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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 1, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. 80, no. 282 these Days by George e. Sokolsky the barbarian at tiie Gate c. Of c. Retail i once heard a Man make this comparison. He said the romans Tel at least knew that the barbarians 111 were at their Gates we Are conscious of nothing. Americans dislike gloom. They dislike gloomy thoughts. They dislike believing the worst or even unpleasantly. This is a nation of optimists with a Long tradition to justify that be Are indeed a fortunate people. Also americans with a measure of reason believe that mechanically and technologically they Are Superior to any nation on Earth which they show by their High Standard of living. It. Pleasant Iowa. Monday evening dec. 1,1958 by Carrier 30v per week by mall >7.50 per year meet tuesday the retail committee of the chamber of Commerce have sche tilth a meeting tuesday evening at 7 30 p. M. In the dining room of the Brazezton hotel. It is important that you attend As the program of Voi k will be announced. Retail promotions along with store hours for 1959 Are on the Agenda. Be ready to present your ideas for a better m pleasant realism however demands that this year 1958 has been a Good we Nice tic fact that we have a Vei. Tor Henry county it. Pleas a a cold w a which has protracted. An j the chamber of Commerce Tseh now for a sufficiently Long next year with a planned program y period to justify taking it serious it it work we can have even a better by to study its meaning and to As Community a member said sume that our defense must be Chamler or Commerce works now our government is at any rate 24 hours a Day As the Community organizing to meet the situation development organization but it but it has failed to prepare the 1k d your he a and your ideas people Lor it and for the Conse j Pisa now to attend this meeting quinces that face us. Alter All. In and present some new ideas. Doubts air rights j. J. Henderson found dead l Al nursing Home Sharp quakes schedule Quot Ojo Erin Southwest san a in s Vank Headquarters Mexico. Calif up a Seres of unusually Sharp Earth in \4 pop Qwond quakes rumbled through most of 111 Ifil. I Iva galil California and Western Arizona sunday night alarming thousands of residents and causing minor damage in at least three cities. Berlin Issue Ann Wolf and our kind of country unless the people support the government it can have no policy and no purpose. Too the weakness of the politician is that lie still believes that he can both Lead a horse of water and make him drink that course of events since 1945 shows tha americans can be apathetic about then own country when they lose Confidence 111 the leadership of government. Nine die in accidents Over Holiday weekend front Row. From left1 Vernene Rougers Frances Riepe. Second Row Ronna Wintermyer Patricia Meade. Back Row Linda Redfern Lois Erwin and Carolyn Carden Mary windows shattered and plaster Sra 1 cracked under the Impact of the v a it latest 1 Obue successive temblor which rocked design the ultimate in livability will serve As Headquarters during Liu Wallingford Rita by it up it the Long thanksgiving weekend was marred by accidents which claimed the lives of nine persons we Are at War the cold War is in Fua costly in wealth m Tunc and its of the victims were killed consequences a be Dev mating in my a accidents Eluee died As it is not As costly 111 human life As a shooting War but should we lose the cold War we might lose our National existence or we might a result of shootings and one Man was killed when a tractor tipped Over on him r a d Hagge. 38, Clinton was be forced to fight a Shooti Fig War killed sunday and two relative too late tor it to be to our and w or. Muted a car in which j Vantage the planners believe How they were Riding spun out of conc or. That they Are now reaching tool on u s 87 la Miles North of the time when the non soviet world p Nice Tan Iowa recognizes the perils we face and earlier sunday Donald hl1. 16, therefore the kind of coalition is de m me Dud of a gunshot Viand inflicted by Dale Coffman. 