Sheldon Mail, The (Newspaper) - November 10, 1954, Sheldon, Iowa THREE SECTIONS SECTION ONE THE SHELDON MAIL ESTABLISHED JANUARY 1 1873 THE MAIL SHELDON O'BRIEN COUNTY IOWA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10 1954 VOLUME 80 NO Another Northwest Iowa Bumper Crop CURBSTONE COMMENT j The U S senate election in Iowa This election as have the has two interesting points Tom ity of others has proven that it Vi i Martin who defeated Guy Gillette not a good idea to run for lost his home county of Johnson leal office on an independent J by 2 votes Gillette lost his home eU It is belt r to ask members county of Cherokee by of one of the major political Gillette won the city of Cherokee j to give YOU It j of MM an unusually strong mar to A i win out on an independent ticket Robert who has just if he has anybody of any strength been elected aa the Republican j to him ernor or Idaho is the son of Mr j Smylie of Rock Rapids Robert I Thinking it over have come Smylie is about 40 years old and to the conclusion that the youngest Governor Idaho ever J would not be a bad place to be elected business and to have your home A j A new exempting from taxation NO PARKING SIGNS AT CHURCHES PUBLIC SHOOT 21 Display the Flag On Veterans Day Thursday Nov 11 Dick Schneider on Varsity Cage Team At U of Wisconsin profits of up to 30 per cent 01 A public shoot will be held Belgium Qn November 21st at Tn m Club starting at their 2 o'clock noon iart The is conducted by the An flag on Veterans Day the I majority cf Mall ert receive their paper un- til following day as no mail is OP Day box holders who DO get Mai the morning of the thus reminded new capital invested in productive Izaak Walton League and the I Ref Aid I Program Monday THK IZAAK LEAGUE MEETING ance waa passed not permitting I parking certain places in don The ordinance is the Shooting will be for geese ducks program sponsored made by authorities at of bacon jn the usual of the in To be eligible for tht manner for a shoot exemption the investment must be Parking would be placed fl the equivalent of though the locations were not for A meeting ot tne Izaak Walton j en in the news corning from the was held last Friday ning with just an average ance It was an extraordinarily I led T Tne tne council informs us that these Parking signs would be plat Churcn We are sorry but it has not been the habit of thc Mail to carry n the publication although j it may be worthy We are j Urges Care In Burning j Reformed Church will be held oil Monday evening Nov 15 at j o'clock in the church The gran will feature Mrs George Del of Sioux Center who will pictures of her recent trip i to Palestine This will be a real care ning as made by Earl Rose of Spirit Lake of the state fish and game commission It is evident that that portion of the state con- servation board It least 15 doing a good job He gave much mation as to the game fish in the owned lakes of which wu had no idea They are making a better survey than we thought they were doing speaking of their work in protecting and increasing game fish and destroying fish not desirable They also keep a fish on Washington avenue the Christian Reformed Church atj burning leave to insp ration and everyone is 1 d tO 4 O'Brien Men Inducted Nov 14 Following are of the Tour men from O'Brien county are lo report for induction on No- 15 G Sheldon Ervin C Bolkema Arched L- Hopkins Sharon L- Olio Office Nov 15 The Local Board Office of e Service in the Court House -.11 Primghar will be open from I m to p m on day of j induction Monday November 15 AVERAGE YIELD ABOUT 65 BU TO THE ACRE Report Many Yields of 120 Great Variation ry local or news Ninth street Hudson on Panel son urges j A hour and lunch will He also emphasizes that now is low the program j a pood time to clean np behind Ninth avenue OR j places particularly where I This action was taken for fear at FirC Meeting weeds have grown j that cars parked at those churches j might cause accidents j Fire Zanc Hudson Sheldon place he states to children as there are very many served on a panel at the j are a distinct fire hazard Talent at IN OV lO Dick Schneider son of Mr an Mrs C L Schneider recently selected one of 17 on the j varsity basketball team at the i University of Wisconsin Die a at the University ORANGE CITY MAN IS KILLED AT DAVENPORT Louis Vanderschaaf Struck By Hit And t Run Driver With northwest Iowa now j harvesting the state's best 11954 corn yield farmers of this area are winding up what is considered to be one of our best general crop years It's a whale of a good crop is the comment on this year's corn The average may not be as good as last but