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1936
Preparing for citizenship school here
Plans for the citizenship school are coming on very well. All women's organizations are reminded that the date is Wednesday, Oct. 7, forenoon and afternoon and that the speaker, as in past years, will be Mrs. Max Mayer of Des Moines.
Will every organization that has not yet done so, select their two delegates and vote to contribute a minimum of 50 cents to the school? If delegates have been named, kindly notify Effie McCollum Jones, general chairman.
This is a great opportunity to get a new outlook on world affairs. Mrs. Mayer shares with her hearers her keen grasp of international matters and her fine spirit of civic responsibility.
1946
Vote down proposal to buy armory
American Legion post 191 today was still without assurance of a larger home, the much-discussed purchase of the armory building, was rejected overwhelmingly at a meeting last night.
With the first of two successive votes carrying with no dissenters two weeks ago, the follow-up last night had been considered mere formality and a cinch by many Legionnaires, it was reported.
By-laws of the post require the passing of such a proposal by a majority at two successive meetings. The official count at last night’s meeting was 74 negative, five affirmative and nine failing to express an opinion.
The price set on the building was $25,000 and the proposal included $10,000 for immediate
Improvements.
1971
The Webster City High School Homecoming court was announced this week by the Webster City High School.
The girls chosen were selected by the senior class and will be voted on by the entire school. Included are Barb Kelly, Jan March, Mary O'Malley, Jana Kitterman, Denise, Jacobson, Lori Olthoff, Beth Naden, Patty Laughlin, Patty Ankrum, Peg Donovan, Jan Morey, Liz Wood, Terry Scott, Kathy O'Connor, Beth Miller, Debby Welsh, Lynn Noller, Carla Zellweger, Cathy Stark and Karen O'Connor.
Five girls from the court will be chosen by various clubs and organizations, with final voting for one of the five being voted queen next Wednesday. The queen will be announced next Friday afternoon at the pep assembly prior to the parade.
Desmond to run Cross-Country at ISU
Boak Desmond, former state champion 880 yard runner for the Webster City Lynx track team, has been selected by Iowa State University cross-country coach Harry Barland as the first alternate in the Cyclone's fieldmen's second meet Saturday morning in Lawrence, Kan.
1981
'Ham' operator contacts South Pole
Jim Nelson, who resides at 932 Bell Ave. in Webster City, couldn't sleep Tuesday night, so as is his usual custom, he headed down into the basement and turned on his "Ham" radio equipment.
Shortly afterwards, at 2:15 a.m., Wednesday, he was astonished to hear the voice of a young Canadian, a member of a geographic expedition, talking from the South Pole.
Nelson, with his low-power transceiver, heard the young man named "Mike," talking and decided he was trying to run a phone patch to his wife, apparently in California.
Nelson managed to get a good contact with the Canadian in Antarctica, some 9,000 miles away and talked with him for 25 to 30 minutes during which time the Canadian said he was due to be picked up to return to civilization sometime in October.
2001
Homeowner pleased with school-built house
Five or six years ago Webster City High School teacher Dick Kennedy's long-term goal was to introduce a class to students that enabled them to get hands on experience building a house from the ground up. Now several years and three projects later, Kennedy and students have concluded their part in building the house on 2300 North Terrace Drive and made Shirley Greufe very happy.
"I'm so grateful to have such a beautiful house," said Greufe of her new home.
The two WCHS Building Trades classes, composed of 18 Webster City students, four Northeast Hamilton students and one student from Eagle Grove, spent the 2000-2001 school year working to make the existing hole in the ground into the house standing today.
Unlike the first house, which was school-owned and financed by local businesses, the second and third projects were the results of interested applicants. A local family contacted the school about the building of the second house. Greufe, whose daughter teaches just across the half from Kennedy, learned of the opportunity and applied, becoming the owner of the third house and entering the world of building and design. Over the past school year, she watched her house begin to take shape.