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Newspaper
Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
1
In a chat with Fritz Hall now teaching in the Aleutians, Alaska property owners discuss adopting a state property tax to curb absentee ownership and encourage sales. A Le Mars businessman humorously recalls a lost $100 stash when his son flushed wrinkled paper.
Hubert Straaks former Le Mars resident entered Sheldon hospital for observation Tuesday. Straaks runs a men s clothing store in Sheldon. Christian Mothers society of St. Joseph parish Le Mars sponsor a card party Wednesday April 24 at 2 pm in the parish hall. All women invited. Bridge will be played.
Dedication rites are planned Tuesday evening April 23 for the completed education unit parish hall addition to St George Episcopal Church at the corner of 1st Ave SE and Ith St. Officers include Bishop Gordon W. Smith and Rev. Roger N. Brandt. A 6 p.m. potluck follows the 8 p.m. service.
In Le Mars, Iowa, two women and the husband of one were bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing for forgery. The trio admitted cashing five bad checks at Le Mars stores on March 18, with four for 75 dollars and one for 95 dollars. Arrests were made at Kingsley. bonds set at 1000 dollars. Local investigations span six Iowa communities and neighboring Minnesota and South Dakota.
Mayor E R Scholer designates April 15 to 21 1963 as Barbershop Harmony Week in Le Mars honoring the SPEBSQSA and Floyd Valley Chordsmen for nine years of affiliated effort to promote quartet singing and global harmony during the society’s 25th anniversary celebration.
Bill Parkinson, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Schubert Parkinson of Le Mars, named a member of the United States of America High School Band. A sophomore oboist at Le Mars Community High School, he joins 112 players from 43 states for a June 9 to July 12 tour starting at Southern Mississippi University. The group travels in four air conditioned buses with auditions by tape, and performs in cities including Cyrus Springs, El Paso, Monterey, and Denver before disbanding in Hattiesburg. The band is directed by Robert Dean of Spencer High School. headquarters are in Greenwood, Mississippi.
The sheriff reported an unsuccessful attempt to cash a check at Le Mars Fruit and Grocery. Checks totaling between 1,000 and 1,200 dollars have been cashed in the tri state area over two months. The Leppegards admitted cashing checks at Sheldon Sibley Cherokee Storm Lake Spencer and Correctionsville Iowa Jackson Worthington Marshall Minnesota Watertown Aberdeen South Dakota. They moved to Kingsley this week living in two trailer houses while the men work on a school construction job. Robert Leppegard had been employed by a Remsen farmer since last fall.
Carolyn Nemmers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nemmers, a Gehlen junior, was chosen as a Hawkeye Girls State delegate by the American Legion Auxiliary Walmer post 241 in Le Mars. Alternate Mary Ann Cradit, also a Gehlen junior, was selected. Hawkeye Girls State runs at State College of Town in Cedar Falls from June 16 to 22.
The Daily Sentinel will issue a summer atlas plus farm directory with two maps per township. One map shows current land ownership per county auditor records, the other shows current farm occupants. The edition will be distributed to all subscribers at no extra cost, and imitators are promising limited features but not matching this authoritative product.
How It Waz Winter clothing tentatively set aside for summer storage was brought out Friday as temperatures remained in the 40s and strong winds brought a chill from the north. The mercury dipped from a high of 76 Thursday to a morning low of 36 degrees. Partly cloudy, windy and cooler is the forecast for Saturday. Saturday temperatures will be a little warmer in the mid 60s.
April 19 FHA style show at LCHS gym Central auditorium for grades 10 and 11 at 7 30 p m. April 19 NFC dance at Koenig armory. April 19 20 Westmar political emphasis program. April 20 Westmar golf at Sioux Falls H. Tomahawk relays at Cherokee. Le Mars Ghostriders anniversary dance at 7 30 p m Gehlen gym. Free Mission Queen dance at 8 30 p m Gehlen gym. April 22 public reception for Msgr Behrens at 8 p m Gehlen auditorium. April 23 NW Deanery Council of Catholic Women at 1 30 p m Gehlen school. Newspaper RG.
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