Milford Mail, The (Newspaper) - April 25, 1957, Milford, Iowa idn Con vention Scheduled For Miff rd on May 5th The Estherville Circuit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church E L C will hold its Allin One Circuit convention at First Lutheran church Milford Iowa Sunday May 5 beginning at p m This type of convention seeks to bring together many of the organizations of the church to one central convention At this convention joint meetings are held for the organizations in order that they may transact their business j Special speakers for this con vention are as follows Dr Ger hard E Frost Professor in Prac tical Theology and Parish Educa tion at Luther Theological Semi nary in St Paul Minn He will address the mass meetings in the afternoon and evening and will also speak to the Convention of the Young Peoples Luther League which meets in conjunction with this Circuit Con vention The other speaker is Miss Anna Marie Mitchel E L C Missionary from Japan She will address the Womens Missionary Federation and the Lutheran Brotherhood organization of the circuit The schedule for the meeting is as follows The Convention will open with a mass meeting of all the groups assembled together at p m This meeting will be in the Milford nigh school gymnasium At p m the convention will divide into its respective conventions which are the regular Circuit Business meet Young Peoples Luther League the Womens Missionary Federation and the Lutheran Brotherhood These conventions win last until approximately p m At p m the supper hour will begin with First Lutheran church of Milford serv ingas host to the convention At p m the Choral Union will hold its final rehearsal At p m the convention will assemble again for its final worship ser vice together with a concert by the Choral Union Some of the organizations have special themes for their respec tive conventions The Luther League theme will be The Har vest Is Plenteous the Labor ers Are Few The Womens Mis Federation will have the thane For by Grace Are Ye Saved Through Faith The Estherville Circuit is made up of congregations of the E L C in the following communities and the surround rural areas Arm Cylinder Emmetsburg Estherville Graettinger Milford Petersburg Ruthven Spirit Lake and Wallingford Little Sioux Lutheran church of Milford IB a member of the Evan Lutheran church and be ing in the Estherville Circuit plans in this Former Milford Youth Wins Band Award At Ohio University Smith Schuneman former Mil ford high school drummer last week was honored by Ohio Uni versity by being named as the winner of the annual band award Smith was awarded the Dick De La Haye Hughes Band Award for 1957 The award is annually given to the member of the band of Junior rank who is most out standing in musicianship band citizenship leadership and for recognized initiative in further ing the interest of the organiza tion The former Milford graduate is majoring in Photography at Ohio U and Is president of the bands this year He recently was chosen as one of four band members to attend the Intercollegiate band festival at Bowling Green Ohio where 160 selected Ohio band members from 50 colleges took Part in a musical event Smith played solo drum at the festival BIRTHS SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTYS ONLY COMPLETE ADVERTISING MEDIUM OFFICIAL CITY PAPER VOLUME SEVENTYFIVE PER COPY lOc OKOBOJI TWP 4H BOYS CLEAN RIGHT OF WAY ON BLACKTOP ROAD WEST OF IN KEEP EM CLEAN PROJECT As Ocean Currents Ever Ebb and Flow So On Still On The Ceaseless Changes Go 1 110 EAST BROADWAY MILFORD DICKINSON COUNTY IOWA COUNTY PAPER THURSDAY APRIL 25 1957 Mr and Mrs Warren Ewen of Davenport are the parents of a daughter Christine born Wed April 24 She weighed seven pounds fifteen and one hair ounces at birth A brother and 4ster welcome her as do maternal grandparents Mr and Mre H DeWItt and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ros coe Ewen all of Milford Mr and Mrs Marlon Schoning rf Mo are the parents of a daughter bom Sunday April 14 The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces and is named Janet Irene She is the first child in the family Mr and Mrs Louie Scheming of Milford are paternal grandparents Bora to Mr John at Ames on April 18 a Tte baby weighed eight and i and has been named Rich Mr and Mrs Arnold at Yreta Calif former Park residents ans pa Twelve boys all members of he Okoboji Township 4H club completed a fine project last Sat which merits the thanks of all southern Dickinson residents The boys under the direction of their 4H leaders James B Bell and Earl B Boles met Sat morning at for the purpose of cleaning the right of way on the blacktop road from the town of Milford to the West port township line Their slogan yas Now Lets Keep em Clean The boys divided into two groups with each group having a pickup truck baskets and pails One group started at the West port township line cleaning only one side of the highway and the other group started at St Josephs church in Milford taking the op side of the road The two teams met at each having covered three