Will Move Out Of Limits To Build Big Dquarters And Plant
The board of directors of Plymouth Electric Cooperative voted to purchase a plot two acres north of the mart to build fireproof headquarters with offices and garage. Preliminary sketches were made. full approval requires Rural Electrification Administration in Washington. If granted, work on the new building would begin next year after construction materials are arranged. The board plans to sell the present office and contact a realtor for prospective buyers.
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Wednes
Ymouth Electric
Purchase Mar College
Opy
Inbornhouse
Viniss
Washington
Everett
Buss Sai
Rural Cation Administration
Motorcycle Crash Kills Two Teens in Sheldon
Two teens, Carl Lode and Robert Holtrop both 16, died when their motorcycle collided head on with a car driven by Miller Frew on Highway 18 near Sheldon in the early afternoon. The other rider died at the scene, with a passenger in the car injured and hospitalized with facial lacerations and jaw injuries. Authorities noted no witnesses to the crash and cited reckless driving as a factor.
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Shel
Carl’ Lode
Cornelius
Robert Holtrop
Pond
Ben Holtrop
Sheldon
N Miller
S Miller
Ode
Holtrop
Miller Frew
Garritt
Miller
Acclelude
A Dunn
Jake TL
REA Moves Headquarters Over Le Mars Tax Load
Plymouth County REA relocates its new $100000 assessed value plant from Le Mars to America township to cut total taxes from about 6800 to 1800 dollars annually. Oyens offers no school tax but parish taxes push Owens nearby to about 2100 dollars per 100000.
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le Mars
REA
America Township
Oyens
Owens
Shower for Dolores Nielsen as she plans June wedding
Miss Dolores Nielsen, soon to wed Clarence Reinholdt at Gethsemane Lutheran in Quyens Towa on June 28, was feted with a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Kenmar Jordahl on June 14. Thirty five guests enjoyed games, visiting, and gifts in blue and white luncheon colors. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. S. L. Jordahl, Miss Phyllis Bliel, and Miss Cherry Cliff, and Mrs. William Arendt returned from Kansas City, Missouri.
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Dolores Nielsen
Clarence Reinholdt
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Quyens
Towa
Kenmar Jordahl
S. L. Jordahl
Phyllis Bliel
Cherry Cliff
Corn borers threaten Plymouth County corn fields
Iowa State College specialist Tiny Gunderson warns corn borers are widespread in early planted fields in Plymouth County. Le Mars growers Harvey Obermier and Albert Kehrberg report high egg masses per 100 stalks and recommend spraying fields over 35 inches tall with DDT, while outlining a counting method and spray timing to cover new growth.
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Plymouth County
Don Po
Carter
Harvey Obermier
Albert Kehrberg
le Mars
Obermier
Kehrberg
Tiny Gunderson
Iowa State College
Police Court Docket For Mayor Chris Miller
The following men appeared before Mayor Chris Miller: Stanley Wilmes intoxication 15 dollars costs, Bob Jennings intoxication costs. State Cases Jessie Mott defective brakes 2 dollars costs, James Owens no operator license 5 dollars costs, Benton Boyer no flags or flares 2 dollars costs, Emery Blotho defective muffler.
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Chris Miller
Stanley Wilmes
Bob Jennings
Jessie Mott
James Owens
Benton Boyer
Emery Blotho
Check Artist Has Short Career Here Check Artist Has Short Career Here
Art Rounds 34 of Chatsworth an old offender faces about 10 years at Fort Madison for passing worthless checks of 20 and 15 dollars at J C Penney and St Clair Kovaleski stores yesterday. Employees at Kovaleski traced him to the Union hotel where he used a different name. Clyde Eastman denied the alias and police soon arrested Rounds after sheriff Frank Scholer was summoned.
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Art Rounds
Chatsworth
Fort Madison
J. C. Penney Co
St. Claire Kovaleski
Heibner
Union Hotel
Clyde Eastman
Ron Kelly
Frank Scholer
Heavy Demand for Guaranty on Corn
Earl O'Brien of Plymouth county AAA notes a large farmer rush to sign purchase agreements, about 35 daily. Government buys 1948 corn at 1.37 dollars per bushel after Sept 1, above current market 1.15, with half-cent sealing cost. Grain must meet grade 3 or be sold at market price. At Anamosa Mrs Richard Long’s golf ball birdie rob incident involved a stunned bird. In Columbus City Mr and Mrs Alex Randolph marked their 71st wedding anniversary, married May 29, 1878 near Mediapolis. now 91.
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Earl O'Brien
Plymouth County
Columbus’ City
Alex Randolph
Mediapolis
Louisa County
Randolph
Prize Winners in Lions Club Fishing Contest at New Deal Park
Lions Club sponsored fishing contest at New Deal Municipal Park awarded prizes in Senior Junior and Open divisions. Richar Singer and Jerry Trauffer led senior and junior divisions with top catches. special prizes went to Barbara Kuss Judith Primmer Louis Becker Audell Anderson Pat Kennedy and others.