16, Des monies. The two boy were 11 a game of keep away de cried by police As a match in which one person pushes a gun in the others stomach and the other fellow must try and get away. Possible which May save us. Their calculations Are based on the As Sumpta 11 that the soviet Side is making and will make As Many mistakes As our Side does and that it mistakes Are balanced there is still Hope. What we need is the kind of Candor which is rare among political leaders. Our Prospect of Success against the soviet world depends upon our technological Advance they must not catch up to us because if they do or it they pass us. We shall be Defeated without Battle. J Mali jam.?., is. Herders in 76, was found dead in the front Yard Oil Holland nursing Irene a 500 w. M proc Street at 7 a. M. Sunday. Death was attributed to .1 heart attack according to Coroner Hugh a liner. Warren Holland operator of the nursing Home reported to police Henderson was lying m the you u it it ? is found the body Flea a Large pie shaped area extending n so Ubbry which Henderson from san Diego calif., to apparently fallen Over about 11 Yuma arte., just across the called m rhe b in a taken to the fornia Border and North to los j Crane funeral Home Henderson Angeles. Lived at 511 w. Monroe. A the son of James and Mary Jane i j Houston Henderson was Bon feb. 3. 1882 in Des Moines county la he lived in it plea ant for the past 18 or 20 years and was employed As a livestock buyer. Or. Henderson is survived by two sister mrs. Lettitia Carson of morning Sun and m s m try Flint of Denver. Colo. And one brother. John Henderson of Green Iowa. Funeral services will be held tuesday a 2 at the r. K Crane funeral Home interment will b in Fores Home Remete v. Santa will b on or d t a take Christmas orders from the so Al Fry of Tom greater it. Pleasant area in Swank surroundings claims no agreements on use exist Home Mobile weeks. The luxurious streamlined �?o20th Century Quot Beauty is being made available by Neary Mobile Homes Highway no. 34, Burlington. Santa selves have been raving about the Beauty and modern living facilities of his new it pleasant Headquarters. The peeked inside before it left the Norte pole and Leport that they found it to be a completely furn hed Home with a a j everything for the kind of Carefree Grover c. Johnson it. Pleasant living All elves and real Earth peo purchased the first 1959 car License pie like plate and Ellis h. Degrange new London the first 1959 full year the exterior of Chr 20th Century Quot truck License at the county treas two bedroom Home is con True of of the get Low License numbers Berlin up a East German foreign minister Lothar Bolz today denied agreements exist giving a he Western Powers the i to travel to isolated Berlin. Lis 1 of a 11 Bolz in a speech to an East Bern St few Jan meeting of the National coun cil of the communist run Quot nation us front Quot went far beyond previous Eastern statements questioning Western use of air and land routes through East Germany m six months when the soviet. Abrogate four Power occupation agreements. He said no agreements on use of who lifelines to the West Ever were made and none exist now. Dec agile wins Strong support or Era a office in the courthouse Mon sleek Green and White Metal Day morning. Spacious rooms inside have inlaid linoleum color harmonized floor to probe into Coin operated machine Industry the new motor vehicle licenses j want on Sale for the first time when the treasurers office opened at 8 . Monday. Some 30 persons were waiting at the door when the office opened. Paris up 1 a Premier Charles de Gaulle ruled today As Frances undisputed Strong Man swept to a Flint an i u 1 a 11 1112 la Pinnacle of Power and prestige fixtures throughout each room. The a tidal wave of votes m unit has Large be Jal nor windows elect0tl6 sunday for Parlia properly placed for maximum ventilation and natural Light. There is ample wardrobe and drawer mint. In doing so the nearly 20 million French voters car License 44-4 went to Florence j space for Santa extra warm cloth a blitzed and routed the once a. Budde it. Pleasant and 44-44 to Peter h. Millspaugh it. Pleasant. Truck License 44-4 was Pur it therefore becomes necessary tor us to undertake Basic Steps to meet this situation 1. It. Will require a total reorganization of our educational procedures and facilities from the primary school to Post graduate work m the University we cannot afford the waste of fads and frills. Our educators must get Down to bed Rock teaching hard courses and requiring students to get Good Marks for hard work and throwing out All others who can find other work to do unless we key up our de Ica tonal system we shall not be producing 1 enough or. Gladys Schroeder. 60. Waterloo. Was crushed to death sunday Between two cars. Mrs Opal Hilton 28. Des Moines died in mercy Hospital in Des Moines saturday night sever Al hours after her husband. Merrill. 29. Had accidentally shot her while working on a Shotgun. Elmer Pedersen. 