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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1953
Page
11
The Lutheran Missionary Society schedules its annual Guest Day for Wednesday September 16 with the Johnson Two as guests. Lutheran ladies and local congregation members attend and plan the Missionary Clinic set for October 6 at the Merrill church.
The Washington Palm Bureau women gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Alvin Rother’s home. Roll call named favorite flowers. Underlers Mrs. Lyle Stevens and Mrs. Francis Schie fen taught corsage making from home grown blooms. Officers elected: Chairman Mr. Albert Petersen, vice chairman Mrs. Lyte Stevens, secretary and puberty chairman Mrs. Harry Utesch. County chairman Mrs. Frang Schneider attended. A lunch was served.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday October 6 in the home of Mrs Elmer Braune. The lesson topic will be Safety in the home.
A large circle of Merrit friends attended the funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker, who died at 76 after a lingering illness. Services were Wednesday at St John’s Lutheran Church in Le Mars. She resided with her daughter Clem Singer at various times and leaves three daughters, two grandchildren, and two brothers, Meno and Marlin Mammen of San Francisco.
Vera Fry Thelma Berner and Eileen Anderson hosted a Method session Thursday afternoon September 10 in the church basement, with W.S.C.S. at the venue and participants gathering for the event.
Reports from the Ag Day stand committee were favorable. Members voted to hold a chicken supper and bazaar on Thursday in October. Devotionary were conducted by Anna Bronstedt and the program topic Jesus Ministry to Village People was presented by Louise Hind.
Premium award list from the Ag Day Exhibit shows champions and many prize winners across crops. Names include John Binneboese Harold Kaiser Harold Saiser Melvin Ahrendsen Roy Fry John Nipp Danny Harms and others for corn oats wheat rye beans cucumbers squash melons and more.
A long OCR list catalogs many garden and canning items with numerous names next to each entry. It groups vegetables fruits pickles quilts crafts and baked goods under household contest style headings with participant names such as Mrs James Hamilton Mrs Mearl Lake Mrs Wilbur Heuertz Mr Tom Reilly and others.
Circle will meet Wednesday afternoon September 23 at 2 30 in the church basement with Emma Tooker and Jessie Davison as hostesses. Cuele HW will gather the same afternoon at Louise Denaler’s home with Jackie Harel assisting. Poe Leland Vo Fagan, a well known Plymouth county boy, formerly a Merrill, son of Verna Fagan of 27308 EB Willamette Pl Colorado Springs Colorado, recently.
A 1929 Merrill Iowa high school graduate and farmer turned Army member finished a two week chemical, bacteriological and radiological warfare defense course at Eta Jima Specialist School in Japan. He notes extreme heat, Ag Day events, and a challenging start to the period as part of military training and assignment to teach music at a Kaiserslautern school in Germany. Don Bogenrich, among twenty American teachers boarding for Europe, describes Frankfurt Wiesbaden life, meeting peers from Sioux City and Sheldon, and reports his first night in Wiesbaden with Stan Vanderloo witnessing a small world moment during his logistics and housing arrangements at Kaiserslautern Dependent, Stholt AP O 227 New York City.
Donations of surplus fruits and garden vegetables will be welcomed by the hot lunch program again this year. Leave donations at the Home Ec room or call Supt. Kissinger for details. The Merrill high school nine beat Union Consolidated 4 to 3 in a game here Wednesday afternoon. Classes are well organized and running smoothly in the second week of school. The ex 3.
The ladies of the Metthodist s. S.C. S plan a Chicken Supper on Thursday October 8 with an associated bazaar. Mr. and Mrs. George Hagar and son Gary, and Robert Hagar returned from a week in Duluth Minnesota. C. D. A. study club will meet at Gehlen High School Monday evening September 21 at 7:00 pm.
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