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1941
Miss Lyon and W.F. Hunter to give sketches
The Hamilton County historical society, which was organized here early in September, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kendall Young Library.
After the business meeting there will be a program consisting of unpublished historical sketches relating to the real activities of this region in bygone days. Articles will be prepared by Miss Bessie Lyon, president of the society and W.F. Hunter, editor of the Daily Freeman-Journal, which was established in this city as a weekly paper in 1857.
Hamilton County has a much better start than most counties in this movement in the fact that Miss Charlotte Crosley, librarian of Kendall Young library, has been collecting data and filing articles for many years. All this she makes available to the society as well as a complete file of the earliest issue of the Freeman.
1961
Express Agent for 32 years
"The truck moved faster than the horses I drove on the express wagon, but the horses never got stuck in the snow," S.S. Julius declared as he reminisced of his work as a Railway Express agent in Webster City, Thursday at the hospital.
When asked if he regretted the change from horses to a truck Mr. Julius admitted that he did, just a little, as the horses became real friends to him as they made their way through the deep snow in town. In early days the snow could not be quickly cleared from the streets.
Julius described some of his experiences during the 32-½ years he served as Railway Express agent while he and Mrs. Julius visited with Miss Leta Seaman and Mrs. Clara Madsen.
1966
CC conferences bringing out city improvement plans
With the completion of six of the eight group conferences being held in connection with the new "unite for a Better Webster City Area" expansion program of the Chamber of Commerce, 39 persons have made 63 different suggestions on proposed improvements for the area.
Suggestions for parking improvements were most frequently made including courtesy and free parking, elimination of parking tickets issued to out-of-town customers and better parking areas. Other numerous suggestions involved the Webster City Junior college, building a dormitory and advertising the JC more thoroughly.
Service to present industries and more effort to attract new industries, plus efforts to obtain and train more employees came in for a share of the suggestions.
Improved rural-city relations were suggested, with an annual recreational day for younger persons proposed in connection with a huge picnic for both rural and city dwellers.
Other suggestions included truck parking, rest facilities, city beautification, improved fire fighting facilities, especially for the rural area and other civic improvement proposals.
1986
County 4-H Council; trip winners named
Members of the 1987 4-H Council were announced at the 4-Herama held over the weekend in Jewell. Members are Missy Peterson, Wendy Walker, Karen Hunter, Josi Stewart, Wade Dinsdale and Kori Sylvester of Webster City; Jennifer McCluckie of Jewell, Andy Lundquist of Stratford, Brad Thompson of Randall and Betsy Hoelscher of Williams.
Outstanding long-term 4-H members honored by winning a place on the annual trip to Chicago are Jennifer McCluckie, Denise Lilienthal of Duncome, Glenda Michaelson of Kamrar, Karen Hunter, Julayne Foster and Kory Sylvester of Webster City and Anthony Engstrom of Stratford.
WCI Laundry division headquarters in Webster City means layoffs in Ohio
The location of the White Consolidated Industries Laundry Division headquarters at Webster City Products is good news for this town, but bad news for Mansfield, Ohio.
John Patrou, group vice president and general manager of the WCI Laundry Division, announced that about 60 salaried positions will be eliminated at the Mansfield plant effective Oct. 31.
The recent acquisition of White by AB Electrolux of Sweden has resulted in the consolidation of many plant operations to provide more efficient operations "essential to the future growth of the company," Patrou said.
1996
Congrats Coach Tighe
Webster City High School Varsity Football Coach Dick Tighe is the winningest coach in Iowa history today, following Friday's win over Hampton-Dumont.
Tighe's 287 career wins is the most for any high school coach in state history. His overall record is 287-100-8, the majority of those wins came during his 30 years of coaching at WCHS. Tighe's record leading the Lynx is an impressive 215-64-1.