37. Lawton. Killed instantly Edwy. Night when his car apparently 1 went out of control on old Highway 20 East of Sioux City an expectant Mother was killed in a head on collision on u. S. 151 abort four Miles East of Marion. Iowa. Friday she was mrs Sharon Bader 20. La Porto City. Edwin Campen 22, Wiota. Was killed saturday afternoon on his front Row from left it Jerry Libeus Cecil Mcdowell and Larry Williams. Second Row we. Rockwell. Clarence Cory and Jerry White. Back Row Larry White. Larry Mccormick and Durk Buffington. Win 4-11 honors a among tie boys and girls who won honors or received recognition at the annual Henry county 4-ii banquet were Tho p shown Here. The detailed list of winnings was published in earlier stories. Some of those who received special recognition were not present when these pictures were taken. Washington Impi it t h e Senate rackets committee was set today to pry the lid off nations multimillion Dollar Coin a operated machine Industry i j was particularly interested in any j racketeer . It it labor and peasant 2. Lois l. Brown it. Management in the Industry. Pleasant 3. Ellis h. Degrange new in preparation for possibly sen i London 4. Florence a. Budde it. Inge powerful Moscow controlled in his spare moments he pm French communist party turning watch television from a set located a a to a tiny impotent group that chased by William o. Satyr it. Cent rally. U he had Tunt to do any Cau no loner Sway French Pai ,1�, pleasant and 44-44 by Theodore r. Taylor it. Pleasant. The first 25 car License plates went to l. Grover c. Johnson it. Saja onal m w lie rings starting thursday t h e committee Dis pleasant 5 and 6. John b. Collins it. Pleasant 7 and 8. D. D. Mills elected soils commissioner Edward w. Breazeale. Route 4. It. Pleasant elected to a six year term of office As commis a holy cow clears another hurdle at show c hic ago 1 upi1 a 950-Pound Aberdeen Angus shown by Chuck which closed it has subpoenaed about 1001 Pauth it. Pleasant 9. Mrs. Chris witnesses some of that a Garrick Olds 10. And 11. James nation s Quot top hoodlum a for ques-1a Mccaw Winfield 12. William toning. J or it. New London 13. George k. J Helft new London 14. Milton a. Committee chairman John i j Miller Crawfordsville 15. And 16. My Widlan dark. Said initial William o. Sater. It. Pleasant 17. Testimony will concern at least artus w. Cockayne Winfield 18. A seven states new York Florida j Harry h. Honts Winfield 19. Ross Michigan. Illinois Ohio Calif or a s. Wright it. Pleasant 20. Wil would find in the Hamen tary politics. 1 a ousted in a mass wave of a cooking he Kitchen a double sink deluxe coloured refrigerator and stove exhaust 1 tonal contempt the men of the fan and built in cupboards with i pm it a Republic whom they furniture Type finishes. Blamed for dragging France to _ the Brink of civil War. Former Santa Claus will be in his Mobile premiers and Cabinet ministers Nia and Indiana other witness have been subpoenaed from Colo Liam f. Wright it. Pleasant 21. Harold j. Mcmillan it. Pleasant Rado. Rhode Island new Jersey 122 Ellsworth r. Scarff it. Pleas and Louisiana. Ant 23. Ware s. Taylor it. Pleas Home Headquarters or on the streets with Candy for All children visiting him. At the following time Friday december 5 7-9 p. M. Saturday. December 6 2-4 p. M and 7-9 p. M. Friday december 12 7-9 p. M. Saturday december 13 2-4 and 7-9 p. M. Monday december 15 7-9 . Tuesday december 16 7-9 p. M cd seday december 17 7-9 . Thursday december 18 7-9 p. M Friday december �?~19 7-9 p. M. Saturday december 20 2-4 p. M. Were dumped in wholesale lots. A elected a parliament in which de Gaulle was ensured of a crushing majority backed by the righting and military elements who raised him to Eminence in a near revolution last May. Traffic toll below a Normal included in their rank will b int 24 Iren a t Burk it a it pleas a and 7-9 p. M Richer farm near Wiota. A i Siiner of tire Henry county soil a Quot a j Span or Iowa died in tally when a tractor tip-1 conservation District at the elec-1 t00k la Quot Moor Rand pm ova and crushed him to Man held on Friday. Noe. 28. Iship 8"wd�e cleared Anothy her r a Iii i or Breazeale. Who will officially. Hurdle toda5 1,1 to a 9ws for the the Holiday weekend kicked off grand championship of the International live Stock exposition. Thinkers to make it possible Lor us wednesday evening and Denner to have a Chance. This requires Overland 83 Ames w As the first not Only knowledge but honesty of victim purpose 2. We need to re arrange and the i i h w a v deaths dec. L. Succeeds j. J. Fitzpatrick who has been a commissioner for. The steer named Quot holy cow Quot the past 14 years and was not a on first prize in the Angus sen a candidate for re election rhe other a r calf Competition today. The raised members of the three Man Board animal still must win the open the an it and 25 Shirley b. Smith new j monday december 22 2-4 p. M London. I and 7-9 p. M. The 25 full year truck i a tuesday december 23 2-4 p. M census went to 1. Ellis h. De and 7-9 p. M. Grange new London 2. James a. Wednesday Imfield 3. George k. P. In. Some