Kossuth County Advance (Newspaper) - June 26, 1951, Algona, Iowa The Advances Golden Year VOLUME 51 Entered as second class at postoffice under Acf of Congress June 1951 Three Sections 18 Pages NUMBER WESLEYAN KILLED BY LI Woman Dies After Cars Crash in Fog Near TWO ARE STILL ON A CRITICAL CONDITION LIST A Des Moines woman died of injuries suffered in a on collision east of Wesley Monday and two others are still in critical Dead is Charles wife of the driver of the Ira Kooker and Kooker re main in critical condition in the Mason City Driver Chatles condition is described as Five persons were three in a headon col one mile east of Wesley on highway 18 early Saturday morn Only one of the injured was from this A dense fog blanketed the cause of the accident at about There were no witnesses according to Sheriff Ralph i Least seriously hurt was Frank lin of who alone in one of the He was traveling east and collided with a car driven by Charles Des Also in the Des Moines machine were Boyles wife and and Ira Kook also of the capital Cars Completely The latter three were all re ported to be critical con dition at the Park hospital at Mason City The im pact of the collision nearly rip Tornado Rips Duncan Into Tangled Mess By Julian The town of 30 miles west of was a duplicate of Korea last night as lightning silhouetted the remains of this bleak little Only by recalling the war newsreels of the last war can your mind comprehend the de struction left by a twister that lasted only a few Streaks of lightning were the Aerial Photo of Wreckage Caused by Tornado at Duncan Yesterday pod the two cars and Lindhorst said both were com plete The cars were taken to the Hauptman Garage at Wesley and a picture of the wreckage ap pears elsewhere on this Bode was returning to Corwith from Wesley where he had taken his to work at the Ronnie Trucking Service Considerable equip ment was found in the Boyle car and it is presumed the two couples were to a lake for a weekend fishing Lee arrived only means of showing the de Trees were torn from their roots houses were only piles of splintered sticks nothing remained where industrious farms stood only a few hours Iowa highway patrolmen were the only guards as you en tered the A dozen or more cars parked on either side of highway and flashlights flash ed the traffic thro Debris To the where the only store and gas station the house had completely It was twisted on its and debris was lying A network fallen telephone wires surrounded the Un doubtedly they had been shut off but the element of chance gave ona a squeamish In front of the store was a shattered gasoline pump and to the 1938 com crushed by some falling The entire countryside was a picture of barren trees and de As far as you could by the light of the flashing bolts of only stripped trees were Catholic Church A few feet to the right was the main section of the Stories of mothers and children escaping from battered houses were being passed from the lips at the scene sometime after the accident and sent Bode to Ann hospital He is suffer ing from cuts and bruises but is not seriously Accident In It is reported the dashboard of the Boyle car was pushed back nearly to the front seat on the right front side where is presumed to have been The scene of the accident is about 130 feet inside the Han cock county line east of but Lindhorst was notified be cause it occurred near the coun ty and the Hancock sheriff could not be T HI S REMARKABLE photo shows the havoc created by the tornado that swept through the little village of Duncan yesterday Duncan is mid way between Britt and and is just west of the Hancock county Pictured near the center is the of the new Catholic church and the Community both At the left are 29 freight cars which were scattered around the Milwaukee tracks like toys by the strength of the The roof of the gen eral store can be seen in the left with one end flat on the Highway 18 extends through the center cf the Picture is by Chuck of The Mason Cily and was taken this morn Cul courtesy of the BRAND SENT BACK TO ALGONA The Brand was re turned to the Algona Methodist pastorate by action of the bishop cabinet of the annual North Iowa conference at Cedar His return had been officially re quested by the local and he now begins his sith year he now begins his sixth year to be the only Kossuth Methodist church to re a new He is the He comes from Marble and the Handy goes to Corwith Returned were other Kossuth as follows Flowers Good of patrolmen and The Catholic priest of the vil who only a few months earlier had proudly seen the completion of the new was said to be near col lapse and in a shocked and daz ed Small This beautiful edifice of brick and stone was al most entirely The front wall was still a fallen tree barring the The back wall was also still But there was nothing in All oFthe inside had collapsed in the wake of the tor Freaks of the Your car lights flashed 20 or 30 feet to the left of the entrance and there was a statue of the Virgin amazingly It lad probably been ripped from he entrance and safe It now laid on its side near Only persons near by were sev e r a 1 energetic busy with flashbulbs and attempting to catch the desolate picture at at with rain still falling A quick look around the area showed some houses ripped to the and others nearly in Right across the street from the demolished which had been constructed of