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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1953
Page
8
A list of various feed and supplement prices for poultry and livestock appears, including Pullet Builder dress prints at 4.60 and 20 percent layers, Poultry Balancer and Concentrate prices, Hog and Pig feeds, Sweet Cattle Pellets, and grain bags priced around 4.30 to 5.60. Also noted are Nutrena Chick Starter and different grain balancer options with assorted percentages and bag weights.
A safety lesson for eighth graders features a dramatic film about a teenage driver who dies in a crash, leaving a girlfriend scarred and families grieving. Nick is killed and Jeanne bears lifelong shame from the wreck, illustrating consequences of reckless driving.
About 29 preschoolers attended a Thursday afternoon kindergarten round-up with 27 regular pupils. Miss Darville led activities as mothers toured at 2 15. County nurse Miss Faber showed a health film and advised on child health issues. Parents received inspection forms to return later.
A closing for a pleasant and profitable afternoon included a 4 p.m. lunch for 56 young tots served by a committee of mothers led by Mrs. Wayne Hamilton, with additional mothers Mrs. Merten Jessen, Mrs. Elio Keiser and Mrs. Gilbert. Coffee was served by Mrs. R. C. Dennler and Mrs. Fran Ludwig.
Mrs Floyd Powell will lead the cancer drive opening in Mentill at the Methodist church on Monday evening April 13. A speaker will address the gathering. All interested persons are invited to attend.
Mrs Kia Johns and her mother Mrs Laura Montgomery, both with broken wrists six weeks earlier, traveled to Le Mars on Wednesday to have casts removed. Mrs Johns broke her arm the Thursday before a blizzard, slipping on her home steps, while her mother fell in the house during the storm Friday. The Johns family also reports Martha Johns, Mr Johns’s mother, broke her nose the following Sunday and is staying with Roy Johns in Mapleton, Iowa.
The Womans Study Club will meet Tuesday evening April 7 at Betty Brodie's country home with Maggie Hammond and Mae Belle Weimheimer as assistant hostesses. Guest speaker Mrs LoL Belk of Le Mars editor of the Lutheran Standard will discuss Christianity in a changing world. The Tuesday Club hosts Mrs Bert Thormahten.
The Methodist Church schedules three Easter season sermons by Rev. D E Streyffeler on The Christian self with topics As We see Ourselves April 12 As Others see Us April 19 and As God sees Us April 26 The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets Wednesday afternoon April 8 at 2 at the church basement with Anna Bronstedt Louise Hurd and Sophie Thompson as hostesses Members urged to attend for officer elections and mission packing Lenten offering collected The Executive Board W S CS meets April 7 at 2 30 at Mrs Clem Singers home All members urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Grant Lake and Mr and Mrs Marl Lake recently enjoyed a two week vacation totaling about 5000 miles. The itinerary included Denver Colorado Springs and other Colorado sites. They visited Garden of the Gods and Royal Gorge crossed the bridge and saw snowballs reach the bottom. They toured Cannon City penitentiary noted for a prior riot. They continued to El Paso and Big Bend observing cotton planting and vibrant blooms of the century plant growing up to ten feet tall with rapid nightly growth.
The Her man Petersens rent a trailer in Harlingen while wintering in Brownsville. They note a busy onion harvest, several citrus groves revived after freezes, and many fields ready for the April 15 planting deadline. The Lakes toured Port Arthur, Alabama, St. Louis, and Omaha, capturing color photographs of their trip.
Merrill residents welcomed relatives from Mondamin Lincoln Neb Cedar Falls and Sioux City over Easter with visits to John and Golden households. Local youths and patients in Sacred Heart and Le Mars hospitals prompted family trips and doctor checkups. Several neighbors including Hanff Singer Hauff and Coome families joined church services and club meetings while plans to move to Sioux City were announced.
Local notes report no school on Friday before Easter. Teachers enjoy a longer break. Residents from Denver and Cojo visit Arens home near Merit. Goo Will truck schedules, Easter visits, and community events are listed along with student updates from Creighton and Ames. Social visits span Sioux City Emerson and Des Moines areas with family dinners and theater outings.
The American Legion Auxiliary unit in Le Mars sponsors a subscription campaign to fund portable sick room equipment for patient care at home. Funds from commissions will buy items such as portable beds, heaters, oxygen tents, a baby incubator, walkers, hospital beds, and a dented equipment set, stored across Le Mars and neighboring towns for ready access.
The American Legion Auxiliary Unity in Le Mars announces a community service plan to lend portable sickroom equipment without charge to residents across Le Mars and neighboring towns. Authorized representatives from Le Mars and other communities will explain the program, which emphasizes no donations and temporary use under Auxiliary direction.
Representatives convene Tuesday at 1 for dinner and social hour as President D. O. Kime presents a yearly report with recommendations. Dr. B. F. Zuebl, treasurer, will report next. A Steering Committee on Financial Support, including Kime, Dr. Golden G. Thompson and Zuehl, will outline fundraising for the new North Central Association status amid expected maintenance and repair authorizations for the coming year.
The Le Mars seed dealer reports selling 128 bags of seed potatoes this esc month with 50 cents per bag paid by customers. Gary Kounkel leads with 30 bags. On March 10 Sanborn varsity beat Le Mars 41 to 0 in the seniors juniors game, while the freshmen sophomores first team lost 42 to 20.
The Board of Trustees of Weimar College will hold its annual session this week starting Wednesday morning at the college. Bishop C. H. Stauffacher of Kansas City presides, with Dr. T D. TillER as secretary and many officers and pastors from across the country listed among attendees. A dinner with faculty is planned as part of the gathering.
The Plymouth county crop report notes ample moisture for now with slow plowing due to rain and little winter kill. The Le Mars ladies bowling league elected Regina Grading as president successor Doris Poeckes, Margaret Adler as secretary, Thelma Lewis as treasurer, Angeline Robber man as second reelection, Marion Willams as set. at arms. Over the next three weeks the annual city tournament will be held. Guests Sunday included Robert Steele and Lee Steele of Sioux City, and John Re and daughter Janet of Spencer.
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