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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1953
Page
2
A wedding with best man Donald Boner and ushers Charles Boner and Bruce Hooten Jr features at a Birmingham Me reception. Mrs Boner honored with a March 19 teas at Eldridge Methodist parsonage. The story notes incomplete details and reader comments on coverage and names.
Mrs Margaret Fox of Gretna Nebraska and Mrs Rebah Mallory of Clyo Georgia each contributed wedding cake narratives. Their tales appeared in local papers Gretna Breeze and Springfield Heartd. An armaments themed contest invites timely special deliveries.
The essay laments the grim seriousness creeping into square dancing and urges keeping the activity relaxed and enjoyable. It notes editors warn against losing fun dances and mixers, stressing that the social, jovial spirit of square dancing should remain central.
The text argues against the declining death rate of square dance clubs in western areas and calls to resurrect sociable, old fashioned fun and fellowship. Dr. Arthur Katona of Golden, Colorado is cited as noting the present trend in dancing.
An old account recalls Les, a notorious nocturnal driver on a busy state highway, who stubbornly kept high beams on for about 75 miles after sunset. He challenged every oncoming car, blinked first, and caused seven seconds of blindness for each encounter, unaware of the danger. A 1883 prophecy by Alonzo Benn of Chicago about a curve in Oscelon eerily echoed when a Burlington train derailed there seventy years later.
The Globe-Post highlights photos by Mrs Henry Rohach of Hinton showing floodwater along the main street reaching International Houses and flooding nearby businesses and buildings.
In the Floyd River Valley the flood damaged towns along the Little Sioux and Big Sioux Rivers. The speaker notes a Congress resolution for a full survey and permanent flood control, with Corps of Engineers surveys ongoing and funding sought in the Civil Functions Appropriation Bill. A plan may combine reservoirs and channel control.
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