Woolley couple returns from Lake Cormorant outing
Mr and Mrs B C Woolley have returned from a week’s outing at Lake Cormorant in Minnesota.
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
3
Mr and Mrs B C Woolley have returned from a week’s outing at Lake Cormorant in Minnesota.
Replacement rope at Marshall-Wells Store highlights good quality sisal rope and affordable playground swings. Also promotes croquet sets for family fun. Notices include birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Gerd Johnson of Merrill on June 18 at Lutheran hospital Sioux City. Schultz twins and Francis Schultz head to Chicago for summer sessions. Bonnie and Bette attend Northwestern, Francis to auto school. Luncheon hosted by Mrs Antke Ommen with many relatives present, including out-of-town guests from Chicago and Los Angeles. Don Boyce of Des Moines, former Le Mars resident, now manages Elms Apartments and works for Monroe Tilting Platform Trailer Co. family links noted.
Miss Irene Cook of Los Angeles visited Le Mars last week staying with friends and relatives. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harley Cook long residents of Seney who moved to California years ago. Mrs Lulu Nixon of Sioux City and her daughter Elizabeth Nixon and a Philadelphia friend were Sunday guests at Mrs Nixon’s daughter Mrs Floyd Becker’s home. Darrell Lombard returned from a fishing trip across lakes in northern Minnesota with his brother John Lombard and his sons Jackie and Bruce, and Herman Rau.
A fragmentary notice recalls a June Friday event at State College involving a graduate Bonnie Nanninga in economics and a gathering with many relatives. Reading lists Mr and Mrs Alex Nanninga and families from Le Mars Craig and Ames, with names including James Judy Lloyd Hinde Connie Keith Clarence Albert Harold Helen Earl Albert as parents and kin.
Bride elect Inez Marie Hennigs, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John Petersen, will marry Benjamin R Haley at Messiah Lutheran Church Los Angeles at eight o clock on Saturday June 21. Miss Hennigs is the daughter of Roland C Hennigs and previously resided in Le Mars before moving to Los Angeles in 1941.
An automobile driven by August Okerstrom and another by Mrs Randolf Ivey collided at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 1st Street Southwest around 38 p.m. Tuesday. Okerstrom’s car traveled south while Ivey’s went east. reported damages were 15 and 35 dollars respectively.
The Preston Pearls 4-H Club met June 17 at Marian and Sue Carol Jeffers with six members, a leader, and several visitors. After opening songs and pledges, members discussed different types of people using the leaflet Know Your Face Type. Patsy Gamble led recreation with games and contests, followed by lunch. Next meeting is set for July 1 at Cleone Philips.
A locomotive valued at $500 to $700 was destroyed, with an assistant to the master mechanic saying replacement would cost about $100,000. Damage to trackage was considered light.
A freight wreck occurred with cars derailed and swallowed into ditches as cranes from Boone Sioux City and other crews worked to clear the scene. Officials from the Iowa Commerce Commission and I.C.C. inspected the wreckage while onlookers watched. Schmitz and Elkins funerals were arranged in Sioux City with families listed. Schmitz born May 24 1916 and a member of First Christian church and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 555.
Mr Elkins returned after years away to attend his father’s funeral in Minnesota. Survivors include three sisters Mrs Ernest Leohard of Sioux City, Mrs J B Gomes of Bismarck, and Mrs J E Nickerson of Omaha, plus a brother Freeman of Ballclub Minnesota. Also surviving are his widow and four children Mildred ten, Louise nine, Daniel twelve and Billy two.
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