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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1926

Page

11

Manchester Legion Post to Discuss Possible Shutdown

Manchester Indiana November 2 Special A crucial meeting of the local American Legion post will be held November 4 in Legion Hall and may mark the last such gathering. Poor gate receipts from recent high school performances fail to cover rent, risking the post's future. officials consider dissolving the hall and preserving savings. With no current officers and Dr E B Hoag off to navy duty the post may cease to be an active organization unless renewed interest appears.

Manchester American Legion Legion Hall Sally E. B. Hoag

Visit in Gilbertville

Gilbertville Ia November special report notes Rev John Mauer of Parkersboro visited the rectory Saturday afternoon as guest of Rev John Nem mers. Rev Father Nosbisch of Omaha Neb was a guest for several days recently of his sister Mrs Peter Schommer.

Gilbertville John Mauer Parkershoro John Nemmers Father Nosbisch Omaha Neb Peter Schommer

British Ancestry Claimed by Most Ames Freshmen

Ames, In, Nov. 2 Special British blood is most plentiful in the ancestry of the new students enrolling this fall for the first time. On registration cards under ancestry Huglish was found 437 times and German 394 times. Many cases show multiple nationalities with American and Scotch-Irish among the prominent mixes. The outstanding example is English-Scottish-Irish-Welsh-German-Danish Dutch.

Ames, In Bohemia

Cedar County Votes on Road Bond Financing Plan

Cedar County in Yipton Iowa will vote tomorrow on issuing 1,129,000 dollars in bonds to fund a 3,728,410 dollar program to improve primary and county roads. The plan covers 171.5 miles, with 35 miles paved and the rest graveled, including the county’s Lincoln highway mileage.

Yipton Cedar County

Former Iowa Man Heads World Y.M.C.A. Committee

Charles City Iowa November 2 Walter W Gethmann longtime Charles City College professor from 1912 until its consolidation with Morningside College was elected general secretary of the world committee of the Y M C A He will base at Geneva Switzerland and lead a federation of national movements of the Y M C A in a key global post.

Iowa World Committee of Charles City Walter W. Gethmann Charles City College Morningside College Feneral Y. M. Cga Gethmann Ceneva Switzer

Newsman’s Note on YMCA Leader's Career Path

The text traces the YMCA leader's career from his birth in Gladbrook Iowa to Northwestern University, his move to the city in 1912, and his entry into YMCA work in 1914 as student secretary for the state of Ulmuls. It notes his prior role as general secretary of the YMCA in Czecho Slovakia.

Will Speak at Dike Church Sunday Evening

Miss Olla Grace Davis, superintendent of Portland settlement in Portland Oregon, will speak in Dike church Sunday evening November 7. The address is part of a special program and expected to draw local residents and nearby communities.

DIKE Olla Grace Davis Portland Settlement Portland Ore

Sara Sothern Weds New York Art Critic Francis Taylor

Mrs. Sara Sothern star of the stage success The Fool has married Francis Taylor, a New York art critic, in New York City. The marriage brings her retirement from stage life after many years of unusual success, as announced by her brother Wilson Warmbrodt.

Fort Dodge Sara Sothern Francis Taylor New York Wilson Warmbrodt New York City

Woman Marries Mr Taylor After Long Romance

A disabled girl wed Mr Taylor in a long cherished romance. They plan a European honeymoon starting November 6. Mr Taylor works with his uncle Howard Young at the Howard Young Museum of Art in New York, a major art gallery in the country.

Mr. Taylor Europe Howard Young

Pike record falls in Cedar River catch near Nashua

Charles City Iowa November 2 Emil Everhart breaks Cedar River pike season record with a 10 pound 2 ounce catch near Nashua He tops previous marks and sets a new local record in this year’s fishing season.

Charles City Eimil Everhart Cedar River Nashua

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