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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1954
Page
2
Westfield residents attended local events and visits with family while several headed to Sioux City for the ice skating event. Fred Hummel and a three day veterans hospital pass were noted. Anna Oaks recovered from a fall and visited relatives in Akron and nearby towns.
The community notes Easter services at sunrise 6 am at A. B. Lilly place with coffee and cocoa after. Ladies All meet Thursday afternoon in church parlors with Mrs Nella Lilly hostess and Mrs Evelyn Banks devotional leader. Several families report weekend and Sunday visits in Vermillion St Joseph Sioux City Akron Havelock and Omaha with multiple households attending dinners and banquets including a Junior Senior banquet next Saturday in the school auditorium.
The Price Report labels itself a junior Kinsey study in a weekly that rebuked prior publishing of Kinsey releases. It claims its stance ranges from liberal to pro Roosevelt, while editorials question Roosevelt’s handling of Pearl Harbor information, reflecting a complex political alignment.
A fragmented opinion piece surveys Kinsey Price debates on American women and moral standards, notes Velde and Meek victory in Miifids GOP primary, and accuses Eisenhower of easing McCarthy's push on Openheimer. It links Openheimer security risks, Fuchs leaks, and Cold War tensions to a broader anti-communist political climate. It closes with a brief poem about a dream girl.
Sioux County volunteers listed for military induction at 6:00 a m on April 21. Names include William Varide Stouwe of Sioux Falls South Dakota Leonard Rozeboom of Sioux Center Eugene K. Heson of Hawarden Cornie Roskam of Har...
Sioux county board issues May induction call for nine men and notes 17 registrants will leave April 22 for physical examinations. The May induction date is May 26, 1954. The board emphasizes that men who have not yet reached 18 must register within five days after their 18th birthday at the local board.
The Union Henry 4-H club met Monday evening April 12 at John Tullis home. Seventeen members attended along with new member Bernard Plendi and visitors Mark Schroeder and Bill Galles. Delegates to 4-H camp were Terry Bauler Stanley Eyres and Joe Pick with Cy Pottebaum Jerry Meister and Lanny Nairn as alternates. Doris Pottebaum was elected secretary replacing Lanny Nairn. Gary Tullis reported on Helping Hogs Stay Healthy and lunch was served by Mrs. Tullis.
Rev Patrick Waite son of J L Waite will be ordained a priest at Cathedral of Epiphany Sioux City by Bishop Joseph Mueller on Wednesday May 5 at 9 am He will celebrate his first Solemn High Mass at 10 am on Thursday May 13 at St Josephs Le Mars A reception 2:30 to 4:30 pm at Geblen high school gym He completed four years at Conception Abbey and holds a B A from Loras College He arrives from Conception Mo for Easter and will receive a diocese assignment after First Mass
H C Baldes explains eligibility for 1954 corn price support to farmers in the county. A single compliant acreage allotment across farms qualifies a farmer for loans or purchase agreements on all or part of the 1954 crop. If multiple farms exist, partial compliance may limit eligibility, with support based on under planted versus over planted acreage. Compliance with other commodities is not required. Minimum price support is $1.62 per bushel nationally, and farmers should visit the county ASC office for details.
Local store advertises new Easter blouses in cottons nylons and crepes priced 2.95 to 7.95. Also notes a church society meeting, and visits from students Miss Dorothy Marcue and Miss Barbara Potts, plus Peary Dorr visiting grandparents.
In Minneapolis a Meeting of school men is noted along with Easter hat sales from 3.95 to 6.95. Visitors Mr and Mrs Willis Fox of Hot Springs SD and their son Don visit Mrs Agnes Ladenberger. The Dixie Land Band with Evan Hoorenaman and others appears on KVTV at 7 PM Friday April 16, 1954. Elmer Wulf opens Quick-Way Auto Laundry at 501 West Seventh Sioux City promising 4 minute polish, with parking exceptions. Two men in Le Mars suspected as Teamsters union agents seek federal employee details, signaling a drive against government workers with second jobs.
The article notes a possible bid by a teachers and workers union to gain control of school buses and mentions political pressure on government workers to drop multiple jobs. It also reports Loretta Garvin returning to Marcus after attending services at St Joseph's and St James Catholic churches.
Four women including Mrs Charley Warren and Mrs Harry Mattas attended the funeral for Mrs Ruth Kress Fischer at the Manning-Oeoole chapel in Sioux City on Tuesday with Rev A E Hunter of the Free Methodist church officiating. Mrs Joe McMurray, mother of Clifford McMurray of Le Mars, died Saturday at Hawarden Le Kellys Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Barnard Funeral Home.
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