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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
7
The City Council held a special session Tuesday evening and granted building permits totaling over 80 000. Projects include five homes and additions such as a 15 000 house and a 30 000 country club garage. Other permits cover garages and remodeling on Main Street and surrounding areas.
Palo Alto residents are urged to buy U S Savings bonds by the end of June as part of a county bond drive led by Mayor Dr W H Heise and bond drive chairman Verne Fionchaxson. The plan eschews door to door canvassing and relies on residents to invest their earnings to curb inflation. Boy Scouts handed out bond literature in Bramersburg while four corn borer meetings are planned to urge purchases.
Charles F Sproul of Storm Lake former Emmetaburs Chamber of Commerce secretary was stricken on a business trip. He collapsed at the Id eal Quakar Out office and was rushed to a hospital with internal hemorrhages from a stomach ailment. His wife and child were notified and he was reported in fair condition by hospital attendants.
Clerk of Court Ed Thompson lists marriage permits for multiple couples across Iowa towns. Notable pairs include Charles W Starck and Gerratta A Dailey of Emmetsburg, Kenneth R McDonald and Pearl F Hickey of Osgood, and George L Asp and Elizabeth Mae Crown of Curlew. Several other couples span Ruthven, Mallard, Des Moines, Armstr ong, and Cylinder with June issue dates.
James W. Fay, local attorney, will address the annual Iowa Court Reporters Association convention at the Inn on Lake Okoboji Saturday evening. The group includes state and federal court reporters.
Sheriff Dick Miler, known for confining others, is itself confined at home this week due to a bout of measles. Local authorities urge residents to rest and monitor symptoms while the sheriff recovers.
Ollo C. Pfaff of the Pearl Baking Co and his sales manager Cecil Watraus visited Emmetabure to reinstate Betsy Rous bread, likely needing OC4 membership. Secretary Ann McDonald noted local grocers had shifted away from Pfaff, while recent Betty flora cartons were found dumped near Main and Broadway.
New motor vehicles licensed last week in Palo Alto County include Nash Manson Bray Co Ruthven Hiawathin Motorscooter Emory Bevard Emmetsburg Frater Edward Garlock Mallard International trucks John Andre Ostood International E Miller Ruthven Nash Heiko Beenken Ayrshire Plymouth C W Storck Emmetsburg Frazer Everett Long Ayrshire Chevrolet truck Bauck Construction Co Emmetsburg Pontiac Eldon Hantelman Fenton Plymouth Elzie Bigger Ruthven Lincoln D E B Cottington Gurley GM C truck EL Firkins Rodman Ford Gene Reiter Ruthven
Tuesday Ted's vs Cyinder postponed by rain. Wadntaday Na saute due to circus. Tonight Super Park at 8 15. Publishers va Jackson's likely delayed by rain. Friday Harold's vs i C's postponed from Wednesday.
Recent patients at the municipal hospital include Otto Nemitz and Emmoets Inirk admitted to medical service on June 14. Charles Sproul of Storm Lake admitted June 14. Surgical case Mrs Robert Gormley of Laurens admitted June 16. Tonsillectomies include Mantard Jane Ronalt Plantz Connie Plants and Th A Waters. Descriptions list dates and towns with June Wertinn Skog Strom Ayrshire and Fumi value for June 15.
City announces a dust control program for Emmetshure streets using calcium chloride at 2 per frontage. Property owners on each block must share the cost and city officials will set prices by June 26. City Clerk Christensen notes some owners oppose but block cohesion is seen as essential for success.
Rain in Embersburg dropped .64 inches last night boosting moisture after a week with 1.47 inches since Saturday. The sequence showed 7% inch Saturday, 21/100 inch Monday, 7/100 inch Tuesday, and 64/100 inch last night, creating beneficial soil moisture.
Mr and Mrs Lea Shea depart Friday for a ten day trip to Great Falls Montana to visit Mrs Glenn Hathaway sister of Mrs Shea and other relatives.
More than four times as many ballots as expected were cast in the Clerk of the Month contest, honoring Emmelabure Binres for service during June. The Chamber of Commerce will continue the contest through July 1 with prizes of 10, 2 and 1 dollar to top voters. Voting coupons appear in June The Reporter and the Democrat.
Wallace Ld. Coleman Wallace J. Colawtan, previously linked with the tires stock and feed departments of Cudahy iron, Cudahy Wisconsin, has joined Kerber Milling Co as feed magnitionist and started his duties as announced by Prod W. Kerber today.
An appeal led by Art McDonald of the Chamber of Commerce asks local residents to donate to purchase basketballs footballs and baseball gear and referees uniforms for a summer sports program at Soper Park. The committee has allocated 400 for the program and needs another 200 for equipment costs with donations directed to the Athletic Equipment fund at the Chamber offices.
Jens and hig wwe arrive in Emmetsburg from the east and view the town and crops. They encounter a want ad for a year round farm job and quickly find a place at the Rennan farm south of Banmersburg, where Lawrence efforts aid reach a struggling tenant situation after an accident last May.
Funeral rites for Ales Bonnstetter farmer and civic leader in West Bend were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in West Bend. The service was led by Rev. W D Ramurison with burial in a West Bend cemetery. Bonnstetter, born November 20, 1892 in Garfield, faced months of illness before passing at his home. his devoted wife cared for him. He had recently been to Rochester for treatment, later deemed incurable. He married Charlotte J Anderege on April 19, 1979 in Geneva, Ohio.
A large Fourth of July program in Emmetsburg is planned with a water carnival and dredging celebration at Five Island Lake. The schedule includes free boat rides, baseball and softball games, a parade, concerts, a boat and water show, and a fireworks display, proposed by the Chamber of Commerce with Art McDonald leading arrangements.
The Reporter notes heavy rains over the weekend provide needed moisture for crops. Gratitude expressed for food packages. A trial water spray reaches 15 feet at Five Island Lake. Donald Chapman named president of Palo Alto County Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Mallard Ayeshire and Rodman win county baseball games.
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