of the participants in Gangland meeting at Apalachin n. Y., on nov. 14, 1957, which a. Broken up by police Mcclelland said the new hearings will cover the extent of or Caw racketeer inroad. Into both labor Helt new London 4 William o. Unions and management in t his1 a sat it it re pleasant 5. Carl e. december 24 2-4 make reservations i Burky. It. Pleasant 6. Ellsworth death takes a Scarff it. Pleasant 7. Perry i c. Mathews it. Pleasant 8. Paulett l a a l a j a Jaster it. Pleasant 9. Her-1 la cd Ling Ull j Man l. Anderson Winfield 10. I _ Iowa a traffic toll for 1958 to 536 i Are Howard s. Burkey and Oliver Angus senior calf class later to a year ago today the toll for same period of 1957 stood at 620 will Conler coordinate our various governments. Federal St Ite and municipal to Cut out All waste we have no room for waste. We have no time for Wastrel. The politicians who cannot adjust to government without waste without graft and Cor-1 nip Ion and the nonsense that is on program called a politics a Are doing immense a damage to this country. We Are not i Rich any longer and cannot afford r or v ingress to pay the fancy Bills which the _ politicians charge us for letting Augusta. A. Upit presi them govern us. I Eisenhower is arranging a 3. We need to fight inflation at i Amcis 0f meetings beginning in a a i t i Home so that we Are not Defeated Washington tins week from which f4 Luilus i 01 i a by our own Means the Cost of will come the finished blueprint of government of living of schooling m legislative program for the of everything is so High and is Ris qty democratic Congress my so rapidly that tiie value of the j _ american Dollar is diminishing at Cabinet officers budgetary sex Washington iup1� a Kev Home and abroad. It is that perts admirals and generals and so Leal it r Jias pro nosed that v s diminishing value of the Dollar that congressional leaders from both my a tills will get All the a funds gives our enemy an advantage Over a parties will be consulted Between Lupy Neej to put in a. An us it is necessary for government n0&Quot and a Arlo next month on a Alom to meet that situation even if it program being drafted in the Means restoring controls knowledge that if it is to become an honest statement by the a reality it must be activated president to the people Well Docu j largely by the merited will save heartaches later Strong political opposition president Eisenhower can do ii without such risks As politicians do Wilde House late tuesday con a not like to take. After All. He ran p Udog g 13.Day golfing vacate m Money he wanted to buil never stand for re election and the Augusta National Golf club. Such a plane need not fear the political Conse he mad the pledge shortly at fences of the truth. Aviation weeks Magazine re. For c of c dinner by up the nations traffic fatalities in the thanksgiving Day weekend ran below the toll for an Ordinary weekend of the same duration at this time of year closing figures showed today. A United press International i count showed that 450 persons died in traffic accidents Between 6 . Wednesday and Midnight sunday. Fires took 49 lives 5 persons were killed in plane Acci i dents and 113 died in Miscellanea Ous mishaps for a total of 617. J California reported 32 traffic annual meeting of Commerce the e. Tackenberg. Day to qualify for the grand Cham if Kyj nor morn o a a member of the soil District Pion ship steer Competition. A o commissioners or. Breazeale will assist with the direction of All a the Quot Rand Champion step r of the carried out by the District l in 59th exposition will be select-1 chamber j in its efforts to get conservation cd tuesday plans and practices on All the farms of Henry county. He has been practising conservation on his own farm for Many years. I Fred s Neff it. Pleasant 11. J Ida Trigg Lindquist died at the i deaths new York 29, Alabama Long produce it. Pleasant 12. Home of her daughter Mollie Lind 24 Pennsylvania 21, Illinois 20, Herbert w. Carson Danville 13 quist. At 707 East Monroe at 11 15 Michigan 19 and Ohio and Vir Francis e. Shaffner. It. Pleasant . Sunday. J Gila 18 each of w ill the 4 Gobbert d. Lauer it pleasant the daughter of or. And mrs. Rhode Island and Alaska re the 17-year-old Spencer \ uth was thrilled saturday when holy cow won the Junior championship. A this is the greatest and it is great a Young Wood said. Would Grant a powered plane 15 Ralph h Johnson. It. Pleas Swan p. Trigg was born feb. 24, ported no traffic deaths in the monday december 8 at 6 30 . Ult lbs Donald r. Lawrence it. J 1875. In Woodhull 111. Holiday period. At the methodist Church. This will p1 is ant 17 Claren it it c Van on dec. 12, 1896, she was mar a _ be a joint meeting of c of c. I ar5i a Rory Ken it pleasant 18. Eve ried to