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1936
Boxing card is completed
Preliminaries for eight round champ-Bout are carded.
The card for the championship boxing match to be staged tomorrow night by Louis Nichols has been completed with the addition of Casey Jones vs. Gene Kirkpatrick and Dick Harvey vs. Bobby Shaw.
Shaw is from Woolstock and the other three men from Webster City. These two matches have been added to the already strong card which will feature the eight round main event for the middle weight championship title of Iowa between Dixie Taylor, Champion, of Waterloo and Ronny Malcolm, Challenger, of Jesup the 1934 Chicago Golden Glove Champion.
Two other preliminary matches as announced are set to go, making four preliminary matches in all Andy George widely known Waterloo promoter and brother of Pinkie George, Iowa’s most prominent matchmaker has been secured to referee the matches.
Advance ticket sales are going good. Tickets are on sale at Miller Drug, Heidelburg Tavern and the Crystal Bar until noon tomorrow at a saving of 15 cents over the box office price.
1946
Plan dance as benefit for center
In a move to raise funds for the operation of Leisure Lodge, the city's youth center, for the coming year, a benefit dance has been arranged for Friday evening at the Webster City Country Club, it was announced today.
The dance was arranged following a meeting of the financial and entertainment committees of both the adult and youth councils which are in charge of the center.
"Webster City's youth center fund is in the red," an official of the adult council stated, "and unless we raise funds now, Leisure Lodge will not be re-opened this fall."
The youth center here has been a decided success since it was first opened about two years ago, and the community has been generous in assisting it in financial matters. Now however, the council members feel that it is up to the youth of Webster City to come through with assistance, backing up Leisure Lodge in decisive action.
1951
Break ground at hospital site
Informal ground breaking ceremonies today launched Hamilton County Hospital's $763,000 addition and remodeling project.
The traditional turning of the first shovel of dirt, followed by a brief program, took place beginning at 10 a.m. on the grass -covered landscaped site just south of the present hospital building.
Using a shiny new shovel, Floyd A. Rummell of Williams, chairman of the hospital board of trustees, broke the sod and turned the first shovel of dirt as members of the board, the Hospital fund committees, hospital personnel and doctors and other spectators looked on.
1966
Champion Diary winners named
Donovan Nibe, Rick Hupp and Jim Butler exhibited the grand champion dairy cattle at the 1966 Hamilton County 4-H Achievement Show.
In the Holstein division, Donovan Nibe of Blairsburg had the grand champion with Chuck Inman of Webster City showing the reserve champion. Blue ribbons went to Steve Britson, Alden, Doug Inman, Webster City; Anita Miller, Candance Nibe and Donovan Nibe, Webster City.
Jim Butler exhibited the champion milking shorthorn heifer.
Showmanship winners selected by Judge Jim Borcherding of Des Moines were Donovan Nibe, first; Candace Nibe, second; Chuck Inman, third and Jim Butler, fourth.
Two Gadget winners named at Fair
Gary Christeson of Webster city and Ronald D. Carlson were the top big winners in the annual farm gadget show held at the Hamilton County fair.
Christeson won first in the large gadget section with a tractor device. Carlson's welded pipe gate device won in the small gadget section.
Champion Sheep are selected in 4-H Fair Judging
Gerald Gourley and DeWayne Elm exhibited the grand champion sheep at the 1966 Hamilton County 4-H Achievement Show.
In the market lamb division, Gerald Gourley of Webster City showed the grand champion and Archie Ellwood of Ellsworth had the reserve champion.
1996
Council takes a chance, extends season at pool
Forecasting the weather may be a losing game, but Webster City City Councilmen will try their hand at it anyway.
Considering an extension of the season at the outdoor pool, councilmen noted that if they keep it open, temperatures will probably chill, and if they close it Webster City will probably bake in the last days of August and early part of September.
They took a chance anyway.
Backed by a 200 signature petition requesting the extended season, councilmen on Monday unanimously approved keeping the outdoor pool open through Labor Day.