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The
Lions Club
New Deal Municipal Park
Richar Singer
Tom Sieverding
Ronnie Kolker
Eugene Kolker
Donald Waring
Gilbert Cass
Jerry Trauffer
Ronald Thunhorst
Walter Clark
John Laux
John Vollmar
Wilbur Hasenbank
Wendell Penning
Bill Vander Meer
Marvin Hasenbank
Barbara Kuss
Judith Primmer
Louis Becker
Audell Anderson
Pat Kennedy
Sunbows Draw Attention In Sky Circles
The Globe-Past reports numerous calls from citizens who noticed circular sunbows around the sun on Tuesday forenoon. The bright rings, caused by refraction of sunlight through tiny ice crystals 12 to 20 miles up, appear as bands of color from a white sun.
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Globe-Past
Big Paving Machine Speeds Concrete Work In Le Mars
Le Mars residents watch a large paving machine by Boothe and Olson lay concrete rapidly along Plym outh Street near SS Joseph's church. The setup reduces manual labor, raises wage efficiency, and automates final contour, though property owners call it expensive despite growing approval.
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le Mars
Boothe & Olson
Plysmouth
SS Joseph's Church
Handley Funeral to Be Held Friday in Kingsley
Funeral services for Arthur J. Handley 61 of Kingsley will be at 2:30 p m Friday at the Kingsley Methodist church with Rev Harlan Faris officiating. Burial will be in Correctionville under Dickinson funeral home. Handley a longtime partsman at International Harvester Implement Co died Monday after a heart attack two days earlier. Survivors include widow Anne and daughter Esther of Kingsley and four siblings Elmer George Merlin and Eldred Beeghley.
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Arthur J. Handley
Kingsley
Methodist Church
Hev
Harlan Faris
Correctionville
Dickinson Funeral Home
Mr. Handley
International Harvester Implement Co
Lisbon
Anne
Esther
Elmer
Asheville
N. C
George
National City
Cal
Merlin
West Plains
Eldred Beeghley
Quimby
Held Harris Couple Wed at Grace Methodist Church
Darlene V Held daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Held Hinton and Dale E Harris son of Mr and Mrs H H Harris Sioux City married June 3 at Grace Methodist Church Dr Earl A Roadman officiated Miss Lois Held sister of the bride and Robert Harris brother of the groom served as attendants Reception followed at the bride's parents home
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Darlene V. Held
B. F. Held
Hinton
Dale E. Harris
H. H. Harris
S. Newton Street
Sioux City
Grace Methodist Church
Earl A. Roadman
Lois Held
Robert Harris
Laverne Varenhorst to Sing With Monahan Post Band
Mrs. Laverhorst of Le Mars appears with the Monahan Post Band of Sioux City at Grandview Park sandshell on Sunday evening, June 19. She will be the featured soloist performing See You Again and Break of Day from Bittersweet.
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Laverne Varenhorst
le’ Mars
Monahan Post Band
Sioux City
Grandview Park
Drivers Aim to Top Collins at Sioux Falls Meet
Iowa dirt track ace Emory Collins heads to Sioux Empire Fairgrounds Sioux Falls on Sunday June 19 for a key race. The fast track may challenge Collins and chase the world record once held by Gus Schrader at St Paul. Competing stars include Russ Lee Billy Snyder Claire Cotter and others. Mrs Albert Urban of Ida Grove visited Le Mars with daughter Dorothy Urban.
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Iowa
Emory Collins
Sioux Empire Fairgrounds
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Middle West
Collins
Gus Schrader
St. Paul
Minn
Russ Lee
Billy Snyder
Claire Cotter
le Mars Speed Demon
Plans For Spiritual Life Clinic Here Are Just About Complete
Plans by the Council of Church Women for a Spiritual Life Clinic in Le Mars from June 24 to 29 led by Mary Welch of Henderson Texas. Three daily sessions at 9 30 a m 2 30 p m and 8 p m at the Baptist church with Sunday services at the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches. Welch's background includes teaching writing and speaking on spiritual enrichment and the book Reckoning at Elusk.
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Council of Church Women
le Mars
Mary Welch
Henderson
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Garrison, Texas
Nacogdoches High School
Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College
Elusk
Rusk County
Lage Bood Wedding at St Michael s Kingsley
Miss Mary Ellen Lage daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Lage of Kingsley married Harold Bock son of Mrs Harvey Bock of Remsen at St Michael s Catholic church Kingsley Tuesday June 14 with Rev Janssen performing the double ring ceremony. Attendants were Miss Benneta Gordon and James Smith with flower girl Judy Gollhoefer and ring bearer Robert Gollhoefer. A reception for about 400 followed. Eugene Anton injured in a wood shop explosion nearby is hospitalized.
