24 Jul 1961
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1961
Page
1
The issue lists subscription details and notices. It references Plymouth ColbUry and Ghee counties, mentions foreign countries and a postal context. It notes auto renewal by subscribers and delinquent billing. A continuation appears on Page 1 with a fragment about between deals.
Le Mars Social Notes blends shopper chatter with sharp editorial on newspaper audits and circulation. The column quotes the Globe-Post on strict auditing, remarks on public notices, and records social events featuring the Sturges and Gregory families with forthcoming club gatherings and visits.
LeMars residents heard a buzzing sound near Westmar College stadium and traced it to model airplanes built by young men. The single cylinder engines run on a burning fuel mix with lubricating oil. planes are tethered to wire controls held by the operator, allowing precise maneuvering.
The article notes youths flying model planes during a Friday night display. Dennis Schleef and Vic Rozeboom operate their aircrafts, performing maneuvers like Immelman and steep dives aided by electric power in cigar box batteries and tiny flashlights for ignition.
Preston Pearl 4 H met at Jeannie Plueger home on June 12 at 8 30 pm. Members discussed goals and demonstrations and planned a tour for July 7 at 8 30 am to Robert s Dairy Metz Baking Co Bishop Cafeteria and Andres Candies. Marilyn Nannen demonstrated baking powder biscuits. Lunch was served by the hostess. Mothers Tea in May noted. Reporter Wauneva Van Donge.
Shenandoah reports Earle Crowley won outstanding young man of the year while Mr Murphy received honorary Jaycees membership. Clyde Maxwell was installed as president with Clyde Beavers and Paul Foster as officers. Special guests included Cal Pearson and Bill Owen. Robert Downing, former Le Mars chamber secretary, named Denver Retail Merchants Association executive director.
Jerry Blakely, son of Mr and Mrs Floyd T Blakely of Le Mars, is among 43 students at the State University of Iowa who earned straight A averages for the second semester of the 1960 61 school year. Dean Stuit called the achievement noteworthy for its future promise.
Don Breit of Sioux Falls captured the Le Mars junior golf tournament title on the Country club course Friday finishing two over par 107. Berit led with rounds of 38 36 and 33 to beat Tom Dalton Cherokee and Mike Katres Sioux City who both shot 110 and dropped to second after a sudden death playoff. Marv Jacobsen Emmetsburg was medalist with 71 and Ron Anderson Sioux City was runner up with 73. John Dannenberg Storm Lake won longest drive at 312 yards as 144 golfers contested the two day event. Flight winners include Rich Boss Mapleton first flight 78 John Erickson Humboldt 80 Doug Kuhl Sioux City 80. Second flight Art Pederson Sioux City 82 Allen Schenkelberg Le Mars 84 Alex Kaos Sioux City 84. Third flight Jim Hoffman Le Mars 89 Ed Spindler Cherokee 91 Terry Smith Fonda 92. Fourth flight Allen Baldes Le Mars 94 Dave Hesla Hull 96 Dave Sannien Alton Iowa. Twelve and under Dick Crayne Le Mars 47 Tom Hartell Sibley 48.
Mr and Mrs A F O Donnell of Dayton Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Ann to James Joseph Roder son of Mr and Mrs Al J Roder of Remsen Iowa Miss O Donnell a University of Dayton graduate and a member of the Elm Grove faculty
A Hazelwood Missouri couple will wed in Dayton on October 28. The groom is a graduate of Loras College in Dubuque and the University of Iowa, and is employed by Vapor Heating Corporation in Chicago.
The Preston Pearls 4-H club gathered July 10 1961 at Donna and Betty Frerichs home. Members planned a summer project and a local 4-H picnic at Hawarden Park at 6:30 p.m. July 31. Donna Frerichs demoed plain cake. Wauneva Van Donge was the reporter.
The LeMars Community Board of Education and Superintendent Archambault announce Vance Stead, 39, named to lead the secondary schools. Stead comes from Monticello with strong scholarship and leadership credentials and will begin around August 1. He has two years as a Monticello high school teacher and nine years as high school principal, plus prior teaching roles in Collins Farmersburg and Thornburg Town.
The district announced staffing changes for the next school year. Bill Hohenbauer fills the chemistry chair, Chuck Aknes becomes head basketball coach next season, and several teachers are hired for Le Mars Merrill and Seney schools. Four Stead children include Dave a Cedar Falls freshman on football scholarship. Peggy in ninth grade. Tom in sixth. Kathy age three.
Dr and Mrs L Downing of Le Mars returned home Sunday after spending a week in the home of their niece and family Mr and Mrs Roscoe Hill at Grand Lake Colorado.
Eighty five relatives gathered for a Blackmore family picnic at New Deal Park in Le Mars on Sunday July 9 with attendees from Merrill Hinton Sioux City Seattle Maurice and Struble areas. The longest distance travelers were Lester Stephens and family from Seattle. The oldest attendee was Grandma Blackmore and the youngest Lori Kay Blackmore. The group plans a second Sunday gathering in July 1962 in Le Mars park.
The family of Mrs. Ralph Stephenson thanks friends and relatives for sympathy and help after her death. They thank Rev Kruse for comfort and the trio of Mary and Margaret Stephens and Lynette Fulton with accompanist Mrs William Timmins for music. Gratitude to Plymouth Presbyterian Church ladies for kindness. Raph Stephenson, Mr and Mrs Henry Plueger, Jerry and Sharon Plueger
Transfer Refrigeration of Le Mars Iowa advertises as carrying both Frigidaire and General Electric top line appliances. Prospective buyers are invited to view before purchasing at the Le Mars location with contact by phone 546 5408.
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