Charles Lindquist in Wood Wanis and rotary. Wives and Hus Eret r Wilcox it. Pleasant 19. Hul. 111. To this Union born to i 1yp<siiorrtp bands Are invited. Ralph f Carlson it. Pleasant 20. One daughter Mollie Lindquist of u ally Coll Gate i Willi. H Baker it. Union 21. Lar it. Pleasant who survives. Rotary and kiwanis members will re j Reid new London 22. Harry j also surviving Are one brother Purchase their tickets at their j. Hazen. It pleasant 23. Frank Alvin Trigg of Woodhul and one Over his right leg which he broke a a her we find a a a e Jacobs new London 24 Elmer Aister Hilda Trig of Woodhul. In die wrestling a month. O i Purchase tickets at the c. Hedger it pleasant and 25.1 her husband. Charles two Broth. A. A j chamber of Commerce office Arthur c Hollis. It. Pleasant. J ers two Sisters and her parents 432. Tickets Are Only $2 00 Pei tier up until 2 30 . Monday 266 preceded her in death son. Or $4 00 per couple Raton Ami to licenses and 50 full year truck services will be held in the Weir kiwanis members will pay $2.00 a licenses had been sold member or $3.00 per couple As the Wood who was wearing a East was congratulated by his parents candidates defeat or. And mrs c e. Wood rushed into the Center of Arena after holy cow was 1 the Winner. W to the ked powered air plane a Fea which one report say Russia already has achieved. Chairman Dennis Chavez d n. M of the Senate military appropriations subcommittee. De Eisenhower will Fly Back to the Fla real sunday that on g res would give president Eisenhower administration s Quei copyright 1958. King features classes to be resumed Syndicate inc it 1 ported that the soviets Are Fly. The worlds first nuclear put were jul dare Newell Heads association Des Moines judge e o. Newell. Burlington Wasey a d president of the now i District judges association As it 1 is d a two Day meeting Here saturday he succeeds judge George pro hard. On a a judge Newell has served the j 20th judicial District which in-1 chides Henry Louisa and Des clubs will pay $1.00 for each member. Reservations must be in the chamber office by 10 00 ., Friday dec. 5. Loveless begin Tours in Israel a 1 aircraft a huge experimental Moines counties since Jan. 1, americans ate about twice ask classes will be resumed at Iowa bomber and May be planning to he was elected vice president of much Chicken in 1957 As they did Wesleyan tuesday morning. Dec. 2. Fly it several times around the the judges association in Tvr Ember years ago after the thanksgiving Holiday world non Stop of 10s7 lit i i tins Washington Iii a \ Washington attorney today his operatives have been using an electronic device to eavesdrop on tiie apartment of rep. Coy a Knutson a Minn. Too Washington in i a Arthur s. Flemming Secretary of health education and welfare said today about 16,Loo students at Southern schools closed to avoid integration have missed 54 to 63 Days of learning or about one million Pupil in is cookes funeral Home on wednesday at 1 30 ., with Rev. Chester longer. Pastor of the Swedesburg lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery. The family will receive friends at Jerusalem up it a gov. Her-1 Weir cookes funeral Home Sci cd c Loveless and his wife to tuesday evening Between 7 and 9. Day began a round of state visits _ _ and Tours As a part of a six Day j visit As guests of the israeli gov a parole revoked Ern ment Here l Loveless and Washington up a pros pts s grew today that the House would investigate the election detect o a moderate rep. Brooks Hays dark. By a write in Seg candidate from Little Rock. said sunday that a Little Rock citizens group would protest to a House committee certain Quot irregularities in the contest 111 which he failed in hts bid for a ninth congressional term. Arrive from Iraq mrs Kendig Rogers and sons. John and Danny arrived Here Early it sunday after flying to the states i wire aved must serve time by air saturday night. They were _ he second visiting governor and 1 the parole of John Scarff. V be to arrive Here in two Days pleasant revoked in District from Iraq where they had been i a. be gov. Frank Clement court monday afternoon and he j residing while or Rogers was in and his wife arrived Friday on a must serve a one year term in the aged in major irrigation con similar our i county jail on a forgery charge. Tracts. He accompanied them As All us governors have been j Scarff will be sentenced next far As London. England to attend invited to Israel to dedicate state j monday on a charge of uttering a forests As a part of the general false Check to which he pleaded reforestation of Israel. Guilty. A business conference. The other son David had come to the states a few months ago to enter school

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