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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1954
Page
8
The Christian Mothers Society will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the west room of the Sisters' Convent at Ovens.
Le Mars athletes dominated field events at Holstein and Pocahontas relays. Don McDougall cleared six feet four inches to shatter Pocahontas records, while a series of top finishes across events boosted Le Mars to strong points totals. Teammates Impecoven and Gunther posted notable efforts in pole vault and discus as the Bulldogs posted multiple firsts and seconds.
Miss Opal Wilde and Donald E. Strassburg exchanged vows at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church Le Mars with Rev Mo L Straube officiating. The bride wore Chantilly lace and tulle with a pearl necklace, bouquet of white calla lilies, and a family ring. The reception followed. guests wore navy and pink, and the cake was four tiers with orchid trimming. The couple will travel for their honeymoon and Mr Strassburg plans navy duty before returning to teaching.
Forty two churches in Sioux City District and 304 attendees joined the spring convention of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at the First Methodist church. Local youth registered and opened with worship as Rev. Eugene Hancock of Mapleton led arrangements and business reports on the Methodist Youth Fund district officers elections and summer camp plans. The film The Hidden Heart closed the session and adults with counselors served a May basket themed supper. May- baskets adorned tables and Ben Poof of Mapleton led songs.
Duane Olsen of Le Mars will move to Orange City as the Town Public Service Company's representative to study demand for natural pits and oversee day to day service. Attached to IPS engineering in Le Mars, Olsen will manage the Orange City office after the France City gas system installation. He will handle operations and service requirements.
The device features non sag reels at both ends avoiding excess load on teeth. It includes self aligning bearings and exclusive double curved detachable teeth. Suitable for both raking or tedding tasks with equal efficiency.
Olsen, with five years at Iowa Public Service including one in construction, four in engineering or service at Le Mars, will transfer within the company. He attended college a year, served in the military, and is married with a four year old son.
Last April Rev. B. Roy Brown preached at the Hawarden Methodist church. His S30 sermon On the Contour won first place in the Iowa Methodist Rural Life Commission contest. It compared farming land values on contour with life on the contour, contrasting soil and soul conservation. The sermon will be published in a book of sermons and takes the book’s title.
The eighth district Business and Professional Women's club met in Sheldon Iowa on Sunday April 25 with Mrs Hildreth Murphy Corydon State Chairman Health and Safety as speaker on the Health and Safety Conference she attended in Washington DC. District Director Mrs Odewa Cummins Sioux City presided and Miss Angeline Robberman Le Mars was elected District Director while Mrs Agnes Landreth Le Mars was chosen Secretary-Treasurer for 1954 55. Miss Eleanor DuBois Le Mars gave the public affairs report.
A sales list shows Butterfly Bush everblooming in red pink and blue priced at 1.00, Weeping Willow 6 ft Forsythia 6 ft at 1.00, Beauty Bush evergreen blooming at 0.85.
Eleven members of the Le Murs Business and Professional Women's Club attended the Panet Symposium planning the year’s work. Names listed include Marie Tentinger Ethel Neubrand Emma Sampson Elenor DuBois Tillie Ender Agnes Landreth Lorene Siege Mary Gahan Pint Fisch Helen Wiltgen and Angeline Kobber.
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