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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1953
Page
7
Forty cattle feeders attended a Thursday near Remsen as prospects look poor this year though appraisals suggest cattle fed to grade may raise profits. Farmers discussed brucellosis testing in swine and urged a two-test 30 day apart policy before seeking herd credentials or selling breeding stock.
Bob Fulton opened the meson at 8 30 p m May 18 with the 4 H jPiidee. Roll call was Our Favorite Movie Star. Lanny Nairn spoke on Common Knots and Their Use. Rennie Pettebaum led a quiz on Safety on The Farm. Jim Nuw showed a film on fishing in Iowa. The Big Sioux Watershed Association seeks funds for a demonstration watershed near Brookings S C to include soil conservation and flood control. Miss Leora Laughton visited Le Mars from Playville Wis.
Wartburg College Waverly Iowa honored Dale Becker of Le Mars along with more than fifty students at the annual Honors Convocation closing the first fund year. The June 4 commencement will award 115 degrees including 19 two year certificates. Dr. Clarence C. Stoughton of Wittenberg University will speak and two honorary doctorates will be awarded, with Mrs H H Weinert and Dr Walter Seegers among the honorees.
Harley Byrne of the Byrne Transfer Co fell from a truck unloading paper at the Globe Post Office on Friday morning suffering several cracked ribs though he remained on the job, taped up. Martin Burshiem of Le Mars injured at Merrill when scaffolding broke while tearing down the old Great Northern depot, breaking his head and arms and badly injuring his back, kept in bed. Various residents listed as medical and surgical patients admitted to Sacred Heart hospital during the past week including Mrs Kenkel and Ronald Faber among others from Le Mars Remsen Kingsley Alton Marcus Merrill and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs Julius Bauer of Kingsley announce the marriage of their daughter LaDonna to Eugene Kramer son of Mr and Mrs Art Kramer of Hinton The couple wed on June 1 in Vermillion South Dakota.
Roy Ryan returned home last Thursday from Creighton University where he has been a student this past year. Mr and Mrs Delbert Mack of Omaha were weekend guests in the home of her sister Mrs Fletcher West and family and her father George Kehrberg. Mr and Mrs Bernard Willis and their Lake City family were visitors.
The article lists several residents and visitors with family ties across towns. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodie hosted relatives from Wednesday to Saturday as Mr. Willis attended a Bar Association Convention in Sioux City. AL Myhand and daughter Margaret of Range, Texas visited two weeks with in laws Dro and Mrs. R. C. Jacobs. Rev and Mrs D E Streyffeler joined. Edna Kehrberg, Bert Thormahler and Anna Brunstedt attended a membership and evangelism school in Akron. Mrs. W E Gearhart of Burlingame California visited two weeks with daughter Mrs Gordon Brodie. Local Methodist couples headed to Lake Okoboji for cottage prep. Kay Olson of Arlington, Texas visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Ruedy.
Mr and Mrs Donald Taylor returning from Methodist hospital Sioux City with their five day old son were in a collision at the old Erpelding corner four miles southwest of Merrill. A car driven by Daryl Kuehn’s son failed to stop and struck the Taylors car. The baby was thrown to the floor but not believed hurt. Mrs Taylor was badly shaken. Ed Voverger took the mother and infant home. Both cars were badly damaged.
A sweep of property deals shows transfers in Le Mars Remsen Akron and Datton. Buyers include John C Peters Eberly K Pence Lena Gross Katherine Ueech Henry Stoos Clary Gunther Elmer C Ross Clifford Moves and others. Prices range from 1.00 to 17500.00 with parcels described by lot blocks and additions.
Mrs W J Edwards sister Etta Magers Dana Iowa visitation lasting months ends with return to home. Funeral notice for William Edwards earlier this year with extensive surviving family including 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services set Tuesday at the Reformed church with Rev Russell Esselt. burial at Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Jacob Hopp Creton, 80, died at Hawarden hospital early Saturday morning June 6, 1953 after weeks as a hospital patient following a fall. Born in Holland in 1873, he came to the United States at age ten in 1883, lived near Sioux Center, Iowa, and worked in Maurice before farming in Sioux county. He married Gertrude Yeoma in 1903. The couple farmed various points in the county. she died in 1976. Six children are listed.
Jeanette Evelyn Gabel and David Carl Lang, both of Le Mars, were awarded degrees at University of Colorado Boulder on June 6. Lang earned a Doctor of Education degree in graduate school and Gabel received a Bachelor of Arts in arts and sciences.
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