Maytime Jan Brown of Westmar College
Maytime Jan Brown a 21 year old Westmar College junior and physical education major greets May. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Brown of Brunsville a 1965 Le Mars High School graduate and a three year Westmar cheerleader. She was named one of three queens at last week’s Le Mars invitational relays and works on her Red Cross water safety instructor badge. Brown enjoys swimming and dancing and credits her goal of becoming a physical education teacher. Portrait by Chuck Larsen of Larsen studio.
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Jan Brown
Westmar College
May
Wayne Brown
Brunsville
le Mars High School
Westmar
le Mars
Vitational Relays
Physical Educational
Red Cross
Jan
Chuck Larsen
Larsen Studio
Soil Temperature and Moisture Guide Corn Planting
Farmers should start corn planting when soil temperatures average 50 degrees or higher for several days in late April, with a favorable 5 day forecast. Kyle Peterson of Iowa State University notes soil depth four inches warms faster than air and offers a method to estimate soil temp from daily high and low air temps. Historical data from 1964 to 1967 shows rising soil temperatures alongside air temps. frost risk decreases for shallow plantings. Moisture samples from Plymouth County show top five feet moisture averages 5.7 inches, with 1964 driest and 1966 wettest springs. meadow ground holds notably less moisture than corn ground.
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Kyle Peterson
Iowa State University
Ames
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Peterson
Western Iowa Experiment Farm
Denison
Plymouth County
Drum corps to re activate for Le Mars centennial
Dick Masuen announced the Wasmer post drum and bugle corps the Golden Kernels will be re activated for Memorial day and through the 1969 centennial year in Le Mars. About 15 to 20 former members may return with more sought. A meeting for potential new members is set for Monday night May 13 at the Legion club.
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Dick Masuen
Wasmer Post
Golden Kernels
le Mars
Mr. Masuen
Legion Club
Robert Walsh
Don van Leeuwen
The
Daily Sentinel
Supervisors Boost Offer for Plymouth County Soil Survey
During a regular Monday session the Plymouth county board of supervisors agreed with the county conference board to raise the soil testing offer by 5000 to complete the Plymouth county survey. The offer rose from 25000 to 30000, with unanimous support from chairman Fred J. H. Plueger. Nine townships have already been soil tested.
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Plymouth County Board of Supervisors
County Conference Board
Plymouth County
Fred J. H. Plueger
Daily Sentinel
Tronvolds sue over 1966 Buick steering defect
Minnie and Edwin Tronvold sue Pew Motor Co. of Le Mars for $65,000 each alleging a defective steering system in a 1966 Buick Wildcat led to a May 6 1966 accident near Holstein. They claim breach of warranty and seek personal damages for permanent injuries.
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Minnie Tronvold
Edwin Tronvold
Woodbury County
Pew Motor Co
le Mars
General Motors
Buick Department
Pew’s
Holstein
Le Mars Livestock Sales appoints new manager Bill Sparks
Bill Sparks has been named manager of Le Mars Livestock Sales Co. north of Le Mars on highway 33. He is employed by the Le Mars Police Department and has leased the business from semi-retired owner Henry Weber. Wednesday evening sales start at 8 p.m. consignments can be arranged by phone to the barn or Sparks home.
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le Mars Livestock Sales Co
le Mars
Highway 33
Bill Sparks
Sparks
le Mars Police Department
Henry Weber
Le Mars Dollar Day Plans Set for May 8
Le Mars Chamber of Commerce retail bureau met at the Chamber office to finalize Dollar Day plans for next week Wednesday May 8. Participating stores will stay open until 9 p.m. led by bureau chairman Russ Kroepel.
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le Mars Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bureau
Russ Kroepel
Jaycees honor Don Antonette with first national international senator award
Le Mars Jaycees presented the organization’s first international senator award to Don Antonette during Bosses Night at the Elks Club. The 1960s leader, a former Le Mars Jaycees president and state officer, was cited for boosting Le Mars in state and national Jaycee activities and for his long service in scouting and the community.