that can still leave it plenty good Conservative estimates are j ing the average yield in this area at about 65 bushels per acre This compares to a good state average of 50 bushels and an all-time top state average of around GO j Individual reports as usual are j showing a great variation in this i immediate territory One yield i es particularly on Sunday near those State Fire Chiefs meeting held on I Sunday at Sioux City Amos and Andy Rochester j j Obediah Black Prof Josephus Might this newspaper suggest Attending the meeting from that No Parking signs might dtm Mr and Mrs Hudson and j well be placed at some other Mr Mrs w churches Cars might stop close The prOgram talks by than we to the churches if necessary but R D Salak of the Nebraska Mr says that winter then bc moved on to less congested Emmet Cox field of- ing not damage the ordinary summer season and it appears he had gathered figures to prove it- That successfully contradicts some of the opinions we heretofore had entertained He also showed several reels of colored films showing how to after the car occupants of Actuarial i and Fire Chief The areas very cloee to several I Schick Davenport churches are crowded A noon dinner for the firemen with cars and it is a and their wives was served at the to children the entire idea is to Of course j Mayfair Hotel avoid I at Nursing Home Firemen were called to son Nursing Home at 703 Sixth this Wednesday morning when a faulty electric heating pad over- heated in the room occupied Mrs Guy Versteeg The alarm was at a m The pad scorched holes through bedding and mattress but there was no flame and no one was in- 1 jured Johnson Aunt Jemima Aunt The wording under th Liza Jane Chloe and Aunt i will appear in a home talent of the National Izaak picture ion show to be at Iowa Boyden high school on Thursday evening Nov 18 at 8 o'clock The show is sponsored by the Women's Citizenship Club or Boyden and has a cast of 31 The public is urged to attend the TAP USS Bainbridge first was Chapter S t I to the Northwest for membership achievement should say the chapter exceeded its quota of 108 to 153 and not 1953 That surely would be and run driver some chapter with Just drop out the figure 9 which sneaked in This appeared on page one of the 2nd section the Mail serve you dents and possibly save lives That j a gun safely and how to f was the idea of the Council as it 1 Good Neighbors Lend Helping Hand On Henry Kuiper Farm hunt showing some hunting after various wild animals and is the Mail of course In other words parked cars should be kept away from where people are i driving up and unloading The state park portion of the j state commission came in for some i The following blank was cli be shown there Mr Rose said he do not ordinarily print poetry j was keeping entirely out of NOW if somebody will ten us f himself for his portion of the 1 the following means we will know game work However it more than we do now which state parks are adequately cared j might be possible The blank verse for it is apparent that some as should be used in that de- It was generally agreed however that the Conservation Commission does not have money Justin Rogers also from Spirit I know the beauty of April In the fragrance of June I know the of autumn In the storehouse of winter I know that autumn it a mirror Of spring and I know that winter is a frozen im- age Of broken glass A news from reported per acre on the other hand there are a considerable number of ers who are getting 100 and 120 bushels and even more Corn borer damage has hurt in many cases The feeling that this is one of the general crop years is based on the fact that the oat harvest was average the corn crop better than average and the bean crop the unquestioned time leader port Iowa says that Louis Vanderschaaf 57 of Orange j City died Sunday at a of injuries suffered 31 on highway 67 was struck by a hit Scott County Sheriff Pete man said a man held on a charge of driving while intoxicated at Genesco will be questioned in connection with the death of Mr Mrs Martin VanderVelde of Sheldon is a sister of the man killed Annual Dinner at Congregational Church The annual dinner of the First I Congregational church will be Mrs Clara Owen Dies at Mrs Clara Owen prominent LeMars business an and civic leader many jears died here Thursday afternoon ter a long illness Mrs Owen was tie was 59 the former Lake was present He is state director of the League in north est Iowa the eighth con- gressional district After the meeting refreshments were served Perhaps the high point of thc evening was the presentation of the Izaak Walton League of ABOUT TRIMMING TREES