Algona Upper Des Moines (Newspaper) - April 17, 1956, Algona, Iowa By Huss Waller It probably should have been done long but the recent edict that street addresses be placed on all mail for Algona and other smaller cities of similar is considerable It is also grad clarifying the question ol just what some of the street add resses actually are a little fact that some areas have had con trouble in As the city has street numbers in a few spots have been others have been accidentally fill ed m by guess as to what the numbers should be now the accurate are grad coming to i Proof readers and linotype operators on the big dailies will have a few new to come the 1956 baseball For example the Cards have a Repulski and a on the We erred in the mat ter of the Twin Rivers school district of Bode and Ottosen talking about building a new high The plan being studied would be that Liver more and Ottosen schools be used as and the pre sent Bode school be converted to entirely high school Use for the whole In studying the details of Grace Kellys impending mar riage and ocean voyage to Mona we note that the future Princess sipped a glass of tomato juice in which some vodka had been and that she told reporters she planned on re decorating the Prince of Monacos that poor fellow just didnt know when hje was well Incidentally Mr and Mrs Don Hutchison of Algona will prob i be V able to give an eye witness of Miss Kellys sailed for earned V I A of History and 0 ESTABLISHED 1863 Entered as second class matter at the at under Act of Congress of Mareh APRIL 1956 4 SECTIONS 28 PAGES VOL 93 16 To 25 Year Terms Tries Suicide Ih County Jail Eats Crockery Sheriff Lindhorst Clears Up Case Within A Week Algona Home Show Opens Friday Doors to the first annual Algona Home Show will ipen Friday afternoon al after of and it is expected that a record attendance will ba set for the which to be held at the National Guard Armory at the local Home featuring almost 30 separate exhibits and will open at 2 in the on Saturday and and the show will remain open con until each of the three Free prizes and favors are being generally featured by almost all firms exhibiting at the A modest admission of is to be asked at the There will be plenty of free parking i Among the exhibits will be found almost everything pertain ing to the home from a new electronic range that cooks by microwaves to the newest rage in window There will be demonstrations of paint that wont run out of a can tipped upside as well a of new items pertaining to construction and both inside and outside a will be provided for the and will be different feature the appearance of the Dude Ranchers while Saturdays program will bring organ music special novelty Sundays program will feature Junior High Glee Club in an afternoon Bob Cavanaghs Vari ety Show will be stage on the last The Home Show is belna presented by local under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce Home Im provement of Tom McGraw is assisted by Other members are Les Murray Lloyd Glenn Wes Barl lett and Beecher The Algona Home Snow Arill be where the crowds are going this M Petition New Sentral Vote diet is sweeping the with those diet undergoing a treatment cottage cheese good for the they and also good for the dairy farm er Quote of the Week The basic cause of lower farm prices today is that too many people are engaged in agriculture Allan at last One of the somewhat humorous aspects presentday efforts to solve the farm problem is that the same which 20 years ago was lambasting Henry Wal laces program for taking land out of production is now talking about the Soil Bank plan as though it were a new What a whale of a difference 20 years can and a change of administration We read where the Iowa tax commission believes taxpayers would happier if the state in come tax were deducted from their paychecks during the Are they really serious The lure of the Ozarks and a salesman recently resulted in an early spring vacation for sev eral Algona Mr and Mrs Joel Herbst went down to the Mountain area and sent back such glowing reports that Mr and Mrs Al Buchanan and Mr and Mrs Gene Hutchins decided to go down themselves and we presume enjoyed a fine time in the Arkansas while snagging Arkansas fish Mr and Mrs Dau were also down there for a brief vaca But the Ozarks are not the only place where there is a lure of the outdoor Rotarians were treated to a movie in re cently of the great ewan lake and stream by Craig who with other local sportsmen made a trip there last and a week Theo Chrischilles showed slides taken on his recent visit to no telling in what direction the bite of the travel big may send local Attention is again called to the fact that all veterans of services must now each for their military tax exemptions with the county assessors