the very best lumber and a house still A light was burning and someone said the broken priest was staying there for the Several feet to the side of the house was the foundation of what was probably a but there was nothing left but a ce ment Patrolmen on You drive back again to the highway where a steady stream of traffic still is being guided by the patient who have just been reinforced for the long evening by a fresh supply of steaming YOU pass again the NOW FOUND ONLY IN 2030 CORN A check of corn fields June 21 showed a low egg mass count on County Extension Director Brown Fields having egg j TORNADO NOTES Damage was estimated at be tween and to the town of Duncan by the tor nado that struck shortly after suppertime last V Three persons were ed in Mason Duncan has 80 residents and approximately 35 Destroyed were the Catholic church valued at 000 the Filado blacksmith shop and home 15 box cars sev eral farms and livestock and masses at that time were 20 to 30 inches leaves egg masses could be found in Wesley Frank Lakota Russell Hart Luverne Phillips Swea Titonka James Albertson Wesley was re turned as Algona district super Storm Hits Collages At Algona Beach In the storm which wrecked Duncan last night and raged a mother and three chil ward to Clear Lake a miraculously escaped death Jar tree in front of the I when the roof caved In cottage on Beach lf Dc was blown It did no dam age to the Dewel cottage but fell the small What the rate of vill be will depend on the weath Brown the act that are starting o lay eggs indicates that it is ime to star checking for eggs on the larger egg counts day will activity and may help decide when the spraying stage will be The recommended control this vear is about the as Farmers are advised to spray Nearby Crystal Lake also suf damage to three homes and Hailstones as showered the the big as golf balls area following the Sometime Clear Lake was struck by a hail and re ports said waves from the lake washed away several cottage in ff entire area and elsewhere in Kossuth county were drenched by the Thousands of square feet in near ly every field along highway 18 were under The town of when the corn is about 315 inches Britt was without lights for sev if 50 or more egg masses erai hours Monday are found on 100 If only one spraying is to be treat ment should be delayed for the peak number of egg which would probably be a week Tivo proved of more value last and probably will The average increase in yield last year due to spraying was a little over 12 Marriage Licenses Granted to Four Four marriage licenses were issued at the office of Clerk Al the next cottage to the north and did some roof The Dewels were not and it is believed here that the other cot tage was not At another Beach cottage windows were Last year another poplar fell and did considerable damage to the coll it was a miracle that no one was killed among the ten or twenty crushed Several other persons had tem lost their minds in the and had been taken to a Forest City The tornado had gone straight down the about a half DDT is still recommended for Brown add the rate is pounds regardless of gallons The best time to apply is when there is little or no There were enough borers liv ing over the winter to give heavy contamination this season if the weather is it is report Good corn weather is also good Spray ing materials maybe so jt is best to get it on Good results mean timely For more complete and detail ed control informa tion inquiry may made at Farm Bureau extension office for Pamphlet 164 farms had been entirely Witnesses said the over hanging clouds had been almost green before the tornado had It was like a freight ma Pearson last lowing were granted mits June The fol the per 18 Donald Forest and Arlene Math West June 19 Burness and Iva Mallard Raymond and Barbara June 20 Cletus and Darlene HAND IS GASHED BY MOWER SUNDAY SALE OF BEER CHARGE BY Ralph one of the pitchers for the Bancroft Lions ball was bound to the grand jury Monday morning on a charge of selling beer on Sun McCabe was arrested Sunday night about midnight when Sheriff Ralph Patrol man Dick and Bancroft Marshal Duke Kinsey entered his recreation parlor on the south side of the street and found five partly empty bottles of Sheriff Lindhorst and Patrol man Meehan were called to Ban croft by Mayor Hart and Coun cilman who asked that th situation be Sheriff Lindhorst said The information was signed by Marshal Kinsey in Mayor Harts and Mayor Hart bound McCabe over to the grand Beer can not be sold in Iowa from midnight Saturday 6 Monday Former China at Burt group of Methodist people are having open house on Friday evening beginning at at the Vogel home for the and Perry who will be in Burt that day The Hanson Methodist and This Week The Old Goat has some He cant Hurray hes begin ning to Tempers get the best of base ball but the umpire Sports Lady Godiva ride in this Who wouldnt BOUT AUGUST 9 It is reported from reliable sources that the Algona National Guard unit of the Battalion wants to leave for occupational duty in August These sources say the local unit were read orders bv their RIDING TRACTOR WHEN BOLT HITS RITES THURSDAY SEXTON A bolt of lightning struck and killed instantly El mer while he was cultivating corn on his farm three miles northeast of here ear ly Monday One witness saw the tragic ac He was the hired man on the neighboring Tommy Ellis The man