of the six miles They took 30 minutes out for lunch and then started out to complete their job The picking job was com at and the boys hauled the trash they had removed from the highway to the town dump The project was considered a great success In addition to rub bish and paper cartons 12000 beer cans were picked up by the boys This much beer represent ed an Investment of about The boys were aware of the law in many states which provides fines up to for throwing cans bottles and refuse along the high ways The accumulation repre sents not more than one years clutter as the roadways must be cleared before they are mowed each year The 4Hers are pleased with their work and now ask the pub lic to join them in their slogan Now Lets Keep em Clean Athletic Banquet Here Tuesday All high school students who have participated in athletics and the cheer leaders will be guests of honor at the Athletic Banquet Tuesday April 30 The Lions Club is sponsoring the event which will be held in Memorial Hall of Union Memorial church Tickets are now on sale by all Lions Club members and the high school athletes at each Bob Otto coach at Mankato State Teachers College will be the speaker He is a graduate of the State University of Iowa and played varsity football under Coach Eddie Anderson with his Iron Men Dinner will be prepared by members of the American Legion Auxiliary and served by mothers of senior high school students District Legion Meet At Wall Lake April 30 The Tall Corn Ninth District of the American Legion and its Auxiliary will hold its annual spring conference in Wall Lake Iowa on April 30 Registration will begin at a m at the Wall Lake Community building for the Legion At 10 a m a service school will be conducted by Glenn Dugger Iowa department service officer and R J Laird Iowa department adjutant At noon there will be a Legionnaire luncheon at the Presbyterian church The convention will be called to order at p m by Fritz Hall ninth district commander with the election of new district officers following Roland E Peterson Americanism officer of the Sioux Falls S D post will talk about the student government days pro gram In Sioux Falls Field Work Started Lakes Free From Ice The late spring this year held back field work in south Dickin son county but all farmers are now hi the fields and early plant ings are fast being made There seems to be a of mois ture in the ground but warm spring rains are badly needed The last of the ice melted from West Okoboji lake last week and now all the lakes in the county are free from ice The temperature has been hi the 70s during the past week Milford Soldier Com pletes Army Diesel Course At Ft Belvoir Pvt Harlan E Gould son of Mr and Mrs Nathan Gould of Milford recently was graduated from the 11week diesel engine re pair course at the Engineer School Fort Belvoir Va The course offered training in the repair of diesel engines fuel injection systems and auxiliary starting motors used on heavy construction equipment Gould a 1955 graduate of Oko boji Consolidated school entered the army last October and com basic training at Fort Chaffee Ark MARKETS Grade A 24c Medium 2Ic Grade B 20c Checks 17c Cream Sweet 63c No 1 60c Grain Com Oats 72c Beans Poultry Hens 9c NUMBER 17 PreContest Music Concert Here Next Wednesday May I The music departments of the Milford public present a concert by the vocal and in strumental groups on next Wed evening May 1 in the auditorium The program which will begin at 8 p m will include all contest numbers to be entered in the annual spring music con test which takes place Saturday May 4 It is as follows Mixed Chorus Its a Grand Night For Sing Rogers Stickler God So Loved the Stainer Ride the Negro Spiritual arr Smith Boys Glee Club NutBrown College Song arr Petit Jurors Drawn For May Term of District Court The May term of District Court will convene in Spirit Lake on Tuesday May 7 with Judge Fred M Hudson presiding The petit jurors will report at 10 a m oil the opening day They are as follows Pearl S Arp Spirit Lake Elsie Arthur Spirit Lake Mary Lou Aires Spirit Lake E H Baack Milford Ernest Baedke Dale Barber Spirit Lake Ellen Blades Milford Lester Bruns Milford Gertrude B Butler Spirit Lake C O Butterworth Spirit Lake Leonard Carpenter Spirit Lake Howard Case Milford Lynn H Clark Lake Park Frank Milford Davis Spirit Lake Harry Eckerman Spirit Lake Madeline Eckerman Spirit Lake Elmer Erickson Spirit Lake Gloria Fermell Spirit Lake Ella Fries Spirit Lake Dorothy Otto A Graff Milford Graves Arnolds Park i Emmet Jordan Arnolds Park Ruth Kilts Arnolds Park Neva Mathewson Arnolds Park Floyd Lake Park Robert McGuigan Lake Park Ruth Mitchell Milford Clare Nelson Arnolds Park Robert Spirit Lake Everett M Peters Lake Park Thelma Ransford Spirit Lake Dale W Reed Spirit Lake Mabel Reed Spirit Lake Irma Rouse Terril Anna Stapleton Lake Park W L C Shields Milford Maurice Singer Spirit Lake Virginia Strickland Arnolds Park Morris Schroeder Terril H A TerVeen Spirit Bernice Thompson Spirit Lake Laverne Thompson Spirit Lake Jack Turnbull Spirit Lake Dorothy VandeMark Lake