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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1956
Page
2
Plans laid for the 1956-57 adult farmer education program at Le Mars Public School. Advisory Council outlines a specialized Farm Management curriculum for 1957 with monthly sessions from October to January covering enrollment, accounting, taxation, marketing, and policy. Enrollment starts October 8 at 7:30 PM in the Vocational Building with a $1 fee.
The Plymouth county Republican dinner will be held at 6 30 p m on Wednesday Sept 26 1956 at the Le Mars Country Club Gordon Stokes is county chairman and is in charge of arrangements Representative Charles B Hoeven will be the principal speaker and will show films on his South American tour Members of the Republican Farm council will be present including the district representative All present will be Fred Benson of Sheldon district chairman of the Republican party and Miss Elizabeth Frei vice district chairman and both will speak briefly Reservations must be in by Monday Sept 24 Reservations can be made for 200 only Those wishing to attend should contact Gordon Stokes county chairman Henry Hartman the First National Bank Gordon Mennen at the Le Mars Savings bank or Harold Harms at the Brunsville bank Mr and Mrs Judson McDougall Sr spent the weekend with their son Marlin and family at Winona Minn He was recently promoted to Farm Line Manager for the J R Watkins Co of Winona They were transferred from Memphis Tenn where Mr McDougall had been acting as farm line manager for the J R Watkins Co southern operation 4 Wall Street Journal The fine people The State of Pennsylvania Legal Ruling unit has decreed that rubber baby pants are not subject to sales tax when sold to private individuals for their own use
Le Mars Remsen and surrounding areas list multiple farm and land auctions in September. Entries include estate and personal property sales by Richards Ruden Adams Staab Klein Treiber John H Abtfs and others. Notable dates feature September 21 22 24 25 27 with assorted farm machinery poultry and real estate offerings.
Market notes list LeMars prices for barley oats and flax plus soy beans and poultry trading activity. Multiple entries reference LeMars with commodities including barley oats soybeans flax and poultry.
The County Tuberculosis and Health Association joined a six regional meeting in Milford Iowa on September 18 attended by nine people from fifteen counties. Plymouth County delegates included Mesdames Marion Chapman Elmer Hoffman Herman H Borchers Sadie Brunskell and Miss Josephine Arendt. Dickinson County hosted. Harold Harris editor of the Sutherland Courier urged year round publicity. State association staff from Des Moines and THA field representative Mrs Paul Somers led workshop sessions.
The engagement of Lila Rose Montagne of Merrill to Rollin Thompson of Kingsley is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Cyril Montagne. No wedding date has been set.
Mrs Ira Mentzer of Ponca Nebraska announces the marriage of her daughter Joan Peterson to Wayne Williams of Mardell Missouri. The couple will wed October 6 in Fi Ritchie Maryland where both are stationed. Open house to honor them October 14 from five.
The State Banking Department on Monday granted authorization for the Farmers State Bank at Merrill to open a bank office at Hinton. This will not be a branch as bank branching is illegal in Iowa, according to president Gordon Mennen of Le Mary. No definite opening date has been set.
The Globe-Post reports the Le Mars city council has received a formal request to approve a funeral home across from St. Joseph's church. Joe Fisch of Remsen plans the establishment. he currently operates a successful funeral home in Remsen. The report mentions the former Martin Schafer house and the former Wernli home near Foster Park as part of the discussion.
The film Seventeen by young people for young people will screen at the Assembly of God church in Le Mars on Saturday night at 8 00. The event promises good entertainment for both young and old audiences.
Rev. Alvern Kinrude born in Maquoketa educated at Delmar public schools earned a B A from the University of Dubuque and a B D from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ordained March 25 1954 at Maquoketa First Baptist, he begins as Le Mars First Baptist pastor October 1 and is single. Roy Schessler, per Transport Topics, joined Consolidated Freightways In Menlo Park California as office manager of the city office, son of late Sam Schessler a former deputy sheriff and janitor at Le Mars courthouse.
Globe-Post invites readers to join Babsonpoll a nationwide study begun in 1952 by the Babson Organization. The weekly ballots measure shift voting from prior patterns predicting narrow margins and party control. The first report will map key races and contest factors.
A survey by the American Hospital Association finds Le Mars general hospital beds used 66.7 percent last year, below nationwide 71.7 percent and the West North Central average 69.3 percent. At Sacred Heart Hospital, 600 beds, average daily occupancy was 40 percent with 1,784 admissions in the year, amid national calls for more beds since the Hill-Burton Act anniversary.
The Red Cross will close its Le Mars office on December 1 and shift all services to volunteer leaders. The swimming program will continue with a team led by Elden Paine, Harry Cannon, and L. L. Thompson to assess alternatives. Executive secretary Mrs. Joul Shepherd resigns effective December 1 but will remain as a volunteer. Plymouth County Red Cross is reorganized with officers and service chairmen guiding home service water safety disaster junior Red Cross public information home nursing and nutrition programs.
Ronald E Severson a veterinary has filed suit against Anim Erpling for medicines for livestock totaling 423.11 with 46 interest per year from Oct 1 1955 plus court costs. A partial payment of 50 was made on Feb 10 1956. Paul Navcke seeks judgement against John M Kennedy for 103.73 with 3 percent annual interest from Dec 29 1954 plus court costs for fuel oil furnished between Dec 29 1944 and Apr 5 1955.