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le Mars Jaycees
Don Antonette
Jaycees
Elks Club
Don
Robert Bomgaars
Jayce
Jaycee International
le Mars Club
Look who's here Births at Floyd Valley hospital
At Floyd Valley hospital two new babies arrived on April 30. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ervin Ahlers of Remsen. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Plendl of Kingsley.
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Floyd Valley Hospital
Ervin Ahlers
Remsen
Robert Plendl
Kingsley
Le Mars Forms Provisional League of Women Voters
After a year of planning Le Mars Merrill and rural area residents organized a provisional League of Women Voters in Le Mars High School lunch room with 43 members. Officers elected include President Mrs Dwight Vogels and Vice Presidents Mrs Harald Brady and Mrs Joe Sheehan. board members Mrs Sid Corbin Mrs Mike Dull Mors Carter Pitts and Mrs Wes Sprunk. appointees Mrs Al Maser Mrs G O Thompson and Mrs George Gostis. The Know Your Town survey aims to educate members on government history and local services and must be completed before provisional status is granted. First meetings are planned for May with program support from the Sioux City League. active work starts next fall with summer board meetings. Mrs Carrie Wilt noted the leagues non partisan aim of promoting political responsibility through informed participation.
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le Mars
League of Women Voters
Merrill
Dwight Vogels
Harald Brady
Joe Sheehan
Phail Haun
Rod Scholten
Sid Corbin
Mike Dull
Carter Pitts
Wes Sprunk
al Maser
G.O. Thompson
George Gostis
Sprunk
Brady
League
Provisional League
Sioux City League of Women Voters
Carrie Wilt
Carroll
Mercury Reaches 90 Degrees Amid Warm Spring Weather
The thermometer reached 90 degrees Tuesday in unseasonably warm conditions with a morning low of 44. Residents opened windows as May approaches. The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight or Thursday, with partly cloudy skies and slightly cooler temperatures.
Calendar May 1 Jaycees election of officers
Local calendar lists events from May 1 including Jaycees officer elections at the Elks Club at 8 p.m. and Liberty township Homemakers meeting at Clara Kavarna home on Thursday. May 3 features Pioneer Machinery club at Lester Williams farm 8 p.m. May 4 Cub scouts distribute goods turn day bags. May 5 Westmar band concert at Westmar gym 8 15 p.m. May 1 Boy scouts pick up good turn.
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Jaycees
Elks Club
Liberty Township
Clara
Kavarna
Pioneer Machinery Club
Lester Williams Farm
Cub
Westmar
Boy Scouts
Northwest Iowa businessmen urge delay of two guard call ups
A telegram from Le Mars area business leaders to Secretary of Defense Clifford asks reconsideration of activating the Air Guard’s 185th tactical fighter group and the 2nd Mechanized Battalion, 133rd Infantry. The move would affect nearly 200 local men and bring economic hardship to Le Mars and Remsen. The message, signed by R M Drennen and Robert Bomgaars, notes city officials declined to sign, citing city obligations. Copies went to Senators Miller and Hickenlooper, Rep Mayne, Gov Hughes, and Adj Gen Miller.
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United States Defense Department
Clark Clifford
Washington, D. C
le Mars
Air Guard
185Th
133Rd Infantry
Co. A
Chamber of Commerce
R. M. Drennen
Remsen
Dick Pew
Pew’s Inc
Iowa
Jack Miller
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Wiley Mayne
Harold Hughes
Adj
Junior Miller
Iowa National Guard
Rudy Adler
Adier
Defenat
le Mare Jayenge
Tha
Activat Rae Foo
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Perry
New Sale
National Senate
Don Rozeboom
Ways and Means
Gordon Eastman Films Project
Iowa Public Service Co
Sheldon
Sheldon High School
Air Force
Thule Afb
Greenland
Sioux City Air Base
Lackland Afb
Tex
le Mars Fire Department
Boy Scout Explorer
Phyllis
Scott
Eleventh St
KLEM
Sylvester Dreckman
Wes
Hugh MacKintoshes
Dick Koerselman
Senate
Jaycee OF the
Area Women Voters League
Dr. R. M. Drennen
Telegiae
Todey
Clifford
Defense
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