Park Loraine Wallace Spirit Lake LeRoy E Welle Milford Dorothy Wood Lake Park Floyd Woodley Milford With A Voice or Shaw Sennema Girls Glee Lift Thine from by Mendelssohn Knab The Cain Concert Band National Emblem March Bagley Proud Heritage Latham Mountain Majesty Yoder Jungle Magic Walters Second Movement from Sur prise Symphony Hayden Toot Sweet Schwarz Dennis trumpet soloist Alpine Holiday Barnes Red Rhythm Valley arr Hill Homage to Youth Petitions Being Filed To Form Mew Milford Community School District Hospital Board To Meet Tonight Thurs The trustees of the new Dickinson County will meet in special session to night Thursday in the Okoboji town hall The trustees met last Monday night and discussed hospital sites township During the past week petitions lave gone out which call for the of a new Milford Com School District Areas included in the new dis proposed where the petitions are being are of preset Consolidated district all if the Okoboji Township Consoli dated District and 14 sections n the eastern half of Westport which subject is scheduled to be handled at the meeting this eve ning The present two sites be ing considered are the Wheeler property one mile south of Arnolds Park and the Swanson property south of the T west of Spirit Lake The vote of the trustees ly favored the Wheeler prop The petitions must contain the of onethird of the egal voters in each district in to be complete If they are they will be presented to the county board of education in turn will call an election n each of the three separate dis following public hearings erty but since that time the In order for the election to carry property has failed to meet with lull tc iULO 1VL1XLOIU the approval of the Federal Okoboji Township Burton Fund Director The trustees last Monday night received an offer from a Spirit Lake town council representative majority vote All the lands of the proposed which would provide sewer water tue w tne and roads for the Swanson site new district are within Dickinson without cost to the hospital board county am providing the selection of the site are more is changed to that location It Bounty and a survey reveals there ore more than 300 children of MJ location it school age living within the pro is thought that the Swanson site posed district a condition re would meet the requirements of quired by present state law before rn TTil I Tti i Fi Spring One Cent Sale At Murray Drug April 29 The annual spring One Cent Sale at the Murray drug in Mil ford will open Monday morning of next week and continue thru Saturday May 4 This sale has always attracted many In this territory when they can purchase one item for the regular price and obtain the second item for only one cent A partial listing of the hun vj dreds of every day items listed In the sale will be found elsewhere In this Mail Remember the sale starts next Monday morning Local People Tour South Mr and Mrs Virgil Branstetter and their soninlaw and daugh ter Mr and Mrs James Powell of Sutherland spent the past week I on a trip through the south They visited New Orleans and points in Florida On the return trip they visited In Illinois the Ray Guffey home In Marvindale Mo and the Fitzpatrick home in Churdan Iowa Mr and Mrs Art Clark and Jerry Mr and Mrs Bob Ginger Bobbie and Jeanine and Mr and Mrs Nathan Gould were Easter Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Duane Gould the fund Rural Group Plans Another School Meet At Excelsior May 2 A group of residents from Ex Okoboji Westport and Lakeville townships who have organized as a study group for the purpose of obtaining Information about schools in their rural areas have called another meeting to be held at the Excelsior schoo Thursday evening May 2 The last meeting of the group was held at Okoboji Consolidated school April 11 at which tune Noel Williams was in charge School facts reported at the meet ing Included a survey over the past 10 years which revealed tha the rural school population in the area was remaining constant ant not declining as is the case in many rural areas The May include a report by Mr Martin superin tendent of the Excelsior school of all curriculums at Everly Okoboji Milford Arnolds Park Lake Park and Excelsior schools The public is invited to attend the meetings i new district can be formed In fact it is estimated there are about 575 school children in the new proposed district The reorganization plan was presented by a group of rural from Okoboji and West port townships when they met with the Milford school board this month The new larger district If realized will effect more economical school operation and offer higher standards of edu cation within the new district Excelsior W S C S To Serve May Breakfast A breakfast will be served to the public Wednesday May 1 from 9 oclock on in the parlors of Excelsior Methodist church in the country Members of the W S C S of that church are sponsoring the breakfast Tables of cards and various other arti cles will be on display and for sale Mrs Ray NIcol and Mrs Erie Taylor who returned just re cently from Washington r C and New York