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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1929
Page
5
The fifty-eighth commencement at Town State college will graduate about 450, the largest class in the school's history, with no outside speaker. Dr. R M Hughes will give the address before diplomas. baccalaureate service on June 9 features Rev. Er nest F Tittle.
Cedar Falls May 18 Mrs Vesta Wilson longtime clerk in the office of A H Bangert secretary of the Retail Dealers association has been chosen by the directors to succeed Bangert who retires June 1 after 12 years of continuous service.
Three couples obtained licenses to wed at the clerk of the district court office in New Hampton on Friday. Nell M. Sullivan and Cordelia H. Imermann of Fredericksburg. Harold L. Christiansen of Coulter and Elya Valerian Hanselman of Laverne. Albert A. Bauer and Gertrude E. Mit of Harlan are listed as the couples. PARENTS OF DAUGHTER. Announcements report the birth of a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Painey of Halstead, Kan. Mrs. Pauley before marriage was Lodeska Johnson.
Tama and several communities across northeast Iowa announce high school graduations. Tama, Rockford, Manchester, Garwin, New Hampton, Mt. Auburn, St Ansgar, Allison and surrounding districts share commencement plans, speaker details, and class rosters for 1920s ceremonies including addresses by Dr. O B Latham and Rev. Charles E. Luce.
Upper Town University announces the second annual senior day rescheduled to Monday May 20. Four hundred seniors from northeastern Town will attend with a morning talent program and afternoon events at Luther-Upper Iowa baseball game and the May fete. The May queen and lord will be crowned at the fete. Milo R Maltbie a college trustee who last year pledged 25000 toward the campaign sent a 50 check for refreshments. He made a similar contribution last year at senior day.
The Ladies' Aid society of St. Peter's Evangelical church will meet in the basement on May 23 with Mrs. Carl Lampe as hostess. Mrs. George J. Moeller hosted the Thimblebre Ladies' club yesterday. Mrs. Fred Thoms celebrated her seventy-eighth birthday with a party at her home, joined by her children and families. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Kehr near Denver marked their fifteenth wedding anniversary on May 8.
La Porte City May 18 senior class events headline the week with a baccalaureate service Sunday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium featuring Miss Roshik, Rev. Nielsen, Rev. Morgan and the Girls Glee Club. The article also notes a Thursday club meeting, senior class party at Pfalzgraf cottage, veterans reunion attendance, and local travels of residents to Ames for college events.
In the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Teeter Mrs James Higgins of Emmetsburg is visiting her daughters Misses Eileen and Marie Higgins and Miss Nelle Gannon. Mrs Higgins is returning from Cedar Rapids where she attended a convention of Lady Foresters.
Wartburg College marks its gold anniversary with week long events in Waverly Iowa. Rev G A Fandry of Chicago delivers an address at 10 a m on Wednesday May 29. Commencement follows at 1 p m with Rev G C Prottengeler of Charles City as speaker. Sixty seniors and a baccalaureate service on Sunday May 26 feature Rev John Drewelow of Hartford as speaker. The alumni reunion Tuesday includes baseball, senior play and a historical pageant.
In Manchester Sg May 18 the Manchester Girls band hosted a farewell for Mrs Harry Goon and her daughter Miss May as longtime members depart. Attending were Doras Aldrich Jean Dunham Alice Dennis Dorothy Lane Dorothy Le Clerc Gertrude Long Frances Matthews Betty Nelson Pearl Reed Betty Runkle Wilma and Thelma Waddell Mrs Roy Martin Nels Nelson L B Pullam and Messrs F Di Tella Donald Sheppard John Lang. The Coon family plans to move June 1 to Denver Iowa. Butler Bank Holiday Banks in Butler county will close all day Monday for the district bankers convention in Mason City.
Dr. Lucius H. Bughes of Minneapolis will speak at Teachers College auditorium in Cedar Falls Sunday morning on Patron or Partner and at 4 p.m. on Adventurous Living. He will address Wesley Foundation students at 6:30 p.m. Also on schedule Rev W. J. Diegelman and Rev KR W. Fillmore with sermons on Christian missions and church birthday respectively. Glee club Cecelians perform at First Presbyterian church Sunday evening. Church membership and faculty news follow.
From Council Bluffs, Mrs J E Dahl hosted the Friday club at her Franklin street home yesterday for a bridge luncheon. She has been attending the annual A U W state meeting.
Grundy Center will graduate 31 students from Grundy College in three divisions on June 4. A baccalaureate service is set for Sunday at 8 p.m. at the M. E. church, with an alumni banquet Monday at 5 p.m. Commencement day activities begin at 2:36 p.m. and class exercises follow at 1:30 p.m. The list includes graduates from Academy Junior College and Commercial programs with home states such as Minnesota Iowa Montana South Dakota Illinois California and Iowa connections of Nelle Dooyema and others.
Mrs. Ernest Zierath died suddenly at home on North Locust Avenue. Funeral held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. Willem Engleke officiating. Burial in Graceland Cemetery. She was 72, born July 6, 1856, married 1879. Survived by two daughters and four sons, 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. six children. The family resided in New Hampton for 16 years.
Promoters of the union vacation bible school will convene at First Baptist church for a three week session opening June 10. Four parishes Baptist Congregational Methodist and Presbyterian jointly conduct the session with Sunday schools cooperating. First Evangelical plans a separate two week school June 10 to 21. Calvary Baptist also holds its own school on the same dates as the union. Nazareth church hires Student Serviver Kloth to open a summer school June 9 to July 19 and to fill Nazareth pulpit while Rev Otto Nielsen and family are in Europe. Nielsen finishes May 26 and will depart soon after.
O N Madsen chosen lay delegate to the national convention. Following the convention, the Nielsen family will spend several days in Nebraska with relatives. They will depart Cedar Falls on June 11 to attend Elchorn Jr. nomination and conference events.
In Vinton Indiana on May 18 Harry Baker a Big Grove township farmer suffered a leg fracture when a horse fell on him. He is recovering at Virginia Gay hospital. At Vinton High Friday a class day program featured talks by Margaret Tinkham salutatorian Marcella Mubhi valedictory Josephine Heath and Marjory Irons prophecy. Glenn Abraham saxophones Jack Siegel Footprints. Lincoln high gym hosted a display of physical training department work in the grade schools last evening.
The commencement program at St Marys Parochial School will be held at La Salle Hall on Friday evening, June 7. Three girls and five boys will receive diplomas including Rachel Hughes Mabel Prangel Elizabeth Cunningham Joseph Arommer Russell Arommer Leon Hool John Lawrence and Francois Wilson.
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