Iowa Old Press

HINTON PROGRESS
APRIL 14, 1922

PERRY CENTER NEWS

Oliver Bonnes and family spent Sunday in Sioux City at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Harry Goebel.

Ann Peterson, of Morningside, Abbie Peterson and Miss Quant of Westfield
and Hans Rassmusen of Sioux City spent the weekend at the J. Petersen
home.

Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Shearon and Gerauld and Cifford attended a birthday
party given in honor of Charles Baxter at Leeds.

John Flannery returned home Sunday from Sioux City after a stay at his
brother William's during his recent illness.

John Jacobs of Charter Oak spent several days at the Arthur Maloney
home.

Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Shearon gave a dinner Sunday for their daughter, Mrs.
Laurence Daugaard, in honor of her first wedding anniversary. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Daugaard of near Lawton, Mr. Daugaard
and Christ Peterson of Turin, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Shearon and Pearl
Shearon of Sioux City and Mr. and Mrs. David Swanson.

LINCOLN ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Casper and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Muecke and family were
guests of George Casper.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Muecke and family were guests of the Fred Blankenburg
home.

Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Kruse and daughter Clara were guest at the Fritz
Muecke home.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimgartner and family and Mr. and Mrs. Will Stower
were guest of Fredmont Ideker.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Krugar are assisting George Casper this spring.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pashion and daughter Iona were guest at the Aug. Beck
home.

Mrs. Henry Ideker and daughter Clara were visitors of the John Hoffman
home.

Mr. and Mrs. John Muecke and family were guests of Fred Speck.

LEEDS NEWS
Mr. Oleson has moved to his farm vacated by Mr. Rushala.

Mrs. Chas. Kannow has been visiting her daughter Mrs. Frank Kerby of
Sioux City.

Marvin Jackson and Brother Ray spent Sunday with Bennie Bennett.

Dick O'Bryen has rented the Conway farm and is seeding wheat.

Mrs. J. W. Bennett and son Frances visited at the Joe Bauer home.

Mrs. Otto Pearson and sons accompanied by Miss Mary Parks departed last
Friday for Florence, Minn., to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Parks.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ferguson and children are recovering form an attack of
grip.

Misses Nellie and Frances Harper spend Sunday with Laura and Pearl
Bennett.

A number from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Baker which was held
last Sunday.

Mrs. R. Widgery of Winnbago, Neb., is spending a month at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harper.

Mrs. Ed Ewards and son, Lorn, arrived Friday to visit a few days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Pence.

LOCALS
Miss Ruth Koeing of Sioux City is visiting Miss Myrtle Schindel.

Work on Clarence Bennett new house will start as soon as the roads will
permit hauling of the material.

A. J. Taylor is moving the building from his corner lot in preparation
to build his new house on this site.

G. C. Croston received word Thursday morning that Mrs. Jas. McCartney,
of Kingsley, died Wednesday evening. Mrs. McCartney was Mr. Crostons's
sister.

Le Mars Daily Sentinel, April 21, 1922

SOON TO GO IN EFFECT
New Ordinances Become Valid After Publication

REVISE SYSTEM OF NAME AND NUMBERS
New Regulations for Vehicles Are Worth Perusing as They Prescribe Rights of
Pedestrians as Well as Automobiles on Streets

We print in this issue of the Sentinel two ordinances recently passed by the
Le Mars city council, one regulating automobiles and the other renaming Le
Mars streets and providing for renumbering of the houses. Both go into
effect on publication but the ordinance revising the system of naming and
numbering will not be enforced until the next telephone book - which is Le
Mars only city directory - is published.

The ordinance regulating this use of the city streets by vehicles is worth
careful perusal by all as it prescribes rights of pedestrians as well as
vehicles on the city streets. It provides for parking at the side of the
streets at an angle of not less than 60 degrees with the front of the
vehicle in direction of the traffic on that side of the street. It provides
for slowing down in the vicinity of schools and that pedestrians have right
of way at crossings, a fact of which many drivers are apparently not aware.
The rules of the road as set forth in the ordinance conform to those in the
state law regulating motor vehicles.

The ordinance changing the names of streets and plan of numbering has been
explained in these columns. Sixth Street is changed to Plymouth Street and
Main to Central Avenue and names and numbers radiate from the intersection
of these two streets. All streets running east and west are named north and
south from Plymouth, that is First Street North, First Street South and in
order in both directions to Sixth Street North formerly Seney Road, and to
South Avenue or Twelfth Street South in that direction. The north and south
streets are called avenues and are First Avenue East, Second Avenue East and
in order each from Central Avenue to Tenth Avenue East, formerly Summit
Street, and west in the same order to Ninth Avenue West heretofore known as
High Street. Provisions also made for names and numbers on the few diagonal
streets in Le Mars.

All numbers start from the street intersection heretofore known as Sixth and
Main. The first blocks begin to number with 10, the second with 100, the
third with 200 and so on in regular order in all directions from this
starting point. The proper for of street address will be the house number,
the street or avenue and the designation of the quarter of the town as NE,
NW, SE, or SW. The Sentinel's new address is 21, First Street NE and the
Community hospital's address is 21 First Street NW.

A number is assigned for every twenty feet or fraction thereof not more than
six feet and when a building covers space entitled to more than one number
one or all of such numbers may be used. Odd numbers are on the north and
west sides of streets and even numbers on the south and east sides. Once
the system of names and numbers is understood a stranger can locate any
house by its number as well as a resident of the town. The council is
considering the purchase of street markers to be placed at the intersection
of the numbered streets and avenues with Plymouth Street and Central Avenue.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 28, 1922, page 1.

WAS A PIONEER MERCHANT.

Samuel Wentz Opened First Store in Town of Remsen.

Funeral services for Samuel Wentz, 78, pioneer grocer and one of the first settlers of this community, who died Friday, were held Monday afternoon at Remsen.

Mr. Wentz was born at Sellingen, Baden, Germany, and came to Iowa in 1866 and settled in Remsen in 1880. On his arrival the railway station was the only building there. He started the commercial life of Remsen by erecting a small frame building in which he opened a grocery establishment. The business was taken over by his son, F.E. Wentz, several years ago.

During his life at Remsen Mr. Wentz served as mayor, councilman, school treasurer, and was president of the cemetery association from the time of its organization until the day of his death.

Surviving are his wife; one son, F.E. Wentz, of Remsen, one daughter, Mrs. George Meierstein, of Sioux City; a brother, C. Wentz, of Belle Plaine, Ia.; a sister, Mrs. C.W. Stortz of Kingsley.

Captured Two Pelicans.

Kingsley Times: Harry Huss, W. T. Campbell, F. Shook, P. Hill and Donald Campbell went to Badger Lake on a fishing trip last Sunday. While there they captured two fine specimens of pelicans. They are now on display in the window of the Knowles Store. Later they will be donated to the Stone Park zoo, in Sioux City.

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A marriage license was issued on Wednesday to Ernest L. Schietzel, of Sioux City, and Ida C. Haack, of Remsen.

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J. F. Fischbach was in Waterloo this week, attending a conference of the Catholic Order of Foresters.


 

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