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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
7
County wide crop conditions show little frost damage with hay oats corn and soybeans standing well. Some soybeans lost to frost but corn recovered. corn knee high by week end and flowering ahead for hybrid varieties. Insects and fertilizer issues noted but no major difficulties. beans appear clean.
City Council adopts budget reducing levies to 33.777 mills from 34.31. A July hearing at 7 30 a m will review the estimate which requires 181 975 to be raised. Several line items rise and fall with sanitation street lights and debt service shifting in the year.
A woman from Ammetsburg was not in town when her name was drawn for the $250 bank prize. The drawing will be held next week per Buck Vandervelde, manager of the Chamber of Commerce.
John Ritters of West Bend a nine year member of Palo Alto County 4 H studies prepares for Peace Corps training completion and a selection board for work in Panama He may be assigned to agricultural extension and 4 H work with a possible 21 month stay and six month extension He will earn 160 dollars monthly with 58 dollar travel or horse allowance and banked savings plus fringe benefits The training includes cooperatives and agricultural extension exposure and a first meal of snails during survival drills.
Dwight McCarty was re elected president of the Palo Alto County Bar Association at a Saturday meeting. Carl i was named vice president and Hanson secretary treasurer. The group also voted to close law offices on Saturdays except during January through March.
Funeral services are set for Kevin Grimm four month old son of Mr and Mrs Kean Grimm at Greenvilly West Bend. The infant died Tuesday morning from suffocation while sleeping in his crib. Burial follows at the Christian cemetery Bend with Rev Pe wart officiating. Kevin born January 25 1965 at St Ann hospital Algona and lived in West Bend before moving to Greengiths with his parents. Survivors include his parents maternal grandparents Herman Meyer of Janesville Minnesota and paternal grandparents Eli Grimm and Mrs. Grimm of West Bend.
A Storm Lake Pilot Tribune editor lauds the Ford Store coverage in the To the-Reporter-Democrat staff note, calling Gilfarnagin one of Iowa's ablest editors and publishers with nationally recognized weekly awards.
In 1963 the Chevrolet Buick shop on East Main Street unveils a revamped front with Norman buff brick, new offset entrance, large windows, and prominent Buick signage. Owner CW Storck is shown. Andersen Construction Co. completed the makeover and interior redecoration.
Weather readings show June totals at 2.12 inches with daily measurements from June 14 to 18. Officials Lewis Gunn Mane and George Bryant log wind speeds and airport readings, noting light to variable winds and listed wind directions across the period.
Dr Coffey of Emmetsburg named to an eight member Medical Examiners Board alongside Dr Ole Glesnig and others. He partnered with Drs Louis Wigdahl and Francis Conway in Emmetsburg and has career ties from Phoenix to Fairfax. He and wife Eleanor have three children Steve Margaret and John.
The article details Kovinetsburg youth baseball efforts with spending on player hours, uniforms planned, and a scoreboard under consideration. It notes funding through the Junior Baseball Corporation lighting fund, plus fencing, paint, wire, and dirt hauled to the site.
Emmetsburg youth Paul Quam, 17, named Spirit of Camp at Madrid State 4-H Conservation Camp, elected Mayor on day two and chosen by county delegates. Quam and Shreeke will return next year as camp leaders. Quam plans Emmetsburg High School and college for animal science or agricultural economics.
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