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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1925
Page
2
Society notes from Plymouth Congregational inform of a Thursday iday session at Mrs J Weigeh home with a luncheon planned for Lee. Music and Art events at Cedar Heights Woman's club are described along with business meetings and district reports.
The Evening section of the Waterloo Woman's Club will host a benefit card party at a member home on Nov. 30. Mrs. S I. Fairbanks was named chairwoman in charge during the regular meeting. The event is open to all club members and their friends, with Miss Alice Binkley performing a reading from Queen Esther and Miss Alice Rodamar playing a piano solo.
Music clubs in Towan state focus on local composers during Composers Day. More than $00 native Towans receive recognition for their work. BR Natural Music chib adds Monday evening to the program. Earlier Etude noted two state musical activities: the Elijah oratorio at the state fair and a Spillville tablet for Byorak's Humoresque.
The Girls Class and teacher Abrs G R Wilbur present a concert at Linden M E church at 8 p m Wednesday December 2 to raise funds for the church edifice. The program features a community hand three selections, solos and duets by local musicians with Maxie Leechington on piano, Miss Leah Wickelberg readings, Mrs Wagner harp, and Mastine Leckington violin.
Three hostesses Miss Dorothy Lynch Mae Vung and Clut McDormatt hosted a dinner Thursday for Delores Jennings who will marry Leonard urchite. Tables featured yellow and white decor with a hyumumy centerpiece. Guests were Jennings classmates from Our Lady of Victory academy.
The Brandon couple Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gillam observed their golden anniversary after marrying November 18, 2875. The dinner at their Independence home included two children C. J. and C. P. Gillam, along with grandchildren and relatives. Mrs. Gillam, born Nettie Phatheer, hailed from Indiana and moved to Brandon in youth. Mr. Gillam arrived at age three, with long Brandon residence except a decade in Cedar Falls.
A reader suggests inexpensive, practical enhancements for dressing tables beyond fume bottles and toners. Items include a small bottle of perfume, tin water or toilet vinegar as facial astringents, a bottle of plain soap, cotton pads, and inexpensive china or cold cream. The note encourages antique finds from secondhand shops for decorative touches and practical aids.
Mrs Dorothea Sargent Cornell MluffYs law department president led a Memorial ball event to honor Helen Gould as the best U S W V Auxiliary Inspector. The local auxiliary, formed 35 years ago, has 160 members and heard short talks from Mrs Dalin McAblistey and A G Morrison. A banquet followed dinner at Bincks with emblems displayed and seats of honor for Mrs Sargent and Miss Myrtle Webber.
Jan Chiapusso the Java born pianist, praised after touring Europe postwar, will perform at East High on Tuesday evening November 24 as the third program in the East High Lecture and entertainment course. Born in Java to Italian and Dutch parents, he showed talent early and studied in Europe. The recital promises a leading program in this series.
Seventy five members attended the M. E. A. lodge No. 1115 party in Pribias hail for Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Compton. The event featured a piano recital by Kenneth Willey, songs by Gerald Cook, readings by Mildred Aldrich, and a Ras Sinn dance by Whittier school girls under Miss Ruth Updeyr. A birthday contest named Mildred Herwith winner. December brings a Christmas party. Nazar Planned-CGuild of Christ Episcopal church outlined Dec 4 5 bazar plans with gifts, bake sale, silk hose sale, supper and dance. Mrs. Mortimer B. Cleveland chaired a luncheon with committee members Mrs. Hall Reuling Manning Armstrong and Breckenridge.
Bridge winners Mrs C R V Bagsarear and Mrs Earl Manning led Joyle club play at Mrs day Roberts home. Line Missionary Society of First Lutheran met with new member Mrs Bert Dowellax. hostesses Mrs H L Bruns, Mrs J A Fratzke and Mrs AL J Steals chaired. Christmas planning and social details described alongside other club activities and guest attendances.
About 70 members of the Central Gun Club and friends filled Bishop's Cafeteria for the club's annual banquet. Robert Ingersoll, president, acted as toastmaster as Mayor Ta Gy provided remarks. The evening featured a masked performer, music, a ventriloquist act, and songs by local entertainers. The club, organized in 1928, now lists 97 members and grounds at Gates Park with two trams and a clubhouse. Ingersoll thanked city officials for their support in securing the location.
Des Moines reports Gov. John Hammill issues Thanksgiving proclamation urging citizens to give more of themselves and their wealth to state welfare. He expresses hope to render more civic service and notes unity across nationalities creeds and schools of thought recognizing prosperity and peace as blessings.
Notices report the marriage of Rev. St. M. Dice of Rowley to Miss Walker of Minneapolis. A reception and shower are planned at the Rowley manse on November 24 by the churches he serves.
Short digest of local items lists marriages probate wills and travel plans plus church bake sales and community ads. Mentions a marriage license at Grimdy Center, wills filed for Ida M Lambert and William J Mattingly, trips to Kansas and Wisconsin, and various church events and bake sales with minimal readable detail.
Large crowds expected at East High and East Junior High tonight as National Education Week concludes. Charles W. Kline, superintendent, says programs include music one act plays and other features with free admission attracting many attending day sessions earlier in the week.
