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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 9, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days vol. 80, no. 187 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening August 9, 1958 by George e. Sokolsky y Herbert Hoover at 84 the wheel of life turns and our sex president Herbert Hoover again encounters a birthday on Augustio. To him it is no great matter for he has found in a Long and useful life that birthdays like politicians come and go and that one is As Good As another depending upon How useful one can be. This has not been the pleasantest year for Herbert Hoover As during one part of it he was put into a Hospital to have his Gall bladder taken out which is really something for a Man of his age but As he would say As the years go on. The parts get worn and it is not easy to get spare parts. Still the doctors have done quite a Job what 1 with blood Banks and Eye Banks etc., and the Day May yet come when what is worn out will be replaced. From another standpoint the past year has been quite a glorious one for Herbert Hoover. First he wrote and had published his Book a the ordeal of Woodrow it was a labor of love and he did not expect too much of it but it became a Best seller. Herbert Hoover is engaged in writing a massive work on our foreign policy and has done a research worthy of a dozen youngsters seeking their pm. , in the course of which he came upon considerable unpublished material some of which he has used in his work on Woodrow Wilson. Too although a Republican. Herbert Hoover served under Wilson and admired him greatly. One of the paradoxes of hoovers life was that when he was in politics he was regarded As an isolationist although b fore he came into politics he was regarded As so inter nationalistic As to be a Man without a country. Naturally both views were so extreme As to be wrong. Hoover was definitely associated with the ideas by Carrier 30 per week by mall $7.50 per year study Dags peace plan outline if Cluj legislature has much control Over co. Governments senior Winner a the first prize Winner in the senior division of the farm Gadget show held Here wednesday Jim Pitzer of i. Pleasant is shown with his Harrow transport. Col. Junction Man killed Columbus Junction. Iowa up ii a Robert. Willard Stinson 32, Columbus Junction was killed in a head on collision on Iowa Highway 76 near Here Friday night. Des Moines up a the director of the Iowa legislative re a search Burely said today the Iowa j legislature a has a great Deal of i control a Over efforts to streamline i county governments in the state. I i Clayton Ringgenberg director of the Bureau said tile legislature also has a much responsibility for any changes in county government framework. Ringgenberg made the statements in a report on county governments which was compiled at the request of seven Iowa legislators his Bureau has been compiling information on what changes can be Maje in county government to increase efficiency and Cut expenses. The report today was merely a a background Quot report on the operations of Iowa s 99 counties. The next two reports will a explore Quot or. Pixler new Dean at Wesleyan Iowa Wesleyan s new Dean of i College is or. Paul w Pink will arrive in i. Pm. In this month and will a Jack j. Early w to has b ii it a car driven by Stinson collided the Bossi bitties of allowing coun with a pickup truck driven by Glen Puffin. Dundee. Puffett and his wife were injured in the crash and taken to a Muscatine Hospital. Stinson is survived by his widow and six children. Stinson was a Jalopy race car ties to consolidate present offices or permit two or More counties to provide services from one Central administrative staff. Ringgenberg said the legislators who asked for the study of county government realized that Consol prepare for debate in Assembly first Ender the. Nor i la Pou a in a ceremony at the White House president Eisenhower pins a legion of Merit on commander w. R. Anderson who commanded the . Atomic submarine Nautilus on a Polar trip under the Arctic in Cap. Anderson whose feat marked the first trans Polar under seas voyage across the top of the world was removed from the vessel by helicopter and brought to Washington for the ceremony. Pixler president of Dakota it lev verify 1 or Pixler ii up cot in on the. Fulty of me Union Coll g All in Ohio where he taught Roll non a Junior Winner a Clark Hays. It. Pleasant