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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
7
OCR fragment mentions an appointment, Edith’s bulk item, prices 1.65 and 1.98, a new home in Decorah, J B F Carey at Sacred Heart hospital, a medical pass, a raffle with four quarts of cream, and a stand north of the bank.
Crop insurance call advice and local visitor notes dot LeMars life. Mr and Mrs W R Mark return from Cambridge Mass and plan to live on Central Ave SW while Mr Mark serves as sanitary engineer. John A Siebels dies in a Wentworth SD accident leaving a wife and three children. funerals held at Wentworth with burial in Ireton.
Art Farmer Stanley Thompson and Harold Sampson return from a two day fishing trip to Alexandria Minnesota. Junior Thomas known as Chick lands a commercial teaching and assistant coaching post in Aurelia public schools. Henry Sampson of Union township sells eighty one yearling steers averaging 9 5 pounds bringing 9 ud and two jack calves averaging 925 pounds bringing 8 75. Mr and Mrs W F Pattison leave for Portland Oregon to spend summer with son Homer Pattison and Emily. A new 5 ton air conditioning unit installed in Council Oak store with roof sprayed water overflow. Don Kohl returns from a Western Nebraska motor trip with daughter Irene Kohl who is in Hastings Nebraska as field worker for the state hospital psychiatry department. Miss Minerva King of Meriden recently returned from Istanbul teaching job and plans to be home for July 4. Tracy criminal lawyer with repeated high acquittal rate will speak three evenings at the Assembly of God church in LeMars on life as a lawyer and his shift to religious work. She will discuss The Crowns Men Wear and A Trip Thru My House and Caught in the Quicksand with Mrs Tracy playing piano accordian each night.
Readable portions show Mr. and Mrs. J C Steele and family traveling Friday for a Lake Okonon weekend with relatives Jane and Mabelle Steele and others. Also noted are social gatherings in Union Township and Stanton township imagery, plus a beauty shop ad promising wrinkle removal and a silver wedding anniversary of Leonard Schoen rock and his wife with visiting relatives from LeMars Marcus and Cherokee.
A cautious remark from Uncle Eben cautions that telling walking counts is not others’ business. he stresses restraint and discretion in sharing such information.
The article honors a famed Maine waterfowl area located in the Merrymetry Bay district, highlighting its renown as a premier grounds for duck hunting and bird watching in the region.
In 1694 Massachusetts declared a closed deer season marking early U S game law. The text also mentions corbie stair and crow step designs from France Scotland and other regions as architectural features seen in various old houses.
The piece ponders whether true joy comes from faith in God through Jesus Christ and views life as a preparation for eternity in heaven. It cites John 15 9 to 11 and asserts that joy is complete when abiding in Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, followed by local notices of travel and visits in Spencer Iowa and nearby areas.
A devotional text extols joy as a fruit of abiding in Jesus Christ and following God’s commandments. It emphasizes the Holy Spirit as guide, the promise of lasting joy, and salvation through faith in Jesus for eternal life in heaven.
Special correspondent reports the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Harrington with Tidie Siebens as the former Mrs. Harrington. The piece also lists Sunday evening visits by multiple families from Prunsville Brunsville Craig and others, plus a birthday reminder for Mrs Hartman and several local gatherings.
A series of family visits and social gatherings stretched through LeMars and Brunsville with relatives showing hospitality in multiple homes. Donald Kruse celebrated a birthday as relatives and friends shared meals and conversations, and a wedding dance hosted by Farrell Harrington drew a larger attendance in Brunsville.
Fredonia Doris along with Vernon Miller and Woodrow Petersen left Thursday for Beresford South Dakota to attend Luther League convention. Doris visited Viborg and Jeanette Petersen Dagmar Lee and Fred Baldwin returned home Wednesday. The vacation Bible school ended with a Sunday picnic. Luther Leaguers met at C P Kloster’s home Wednesday night. Gethsemane Lutheran church interior is painted by John Grenen of Remsen. Several locals attended the funeral of M rs Havi.
A large family gathering occurred last Sunday at Sherman Park Sioux Falls South Dakota for the annual picnic. Relatives from the community attended including Elmer and Mrs Lentz Chas Lentz Merle Weidauer and daughters Patricia Leola Fischer and Wilma Fischer. Visitors included Mrs Begenkief and son Donald and Joe Donlin family. The Fischer and Hoffmann households hosted and many relatives enjoyed dinner and afternoon visits.
Western Union college hosted a Tuesday conference of northwest Iowa teachers and superintendents on the NYA work program with Director F A Welch of Des Moines leading. Attendees included Pres. D O Kime Supt J C Jackman Supt H N Kluckhohn and many others. the meeting covered work projects supervision methods and county exams for teachers this week. Western Union college to entertain public school teachers and officers Thursday afternoon with a follow up conference.
F A Welch Iowa N Y A education director will oversee the gathering with A Norman assisting. School officers will discuss N Y A program merits and challenges as new guidance possibilities surface for public schools.
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