Police court fines totaled for several defendants this week. Robert fauters Marcus speeding paid 1250 dollars. Ernest Buiter Sioux City stop sign 59 dollars. George Schroeder bookings 7 dollars. Theron Stark Melvin failing to yield right of way 1800 dollars. Alvin Schulze Minneapolis stop sign and speeding 17.50 dollars. Richard Kolker Mars violation of restricted license 9 dollars. Fines and costs in other cases included F. M. Gorman on highway 2 west of Morril for allegedly selling beer without a permit. plea of guilty. Marvin Presles Fort Dodge forgery case disposed of with 28 fine and suspended sentence. Larry Keith Conner Seney pleaded guilty to failure to stop and aid after an accident, fined 100 dollars, 30 days in jail with costs, jail sentence suspended.
Kingsley, Mrs. M. Vo Shafenbere of Hinton, Mrs. Anna Harnack, and Dick Hatz, both of Remsen.
List of Le Mars and Westmar students and names including Duane Baack Jerry Becher Charles Black Donald Carothers Delmer DeBoer Dorothea Deffoer Shiey Euson Leon Frericks Lyle Graff James Hershberger Bonnie Herzig Robert Impecoven Charles Kehrberg Evan Knapp Joan Jaanne Krekow Robert Roth LeRoy Kurth Carol Ann Kurte Robert Lampe Janice Mallette Carol Mauer Donald McDougal Charles Meins Harold Michaelson Francis Moran Kathleen Paulin Thomas Shepherd Jo Ann Thompson Wendel Thompson Thomas Trauffer Dean Vander Well Clifford Whitaker LaVonne Williams Heinz Wilms Gary Zieg Beverly Begg Tom Devdrick Robert Doering Gary Donlin Doris Fenholt Dennis Frerichs Kathy Gardner James Green Lowell Groom Clair Gunther Virgil Halwey Harlan Harms David Hawkins Loreen Inermano Janeen Jeys Herman Jaffer Norma Kehrberg Normaan Kehrberg Eugene Roth Robert Krekow Tom Pfaffle Charles Plummer Franklin Pratt Nancy Runeic Karen Thompson Patricia Weidauer William Westergard
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Methodist Churches invites all to an all day meeting on Tuesday September 25 at the Methodist Church for A World Understanding workshop. Registration starts at ten. Five local women will carry the program across districts and a noonday luncheon is offered for a small charge. Reservations to Mrs R W Parker. Wall Street Journal notes tax data for farmers and real estate taxes.
Under doctor care, medical and surgical patients admitted to Sacred Heart Hospital since Sept 13 include Milton Heyl Le Mars. Harry Manning Le Mars. Miss June Oak Penalosa Kansas. Mrs Ambrose Hennis Marcus. Mrs Kenneth Schware Le Mars. Mrs Wilbert Clement Le Mars. Miss Edna Kallenen Le Mars. Harold Utesch Le Mars. John Kehrberg Le Mars. Also born to Mr and Mrs James Rubland a Struble boy Sept 14. to Mr and Mrs Donald Harms Le Mars a girl Sept 14. to Mr and Mrs Donald Schill Remsen a girl Sept 17. to Mr and Mrs Charles Sides Le Mars a boy Sept 11. to Mr and Mrs J Alvin Willer Brunsville a boy Sept 19. to Mr and Mrs Wayne Crowley Le Mars a boy Sept 19. to Mr and Mrs Glen Bubke Kingsley a girl Sept 20. Born in Sioux City Sept 18 1956 at St Josephs Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Marvin Brouilleue Merrill a son.
Mr and Mrs Junek of Leeds were killed instantly when a tear in their car crashed through a detour barricade at a Rockwell City bridge construction site. A daughter, Shirley Juneh, was hospitalized but released that day with bruises and shock. The trio were en route to visit Mrs George Marquis in Waukegan Illinois.
Mournful summary text reconstructed: Phe Mebon Thinner wed Richad Harner in a September 8 1986 double ring ceremony at Mission Covenant Church Triumph Minnesota. Maid of honor Miss Kathleen Melon, bridesmaids Miss Marin Bergwads, ushers John Zashman and Phil Hansen. Couple to honeymoon on North Shore Minnesota and reside in Minneapolis. He is a medical student at University of Minnesota. she is a graduate nurse at General Hospital Minneapolis.
An opinion piece rails at British colonial influence in Egypt and accuses the United States of supporting imperial profits through aid and conscription. It mocks Eisenhower and Stevenson, then shifts to local gossip about a Remsen matron and a toupee wearer, and ends with critique of Red Cross donor lists and fundraising practices.
Lawrence Vondra family requests printing of additional information. Funeral services were held Monday at St. Joseph Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. J D Fisch presiding. burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Lincoln township. Wiltgen Luedtke handled arrangements. pallbearers included Joe Britt Minert Britt Mike Connor Eat O Bri Roman Plend and Sylvester Litzmann. Out of town relatives attended from Cuba City Dubuque Randolph Nebraska Madison Minnesota and Te Mars. American Cancer Society volunteers from Plymouth County attended a leadership conference in Sioux City Sept 18 per Mrs Ed Willer ASC chairman. Attendees from Plymouth County included Mrs Ed Willer Mrs Avery Small Rev Vernon Powell Mrs Raymond Fletcher Mrs Louise Blett Mrs Louise Thom son Mrs Harry Sibley Mrs J M Simeon and Mrs Andrew Brangwin. Frost occurred in northern Minnesota and snow in Wisconsin and Michigan, but Le Mars area had no frost, KIEM records a low of 41.
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