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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
3
On Thursday evening Mrs Mary Hodgen gathered friends to mark her 83rd birthday as discussion turned to Lincoln soybeans. Reports say soybeans are proving highly successful and widely grown, comprising substantial portions of 1946 Ohio and Illinois acreages and reflecting strong adoption in the region.
Iowa State College health authorities say common kitchen or laundry soap is the best first aid for ivy poisoning. For relief, scrub the affected area with soap and running water three or four times to remove the oil that causes irritation.
The article explains washing skin thoroughly with soap and water, avoiding stiff brushes, and scrubbing under nails to remove the plant. It notes poison ivy has three dark green leaflets, can irritate via clothing touched, and may cause itching, burning, redness, swelling, and blisters within 2 hours to 5 days. It thrives along fence rows and path edges.
Kansas City War Department will provide blank ammunition for burial ceremonies of World War II dead. Each ceremony will receive at least 24 rounds from the American Graves Registration Division, via fifteen national distribution centers, as informed by Col. M A Quinn at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot.
The veterans group will receive military honors with munition delivery by a military escort from the distribution center to the final destination. The Kansas City Quartermaster Depot coordinates as a regional hub, with remains routed through New York and San Francisco ports. It services New York and Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and for San Francisco arrivals, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, North and South Dakota.
Remsen announces a third physician, Dr Louis A George, leasing the former Kelsey suite in the Arens building and set to open within ten days after equipment installation. A native of Maryhill Cherokee County, he is a 1948 Iowa University College of Medicine graduate with army service and surgical training. He and his wife Addie Pick have one child Connie Jean, and reside with the Pick family pending a permanent Remsen home. Funeral rites for Wm Horstman were held at Memorial Presbyterian Church.
A damaged crankshaft in the Diesel engine at the Artificial Ice Co plant halted ice production for several days. Stored ice remained cold via an auxiliary compressor and customers were served. Weekend work by Gus Peck Foundry and Iowa Public Service Co restarted the large compressor and full ice production resumed.
Cherokee Wednesday for Wm Horstman 60 died June 15 in Sioux Valley Hospital after a year of failing health and a recent cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by widow two sons and four daughters. Brother of Remsen residents including Mrs Edwin Holgrewe and Clifford Dorr among others. Funeral attended by Holtgrewes Recknagels Johnston and G Ehrichhorn family members.
Doc Rippey offers a job as adjuster for the insurance company he represents to handle an account. The item notes the professional change and the firm involved in the arrangement.
In Waterloo 58 of 40 000 voters visited pools to vote on a school district land sale. Results were 56 to 2 in favor of selling eight lots and five houses bought for a junior high site. A play Friday evening drew a fine audience, directed by Mrs Alvord Banks.
Pastor Rev. Theo C. Seibert announces a July worship theme humble yet steadfast. Sunday school at 10 and an anniversary note for Plymouth’s 75th on August 10 with Rev. Budd of California. Cedar Falls camp for youth July 9 to 16.
A bride wore a long lace and pointed sleeve gown with a train and pearl tiara, a fingertip lace veil, and a colonial white and rose carnation bouquet. Bridesmaids carried blue and white carnations. matron of honor wore blue net over taffeta with a veil, bouquets mixed white pink carnations. Attendants wore dark suits with white boutonnières. Mothers wore navy and tan dresses.
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