LeMars High School shines in national music contest
The LeMars high school marching band earned a Division I rating at the St. Paul national music contest, with other LeMars entries also performing well. The reminiscence recalls early drum days, a slide trombone dream funded by a $10 dad gift, and a first paid dance job with Nic Koerting's orchestra at Pew's hall.
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Los Angeles
le Mars High School
St. Paul
LeMars
Nic Koerting
Pew’'s
Fiedler
Talking with a Nude Eeler on War Service and Duty
A provocative discussion centers on war roles for relief workers and noncombatant service. The article notes government plans to militarize relief staff, predicts training for noncombatant tasks, and warns of risks to sanitary and quartermaster corps under fire. It denounces politicians and urges patriotic fighting against them.
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le Mars
Eeler
Germany
Wilson-Roose
Blossom Time and Cabriolet Time in Wartime Rhetoric
A reader column mixes wartime propaganda, homefront concerns, and local notes. It rails against Roosevelt era fear campaigns, praises war mobilization, and laments economic strain on farmers, hog raisers, and feed strategies while noting local teacher Mrs. Phillips, a Rock Rapids connection, and a shift to new home and summer plans. It also reports Sequoia trees named after Gen. Lee and discusses drought, crop prospects, and livestock diseases affecting hogs and farms.
Helen Phillips Wed Three Years Ago
Lyon County Leader notes that Mrs. Ruby Wood of LeMars announces the marriage of her daughter Helen Phillips to L. H. Ericsen. They wed in Crown Point Indiana on August 14 1937 and kept the nuptials secret until now. Ericsen works in Chicago and was formerly manager of a Rock Rapids five to ten stores.
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Ruby Wood
LeMars United
Indiana
Lyon County
LeMars
Helen Phillips
Rock Rapids
L. H. Ericsen
Chicago
Crown Point
Ind
Ericsen
Weather outlook for region shows showers and mild temps
The Weather Bureau forecasts for June 3 to 8 in the upper Mississippi Valley and northern Great Plains. Expect showers, cooler starts and ends to the week with near normal temperatures in the valley, and frequent light showers with a cool start followed by warmer middle and late week in the plains. May 27 to June 2 data attributed to D N Zeig, local observer.
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United States Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
D. N. Zeig
Keep Your Shirt On Keep Your Shirt On fe
Opinion by Pettengill arguing for calm defense thinking. It notes German bombing range changes, Atlantic crossing feasibility, and the limits of shipping to sustain invasions. Urges cool, measured policy and warns against panic while supporting national defense without aggression.
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Atlantic Ocean
America
May Weather Report Notes Rainfall Below Normal
In May, rainfall was 3.30 inches below normal per Mr. Zelg. Cloudy and Clear days mixed, with temperatures around the mid 60s to low 80s degrees and varying humidity.
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Zelg
Missionary Maidens Host Silver Slipper Tea at Church
The Merry Missionary Maidens of First Methodist plan a Friday afternoon tea from three to five in church parlors to entertain mothers and friends. Vernon Rosendahl chairs, with Virginia Boyd as vice president. Dorothy Hanson secretary. Olive Albrecht treasurer. Readings by Mary Ann Green and Donna Lee Bendixen, a spiritual trio, and a play Star Child by Barbara Raber and others will be presented. A silver offering supports the girls mission budget and camp expenses. fifteen girls plan to attend the Methodist camp.
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First Methodist Church
Vernon Rosendahl
Virginia Boyd
Dorothy Hanson
Olive Albrecht
Mary Ann Green
Donna Lee Bendixen
Shirley Heidbrink
Shirley Remner
India
Barbara Raber
Bonnie Wick
Dorothy Johns
Adoree Steele
Joyce Kammerer
Jean
Margaret Laux
W. M. Hubbard
Henry Heidbrink
Methodist
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Jacob G. Koenig & Co
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Quartermaster Corps
Sanitary Corps
March Theatre
Jackie Cooper
Betty Field
Selznick International
Leslie Howard
Ingrid Bergman
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Luken’s Furniture
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