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Newspaper
Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1963
Page
1
Local merchants laugh at a salesman who accused competitors of poison-pen ads while noting his own firm’s past vitriolic letters. A crash near Seney involved Dwain Schmidt and Rufus Sheldon with no injuries. Sheldon paid a fine for failure to turn right. Le Mars courthouse closes Friday afternoon for Good Friday. Horseshoe League meets at 7 p.m. and Easter Seals fundraising urged.
Insulators on an IPS Cherokee transmission pole near the Municipal park were damaged by rifle bullets during a Wednesday afternoon incident causing a fire and a brief power outage around 4 30 p m. The pole west of the park gate along the railroad tracks toppled after burning top, line deenergized, power shifted at Marcus, and about 20 minutes of outage reported at Oyens. The investigation cited moisture from light rain and bullet damaged insulators as the cause. the pole had previously caught fire from bullet damage but with newer crossarms installed lower on the pole. The pole was replaced. Efforts noted by IPS district manager Darrel Ketelsen.
Look Who's Here born to Mr and Mrs Ronald Loutsch of Westfield a daughter arrived April 10 at Sacred Heart Hospital
Judy Joos, freshman nursing student at Methodist Hospital Sioux City, was capped at a ceremony in Allee gym on the Morningside College campus March 31 at 3 p.m. A 1962 Le Mars Community high school graduate, Judy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Ioos of rural Le Mars.
About two hundred Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative members directors managers and guests attended NIPCOs annual meeting at Westmar College in Le Mars on Thursday A welcome by Mayor Eugene Scholer and President A S Wendel opened the afternoon session A Burns and Roe engineer Kenneth Roe outlined Basin Electric plant details and the group heard a telegram from Rep Charles Hoeven Remarks covered past year plans and a new headquarters project An $80 000 prepayment to REA was noted The meeting ended with prize drawings Plymouth county NFO meets April 15 and an NFO dance April 19 featuring the Arlen Steen Orchestra
Richard Carpenter, 23, of Allen Nebraska, was hired by Henn Electric Co. owner R. C. Crayne to install and service Westinghouse appliances in Le Mars area. An Allen High School graduate, Carpenter served as an electrician's mate in the navy from 1957 to 1961 and has appliance service experience with Westinghouse, GE, Frigidaire, Maytag, Philco, and RCA Whirlpool. He is also an experienced home wireman, offering home wiring service and on the spot service via Henn Electric Co. trailer home moved here Thursday by Pew's Mobile Homes.
Mr and Mrs Walter Kern announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday April 2 at Hawarden hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Andrew Kern of Le Mars and Mr and Mrs George Heald of Oshoto Wyoming
Admitted Wednesday at Sa cred Heart hospital were Carl Lester and Pamela Plueger from Hinton and Le Mars. Discharged were Mrs. Arthur Beermann and son from Remsen, Patricia Paskert from Remsen, and Mrs. Edward Van Gelder from Remsen.
All Daily Sentinel subscribers will receive a 1963 atlas and county directory later this year. The volume will pair township maps showing property owners from county records with facing pages listing farmsteads and occupants, plus a complete rural resident directory. The atlas, the largest in Plymouth County, will be distributed as a newspaper supplement this summer, ensuring delivery with the daily paper.
Three union Good Friday services are planned in Le Mars with 12 15 p.m. and 1 45 p.m. starts at First Presbyterian church and a joint Lutheran service at St John American Lutheran from 12 15 to 2 45 p.m. Other churches plan liturgical events and the community will have three hours of business closures to attend. Leaders include Rev W D Bundy Rev Harold Maxwell Rev Milo Morris Rev Alvern Kinrade Thomas Rosenberger and Rev Carl Amos Rev C W Dehne Rev James Ransom with hymn meditations by Rev Clair Kerns and Laura Van Roekel at the organ.
Fifteen more drivers paid $1 fines in Plymouth county mayor's court for overtime parking. Since April first, 43 people have paid fines on charges filed by Feil Neisins and Raymond A. Bertram. Treton was fined $29 for failure to maintain control. Charles A Petty of Le Mars paid $9 for a noisy muffler. W L Hammerbere of Balaton Minn paid $9 for a stop sign violation on April 1. Charges by Patrolman Kelly and Bensley.
Commerce Commission on Wednesday ordered the Minois Central railroad to install flashing light signals with bells at the Fourth Street SW crossing in Le Mars. The city and railroad were each to pay one tenth of the $7,513 estimated cost, with the rest funded by the highway grade crossing safety fund.
Skies were partly cloudy after yesterday's first rain shower of the season with .10 inch moisture. Warmth returns to the upper sixties for Good Friday while Iowa forecasts show near normal temperatures and above normal precipitation in many areas. A Wednesday high of 43 and a 37 low set the local thermometer, and the 30 day outlook flags cooler trends in the northwest. Eight counties' 100 grain board members met at St Joseph Church in Salix to hear that Whiting Co-Op elevator is receiving NFO corn and urged prompt deliveries. Sgt Clarence Lang of the Le Mars police began a 10 day leave of absence. he will return as patrolman after disciplinary action ordered by Mayor Scholer.
April listings include a National Guard federal inspection at 8 p.m. April 11 in Koe nig Armory and April 11 Holstein relays. LCHS Easter vacation starts April 19 with an Easter event for children at Cleveland and Bolser parks on April 14. Central America travel talk April 18 at Central auditorium. Connie Neo meet at Ram Eagles club on April 15. American Legion Auxiliary meeting April 16 at 7:45 p.m. Legion club rooms. Newspaper BAGHIVE.
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