under provisions gf a law pass ed by the 1955 legislature deadline is June if you once the exemption carried over from year to year this provision has now been and every veteran have to visit the assessors office personally to get the ex World War II and Korean vets are all Famous Last ing mud is a waste of dirtl Start Selection Of Jury In 2 Court Cases A panel of petit jurors was to report today in Kossuth district to pick a jury for the first of two criminal cases on the April term First case up for trial is the State of Iowa Alfred Niles of Mason charg ed with larceny by embezzle Second will be that of the Mail operated S motor while In a third case originally slated for Lauritz charged with an entered a plea of guilty to the charge last and was given a 90 day jail with the sen tence suspended by Judge Fred Strand was paroled to Sheriff Four civil actions were also slated for jury First of those is Martin Hamilton Dorothy et Second in the estate ot Margaret requiring court The fourth cases are two damage actions against the Rock Island each for considerable sums ol Willard Zeigler and Clarence each of are plaintiffs in individual Both were injured when tne ma chine in which they riding was in a collision with a Rock Island train at a West Bend cross ing last Both local men were Several nonjury cases were Fire At Irvington The Boldridge home at pictured was badly damaged by fire Wednesday morning of last As the above picture was taken an Upper Des Moines Algona city firemen had just reached the scene and were playing chemical on the They brought the fire under control but almost all of the a complete and considerable damage was done tothe interior of the Fire also damaged the Mel Griffin garage shortly before noon ast in City firemen have been on the jump he past week with numerous grass fires also slated for hearing this term of In other district court activity of the past a divorce decree was April to Adelbert Leaneagh of Algona from Helen One new case was that of Ella Addy Robert a matter at law to appoint a guard Judge Hudson ordered dismiss al of two old cases on the court One was that of Madison versus Jack et al the second was that of et versus Albert is County Democrat Box Social Set An old time box social i being planned for Tuesday eve April starting at at the Burt Legion by the Kossuth county Democratic The which is county is being chairmaned by Glee Bullock of All congress and senatorial candidates of the party are being invited to Parents Plan For Prom Nite Party A all nite Prom Party is being planned for the evening of May as an aftermath of the ior high school and organ of the event took place Monday evening at a meeting of parents of juniors and General chairman of the com is Mrs Ken and Mrs Powers is financial Other chairmen are Wes and Carroll driver service Mrs John Drees man and Mrs Berle food Mr and Mrs Vern Jensen and Mr and Mrs Earl theatre party Dick entertain The program will follow that of last with a late movie followed by food and dancing at the Moose which is being furnished without charge of the Drops Dead In Ringsted Shop Fenton Funeral services will e held Thursday afternoon at at the home and 2 at Johns Lutheran for Otto Mr Solberg died suddenly at 5 Monday of a heart attack at the Ringsted blacksmith He had taken eggs to town to be delivered when he went to the blacksmith stepped inside the door and dropped Surviving are his two and five brothers and two sisters Members of the Solberg family are well known in the Fenton Winner of 18 State National 19501956 lovs Advertising Award fer 1956 Burt Host To County Womans Friday Burt will be host to the Kos suth County Federation of Wo mans at the annual meet April at the Meth odist Registration will be at 10 with the morning program to begin at 15 On the pro gram in the morning will be a vocal solo by Mrs Doris Miller of accompanied by Mrs Feme The Doart Wo mens Club will present a and reports will be given by dubs and Mrs Pearl 6th district Following the noon he afternoon program will be A talk and display of ceramics will be presented by Chipman of Mrs 6th district will deliver the Musical numbers will be pre sented by Burt students directed y Erna and Mrs June Goldman of Titonka will speak on the subject Ribbons on our committee reports will be and the club collect will be offered by Mary with Mrs Trudy Bud long of Titonka rendering a sop rano Hostess clubs are Plum Creek and Titonka Wo mans Four Fines Four persons fines in Justice court during the Virginia Lone and Mar gery each paid and costs for failing to Ask Ballot On Fenton Site For Hi School Petitions with 186 signatures have been presented to the Sen tral Community school district Lawrence Newbrough asking for a fourth vote in the UDM Is First Place Winner In Advertising Iowa Press Award