCA

A Waterloo Iowa brief notes the Rotary club will meet Monday for luncheon at the YWCA. Program will be by members of the YW organization. Several local and regional notices follow including hospital, school, and tax collection updates with multiple residents mentioned by name.

Rotary’ Club Y. W

Nobody Home Frequent Report by Tax Assessor

City Assessor J. Townsley says many homes were unoccupied during deputies’ visits, delaying 65 percent of assessments. Duplicates mailed, owners urged to review before the board of review opens. many vacant lots lack owner addresses, complicating valuation and equity in real estate and personal property tax listings.

Board of Review Prospect Hayes Addition Commercial A. H .Pinkerton C. E. Brokaw Ricker & Bratnaber Land Co Loop Cedar River Park G. H. Cheever

Dewar residents press for paving on Highway 20 stretch

Tiloyd Lemley recounts aiding stalled motorists near the Dewar town hall after heavy mud at a hill by the schoolhouse. Ed Schmitt, town clerk, notes isolation from pavement two miles from federal highway 20 and urges paving, offering to donate funds for hard surface. Trucks hauling hogs from Bremer and Chickasaw counties clog the gravel road, making the highway impassable at times.

Bremer Chickasaw Waterloo

A. A. A. W. Elects State Officers at Cedar Falls

Ames re elects Mrs F H Waters as president of the Iowa branch American Association of University Women at the third annual convention in Cedar Falls. The staff includes Mrs Henry Schall Sioux City Mrs John Fox ake Shenandoah Miss Sarah M Riggs Cedar Falls vice presidents Miss Marian Daniells Ames secretary and Mrs George Darling Marshalltown treasurer.

Cedar Falls F. H. Waters Ames Iowa American Association of University Women Henry Schall Sioux City John Foxake Shenandodi Sarah M. Riggs Marian Daniells George Darling Marshalltown

Former Iowan Kinley Foster Dies in Armour South Dakota

Kinley Foster aged 78, a Manchester pioneer who left the city years ago, died Wednesday at his Armour South Dakota home. Funeral services were held in Armour Friday with burial there.

Manchester S. N. Trenchard Kinley Foster Armour S. D

New London Store Burns in Iowa Fire

A March 26 blaze in New London Iowa destroyed the E. B. Morrow department store causing an estimated loss between 25000 and 35000 dollars. Fire crews fought the flames but the building was consumed. No injuries were reported.

New London E. B. Morrow Department Store

Petit Jurors for Fayette Court Report April 13

Oelwein area residents named as petit jurors for the April term of district court at West Union must report the morning of April 13. The list includes Ashby, Armitage, Bine, Brown, Chivington, Angeline, Gartz, Kint, Walser, Lewis, Markle, Murray, Sparks, Schaum, Strong, and others. Oelwein rifle club members joined Hazleton club for an informal shoot. club has over 30 members and formal organization is pending. Measles quarantine cards are nearly all cleared, with a few smallpox and scarlet fever cases remaining.

Oelwein West Union Ashby William Armitage Bine Frank Chivington J. A Angeline Gartz Fred Kint C. Walser Mary Lewis A. F. Markle Thomas Murray M.A. Sparks J. A. Schaum A. R. Strong Oelwein Rifle Club Hazzeton Hazleton’ Club Lool’ Club

Washington Township Ladies Aid Meeting Notice

Washington Township March 26 Special report states the Ladies Aid society will meet all day on Wednesday March 30 with Mrs S M Shafer. The notice notes the meeting location and any arrangements will be announced by the host.

Washington . Township Ladies'Aid Society

Salaries Set For City Officials In Ordinance Revision

The Cedar City Council plans a revision moving the mayor's pay to 1000 dollars annually from a mixed salary and fees and increasing the police officer's pay to 1200 dollars annually with increases to 1460 dollars during a four-year term. All fees will go into the city treasury and changes take effect at the start of the new biennium.

Council Treasury

Waterloo presbytery personnel changes reported

Grundy Center Iowa March 26 The late Friday afternoon destroyed the barn on the John C Korthouse farm with hay straw pigs and a flock of chickens This is the second calamity for Mr Korthouse within a week he had two ribs broken while unloading freight several days before Mrs Anna Rebeka died last night at the home of her daughter Mrs Ernest Baldwin southeast of here after several weeks of illness She was about 68 years old The other children survive Mrs Maurice Jansen Chicago and Ward whereabouts unknown The body of Omke Harrenstein who died at his home near Greene was brought to Heinrich cemetery near Wellsburg for interment His widow four children aged mother and several brothers and sisters survive His father died a few months ago

Courier Special Service Grundy Center Isa John Ernest’ Baldwin Here Maurice Jenssen Chicago Ward Omke, Harrenstein Greene

School Chief Re-elected for Fourth Term

Washua Iowa March 26 Roy C Woods has been re elected superintendent of schools for a fourth term. He graduated from Penn College in 1918 and Iowa University in 1924. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity.

Washua Roy C. Woods Penn College Iowa University Phi Delta Kapna

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T. C Gs Falls Evang’s Church Mission’ Society OF Presbytery Cedar Rapids Legion Auxiliary AT Colorado Hospital Jesup Bank Grundy CO Evang's City Gas J. A. Aasagaard Norwegian Lutheran Church First Presbyterian Church R. D. Echlin First Congregational Church G. F.barsalou School of Missions Messrs. and Mesdames Howard Orth Hobart Brown Glen Chambers Niles, H Se Air Ad Alt, Guase Eames Floyd Medical Asa LA Porte Fancy Doers Club Charles Kocher Kocher Kensington Ruth Kerstetter Effingam California George. Clark John. Hager Mason City OWA University Bartlett Hall May. Smith H. H. Seerley Anna B. Lawither Pauline L. Devitt Oskaloosa State Board of Education Amy Arey Miss Smith Buchanan Y' Bidz Harold “Register St. ‘Larke’s Hospital Register Marian Dunlavey John H. Steely Second Street East Stephen Doorley Cutler Street Allen Memorial Hospital Helen Maynard Northwestern University Evanston, Il Ed. Madigan Donald Bickley University of Chicago Carl C. Bickley Kimball Avenue Wilhelmina Davis Pleasant Avenue Los Angeles Cal Blim J. E. Brinkman J. &. Brinkman Rochester Earl A. Roadman Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Helen Cunningham Dunkerton Waterloo Thrift Company Lafayette Building Lafayette Street Medical Life Insurance Company Roger I. Crowell Thrift Company Rosa O'Connell Roy O'Connell Coon Rapids Madonnk James Tiloyd Lemley Altho Firat Dewar Ed. Schmitt Poyner ‘Township Petit Jurors Fayette Court AID C.F Tolccor Walter Baker & CO poscomsTt Ube Te My Valet, Inc K, BriAge
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