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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
6
Straights of notes recount visits and travel by Struble area residents including Alec McDougall A. P. Noble Grant Hanstein and families visiting Sioux City Rock Valley Omaha and Rockport. Many who stayed with relatives or shopped in LeMars Ireton and Sioux City amid flu illness quarantine and church services.
Fisher trucked hogs last week for Frank Wetrosky in Liberty Center. The Eberhard family welcomed a daughter. The Robinsons attended a patrons teachers meeting on Saturday evening where the grammar room pupils performed and prizes were awarded to Alice Tullis Eldon Eberhard and Lucille Trometer for best parts. Warren Hansen is sick in the hospital at LeMars.
Akron and Hawarden residents visit relatives in Hawarden Canton Elk Point and Sioux City. St Patrick's dance at Elk Point draws a large crowd. Mrs Renkens undergoes surgery at Akron hospital. Curtis Lewison visits Sioux City relatives. Miss Marion Rhodes returns from extended visit with relatives.
Remsen residents and visitors make rounds Thursday to attend a funeral and visit relatives. Sioux City hosts family trips while others travel to Marcus, Pipestone, Sibley and Ovens for banquets, business and visits. A local birth is recorded and Dr. A F Koch of Remsen is named to the Iowa State Dental Society membership committee.
Kingsley hosts a Monday banquet for local high school athletic teams and coaches with Rev. Russell and Mr. Buell as guests of honor. Superintendent Dennis Rev Schroeder and Rev Russell gave speeches after readings and music by students and Brownell's orchestra. About 150 attendees enjoyed a bounteous supper and two educational lumber industry pictures.
Mrs. John Meis of Oyens came back Wednesday from a trip to St. Paul Minnesota. Residents of Oyens who attended Mrs. William Feller’s funeral in Remsen on Wednesday included Mr. and Mrs. Nick Gengler, Mr. and Mrs. Mat Rubas, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gengler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kuster, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mets, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Majers, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Struhbein, John Kommas and son Albert, Henry Henrich, Mrs. Margaret Peters and John Meis, with visits to LeMars afterwards by Mrs. Mike Goetzinger and daughter.
Grant Albert Janeke and Mr Meyer from New Ulm Minn visited relatives the Oaken family and friends. William F C Plueger returned from Kansas where he visited his son Rev John Plueger and family. John Mammen and family called on Adolph Popken whose wrist was injured. Ben Reelis family shopped in Sioux City. Mary Kleihauer had workers sawing wood. Onno Oaken family visited Frank Friberg. Ben Eilks shopped in LeMars. George Botsford and Grace visited then will take mother Mrs John Botsford and three younger children home from Grandpa Zimmerman. H. J. Seibels shopped in Sioux City.
Charles Albert of Elgin purchased a new Overland sedan recently. George Laughton hosted visitors from nearby areas while others from Sioux City Neptune and Ireton visited local homes. Miss Orpha Thompson was absent from school due to illness.
The 1925-26 catalog announces a 24 hour manual arts major with new machinery and increased equipment. History will expand from two years to a full major. A course on republican government and US Iowa constitutional principles will be added for teacher certification. Department heads are listed for campus and community services, religious education, music, and other student activities.
On Wednesday morning March 11 the U W and Y M held their annual elections for 1925 1926. The Y W C A officers named Ruth Emerich as president Meta Norenberg as vice president Irene Anderson as secretary and Myrtle Allison as treasurer. The Y M officers chosen were Roscoe Weibel as president Harry Thompson as vice president Richard Heim as secretary and Gibson Volland as treasurer.
Interest in the college gun club has revived under D. O. Kime as president and Walton Koch as range officer. The spring meeting formed 10 teams of five with captains posting scores, each member allotted 150 rounds of small and large ammunition. Small shooting occurs at the heating plant while large rounds are fired at Company K range two miles north on Round's farm. Track work also begins in earnest.
About 30 men pursue a successful season under Coach Walton Koch. The team plans mile and medley relays for Drake relays, a premier meet with historic track records. Western Union will enter at Sioux Falls and the Iowa conference meet, while a dual with Buena Vista and a Yankton match are in the works with Harry Rice as captain.
Trustees rename Central Building Thoren Hall in honor of Dr H H Thoren the college’s first president who served until 1906. The change follows a history of fires and rebuilds after the 1900 inception under the Evangelical denomination. The hall had been central to campus life prior to newer structures.
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