Won With Series On Hogs The Algona Upper Des Moines won its 18th general excellence prize in a state or national news paper contest last with the first place Advertising award for Best Idea in the 1956 school area question of a issue for construction of a Tiew Sentral area high school and setting forth a pro posed location directly east of the present Fenton school building at is of and three votes have al been held on the question anew high All previous votes have failed to meet the required 60 percent of those with two elections missing by only a scant Previous Votes Rural Site In the previous all lo cations were out inthe two of them in about the same spot and one on be ween Lone Rock and a bit further south than the first and third vote Some of those previously op posed to the bond issue have expressed themselves as being in favor of the bond issue if the site selected is in a The petitioners that three previous this time say in view of the defeats with a Dwight have 1956 plates paid and costs for faulty equipment and Robert Swea was fined on two He paid and costs on a truck overload count and and costs for failure to carry registration card The fine on the registration charge was suspend rural location one vote with a location in town would at least decide whether or tha is the thing that is keeping the bond issue The Sentral district already owns five acres of land across the highway east of the present Fenton and town from the Fenton system is al ready proponents the new location They feel that there would be a consider able saving to the school district by such a and that such factors as providing a home for a home for a would be solved without building one ad jacent to a new school in the Await Attorneys Decision Whether qr not action will be aken by the school board on the lew petition awaits a decision by the legal counsel on the wording of the petition The attorney was away last It was stated in previous elec that the bond issue would in a tax increase of four mills in the area within the dis Prior to the last which ailed to reach the required GO percent by a scant 25 a Citizens Committee for the area named and worked in favor of the With a fourth vote in the matter of location still seems to be a stumbling Two members of the Citizens William Wiener and Dale resigned recent and Lloyd Berkland and Owen Berhow were appointed to take their Generally a majority of the voters in the Sentral dis agree on the need for a new high The basic seems to be that of finding a site that meets with the approval of the required 60 newspaper contest of the Iowa Press Entered in this contest by this newspaper was the Hog ad series which have been running for the pasi sponsored by Western Buyers of the trophy is as much that of Western Buyers as it is the Upper Des although this newspaper expects to place the prizewinning plaque with the many others in its trophy collection on the wall of the UDM A Local Idea The idea for the ad series originated with Smith head of Western early last Knowing full well that many hogs were going to marke too and too and thai the growing demand was not foi hogs but from processors and buyers o meat at the retail counter Wes tern Buyers decided to launch a education based on emphasizing fact to the out thai bring the market premium This campaign began months before the break in the hog mar and when did it served only to emphasize what ad series had been say ing all along about the value of So far as the Upper Des Moines is this ad series in a local is the only thing of its kind in the Most hog breed publications and farmers of also laid heavy emphasis on the value of in re cent Widespread Ad Interest As a result of the Western Buyers ad the Upper Des received in subsequent after the campaign be Golden Wedding Mr and Mrs Stott of Ti will observe their Golden g anniversary by hold ing open house on April from 2 to 5 at their numerous inquiries and a number ot from processors and hoj breeders publications to follow the hog ad In the Upper Des Moines won first place in class one for general newspaper excellence in the Iowa Press and thus was not eligible to compete in the same contest this Other 1955 awards included general excellence in New Superior Oil Station To Open A Grand Opening cele bration is scheduled for Friday and Saturday of this week for the new Superior 400 superservice station completed on South Phil lips in Rated as the finest of the 125 Superior stations now in operation in the midwest by Terry Superior Oil district the Algona station provides many innova including an apron of square feet of Cowan was general con for the new Algona addi with materials being sup plied by ReadyMix Concrete lumber Electrical installa were made by Pratt Elec ric and plumbing and leating contract was handled by