Schedule for summer baseball league to run June week nights
The article outlines a seven week June schedule for a 112 player roster league with games Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 15 pm at Deal Park. It lists participating sponsors Holy Name Wells REA Hansen Kaun St Johns and Dr Pepper Co op and notes new lights and a permanent field feature under a unanimous managers and sponsors vote to improve fan access and reduce travel.
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Cal
Mit
Eros Cars
Holy Name
Pper Meis
Wells
REA Hansen-Kaun
St. John's
Nedule
Diamond
Aia
Executive . Com
Meshall. Park
Ball Park
Dr. Pepper Co-op
Hansen-Kaunison
Wells Y. A
St. John’s
Secret Marriage Of Loretta Kettler And Jay OConnell
Loretta Kettler and Jay M OConnell announced their secret marriage after a ceremony at St Patrick s rectory in ONeill Nebraska on June 8 1940 Rev Father Richard Parr officiated Attendants were Clarence and Mrs Kettler The bride taught in Plymouth county for five years The groom a Central High School graduate from Sioux City works at the Western Newspaper Union They reside in Sioux City Iowa
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L. J. Kettler
LeMars
Loretta
Jay M. O'Connell
O. B. O'Connell
Sioux City
O'Neill, Neb
Richard Parr
St. Patrick's Church
Clarence Kettler
Plymouth County
Central High
Western Newspaper Union
O'Connell
Brink-Reppe Wedding Celebrated In First Reformed Church
Esther Rosella Brink and Freeman N. Reppe wed in a candlelight ceremony at First Reformed Church on Tuesday June 3. Rev. John Roggen officiated as relatives and friends witnessed the double ring nuptials with peonies and ferns, organ music, solos, and a bridal party procession.
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Maurice
Esther Rosella Brink
John M. Brink
Freeman N. Reppe
Louis Reppe
Lansing
Iowa
First Reformed Church
John Roggen
Wm. Smits
Pierce Jansman
Laurence Groeters
Esther van Roekel
Henry Brink, Jr
Mendelssohn
Loux City Girl Killed In Motor Cycle Accident Near LeMars
Ilse Oldis a 19 year old Sioux City girl died at Sacred Heart hospital after a motorcycle collision on Highway 83 about 11 miles east of LeMars. Archie Goodrich suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was listed in fair condition. The pair were attempting to pass another bike when the lead motorcycle grazed it and overturned. Will Schuldt and Gale Hanks helped transport the injured to hospital.
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Ilse Oldis
Sacred Heart
Archie Goodrich
LeMars
Young Good
Miss Oldis
Mark de Force
Goodrich
Sioux City
Donald Oldis
Hloise
Clayton Albrecht
Oldis
Will Schuldt
Kingsley
Gale Hank
Flaugher will creates $10,000 scholarship trust in Iowa estate
The will of Mrs. Flaugher, dated July 21, 1939, places about 800000 in probate and directs a $10,000 life estate for the late Mrs. Flaugher. It names John G. Wernli, Sidney Kehrberg, J. FR. Kehrberg, Richard Kehrberg, Lowell Henney, and William Kehrberg as heirs with specific shares. Western Union Evangelical Church of LeMars Iowa receives $1,0000 for a memorial scholarship. The executor is Roland Bedell with attorney C. Kehrberg serving as co executor and a $1000 bequest to him.
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Roland Bedell
Hatles 1
Flaugher
Audubon
Ney C. Kehrberg
Kehrberg
Hlaugher
John G. Wernli
Inlaw
Emma Wernli
Sidney C. Kehrberg
Prother Inlaw
J. FR. Kehrberg
Richard Kehrberg
Frank Kehrberg
Lowell Henney
Amelia Henney
William Kehrberé
L. Fe, Cooper
R. M. Fing
Charleen Reinking and Arthur Berkenpas Wed at St. Johns
A June wedding at St. Johns Lutheran united Charleen Reinking and Arthur Berkenpas in a double ring ceremony at eight o clock. Rev. Belk officiated as Miss Lois Berkenpas and Mrs. Jack Hinde served as bridesmaid and attendant. After a reception for about 100 guests at the bride’s home, the couple plans to live on a farm near Seney.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Charleen Reinking
Emilie Reinking
Arthur Berkenpas
Jake Berkenpas
L. L. Belk
Carl Witt
Riichard Hirsch
Lois Berkenpas
Jack Hinde
Wallace Schmidt
Merle Nessius
Dale Relh- King
Goyers
D. P. Hoffmann
Dorothy Berkenpas
Gertrude Berkenpas
Erlynne Britton
Eunice Johnson
LeMars High School
Seney
Sound Movies of High Mass To Be Shown
The Christian Mothers of St. Joseph church sponsor a Royal theater showing of The Eternal Gift a 10 reel sound movie of the solemn high mass. Performances Friday and Saturday June 20 and 21 with matinee and evening shows based on ticket sales. Admission 50 cents adults 10 cents children. Cast features Rev James R Keane and Rev Hugh Calkins with production by Rev Frank Calkins.