who won first prize in the Junior division of the farm Gadget show is pictured Here with of Woodrow Wilson some of which. Has Stock rack for pickup truck he helped to form. He believed inthe league of nations or some such body As a Means of negotiating against War he had played a great role in world War i and knew not j Only the perils of this game but \ i Uco its lasting evil effects. As a Quaker j 1 of 11 he had been reared to oppose it i As a citizen he had Learned to hate Flint mich., Iti team it and to favor methods which or it Union business agent Jack arrested in would save Man from its recur Rance. His Book a the ordeal of Woodrow is to a degree a contribution to the cause of orderly and respectful peace written by a Man of 83, who has seen the Thompson of Flint local 332, described As tile a closest Friend Quot of human Torch Frank Kierdorf was arrested today on suspicion of arson in the Blaze which Cost Kierdorf his life. Thompson was the first person world at its worst and at ies Best arrested in connection with the another Joy of thus past year fire last sunday night at lavas his trip to the worlds fair in Treillet a cleaners. Brussels Hoover has always had a1 state atty. Gen. Paul Adams deep affection for Belgium a coun-1 has pulled together conclusive Evi try w hich he fed and saved while Deuce that Kierdorf 56. And sex so Many of his contemporaries convict and also a local 332 Busi talked about what might be done Ness agent was fatally burned while his belgian Relief during world setting an explosive fire at the dry War i encountered insuperable cleaning establishment. Difficulties All of which Hoover a met even if it meant quarrelling with Lloyd George and Winston Churchill who opposed his work lest it Aid the germans too. Driver and participated in numerous. Elation of whole counties or a com races in me pleasant and other j plebe Quot administrative re organza South ast Iowa towns. I lion was not possible a in the immediate Cost week aug. Ll-17 More y outs in 4-h clubs proclamation whereas. The chamber of Commerce is the Only non political non sectarian Clearing House in of. Pleasant and whereas the chamber of Commerce is an organization of the Forward looking citizens of a Community. Created for the purpose of promoting the civic commercial reports from 20 to Loo county agricultural and Industrial Progress j units showed 48.045 youths were of the Community and. J enrolled in boys and girls 4-h clubs whereas the chamber of during the year a r. Pinches state Ames Iowa up a about 1.000 More Iowa youths Are enrolled in 4-h clubs in the state this year than last years membership was indicated by preliminary figures from the state 4-h office Here. Nautilus voyage adds new twist to u. S. Defences Commerce is working toward bettering the living conditions and welfare of All our people alike and whereas the chamber of Leader said. The final ten counties should put the total for the year at about 53,000 compared with a total of Commerce of any Given area is an 151.747 in 1957, pinches said. Of Reilly to attend banners Union a fun Day Here so president Eisenhower appointed Herbert Hoover to represent the United states at the Brussels world fair on july 4 and Mauri of Reilly. State Farmers the belgian government named Uminn president. Win attend the july 5. Herbert Hoover Day and first inn 1 farm pcs Umon it fun the people showed that they meant t l p hew in Mcmillan Park it. So he had two wonderful Days tuesday from 1130 unti 4 30 in Brig no. During which he de in addition to 0 Reilly. Other slivered two notable addresses and state offic Jak will be present at the came bark astonished that the bask get dinner held for Henry coun people of Belgium really never for to p c members and guests it and got an old fellow who did Well by also or them when he was Young. It was Roum a Beautiful moment in his late life. Although of Reilly will not speak Hoover of course is out of he win by Thero to pct rambers organization through which worthwhile projects Are begun for tile Benefit of our Community and acts i a a safeguard for our tree Enterprise system i hereby proclaim August Lith to 17th As chamber of Commerce week for the City of me pleasant j u . Given under my hand and Seal this 9th Day of August 1958 Wade i Mcbeth mayor City of me pleasant Iowa car and tractor in collision the girls have a slight Edge on the boys in membership totals figures thus far showed the girls