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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1956
Page
7
Iowa's 1956 state fair features a statewide culinary contest with more than 250 categories and 1460 dollars in cash prizes for women. The event runs August 24 to September 2 in Des Moines, with judging of thousands of entries and exhibits ranging from fashion shows to home making demonstrations.
A compiled list of official records shows transfers in Le Mars Kingsley and Oyens. Lawrence Littman transfers Lot 14 Greenwood Addition Le Mars to R W Pucher. E L Fireoved to R W Parker Lot 15 Greenwood Addition Le Mars. Several other deeds priced at $1 or $10 include Reginald Trout, James Thomas Burya ne h, R J Carlson, Bonnie Frerichs, Margaret Goetzinger, Nelson Miller estate, Minnie M Bishop, Akron Town, and John E Hart.
Westfield plans a Tuesday July 31 watermelon fellowship on the church lawn with a free movie. First serving 20 cents, then 15 cents and 10 cents for subsequent helpings to fund Pilgrim Heights Camp near Montour. Local visits and family news across Ames and Sioux City follow with hospital stays and social gatherings noted.
Perry Center residents Mr and Mrs Guy Gittins and Larry visited their son in law Mr and Mrs Charles Van Hian and children at Hartley Tuesday evening. Mrs Hannah Brighson and grandson Kenneth Garrett of Fort Dodge retired to that home Friday after visiting her brother Mr and Mrs David Swanson. An automobile carrying seven Sioux City teenagers failed to make a sharp turn.
Kingsley notes list visitors from Correctionville Pierson and Milwaukee guests plus a Hanfeld reunion near Perry. Picnics at Storm Lake and travels toward Arizona are mentioned. Kingsley school hires Warren Mayer of Three Rivers Mich as music instructor after Joe Darwich resignation.
Mayer, a Michigan State College graduate and current master's student at Iowa University, brings four years of teaching experience and prior leadership of music units including directing the Fort Leavenworth prison band. He served in the armed forces overseas in Hawaii and the Marshall Islands and has earned honors as a cornetist.
Babson Park Massachusetts July 26 last night I finished Burton Crane's Guide 10 National Economics Getting and Spending. It notes valuable statistics and suggests prosperity depends on building foreign markets to keep the world safe with occasional dips. The author does not foresee unexpected events as the great disruption followed the next day.
A concise survey traces stock market fluctuations from Civil War prosperity to the 1929 crash and postwar recovery. It cites Lincoln’s death, Black Friday, fires, panics, and scandals like Jay Cooke, the Pullman Strike, and the 1903 panic, then notes WWI, the Lusitania, 1929 highs, 1937 rebound, WWII recovery, and modern stability with potential future shocks. It emphasizes notable events and institutions shaping market mood across a century.
Community notes describe visits among residents from Le Mars Moville and Sioux City. Many guests attend anniversaries baptisms and trips to Denver Tacoma and Orlando. A local woman receives a Methodist national scholarship while John Medrano, longtime Merrill resident, dies at Hot Springs VA hospital. graveside services held at Merrill Hillside Cemetery.
The Old Settlers and Plymouth County Settlers held a meeting at Fred Hammond’s home last Saturday attended by Ed Held of Hinton Charles Eyers Jack Tindall and Jens Petersen with Tom Ross absent. The Sumner Camp program includes a high school youth camp Aug 3 to 5 and a freshman camp Aug 12 to 18 at the Okoboji Methodist camp. Rev J M Rohde installed as pastor of St Johns Lutheran Merrill in a July 22 service with Rev E E Senst of St Paul Lutheran Johnson Township assisted by Rev Etto Fruiling of Grant Township Rev A F Zenk of St Peters Brunsville and Rev Dirks of Preston Township participating. A social hour followed. Rev Senst toasted the new pastor and wife, and greetings were given by Rev Dirks. Special guests included Rohde and Hamblin family members from Manchester Iowa. Russell Swanson drilled a well on his property for a Moz A A power lawnmower and weed cutter testing plot. Miss Mavis Hanna, formerly of Le Mars, will teach in Army Dependent Schools in Germany for 1956-57, leaving this August via M S T S or M A T S. She previously taught in Primghar, Sheldon, and Riverview Schools in Sioux City, on leave from Sioux City Public Schools. Father Eugene Schumacher, newly ordained and serving temporarily at St Joseph’s Le Mars, has been transferred to the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City. He was ordained in May 1956.
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