Taxpayers Object To New District Taxpayers Object To New District
Liberty township farmers and other residents publish a half page ad in the Globe Post opposing the proposed Le Mars community school district. They warn the vote on April 6 will raise taxes, lengthen bus trips, and burden Le Mars taxpayers while alleging state lawmakers push reorganization for political gain.
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Liberty township
Globe Post
Le Mars
Liberty Consolidated
Hinton
Se Mars
Des Moines
Browns mark 48th wedding anniversary in Le Mars
Rev L C Browns of Le Mars and his wife celebrate 48 years of marriage photo by Nuel Studio notes the couple wed April 4 in Minneapolis The Browns have served in the Church of the Nazarene for 42 years including 40 in the pastorate Their ministry began in Saskatchewan Canada and extended through North Dakota South Dakota and Illinois The last two years were in Omaha before moving to Le Mars They have three married sons Raymond in Omaha Lyle in Olney Illinois and Dale in Columbus Ohio and seven grandchildren.
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L. C. Brown
Le Mars
Nuel Studio
Ethel Thompson
Sibley
Iowa
Rev
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Rev. Brown
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Church of the Nazarene
Saskatach
ewan
Canada
South Dakota
Illinois
Omaha
Nebraska
Raymond
Lyle
Olney
Dale
Columbus
Ohio
LeMars Seeks Municipal Airport With Aid Talks
City officials plan a meeting at Thoten Hall on April 8 at 8 p m with the chamber of commerce and Westmar advisory council airport committees to discuss conditions for Le Mars to qualify for federal and state assistance toward an approved municipal airport. Committee members include Vern Lovely Gail Gilmore Mike Wells Burton Dull Robert Roseberry and M Forsburg. Robert W Nemmers assistant director of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission will outline eligibility requirements.
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chamber of commerce and
Westmar advisory council
Thoten Hall
chamber of commerce
Vern Lovely
Gail Gilmore
Mike Wells
Burton Dull
Robert Roseberry
M. Forsburg
Robert W. Nemmers
Iowa aeronautics commission
Le Mars
Nelle Lumber and Coal Buys Lots on Seventh Avenue
Nelle Lumber and Coal Co buys six lots in the north half of 7th Ave SE from Pew Real Estate Co. The lots lie south of the late Bertha Stops home. Ed Nelle says no immediate building plans, the firm currently building a new home in Grandview dark.
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The
Nelle lumber and coal company
7th Ave. S. E
Pew Real Estate company
Bertha
Ed Nelle
Grandview
Poetry Winner Clemmens Langner Receives 3rd Place
Clemmens Langner son of Mrs Margaret Langner of Le Mars has been named 3rd place winner in the DYO poetry contest. He will receive the award from Bishop Mueller at St Edmond High School Fort Dodge on April 26 during the 9th annual award day. Clemens, 14, attends Trinity Preparatory Seminary in Sioux City and has lived in the United States since childhood after Germany schooling. his father Ferdinand was listed as missing in World War I.
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Clemmens Langner
Margaret Langner
Sentral Ave
N. W
Le Mars
Msgr. J
St. Joseph’s school
Germany
Ferdinand
preparatory seminary
Trinity
Sioux City
Clemens
Globe Post
IPS Pole Damaged By Fire Near Seney on Highway 33
Le Mars fire department responded at 5:15 PM to a grass fire that spread to an IPS pole one mile south of Seney on Highway 33. The pole was burning and the cause was listed as unknown.
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Le Mars
Seney
highway 33
Cathe
Northwest Iowa Perceptions Of Loveless Appointments
Northwest Iowa Democrats and Republicans complain Governor Loveless ignored their recommended appointees. Critics say jobs favored central and eastern Iowa while Northwest Iowa lost its lone highway commissioner. Some urge a staged outreach to save face and acknowledge party efforts amid reapportionment rhetoric.
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Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
northwest
Iowa
Jurciest
hoosies
California
sarcasically
Crash Victim Douglas McDonnell In Satisfactory Condition
Douglas McDonnell 18 of Sioux City is in satisfactory condition at St. Joseph's hospital after a car crash east of Le Mars on highway 5 Monday night. He fractured a leg, sustained facial cuts, will have leg surgery Thursday. Sheriff Frank Scholer and deputy Jim Mertes reported he was driving a Triumph eastward toward Remsen when he lost control at Branch corner, veered into the ditch, struck a tree, and the car twisted around it. An ambulance was summoned from the Glenn Georke farm. Ness wrecker hauled the vehicle to town.
