Independent softball action at Bolser park
Independent Le Mars softball teams No 1 and No 2 faced off as the 18 players shared a 62 game slate at Bolser park. The next game is scheduled for Thursday July 6 at 7 30 p m. Contact Lloyd Petersen or Larry Schaap to join or form a team. A Pro Amateur golf tourney at Le Mars Country Club on July 4 starts at 10 a m with a lowest handicap pro as team captain. Entry is five dollars, due by July 3 in the evening, prizes in merchandise.
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le Mars
Bolser Park
Lloyd Petersen
Larry Schaap
Kingsley Amateurs Slate Ten Games
Kingsley amateur baseball league schedules ten remaining summer games with 8 p.m. home starts. June 28 Missouri Valley at Kingsley, July 2 Charter Oak at Kingsley, July 4 Kingsley at Remsen, July 7 Remsen at Kingsley, July 9 Kingsley at Whiting, July 11 Kingsley at Missouri Valley, July 16 Remsen at Kingsley, July 19 Kingsley at Whiting, July 23 Kingsley at Charter Oak, July 26 Lawton at Kingsley. August 2 all star game, August 6 play-offs begin.
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Kingsley
Missouri Valley
Charter Oak
Remsen
Whiting
Lawton
Junior Legion and Babe Ruth Action on Summer Schedule
The calendar lists junior legion games at Remsen and Le Mars, midget league at Moville and Sioux Center, Babe Ruth matchups Pirates versus Orioles and Giants versus Pirates, majors have no games this week, minors feature several make up games including Astros vs Mets and Twins vs Reds at 6 pm and Sox vs Angels and Bucs vs Tigers at 7:30 pm.
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Remsen
le Mars
Moville
Pirates
Orioles
Giants
Astros
Mets
Twins
Reds
Sox
Angels
Bucs
Tigers
Crayne Reaches Championship Flight in Iowa Junior Golf
Dick Crayne advanced to the championship flight of the Iowa junior golf tournament after an 82 in the qualifying round on the George F. Veenker Memorial course in Ames. The low 32 move to the final flight, with finals set for Friday morning after two rounds Wednesday and Thursday.
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Dick Crayne
Iowa
Crayne
George F. Veenker
Ames
Tom Stead
le Mars
Organized tennis for adults welcomed at local club
Adult organized tennis is being offered to anyone 17 years old or over. Participants must supply their own balls. For questions, contact Joe Cathcart at 546794.
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Joe Cathcart
Pirates rally past Orioles in Babe Ruth action
The Pirates beat the Orioles 12 to 10 Tuesday night as Mike Lenihan earned the win before Mark Britton. Lenihan went 3 for 4 with a double and triple while Britton was 3 for 5. Tim Galvin started for Baltimore and took the loss as the Pirates erased a 7-0 deficit with five runs in the fifth and seven in the sixth. The next Babe Ruth game features the Giants vs Orioles at 6:30 at Legion Field.
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Pirates
Orioles
Mike Lenihan
Mark Britton
Tim Galvin
Pirate
Lenihan
Britton
Babe Ruth
Botsford George H dies in Oregon at 61
Funeral services for George Howard Botsford 61 of route 2 Gold Hill Oregon were held June 14 after his death on Sunday June 11. He was born January 13 1906 in Westfield and lived in Lake Benton Minnesota until 1947 before moving to Sams Valley Oregon. He married Laverne Black February 19 1931 in Lake Benton. Survivors include his wife a son Cleon Botsford six sisters and a brother and three grandchildren Sherry Debbie and Ronnie.
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George Howard Botsford
Route 2
Gold Hill
Ore
Conger-Morris
Mr. Botsford
Westfield
Lake Benton
Minn
Sams Valley
Lake Benton, Minn
Laverne Black
Cleon Botsford
Grace Benz
Hendricks
Mac Raforth
Irene Cole
le Mars
Mary Albers
Willard
Margaret Jones
Hemet
Calif
Lucille Bryant
Coronado
Clifford Botsford
Mershall
Mina
Sherry
Debbie
Ronnie Botsford
Plymouth County Farm Bureau Women Win Second Place Award
Plymouth county Farm Bureau women received a second place award for a book of events showing their 1966 Farm Bureau women's program. The presentation occurred during the women’s summer conference business session in Des Moines from June 25 to 27, with Mrs. Roy Wright accepting the award from Mrs. Reinhard Riessen, District 3 women's chairman.
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Plymouth County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Roy Wright
Plymouth County
Reinhard Riessen
District 3
Northwestern student to study work abroad program
Sylvia Swanson a junior at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois is among three students chosen for a new experimental work program overseas sponsored by Northwestern. She will work with a business firm in Bern Switzerland through July and August with travel costs covered by the German department. Her mother Mrs William Petersen of Cleghorn traveled to Chicago to join her daughter for the overseas trip.
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Merrill
Sylvia Swanson
Northwestern University
Evanston, HI
Northwestern
Miss Swanson
Bern
Switzerland
Sylvia
le Mars
William Petersen
Cleghorn
Chicago
Slave market prices in Richmond 1857 detailed in letter
Reader's note reproduces a historical letter from 1857 listing slave prices by category in Richmond Virginia including men women boys and girls with prices from 500 to 1550 dollars. Letter from D M Pullman Co. signals sales and a prompt for customers.
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Cave
Paris
Mercury
George J. Crain
Springfield
Richmond
Susan Schultz Valedictorian Graduation at Council Bluffs
Susan Schultz daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Schultz of Le Mars graduated May 27 from the school for the deaf in Council Bluffs as valedictorian after 12 years of study there She will leave July 5 for a seven week summer session at Gallaudet College Washington DC to enroll for the fall term She also won other awards in her senior year.
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Susan Schultz
Alfred Schultz
le Mars
School For the
Council Bluffs
Gallaudent College
Washington, D.C
Susan
Door to door salesman faced with own pitch
A couple, tired of persistent home improvement solicitations, turn the tables on a salesman by offering to buy his gear. The man leaves in confusion, apologizing for no sale, and the couple collapses in laughter. Two days later the pair returns with the manager, hoping for belief in the tale.
Large Northern Pike Caught Near Ritter by Leland Kramme
Leland Kramme of Sheldon landed a 19 pound 42 inch northern pike in a gravel pit near Ritter. The fish struck minnow bait on the line, marking a notable local catch.
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Leland Kramme
Sheldon
Ritter
Montagnard Goat Adopted by Specialist Four in Vietnam
Kenneth B. Overlin of Mitchellville in Vietnam adopts a Montagnard goat named Missent. The goat stays at Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade post office and sleeps on mail sacks as Overlin and his buddies feed and care for it. Additionally, H. C. Messer of Williamsburg schools retires after 24 years service with 48 years in teaching, honored at a public reception this month. Gambles specials offer EXTRA with a $50 purchase or more.
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Kenneth B. Overlin
Mitchellville
Vietnam
4Th Infantry Division
Overlin
Supt
H. C. Messer
Wil Hamsburg
Masser
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Mrs. Cole
Oregon
Allen Rollins
Berean Baptist Church
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Sandra Dee George Hamilton
Wits
He Guigl
Europe
Princeton University
Ida Grove
Eleanor McAninch
Hawarden
Sioux City Tribune
Wendell McAninch
Central Ave
J. J. Cave
Coleridge
Neb
D. M. Pullman Co
Hamsgow GI
Mars Tee
FBI
Minnesota
Adler Sporting
LE Mars, Iowa
Loretta
Wetkting
Nii Leor
Aya
OF Caprice Lounge
KC Hall
Jim Cook
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