Washington up the history making voyage under the North pole by the atomic sub Marble Nautilus today added a deadly new twist to . Defences . Elton w Grenfell Paci it submarine commander hailed the dramatic voyage As a americas answer to the 1.830-mile, four Day cruise beneath the Polar ice Cap Means the Navy can Cut by More than half the time required to switch its missile carrying nuclear subs Between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The voyage also pioneered a new and Shorter commercial link Between the two oceans a route that might be used by cargo sub youth injured in tractor Accident marines knowledge of the the Arctic Basin. Dwight Cornick 17, son of or and mrs. Harry Cornick it. Pleasant Rural was seriously injured when lie fell from a tractor driven by his brother Ronald Cornick 15, and was run Over at 9 25 . Saturday on East Washington treet near Hospital Avenue. Ronald was pulling a Hay rack with the tractor and Dwight was and added to Many a Riding on the left rear fender of subsurface of a lit tractor when apparently a lug on the tractor wheel caught his trousers and pulled him under the membership was 24,253 and boys 24.062. The Nautilus which began its the record breaking non Stop cruise philosophy. Prior to that he w chairman of the division of philosophy and religion at. Taylor College Upland. Id. For four y. It at it. Union College among other duties he was on hi1 counselling committee. At Taylor he served on tin committee to Evaleah the curriculum. Or. Pixler Sph d. Degree is from Boston University his dissertation was Quot the metaphysics of Wilbur m a native of Tracy Iowa. Or. P a Lerus undergraduate work was at Kletzing College formerly John Fletcher Colleg University Park Iowa. He was graduated cum Laud in 1944. He followed this with studs at Asbury theological Seminary Wilmore Kentucky where he received the b degree in 1947. After a year of language study at the University of Cincinnati Dot Pixler a next schooling was at let Vard. He received the St or ret from Harvard divinity school in 1949. Since then he bes done further work at Harvard. In addition to teaching exp Rient on the faculties of Taylor and i Union he was an assistant it philosophy at Boston universe years. During that tune he help d or. P. A. Ber toed with i b k Quot introduction to philosophy of r ambulance was j i ions n. A a a up Gates today studied so Dag Hammon of a peace plan for Middle East in prep he Cru Jai debate in it r general Assembly Mamma skjold put Forward his planet the opening Friday of the t no ret Nee St is Ion of the general Assembly called by the Security Council at the Behest of the United s ties to a Deal constructively with the fundamental Broad probes involved in the Middle East the Assembly organized and then oui lied until 10 30 . E d to wednesday to permit the foreign mini mrs of member nations to get to new York to participate in the it hate. I he soviet government announced it legation w Ould be headed by foreign minister Andrei Gromyko a one time familiar figure in the v n Chambers. Reports from Moscow a d Gromyko and his 30-Man Oriel to Ion Are expected to arrive. N \ York sometime today. Britain a delegation will be head a i by foreign minister Selwyn Lloyd. Foreign minister Mahmoudu f a i of the United Arab Republic will Fly in from Cairo. Thus tar there has been no announcement from Washington on whether Secretary of state John it i o r Dulles would head the u. S. In in what promises to be a hot my furious Dot Bate. Mercy killer says Hospital refused to admit wife deeds recorded at courthouse vehicle. A Weir cookes Pearl Harbor 17 Days ago will called a id the youth was taken to i or Pixler has had Nim a a make ies first landfall tuesday at i memorial Hospital. Although the j membership in the lows a Portland England where us a of extent of his injuries was not i Moines Ohio and new hair ambassador John Hay Whitney known ii or believed that Young conference a i married to. H a j Ai Lender to Edman w Calhoun an a 1950 Hudson driven by Alfred j vol Ltd property on East Madison r. Gates h r 2, it. Pleasant and Margaret a Harmison to Richard a tractor pulling two wagons driven e tee and wife property on East by Keith Inglebright were involved Green. Wade l. Mcbeth guardian. On will be on hand to present a presidential unit citation to the Crew cmdr. William r Anderson a i skipper of the Nautilus was the following deeds have been rushed by helicopter and transport j recorded at the courthouse. Plane from Iceland to the White Clarence e. Borg and wife to House Friday for announcement c hades w. Ogier and wife proper of the history making voyage to on East Monroe Street. Edith i. Completed tuesday the importance attached to the feat was demonstrated by tile Cornick had a fractured Pelvis. J four children the Highway patrol investigated j chuckles in the news members from the surrounding Jln an acc Dent a new Miles a uth of a a Quot Lam srm it of property a is East of Trenton at 1 05 . A a Forth Jackson. I thursday. 