Judge Henry Wagner bonds 47 holders as priority claimants after Burton Co bank closed in February. Fifty-eight claims were filed. Kal logg area residents supported bailment ruling that bonds left for safekeeping were the bank's responsibility. Other denied claimants include George Relmer Lina Becker G M Myers Rock Island Railway and Forest Warner. Priority total $45 006.
William M. Barker a car repairer at Wilins Central shops was injured at 4 p m yesterday when a switch engine bumped a boxcar he was under. He was cut and bruised with no broken bones or internal injuries and was reported satisfactory at St Francis hospital.
Marie Schroeder files for separate maintenance against husband Leo Schroeder for cruel treatment since their 1923 marriage. They have daughter Arlene, age 11, and Schroeder seeks custody and $245 weekly support plus an injunction. The case references prior alimony orders for Lena Kuade and Smith Kode.
West Senior Hi Y plans a special Monday night meeting at the Yo M. Co AL to vote on several prospective members. The session will start with a social supper featuring the newly elected officers and a recount of Thanksgiving results.
Four Father and Son banquets are planned with one featuring an out of town speaker Rev William 0 Perdew of Cedar Rapids will speak at Grace Methodist Episcopal church J H Godttring of the M G A will lead singing First Methodist church orchestra to perform About 200 attendees expected Dinner at 634 Three churches join for a 730 pm event at Antioch Baptist with Rev G C Sunshall speaking Trombone solo by G F Woods vocal by William Brown a paper The Prodigal Father Edward Jones and short walks by pastors Also First Congregational J S Tuthill address and surprise athletic program Free Methodist Y M G A banquet with speaker J W Whiteside pastor noted
William Garrison is in county jail today facing charges of passing spurious checks. Detectives and deputies pursued him at 1307 Avaton Avenue after a girl said he might be in New York. Officers checked a dark cellar and located him there.
Lester McLaughlin twenty four pleads guilty to theft of matricine from a case owned by Dr. L P Scott in a municipal court and is sentenced to eleven days in jail. Earlier the same day he received six days for drunkenness. Charles Culver twenty two is jailed for drunkenness and resisting an officer, with thirty six days added for intoxication and twenty days already handed time. They remain in county jail.
Mastbound Tride Central passenger train No. 612 due at 12 50 a m. was derailed by a device at Fonda near Cherokee. The engine left the track and had to be moved to Cherokee for a replacement. The train slowed to five miles an hour and little track or engine damage occurred.
A fragmented schedule lists radio programs and station notes for Friday including musical programs, orchestras, sport news, and concerts across Des Moines Omaha Pittsburgh Schenectady Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City and Denver. It notes times such as 6:45 7:30 8:45 and references programs like The Sandman and Seven Keys to Baldpate.
Traer Iowa November 20 plans are set for Tama county first Walton League chapter meeting Friday evening Speakers include Prof Bohumil Shimek from the State University of Iowa and Cedar Rapids delegates Charles D Huston Paul Huston and A H Besk with Traer residents in attendance
Capt Allan Johnson leads a board Tuesday night in Black Building to examine Lieut. Bord H. Walter of the signal reserve for promotion to captain. Members include Capt. Irwin J. Snyder and Cant. Pred Crofaot, with local guard instruction by O. Lh. Mason City is the locale for this official review.
The three children of Mrs. Mary Vining Edward Rosa and Mars were removed from their mother by a court order issued by Judge John W tlwyans yesterday and placed in the care of grandmother Mrs. Hannah Chapman. They were alleged neglected and dependent. Probation officer Lutia B Lar800 filed charges July 18 and a hearing yesterday upheld the order. Mrs. Vining fainted at the ruling. Gravel Plant Burns Near Muscatine Indians Nov 26 Auto Gravel plant of Automatic Gravel company near Muscatine destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
An old advertisement touts Kellogg's ALL-BRAN as the guaranteed solution to constipation and related health issues. It claims regular consumption cleanses the intestine, improves complexions, headaches, and breath, and offers a money back purchase price, with ready to eat bran made in Battle Creek, Michigan, sold nationwide.
A legal battle over liquor injunctions begins next Monday before Judge G. W. Wood. W. F. Russell of Toledo and F. W. Edwards, county attorney, lead for the state with George D. Harris for J. J. Robert, Harry M. Reed for H. S. Knugen, and George B. Worthen for Mrs. Lulu Ladage.
Saskatoon traveler J A Townsley, city assessor, praised a dawn view from Fourth Street Bridge. He described a calm river glow and mirror reflections of the Mullin Avenue Bridge, the Illinois Central freight depot, and surrounding trees, noting the white arches of the concrete bridge.
To obtain up-to-date pattern of accompanying design send to Fashion Department, Evening Courier, Waterloo, with 15 cents per pattern. Patterns permit seams and all orders filled promptly, expected reach in ten days after seating in your order.
A 1925 1926 pattern offer details a checked gingham dress with white linen trimming and a ruffled wrist or elbow length option. It lists sizes 28 to 54 inches with yardage requirements and a mailed pattern service for silver or stamps.
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