Miss Iowa Contest Seeks Local Beauty Queen at Arnolds Park
Le Murs' representative will vie in the Miss Iowa pageant at Arnolds Park with a chance to advance to the International Miss Universe Pageant in Long Beach July 12 to 22. A special queen committee will judge June 24 with entrants aged 18 to 28, married or single, no talent required, entry due by June 16 from four local dress shops.
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Le Murs
Arnolds ‘Park
Iowa
Long Beach
California
retal committee
custesti
Dineks
Evsed Maries
Ender Lampoon Fashion
Becker's
Clara Owen
Joseph Starzl Dies After Brief Illness at 34
Former Merrill resident Joseph Starzl died last night at his son Hen ry Starzl’s home after a brief sickness. He was 34 years old and survived by nine children. He was preceded in death by his wife and is survived by two brothers, Wenzel of Silverton Oregon and Bartlet of De Smet South Dakota. Born in the Kingdom of Bohemia, he later farmed near Emerson Nebraska after arriving in Plymouth County with his parents.
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Joseph Starzl
Merrill
Nebraska
Henry Starzl
Wenzel
Silverton
Oregon
Bartlet
De Smet
Plymouth county
Nerrill
Emerson
Kingdom of Bohemia
Czekoslovakia
Born to Earnests in Beltsville Maryland
Me and Mrs Charles Earnest welcomed a son Harold Kennedy born in Beltsville Maryland on Friday May 28. The Earnests have two daughters and Harold is their sole son. Mr Earnest works as assistant manager at Armour and Co in Washington DC, commutes daily by car.
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Charles Earnest
Harold Kennedy
Harold T. Earnest
Beltsville
Earnest
Armour & Co
Washington, D.C
Uip
Vince Delperdang
Remsen
Sacred Heart hospital
Jens Kloster
Oyens
Maurice Keffeler
Bob Orimann
Bell-Enterprise
mployee
Bob
Wo Pratt
Chicago
Ilinois Central hospital
John Boever
Arlene Stebbins
Daniel Lyzia
the
Central Telephone Co
Clarence
Math
Ireton
Osteopathic hospital
Sfax City
Kathleen Kay
Muths
Ronald
Hinton School District Map Update Discussed at Meeting
At a Friday gathering Miss Christine Petersen outlined progress on the proposed Hinton Community School district map. A final map is planned for Thursday in The Globe-Post, with officials signaling no further changes barring unforeseen issues as local readers seek clarity on district boundaries and potential tax implications.
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Hinton
Christine Petersen
Globe- Post
Miss Petersen
Globe-Post
Oklahoma Conference Debates York Westmar Merger
Rev. Roderick E. Gray of the Oklahoma conference said York College in Nebraska may discuss merging with Westmar College in Iowa at a York meeting June 30 to July 1. The merger, arising after York’s administration building fire, would involve quotas for a living endowment and shared fundraising efforts. Gray, a York trustee, expects the matter to come before trustees but cannot confirm a final decision.
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OKLAHOMA CITY
Roderick E. Gray
Oklahoma
the
Evangeleal United Brethren church
York college
Neb
Westar colle
Le Mars
Iowa
York
Westmar
Gray
Car listings show 1950s Buick Ford and Chevrolet entries
A historical list of names and 1950s automobile makes and models from Le Mars Remsen Kingsley Akron Hinton and Westfield including 1952 Buick 1954 Pontiacs Chevrolets Fords and Olds. Entries note owners and towns with vehicle year.
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New
Carl Warren E. Luneville
Le Mars
Buick
Walter RK
Betty Johnston
Les Mars
Don Cogley
Kingsley
Ponthc
Gene Manson
Ford
M. EF. Hughes
Fred Haage
Akron
Joseph Ruden
Remsen
Pontiac
Cletus Bunkers
After Eight Months Taxpayers Read Lists At Last
Globe-Post reports on the eight month wait after a new law opened relief lists to the public. A reporter signed for the records and viewed Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Blind lists, then received a copy. The process requires signing a form agreeing not to use the information for political or commercial purposes.
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Globe-Post
shout & months biter
Marilyn Treinen
Fremont graduate Miss Erma Halweg among 166 seniors
Miss Erma Joyce Halweg daughter of Mr and Mrs Dowie Halweg of Fremont Nebraska formerly of Merrill was among Fremont senior high school’s 166 graduates this spring She was active in the Tigee Club and plans to study teaching at Midland College Others attending the graduation exercises from Merrill and nearby areas include Mr and Mrs Louis Halweg Janet Lou Le Mars Mrs Myrtle Bogner and Carat Joy Halweg and Jack Crayford Harry Halweg Mr and Mrs Carl Halweg a Mrs Donald Halweg and Bent Tozier of Sioux City
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Erma Joyce Halweg
daghter
Dowie Halweg
Fremont
Nebraska
Merrill
Fremont senior high school
Halweg
Tigee Club
plains
Midland college
Louis Halweg
Janet Lou
Le Mars
Myrtle Bogner
Carat Joy Halweg
Jack Crayford
Harry Halweg
Carl Halweg
Mar
Donald Halweg
Bent Tozier
Sioux City
Nemmers Brothers Low Bidder for Granville School Contract
Got Contract Nemmers Brothers construction of Le Mars was the successful low bidder for the Granville Catholic school project. Their bid of about $154,000 topped the field by roughly $5,000, with about six contractors taking part. Construction is to begin immediately.
