28 Oct 1954
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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1954
Page
1
Westmar readies for annual homecoming with events across campus. Finlay and Saturday feature a bid to stop the Golden Fegles as key games and performances loom. A parade and campus activities fill the afternoon, with the Queen’s Stopper event in the college gym and a student union program afterward.
Religious Emphasis Week at Westmar College and Calvary Evangelical United Brethren church runs Sunday to Friday with Dr A G Martin of Fargo as guest preacher. A graduate of Evangelical Theological Seminary Naperville and Westmar 1953 D D, he serves on boards of North Central College and Evangelical Theological Seminary and on the General Council of the Evangelical United Brethren church. Services start 10 45 and 8, with weeknight services at 7 30. Dr Martin selects What We Believe as theme, aims to cover core Christian beliefs. he will also speak at the college chapel on Monday Wednesday and Friday. public invited.
A Tuesday evening crash near Le Mars involved a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Le Roy Jones of Sioux City. Jones and his wife and daughter were injured and taken to Sacred Heart hospital. The accident occurred at 6 20 with the Jones car overturning after leaving the soft shoulder. the front page notes the driver in fair condition. A 1952 GMC truck driven by Fred Adrian of Everly and a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Alfred Griz of Le Mars collided head on nearby at the same intersection, with damages listed at 50 and 125 dollars respectively, no injuries reported. Earlier at Ind street and Second Ave N, a 1949 Willys Jeep driven by James Green and a Dodge mail truck collided as Green was blinded by the sun. no damage estimate given. The incident occurred at 1 p.m. on Wednesday October 27.
Fredrick Bertrem a retired Breton farmer died Sunday at his home after many years of illness. Funeral services were held at the residence and St Pauls Lutheran church in Freton with burial at St Johns cemetery. Survived by three daughters Hertha Dorn and two others, Mrs Herman Berman of Ireton, three sons Rudolph of Linoux City and Ernest of Hartky, twelve grandchildren and two brothers William of Linoux City and Ernest of Hartky.
Duane F. Douvin of Marcus and Darlene Hanno of Remsen were issued a marriage license this week by the Plymouth County clerk of courts.
Henry E Schipper 83 died Monday at Sacred Heart Hospital after two years of poor health. Funeral services were held at the 1st Baptist Church with Rev Frank Patterson officiating. He was born September 4, 186? at Pella and moved to Le Mars as a child. An operator for Cowver Transfer Co for years, he retired about several years ago. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and a retired Le Mars Fire Department member. He enjoyed swimming and summer sports at the LeMars pool. He married Flora Gee in February 1901 who preceded him in death. Surviving: daughter Mrs Clarence Cowan, son Wayne Schipper, seven grandchildren, great grandchildren, and several relatives. Burial at city cemetery under Maver funeral directors.
The talent show staged by the Eagles club takes place Thursday October 28 at 8 00 pm at Eagles Hall. Chuck Wiley is master of ceremonies. Acts include Carolyn Pewis Dance Studio, Stardusters from Central High School, a guitar orchestra, an accordion band from Flood Music School, directed by Beverly Williams. Also performing are Dean Vander Well and Gary Zieg in a comedy act, Janet Jeffers on marimba, Lara and Jerry Noland as a guitar duet, baton twirlers, and other acts under Charlotte Campbell.
Clarence C Mor s a 58 year old farmer from near Merrill shot himself in the mouth Tuesday night. Coroner S H Luken ruled death a self inflicted gunshot from a .45 pistol and said no accident was evident. Mor s had been despondent after personal losses and recent isolation on his Glendale farm. He left a wife who died years ago and a daughter Mrs Ted Hoffman nearby. Services planned at Vernill Memorial Church with Rev. Neu mann and Rev. Harboer officiating. burial at Billids Cemetery. Remains at Mauer funeral home until services.
A Globe-Post misprint mixed up names in a mayor's court fines list. George Weimer was fined $100 and costs for reckless driving, not George Remer. Remer faced jokes but denies any reckless driving, clarifying his name as Weimer.
About 7000 head of sandhill cattle are to be sold at the Burwell Livestock Market in Burwell Nebraska in a special Malay feeder sale. 4000 head will be sold on Wednesday November 3 and 3000 on Friday November 5. The sale starts at 11 a.m. each day. Le Mar feeders are expected to attend and more will be there based on advance indications.
No official word has come to Co. K of the Iowa National Guard on plans for a new armory in Le Mars according to Sgt Kenneth Freese in charge of the current facility. A radio broadcast listed Le Mars among ten Iowa towns potentially receiving federal and state aid for armory construction under New Deal style programs. The broadcast suggested Ike administration funds may support thousands of new buildings amid a business downturn, a line echoed by Republicans as debt grows.
Democratic candidate Mayme Groethen will give a five minute talk on The Role of Modern Women on KLEM Friday October 29 on the 1245 Talk of the Town program. She says women’s expanded sphere is evident in how they influence family and society and asserts Americans should inform themselves and engage in self government.
Local FHA district convention gathers at LeMars public school Lourdes October 30 with welcome speech by chapter mother and a slate of special numbers. Donna Petersen leads an afternoon program while groups discuss FHA topics and family unity. A noon dinner features talent segments. district chorus to perform, with Norma Kehrbere as composer and Miss Syme Iron directing. Delegates from Ide Grove Ann Hawarden Paulina Leeds Sheldon Sioux Center Aurelia LeMars and others invited.
Educational meeting on Farmers Home Administration loans at the FHA office at 1 30 am. Radio program ALLME nine hundred am. Speaker El mer Land Area extension conservation. Farm Bureau meet. RYP Board meet. Liberty 4 H club movie at Art Miller home at 500 pm. Hungerford TMT 4H club meeting. Permanent Agriculture banquet in Sioux City. Fur Board me.
A benefit talent show featuring Chuck Wiley as master of ceremonies is set for Sunday November 7 at 7 30 p m at Gehlen School Auditorium. The program includes socialists ballet square dancing instruments and more. Interested entrants should contact Mrs Eugene Pocte at 137210. The Swiss club is to meet Friday October 29 with Mrs Fred Kuchn as hostess.
Walham Tau, driver of a loaded Sanborn town school bus, was badly hurt Monday at 7:00 pm when the bus rear ended a stock truck driven by Daryle Swanson of Bigelow, sending both vehicles into the ditch on Highway 75 north of the Schiefen farm. The 27 Sanborn school children were not hurt. Ronald Huls faced charges of failing to have the vehicle under control.
Le Mars women complain of repeated panty and garment thefts from clotheslines. Police are not alerted due to embarrassment, but residents label the thief a fetishist who targets intimate wear and even hair clippings for private rites. One woman vows to defend her yard if caught, warning the culprit away.
Local automobile dealers including Ford and Chevrolet show new car offerings in Le Mars and Akron. Notable names include James T Pehter and Bert Popken of Akron Chevrolet, with models from Chevrolet and International trucks noted. Additional listings reference Remsenbord and Le Mars Mercury with various regional dealer remarks.
J Henry Lucken Republican candidate for reelection delivered a blunt direct political talk on radio KLEMM praising fiscal restraint and early tax relief while blasting New Deal and Fair Deal bureaucracy. He cited Iowa foreign aid figures and state spending to argue for limited government and criticized Democrats and McCarthy tactics.
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