AGAIN The Mail in this department last carried a communication With the help of good friends and neighbors the big task of corn picking on the Henry Kuiper larm near a choice of desserts Newkirk speedily done Monday The men with the eight pickers shown above picked fifty acres harvesting ads and vegetables in just one morning's work Left to right the group includes Henry VanderZwaag Harry Borsma Coster Earl Vaas John Hoffs Kuiper Gerrit Kastein and John VanderWilt The neighborly deed was f it n T- e- -i T- V on 4.000 bushels John done as one way of expressing sympathy to the Kuiper family Mrs Kuiper lost her life last week in an bile Mail Photo of and Teens minister Dr Thomas p r The cafeteria style dinner will She the dress shop be served by the members of the jm and sold il in January of Women's Association of the church j The shop she headed by Mrs W P Geiger Mrs owned operated for about 10 Kehrberg is president before it about tuo years ago I Serving w ill start at 5 and will i I Mrs Cnv en was a member of feature a large choice of in- the Business and eluding chicken ham Womens She also active in Catholic lay groups having been a ber of the Catholic Daughters of America the Third Order of St The always at- tended is one of the most popular served during the church year This Is The Group of Men Who Helped With Harvest ica Inc award made to this from Josephin Glesener about tree Northwest Iowa Chapter for j trimming referring to thc manner Achievement The award j of the trimming of the hard maple was signed by tke national I at her place Without taking any and a picture of it appears on tht I sides in this matter the IPS front page of section two of said they thought they did a good Mail This chapter job wih the assistance of the street en tne award because it exceeded commissioner Taking Miss its membership quota of 108 now having 153 members Andrew Bell- communication in any ner you may desire it is quite incr is chairman and Ed Matson parent if you dig into her We note the pleasant most thoughts that she does not mistake in the wording under Not having seen the tret thc picture of the Award which cannot pass our expert opinion says the present membership is 1953 instead of Oh on thc matter Anyway thc telo company might also had something to do in the matter TIIE BIG SLEEP IS ON j In the first place the owns Thu is the time of davs i the parking spaces and through its as autumn weather with its j operators can do about they Indian Summer endeavors to desire to the trees Of course thcy parc us for winter adjustment j should exercise great care as All of us look forward to Indian i shade trees arc valuable I Summer when the Indians Sheldon has a large number of cd in their crops much as does the beautiful shade trees and it man now of us mans who suffer from insomnia or cold feet may view in speaking of tree trimming thc creatures who are now that it be done wherever possible preparing to dream away trm by and some of snowy months I course is Also siome We have read much about the is not done by experts habits of bears but little is known j Catholic Guild Luncheon November circle of the i uc Guild will serve a luncheon Plymouth Announces jin tne church basement Wed Powerful 55 at Francis and St Joseph Catholic here She had been a former district deputy of Catholic Daughters of starting at 11 a m chicken and noodles buttered rots sauce rolls apple and coffee A bake tale She born January 31 at the daughter of late Mr and Mrs Michael mers 1885 the Plymouth's and more powerful 1955 model cars will be displayed by Co fancy ork sale will he held m Sheldon beginning Wednesday No- connection 17 Tbe 1955 are entirely new both in styling and tO Orange City Man Lost Left Hand In Corn Picker ing detail are lower longer and wider than previous Plymouth cars CLARK AFB A C QR-VKGE ing lo thc United Stales for southeast of h arla here osl They are eVtl most powerful cars reassignment hand in a ac built The 1955 en- is completion of a tour of duty Friday Air Force tne He here gines are a j with the U STX a 157 horsepower j Philippines and a Airman whose home is at j V-S The lauer engine also le j 80S Third Ave will be the j alter available with a barrel I return trip on a Air and special manifold plane He to a es a long time to accomplish their growth Our whole and entire idea was there arc really few such j about thc habits of Now getting back to our other animals Thc bears however like to see some such arc not the real Big Sleepers If trimming done but as we have The group which worked on thc larm included A Huygens Alvin DenHartog Stewart Kuiper Frank VanDenBrink John E Kuiper Peter