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1926
Methodist Conference comes here next year
The Northwest Iowa Methodist conference for 1927 will be held in Webster City.
Rev. Thomas F. Collins, who has served the Webster City area as pastor for the year past, has been returned to that charge.
This brief wire received from J.L. Peterson today will be good news to Webster City. The Webster City church next year will be celebrating the seventieth year since its founding and the movement to bring the conference here was started some months ago in a quiet way as a big event to mark this anniversary.
The conference will bring to this city ministers and lay delegates from all over northwest Iowa, who will be in session the greater part of a week.
Several weeks ago, Rev. Collins and other Methodist leaders in the city began an intensive campaign to bring next year’s conference to this city. The Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and other civic organizations joined the Methodist church in extending the invitation and assuring the conference of every consideration and service.
The coming of the Northwest Iowa conference to this city next year will bring here the biggest convention, in all probability, that has ever assembled here.
1946
City curfew, other law needs sought
Recommendations including a 10 o’clock curfew for all children under 18, addition of two more patrolmen to the city police force, establishment of a joint city and county two-way radio system and further steps toward bringing about a sharp decline in crime cases in Webster City and vicinity were cited today by city and county law enforcement officers who met last evening with members o the Iowa highway patrol and the federal bureau of investigation to study police problems here.
First under discussion was the high rate of juvenile cases handled, which totals about 100 per year. Of this number 72 children between the ages of 10 and 15 years during the past five years have been involved in matters serious enough to be taken into juvenile court.
1961
Start concrete work on Highway 69
Pouring of concrete on the Highway 69 "straightener" section has gotten underway on the project which is replacing the former troublesome "ox-bow" curve north of Blairsburg in Wright county. The concrete is 24 feet wide and 10 inches deep and the new straight strip will be about a mile and a half long when completed.
4-H Winners
Diane and Donna Hillyer of rural Webster City, received blue ribbons at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress Saturday, Sept. 30 for their 4-H demonstration "Easy Care with Wash and Wear." Of the 14 demonstrations given during the day, they were one of the four teams which received blue ratings.
MaeBelle Godown, county extension home economist and Mrs. Dale Hillyer, mother of the girls accompanied them to Waterloo.
1981
South Hamilton paper purchased by Shearers
Jewell - Sale of the South Hamilton Record-News to Edward S. and Betty Lee Shearer has been announced by Larry D. Bushman, Fort Dodge, general manager of the midwest region of Ogden Newspapers, Inc.
The Shearers have been managing the weekly newspaper since shortly after it was purchased by Ogden Newspapers from Richard M. Peters in September 1978. He is the former city editor of the Webster City Freeman-Journal and former managing editor of the Boone News Republican. A native of Boone, Shearer was in the college textbook publishing field in Iowa and Wisconsin for 20 years.
The new owners said they will continue to publish a newspaper dedicated to progress in the Jewell and South Hamilton County areas.
1991
Detectors given to families
This is one Kiwanis project that should help people sleep a little easier.
Members of the Noon Kiwanis this week are joining forces with the Webster City Fire Department to distribute smoke detectors to low income families in the community.
"The main concern of the Kiwanis and the Fire Department is that while smoke detectors have been around for many years, there are still some homes without them and there are also homes where detectors are installed, but do not work," said Barb Larson, Major Emphasis committee chairperson for the noon Kiwanis.
2001
WCHS names Homecoming Court
Ten members of the Class of 2001 are reigning over Homecoming festivities this week at Webster City High School. Members of the homecoming court are as follows. Queen candidates are Stefanie Hill, Emily Barrick, Libby Doolittle, Angel Modtland and Kelsie Dawson. King candidates are Andy McMurray, Scottie Cress, Clark Middleton, Nate Thompson and Lance Draeger. The king and queen will be named during coronation ceremonies Friday afternoon at the high school.
Supports Red Cross
Local UAW 442 recently held plant-wide collections for the American Red Cross. The money collected will go to the victims of the terrorist attack. Electrolux and Arrow Acme matched funds raised by the local union, bringing the total donation to $4,271.60. Those who presented the check to Roxana Webster, Executive Director of the Brushing Creek Chapter was Donna Downs, controller, Arrow Acme, Webster, Kim Willson, financial secretary UAW, Chad Johnson, Chairman of UAW, Arrow Acme, Vyron Nelson operations manager, Electrolux, and Jerry Kloberdanz, chair of Electrolux UAW.