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Elster Link
Mars Theaters
Christian Mothers Society of
St. Joseph’s Church
Royal Theater
Christian Mothers
Sioux City
James R. Keane
Hugh Calkins
Frank Calkins
Government Play Program Moves to New Deal Park
Government supervised recreation program now at New Deal Park picnic grounds. Regulation tennis court, lawn tennis, volleyball, croquet, and horseshoe facilities active. Handicraft activities operate in the shelter house.
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New Deal Park
Shelter House
Fishermen Return After Week of Roughing It
Sheriff Leo Hentges and Cherokee men Gill Quinn Ben nett Kitts Dell Per Jack Harry Perron Cal Flickinger and Mark Spooner returned Sunday night from a four week fishing trip seventy miles north. Despite rough weather the group reported good catches including a 14 pound northern pike and a 13.5 pound pike. The party traveled mostly by canoe through thick woods with provisions and gasoline carried by hand.
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Leo Hentges
Sherpps
Gill Quinn
Bennett Kitts
Dell Per- Jack
Harry Perron
Cal Flickinger
Mark Spooner
Cherokee
Bob Wrigh
Don Phi Bresser
Eve Ron
Hentges
Bob
Ft. Francis
Eppling Recovering After Car Collision Near Hinton
J H Eppling a 61 year old Hinton carpenter is being treated at St Josephs hospital Sioux City for injuries from a crash when his automobile struck a telephone pole near Hinton. He was found unconscious by a passing motorist and later regained consciousness Friday afternoon saying the car skidded on a wet spot in the dirt road.
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Eppling
J. H. Eppling
Hinton
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
LeMars Per Pupil Cost 1940 Compared With State
The Iowa Taxpayer Association reports LeMars schools spent 71.78 per pupil in 1940 with a 1033 average daily attendance and 74144 total operating cost. Excludes bonds, interest, and capital improvements from the general fund. LeMars ranked mid or below in district comparisons.
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LeMars
Iowa Taxpayer Association
Iowa
Commission Approves Soldiers Relief Report and Appoints Members
The board of supervisors approved the annual Soldiers Relief Commission report for the year ending June 1. L. L. Burrill of Akron was reappointed to the commission to serve with J. G. Koenig and M. A. Cass, sr. for a three year term.
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Board of Supervisors
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
L. L. Burrill
Akron
J. G. Koenig
M. A. Cass
Sioux Center Girl Burned Relighting Gas Stove
Gertrude Vander Hoef, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maas Vander Hoef, was severely burned on her arms while attempting to relight a gas stove oven at a farm west of Sioux Center. After lighting the oven burner and closing the door, the oven failed to heat and the gas accumulated inside before she lit another match and the gas exploded.
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Sioux Center
Gertrude Vander Hoef
Maas Vander Hoef
Gertrude
John J. van Voorst
New Maurice Bridge Crews Prepare West Bridge Site
Federal plans to let construction steel and reinforcing steel around nine to eleven mark by which time bridge work will begin. Crews are actively preparing the approach and foundations for the Maurice bridge project.
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Maurice
Hopper Menace Predicted This Year In Western Iowa
Serious infestations of grasshoppers are reported in Woodbury Sioux and Lyon counties and other western areas. Harold Gunderson Iowa State College extension entomologist says counts reach 20 to 100 per square yard and urges immediate poison bait to protect legume seedings and hay crops.
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Woodbury
Sioux Lyon
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Labor Standards Act Used To Seek Unpaid Wages
C H D Smith of Cherokee files suit in district court under the Fair Labor Standards Act seeking 324 dollars from B F Goodrich for 1728 hours at minimum wage and a claimed raise. The case, assigned to Judge R G Rodman, cites an oral 1940 contract and a 1941 dismissal. Also notes the Bendixens’ return home after a visit with Dr F Bendixen.
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C. H. D. Smith
B. F. Goodrich Company
R. G. Rodman
Smith
Goodrich
Plaintff
Sioux County GAR Veteran Is 95 Years Old
J. H. Huyck of Sioux County, Iowa, the state’s last Civil War veteran and one of 61 of 76 G A R “boys in blue” remaining, celebrated his 95th birthday on June 2. A Sunday party hosted by Mrs. Clayton Thompson followed a Monday observance. An aviation enthusiast, Huyck flew from Sioux City to Sioux Falls on birthdays for years and drove a Model T Ford for much of his life. He has a son, Tom Huyck, of Round Lake Minnesota.
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J. H. Huyek
Sioux County
Iowa
Hawarden Independent
Huyck
Clayton Thompson
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Middle West
Mr. Huyck
Tom Huyck
Round Lake
Minnesota
Larry Meis Undergoing Additional Infantile Paralysis Treatment
Larry Meis son of Mr and Mrs Al Meis of this city is receiving extra treatment for infantile paralysis. He was taken to St Josephs hospital in Sioux City and prepared for two operations. His spine is curving and he is in a cast for five to six days before surgery. In two weeks another operation will remove a bone piece from his leg to graft onto his spine. He has been active in school and sports but is in misery now. Operations like this are usually successful but require time and he may be out of school for three months or more.