D Joe Tensen Wm Grotenhuis John Hoffs Gerhard Kastein Peter Willis Hofmeyer Jim Dykstra Vaas J Borsma John W VanderWilt Arthur Mouw Henry Myron J VanderWilt Reynold VanGelder Bernard Howard DenHartog Koster Arthur Clarence and Arnold VanderWilt Mr VanderWilt served as Mail Photo Neighbor Ladies Prepared Dinner j increases its horsepower to I offers as optional equipment a full range of auto- matic and power assist devices They include fully auto- matic no clutch transmission a design coaxial full-time power are fat they will sleep longer than a thin bear which has not been so fortunate when he goes to said before it should bo done by experts and there arc not many such mortals outside ot J for the winter Thc fat bear j cities We did not Intend to starr lives off of his fat but still get around a little The thin bear has to come out to do some It may not be generally known that the woodchuck is the real sleeper He will sleep for months and will not bo disturbed would you like to pass nearly half of your in Even if you might be a heavy sleeper many of thc lower animals have von badly beaten The chipmunk on a bed of leaves above its store of acorns He is thc real animal Many other sleep nearly half of their life away but so do human beings but thc lower take in one good long evidently without disturbing too cold or the re- of sleeping pills Personally we would prefer about eight hours per night on thc even if we do have troubles the lower ant- mail do not have However The Big could not be A very a controversy but atill we like to see some expert j with thc cooperation of people who enjoy trees around even if the city docs own them Some folks will doubtless laugh at thc idea that the government of Mexico build thc Press calls a kissing room The idea is to have a place at thc airport for farewells When we think of thc and affectionate we seen between husband and wife and sweethearts open to the stare of a curious crowd we arc in- dined to think thc idea not a one A General says have been fun of lengthy partings at thc airport So there will be waiting room for the who expect to need and shouM have privacy It may sound Uh and to pie but we do not think it Buy C A Andrews Home by I scheduled to be in the L the middie of ember recently air police lor thc Air Police on Clark Air Force 1 will continue to Lh preci Base 00 north of Manila uv for the Mr and A rKive purchased thc former cncc A Andrews home or street The Park next will be with steering power brakes j tnc Base Group at Great tion handled bv that 1 crated front seat i and adjustable speed electric shield wipers Thc line is made up of 12 including for the first lime versions of the mouth Suburban the all steel body station car which pioneered in 1949 Real Estate and Insurance Cpl Eeten Completes i Agricultural Course Annual Dist Conference Dairy Improvement Assn Armed lives m lowa the agricultural conducted by thc U S Forces Institute Eeten a graduate of Rock High j School is one of more than Ivan 297.000 servicemen now enrolled in Youth Student Tiie annual AO of Dairy Herd MADISON pv 1 J Eetcn whose wife recently Nov 15 At ment Association Banquet In Sioux and this International Farm t Mexico will the main y Banquet USAFI correspondence and self- teaching courses He is a member of thc Transportation Company November lo a the Brags X C His parents Mr and j City Town Hall n Orange Mrs Arthur live on Route City Mr Thor tell of his 3 Rock Rapids in Mexico and discuss the be held at thc Farm Bureau Building in on November 23 The in county I spcake7aT the Annual Sioux and their arc PHIA I r M 1 1 1 program at this time Supper 12 350 4-H and The Navy war on thr edo and Hnnora marine that VC of The Golden Hour Circle of the are expected to attend the prepare dinner for the men were left to Mrs Reynold Gelder Mrs John Koster Mrs Henry Mrs Arnold VanderWilt Mra A eps Mrs Gerhard and Mrs Alvin Mail i Christian Reformed church of banquet will hold a soup cupper In thc church parlors Friday Nov 12 beginning at o'clock Thc supper vill consist of a variety of soups pics sandwiches and fee Church Dinner Nov 19 The Society of the John's Lutheran church miles north three-fourths west of will serve a chicken dinner Ite Mail priat it at p m Friday evening Nov 19 starting Harvey Bolks of Hull No 2 Alvin of Sioux Center Extension Dairymen from Iowa State College will present lights of the annual summaries of work at this conference Supervisors and hoard will receive information on ideas on production about the new social security law a-s i affects thc supervisors Incorporation procedures for Dairy Im- provement procedures and for llD testing
