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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1953
Page
2
Le Mars Globe-Post imprint shows second class matter status with post office routing. Publisher STARZL and editor R. G. STARZL listed. Subscription rates disclosed as 3.00 per year in advance and 5.00 for foreign countries.
A letter from Pvt James P Rielly of US Army Fort Riley Kansas requests to be placed on the Globe-Post circulation list and includes a payment check for his subscription. He provides his unit details Co A 87th Inf Reg 10th Inf Div and Fort Riley Kansas.
Local residents are urged to use mail deposit envelopes from First National Bank in Le Mars. The notice mentions banking by mail as a near service and invites customers to request envelopes, with a reference to the next regular meeting.
November 2 1953 notices from Le Mars include Walmer Post meeting at Legion hall at 8 p m with lunch and a telecast fight after. County legion meeting set for Le Mars November 19. Mrs Fred Kruse of Cherokee visits Le Mars with newborn granddaughter to Mr and Mrs Annie Robinet and a prior Waterloo visit with another granddaughter Pamela Frances born October 16 to Mr and Mrs G E Robinet. Mrs Krese formerly Lian Rebmele ran the Le Mars Cure. Harold L Berkenpas, recently with an A F unit in Houston, returns on 15 day delay en route to Offutt Air Base Omaha for further duties. Mr and Mrs LeRoy Crowley stay in Los Angeles for IWC.
The column reports activities including a national trucking convention, a hospital stay for Joe Nuebel and home treatment, Lindenwood College recruitment in Le Mars, a St Catherine's Marsh Benefit Card Party, and a 3-cent stamp honoring New York City's 300th anniversary. Also noted are social visits, a family anniversary gathering, a card party at St James church, winter plans for Ed and Eilers, and a returning serviceman Cpl Lanzendorf from Korea with family updates.
Community notes from Le Mars including appointments, church events, school and military updates, marriage banns, travel ads, and local obituaries with names such as Orville A. Hames and Cyril G. Dugan. Reports cover Plymouth County, Kingsley, Marcus, and area activities, plus subscription price changes and memorials.
The Utech family expresses deep thanks for sympathy and kindness after the death of William Utech. They thank Rev Bartz Dr O Toolo Sacred Heart Sisters nurses and First Methodist ladies for prayers services meals and floral tributes. They note a funeral season and praise support from the community and pantry supplies. The message also notes a B PLOW meeting and a white elephant party at Central High School.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday October 31 for William Utech lifelong resident of Plymouth county. Relatives and friends from distant places included Lawrence Utech Edgar Wisconsin George Juechs Wausau Wisconsin Easin Piepenburg Wausau Wisconsin Frank Utech Stanley and Darrell Henry Werley Heron Lake Minnesota John Pech Mrs Dick Oban Brandon South Dakota Loren Larson and Ben Homfeld Worthington Minnesota.
A quirky blend of short newspaper items describes a little girl dressing as a cowboy with a toy gun, tax agents told to avoid irritation and use non filers, and Plymouth County’s need for a real hermit like Cherokee County’s river hermit Smith, who lives by the Little Sioux and enjoys reading.
In Flymouth County pond gossip centers on Hermit Smith who entertained about 150 riding club members. A. K. Ross in Le Mars notes trapping a rare white wolf and an albino squirrel, while locals debate wildlife displays and hunting anecdotes.
A fragmented tale describes a creature named slbive aysurel and its rough experience. Birds repeatedly fuss about the subject with pure white hair, while Mr. Ross warns that trapping or finding pik eyes will provoke a response.
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