LeMars Sentinel (Newspaper) - December 23, 1953, Lemars, Iowa Comment Headline of the The reports on bouncy fleeces GOOD REBOUND IN FAT LAMBS market price went up Over at Gene last week reminded his readers that the week after it had been for 40 years over Pay Up Over the masthead of the he printed the week's Pay I'll pay all And Gene goes up is a It creates a good To which the would add the Remsen custom is well worth copying in practically TV watchers may have noticed a new Le Mars product on their screens in recent Norman Products is seeking a wider market for its genuine red wood bird bird via this new Blue Bunny ice cream has been on the area's screens for some but is the first exclusively Le Mars industry to seek a sectional audience in this And if you haven't seen any of the stop at Meis Seed and Feed or Hansen Hardware and inspect the kits assemble them They make a fine last minute Christmas present for bird Young writers are taught to seek new ways to put their ideas into words but centuries of effort has changed only two letters in the perfect seasons Take your for each is equally sincere on the Have a Merry Le BEST LE MARS to be caught beneath s Read It In The Sentiner Zone 19 or not to VOLUME No. 51 a Year LE DEC. 23, 1953 Five Cents a Copy Published Wednesday Dialogue Reviews Needs following by Sisters of St. Frauds of the rots played by Heert hospital in the Le Man ii at this and will be of interest to reveals that the hospital must now enclose its stairways in order to comply with fire In more X-ray equipment must be Sentinel will be glad to forward to the hospital any contribution its readers care to make toward theie or readers msy prefer to make their gift directly to the Heart Le It This Week UPHOLD SALE OF LOCKER PLANT Judgement upholding the contract of sale of the by Judge M. O. Van Oosterhout in the case of Victor Straub vs. Matt The plaintiff had sought to have the sale to him voided because only 75 per cent of the lockers were rented instead of about 90 per cent. There was no intentional the judge and the contract was completed after the buyer had a chance to learn the facts for We Christmas Angels are really kept busy delivering mesages of Good Wishes these The Sisters of St. Francis at Sacred Heart Hospital asked us to be sure that their very best wishes and prayerful remembrances reached all the as the Sisters the whole Le Mars Guardian Angel of the I think this is a good time to tell you something about my as Angel of the People of this territory I will be happy to hear what you have to say as some of my charges are always in that Hospital you speak you are Sacred Heart Hospital is among the well-known establishments in Le institution which has served the Le Mars Territory during quite a number of Sacred Heart Hospital is conducted by Sisters of St. Francis whose Motherhouse is in The only concern of these Sisters is a wholehearted service to the patients who are committed to their Guardian Angel of the Hospital I I keep a pretty close check on The Sisters first came to minister to the sick here in 1917. At that time the Hospital was located on Central Avenue the In the spring of 1923 the present Sacred Heart Hospital was opened for During the more than thirty years that Sacred Heart Hospital haS been in operation a great percentage of the citizens of this territory have entered its doors for one reason or are right about In checking the whereabouts of my many people I always have Sacred Heart Hospital on my Now tell me back through the Hospital Statistics for a period of five the records show that an average of 2720 patients have been admitted to the Hospital each year with an average of 672 a few of your Angel of Le Mars see the first light of day within the walls of Sacred Heart Days of hospital rendered to patients have averaged 13,307 days each m Science which have made possible many Improvements in the Field of Medicine along the line of and Take the case of the New Heart Hospital's concern about saving the life of the the mature and the well taken care of with its two and Pressure Air Tt is felt by the Medical and Hospital Staff that have gone home from the alive that probably never would survived without the Pressure Air Lock and is very important to since the welfare of the people of Le Mars Territory is my one and only is something else I would like to bring to your Angel of Le Mars the more than thirty years of service Sacred Heart Hospital has given since the present hospital never has the Hospital Staff conducted any type of drive for The Sisters have managed somehow to keep abreast of demands even though it has entailed sacrifice on their part. On several occasions friends of the Hospital throughout this the American The and Medical men and people did of their own volition solicit funds for the purchase of very worthwhile equipment which has been an to patients at the the present time the to their standard that best is none too good for our faced with serious financial To comply with present Fire Prevention Regulations all stairways at the Hospital must be complete new X-ray equipment is being purchased bv the Hospital and added bathroom facilities are badly seems logical that the good people of this territory who have