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Larry Meis
al Meis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Larry
Meis
America’s Future, Inc
Indiana
Samuel B. Pettengill
Pettengill
Roosevelt
Washington
Globe-Post
Congress
Winant
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Students Tour Area Farms
High school vocational agriculture students visited home farms last Wednesday and Thursday led by Mr. Peters to inspect and learn from their project work. Thirty eight boys participate with hogs calves beef heifers sheep poultry and crop plots totaling several acres. Each pupil records progress, receives instructor visits, and undertakes home farm improvement projects to foster responsibility.
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Peters
Hileven
First Rescue By Life Saver At Park Pool
The 1941 swimming season began with two rescues at the New Deal pool last Thursday afternoon. Miss Josephine Tharnen of Ireton and a friend were observed splashing. lifeguard Gene Keihn entered the water to pull Miss Tharnen out. It required five minutes of artificial respiration to revive her.
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New Deal
Josephine Tharnen
Ireton
Post Denies Report On Drug Store Co Managers Agreement
Stanley Post Friday rejected a report in another paper claiming the new co managers have an option to buy the drug store after a year. He said the story does not reflect the facts and reaffirmed that the earlier piece in this paper was correct.
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Stanley Post
Globe Post
Fourteen 4-H girls to Iowa State convention
Fourteen county 4-H girls and leaders will leave Wednesday morning for the 1941 Iowa 4-H girls convention at Iowa State college. Attendees include Mrs. George Schnepf Anarean Rolfes America Verna McNaughton Mrs C V MacNaughton Sioux Ellen Eyres Betty Hoyt Union Mrs B A Bogenrief Plymouth Mrs John Van Pearsem Stanton Mrs Ern est Johnson Betty Smith Westfield Colleen Lindsay Liberty Lois Spies Plymouth Celesta Featherston Union Ruth Held Hungerford.
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Iowa
Stanton
Ernest Johnson
Betty Smith
Westfield
Colleen Lindsay
Liberty
Lois Spies
Plymouth
Celesta Featherston
Union
Ruth Held
Hungerford
Iowa State College
Le Mars Woman Graduates From Drake Law School
Joy Hix of Sioux City earned the Juris Doctor with high honors from Drake University Des Moines on June 2. A 1938 Morningside College honors graduate and a 1934 Le Mars High School alumna she joined Delta Sigma Epsilon and Kappa Beta Pi at Drake. She passed the Iowa state bar exam this week and plans to practice law in Iowa.
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Joy B. Hix
S. R. Hix
le Mars
Sioux City
Drake University
Des Moines
Miss Hix
Morningside College
Drake
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Kappa Beta Pi
Iowa
Fourth of July Free Acts Announced for Le Mars
The Le Mars celebration committee announces free attractions including Black Brothers a comedy acrobatic act and the De Lane sisters and Bernie high aerial trapeze artists from Des Moines. They perform July 8 4 and 5 on a 24 by 30 foot platform at Central Ave and First Street North. A fireworks display by Fidelity Firework Co. of Fort Dodge will be Friday at New Deal park with numbers like Fantasy of Fire and Niagara Falls. Booster caravan trips are planned for June 19 24 and 26 with at least 25 cars and a music truck.
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Chamber of Commerce
Black Brothers
de Lane Sisters
Bernie
Des Molens
le Mars
Central Ave
First Street
New Deal Park
Fidelity Firework Co
Fort Dodge
United States
Niagara Falls
Parking pledge shows progress in Le Mars shopping area
Le Mars street and highway committee reports some improvement in Saturday night parking as merchants who signed the pledge to keep cars out of the business district largely followed. More spaces were available from 6 to 8 p.m. and plans include bigger signs, free parking, better lighting, and additional lots if needed. Mr. and Mrs. Al Kellen of near Alton visited Le Mars for shopping.
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le Mars
Chamber of Commerce
al Kellen
Alton
Pete and
Kathryn Kellen
Anti-Electrolysis Plant Rising in Brunsville
Brunsville neighbors will soon have a new and patented pipeline coating method in operation. Socony Vacuum Oil plans a coating plant between its refineries and Sioux Falls using the Somastic process to protect oil pipelines underground. Work on the Standard Oil pipeline progresses south of Hinton with 40 foot pipe sections welded and coated before burial along the Floyd river route. Aviators note the line crosses farms and roads in a visible angled path through the county.
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Reidents
Brunsville
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Sioux Falls
Norman Deigsmeier
The
Industrial Engineering Company
Houston
Texas
United States
Theovernment
Standard Oil Company
Hinton
James
Floyd River
Morningside
Sioux City
Peace Talk Continues Roosevelt Condemns It
A syndicated Pettengill letter questions peace moves in World War II and cites Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt’s opposition. Excerpts discuss Hess and possible German British communications, Hess flight rumors, and potential peace negotiations through various channels including Sir Samuel Hoare and Franco contact.
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Roosevelt
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