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Douglas McDonnell
Skymx
Remsen
Jerry Peters
Le Mars
McDonnell
Luken
Glenn Georke
Sacred Heart hospital
Siena City hospital
Nessius wrecker
Nice Old Ladies Vote For Home Pool Interest
Mrs Albert Wiltgen at the Wiltgen ReadyoMia booth in the armory home show noted universal interest in the model pool exhibit. She said children avoid pools while friendly seniors plan to buy a full size Tri State Aqua pool, with a demonstrator and a fenced yard for protection against accidents.
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Albert Wiltgen
Wiltgen
armory
Holzapfel Award To Don McDougall
Don McDougall son of Judson and Mrs McDougall of Le Mars received Westmar College Holzapfel award for athletic participation and scholarship. A 1958 graduate he now teaches and coaches at Union Consolidated high school. The award honors personality and attitude at Westmar and McDougall starred in football basketball and track while an honor student. He has coached Union Consolidated basketball to one of its better seasons.
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Don McDougall
Judson McDougall
Le Mars
Westmar
Holzapfel
McDougall
Union Consolidated high school
Don
Union Consolidated
Treton Depot Suit Basis Filed By Farmers Co op
The Farmers Co op Association of Treton sues Chiago Northwestern Railroad Co and Dick Klalis for dismantling a depot leased for floor space. The petition says the lease runs to August at 72 dollars yearly and notes about 3600 dollars in corn stored in the depot. The coop seeks an injunction to stop further demolition. Also reports on visiting families from Yankton and Pender in Eth Point and Chaussee homes.
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Farmers Co-op Association of
Treton
Chiago, Northwestern Railroad Co
Dick Klalis
Klass
Sioux County
raiload
Breton
Plantiff
Klus
Engagement Notice for Gisela Karbella to Vdear Bedell
Engaged are Miss Gisela Karbella of Hentelberg Germany to Vdear Bedell son of Mr and Mrs R Bedell of Le Mars Iowa Their families announce the engagement Miss Karbella works at University Hospital Iowa City while Bedell is in his first year at the Law School of Stile University A June wedding is planned.
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F. Arnold Karbella
Hentelberg
Germany
Gisela J. Keocbella
Vdear J. Bedell
R. Bedell
Le Mars
Iowa
Miss Karbella
Unversity Hospital
Iowa City
bows
Mr. Bedell
Liaw
Stile University
Le Mars Home Show Draws Crowd and Demos
The Le Mars Home Show opened with steady afternoon visitors and a large evening crowd from 7 to 9. Demonstrations ran across 25 booths, with Harriet Kovaleske playing the Lowry organ for Parkinson Music Store as shows continued through yesterday afternoon and evening. Prizes included $50 in silver dollars with multiple time slots and local winners noted, plus a 5 lb. bee roast won by Mrs Willard Benson of Le Mars. The First National Bank handed out samples to children amid promotional chatter.
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Le Mars
Dick Nolan
Iowa Public Service Company
Harriet Kovaleske
Lowry
Parkinson Music Store
Father A.W. Behrens
St. Joseph's parish
Neptune
Robert Ruble
William Branston
Sioux Center
August Kamman
Maryl Hegberg
Willard Benson
Henn Electric Company
First National Bank
Judge orders show cause in funeral home case
Judge R G Rodman signs an order requiring Joseph Vo Fisch to appear April 11 at 9 am to show cause why he should not be found in contempt and punished. Notices must be served on Fisch at his Remsen address. The Plymouth Street and Sixth Avenue NE funeral home was challenged as a zoning violation amid broader references to segregation and integration rulings.
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R. G. Rodman
Pe Mats
Joseph Vo Fisch
Fisch Funeral home
J. H. Groethen
Eugene Anthony
Mary Anthony
hay
Remsen
Plymouth street
Sixth Ave
cmy
Fisch
US supreme court
Ural
Women To Tour Places Of Interest In Iowa Tour
Washington-America township Farm Bureau women plan an April 5 1959 tour visiting Brunsville Bromville Sioux City Le Mars and area sites. Meet 8 30 a m at Brunsville tour dial system sites include Telephone Co Goodwill Industry Old Home Bakery Jo N ee Mfg Brentwood Rest Home lunch at Goodwill Industry cost 1 00 reservations by Monday noon April 13 call Brunsville Dial 4581 to confirm.