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St. Michael's Catholic Church
Kingsley
Mary Ellen Lage
Walter Lage
Harold Bock
Harvey Bock
Remsen
Janssen
Benneta Gordon
Cherokee
James Smith
Judy Gollhoefer
Robert Gollhoefer
Gordon
Bock
Kingsley High School
Briar Cliff College
Sioux City
Union High School
St Joseph's Hospital
Le Mars Market Prices and Egg Rankings
Market bulletin lists prices for broilers stags leghorn hens heavy hens and eggs at Le Mars with current receipts No 2 eggs and cream of notes. Prices recorded as 1.95 per unit with multiple line entries 2 14 1 10 3 36 55 and references to egg quality and category numbers.
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Broilers Stags
Diamond Swindle Not Dead Says Hoorneman
County Attorney Morse Hoorneman states the diamond swindle case is active with federal authorities now handling various angles. He notes the prosecution could shift to federal or state law depending on evidence from the federal investigation and cites Chicago Omaha and Las Vegas as involved locations.
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Morse Hoornema
Hoorneman
Chicago
Omada
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hoornemian
Reeves Cummings wedding held at Nazarene Church
Vern Mae Reeves daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Reeves of Le Mars married Glen A Cummings son of Mr and Mrs Earl Cummings of Cedar Rapids in a Saturday ceremony at the Church of the Nazarene conducted by Rev Homes Max. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Allen Strong. The couple will reside near Le Mars where the groom works at Greenfield Gardens.
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Vern Mae Reeves
Will Reeves
le Mars
Glen A. Cummings
Earl Cummings
Cedar Rapids
Church of the Nazarene
Rev
Homes Max
Allen Strong
Strong
Plymouth
Greenfield Gardens
Married Couples Apply for Licenses in Le Mars
The clerk of courts in Le Mars lists applicants Edward C. Toup from Baton Rouge Louisiana and Lois Tentinger of Remsen for marriage licenses. Also named are Keith Perry Mitchel and Charlotte VanBuskirk both at the top, and Mathes Po Bowes dul Josten Heidisch of Remsen. Mrs. Robert Hebert and the Hebert family of Omaha Nebraska are visiting the Brightman home.
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Clerk’ of Courts
le Mars
Edward C. ‘Toup
Baton Rouge
Lois Tentinger
Remsen
Keith Perry Mitchel
Charlotte VanBuskirk
Thetop
mAathes Po Bowes Dul
Josten Heidisch
Robert Hebert
Omaha, Nebr
Bruce Brightman
Funeral Rites Set for Le Mars Resident Christian A. Mauer
Funeral services for Christian A. Mauer 92 of Le Mars will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Mauer funeral home with Rev. Share officiating and burial in La Mars Cemetery. Mauer died Tuesday at Sacred Heart hospital after a brief illness, survived by three daughters, 22 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and two sons including Dr. Alvin Mauer.
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Christian A. Mauer
le Mars
Sacred Heart Hospital
Mauer
Rev
Share
la Mars
Mr. Mauer
Stitzer
Wis
Crnte Ried
Monona
Clayton County
Iowa
Louisa Koch
Giblem Lodge 322
A. F
A. M
Alvin, Mauer
Lloyd £. Mauer
W. BE. Dennler
Merrill
Lillian Campbell
So. Dak
Florence Prussner
South Bend
Indiana
Frank Wernl
Geo. A. Mauer
Tool to lecture on administration of agricultural credits
R E Tool, president of First National Bank, will lecture at a two day short course on Friday and Saturday next. The course at the university covers administration of agricultural credits and has about fifty enrolled including bankers, students and farmers. Observers from the American Bankers Association will attend.
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RE. Tool
First National Bank
Nextaves Bellows
Uisvereye Een Se
American Bankers’ Association
Trucker profits from war era farm machinery chaos
A Plymouth County dealer discusses how wartime OPA controls fostered a sprawling trucker network moving farm machinery to match shortages. He notes misallocated equipment across states, high profits for drivers, and pressure on local dealers as manufacturers seek direct, territory-bound distribution to restore order and fair pricing.
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OPA
Plymouth County
Texas
Oklahoma
Exas
Lowa
Towa
Globe-Post
Macchinery
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Punciler
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R.E.A
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Ovens
Brunsville
William Arendt
Kansas City
Anamosa
Richard Long
Robin
Terry Heller
Handley Funeral
Held-Harris
Monahan Post
Soo Falls
Albert Urban
Ida Grove
Dorothy Urban
St. Michael’s
Eugene Anton
Strawberry Point
Eugene
C. A. Mauer
R. E. Tool
Bizzarre
Louisiana
North Dakota
Alabuma
Uinois
CPA
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