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The Mount Pleasant News from Mount Pleasant, Iowa • 15

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Mount Pleasant, Iowa
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WATZKLOO DAILY COOKER WATERLOO IOWA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER XL wa Act ISM was to Mrs Ernie Adams who was assisting her husband in bracing a More Damage by Wind Is Reported Fire Prevention Pep Redly to Be Staged by Pupils Rites Thursday at Falls for Mrs June Farts building when it crashed against as it felL social revolution that has been under way in Britain for some time Other factors include the ecu menical movement changes in the church itself many destroyed church buildings and the fact that there are fewer large financial gifts to the church PURCHASES RESIDENCE AT STRAWBERRY POINT Strawberry Point la Riemath rural mail carrier has purchased the residence property of Mrs A Schweitzer on West Mission street and will get possession Nov 1 College Eye at TC Rated All-American Enrollment Up Sharply in Grades fCmirifr IffcM Sc nrfcr) Vinton la A survey Tuesday indicated that high winds Monday did considerable damage to Benton's corn fields in some spots and that REA power lines were broken cutting off farm electricity Damage to stalks was extensive in various parts of the county especially in fields where borers had ICaarwr tptcial InfkrJ Cedar Falls Headed by the school band and a city fire truck the Cedar Falls high school student body will stage a fire prevention pep rally at 3 Friday according to arrangements completed Wednesday as part of the week's program to focus attention upon BOCK ANNOUNCES HIS PROGRAM FOR VIOLIN RECITAL SUN STRAWBERRY POINT CLUB COMMITTEE NAMED Strawberry Point la Warren publisher of the Oelwein Daily Register spoke on Business Men's Triple Challenge" at the annual meeting of the business and professional men and women Monday evening A new committee of five was named Fred Reil and Marvin Chevalier were re-elected Gaylord Bakke Don Miersen and Mrs Hansen were new members elected to the committee Lorraine Miersen sang solos accompanied by Mrs Alex Holmes ICmirtrr prriaJ Btntetl Cedar Final rites for Mrs June Faris 73 who died in a hospital at Iowa nils Tuesday are to be at the Dahl funeral home here at 2 Thursday conducted by Dr Temple pastor of the Methodist church Burial will be in Falrview cemetery Mrs Faris was the widow of Rev William A Faris Methodist minister who died in 1938 Since that time she had divided her time among her children but spent most of her time in Cedar Falls which she considered her home She was bom June Etta See daughter of Davis and Mary See WACCOMA BOY JUNIOR CATTLE ASSN MEMBER Waucoma Eugene Balk 13 who has satisfactorily completed Holstein calf club work during 1949 has been awarded a certificate of merit and been granted Junior membership in the Hoi-stein-Friesian Association of America Brattleboro Vt He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Balk rowwIrNMlnwri Cedar The 1948-49 Col ege Eye student newspaper at Iowa State Teachers college won an all-American rating for the 12th consecutive year George Holmes director of the bureau of public relations and information services announced Wednesday The award was made by the Associated Collegiate Press of the University of Minnesota which has been doing such rating for Cedar Emil Bock assistant j-- professor of violin at Iowa State re hazards that can be eliminated Teachers college has announced se-'Fire Chief Dick Kennison said however appeared to be spot- Thursday's program of special 'J1 eventsto focu attmtior onfin Fkyett The Fayette area suf-prevention includes a fire cxtta-i(red wind damage Monday guisher demonstration at the highf" telephone lines were nard nit The machine shed on the Emma Anna Wilson form tenanted by Fay Paul was de-roof ed and the rafters twisted and broken Much damage was done also on the Elizabeth fCmiNriyciMImWj Cedar Falls The Cedar Falla school system Is bursting at the seams according to Supt Peet who has Just made public some figures showing an mwisyai trend in school enrollment According to figures announced by Superintendent Peet there has been a 25 per cent increase in kindergarten and elementary