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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1965
Page
7
Former Paratroop Sergeant Me attended Colorado School of Mines in Golden for two years and hails from Ouray Colorado.
The late spring kept farmers behind schedule but progress is visible as most corn is planted and early growth appears. John Johnson, county extension director, notes minimal insect damage with only scattered wire and cut worm issues while fields remain grassy from the wet spring and require cultivation. Farmers endure long days as weather finally allows fieldwork and hope for a late dry fall to finish crops.
The Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Father’s Day drawing with prizes from local stores. Entries are collected at participating shops starting today and end Saturday June 19 at 5 p.m. Winners are drawn at each store and posted in store windows.
Emmett L. Farrell was ordained Saturday June 5 in a 9 am ceremony at Sioux City by Bishop Joseph M. Mueller. He celebrated his first solemn Mass in Sacred Heart Church Ayrshire at 10 am Sunday with a pontifical high Mass Monday for relatives and friends.
The Palo Alto County Civil Defense Board will meet Friday June 11 at 8 p.m. at the Kermore Hotel. Walter Saunders of the Iowa Civil Defense Office will speak on board problems. Attending will be Senator Jack Kibbie Lawrence Brennan county supervisors mayors and town council members.
Mayor Dan Brown reports the speed enforcement campaign in Emmetsburg will persist with higher fines. No speeding cases have been heard in his court this week, but penalties remain. The program targets all violators, not only juveniles, and cites bicycle infractions as contributing to incidents.
Local merchants including Hughes Drugs Sears Robuck and Narold's Red Owl announce Father’s Day promotions with prize drawings free gifts and special offers. Donahue Tire Shop plans another tire giveaway end of month drawing. Independent store drawings slated for July 1 with registrations accepted.
Henry Willingham and Jim Stillman of Dolliver plan an annual fishing expedition departing June 18 to Hatchet Lake in northern Saskatchewan. They seek northern pike Walleyes lake trout and perch in home waters as their catches.
Armand Larsen built a four foot square five story birdhouse modeled after a postcard from his son-in-law and daughter mailed from Somerset Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania birdhouse sits in central Somerset as a city attraction housing purple martins. after erection birds moved in with three martins sighted on the left porch as visitors view the unusual structure.
A state biology crew found Five Island Lake stocked with large mouth bass up to 2.5 pounds in the lower lake and near Gappa Point. They noted many bullheads four to six inches and a potential northern pike population. Electric shocking revealed dense grass and a high bass population with overabundant bullheads acting as a detriment to game fish.
Gloria Leonhardt says the chamber secretary that Richard Ernst of Emmetsburg was not present to collect the Bank Day Bucks award of $100 on Wednesday afternoon. Next week the award rises to $150.
The Iowa State Highway Commission plans the second phase of the $820,900 U.S. 18 reconstruction in Palo Alto County starting July 5. A new bridge over the west fork of the Des Moines River is to be completed by October. Earlier work began in 1963 with curb removal from Emmetsburg to Ruthven.
The Graettinger State Bank of Graettinger pledged 1800 to the Palo Alto County Hospital memorial fundraising drive under construction on the northwest of Emmetsburg. Henry Willingham, memorial fundraising chairman, said the bank’s board approved the pledge after a letter from Herman A. Elsenbst, an officer of the bank.
The U S Weather Observer Lewis Gunn reports daily conditions from Friday June 4 to Wednesday June 9 with temperature highs and lows and wind directions. Airport readings by George Bryant show winds mainly from SE SW NW and NE with speeds ranging from 10 to 20 mph and moisture measurements noted on several days.
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