1 Thomas Zackmeyer to Mathew Gates was attempting to pass i Laipple and wife property in Sec i politics. Every Day he sits Long i and Urr those Vibo Bave not j0jned j do Sebright but As be was along j Hon 33 of Baltimore township Al hours engaged in research and the organization to do so. A or the tractor Inglebright made j Mer e. Gottschalg it a1 to Nellie or William f. Know land a calf win. Writing. He will turn out another according to Chester Mills pres 1ht turn and collided with the Tonkinson. Quit claim deed pro keynote sentiment when he said Bank five books or so. God willing. He Iii but of la. Henry county local.1 right so i a of a Tes car the Petty 0,1 nor a Lincoln a Nulli the voyage should give All Ameri a $2,000 has them under his Belt As it were.1 fun Day is a nil affair with 1110 immediate estimate of the Tonkinson to Charles Elmer ton a cans Faith in their country 1 1 damage. Fact president Eisenhower personally awarded the legion of Merit to Anderson in a specially called ceremony in the White House conference room. The mood in Congress after Ai no u Nee Merit of the event was jubilant. Senate Republic an Lead reversing a trend Elizabeth n j. Up a Dennis Ruth la said Friday he was lowering the Price of his shoe shines from 15 Cen is to a dime. Quot i m doing this because the Pri aleut is raising the prices of amps and everything Quot Dennis said i want to help Stop Price a Bister new motor vehicles it Cli l Lehi Wilt on it i fun i Union Chevrolet Leo Loo Neil new London i w Ron i big motors two Chevret new York up boo keep j do Wayne Peterson or Sylvania Youngerman and a Calili Roosevelt Reed the following have registered motor tile treasurer s office City is not listed Pel is from it. Pleasant car Harry Leroy Johns it Niv flank m a Rush of is Ach clip role Hempstead . Up a an to it tro a Man faring arraigned it today on a first degree murder charge in the a mercy killing a a his wife. Helpless for 12 years j. Re a Hospital repeatedly refused to admit her because she was not an emergency Case. Plagued by mounting medical Hills increasing debts and a heart a end Ion William a. Gerst. A re a a d accountant had sought twice a a thursday to have his crippled Ned. Admitted to Meadowbrook Hospital i i doctor also had asked that he i Quot remitted because Gerst no lot i1 could care for her As he d tile past 20 years eight of Inch mrs Gerst had been Bredeen v the Parkinson a disease a progressive form of palsy. But on All three occasions the Hospital denied her admittance on hit round she was not an emergency Case. Fin a i in Friday As Gerst oozed up his razor to shave his wife said Quot you could kill me with that. Why done to you a g Cost hesitated a moment then i shed her Throat. His mind is keen his judgement of horseshoes for the adults As Well men and events mellowed his sense 1 As numerous games for the kids of humor sharpened perhaps he is i the feature of the Day will be the Missouri guard a bit cynical about the great of the Watermelon eating contest. Free Day but if one has lived Long it j Watermelon pop and Coffee will by is impossible not to note that All furnished by the local f. U. Great men Start As Little boys and i Kinson property on North Lincoln a Everett Hildebrand and wife president Eisenhower Emp a unit stops Here j William h. Herbert and wife pm sized the Nautilus exploit pointed Perty in new London report sighting possibly much of the Little boy remains. His greatest spiritual strength comes from his knowing no enmities and remembering no sputnik Iii Carrier hatreds. Those who threw barbs at him. He welcomes As he does old friends for he has forgotten the barbs. A regiment of tile Missouri National guard unit bivouacked at Mcmillan Park Here Friday night. They continued on to Camp in Minnesota saturday morning. A number of other units have Wayland Man to teach in Iran building employer