Memorial day memories from Le Mars observers past
This second in a Memorial day musings series recalls Le Mars observances since 1929 focusing on parades from downtown to the cemeteries. It highlights notable figures like Andrew Crouch Capt. Jacob Koenig and Marshal Fay Terpenning, the shift to the Avenues of Flags, and enduring community veterans and helpers who shaped the tradition.
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le Mars
Court House
Co. K
Boy and
Girl Scouts
United States
Central Avenue
Harold Pew
Sentinel
Crouch
Jacob G. Koening
Iowa National Guard
France
Wasmer
American Legion
Koenig
Russell Bowers
Vincent Conway
Edwin Arnett
Fay Terpenning
Marshal Fay
Marshall Terpenning
Ils Fortune
Capt
Koening
Moses Reed
Sioux City
Cornetist
Art Hansen
Gordon Stokes
Bill” Koenig
Monah Hord
Josephine Winslow
Wallace Winslow
Old Clark School
We Must Pray and Act on Tornado Preparedness
The editorial urges prayer while stressing concrete action for tornado readiness in Spencer. It argues for a city wide alert system with penetrating sirens and a master plan known to all residents to save lives and reduce injuries, noting past storms in nearby towns as lessons.
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Spencer Daily
Spencer
Topeka
Resmond
Greenwood
Ark
Drunken driving risks and civic reflection in Le Mars tribute
An editorial warns that not only obvious drunks but everyday drivers who have a drink then drive pose a highway death risk. It challenges readers to recognize neighbors and peers who fall into this category and urges continued remembrance of fallen soldiers as Le Mars plans the Avenues of Flags to honor them.
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Andrew Crouch
Iowa
Remsen coach set for kidney transplant
Kenneth Goecke, 31, former St. Mary high school Remsen basketball coach, awaits kidney transplant from sister Mrs. Neil Polking of Breda after matching preliminary tests. Goecke has kidney disease since age ten and receives weekly dialysis in Sioux City. several relatives offered but blood types did not match.
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Neil Polking
Breda
Kenneth Goecke
St. Mary High School
Remsen
Goecke
Polking
Colorado General Hospital
Denver
St. Vincent Hospital
Sioux City
St. Bernard High School
St. Mary’s
Marlene Gerken
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Jean Koenig
Harvey N. Kluckhohn
G.A.R
Dennis the
By Ketcham
Editorial
Dorothy ‘Tone
Ames
Tim
Iowa State University
Minnesota
Stanley King
Tom Dreeszen
Akron
le Mars Daily Sentinel
la Mars
Carter A. Pitts
Chuck Wiley
Harrison’s
Gambles
OC Grotewold
Chevytown South
Highway 75
le Mars Fruit and Grocery
Washington, D. C
Nixon
White House
Glade Reichert
Dick Koerselman
John Hodgson Filly
Johansen
Danan Ladenthyy
le Maars
Mercil
Daily Sentinel
Plymouth
Sue
By Dick Koerselman
Prescription
Plymouth County
Central Ave
Cloyd C, Woodke
Wade A, Woodke Sec‘y
Mgr
A-C Loan & Finance Co
Hinton
Glada Reichert
le Mars Flower
Centra Avenue
Central Aves
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