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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1954
Page
3
Photo by Susan Swanson captures a Merrill school production for year end with students and staff in period costumes. Frank Wagner states fundraising mattered little this time as the group hopes for fun and a lucky financial outcome. A future feature in Littleton TM may publish the image next month.
Mrs Anna Brunstedt hosted Mr and Mrs Bob Hodgson of near Le Mars and Mr and Mrs Leo Walker for Sunday dinner on May 2. Mrs Horace Hirton and her son Tom of Winslow Arkansas returned home after visiting relatives and friends in the area.
Extended visits and family visits across Texas Iowa and Nebraska noted. Mrs Lloyd Gellings of Sanborn visits parents Mr and Mrs J C Heisler. Mrs Gellings presents a TV. Denver and Omaha trips noted for several families. Boy Scouts Camporee attendance planned. W S C SCircle house cleaning at church. Telemotics show at the college pool featuring Marge and the Marlins synchronized swimming club. Local clubs birthday and Mother’s Day observances. Merrill Minder crowd reminder and editor’s technical difficulties.
Joe Easton travels by plane accompanied by friends for a Merrill family visit. Fletcher West family drives to Omaha for Mother's Day and Lori Jil Mack baptism. Delmar Shatto's Spencer relatives visit in Wo Well home. Marjorie Penning of Le Mars joins William Wells for May 2 dinner. Ray Weinheimer hosts informal gathering. WSC Circle 11 reports success selling parcel post packages. Dr and Mrs Stribley return from State Dental Convention in Des Moines. Forrest Tow family from Jackson, Minnesota visit Kissinger home. Kissinger family plans Peterson Iowa trip to see Jack Johnsons. R. Otten of Sioux Falls visits Bert Thormuhlen. Marty Thompson travels with Ev erett Thompson and Vern Knoudsen to Woonsocket and Wessington Springs. C C Hauff and Dave Tooker host a luncheon and games for WAC S Circle 1 project. Ed Marienau returns from St. Joe hospital. stomach issue linked to eye operation. Makenay improves but advised rest. Friends help celebrate Frances Baker’s May birthday. Maurice Golden family from Onawa spend weekend with Ira Johns. Teddy Golden returns home. Russell Fox and Laura Montgomery visit from Castana for Mother's Day. Lillian Hill of Centon visits Fred Hammond kins in Ceylon Minnesota. Harry Hammond birthday noted. Ed Phillips family from Elkton, S D dine with Alfred Jones. Lou Hauser and Wallace Hemphill plan trip to Thompson for Mother's Day with Mee Downing. Thompson coach Ed Downing to return as coach next year.
Grover Schneider Merrill friends mourn his death Friday morning May 7 at Methodist hospital Sioux City following months of failing health. Further details will be found elsewhere in The Globe-Post.
The May meeting of the W S C S will be held Wednesday afternoon May 12 at 2 30 in the church basement with Louise Dennler Jessie Johns and Florence Thompson as hostesses. Members are urged to attend as this is the final meeting of the fiscal year and several matters of importance will be discussed.
The Clubs Birthday club gathered Thursday afternoon at Doris Riley's home to celebrate Mrs. Riley and Lois Berner birthdays with a birthday lunch. Friendship Club ends the year with an annual evening out, driving to Sioux City for dinner and a show on May 11. Tuesday Club hosted by Mrs. Albert Lang on May 4, attendance reported as 10062, Nellie Kehrberg presented a Tree Travelogue describing native trees across states.
Five Merrill high school students joined Music Director Frank Watgoner on a publicity trip to Le Mars to advertise the Gay Nineties County Fair set for Friday May 14. The feature shows a 1910s style bathing beauty Carol Markenaau and a Gay Nineties bride Carol Halwey with companions, noting photographer tactics and candid expressions.
Joyce Kilmer's Trees and Margaret Appleger's A Tree are noted as poems. Jessie Johns led the social hour. A lunch followed. Mrs Lou Hauser is announced as June hostess for the Woman's Study Club. The final meeting of the club year was May 4 at Melhount church basement, with spring blossoms, reports, and plans for Red Cross swimming seasons.
Merri firemen answered a 7:30 p m call to the Albert Held farm south of Hinton on Highway 75. A mature cottonwood tree burned at its center from a rubbish fire creating access challenges. Firemen toiled about three hours to extinguish the blaze near a barn and considered sawing down the tree to ensure full control.
The date for C C Hauff Day is set for Saturday May 29 in Merrill. Hauff Hardware has operated in town for fifty years and will host free pancakes and coffee along with drawings and prizes. The state president of the Izaak Walton League will be guest speaker discussing flood control in the Floyd River Valley.
The Woman's Club of Merrill hosted a Tuesday evening session featuring a German wind group that played several Spanish selections to set the mood for a talk on Mexico by Mrs. R. C. Jacobs. Participants included music director Frank Waggoner on first clarinet and Barbara Powell on second clarinet.
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