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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
3
An Argus item reports a well known pair, returning from a fishing trip with their spouse, chasing a farmer's turkey through the road near town after sighting the bird. The scene is described as a notable local incident involving a prominent official and his wife.
The list names civilians discharged from armed services including John W. Taylor Le Mars Max Ww Taylor II Westfield Arnold A Johannsen Le Mars Robert A Howard Le Mars Armand G iniler Merrill James L Fynck Merrill Marion L McConnell Kingsley Paul L Von Hagel Ak rop Eugene H Kieffer Remsen Arnold H Gaumnitz Merrill Milton A Delperdang Remsen Wm Di Puttman Kingsley Maurice L Beetsworth Le Mars and guests gathered Thursday at the Kovarna home to honor Harvey Talley of Faith with a rodeo picture. Talley relative of Mrs Kovarna and others present.
Those present included Mr and Mrs Carl Frerichs and family Mr and Mrs Clarence Miller and family Mr and Mrs Guy Maxey and Mr and Mrs Thomas Vondrak with others. New summer dresses arriving daily in all sizes at Clara Owen shop.
A recorded notice records transfers to Donald Rollinger for lots 12 and 18 in block 121 Flaugher's 2nd Addition LeMars with a purchase price of 1.00 dollars.
A candlelight wedding took place at the United Brethren church in Adaville on Saturday June 8 at 8 o clock. Miss Audrey Milner and Charles Swalley exchanged vows in the presence of relatives and friends. Attendants were Janet Milner and Peron Swalley with usherettes Bonnie Kenny and Lennace Phillips. Singer De Jores Oostenink performed with pianist Mrs. Lowell Morehead. The bride wore an olive green dressmakers suit with white corsage. bridesmaid in gold with brown accessories. Groom and attendant wore dark business suits. A reception followed in the church parlors with peonies and garden flowers. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Milner of Westfield. the groom is the son of Mrs. J. E. Swalley of Sioux City and recently discharged from 26 months of Army service.
The school board plans a special election Monday to levy a recreation tax of half a mill about $1,500 to fund a supervised program using public school buildings, play grounds, and parks for recreation activities. The measure targets facilities at public buildings and parks to support community recreation services.
The proposal would have the board of education administer and control the tax funded recreation program with $3,000 yearly from city levies and additional funds turned over by the city council. A paid director would run operations for all children in the Le Mars district, replacing the existing volunteer and donation funded summer program next year if approved.
Merrill notes detail visits by Bill Heisler and family of Cherokee to Richard Lawrence home, Phyllis Berner returning from Iowa State College for summer break, CBM and Mrs. Raymond Grady from San Diego visiting Chris Lehmann family, Bertha Wilson of Omaha visiting EB Wilson, Clem Singer and Kenneth Acre hosting Kenneth Clair, Ray Downing of Salix visiting, Downing named Salix mayor, Helen Louise Todd leaving for Cedar Falls for summer course, Nona Heiden visiting Sioux Falls family, Jerry Zensen home from St. Paul for vacation with R. Zensen family.
HINTON Ray Early, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spies, returned home Tuesday from Chicago where he served two years in the navy. Frank Richards and Walter Klingbeil drove to St. Paul, Minn., Saturday. Charles Klingbeil returned with them after attending school there. Mrs. August Riediger is a surgical patient at a Rochester hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reed and daughter of Madison, Minn., called.
Rev H D Stahmer will preach next Sunday for the 75th anniversary of the Grandmound Ia congregation. Funeral services were held in Sioux City for Mrs John Luksan as A J Casper home visit occurred Monday. Mr and Mrs John Bechter and son moved to Sumner Indiana where Bechter will teach in the public school. Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid met last Thursday with hostesses Mesdames Fremont Ideker and Harvey Ideker. The Hinton Junior softball team lost to Gilman park 11 to 10 after a 10 inning game. No club met Friday at the home of Mrs Clarence Lembeke.
The 1946 summer session at Western Union College opened with higher attendance than in the past five years. Enrollment reached 163 students by Friday and 28 children are in the laboratory grade school. GI families are in LeMars for the summer, housing is adequate, and five double apartment huts will be shipped mid June to be erected near the new dormitory to house future students and faculty.
The Salvation Army launches a county and state fundraising push from June 10 to 30 with a Plymouth County goal of 3500 dollars. The drive highlights services such as camps for underprivileged children, Booth Memorial Homes, Red Shield clubs, parole and rescue work, and emergency relief. Committee chair Charles W. Down of LeMars leads, with Otto C. Larsen of Akron assisting.
A list of names including Mrs Ione Reese of Brunsville Mrs G E Held of Hinton Roman Gulles of Kingsley Rev H Thompson and RL Weidauer of LeMars Alfred Jones of Merrill Mrs Ed Holt Grove of Remsen John Moritz of Struble and Miss Della Kuster of Ovens asks for donations. Contributions may be sent to any committee member.
North Elkhorn Mr and Mrs Francis Stodden visited at St Vincent hospital Sunday with Mrs Fred Stodden and infant daughter of Mapleton also in the Art Swanson home in Morningside The Elkhorn Farm Women s club will meet on Thursday afternoon June 13 at the home of Mrs Mert Kelso Mrs Ernest Page and daughter Glenna Mrs Oscar Swanberg and Mrs H C Fletcher were visitors in LeMars last Friday Miss Lucille Neil left Sunday evening for Iowa City to receive treatment at a hospital Sunday visitors in the Mert Kelso home were Mr and Mrs Laverne Bakken and daughters and Mildred Bakken of Brookings Dr D Roger Wilson has been sick with measles the past week Mr and Mrs Ed Plendl and daughter Dorothy were LeMars visitors Friday Mrs Lester Montagne and Mrs H C Fletcher were Sunday afternoon visitors in the Dell Spink home.
Westfield Congregational Church members attended a mortgage burning ceremony at the Mayflower Congregational Church in Sioux City. Rev. Joseph Steele, pastor emeritus, spoke and lit the mortgage document held by J. D. Goodwin. Rev. Benjamin Trickey led simple rites and gratitude. The ashes were buried east of the church lawn. A small picnic dinner followed with attending clergy and families.
Local church basements host social gatherings while Memorial Day brings visitors from Elk Point Tacoma and Sioux City to the Lawrence home. Des Moines native Clarence suffers a hydraulic gate accident. Waterloo trip plans and Westfield library hours for summer are noted.
Miss Regina Garding and Col letta Popken spent last weekend at the Tony Desperdang home in Parkston. Connie Lee and Diane Lilly of Jefferson are visiting in the Martin Jennings home. Osbornes return from six weeks in California. Jeanette Gybertsen Helen Kallsen and Delaine Buss attend summer school at Western Union College LeMars. Art Lage ships cattle to Chicago. Lage and Jimmie Hauser accompany. Mrs. Fred Peck and Mrs. C E Alberts entertain Seney Methodist Aid at the Lage home. many members attend. Mrs. Cope of Kingsley visits the Lage home. Francis Lewis vacationing here. to report to Ft. Leavenworth soon. Wayne Kenoweth and family noted.
A jumble of travels and visits dominates the page as families from Westville Pennsylvania Winnebago Minnesota Estherville Denver Hackensack and Sioux City converge on LeMars and area homes. Miss Jeanette Gybertsen and Miss Helen Stoeber fly home from California while others attended church events and reunions.
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