school attendance in the last decade while over the same period high school enrollment has shown a decline of approximately eight per cent Attendance records for 1940 show a total enrollment of 1482 Superintendent Peet announced while Major and Piokofieffs in BLk'StaSTffi at Logangport Ind Dec 25 1875 years and came to Iowa as a young girl The College Eye rated excellent with her parents They spent a In three news values few years in O'Brien county and end sources news writing and then settled in Benton county editing and headlines typography Focklcr forms to buildings Corn in the community knocked down causing much loss and making it extremely difficult and Milstein's Special Saturday event is to-be demonstration of -a warehouse in Minor will receive his t-i tn mmhat it a Miss See became the bride of and makeup A fourth category-department pages and special TEA FRIDAY Cedar Falls Plans were completed Wednesday for a Newcomers tea Friday at 3 to be held in the Lincoln school gymnasium it was announced The affair is sponsored by the Lincoln P-TA to enable parents and teachers to get acquainted All parents new and old are invited to attend it was said A special program is to be given at 4 o'clock in charge of the P-TA board and the hospitality committee figures for the 1949 enrollment arelWilliam A Faris at Vinton la 1859 and all of this gain is ini Sept 7 1891 They established tag William Kortft The demonstration will be the Eddie Gerbig form Mrs Jvonne Maxwell instructor at the Latta warehouse at 2218 the elementary grades The trend over the 10 year period has been up for the grades and down for the high school High school attendance for 1940 was shown to be 511 while the attendance figures this year show the enrollment is down to 78 for high school students South Main street in piano at Teachers college will accompany the violinist The recital will be Sunday at 8 in the college auditorium Job of keeping campus Miss Julia Hauter of Washing' ton la and Paul Schneck of Al gona were editor and managing editor respectively of the 1948-49 College Eye Both are seniors at Teachers college this year Schneck is editor of this year's College Eye and feed racks splintered Two new steel silos on the A1 Meek farm were wrecked also his windmill Trees were uprooted in several forms and city yards Shingles were tom from nearly every roof in town windows were blows out signs and eaves were tom loose or blown away The only personal injury reported their home on a form in that locality where they continued forming until 1012 when Mr Faris entered the ministry and the couple served Methodist churches at New Hartford Mitchell Frederika Dun-kerton Rhodes Aredale and Chelsea all in Iowa Mrs Faris was a lifelong member of Methodist church She was also 'a member of the Order of Eastern Star Crystal chapter 11 Mrs Faris had been in ill health the last 15 years and suffered a Sept 12 in which she sustained-a fractured hip She had been in hospital at Iowa Falls since that Neat Prices Down PURCHASES FARM Fayette la (Special) Rob- nv sTKAMwnATs ert Nefzgar has purchased the Moon TALKS ON STEAMBOATS finn known as the Jones farm Cedar Irving and tenanted by Jess Buck master Hart archivist at Iowa State located near Albany east of town Teachers college Tuesday gaveHe plans to move (here Mar 1 the Rotary club an interesting it- Square Dancing to Start Friday WHOLESALE and RETAIL lustrated talk about the steamboats World Church Official to Speak at Cedar Falls rCMrtor Fprcia? ttrvtrrl Cedar The square dancing season is at hand according to an' nouncement Wednesday by Robert time fall the of the upper Mississippi river that! once plied between Aitkin and Grand Rapids northern Minnesota an area where Hart vent several vacation periods Pictures of the old boats were shown on a screen as Professor Hart described theh usefulness in an earlier day Surviving children include Mrs Donald EeUs and Curtis Furis both of Cedar Falls: Leslie Faris Volga la and Harland Faris Alden la She also leaves a brother Charles See of College City Cal nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren tCmairr Zprrta! Mtrvicrl Cedar Falls Rev Hoffman me of the secretaries of the World Council of Churches Geneva Switzerland is scheduled to speak at