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Nemmers Brothers construction company of
Le Mars
Granville
Nemmers
Confirmation in Salem Lutheran Church Freemont Neb
LaMont Halvey son of Mr and Mrs Dawie Halvee of Fremont Nebraska was confirmed in the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church with 29 other boys and girls on Sunday May 30. Pastor Dr Fredrick Boldt led the service. Attending from the area were Herman Halwee and family of Le Mars Carl Halweg and Mavis Donald Halweg Bert Tozer of Sioux City John Servine Jr and family of Watterburg and John Servine Sr of South Sioux City Nebraska.
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LaMont Halvey
Dawie Halvee
Fremont
Nebraska
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Freemont
Fredrick Boldt
Herman Halwee
Le’ Mars
Carl Halweg
Mavis
Donald Halweg
Bert Tozer
Sioux City
John Servine, Jr
Watterburg
John Servine
New Stamp Issued for Statue of Liberty In God We Trust
The Post Office Department will issue two stamp booklets featuring the Statue of Liberty inscription In God We Trust. The 12 stamp booklet sells for 37 cents and the 24 stamp booklet for 73 cents. First day covers may be prepared by collectors by sending addressed envelopes and a money order to the Washington DC postmaster. covers use full panels of six stamps and require 18 cents per cover. The booklets go on sale shortly after July 1, 1954.
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Post Office Department
God We Trust
Washington, D.C
pioucly
Washingon
D. C
4-H Rally Day Highlights in Plymouth County
Connie Lintgren Plymouth county home economist presided over the 4-H grounds today as about 250 girls were expected to have perfect attendance. Mothers of the girls were invited. Highlights included the Better Grooming group and the Honorary Unionization.
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Connie Lintgren
Plymouth county
Keep ’empy ing for Cancer Day in Le Mars raises over $300
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Le Mars reported a strong turnout for Keep Empl ying for Cancer Day at Beacon Armagy. About 275 people, including children, flew in five planes donated by pilots Evatt Eyres E. L. Fireoved Don Tilleton Darrell Lake Darwin Johnson Joe McCormack E J Luschomsky and Boyer from Hawarden. Proceeds exceeded $300 for Plymouth county cancer fund. Three jets from the International Guard in Sioux City flew overhead.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Le Mars
Beacon Armagy
Missy Rosaire Buckly
Prssenger
Evatt Eyres
E. L. Fireoved
Don Tilleton
Darrell Lake
Darwin Johnson
Joe McCormack
J. Luschomsky
Mr. Boyer
Hawarden
cancer fund
Plymouth county
International Guard
Sioux City
R. J. M. Lenz
Forgetting the Dead Among the Marigolds and Marshall Eisenhower
A fragmentary and critical column portrays General Marshall and President Eisenhower in a sentimental rendezvous about marigolds and blackbirds. The piece accuses both of complicity in Pearl Harbor, WWII maneuvers, and aiding Soviet aims, while lauding or faulting their wartime legacies and later reputations.
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Gree Ce Martall
Leesburg
Eisenhower
Marshall
Eischuner
Normandy
owas Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Europe
Pearl Harbor
Stalin
Harry Truman
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Orient
Chiang Kai- Shek
North Dakota farmer defies parking tax in unity with voters
In Cavalier Magazine Howard Henry, a Minot farmer, challenges a city meter tax. The judge labels the tax a racket, Henry funds referendum petitions and wins statewide support to repeal the parking levy. The move sparks backlash from city hall figures and Iowa traders watching losses. The campaign highlights farmer and merchant unity and potential cross-state echoes.
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Cavalier Magazine
Howard Henry
Minot
N. D
Henry
Howard
North Dakota
heaven
earth
Ben Kinzey Funeral Held In Kingsley Iowa
Funeral services for Benjamin Ernest Kinzey 77 were held Sunday at the Methodist church in Kingsley. He died Thursday at home after a long illness. Burial followed at Arlington cemetery Moville with Dickison funeral home in charge. Born February 19, 1877 in Cod Rapids he came to the area as an infant by covered wagon. He farmed southeast of Kingsley before moving to town. Survived by widow Minnie three daughters Mrs Glen Milly of Kingsley Mrs Roy Ashley of Klamouth Falls Ore and Mrs Robert Arent of Encinitas Cal a son Bernard three brothers Clinton The Dells Ore Roy and Hart both of Kingsley and three sisters.
