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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1956
Page
6
Farmers urged to target buyers who can afford reading material. Globe-Post claims over 6,250 top readers in the Le Mars area purchase the paper, shaping bidders at sales.
Washington D C June 5 Babson analyzes presidential prospects for 1956. He argues Eisenhower likely to be renominated and reelected, surveys Republican and Democratic contenders, and notes the influence of photography and public image on political fate.
Miss Marylu Goodmanson daughter of E F Goodmanson of Treton became the bride of Robert E Baxter son of Mr and Mrs E W Baxter in a ceremony noted for family ties and local tradition.
An auction listing details multiple farm machines and attachments including a 52 I H C M tractor with loader in excellent condition, 49 Ferguson 20 tractor with chains, bulldozer blade for IHC loader, 51 IHC 62 combine with motor and reel, plus a 40 ft sandwich elevator with hydraulic hoist and a 51 IHC manure spreader evener among other items. The catalog lists additional gear such as a 53 THC 4 row cultivator, 54 Ferguson high speed mower, 52 IHC 3 16 tractor plow, and a 50 FHC 2 M corn picker Wis. engine.
Readable list of farm equipment for sale includes a 10 inch Hammermill on Westindorf PTO drive a traveling feed table rubber tired wagon with aluminum flare box two speed jacks on wheels one with 5 HP electric motor four percent and 14 HP motors wagon hitch for a combine and a new Forney welder guaranteed to sell itemized equipment sale pending details.
A broad listing of livestock and farm equipment including 16 ft feed bank 3 mineral feeders hog pans troughs stock tank 7 by 2 cowboy tank heater two steel tanks hog waterer 75 steel fence posts tarps tools and more. Also includes Easy Out fence post puller centrifugal pump hammermill belt 300 gal fuel tank highline weed chopper electric fencing gear chicken feeders waterers electric brooder and 500 chick size unit.
Frigidaire refrigerator with full width freezer 11 cu ft and G E freezer like new. Includes 5 piece chrome dinette set high chair blonde finish. Two plaid wool frieze living room suite, blonde coffee and end tables, 4 piece blonde bedroom suite with spring and mattress. Two bunk beds with springs and mattresses, four drawer chest, large storage hassock, kitchen stool.
Mrs Fyn R Lilly and Ivyl Knapp wed on December 28 at Westfield Congregational Church with Rev Albert Walker presiding. Nuptial music by Mr and Mrs Les Cornell. Attendants included Addie Jane Lilly and Barry Knapp. The couple reside southeast of Westfield on a farm.
Miss Shirley Ann DeRaad and Richard Van Ravenswaay wed last Tuesday at First Lutheran Church Sioux City with Rev Louis Hagen officiating. The bride wore nylon lace bodice a satin skirt and veil, carried a white Bible with an orchid. Attendants wore lime gowns and carried white roses, a reception for 150 followed in church parlors. The couple will reside on a farm near Sioux Center.
Numerous families from Merrill Marcus and nearby towns gathered for Christmas meals and visits. Guests included Ellen Ames Marcus Floyd Powell families and Sioux City visitors. Merton Jessen Gaylen Tevis and others attended the wedding at the Cathedral of Epiphany in Sioux City. Additional receptions and birthday observances were noted in Akron and Craig.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Gabel drew relatives from Colorado Springs Alcester Pierson Cherokee Aurelia Sioux City and Merrill with six nephews acting as pallbearers Rollin Tindal Wesley Taylor Donald Taylor Dean Rowe Ralph Gabel and Kenneth Dry. Mrs M O Nelson thanks contributors to Christmas seals fund and urges more support for tuberculosis and health causes. County Tournament set for Remsen January 9 to 14 Merrill girls face Hinton and Merrill boys face Westfield.
Local residents attended weddings and holiday travels across Iowa and California. Dick Shop married, plans to report to navy service in San Diego. Families including Baacks, Gaumnitz, Smiths, Rath, Jensen, Schulz, Thompson, and Hoppe shared Christmas visits and trips to Sioux City, Milwaukee, Oakland, and Long Beach. A Ladies Society meeting at St John’s Lutheran and numerous family gatherings completed the holiday activity.
A crowded holiday notices many families hosting and visiting for Christmas. Guests include Christan day hosts Mr and Mrs Pinier Beaune with Paul Gallman Donald Rock Rapids Bill Kammer and others. Nora Abnois visitors join Molly Boehm and family. Dorian Lehmann visits from Grand Junction. Ellen Ames of Marcus spends holidays with How Powell and family. several local households host relatives from Le Mars Correctionville Sions City Brunsville and more. A hunting accident near Correctionville left Lloyd Hansen with a head wound needing fifteen stitches. Also noted is Mrs C E Johnson Sr of Coan Rapids showcasing a large salt and pepper shaker collection started in 1938.
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