14 Feb 1963
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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1963
Page
1
The Emmetsburg Democrat details editorial and advertising staff including editor Thomas M. Kelly and Mar vin Ostwald on leave. It lists memberships in press associations and subscription rates, citing prices for different regions and combinations.
A northwest publisher argues against local option in the drink question. He fears dry counties will drive drinkers to wet counties, causing highway carnage and bootlegging. He contends state stores would remain, undermining dry aims, and notes enduring demand for drink over centuries.
Vita informs Sing Along with Mitch moves to Monday night next fall and Gunsmoke lengthen to eight minutes. Bruce Catton's Gettysburg chat with Eisenhower highlighted a week’s top TV moment. Des Moines area families Olsen and connections to Roosevelt High featured. Sun Valley visits by celebrities noted along with Cuba tied oratory history. Deaths and local social news complete the column.
Two Omaha men hunting near Loretta Nebraska lose a pheasant to a retriever who drags the bird to a farm barn. The farmwife finds the theft under a manger and the dog’s innocent look hides the crime. The incident sparks a brief legal style notice amid hunting season debates.
Emmetsburg items note Van Gorden hotel praise and St James reputation, launch of Blairgowrie farm steers export, upcoming street commissioner candidates James Smith and Joan Eaton, and a fire at J W Brennan residence. Also reporting diphtheria in Highland township and social news from Estherville.
A partial calendar of visits events and weather from Emmet County includes Brownlees of Mallard traveling to California, families attending funerals, and local residents like Martin Thompson and Pearl Richardson visiting Cylinder and Ayrshire. The Emmetsburg library bought 24 volume International Encyclopedia set, eight published already, with more to come. Weather featured thaw and snow with rough roads and a cold spell last week affecting travel and markets.
Ellen Kunz of Emmetsburg was honored for physical fitness proficiency at a Feb honors convocation at Mount Marty College Yankton. The recognition cited meeting proficiency standards of the American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation Your Fitness Project. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Vincent Kunz and a former Emmetsburg Catholic High School student.
A partial list shows Emmetsburg churches led by multiple denominations including Assumption Catholic and Bethany Lutheran. The document names clergy such as Rev. Chester L. Guint and Rev. Erling A. Hansen, plus local officials and a chiropractor, Ann Kerwith Ridg, at the courthouse area.
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