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Reid
Kingsley
Benjamin Ernest Kinzey
Arlington cemetery
Moville
Dickison
Mr. Kin
Cod Rapids
Minnie
Glen Milly
Roy Ashley
Klamouth Falls
Ore
Robert Arent
Encinitas
Cal
Bernard
The Dells
Roy
Hart
Fines imposed by mayor's office this week
Fines listed include James Mulliny for shooting firecrackers at $30 Wm Puciz a $1250 accomplice in fireworks Robert Bohlke for improper assigning S18 Roland Johnson for tilting to chase car under control $12 Gordon Manimeo for improper pass SUS Charles Phillips for no valid driver's license $10 James White for towing an unauthorized person from his car $100 and Mrs Mina Edwards who spent winter at Dana Iowa with sister Miss Etta Majeres returned to her home in Le Mars on Tuesday
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James Mulliny
Wm. Puciz
Robert Bohlke
Roland Johnson
Gordon Manimeo
Charles Phillips
James White
Mina Edwards
Dana
Iowa
Etta Majeres
amome
Le Mars
Low mood comes says Gus Alesch on farm economy woes
The piece argues the government urged full production during postwar pressures and a hot cold war era. It notes farmer resilience, surplus risks, rising consumer concern, urban drift, and the need for skilled labor, fertilizer, weed and pest control, soil conservation, and modern farm methods, ending with a continuation note.
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Gus Alesch
Gustave Alesch
Unis
cinense aml
cape
Farmers Boycott Hits Waukon Over Parking Tax
About 4230 farmers and families in Allamakee County Iowa react to city leaders refusing to drop a marking tax at Waukon A sales barn meeting debated exemptions for nearby outskirts and discussed the impact of a boycott costing Waukon merchants and professionals over 1 million dollars annually The plan aims to shift business to Lansing Postville and other towns without parking taxes as long as meters remain in use.
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hall
Mapid
Howard Henry
Paris
ty North Dakota
supreme court
Norh Dakota
Oscelon
Des Moines
Osceola
Waukon
Allamakee county
Iowa
Lansing
Postville
Lily loving gardeners tour Atlanta lilies after convention
Mrs. Carl Mircue of Le Mars Iowa and Mrs. Hugh Lester of Georgia toured Atlanta gardens after attending the eighth annual Hemerocallis Society convention in Valdosta. Mircue, national president, and Lester, Georgia Society president, discussed lilies and her broader love for peonies iris and tees while visiting friends and judging horticultural exhibits.
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Georgian Journal
South
lea
Ti o
Atlanta
Carl Mircue
Le Mars
Iowa
Hugh Lester
Kendrick Road
uanta gardens
Marcu
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Hemerocallis Society
American Iris Society
Babson Forecast Due in Globe-Post For Second Half 1954
The Globe-Post will publish Roger W. Babson's forecast for the second half of 1954 around July 1 on page 1. A checked Babson Predictions section notes an outstanding performance history in the 1983 Business and Financial Outlook with strong accuracy claims and a notable annual record.
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the
Globe-Post
Roger WL Babson
Babson
Roger W. Robson
Improvement For Fritzs Service Station Expansion
Metle Trusdell Sinclair distributor Let contract to Lee Nemmers for a 30 by 30 foot modern office addition to Fritzs service station on east Plymouth street. New concrete driveways will be poured and the station’s appearance and access will be improved. Gas pump area remains, rear office for Truesdell Co., front for Fritz Wiehersch. Completion in about two months.
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Metle
Truesdell Ot Co
Wiehersch
Fruesdelt
To Be Married Mr and Mrs Emil Bruscher Sr
Mr and Mrs Emil Bruscher Sr of 1226 West Std Sioux City and former Le Mars residents announce the approaching marriage of their son SN Ray Bruscher to Munaine Sparks daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Sparks of El Centro California The wedding is planned for June 1 at St Catherine's Catholic Church in El Centro Mrs Brescher plans to attend the wedding.
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Emil Bruscher
West
Sioux City
Le Mars
Ray Bruscher
Munaine Sparks
Fred Spark
El Centro California
St. Catherine's Catholic church
El Centro
Brescher
Leading Tower mix up in Pisa Paris tale causes reader quips
A jumble of letters and misreadings triggers reader laughter over a misidentified Leading Tower piece. Readers debate Pisa versus Paris while a veteran banker recalls gas pump gags and a father warns his son to say no. Politically, chatter notes Eisenhower era secrecy and McCarthy era talk, amid infrastructure work by workers with air chisels upgrading a sidewalk and laying cables for new lights.
Le Mars Market Poultry and Grains Report
Market prices from Le Mars show bids for oats 76, rye, wheat, barley 1.08, corn 1.47, soybeans 3.38. Heavy hens and roosters listed with limited quality notes, sweet cream 37, eggs No 2 and packing details vague, overall produce sections with inconsistent OCR text.
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greta
eosin
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Dorothy Schuer
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Harold Hopp
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Farm Bureau
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Lily
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Shenandoah
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