was working in the adjoining field and looked up to see the bolt strike Thomp He ran over to the scene and extinguished a small blaze which had started in the tractor mot and then shut off the tractor which was still continuing down the Funeral at The thunderstorm was probably only an hour or two in Thompson had gone to the field immediately after hav ing his and the acci dent occurred sometime around 8 Coroner John Schutter said Monday the blades of the vator were dug into the thus forming a perfect ground for the Thompsons body was taken to he McCullough Funeral services vill be held Thursday morning at 9 oclock in ho Joseph church at Thompson was born on a arm four miles north of Buffalo His parents were ind Martin the still and now of He attended school Buffalo Center and came to Wesley in On April he was joined in marriage with Vanda and the couple spent the next seven years on their miles northeast of Three Three children were born to the couple 3 and Joseph who will be three months old on July Three sisters and three brothers also They are Frank and Daniel both of Buffalo Center Ervin Winterset Elbow Ern New and All six brothers and and Thompsons mother are com ing for the Thompson had been coun ty dealer for Harley Davidson motorcycles for the past two years and had been active in the Good Luck Cycle club the past few He was an expert rider and hill climber and was a member of the American Motor Association of An gets his 6th See News j Prices of foods dropped 1921 from Write 57 commanding officer last Satur day night to the effect that they WATER PROGRAM AT POOL MONDAY in own A water safety the first of its kind ever held will take place at the will leave Camp McCoy August It is expected their port of your i will be swimming pool Monday Sec Long en July 2 at 8 The unit has been stationed at will tie in directly with the Camp McCoy since its call to ac tive duty last It is comprised of three officers and 43 enlisted men from this For the past the men have been in the process of ad Circus Here July 3 First in Two Years A circus with lions ann liters i com ing to July it was learned from a representa tive of the Capell Circus this Performances will bo held in two rings for two one be ginning at 2 and another at 8 Doors open one hour earl The matinee is especially for ladies and children and a special for the kids can be found in todays The public is invited to Durant Showgrounds on East State street at July to Menagerie and seej f training at Camp and many have been home on weekend passes during this Levies Four Last Justice of the Ost winkle heard four cases over the Dewitt West pleaded guilty to a stop sign violation and was fined and Kenneth of paid a and costs line for cleT Albert Iowa Water Safety Week from July 1 to in an effort to re duce the number of deaths due to drowning and the like over the July 4th Last 93 persons died in July due to and has been in China the past seven He is now with the cut his hand Thursday on a lawn Several stitches were RAINFALL TOTALS TWO INCHES MONDAY Downpours Monday night and nearly two inches of rain on Al Rippentrop Weatherman Harry Nolle ut his hand on a lawn reported to the ALGONA LEAVES FOR MOTHERS BITES Joe the Consumers received news Friday of inches was measured by Nolle during the WEATHER Hi mile in It had said the death of his mother June 19 72 John Tschetter at June 20 75 and with Tschetter June 21 train roaring through they three sons left Sunday to attend June 22 the The elder Ts around the dipping j Anyone who saw the u is survived by skipping there tion would nut other June 23 June 24 June 25 68 75 74 HI Lo 57 55 60 55 59 59 til Kossuth Gets New Conservation Officer Frank formerly eon officer in arrived this week to re place as Kos suth Simonson has been transferred to and left for his new post last WEST BEND WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY Program for the demonstration as announced by sec of the chamber of com merce is as follows Lyle chairman of the recreation will open the A boat safety demon stratum will A life sav I insi demonstration and dos and I donts of swimming and diving will be conducted with Pool Nielsen in The Buy Scouts will put on a I special and the fire resuscitator will be displayed by Ira fire Frank new game was fined 510 and close the pro when he pleaded guilty to a a fcw remarks on wat the check He also amount of the The fourth case concerned ler All persons are urged to at tend this special and costs for overload ing his motor Williams Taylor Have Anniversary This week marks the first busi ness anniversary of Williams and Taylor Implement Ern He wtu II wiu De well worth their and the program should be Five Baby Skunks Seen in Union and Harlev Troutman sighted a mother skunk and her five little skunks on tho est Williams and Cecil north of Good Hope the associated with i er night as they were driving Ben of West Horn in Fort are They said they were as died suddenly Monday afternoon owners of the i pretty as could with the white of a heart attack at the homo of j No special observance is being her Rex at i planned anniversary Funeral services are specials being offered ti tentatively planned for Thursday fanners of at West in Details appear 1 in this stripe on their backs standing out so But they didnt stop and look kept their dis trado territory and had to hurry in ad elsewhere past a skunk by any smell
