Ackley World Journal (Newspaper) - November 7, 1957, Ackley, Iowa ACKLEY 19E7 The above picture shows the dining hall at Blakes Grove Youth camp a mile and a half northwest of The camp is being constructed by the Iowa Synod of the Evan and Reformed Now that dining room is enclosed work in finishing the interior can be carried on the coming win ter Will contractor on the is now busy with the care takers house in order to get it enclosed before cold weather so that work to he carried on during the Frank Kroll stated that they expect to have camping at the Grove next summer with two work camps and three junior high He pointed out that tents would be necessary for next sum mers The dining hall is 124 feet long and 40 feet wide and the kitchen is 40 by The large room will have a partition in the center di viding it into a dining room and a temporary A large fire place in the center will serve both Road Contracts To be Let at Ames 10 Eldora Contracts will be let 10 at Ames for the Steam boat Rock to Ackley road hard surfacing according to County Engineer Wray Work is expected to start on the road next The project which includes a little over 10 miles of road will cost about Furlong had said earlier that alternate bids on paving and hot mix asphaltic surfacing may be The State Highway Commis sion will receive the held Saturday and Sunday eve ning in the family Anne Maurita Richtsmeier was born July in an Iowa Palls and has spent her ife on her parents five miles southwest of She was a member of Marys Church of Surviving her are her parents her of Ackley her paternal Richtsmeier of and her and Albert Schafer of Iowa Funeral Services Held for Anne Richtsmeier Anne old daughter of and Clarence died at her home November following a lingering Funeral services were held at Marys Catholic Church Monday ted by the Father assisted by the Fath er Brickley of In terment was in Marys cem Recitation of the rosary was Local Canning Plant Wins Safety Plaque The Ackley plant of Monarch Foods Canners and Processors has been awarded a safety plaque in recognition of having no disabling or lost time accidents in the plant during The safety award was presented to superintendent Peck Harrington at the Iowa Nebraska Canners Convention held in Des Moines early this Harrington said that he was happy to present the plaque to the employees as it was through their cooperation and carefulness that the Ackley plant was thus On the second day of the con vention Elmer Flessner attended the field mens conference which dealt with soils and insect At the Deep End SWIMMING POOL PROGRESS by Joe Committee Chairman It is a little cool for actual swimming but the pool is rapidly progressing and while you are reading this article about the the last section of the floor is be ing weather Ye Ed and I have just returned from an inspection of the pool and we think this is surely going to be a wonderful community Work on the bath house will start the first of next week and proceed as far as the funds will take All work to date will be paid for as soon as it is that is for the pool and plumbing to the Additional funds are needed to finish the bath for the sidewalk and deck plumbing in the bath pool equipment such as life guard cleaning equipment kiddies wading pool and Some of the solicitors have not finished their so if you have not been called upon during this second we hope you will forward your pledge to this worth while The amount you give will be appreciated by the kiddies and grownups who will be using this pool for the next 20 to 30 All contributions are de DEEP END Continued on Page 7 We have always felt that a communi ty gets more benefit from the tion of its good qualities rather than pointing out its there are times and inci dents when certain things should be de We do not mean to be an old fogy i about young peoples but we do feel that Halloween pranks were carried much too On this famous night of evil spirits many stunts are performed which re quire imagination and They touch on the humorous side of hfe in the majority of are not But we fail to see where the wanton destruction of property just because its Halloween is very smart or And driving cattle out of their pens and letting them run wild does not take a brilliant This act is not only a loss to the owner but it endangers lives and could also be classed as cruelty to We hate to think what would have happened if there had have been a fire either on Wednesday or Thursday Main street was almost impassable and there were hazards on most every street in But perhaps the thing that disgusted us most was seeing a teenage girl break a whiskey bottle in the middle of Main She probably wasnt proud of herself after she had done but we wonder just what it is in the atmosphere that lets kids go that Ackley was certainly not alone in her disgrace but one does hate to think of the home town as being in that classi 0 Hi diddle we sure did fiddle While the Russ went off to the moon But the dog didnt laugh to see such sport For she went along too Mayor in Election Menno Snittjer Passes Away Services Held 2 Menno Snittjer died sud denly at Thursday October at her farm home southeast of Snittjer had been in poor health for the past several but had ap to be making a satisfactory recovery from a stroke she suf in when her death She was born Anna daughter of Dick and Bena on February 1885 in Butler She was baptized as an infant in Peters Evangelical Church of On March she was united in marriage to and they made their home on a farm in Grundy Fol lowing the death of her husband j on October she continued to live on the same farm with her son Simon until she passed had been a faithful member of the East Friesland Presbyterian Church since and had served as a Sunday School teacher for a number of She was also a member of the Missionary Surviving her are her son Si