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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
4
The Globe Post advertises scratchpads at 20c per pound and notes a $75,000 Cherokee bond issue to fund a municipal swimming pool modeled after Remsen. Travelers report the Ovens to Kingsley blacktop cracking in cold weather, possibly from contractor noncompliance, with no county engineer to assess blame.
New to Haroldson in the spring column for Augustana was Wayne Trousdale with 13 and Milton Archer with HL. Dirty added eight in his brief showing. Seating scorer for Westmar was Wayne Dedager with 1% followed by Lars Dunphy and Harold McCaw in the prelims. Sioux Cityطار defeated the Westmar college freshmen 66 to 61 after a 47 to 48 halftime margin.
Babson Park Massachusetts January 31. In a note on agricultural markets Babson predicts a somewhat happier long-term farm outlook as surpluses ease. He cites government loans and rising carryovers in cotton and wheat, possible Soil Bank expansion, and continued efforts to reduce government holdings to balance supply and demand. He notes export gains for cotton and forecasts a modest rise in farm income this year.
Funeral services for Stephen Ekdom Sr. were held at the Christian Reformed church in Hawarden on Friday January 25 following a stroke in Chino California. Ekdom born May 22 1874 in the Netherlands immigrated in 1897 and farmed in the region before retiring to Grand Rapids and finally Chino. He is survived by his widow two daughters two sons twenty one grandchildren and fifty two great grandchildren. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery with many relatives and friends attending from Ireton Hawarden and Orange City.
The text reports a rise in Social Security taxes from 2 percent to 24 percent for workers and employer matches, and a self employment tax increase from 3 percent to 3.38 percent. The higher rate applies to 1957 earnings with returns due by April 15, 1958, funding a new disability insurance program for qualified workers aged 50 to 65, per John R. Goldman.
Funeral services for Hiram S Powell 74 who died at a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness were held at Brule Creek Lidheran church Union county west of Akron Rev Selmer Berge Elk Point officiated with burial in the church cemetery Lewison funeral home of Akron in charge Powell resided in Akron since 1947 and was a longtime Union county farmer born October 12 1882 married Matilda Johnson October 21 1908 Mrs Powell died in 1950 Survivors include four sons Emery of Alcester South Dakota Ebin of Sioux City Arnold and Archie of Elk Point a daughter Arlene Smuth of Los Angeles a brother Joe of Akron a sister Nellie Seumands of Hettinger North Dakota and 13 grandchildren
Henry Weinrich of Hinton died January 28 1987 at Sacred Heart hospital after a week of illness. A German born immigrant who settled in Plymouth county at age 13, he was 83 and never married. Funeral services were held at 2:00 PM Thursday January 34 at Mauer Funeral Chapel with Lloyd Musser of Adaville officiating. Burial was in Melbourne FE, LA. He is survived by a sister Mrs St Philips of Merrill and a brother William Weinrich in Washington along with many nieces and nephews.
Ice Capades, a top ice show, heads to Sioux City Auditorium March 6 to 12 with six evening performances and special matinees on March 6 and 7 plus a 9 PM show on March 9. The production features Peter Pan and costly new costumes as the troupe promotes record attendance.
Bulls were judged at the Iowa Aberdeen-AGS association show held at the Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Open class champion was Wilton Bandolier B B, a 3 year old owned jointly by pool. Reserve-champion futurity bull went to H Ebony Lad owned by Howard Bo Held.
Bruce Haroldson scored 21 in the first half to fuel Augustana College Vikings to a 63 to 16 win over Westmar College in a nonconference game. Westmar rallied after halftime but trailed 42 to 33 before Augustana extended the lead, with Caste Dietz scoring late to seal the victory.
Mr and Mrs Joy Perry of Le Mars report their son Robert Perry was injured in an automobile crash near Medford Oregon. His car left the road, went into an irrigation ditch, burned, and a passing car rescued him from drowning. He sustained a broken jaw several broken ribs and cuts and bruises.
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