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1951
Work on North side curbs and gutters
Cliff Withers, Edmund Baker and Gil Hansen were busy putting in forms for the new curb and gutter work being carried out on the north side, which is a citywide street improvement project. The men were working on Odell st. this morning, getting the area ready for pouring of cement later today. Considerable grading and levelling work has been undertaken following the installation of the curb and gutter, as city workers try to complete putting in a gravel base for the streets before winter sets in.
Inspect 100 cars in auto check
Nearly 100 autos were inspected this week in an unannounced equipment check in Webster City, with 36 faulty equipment tickets being issued and three summons given out for defective equipment, patrol officers said today.
The tickets covered 66 violations found when patrol officers and members of the Webster City police force checked the machines.
Patrolman Mike Hogan and Earl Shoeman, Police Chief B.E. Edwards and Police officers Leo Dahlhouser and Atlee Branyord cooperated in the check which was one of 26 inspections carried out in Iowa.
The state highway patrol in Des Moines reported that 9700 vehicles were stopped at the 26 check points.
1961
BPW club inducts new members at dinner
Fifteen new members of the Business and Professional Women's club were inducted in a ceremony Wednesday evening with Evelyn Mahoney, membership chairman in charge.
New members are Berniece Leary, Lucille Baldwin, Lorraine Untiet, Elna Stearns, Doris Abrahamson, Marilyn Manke, Donna MNcBurney, Lu Nissen, Sandra Focht, Mary Kesler, Doris Lowman, Marie Ricke, Dorothy Carpenter, Lois Doolittle, Berniece Beisner, Margaret Alexander, Leone Van Fossen and Bertha Doolittle.
46 members were present for the dinner served at Hotel Willson at tables decorated with pumpkins and fall colors.
Panel gives discussion at Hilltop
Using the article, "The Pendulum Swings" from the October 1960 PTA magazine as a springboard, Mrs. Glen Weldon as moderator and panelists Miss Ferne Marsh, Mrs. Richard Desmond and Robert Buckley, held a lively discussion at Tuesday's Hilltop PTA meeting.
Mrs. Weldon led with the thought that "in this country we are apt to go to extremes as with the swing from very strict child-raising to today's permissiveness."
Mrs. Desmond continued by discussing the changes in the teaching of reading by the phonics method to a switch to sight reading, followed by still another change to a combination of the two that is used in our schools today.
1966
Lubbers' Grand Opening starts today
The new Lubbers Clothing store in Webster City is having its grand opening now through Saturday. Over $1,000 in valuable merchandise awards will be given away as a highlight of the grand opening and all visitors are being invited to register for the awards, free of charge.
1981
Episcopal church to observe 25th anniversary Saturday and Sunday
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd of Webster City will be observing its 25th anniversary of its church building Saturday and Sunday with former pastors, Father Bob Wichael of Ottumwa and Father Robert Holzhammer of Iowa City to be among the featured celebrants of the Eucharist.
The Church of the Good Shepherd traces its beginning back to the early 1920's when a priest from Fort Dodge would come regularly to administer the sacraments to several Webster City residents. These Episcopalians included Mrs. Varick Crosley, Max and Grace Hemingway and Guyon and Mary Whitley.
In the summer of 1951, a pre-seminary student, now the Rev. Kent Pinneo, came to Webster City to contact those inclined to the Episcopal church. The small group he contacted held services in their homes with the first service conducted by Kent Pinneo on Aug. 19 that year. A service of evening prayer was held at the Universalist church Oct. 7 with two lay leaders from Ames, Al Husson and Clive Goring, leading the service. The group decided to rent the Jane Young House and held their first service there Oct. 21.
2001
New 4-H members welcome
Hamilton County 4-H members talked to the fourth grade class at St. Thomas Aquinas School recently. The 4-H'ers, Eric Greenley, Grant Ryherd and Johnathan Hill, discussed several aspects of 4-H membership, including projects, club outings, meetings, the county fair, 4-H camps and record books. The fourth grade students were urged to contact a 4-H leader or the Hamilton County Extension office to learn more about how to join a local 4-H club.