Le Mars News Highlights Local Developments and Incidents
Hancock township petition seeks rural mail delivery to Jefferson. Surveyors lay out new mill site and residence lots in Hin ton. Bank robbery attempt in Merrill thwarted by stockmen with lanterns. Akron pair Mary Caskey and Charles Button wed in Le Mars. Le Mars gains employment agency Gateway. Opera house planned in Ovens by John Masuen. Marriages: Agnes Hoffman and Aloysius G. Cummisky. Esther Attrill and Lloyd Remer. Le Mars baseball team excels under G. A. Toppings. Henry Lorenzen becomes Le Mars express agent. 1933 mob attack on Judge C. C. Bradley at court house. judge released. New martial law proclamation in Plymouth County. Births and anniversaries noted. Des Moines weddings and Des Moines sugar announcement. New bus line Paullina to Le Mars. Moonshine raids conducted by deputies. Redpath-Vauter Chautauqua head in Le Mars. 1953 call for adult evening school. Bel Air motel opens on Highway 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
R. W. Harrison
Gateway Employment Agency
John Masuen
Ovens
Agnes Hoffman
Aloysius G. Cummisky
Currie, Minn
St. Joseph Church
le Mars Baseball Association
G. A. Toppings
Haas
Striegel
Nelson
Cobb
Schuenk
Strouse
Trafford
Henry Lorenzen
Express
A. H. Stankey
Minneapolis
C. C. Bradley
Court House
John Kale
Merrill
Herring
Plymouth County
Co. I
Sheldon and Co. L
Co. M
Sioux City
Country Club
Esther Attrill
Lloyd Remer
Walthill
Neb
Merrill News Honors Betty Taylor At Pre Nuptial Shower
A family pre nuptial shower honoring Betty Taylor was hosted by three aunts in the Thompson home. Taylor plans to marry Roger A. Groves soon. The report also covers Merrill WSC S meeting installing officers, new duties, and a lifetime pin presented to Mrs. Roy Fry, with many local members and guests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Taylor
Everett Thompson
Howard Knudsen
Leroy Hartman
Miss Taylor
Roger A. Groves
Hawhee
W.s.cs
Roy Fry
Merrill Wsc.s
Methodist Church
Hawkee
L. E Stribley
Florence Singer
Nellie Todd
Eldon Lake
Harry Hurd
Floyd Gak Yen
Fletcher West
Verna Fagan
L. E. Stribley
Mr. Nelson
Ruth Kehrberg
Gale Hawkee
Fred Hammond
Childrens
Earl Thompson
Albert Lang
Society
M. C. Nelson
Fry
Singer
Sioux City
Floyd Galven
Harvey Herman
Bert Thormahlen
Florence Thompson
Lillian Campbell
Gan
Julie
Denver
Ger
Ald Wess
Drexel Hill
Robert Fee
Albert Thorp
Ren
New York City
Red Ansonson
St. Cloud
Minn
Bill Barry
Danbury
Bob Zensen
South Sioux City
Earl New
John Weis
Merrill
The
Alton Democrat
Rev
G. F. Zensen
Remsen
Hawarden
Leis
Albert Bigler
Selma
Calif
Bigler
Local Merrill Happenings Include Visits and Graduations
Subdistrict meeting in Hawarden noted with Merrill attendees. Several local residents visited relatives in Wesington Springs and Bloomfield. Mother's Day gatherings honored family. plus extended updates on farm planting progress and recent hospital stays.
Chapel speaker GELO to address Westmar seniors
North Central college chaplain GELO will speak at Westmar college during Senior Week. He is renowned for guiding youth and leads the annual North Central college tour across seven European countries. He has served as chaplain at his alma mater since 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelo
North Central College
Naperville
Westmar College
North Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. A. Ross
Hancock Township
Jefferson
J. W. Myers
George J. Richards
Hinton
Bank of Merrill
Mary Caskey
Charles Button
Akron
C. B. Elsen
Art Berkenpas
Clyde Eastman
Union Township
Merlyn Mclntire
Marcus
William Cronin
Holy Name Church
Beulah Wolfe
Des Moines
John J. Kemp
Mapleton
Agnes McIntosh
Paullina
Will C. Spies
Lenore Rush
Sam Schess- Tor
C. M. Mayne
Redpath Vauter
Supt
Harvey Kluckhohn
le Mars Public Schools
Bel Air
Highway 75
Harold Kolker
Merrill News
Alex Pelelo
Omaha
Veterans Hospital
Verna Fa
Ronald Bock
Circle Meeting
Dale Vander Kooi
Merrill St. John Lutheran Church
Robert Trometer
Christ
Victor
Robert Baker
St. Louis
Merrill Volunteer
Anna Weis
Cyril Weis
Rosemary
St. Paul
Harold Weis
Phoenix
Thomas Kariean
Milwaukee
Tommy
Nashville
Tenn
Merrill Local
Ard Pierce
Vera Knudsen
Wessington Springs, S. D
John Huls
Anna Boesveld
William Boulton
Peter Vander Kooi
Judy van der Kooi
Barbara Woock
Sophie Heisler
Helen Heisler
Mary Heisler
Sioux Falls
Lloyd Gettings
Sophie Rath
Drakesville
Sheryle Knoop
Bloomfield High
Rath
Dorthy Betsworth
Iowa City
Ae Ae
PRPA
Archive
Brentwood
Convalescent & Rest Home
Jane
Barrow
Joel T. Shepherd
Central Ave
le Mans
George ST. AN
U.S
Sam
Treasury Department
Newspaprre
Achlye
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