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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1928
Page
2
Judge and Mrs. N. R. Reynolds mark sixty years of marriage from Jesup Iowa to Temple City California. The couple’s life included 30 years as a city and criminal court judge, Civil War service, and a quiet observance with family.
Miss Bernice Huesselman married Howard Tyner at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cedar Falls. The couple, witnessed by Miss Bernice Goff and Clarice Huesselman, later hosted a reception at the Huesselman home. They plan to reside in Manhattan Kansas where Tyner teaches at the state agricultural college.
Tonight features Swiss Bell Ringers at First Methodist, a foreign festival by YWCA Junior Auxiliary dance at the Woman's Clubhouse, Alpha Beta Gamma sorority and Miss Marvy Ida Winder lectures by YWCA, and card party at Our Lady of Victory auditorium. Additional social gatherings include Cedar Heights school, Knichts Templar inspection, German club Freundschaft at Carpenter Hall, and Saturday afternoon activities at Black's Tearoom. Evening arrivals include King's Heralds at Grace M and E church, Triple Four club with Mr and Mrs Howard Hingsley, and Gideons with Mr and Mrs John A Smith.
Thirty five relatives gathered for a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F A Swartz at 620 Cottage street with joint hosts Mr. and Mrs. J A Talley. Out of town guests came from Rockford Iowa Wendell Minnesota Bristow and Greene. The Newkirk home at 1622 Fourth street west hosted 21 relatives with noon dinner and social time. Charles Newkirk of Dubuque celebrated his birthday anniversary with relatives from Dubuque and Minneapolis. The sixtieth birthday of H G Peverill was noted at the Queer home with about 20 guests from the area.
About 30 couples will attend a Thanksgiving dance tonight at the Waterloo Woman's clubhouse. Punch will be served and chaperons are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoffman and C. G. Dunsmore. The committee includes Misses Josephine Murtagh, ay ine Dougherty, Bonnie Hull, Betty Wurster. Earlier, Phi Sigma Chi fraternity hosted a Thanksgiving dance at the Elks club with about 175 couples attending.
Fidelis class at Walnut Street Baptist Church will hold a Monday evening monthly business meeting at the church parlors followed by a Christmas party. Mrs. L. O. Butler of 529 Archer Street was elected deaconess, and L. L. Hayden of 1025 Sixth Street West and H. H. Van Deest of Cedar Falls were named deacons at Thursday’s business meeting.
The Kildare club will be entertained this evening at dinner starting at seven at Black's tearoom. Tables of 500 will be formed for the evening's entertainment.
Practical beauty guidance for nose pores and skin texture with gritty soap paste and cold water rinses. Advises starch or oatmeal masks to shrink pores and mentions possible irritation from strong soap action. Includes tips on scalp health, hair color restoration, and clipping faded hair for better appearance.
City in brief with Thanksgiving greetings and visits across Waterloo Iowa area. Names include Floberg Busby Miller Leighton Christensen Stevensen West Overton Manning Childs Hartson Newkirk Watt Kendall Bunker and Rasmussen. Mention of an automobile accident on Grant street and a divorce suit filed by H C Rasmussen.
Tonight at First M E church the Georgette players and Swiss Bell Ringers present a novelty musical program featuring aluminum tubes piano accordion musical saw violin cello and piano trio plus a Hungarian dulcimer by Miss Josephine Georgette. Mary Ida Winder national peace worker lectures at the Y W C A on war outlawry and peace measures under W C T U auspices.
Miss Vandee daughter of Mr and Mrs George L Vandee Bancroft wed Virgil Wayne Wolf son of Mr and Mrs C R Wolf Waterloo at 3 o clock Thursday afternoon. Rev Warren L Steeves officiated with immediate families present. The bride wore blue lace and chiffon. They will live in the city as Wolf works for the Illinois Central railroad.
Miss Dorothy L. Weatherwax daughter of Mrs H F Weatherwax announced her coming marriage to Claude Randall Poole of Bartlesville Oklahoma. The couple planned a Thanksgiving week wedding at the Shane residence with plans to reside at 100 State Street.
James Yong, 60, committed suicide at Monticedo last night by drinking poison. He had been despondent for several weeks in Dubuque Iowa on November 30.
Twenty five permits for the erection of new dwellings were issued at the city building commissioner office in November. Seven permits for remodeling were issued. Heating plants, private garages, business block remodels, a filling station, and total property valuation of 92450 are noted with 484 inspections reported by David B. Toenjes.
Pimento and chutney canapes use butter paste with minced pimentoes and chutney, toasted bread rounds, and parsley. Deviled haddock combines boiled haddock with white sauce, Worchester sauce, onion, parsley, salt, paprika and butter, baked golden. Chestnut cream uses chestnuts, sugar, sherry flavoring, whipped cream to finish.
A brief note suggests mixing sugar with chestnuts, molding, and packing in ice and salt for two hours. Chopped cherries may be added for variation, offering a pleasant dessert idea for the season.
John W. Pole of Ohio, formerly chief national bank examiner, is appointed comptroller of the currency. He will earn 12,000 annually, down from 17,000, with 5,000 from the Treasury and 7,000 from Federal Reserve banks. Pole, born in England and raised in the United States, studied banking in Alabama and Cleveland.
A brief mention notes farm journals extending across Kansas and a chain from the Atlantic to the Mississippi Valley. Copyright 1928.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Harry Mauricides adjutant of the Athens post arrived home in Athens Greece after a 15,000 mile journey to attend the San Antonio national American Legion convention as a delegate seeking a new post home. He spent 18 days at sea and the voyage included a stop in Algiers to change crews due to dengue fever.
Des Moines on November 30 Mrs. Sarah Jane Hawk aged 106 died yesterday afternoon at her Des Moines home after months of ill health. Born in Livingston County New York she lived many years in Portland Oregon before moving to Des Moines.
The list provides eight paired items and a set of geography and science terms. It appears as a puzzle answer key with items including aquarium aviator zephyr cyclone Tiber Statue Liberty Atlantic gondolas Java craters cactus deserts.
In Davenyport in November police search for a husband after Mrs. Dorothy Smith allegedly battered his wife with a monkey wrench following a dispute over Thanksgiving dinner location. The injured woman is hospitalized in serious condition.
An old advertisement explains dirt and scum form in hard water when washing. It claims Melo softens water, preventing dirty rings, and makes clothes snowy white with regular soap amounts. Buy Melo at your grocer.
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