08 May 1939
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1939
Page
1
Ruble Py special correspondent notes social calls at John Karsch’s and August Kiemme’s homes in Alston for Mr Kiemme’s 82nd birthday. Families from the area visit relatives, attend a Chatsworth dance, and travel to a funeral in Howard 8 D. Mr Hoffmann, Ruth Molten, and several Klemme relations feature in gatherings. Frequent health and travel updates include Measles illness, ear trouble, and plowing accident.
Union consolidates school serves six thirty dinner for board and faculty. Miss Joyce Gapen and Nick Gotto visit relatives in Oto while John Gotto and Kenny Gotto stay with family. Scarlet fever quarantine placed on Anna Gotto home. three Young boys are victims. Union girls host Mothers Day program. juniors stage Mummy and the Mumps to a packed house. Harold Smith of Town City to deliver Baccalaureate address next Sunday. Junioy Sitzmann hurt in a badge pickup accident. four riders uninjured, car badly damaged.
Ireton Mendart Hoorneman of Le Mars visited the G Bergsma home Sunday Rev C Nettinga of Bigelow Minnesota conducted services at the First Reformed church here Sunday His Johnson of LeMars and his mother Mrs Richard Johnson of Rockwell City were Sunday guests at Mrs Margaret Pereboom s home Mr and Mrs Jake Wynis of Blayton Minnesota were Sunday guests at Alvin White s home Miss Helen Bay and H Donov en of Council Bluffs were Sunday guests at the home of her parents B T Bay Mr and Mrs Neal Klein of Sioux Center were guests at the Furnest Kempema home Friday evening and to meet the new niece who arrived there last week Word was received of the death of Mrs Jake Boerma of Yankton South Dakota following a long illness She was Alice Riepma daughter of Mr and Mrs Evert Riepma now residing in Hawarden formerly here Survived by husband five small children her parents and many siblings Funeral services and interment were at Yankton One of the largest funerals here Saturday when the remains of Dr T E McCaughn arrived for …
Obituary details for Dr T H E McCaughn, longtime LeMars physician and Army doctor in World War I, funeral services at M B church conducted by Rev McNulty, graveside by American Legion with taps, survived by second wife, sister, and nieces. Mentions residence in California and Long Beach, and interment beside daughter Katherine.
A letter from Jeane Noorhoff, a missionary in Japan, to Mrs. J. G. De Jong of Orange City, explains a sweeping church year effort called Special Emergency Evangelistic services. It urges Japanese church presence abroad and recounts a sermon on Our Destiny and Christ, plus a tale illustrating faith in God's grace. It ends with notes on local W C T U efforts and juvenile crime concerns.
A Des Moines Register cartoon argues that meddling in European affairs could push the United States toward war. It cites Roosevelt’s leadership, warns against entanglements, and urges continuing noninvolvement beyond 1940 while noting Europe’s chronic state of alarm and the high costs of war.
The regular monthly gathering of the W. C. T. U. met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Chas. Lentz home. Mrs. Thos. Eyres led devotions with Jer. 35, and a partial city canvass report was presented as encouraging. Mrs. Ella Voverka read an interesting paper.
Special correspondent reports Christine Petersen conducted oral reading tests for fourth to sixth graders at Craig school with guests from nearby schools. A large crowd attended last Wednesday’s Craig dance. Lena Noahr visited LeMars Thursday. Walter Baack moved Phillips gas station to the former pool hall, to be called Walt's Place, with George Oller taking over the vacated gas station. D W Elliott attended a bankers convention in Sioux City, while V S Morey saw Kiss The Boys Goodbye in Sioux City Friday. Mrs Wm Clark visited Omaha and attended the Golden Spike celebration. Hollis Noble left for Whiting Iowa after her grandfather Mr Cochran's death. Shirley and Darrel Noble visited their grandmother Mrs Orpha Noble. Henry Croon and family from Forest Grove Oregon arrived Friday to visit his mother and handle business, while Mrs Henry Croon Sr remains ill. Miss Hilka Croon of Salem SD visited at Mrs Croon Sr's home on Sunday. Mrs Orpha Noble received word.
Last week the granddaughter Joan Norvis of Clear Lake D. underwent surgery for acute appendicitis and is recovering well. Bilert Ludwigs remains bedridden with inflammatory rheumatism. The Craig independent district re hired Grace Vogelsang for the primary room while Farline Parrott, longtime teacher, did not apply this year. Tieden of Hawarden was hired for the upper room.
Remsen area social and church news fill the page with visits, gatherings, and local happenings. Many residents travel to LeMars and Sioux City for events while farms and families adjust to grain handling shifts as John Hartog plans elevator upgrades in Ovens.
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