Iowa
Old Press
Red Oak Sun,
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa
March 18, 1927
MRS. P. O. SWENSON DEAD.
Funeral, services for Mrs. Augusta Swenson, 78, widow of Perry O.
Swenson, a highly respected resident of Red Oak for 55 years, who
died Friday at 9:16 p.m., from pneumonia, were held Monday at 3
p.m. from her home, 400 Elm st. Rev. Alexis Andreen, of Rock
Island, Illinois, former pastor of the Lutheran church here of
which she was a member, conducted the services. The pallbearers
were S. C. Nordquist, J. A. Sandall, J. M. Johnson, F. A.
Replogle, E. R. Ericsson and Gus Johnson. Interment was in the
Red Oak cemetery. Augusta Hall was born in this country in 1872.
Deceased was married at Monteville, Iowa, Nov. 2, 1866. The
family resided on a farm until 1900, when they moved to Red Oak.
Mr. Swenson died here Sept. 15, 1913. She is survived by three
sons, L. L. Swenson, Blakesburg; H. L. Swenson, Des Moines and O.
W. Swenson, Red Oak.
LEO TARR DEAD.
Leo Tarr, 66, a resident of Red Oak for the past 43 years, died
yesterday at 4:35 a.m., at the Red Oak hospital, following
illness of seven days from pneumonia. Funeral services will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home. Rev. Ira
Carney, pastor of the Christian church, will have charge of the
services, Interment will be in Red Oak cemetery. Deceased was
born in Henry county, Iowa, Aug. 28, 1861. He lived there until
1884, when he came to Red Oak, and for many years, was employed
by the Burlington railroad. He was married here Feb. 12, 1885, to
Ida Menefee. Surviving are his wife and a son, Jay Tarr, and one
daughter, Mrs. Alex Ross, both of Red Oak. One sister, Mrs.
William Smith, also of Red Oak.
FIREMAN'S BALL WAS GREATER THAN EVER
When They Celebrated Their 51st Anniversary at the Armory on
Monday Night. TICKET SALES BEAT 1926.
The Red Oak Fire Department's annual prize ball, celebrating the
51st anniversary of the founding of the organization, entertained
the largest crowd Monday evening ever seen in the local Armory.
When Tracy-Brown's Oklahoman's orchestra started to play, only as
aisle a few feet wide was left in the center of the floor for the
dancers. All others available floor space was filled with people,
many who came to dance, others to listen to the music and be
present at the prize drawing. The large crowd was well
entertained during the evening. There is no way of knowing how
many people actually were in attendance, but some idea may be
gained from the ticket sales. Gross receipts were $1,264.00;
which included $160.50 for ticket sales at the door the evening
of the event. Advanced ticket sales by those interested in
putting the affair across, were as follows: Chief Charles
Luppold, 1st, $439.50; Harry Winn, 2d, $224; Harry Draper, 3d,
$173; A. J. Seefeldt, 4th, $93; Guy Hobbs, 5th, $76; George
Windsor, 6th, $58; Leo Seefeldt, 7th, $50. Ticket sales amounted
to $49.50 more than those of the preceding year.
TWO NEW DIRECTORS.
Two new directors of the Independent School District of Red Oak
were elected Monday, defeating two directors who had served on
the board and were candidates for re-election. B. A. Shaver and
Mrs. Addie Hayes were the successful candidates, defeating George
Rushton and Dr. E. M. Woodard. The vote was as follows: Shaver
640, Hayes 621, Rushton 367, Woodard 251.
HOSPITAL NOTES.
Dorothy Confer underwent a major operation Monday. Mrs. A. A.
West returned to her home Tuesday. She had been taking medical
treatment. Kenneth Rover is getting along nicely.
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The Villisca Review
Villisca, Montgomery co. Iowa
Friday, March 25, 1927
HINT INCOME TAX REDUCTION
Heavy Returns with Income Tax Reports Portend Further Cut In
Federal Tax Payments
With a flood of the heaviest income tax payments since war
times pouring into the treasury at Washington last week with the
close of the time of filling tax reports, a cut of several
hundred million dollars in taxes by the next congress is
virtually assured. The surplus of tax returns for this year will
probably amount to $600,000,000.00, it is estimated.
