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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1939
Page
2
A diary style column Mixes humor and trivia from a Masters Plumbers convention about bathtub prevalence abroad. It also laments cigarette taxation and liquor licensing, shares a mock hotel room theft puzzle, a fish head riddle, and reports on Mrs. Alice Kelley winning a divorce with substantial support, plus Davenport county marriage aid cut.
Works on highway 83 right of way under way at Sheldon to ready bids for 8.1 miles to Hospers. A 20 foot paving setback along Second avenue to the south edge of Hospers. Seven residences must move west to gain 50 to 80 foot right of way. Program opens Tuesday morning June 20 at New Deal park. Red Cross teaches swimming and water safety to reach 50 foot be water test. Plymouth county aims to have children pass the beginner test. Enrollment open via Mrs Ethel Hart or David McCuskey at New Deal park. Desk blotters in colors at The Globe Post. Ten cents each.
The Learn to Swim program aims to give every school age child in LeMars and the surrounding county an opportunity to receive free swimming instruction. The campaign emphasizes statewide safety and community involvement, with organizers seeking broad participation and local support.
A large crowd gathered as the speaker described material gems collected by mankind through the centuries and proclaimed three national ideals at the heart of the American republic liberty nationality and an abiding faith in the common man with emphasis on their shining brilliance since the nation’s inception.
An LeMars commencement address stressed liberty as the nation’s core jewel and warned against license. The speech praised national unity, heritage from pioneers, and faith in one another. Officials lauded the 1939 graduates, with remarks on scholarship and service, while 82 names and pictures were printed in a later Globe-Post issue.
National Guard units depart for Camp Dodge this Saturday with names listed among the ranks. Privates and noncommissioned officers are named in a roster including Rollinger Roush Wanderscheid Wiltgen Zeig and others as part of the continued coverage on military mobilization.
A list of individuals includes A Speece Francis L Strehl Neil J Strub Cecil Sutton LeRoy G Welter Leonard A Witt John T zeig Clifford T Dominick Oscar R Weidenfeller jr highlighting local figures recognized for their service and contributions in the community.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. D. Fisch welcomed students as they paraded from the school to the church for Sunday graduation. Principal speaker Rev. F. Greteman urged a complete education emphasizing moral development, awarding diplomas to high school graduates Dorothy Stoeber through John Burke and twenty-five elementary graduates. Eighth grade honorees listed including William Ahler Rosemary Erdmann Leora Feller and others.
The couple wed Sunday in a church ceremony with the groom in dark attire. Mrs. Frank Rojeski of Omaha, the groom's aunt, sang I Love You Truly at the close of the service. A reception for about 100 relatives and friends followed in the church parlors, with the bride's colors rose and blue featured.
A fragmentary wedding notice mentions Evalyn Clage Indall and Edith Alberts as part of a ceremony. It notes the bride and groom with families A J table settings and Mary Coppock as a graduate of LeMary school. The couple planned a June 4 wedding at home in western Nebraska after house renovations.
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