grabbed carrying he go companion stopped at a i Paul Edward i ump a Friday and picked up a Edwin e or Fern j. I payroll then dropped into a i Rolet James rennet restaurant to buy a con a Ford William f a it of Coffee. Chevrolet de warn Corn hey were about to enter the Carolin a Coe eds of miss Youngerman s i Klodnycky m d. Ope a dining payroll Bandit i trucks dab Hob the paper bag she was my fled the Coffee. Robert Craig and Jim Leeper j summer training Camp reported that they saw the rocket copyright 1958. King features Anh 1 of l spunk Iii crossing the Way for further explorations and possible use of this route by nuclear a powered cargo submarines As a new commercial a Way Between the major oceans of a the world. No pm i or x fief a spokesman for the Federal Freiberg Germany up maritime administration revealed p night at the Freiburg penitent 1 Wayland a Paul Wenger son it already was at work on such to Ary Are coing to have trouble gone through Here on their Way to of or and mrs Raymond Wenger. A atom a powered cargo and Sansei Filiip or Way out of cells is flying aug. 13 from new York to submarines. The spokesman said officials have decided to Tehran. Iran. He has a three veal be expected the Aero Jet general tractor fire Chevrolet cab mid a Aud storage. Ford cab malls Trail a s c. Representative to be Here monday ice Mitchell Field representative h r the american Bowling Congress will be at till legion Hall monday d h ., to give much Bowling in Syndicate inc the sky from the Northwest to the Southeast Friday at 11 27 . The assignment to teach English and corp. Of California to deliver hic history in a High school then first drawings of a t Lek it the i was honoured with a co-op-1 engine underwater Tanker next 11 bars of Concrete he traditional Iron. Foot Cut in Mower Accident mrs. Verle Lorene Anderson it. Union route one. Is a patient firemen were called to youths were three Miles West of Robert Hassenfritz farm North of Erat Ive dinner last sunday at sugar week town when they made the sighting j me pleasant about 3 20 . Fri Creek Fellowship Hall by the Fol retired . C b Monson a i hey said the rocket Carrier Day. A tractor had caught on fire lowing relatives submarine expert who developed came into View 60 degress above at the farm and was nearly a total or. And mrs. Clarence Roth. Or the famed submarine escape the horizon and disappeared at 60 loss although the flames were put and mrs. Junior Roth and family j a a lung bearing his name said degrees from the Southern horizon out quickly. Or. And mrs. C. G. Widmer and the Arctic cruise pointed the Way Purchase Swailes Home r Ben an i Mary f Russell have Pun isec the c d. Swailes Home the youths who used binoculars underwater freight r Esther or and mrs. Henry wid to possible at memorial Hospital following a said that the Carrier looked White new York City played Hast to Mer and Melba Elizabeth Wingier trains and pleasant passenger Lawn Mower Accident when a part and appeared to be tumbling since 776 conventions in 1957, attend Lena Radiger. Or. J. G. Widmer and voyages unmarred by seasickness of the Blade loosened causing or it became repeatedly brighter and cd by nearly four million Dole children Paul Widmer and or and he said he was studying Wyeth i oot to be severely Cut i then dimmer Gates. Mrs Raymond Winger or it would to practical foe it h it 205 a Washington St. The ifs Are moving soon to their it h but Home at 405 East Washington St. Fleeced to Angus association j a a Mcallister so cd farm i pleasant owned bad e ter. Have be n elected ship in the american i i social Ion at St Joseph. Announces Frank Richar Lefary. These farms were Anion purebred Aberdeen Angus ing establishments in Low to membership during month. I a on am Cal it ions of City Assoria Heap and awards will be Mitchell is quite capable local bowlers any Assis ded in forming leagues a matters. Myers of teams or Indi it i be to bowl in leagues i 1958-59 season Are the meeting. I Beirut braces for second invasion Beirut Lebanon up past the output of brute u it in the u. S has increased a tugboats Quot to Tow under-1872 net ton. A Man Leo barges i 1927 to 2,243 net Tom Belton a for a second Quot inns time by Well heeled Dur is and marines on Liberty since the land four weeks ago. Military command Here hat some 2,000 to roots v noon to Sunset Liberty strutted areas of this Nown As the pans of 111 195 i

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