benefited by the services of Sacred Heart Hospital would be proud to aid in these It is a real opportunity for them to show their appreciation of the whole-souled interest the Sisters have shown in The people want keep their hospital in a way that it can best serve all of the Sisters who have shown an intense interest in the people of this community and think these people as real feel that the biggest step is making the present needs known for they are sure that their many loyal friends will come to aid them in their efforts to provide all the people in their territory with the kind of Hospital care we all want them to am glad you told me Angel of Sacred Heart I will try to get my charges informed on this I think the Sisters are We have so many fine people in this territory who would be only too happy to help their brother in It is getting these people informed of the NEED that counts right This Frank Jenkins Ploys Vital Role on Your Telecast Le Mars TV enthusiasts frequently watch the work of a former Le Mars Frank without knowing it. stands in front of the slide which rotates to bring each slide into line for tele- chief projection engineer at station for being sure advertising slides and every part of a telecast except the live program or network program are set to be projected at the push of an engineer's Shown here at his Frank The Sentinel Staff and Correspondents HOPE Sentinel Readers WiU Have a Merry Christmas Chan Merlin Schueller Gloda Reiehert Tony George Harry Mower Bud Carter Pitta Danny Taylor Holiday Power Load Too TV Haywire Mechanical difficulty at the Iowa Public Service company's Hawkeye plant in Storm Lake dimmed and flickered electric lights and stalled electric causing them to in can see the projected image Mars for more than an hour In front of him is one of the two 16mm. projectors used for movies and Another projecting for is beyond it. By means of a complicated system of all the projectors use the same camera and Frank Nancy Starzl And St. Louis Man Wed Miss Nancy Anne became the bride of Donald L. at a simple double ring wedding ceremony solemnized Wednesday Dec. 23, by Rev. L. J. pastor of St. James Catholic bride is the daughter of Mr. and R. F. Le and her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L Seaton of 111. Miss Margaret Starzl was her only J. F. tho circular TV tube on the shelf above the Frank was an experienced having learned that part of his job while attending high school in Le when he worked at the Royal and Pix While working for the Milwaukee railroad as a telegrapher he took correspondence in and switched careers late last Frank is the son of Mrs. Mae Jenkins of Le His wife is the former Betty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reints who live north of Le Carloads of College CITY COUNCIL SETS 1954 BUDGET The city council has set a budget for the | year beginning Jan. 1, 1954, cording ato an ordinace ed elsewhere in this The council has also called Wouldn't those Sisters be surprised if my efforts sent many of our people with donations How fast the funds COULD for your Angel of Le Mars And don't forget when you are on your rounds to tell all of your people that the Sisters at Sacred Heart Hospital are thoroughly appreciative of the cooperation that has been shown throughout the years and that want to take this opportunity to thank EVERYONE who in anv wav has contributed in making Sacred Heart Hospital more efficient in giving its patients the bids on all contracts with the city for the coming to be let Jan. S. GEHLEN OCCUPY NEW SCHOOL Students of Gehlen high school Friday moved their 140 their books and other equipment into the new parochial high school to begin their occupancy of the new Some classes were held there that and workmen are expected to put most of the final touches on the building during Home for the Holidays from Iowa State are Don Elaine Gerald lone Dave Edwin Dauglas Robert Harold Richard Russell Dale Fred Bonnie Melvin Wendell Rachel Bartz and Glenn Miss Ann O'Toole of Rosary River 111., Miss Mary O'Toole of Iowa State Teachers college and UJI Wre * the holiday The actual I O'Toole of the University of move took just an the Rev. A. W. superintendent Elks Give TV Set Le Mars Elks played Santa Claus at the Plymouth county home Wednesday afternoon when they presented patients there with a television Harry Hemphill and Burt representing the delivered their present and presided at a brief ceremony at 4 LOCAL MARKETS Rye New Old New Com Old Com Soy 2.68 3.80 Heavy Leghorn Sweet No. 1 Eggs No. 2 Eggs Pullet Eggs Cunent South Dakota are spending the Holidays in the home of their Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Miss Edith who is taking nurses training at hospital in Minneapolis is spending her vacation in the home of her Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Don Larry Wernli and Jack students at the University of South are spending the Holidays with their Jean Neil Delores Donna Karen Mary Mueller and Dick Vogt from Nebraska State Teachers college at Wayne are spending their Christmas vacations in their homes Mr. and Mrs. William L. Green arrived Wednesday from Iowa their vacation in the home of Mrs. Green's and Mrs. Hale Miss Joan nurse at Lutheran