09 Sep 1946
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1946
Page
1
Wealthy Apples offered by Elmer Braband at 215 4th St. N.W. Elmer Braband advertises fruit sales with contact 892W and phone (712) for orders and pickup.
A dense page of classifieds and community notes lists Walnut Grove minerals from R. E. Bollin with phone 528W and local business promotions for gifts, stencils, furniture, and electrical services. It also reports births, marriages, travel notes, and farm activity including the Hadder farm sale near Ireton, Eilts purchase, and a new baby Denise Kay to Virgil Johnson and Hazel Anderson Johnson.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular meeting on Thursday September 12 with a pot luck supper at 7 o clock followed by a business session. Local items note residents Ben Sudtelgte and family returned from Connors Court Lake Orohoji and Wim Kramer Jr plans dentistry studies at Western Union College Le Mars after Navy discharge. Pfc Billy Schlesser now in Bensheim Germany and awaiting Italy Switzerland tour. long weekend visits by J L Doud family and relatives cited.
Mavis Claussen leaves Sunday for Mt. Vernon Iowa to enroll as a freshman at Cornell College. The article lists local visitors and shoppers, including fashion notices, market trips, and plans for fur coats at Clara Owens Shop. It notes family visits, travel by air, and community church activities.
Residents and guests visit homes across the area. Budde and McDonald families host short gatherings. Carmen Sherman returns to Grinnell College to teach English and dramatics. Dittmer Nussbaum and Hujman families visit. American Legion and Auxiliary plan a pot luck supper September 12 at 7. Fur coat sales announced by Rhomberg Fur Factory at Clara Owen's Shop on the 10th and 11th. Jimmy Kohl returns home to Luverne after visiting grandparents Warren and Mrs. Lillie. Eagle's Club to hold a September 12 business meeting with a pot luck and guest invitations.
Bosch Kempers and several Sioux Center families visited Mrs Van Steenwyk Sunday for Coleen Veen’s ninth birthday luncheon. Mrs Reikofski, staying with her parents, learned her husband left Bikini Atoll duties aboard the Independence bound for San Diego, seeking 30 days leave. Brother Jim Steele serves on the Cape and could be affected if the seamen strike reaches Australia.
A Le Mars based Harbo Mfg Co has leased the middle hangar at the college airport and plans to begin making steel cribbing by week’s end. Two carloads of steel are due this week, and machinery is being installed. Manager E Bothe has been in town several days but could not be reached for details.
The K C golf tournament at Le Mars Country Club Sunday was rained out with about 40 attendees, under half the expected crowd. Most visitors came from Sioux City while local members stayed away. despite no golf, participants enjoyed a social day and an evening banquet, with plans for a similar event next year.
The Plymouth Electric Co-Operative seeks Iowa Commerce Commission permission to extend lines into O'Brien County and expand lines in Sioux and Cherokee counties. A Des Moines franchise hearing is set for September 10. Plymouth county farmers are expected to have electric service by June 1, with expansions planned for nearby areas. The Le Mars Rural Electrification Administration office serves Woodbury County and parts of South Dakota, earning praise for its expansion during material shortages.
Manager Buss states the western Iowa BEA co operative will lay more miles of electric lines and add more new members in 1946 than any other BEA unit. By year end about 2,000 members will receive service from 1,000 miles of BEA lines built by the Plymouth Electric Co operative association.
County agent Harry Jones notes 1.34 inches of rain did wonderful things for pasture land. He says there can never be too much moisture for corn, and says land with good flat areas, dense vegetation, or contoured farming will benefit water availability for next year when needed.
Rainfall over the weekend raises the Daniel Zeig government gage to 1.1 inches and general area totals around 1.80 inches for the month. The Sioux City weather bureau notes continual rain this month except the 4th, easing drought concerns as Willow Creek beaver dam ponds refilled while Clay county fairgoers found little fun due to rain.
Erickson and Gravenish were in the rear seat of a 1941 Nash when a Huffman truck failed to stop at a blind intersection. The car overturned into a ditch, the truck rolled in the road. Injured were Mr Costello and Mrs Costello, and Mr Gravenish, with possible rib fractures and other injuries. Estimated damage: $500 on the Nash and $800 on the truck. Ambulances carried patients to Sioux Valley and Marcus hospitals.
The patrolman warned that the intersection, flanked by trees and corn fields, creates a driving hazard at the junction, describing reduced visibility and potential accidents for approaching motorists.
The St Catherine's Sodality invites the public to a social at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday September 11 on church grounds weather permitting or Columbus hall otherwise. The event features bingo a blanket stand games cash prizes refreshments and a lunch stand to support Sodality and church benefits.
Harry Bogen, who spent two years in Alaska working with the army engineers at Fairbanks airport, flew home by army plane to Le Mars via Great Falls Montana. He questions returning, citing long winters and large mosquitoes as drawbacks. He calls last winter mild.
A circulated report from Fairbanks describes extreme cold and wind with temperatures plunging to 60 below, and mentions miners in six large dredging outfits staying active only until they secure enough gold to endure winter. It notes minimal wind and snow, and rejects claims that mining in Alaska has slumped, detailing miners working winches and sluice boxes to survive until spring.
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