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Washington-America
Burea
Le Mars
Sioux City
Brunsville
Bromville
Goodwill
Jo-Nee Mfg
Iowa
Brentwood Rest
Esther Williams swimming pool draws interest from homeowners
Everything Myron Netle of Mars Cashway Lumber on Highway 79 says inquiries about the Esther Williams pool show many are curious but cautious. He notes the pool has a circulating system, filters, a chlorinator, and all features needed for a healthful, economical private pool, with the claim you only fit it once. Interest comes from homeowners who might not usually pursue this modern facility.
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Myron Netle
Mars Cashway Lumber Company
highway 79
Esther Wil Thins
Nellie
Nelle
Esther Willams
Franchise Not April Fool Proposal
The Central Telephone Company seeks a two year extension on its franchise, longer than the typical 15 year term, due to planned spending around 800000 for a dial phone system. It has purchased the Nemmers Plumbing building beside its own and will install new equipment there.
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Central Telephone Company
Nemmers Plumbing Company
telephone company
Merrill Gas Awaits Hearing in Washington
New hope for natural gas service in Merrill as hearings begin in Washington on April 20 for certification of gas service to 326 towns, including Merrill. Northern Natural Gas Company aims to secure authorization to construct facilities for winter 1959 60, with IPS ready to support and present evidence.
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Merrill
Federal Power Commission
Iowa Public Service Company
Washinton
D. C
Northern Natural Gas Company
Northern
D F. Retelson
IPS
IPSs
Apri
Ketelsen
Washington
sion
New Deal Pool Depends On Rainfall
Stanley Post of the Mary Park board says rumors that the New Deal Park swimming pool won’t open this year are premature. He notes about 4 feet of water already in the pool and that sufficient rainfall could keep the pool clean and open as usual. health is the prime concern.
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Stanley Post
fe Mary Park
Post
Supreme Court double jeopardy attack cited in editorial
A Midwest editorial attacks the Supreme Court on double jeopardy and integrates harsh rhetoric about race, law, and taxation. It cites Felix Frankfurter, Des Moines state lawmakers raising municipal salaries, and alleged municipal rackets in Greeley and Augusta. The piece laments Northern and Southern white tensions and criticizes court race policies while alleging white flight from integration.
Aalfs-Baker Factory Unionization Sparks Employee Signups
About 90 percent of Aalfs-Baker Factory workers signed up yesterday to join Sioux City garment workers local 2. Union representatives and company executives pushed the drive. Workers face new fees and wage deductions, with concerns about job security and unemployment benefits if the plant closes or the contract ends. Wilbert Aalfs now leads the company, amid questions about policy continuity.
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Aalfs-Baker overall
Sioux Cyady garment
fney
Aalfs-Baker Company
Iney
miliavon
het
sai
utry uy
Lee Company
onion
Nobedy
tee
union micadt
Wilbert Aalts
Nittert Aalts
Police Court Fines Appear in Local Cases This Week
The Sioux City and Le Mars defendants faced fines for speeding and violate traffic rules in state and local court. Bernard Morgan Dex Mores Lucile Masquer and others paid amounts from 7.5 to 15.00 with various driving offenses. Mayor’s court reported no accidents. The Des Moines Register printed a Remsen church photo feature with the Schroeder and Klein families, noting 11 and 12 children respectively and community impact.
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iey
Bernard Morgan
Dex Mores
Lucile Masquer
Sioux City
Francis Murphy
Le Mars
Ronald Bohthe
Robsert Pree
Tugene
Bes Moines Register
Dunian Schroeder
Clmer Klein
Remsen
picure
St. Mary's Remsen
diocesan
Globe
Globe-Post
Schroeder
Klein
Dex
Le Mars incident recalls a trampled party member
The piece recalls a republican leader in Le Mars who, overwhelmed with emotion and acclaim, trampled Mrs. Loveless as he rushed to the governor's car driven by a so called lady typhoon who owned the vehicle. It questions if any harm comes from the rush for a prestige car funded by the state.
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Phil
Le Mars
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Jack Conway
Yankton
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Eth Point
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