Moon we must live with neighbors not outpace progress
Debate on societal progress contrasts with budget focus on roads and buildings. Iowa's mental health care progress faces economy threats as lawmakers favor projects over people. Grand opening prizes at Gerdes Pharmacy Le Mars feature Sunbeam frypan and percolator with free roses for early attendees. Pew's car sale begins with Dutch Auction, prices cut daily up to wind down, trades and GMAC financing offered.
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Gerdes Pharmacy
le Mars
Ken Gerdes
Rev Sherwood Hass to lead St John United Church
Rev Sherwood Hass and his wife Marlene move into St John United Church of Christ parsonage at 421 SW 1st St this week after three years serving Salem United Church of Christ in Campbellport Wis. Hass, born in Allentown Pa, trained at Eden Theological Seminary St Louis earning a B D in 1960. He will speak in his first sermon April 21 on He is Lord of Lords. Special anniversary: Mr and Mrs Will Spies observe 40th wedding anniversary with open house at Merrill church Sunday.
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Sherwood Haas
St. John United Charen of Christ
1St St
Tiree
Salem United Charen of Christ
Campbellsport
Wis
Mr. Haas
Allentown
Bremingsville
Zits
America
Muhlenberg College
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Haas
Zion United Church of Christ
Wisconsin
Parkway United Church of Christ
Town and Country
Germany
German Evangelical Church
Austria
Switzerland
Marlene Haas
Wisconsin State College
Oshkosh
Milton L. Straube
Port Washington
Will Spies
Merrill
Merrill Melbourne Evangelical United Brethren Church
Burton Dull
le Mars
Jean
Dick Louvar
Wesley Louvar
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Miss Dull
State University of Iowa
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Louvar
University
John Hart Jr
Darrel Ketelson
Jim Bilsland
Marcus
J. Galles
Remsen
Eugene Johnson
Sioux City
Don Stevens
Dick Holtgen
Nic Coad
Morning Hailstorm Damps Streets and Lawns
A morning hailstorm left lawns white with gravel sized hail mixed with rain at about 7 30 causing ice drifts that lingered over an hour while temperatures hovered near 40. Moisture reached .4 inch. By afternoon clouds broke to sunshine and warmer air, with a 31 degree low and 65 for Wednesday. Fri outlook is partly cloudy and cool.
HENN ELECTRIC MEN ATTEND WESTINGHOUSE TRAINING
Henn Electric Co. and Richard Carpenter attended a one day service school and workshop in Sioux Falls hosted by Westinghouse distributors L. C. Lippert Co. The program focused on Westinghouse laundry equipment and on the spot service for busy housewives. Dave Morten, Westinghouse training representative, led the session.
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R. C. Crayne
Henn Electric Co
Richard Carpenter
Westinghouse Appliance Sales Company
L. C. Lippert Co. Westinghouse Distributors
Sioux Falls
Westinghouse
Dick Crayne
Mr. Crayne
Dave Morten
Life's End Dena Diediker Dies at 69 in Le Mars
Dena Diediker 69 of Lynn apartments died Thursday at Sacred Heart hospital after months of illness and five weeks of hospitalization. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday at St. Peter Lutheran Brunsville with Rev. Cyril Jandrey. Burial in Christ Lutheran cemetery Grant township. Dena Johnson born April 7 1894 near Le Mars. Married Samuel Diediker Jan 6 1918 on a local farm. Survived by four children Henry Covina CA Donald W Le Mars Myrtle Jones Denver and Inas Palmer Akron 10 grandchildren two brothers Edward Le Mars and Martin Craig. Preceded by parents two brothers and a sister.
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Dena Diediker
Lynn Apartments
Sacred Heart Hospital
le Mars
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Brunsville
Cyril Jandrey
Christ Lutheran Cemetery
Grant Township
Mauer’s Funeral Home
Dena Johnson
Samuel Diediker
Here
Mr. Diediker
Henry
Covina
Calif
Donald W
Robert
Myrtle) Jones
Denver
Darrell
Inas) Palmer
Akron
Edward Johnson
Martin Johnson
Craig
Nun's party canceled for DCCW meet date change
Special notice announces the Nun's party planned for April 23 is canceled so Catholic Daughters may attend the DCCW meeting at Gehlen gym on April 23. St Elizabeth circle meets at the KC hall at 4 o'clock. The Nun's party has a new date set for May 34 with a potluck dinner at 5 30 pm at the KC hall.
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Catholic Daughters
DCCW
Gehlen Gym
St. Elizabeth Circle
KC Hall
New Iowa Locker Association President Named
Fritz Ludwig of Ludwig's Frozen Foods was elected president at the 27th annual Iowa Locker association meeting in Davenport. He and wife Halen were to return home Thursday after the event. Ludwig's Frozen Foods also won first place for a hickory smoked home cured ham entered in the Iowa ham show, with a close finish separating first from second in a field of 217 entrants. The Le Mars couple received a large trophy for their ham entry.
