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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
5
An ad-style sales note touts nitrate and poultry products to boost corn yields, offering around two dollars per unit of nitrate and three fifty per bag of grain. It also mentions poultry pellets, steel tubing, Harvester twine, and a book order, with branding and playful lines about harvest.
On the way to the lakes stop at Ralph Doud's tap Milford open 7 a m to 1 a m. The Methodist Youth Fellowship hosts a church lawn ice cream social Thursday at 7 p m. Visitors note travel tips and local errands with names such as Lt J G Petricka and A E Spindler and a wartime training note.
A collage of items from Le Mars Iowa including charity meetings, sales at Clara Owen Shop, gift departments, weddings, and local visits. Notes detail church events, anniversaries, fashion promotions, fishing trips, and civic notices, with outreach from St. Gabriel circle, Clara Owen Shop, and local editors.
Mr and Mrs George Abel visited Spirit Lake with Ben Abel and reported the fishing was good.
Twins Leta and Lena Armstrong graduated this spring from Greenville-Rossie school amid ongoing identification challenges for teachers. Five other twin sets remain enrolled, highlighting twin pairing in the student body.
Robert Beckmann of Tipton, a retired blacksmith, pursues a unique hobby crafting miniature copper horse shoes from copper wire the size of a lead pencil. Each piece is finished with nail holes and all details.
Opal Sommervold and Jay D. Robertson wed at Union Creek Lutheran Church in a candlelight ceremony on a June evening. Rev. David Royer officiated with music by Mrs. H. Fickbohm and local quartets. Attendants wore pastel organdy. bouquets featured pink peonies. roles included matron of honor Mrs. Henry Wilkens and best man Calvin Robertson.
Ushers included William Robertson S Oak and Alvin Sommervold with Sommervold and Donald Lucken as the couple. Mothers wore navy blue and rise, corsages of white carnations and orange blossoms. About 175 guests attended a church reception followed by gifts hosted by Mrs. Donald Lucken and Mrs. Alvin Sommervold. Hilma Johnson led dining room duties and cake was cut by Mrs. W Peterson. Additional staff included Mrs. Ericson Bernice Anderson Barbara Sommervold and Rubene Sommervold with Shirley Abraham serving.
An ad touts T Four L as the stronger athlete's foot treatment with a 90 percent alcohol base for deep penetration to kill the germ. It promises relief in one hour or a 40 cent refund at drug stores today.
Opal and Jay Hultgren wed after his 4 1/2 year service and Opal’s work at an Akron firm. The reception featured favorite songs performed by Mrs. Clark Dennis Hultgren Arlo Sommervold and a quartet. The couple plans a farm home east of Akron after a brief honeymoon in Cheyenne and Denver.
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