Merrill Record Lutheran Church Notices
Church announces Adult Confirmation class Tuesday evening March 30 at 7 30. Church Council meeting Friday evening April 2.
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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1954
Page
2
Church announces Adult Confirmation class Tuesday evening March 30 at 7 30. Church Council meeting Friday evening April 2.
Birthday celebration for Mrs Stanley Lake is hosted by Mr and Mrs Don Lake and others. Nine young married couples surprise Mrs Lake at the Eldon Lake home with games in the recreation room. A birthday punch and a blouse for Miyzi Lake are noted gifts.
The traffic toll in the state of Torta stands at 112 on March 76 as compared to 85 at this time date a year ago.
Mrs. Clara Vis Gibbs, of Merrill, remained in poor condition at St. Joseph Mercy hospital after a two car collision Thursday at 24th and Nebraska streets in Siena City. She was unconscious since the crash which involved her husband, Mr. Gibbs, and 18 year old Warner Dean Henry, with injuries including brain concussion, multiple rib fractures, and facial lacerations.
The annual convention was held Thursday March 25 at St John’s Lutheran church Meccill with Merrill’s Women’s Study Club as hostess. Attendees included officers numerous club presidents delegates and visitors. Enrollment reached 119 with county chairman Mrs Edna among participants.
March 29 1954 Kehrberg of Merrill presided at a Plymouth county federation convention in Le Mars with the theme America Freedom s Fortress. Morning and afternoon sessions featured tributes to flags the Christian flag and various speakers including Chris Mack Grant Wood and Ruth Kehrberg. The Merrill Study Club received a state reading award and the Le Mars Woman s Club was named Plymouth county s oldest federated club. Delegates voted Edna Kehrberg to Denver for national convention and Grace Spaulding appointed county vice chairwoman.
An invitation was extended by the Woman's Club of Le Mur for the 1955 convention coordinating luncheon coffee hour and related events.
Le Mars and Remsen duos attend the Nebraska State Sectional Pistol Tournament in Omaha. John L. Conover wins three silver cups for high Expert scores in slow fire timed fire and three stage indoor match, plus a sterling medal for third overall. Forty competitors entered. Conover ranks among top 30 pistol shooters nationally. Gil Blum arrives too late to shoot.
Miss Joyce Ellen Tonsfeldt and Robert Mercer wed in a candlelit ceremony at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Kennen. Attendants included Sandra Tonsfeldt and Richard Endhsen, with Rich ard Anderson as ring bearer. The bride, a Le Mars and Iowa State Teachers College graduate teaching in Lake View, will reside on a farm near Fonda after a two week Florida honeymoon.
Members and friends of the W. Cc. T. U. gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Charles Leniz’s residence with Mrs. Ella Lehman assisting. Mrs. EH Wetzel led devotions as part of the meeting.
A church gathering reflected on stewardship of Earth and people with scripture. The hymn This Is My Faith World was sung as the program noted WCTU Iowa yearbook activity and international reach, with Red Cross and Humane Society contributions approved and Le Mars enrolled as a Light Line Union.
A Le Mars National Guard feature reports the armory survived Monday night with no casualties and highlights a large turnout, staff guidance, recruit training phases, and class detail. Lt Hentpes led tours, with Lt Cyril Heissel, Spits, Tanner, and Bonenkamp overseeing training and rifle practice. Cooks scrubbed the kitchen as part of routine upkeep, and a birthday party for Lennice Kruse capped the week with guests listed.
The April May issue of The Iowan revisits the Amaz English Colony of Northwest Iowa. It details English settlement in Plymouth Cherokee Woodbury O'Brien Sioux Osceola Lyon counties, landholding a quarter of Iowa’s area, towns like Rock Rapids Le Mars Sib ley Paulina Hawarden Alton Granville Ireton Sutherland, and arrival of English furniture servants and customs. It notes most English left by the mid 1890s and mentions Orange City Tulip Festival as another feature.
Local interest notices advertise banking assistance for car financing from The First National Bank in Le Mars. A notice proclaims Arie Schimmel of Sioux Center elected to the Ayrshire Breeders Association by National Secretary Coenen C. Putney of Brandon Vermont. Community updates include VIVIAN Rolfes’s son Vincent J. Rolfes arriving in Japan and preparing for army duties, a university student visiting home, and condolences for the Nesgargon/Neyens family. KYTV Channel 9 Sioux City seeks a power increase to 105 kilowatts, with expected reception improvements for most TV sets especially those without outside antennas.
The five month old infant Lawrence Allan Esly of Mr. and Mrs. William Esly was found dead in his crib Friday morning. Funeral services were held at St. Pauls Lutheran church in Ireton Sunday with interment at Pleasant Hill cemetery. Survivors include his parents two sisters maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs H A Smith paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Eilis and great grandmother Mrs Josephine Smith of Ireton.
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