Sigsbee Plumbing The station is on the east side of Phillips Vernon formerly of Fort Dodge and now of is lessee of the new He has moved to Al gona with his wife and He will be assisted by Charles Porter in station Algonas first armed holdup in 15 years was climaxed success fully after thorough investigation of the case by Sheriff Ralph Lindhorst and other law officers Friday when Carl Clymer and Anthon both of Fort began terms of not to exceed 25 years for the was taken to the Anamosa and Rod was taken to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison by Lindhorst from Fort im mediately after received three oneyear in fed eral court on three counts of lating the national firearms act Friday Clymer will serve the three oneyear sen concurrently in a federal prison after he serves his state t Sentenced Thursday The pair sentenced to their terms in Kossuth county district court by Judge Fred Thurs day less than a week after they admittedly held up the Theater and stole while holding 14 persons at bay with April Key to solving the crime was the fact Clymer at tempted a similar holdup at a theater at Fort Dodge three years Dur ing the same in Sep Clymer was in in an armed robbery of a grocery store and an auto also Fort He was tried on the three counts in Webster county district court and par by John at that His paroles will now be revoked and he will serve ten years for drive in robbery and five years for car theft while serving his new The pair were arrested in Fori Dodge Tuesday April 10 by Fort Dodge Detec tive Don Carney and State Agent Thompson following a chase from Clymers place of employ nent at Lindhorst praised the Fort Dodge police de and all other officers aided in the which followed intensive tracking down of Both Had Records Both men have long Clymers dating back to Rodgers was suspected as the second man in the holdup due to his past close association with Clymer put on quite an act while in jail said Lind who explained a couple of attempts at suicide by the young Wednesday afternoon it was Breaks Second Arm son of Mr and Mrs Cecil broke his arm Thursday while playing at his This is ex tremely unfortunate since His other arm for has Gary been crippled since breaking it about three years ago and had surgery on it just before discovered he had broken up a heavy coffee cup and eaten some of the He lay on his hea with a stare and refused to He was taken to the of fice of Dan Bray where disclosed particles of the coffee For a he re fused to talk in the doctors of retaining the blank ana at one time held his breath for some When told he would not he began talking He also tore a strip off the blanket in his indicating he might hang but A guard was posted near him following these Wrote Suicide Note Clymer wrote the following addressed to his wife Dearest Phyllis Well it seems the time has at ast come for me to check Saunds kind of odd doesnt I seen sitting here thinking about t all night I havent seen much of a husband for you and you surely deserve better than Well it would seem its to late now to change please take good care of those Never let them grow up as I Those kids are the only thing I ever have had of my They are good kids I just lit my last When its gone 1 will finish what I Why did it have to be thi way God only knows I tried nol Start the kids in church and maybe they will get the thing 1 obviously missed along the way Dont ever blame You tried and I really do love you and the kids even if I am so rotten I seem to do anything Per haps it would be bast if you moved away from Fort Dodge for People will throw it up to the kids and Tell all my friends thanks and if my insurance is any good please bury Sheriff Ralph Lindhorst shown above holding the two sawedoff which were used by Carl Clymer and Anthon Fort during the armed holdup of the Theater April The both are a and a were stolen by the pair during a1 breakin at a hardware store The men sawed off the barrels of the guns before using them The guns found in an abandoned house Dodge after Clymer and Rodges were arrested there Tuesi day On the between the two in front of are two money bags taken by the men during the One contains which was in the bag when it was lost in the vicinity of the European Hotel after th Upper Des Carl Clymer Anthon Rodgers ne in Oakland Cemetery ut Fort Come and see me Ill try to protect you even after I am Phil I hope there is such a thing as Ive got to et some help some Pray or Kiss all the kids for me every night and tell them when they get older to try not to think o hard of With all my Love Carl The two men were defended in court here by Arthur Fort Dodge while Kos suth County Attorney Nit chals represented the Cly mer and began serving their terras eight days after the a windup to Algonas first armed robbery since early