hospital in will spiend and the weekend with her Mr. Mrs. E- Suzanne of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wells and Barbara Mr. and Mrs. who attend Briar college in Sioux are with their Page Cecil 75, Long Time To Be Buried Saturday Funeral services for Cecil 75, long time resident of this vicinity who died Tuesday after a year's illness at his home at 34 1st Ave. will be held Dec. 26, at 9 p.m. at St. James Catholic Mr. McGruder was born Jan. 14, 1877, at He came to Union township in 1895 where he farmed until coming to in 1928 where he has since Burial will be under the direction of the funeral Survivors are his and one Lloyd of Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock Friday Burial will be in Le Mars Mail In Slight Decline Christmas mailings at the will fall below those of last a check Wednesday Parcel post revenue will probably be the increase in rates being greater that the drop in package but sales of stamps was off about 10 per cent while two-cent stamp sales were down six per cent. The rush paralleled that of last year until the past week when it dropped behind A similar drop in 1953 Christmas was reported this week by the Cherokee post Westmor Drive Goins representing campaign report the fund is and may reach by bride was in costume dress of champagne fashioned with a basque the collar of which was trimmed with pearls and Her accessories were brown and her corsage was Cymbidium The maid of honor wore an Beauty velvet afternoon gown with Her corsage was Cymbidium Mrs. Starzl wore a dark green frock with black The mother wore a blue taffeta gown with black Each wore a corsage of pastel Following the dinner was served at the home of the bride's The bride received her A.B. magna cum from St. and is currently working on a master of arts degree in experimental embryology at Washington St. She is a teaching assistant at Washington Mr. Seaton received his A.B. from Blackburn his M. A. degree from and is currently working on his Ph.D. in chemistry at Washington where he is a research Mr. and Mrs. Seaton will reside at 19 Lee St. Bulldogs Win Tuesday Tlie power failure began about 10 when a recently installed turbine electric which generates 17,000-horsepower units at the Storm Lake dropped dumping the load on other plants throughout the entire northwest Iowa According to District I. P. S. Manager Darrel men here were ready to help boost the but the change and repain were effected in such the Le Mars power plant was not put into Normal service was restored at approximately 1I:1S p.m. Mr. Ketelsen explained the low voltage lasted until power plants situated at strategic points in the area could take on Testimony Price Suit Recessed Testimony had been completed Wednesday in the trial of the Van Surksum vs. Price et damage involving totaling The case was expected to go to the jury following a holiday Attorneys completed their closing arguments late in the and Judge R. G. Rodman was expected to deliver his instructions to the jury after the The trial opened last when the jury was Presentation of testimony about the accident Nov. 17, 1952, took three Mr. Price took the stand He told the jury all he remembered of the collision was seeing Two sets of headlights quite directly ahead of The accident had claimed the life of Mrs. Van whose estate filed suit against Mr. Price and her Peter of driver of the car in which she was Mr. Leistra died about two months ago following a heart and his estate is defending the Attorneys for Mr. Price filed a cross petition against asking damages totaling Members of the jury are H. A. Le Gene Mrs. Ed Howard Lois Gene Mrs. Henry Marius HoUis Le Donald Ray Kingsley and Jesse Le br Virginia Down Le Mars Bulldogs racked up their seventh and eighth wins by trimming Orange City 45-41 and Hawarden 62-35, this week Both victories were sparked by the brilliant of Dave and Don Me scoring 21 points against Orange City and 18 against Mc Dougall tipped in 17 points in the Hawarden After being defeated four times in a row by the tasted sweet edging Orange City in a 45-41 victory Friday night on the latter's The Bulldogs Jumped to a 9 to 3 lead but Orange City pulled back within one point at the end of the 11 to 10. Le Mars shot ahead to stay with three quick baskets by During the last half the closest Orange City came was within four points of the The Bulldogs ran all over Hawarden Tuesday for a Le Mars got off to a fast start by the end of the first scored 16 points to 8. sank two free throws for their only points in the second Throughout the final quarter Bulldog substitutes were Says He Took Corn Raymond Lynn Parker 19, of Sioux City and his brother David have admitted taking 47 bu. of corn from the J. O. Pratt farm 112 miles south and five miles east of Le on Nov. 2'3^?