Iowa State Teachers college Sunday Oct 30 at 7:30 it was announced Tuesday following the October meeting of the Cedar Falls Ministerial association at Hartman reserve The ministers' wives were guests Rev Hughes pastor of First Congregational church recently re TO ATTEND FARLEY Cedar (Special) Mrs Frank Ferguson school- board member and Miss Agnes Hansen school board secretary were to go to Des Moines late Wednesday to be in attendance at the annual A Lee recreation association rector Lee said the first session will be held in the Lincoln school gym' nasium Friday evening of this week The general-public is invited he said The event is co-sponsored by the Lincoln P-TA and the recreation commission Instruction to beginners will begin at the dance will get under way at 8 and continue until 11 it was said Second dance on the schedule will be at Cedar Heights school the following Friday in cooperation with the Cedar Heights P-TA These dances will continue throughout the foil the second Fri day of the month at Lincoln and the third Friday at Cedar Heights Lee said on MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS at turned from a two month trip to meeting of the Iowa Association of Europe principally to his native School Boards and Secretaries to ERNEST POTTER rCmricr Special ttrviet) Cedar Falls Funeral services will be Thursday at 1:30 at O'Keefe Towne funeral home in Waterloo for Ernest Potter 67 who made his home with his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Myrle Kern 1109 West Third street and who died Monday afternoon at Allen Memorial hospital of a heart ailment Dr Frank Court interim pastor at First United Presbyterian church Waterloo will officiate Burial will be in Bethel cemetery at Fredericksburg la be held there Thursday and Friday Supt Peet and possibly some of the board of education members were planning to go to Des Moines Thursday Wales told his fellow ministers about affecting the church in Chief among these factors as related by Rev Mr Hughes is the Shanks Going Out of Business Sale T-Bone ond Sirloin Steaks Heifer Beef in Quarters CALL005E5 Wholesale Meat Co FREfanHAUrO WARTHURgSl WlNSURANCEflNOB II Tb rtfitr niaiiil nltnmMi bon inicr mdw oa batlaa Im tbM BUILDS BIG GRAIN BIN Welisburg (Special) Ollie Janssen former living north of Welisburg has erected bne of the largest bins in this territory for grain storage The structure is 50 feet wide and 200 feet long with a capacity of 100000 bushels TRIAL-RENTAL PLAN AVAILABLE 1104 Sycamore St Near 9th St DIAL 4693 MOVES TO MINNESOTA Aredale la Mr and Mrs Leonard Lester moved to Hackensack Minn Monday rlooIon a WfScfiosYnopacs1 Announce the GRAND OPENING of their New and Larger MACHINERY SALES DIVISION WIp A 0 901-917 COMMERCIAL ST WATERLOO IOWA Friday cmd Saturday October 14 and 15 The Following Factory Representatives Will Be Here to Demonstrate and Assist You with Your Problems: Mr Wm Kessling of the Standard Tool Co Mr Earl Olsen of tha Quaker Rubber Co Mr Hooker of the Skilsaw Mfg Co You ore cordially invited to attend this GRAND OPENING and MACHINERY DISPLAY consisting of contractors' supplies and industrial equipment Be sure to see this grand array of industrial equipment on display Mr Frank Novak of the Yale Towne Mfg Co a Mr Corl Peterson of the Moll Tool Co Mr James Coslin of the Independent Pneumatic Tool Co Mr Lee Porker of the Construction Machinery Co Mr Harold Harris of the American Chain Cable Co Mr Harold Miller of the Perfection Body Co OPENING HOURS 8:00 A till 9:00 Mr Chapman of the Taylor Chain Co Mr Frank Nolto of the Fairbanks-Morse Co Exterior View of Cohn Bros Newly Completed Machinery Soles Division Our staff is more than ready and willing to serve you and can promise you even better service than in the past Just try us! Left and Right: Interior Viows of Cohn Bros Newly Completed Machinery Soles Division Lumber by Black Hawk Lumber Co I Falb and Aasberaegh Dial 2-3934 NewspaperAR Cement Blocks by Marquart Block Co Electrical Work by Conry Electric Co 217 Coagtr Heating by Clark Heating Co General Contractor Cole Construction Co Aasbomsb Ave Dial 3-2403 NewspaperHR 733 Braoluida Dial 2412S (CvamdtM 110 Dnkiii PL Dial 24054 Dial 2-27SS.

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1945-1955