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Iowa Locker Association
Fritz Ludwig
Ludwig's Frozen Foods
Halen
Davenport
Ludwig
le Mars
Iowa
Ludwigs
Mrs Dwight Moore Dies in Washington D C
Mrs. Dwight G. Eloise Moore of Washington D C died Wednesday after a short illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Washington. Surviving are her husband a son Gary of Santa Fe New Mexico a grandson and two sisters. Dwight Moore a former Le Mars resident is her son.
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Dwight G
Eloise) Moore
Washington, D. C
William S. Sturges
Washington
Gary
Santa Fe
N. M
Dwight Moore
le Mars
Fred D. Moore
Good Turn Day bags pickup in Le Mars this Saturday
Prairie Gold Council Boy Scouts led by Scoutmasters Duke Huckle Bill DeVos and Robert Phillins will collect Good Turn Day bags from homes in Le Mars where Cub Scouts left them last Saturday. Bags will be stored for delivery to Goodwill Industries for processing by handicapped workers. Residents should place contributions on the front step by 8 30 a.m. and avoid ringing doorbells.
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Prairie Gold Council
Boy Scouts
Duke Huckle
Bill DeVos
Robert Phillins
le Mars
Goodwill Industries
Brother-in-law of Rev Mark Walsh killed in sea tragedy
First Lt. Robert Miller 26 of Fort Dodge was killed before dawn Good Friday April 12 while attempting a landing on the carrier Forrestal off South Carolina. The body was not recovered. Memorial services were held at Beaufort Base. Surviving are his wife Sheila a two month old son his parents Vern and Mrs Miller of Vincent Iowa a brother and two sisters.
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Robert Miller
Fort Dodge
Mark Walsh
le Mars
Forrestal
South Carolina
Miller
Beaufort
S. C
Sheila
Vern Miller
Vincent
Iowa
Pocket Gopher Poison Demonstration Friday at Fairgrounds
A burrow-builder will be demonstrated Friday at 9 am at the county fairgrounds. Arlie A. Pierson, county extension director, will discuss pocket gopher control by poisoning artificial runways with poison grain. Bait costs under $1 per acre. Experimental results show 90 to 95 percent kill. Plymouth County Soil Conservation District will rent the burrow-builder for $2 per hour, and about five acres per hour may be poisoned.
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Arlie A. Pierson
Plymouth County Soil Conservation District
Debra May Borchers Born In Brunsville Area
Graveside services were held at 10 30 a m Thursday in Brunsville cemetery for Debra May Borchers newborn daughter of Virgil and Cecilia Borchers Brunsville Rev Cyril Jandrey officiated and Mauer's funeral home arranged the service She died Sunday after being born April 18 at Sacred Heart hospital Surviving are her parents a brother Mike and grandparents Jack Borchers St Louis Mr and Mrs Joseph Witt St Louis MO Cecilia Witt Borchers was the former name of the mother
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Brunsville
Debra May Borchers
Virgil Borchers
Cyril Jandrey
Mauer
Sacred Heart Hospital
Mike
Jack Borchers
Joseph Witt
St. Louis
Borchers
Cecilia Witt
Arrest Cracks Bum Check Ring In Le Mars Case
Plymouth county sheriff announced arrests in a parade of bad checks passed in Le Mars grocery stores. Two persons are being held in the Plymouth county jail with further arrests in prospect. Mrs. Richard Leppegard, 17, was arrested in Kingsley on Wednesday evening.
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Plymouth County
Frank Scholer
le Mars
Richard Leppegard
Kingsley
James Mertes
Robert L. Leppegard
Robert Leppegard
Remsen
Vreugdenhil and Huls win verdict in county case
Jury verdict favors Ed Vreugdenhil for 2595 and Ronald Huls for 187.76 after a November 1961 county road accident where a tractor loaded with corn was struck. The decision follows hours of deliberation, with the jury reaching verdict at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Ed Vreugdenhil
Ronald Huls
Darrell Dale Kunkel
Ed. Vreugdenhil
Hull
Vreugdenhil
Huls
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List Keep Pace
At Sacred Heart Hospital admissions occurred on Wednesday for Minert Britt Le Mars Robert Frank Cedar Rapids Mrs Katherine Barton Le Mars Deborah Ricketts Le Mars Dismissals included Mrs Alfred Dalfenbach Remsen and the area saw the passing of Mrs Dena Diediker Le Mars with details limited to the names and towns involved.
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Sacred Heart Hospital
Minert Britt
le Mars
Robert Frank
Ceder Rapids
Katherine Barton
Deborah Ricketts
Alfred Dalfenbach
Remsen
Dena Diediker
Local wedding license issued for Kovarna Roddewig couple
A wedding license was issued today to Dale Lester Kovarna age 19 of Hinton and Diane Kay Roddewig age 18 of Sioux City in a Thursday ceremony.
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Dale Lester Kovarna
Hinton
Diane Kay Roddewig
Sioux City
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le Mars Community High School
Reuter Flooring CO
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John Feller
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