will tell of their trip during the social hour which will follow the breakfast Mrs Mable Minor and Herb Minor were Friday evening guests in the George Emerick home Mrs Donald Bedker entertained Mrs Lowell Northey and Mrs Virgil Zellaha Saturday afternoon in the Emerick home Mr and Mrs Herman Bilers of Spirit Lake were Monday evening callers in the Clem Dust home Tuesday evening and luncheon guests of Mr and Mrs Dust were Mr and Mrs Art Reiser NEW LITTIE SIOUX LUTHERAN PARSONAGE A FINE IMPROVEMENT At Vonden Sunday The Milford Fire Department to the Dale Vanden During the winter months the wac members and friends of the Little on that property Sioux Lutheran church construct ed a new parsonage on Little Sioux prt ont me The new 3bedroom residence tttt WM is an modern with full basement and attached garage The house proper Is 30 by feet and has automatic gas heat hardwood floors a modem builtin kitchen and dinette and a large living room Rev W A Larson pastor of the church moved Into the new home March 8 The grounds around the property are beine leveled and landscaped this house has been valued at and about half of the building work was donated by members and friends of the church The parsonage committee of Uie Little Sioux church in charge of the building Included Heerde Marenus Johnson AMn Larson Ed Wilson and Wll aon Order of Eastern Star Friendship Meeting Here Was Well Attended Gloaming Chapter Order of Eastern Star was honored Mon day night April 22 when several State Grand Officers visited the local chapter friend ship meeting Twentythree chapters were also represented with 140 In attendance A wet come was extended all by the Worthy Matron and Worthy Pat ron Mr and Mrs Archie Bar riage The distinguished guests at the meeting were Mrs Viola Drape Associate Grand Matron Frank Fellows Associate Grand Patron Grace Countryman Grand Mar tha Ida Saupe Grand Ruth Irma Grand Organist Lidie Armistead Grand Warder District Instructors Mrs Wilma Garf Alice Rummens and Lois Hanke the latter Is also a Past Grand Marshal Sadie Purinton Grand Chapter Committee mem ber and Esther Fellows Grand Chapter representative Ruth Grand Chapter Tjossem Past Grand Warder and Committee Beulah Grand Mar tha All were accorded tion alone with ten TO and five Worthy from other part ta tory were Viola Drape Waverly Worthy Patron Ronald Johnson Swea City Iowa Associate Matron Roberta Carlson Spirit Lake As Patron Russell Haaland Rayal Secretary Elsie Peterson Everly Treasurer Lois Calwell Spirit Lake Conductress Janice Sorenson Sioux Rapids Associate Conductress Lee Post Spirit Lake Chaplain Lois Hanke Fonda Marshal Beulah Snyder Swea City Organist Brenizer Spencer Adah Jessie Birdsall Everly Ruth Alice Rum mens Livermore Esther Wilma Terril Youth Garf Rock Rapids Martha Doris Stukas Spencer Electa Viola Duncan Terra Warder Earl Ferguson Ruthven and Sentinel Dale Droll Storm Lake Others Introduced during the evening were Mrs Oal well of Spirit Lake Rainbow Worthy Advisor Archie Barriage ill three of the districts Milford and the affected sec ion of Westport township must approve the new district by a F F A and Guests Hear State Speaker Members of the FFA chapter entertained their parents and other guests at dinner and an Saturday The event took place in the school dining room with the din ner menu which featured Swiss steak served at The program opened with an invocation by Rev John Kirby introduction of guests was made by Tom Wittrock and a welcome extended by Arlyn Will Claude Northey responded for the parents Special program numbers Includ ed declamatory selections by Merel Clark and Dean Krueger and an accordion solo by Weston David Hawkins Star State Far mer of Iowa in 195G gave tha address of the evening topic was Supervised Fanning Pro grams and he touched on three sections of such a program pro projects improvement projects and supplementary prac tices Mr Hawkins also brought out the points that F F A is a definite part of any vocational agriculture program and that P F A can help each boy reach ihe goal he must set for himself and work toward Jim Schnltz vocational agri culture instructor in the local school presented the years awards They are as follows Arlyn Will Farm tion Cecil Dust Soil and Water Man agement Tom Wittrock Farm Safety Philip Benzkofer Public Speak ing Don Brinkley Farm Mechanics Kindergarten Registra tion Set For May 3rd Parents are reminded of kin registration on May 3 at the Milford public school at 2 oclock The P T A is cooperating in this registration by presenting material on preparing children for entrance especially from the physical angle Dont forget to send your childs birthdate and place of birth with a friend or call the school if you are unable to at tend this meeting A complete registration this spring will be to the advantage of all next fall Now Stationed In Germany Army PFC Dennis A Branden son of Mrs Winona A Johnson Terril Iowa recently arrived In Germany and is now a member of the 97th Signal Battalion Branden entered the army last Softball Practice team will bold practice at the fleU av fc