-Sheriff Frank Scholer The theft was one of a- series of similar crimes in Woodbury Nb of permanent per bu. to operated motors in 6t the Lo Mars and surrounding area He is being held had been reported at the I. P. S. office by Wednesday Most inconvenience was reported by television most of whom thought their sets had gone on the Radio reception was also at the county AUCTION SALES COMING UP Old Man Winter Blows in Old Man Winter made his official entrance Monday with a blizzardy flurry and threw down a one inch white cloak of Co-operative weather observer Dan Zieg reported that a year ago Dec. 23 Le Mars and area was in a nine inch snow as compared to the inch on the ground at Here are the week's High 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Low 6 15 23 24 15 1 House Brings The Lawrence Sitzmann five room house at 25 Second Ave. NW in Le Mars was sold at auction to Herman Wessels of for Craig Pastor Sees Husman Incident as Threat to Freedom Planning a sale of any kind in the near You'll want it printed in this Just send the information to the or even stop in and give it to us when you're in Le 29: will sell at his farm five miles east of Hinton the following Two 107 hogs and 500 plus a considerable amount of straw and a large selection of farm machinery and Sale will begin at 1.00 p.m. DECEMBER 30: At 2 R. J. Koehler will sell the five room modem 227 Fourth Le The house consists of two kitchen with built-in dinning living room and a full garage and gas The recent controversy between County Supervisor Cliff Noble and Fred Husman of who operates a county this week elicited two expressions of support for Mr. and reveal that his from the County Board of which failed to support his effort to dismiss Mr. Husman his was averted only on the plea of some of his constituents that he continue to serve on the board as their was aired before the Dec. 7, when of his supporters appeared in support of signed by many more of his all asking the board to County Attorney Morse advised the board that the body would have to on the to make and the vote of the other supervisors failed to back Mr. Noble's following comment their action been to the Ibe Rev. W pastor of St. John's Lutheran church in Another comment on the written by J. H. Schmidt also of Craig appears in an adjoining FREEDOM IN LOCAL by Rev. W. K. Schmidt Freedom is the watchword for our Every loyal American Citizen today is vitally interested in This one word covers a large It may freedom in the sense of the we in America are privileged to We are constantly guarding these freedoms for fear we might loose ' Mora to ba wa irar tka loss of Wa need net so much fear that the less of this wlU cama FROM of but IM us rather watch thai U 4oaa not ema of by forces are working BEHIND places of We know pressure groups and lobbyists have usually one aim in not the regard for the common but rather some personal piece of legislation profitable to them The thinking of these the or what ever have is often more wrong than for they hope to benefit at the expense of the which really is the common It Is so easy for anyone lo follow the path of The who is an official of the is considered the most popular if he caters to the whims of every demand that conies to his This is no present day or modern Absalom of old tried and thereby stole the hearts of the people away from his King He didn't have to do but the lust for power drove him to do it. But the who is still the ruler of caused him to die an ignominious Absalom did not become King of but his who Paga Letter to the Editor John Schmidt Says It's Time To Stand Back of Good Officials To the Editor of the Le Mars In observing the recent controversies between a county supervisor and a county I am tempted to sit down and write a letter for publication in your Our government of the by the and for the people must not be by any Dictatorial so it is high time that all straight thinking men come to the aid of their be it state or and stand back of their elective who are big enough to stand up and be regardless of the But there are so many that ignore the men who play the game fair and on ot their lust of power and As you know the Good Book sayi that money is the root of all But that seems to be the game if you don't play ball with we just have no place for And of he is the and can sit in the Dugout he has they his good and righteous A great temptation may come for a substantial then he might go along on the Gravy if he has no and then he can go right in pitching but a man with a good religious back ground will not tolerate any such contemptible low down human but no one knows what goes on behind the Until a mob and they hear an which boys you better wilt snd go we are our political at as the boys got Fire in their and mean and the next time they the ballot go in the So it goes in politics Let's be on our J. F. Schmidt JANUARY 4: Leslie J. who farms miles east of Akron on highway 5, or 11, miles west and 1% miles south of will sell 47 62 229 leghorn pullets and a large quantity of also a complete line of ' Auction starts 12:00 JANUARY 5: H. and Lester Sampson will hold a closing out sale on their farm six miles three miles east and Mi mile of Le To be 12^ head of poultry teed and household goods and ti wide selection of machinery beginning 12:30 p. m. JANUARY 8: Henry and Max Farenkrug auction at their farm 11 miles one mile east ot 40 Angus cattle and a good selection of farm also numerous household and equipment Sale begins 12:00 p.m. JANUARY The LeWis Burkhard estate five miles eart of Le Man 5 will hold one of the biggest sales of the They will offer ISO Herford a complete line of farm and and numerous Ruden and wUl ciy tha lala at 13:00