Secretary Mellon concedes that the surplus on June
30 is likely to pass the half billion mark, though he refrains
from making a definite statement. The last official estimate was
$383,000,000.00.
Indications are that the administration in
Washington will have a new program of tax reduction prepared
before congress assembles next December. Although a long partisan
fight is in prospect over the form of the reduction, Washington
dispatches say, the congressional demand for a new cut is
virtually unanimous.
Millions pouring into the treasury from March income
tax payments assured the largest collection from this source
since the staggering wartime rates were abolished. The treasury
raised its official March estimate to $580,000,000.00 with
indications that the total would go to $600,000,000.00. This
would be a gain of $10,000,000.00 over last March. A like
increase expected in June – will be counted in with the
surplus for this fiscal year, which ends June 30.
The attempt made in the Iowa legislature to create a
law providing for a state income tax in addition to the national
tax met with defeat Thursday of last week when the bill of the
proposed measure reached the senate. Though it received a 56 to
49 vote of endorsement in the house of representatives, it was
indefinitely postponed by the prompt and unanimous adoption of
the ways and means committee’s report ……
WILL START SPRING PRACTICE
High School Football Team Will Begin Training Next Week in
Preparation For Next Fall
TO COMPETE IN TRACK EVENTS
Track Team, Now Training, Will Enter Competition With Other
Schools
~~ Will Go to Elliott
Spring football practice in preparation for
next fall’s football schedule of the Villisca high school
will be started next week, according to the present plans of
Coach Walter Officer, and will continue during the next few weeks
of the school year. The spring practice will be maintained in
order that an early line-up on the candidates for the team next
fall may be obtained and some of the preliminary work of
organizing a new team may be put out of the way.
Eight members of last fall’s team will graduate
this spring, but eight letter men will still be available as a
nucleus for the new team. Sixteen players received letters for
participation in football at the close of the season last fall.
The football schedule for next fall has eight
games listed, four of which are to be played at home and four
away from home. Two dates remain to be filled. The schedule is as
follows:
September 23, Elliott, here
September 30, Bedford, there
Otober 7, open
October 14, Shenandoah, here
October 21, Lenox, here
October 28, Red Oak, there
November 4, Essex, there
November 11, Clarinda, there
November 18, open
November 25, Corning, here
Spring track work is already under way, with about a
dozen aspirants for distinction in that line of athletics out for
daily practice. The training is considerably handicapped,
however, on account of lack of a suitable field, and running
track.
The practice is centered largely on jumping and
vaulting and on the shot and discus events in the absence of a
track, though road work is being done when the weather and roads
are favorable. Coach Officer says a happy solution of the need of
the athletic department of the school would be the leasing of a
football field, around which a running track could be
constructed.
There will be some track competition with other
schools this spring by the team which is now being rounded into
shape. Several members of the team will be entered in the annual
high school meet which will be held in Elliott.
MUSCATINE WINS
The state high school basketball championship was
won by the Muscatine high school team in the final game of the
tournament in Iowa City Saturday evening, the winners defeating
Burlington by a score of 24 to 21. The two teams were close
rivals in the “Little Six” circuit, in which both
finished the season with only one defeat each. In the
championship game Saturday evening, Burlington was leading by a
14 to 19 score at the end of the second quarter, but well
balanced Muscatine team staged a rally and nosed out in the lead
at the end of the game.
HAD GOOD PATRONAGE
The Girl Reserves of the high school, who served a
waffle supper in the high school building Saturday evening, were
well patronized, in fact the patronage was better than the girls
had anticipated. They used all their food and found it necessary
to go to town to purchase an additional supply. They served 150
persons, and their receipts for the evening were $37.50, Visitors
to the high school that evening were given as opportunity to go
through the new addition to the building.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Smith moved Wednesday from the Mrs. E. C.
Gibbs residence on West Third street to the John Van Valkenburg
residence on West Fourth street.
Margaret Dow is confined to her home with measles.
FIRE COMPANY CALLED
The fire company was called Monday afternoon to the A. J.
Wertman home on West Fourth street where a blaze was started in
the roof by a spark from the chimney. Only a small hole had been
burned in the roof when the fire was extinguished, the fire
company again demonstrated the efficiency of the chemical
apparatus with which the fire struck is equipped.
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