mon of and her son and and Philip Snittjer of Ackley three Rachel DeVries of Julius Fisher of Boone and Miss Hattie Roelfs of and one of Preceding her in death were her her husband three bro thers and two one of whom died in Funeral services were held on November at 1 at the home and at at the East Friesland Presbyterian with the Siem sen conducting the In terment was in the church ceme Basketball to get Underway Soon Following is the 195758 Ackley High School basketball schedule HOME GAMES 22 Aplington 6 La Porte City 13 Eldora 10 Grundy Center 21 Geneva 4 Alden 7 Traer 11 Hampton 14 Jesup 18 Sectional Tour AWAY 27 Eldora Training School 3 10 Grundy Center 17 Jesup 7 Traer 17 Eldora 28 Hampton 31 Reinbeck 19 Jamboree Guy Lifetime Resident Of Dies Bessie Wagner 82 pio neer resident of the Faulkner com died at her home November She had been ser iously ill only a little over a She was born October the daughter of Sarah and Isaiah and has lived her entire life within one mile of her present home at with the tion of two years she spent in iShe was married to Guy March and to this union four children were and French were privileged to celebrate their Golden Wedding ten years French passed away November French attended the rural schools of the community and at an early age was given as a gift from a teacher a set of watercolor From this beginning grew a lifetime hobby of painting beau many of which are to be found as prized possessions in the homes of relatives and She was a member of the Meth odist Church of and a de voted wife and Surviving her are her four Clarence John Glen French and Willard all of this six grandchildren and two two bro Hez Wagner of Faulkner and Frank Wagner of one Joe Butson of Four brothers and one sister preceded her in Funeral services will be held at the home at Friday afternoon and at 2 oclock in the Methodist with the Gil lett Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Schools to Close For Teachers Meet The Ackley Public schools will close Thursday today at and will be closed all day because of the annual meeting of the State Education Association in Des which the local teachers will No Makeup Games to Be Played after Last nights game with Greene was the final game of the season as the postponed game El dora could not be scheduled for this At a League con ference held Monday evening it was decided that no makeup games could be played after November It was hoped that the Ackley Eldora game could be played this November 9 but school officials there notified Superin tendent Robert Formanek that the flu situation had not subsided enough to hold the game this NELSON NAMED CEDAR MAYOR former Ackley resident who was in partnership with Harvey Sietsema in a furni ture store and mortuary here sev eral years was elected mayor of Cedar Falls in the municipal election there Gay Roosevelt was elected mayor of Ackley in Tuesdays lection when he received 449 to 177 for Otis There were 642 votes in the with 12 not voting in the mayoralty In the contest for five seats on he council Stanton was high man with a total of 476 Roy Kreimeyer was second with and in Vernon Arends Julius Kurth 379 and Whitey Meyer Serving with the new mayor will be three holdover members of the Arends and Mey The two newcomers are Krei meyer and Rich received Fred Bob Wilson Roy and Herman In the vote for mayor Ed Clemens got two Mark Ach termann and Francis Hosch one The new mayor and council will be sworn into office on Thursday January At this meeting the appointive offices of the city will be At elections in neighboring towns Hampton voters approved a bond issue to finance a swimming pool to Don of the Iowa Falls news papers was elected In Wellsburg Luke the was reelected as as was Harm Frerichs at There was but one ticket in Aplington where Clarence Mey er was reelected mayor as was the entire Pheasants for Vets Hunt The two teams from Elliott Keninger Post of the American headed by Harold Wood ley and Chuck are ready to take the fields next Sunday for their annual Pheasants for Vets They will be spurred on not only by their desire to get plenty of birds for the patients in the Veterans hospitals in Des Moines and but also by the knowledge that the losing team will have the job of cleaning all the STOCK DALE TIES FOR SHOOTING HONORS SUNDAY Merle All American Trapshoot Team mem shared honors with Clell Crook of Floyd in Sundays trap shoot at the Cedar Falls gun Both broke 24 25 XRay Unit in Ackley Today The State Mobile XRay Unit is due in Ackley this morning and free chest will be taken between the hours of and and and 4 The Unit will be parked on Main and everyone 18 years of age and older is urged to visit it and have a chest The Unit will return to Ackley next November when will be taken between the hours of 9 and 11 and and 4 Persons who live out side the county may come for a free A Cup of New Model Coffee will flow freely in Ack ley this weekend when three of the automobile agencies will en at the showing of the new 1958 models which go on The festivities start today when Will Paul and Virgin ia Vernon Arends and Ev erett Munier will be hosts and hostess to those who pay a visit to see the new The Ford party at will continue through Ed and Dorothea Happy Stauffacher and Otto will entertain for the second time in two weeks when visitors are invited to look over the new Olds The Weber Motor Company party will be on Novem ber on Fred and Fanny Louise Darwin Paul Keninger and Will Nolte will serve dough nuts and coffee as they show off the 1958 Any description or listing of the merits of these new automobiles at this time would be most in Our suggestion would be for those interested to accept the invitations issued and have the fine points of each automobile ex in After previewing these new cars we must admit that they are all beautiful and would adorn any or
