Le Mars Mars Globe-Post Second Class Matter Notice
Le Mars Globe-Post appears as second class matter under the act of March 1870. June 3, 1959 volume 276 number 46. Editor R G Starzl. Published twice weekly at 4 Cenna Ave, Le Mars, Iowa. Subscription 48 a year in Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury, and Cherokee counties, Iowa and Union County, South Dakota. Local area price 4.60 per year elsewhere. Foreign rates apply. Delinquent or back subscriptions may be charged automatically.
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Mars Globe - Post
le Mars
G Starzl
N. BE
la Mara
Iowa
B.C
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury
Ghetokes
Unaton County
South Dakota
Contour Planting Protects Resources on Slopes
Iowa State College Extension Soil Conservationist C R Ballantyne says contour planting on fields with slope no more than 3 feet per 100 can cut soil losses by about half. Terracing can be built along longer slopes. ACP cost-sharing up to 70 percent helps farmers install terraces and other permanent conservation practices.
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C. R. Ballantyne
Iowa State College
Ballantyne
Lowa
Ballahtyne
Thousand Dollars Roll Into Town
A caravan of 71 GM Chevrolet cars and trucks arrived in Omaha, representing General Motors via W C Arthur & Co of Janesville Wisconsin. Also included are personal acknowledgments from Mr and Mrs Nick Kenkel and news of Miss Janice Mallette’s homeward return from State College of Education in Greeley Colorado to spend vacation with her parents.
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Chevrolet
Hank
General Motors
Omaha
W.C. Arthur & Co
Janesville
Wisc
Shippers
Janice
Mallette
State College of Education
Greeley
Colorado
Miss Mallette
Rass Malletta
Iowa Soil and Water Conservation Week Declared
June 7 14 designated for soil and water conservation in Plymouth County per the Plymouth County Soil Conservation District Commissioners Walter Muecke Hinton Donald Lucken Le Mars and Harold Johnson. District aims to help farmers reduce erosion improve soil water capacity and increase water intake with voluntary citizen cooperation and district aid.
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Elmer
Lund
Plymouth County Soil Conservation District
Walter Muecke
Hinton
Donald Lucken
le Mars
Harold Johnson
Plymouth County
Muecke
Plymouth
How To Get Federal Aid In Conservation
Jam H. Greiner explains the 1954 small watershed bill allows farm owners to apply for federal conservation aid. Of 34 watersheds, 27 have planning approval totaling 97.2 acres and one project with 3,100 acres completed. Areas initiate watershed projects locally with soil conservation districts guiding questions and boundaries.
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Soil Conservation District
Jam H. Greiner
State Soil Conservation Committee
Congress
United States
Soilo Vation Committee
Dld
Worl
Soci
Ito
Cate
Conservationist Lund pioneers terrace farming near Hinton
Elmer J Lund extension area conservationist J Allen Jacer describes twenty years of improving soil with contour farming and terraces built since 1940 41 miles of terraces now protect fields from erosion. He notes terraces reduce washout but warn about gopher and fox burrows in spring as terraces leak if not watched. Increased yields reward the extra time spent on terraces.
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Elmer J.lund
J Allen Jacer
Hinton
Janer
Jane
Wheat Referendum Set for July 23 in Plymouth County
Present law requires a wheat marketing quotas referendum for 1960 to be held Thursday July 23. Wm M Schnepf, chairman of the Plymouth county ASC committee, reports the quotas for the 1960 wheat crop have been proclaimed.
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Wm. M. Schnepf
Plymouth County
ASC
Wheat marketing quotas for 1960 referendum in Iowa
The secretary of agriculture outlines wheat marketing quotas for the 1960 crop. National allotment remains 55 million acres. Iowa’s is 143,123 acres, down 10,777 from 1959. Referendum voters must have raised wheat for harvest in 1960 and not exceed 15 years of wheat. If quotas pass, farmers following allotments can market all wheat. excess triggers penalties. If not passed, no marketing restrictions.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Arizona
Iowa
Plymouth County
Wm. M. Schnepf
ASC
Under Doctor's Care Vincent Milton in Sioux Falls
Vincent Milton of Hinton, son of Kingsley residents Mr and Mrs James Milton, is a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls with a severe case of Malta fever. He was admitted Wednesday May 27 and his address is Room 305, third floor. Bert Addy of Marcus was taken ill Monday and rushed to Sacred Heart hospital in Le Mars. initial fears of a stroke were reported, with further details pending.
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Lyle’ Pratt
George Bainbridge
Kingsley
Lestie Pecks
le Mars
Sacred Heart Hospital
Cora Baldwin
Emmett Holton
Cyril Ortmann
Emmett Ryan
Marcus
Donald Moritz
Alvin Pochop
Struble
John Vander Molen
Charles Klein
Granville
Jake Heiser
Dean. VanderWell
VanderWell
Herman VanderWell
Dean VanderWell
Win Sons
Oscar Schulz, Jr
Sioux City
Vincent Milton
Hinton
James Milton
Veteran's Hospital
Sioux Falls
Vincent
Bert Addy
Petersen Sievers Wedding Ties Le Mars and Marcus
Le Mars hosts the early summer wedding of Evalyn E. Petersen of Le Mars to William D. Sievers of Marcus at American Lutheran church. Rev N Belk officiated at 3 p.m. with Handel Wiels-Kloster at the organ and Hyman Mallette singing O Perfect Love. The bride wore blue Chantilly lace over blue taffeta with pink rosebud and white orchid corsage and a crown of rosebuds. Bridesmaid Herlig Larson of Remsen wore blue Chantilly lace over blue taffeta. William C. Krekow served as best man. usher details follow.
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Sc. John’s. American Lutheran Church
le Mars
Evalyn E. Petersen
William D. Sievers
Marcus
C. L. Hagen
Handel Wiels
Kloster
Mallette
Alvin C. Petersen
Herlig Larson
Remsen
William C. Krekow
Bessman
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Im Ithe Hospital
Nick Kenkel
Aneuna
P & W Farm Service Co
Farm Bureau Co
Robert Andersen
Lowell Larson
Washeld
Eileen Stroltenow
Lowell Brockman
Elsie Larson
Andrew Juhl
Dames Stan .Mohning
Willard Herman
Herman Oetken
Louis Larson
Frank Scholer
Mesdames
James Petersen
Virgil Johnson
Nick’ ‘Kloster
John Nielsen
Pat Wallinga
Niels Mortensen
Martin, Larson
Herbert
Larson
Alton
Ast Ave
Lakes
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Plymouth Electric Coop Assn
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