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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1953
Page
3
New JD items include elevator No 5 mower 40 NI tractor mounted mower 4 bar JD side rake 4 bar NI rake JD NI rakes on rubber No 25 JD P T O combine. Save 500 by using no motor. 220 Letz grinder with PTO Letz drag feeder NI horn pushoff stacker. See the new JD 217 corn picker on display and Model 70 tractor.
The article details union terms for Sioux City printers paying 2.66 dollars an hour, almost four for overtime, plus paid holidays and union pension with Social Security. It portrays the Globe-Post as a training ground for ambitious youths seeking a stable year round career, noting former employees now work in oil shops after completing required training before union membership.
First day printers apprentices go to work and are paid while training is free. About half the union state offers pay advances. many stay in senalor towns for cheaper living. The Globe-Post trains in all operations except large rotary presses, with solid basic training on duplex presses. Ambitious youths including veterans sought for a secure lifelong trade with fair wages comparable to smaller papers.
City records show Mayor Todd presiding with members Singer Petersen Klaver Jones. Minutes approved. Bills discussed including salaries and supplies from Elkin Motor and Badger Meier Co. Special election preparations noted for June 16 1953 with Iowa Public Service Co franchise hearing planned. Meeting adjourned with clerk Tol Walls on record.
The article records a municipal special election with votes and approval actions. It names J Petersen and Brunstedt as voting confirmers, notes a $2000 warrant to Hillsdale Cemetery Association for cemetery use, and cites a franchise by Iowa Public Service Co to construct and maintain a gas distribution system. It mentions Merrill town officials and ordinance No 52, with Clerk CL Wilson and Mayor Frank Todd.
Sandra Lundgren cared for her children in Le Mars with aunt Mildred Smith while painting occurred in the Smith residence. Andrew Bradell visited the Boeh home. Anna Bogh’s brother He resides on a farm near Akron. Mrs Jim Shultz plans to return to Lakeview after weeks with her parents. Shultz teaches there. Lowell Hager works for Robert and Allen Lundgren.
An easy to prepare snack style grapefruit bread recipe uses Grape-Nuts soaked in sour milk, then combined with sugar flour salt baking soda butter and nuts. Bake one hour at 350 degrees in loaf pan. For fruit bread omit nuts and add candied fruit.
Community tidbits recount visits and events across Le Mars including Lundgren family gatherings at Squaw Lake and Lundgren homes, birthday celebrations for Mrs Grage Lundgren, church breakfast by Luther League, school board changes with Kloster's resignation after 43 years, lunch at the meeting, and a visit by Leo Tagstrom from Sioux City. Also notes carpenters finishing Allen Lundgren’s barn and Evan Perry barn remodeling, plus a lost nursing pin near Mienna Bakery.
Kanago of Le Marts owns the Whose Is It farm featured in the Globe-Pou July issue. Tenants Mr and Mrs Jorsille Stinton reside one mile west of Adaville on this 240 acre property, with two children Patricia 14 and Dale 10. The Stintons and Kanagos are subscribers.
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