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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1973
Page
1
Senior citizens 62 and older can enroll in approved ILCC adult education courses starting January for a tuition of $1 per course. Applicants must obtain a free ILCC special pass card. For applications call Mike Kucera or ILCC adult education office at 712 362 7231.
Emmetsburg Kiwanis Club sponsors a Soup Supper on December 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement. Kiwanians will serve vegetable beef soup or chili to raise funds for local club programs.
Call city clerk at 852-4030 with carpeting strips at least 38 inches wide to cover the toboggan slide in Kearny State Park near Five Island Lake Emmetsburg. Social Security reps will visit Emmetsburg at Palo Alto County Courthouse on December 12 and 19 to assist residents.
The Vernon Climbers girls 4-H club will meet at 2 p.m. on December 15 at Sue Jacobson's home. The meeting was originally set for December A.
Emmetsburg High School will host visiting students from Central College Pella at 11 a.m. Thursday and Buena Vista College Storm Lake at 1 30 p m Friday, per guidance counselor Orville Luepke. The sessions will connect students with college representatives for insights and questions.
Emmetsburg City Council introduced and adopted a natural gas rate increase of 12.15 percent to take effect in late December to cover costs for natural gas propane and operations. The council also voted that parking meters will not be patrolled during the Christmas shopping season from Dec 10. A resolution approved the sale of three lots in Block 25 to Mrs Harvey Behrends for 950. The city will purchase a paying machine from a Grove business.
Five Emmetsburg High School students will face Webster City for the first time in the Fort Dodge quiz bowl televised by KVFD.TV on Channel 3. EHS team members Mike Gannon Dennis Freidel deft Childs Kevin Kelly and Roger Goddard were chosen after tryouts.
Two Palo Alto County residents Gerald Hedrick of Curlew and Doris Sandall of Emmetsburg join a three member Des Moines workshop led by Spencer architect Bernard Keninger. They will inspect federally funded buildings to assess compliance with public law 90 480 on accessibility.
Services were held December 3 for Jed Nesheim infant son of Dr. and Mrs. Dan Nesheim of Mallard. Burial followed at Rush Lake Cemetery. Surviving parents two brothers Jason grandparents James Brown and Beulah Lanning great grandparents Wilson, Sylvia Persons. Jed Andrew born September 28 1973 at Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg died November 30 at St. Mary's Hospital Rochester Minnesota.
Postmaster Vernon Simons says the Emmetsburg post office will add two pre Christmas Saturday window hours from 8 30 a m to 4 p m on December 8 and 15 to help with gift parcels. Patrons are urged to mail carefully with insured fragile items packed in strong boxes and addressed on one side with a return inside parcel. Surface mail within the United States should be mailed this week while surface greeting cards and air mail items should be sent by December 10 and December 15 respectively.
April through June 1973 retail sales in Palo Alto County rose to over 16.5 million with taxable sales hitting 4,444,049 the highest second quarter total in the 1970s. Emmetsburg led county gains with 3,806,120 in 1973 up from 1,200,862 in 1972. West Bend and Graettinger also posted substantial increases. Ruthven and smaller communities showed growth despite some declines in reporting firms. Taxes paid totaled 190,085.50, well above 1972, with Emmetsburg over 100,000 and West Bend at 26,915.38.
Emmetsburg Municipal Utilities says natural gas rates rise 12.15 percent effective December 27, boosting annual revenue by about $40,700. Gas costs up 6.5 percent, propane up 3 percent, and operations up about $10,000. Northern Natural Gas raises wholesale by 13 percent, adding $21,000 yearly.
Mortenson of Emmetsburg has been named manager of the Iowa Agricultural Credit Corporation. Loans will be rediscounted by the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha Nebraska. Borrowers will not be required to buy stock. Loans for farms machinery cattle and operating needs will be available. Mortenson trained in agriculture credit and formerly worked for the Production Credit Association and farmed in Northwest Iowa.
The second session of Facts and Fallacies of Aging starts at 1 30 p m Saturday at Iowa Lakes Community College. Mrs Signora McFadyen of Emmetsburg will cover meal planning and quick nutritious meals. Dietary habits and nutritional problems will be discussed at the Emmetsburg Senior Citizens Center. The classes are offered by ILCC's department of adult and continuing education. Twenty five seniors attended the first session December 1 when Dr Robert Cozine of Emmetsburg spoke on health problems of senior citizens.
Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to St Pauls Lutheran Church Emmetsburg on December 17 and 18 from 2 to 6. To donate, donors must be in good health aged 18 to 45 and weigh at least 110 pounds. No appointment needed. Monthly goal is 300 pints.
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