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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 31, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news Biff local news of year entered in or. Van Allens part in space satellites it. Pleasant a big news Story of years died at the age of 61. The year or rather a succession of j Edward King was named the stories undoubtedly was the Indi outstanding Young Man in i. Red connection with the space pleasant by the Junior chamber of satellite program through the City s Commerce famous son in science. Or. James1 Van Allen of the state University a i Quot 28�?orville Kinworthy was 0f i0wa named As the new executive Secre his part in the development of Alv Lluc of a Easan chamber the recording and transmitting j a Pommel be. Units aboard the satellites and Morel he George o. Van Allen was recently his interpretation of some a appointed As District judge in the of the findings won world Recagni 20 Iowa judicial dist Iet by go. Jon j Herschel Loveless. Van Allen was president Virgil handier of the Lau r >1 it it gtd to the judgeship state University speaking in California this we Eek was quoted As say a a Rte a 1u-v�?~ Quot Utu ing a sometimes i almost have to Pinch myself but this modest i Man in his forties has already i achieved the kind of immortality in the name of the Van Allenbrand. That name May exist for i too or Soo years just As the name of Haleys Comet has the Van Allen band is a doughnut shaped band of intense radiation circling the Earth at altitudes up to 40.000 Miles. It was discovered by instruments devised by or. Van Allen. I or. Van Allen the son of mrs Van Allen was graduated i from i. Pleasant High a Hool and a Quot a i�?T1&Quot of he by 001 students Iowa Wesleyan College. Vol. 80, no. 307 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening dec 31, 1958 by Carrier 30 per week by mail $7.50 per year we go a. A. Harlan of Hillsboro Dies in Florida of a of my March 18�?local firemen and i sheriff Russell Van Tuyl aided recovering the bodies of two men who were overcome by Gas and died in a silo on the Ernest a. Pieper farm near Houghton. The victims were John Pieper �?~27. Houghton and John Dietz. Cedar rapids. March 21�?robert Den Hartog principal of Winfield High school for several years was named superintendent of the school. March 24�?dei Dee Galer daughter of atty. And mrs. Ben Galer. Was selected As an Exchange student from it. Pleasant to go to Europe. She stayed with a dutch family while there. March 29�?eight it. Pleasant another succession of stories big to the Henry county area but without the successful results that or i Van Allen has had. Entered around the Effort to bring the agricultural Hall of Fame to the county. Won division i ratings in the state High school speech contest at Grin Nett new construction business changes school reorganization the old threshers reunion and near the close of the year Highway tragedies were among other top stories found in the columns of the news As reviewed. Completion of the High school gym and the class loom addition along with building remodelling was one of the major construction proj-1 sets. Another nearing completion is \ the addition at the mental health j Institute. The new mennonite Church the new Baptist Church the or. Robert Wettach office building remodelling and addition at the i Golf and country club Are among j other major projects. Several new j Homes were built during the year. The number has been estimated at 15. April 5�?richard Manuel w a s i named As the new administrator of memorial Hospital. April 8�?supt. Harold Fleming resigned his position As superintendent of the it. Union school. April 20�?the local american legion and v of w clubroom were broken into and a total of $1,000 was taken. April 26�?mphs won 13 division i ratings in the state music contest at Grinnell. Relatives at Hillsboro received word tuesday morning of the death of w. A. Harlan about 82. At St. I1 lots Burg flu sometime monday night. He and mrs. Harlan had gone to 11 a Ilia to the Winter months As they had done the last several years i two of thei children l. T. Harj Lair and mrs. Ruth Iloa Glin. And members of their families had re a limed sunday evening from a visit with them in Florida alter receiving word of his fathers death. L. Harlan till by plane from to j via 111. To go to St. Petersburg t Oiler children surviving Are Lola Belle Dodds of Hillsboro Leslie Harlan of Colorado Springs colo., and Howard Harlan of Burlington. Announcement of the mile til the services at Hillsboro will be made after the body arrives there. Members of City Council at end of first year report on c Ity affairs new signs at 218 a dead Many a curves Ames Iowa a the Iowa state Highway comm recently installed two prominent warning signs it. Pleasant residents will have tract. Special interest Iii a report prepared 9 a number of Street Corner toy members of the City Council re i1, Bern rounded to permit heavy on u s. Highway 218 approximately a Tive to some phases of City exp trucks to make proper turns and seven Miles South of it. Pleasant Peh Dieuw. Some of the problems to prevent some of the Sterns i and some of the plans for the fun j water from going into the sanitary i f a Slun a Impi Essie Cly Point a out to Drivers the need for extreme May 9�?treva Lynn Scarf. In daughter of or. And mrs. Richard Scarff it. Pleasant was fatally injured when she was run Over Al the Broadway Motel by a drive less ear. Her Kotlier had parked the car and the girl was run Over when the car started roiling backwards. May Klail was announced that Agnita Rowan of the Netherlands will come Here As a foreign Exchange student. She is staying with the Arthur Rommel family. In Hie i. Pleasant business District major improvements were made during the year. New front installations Are noted. For the new Seifert store in the former Jericho jewelry location a new front was installed and the building completely remodeler. Late in the year the Brown Lynch Scott front was rebuilt and the Interior of the store i entirely remodeler and rearranged with new lines added. Spurgeon s department store and the John Green store remodelling on the Interior were among other major improvements. Other business improvements it with major installations or remodelling included tile Bowling alleys the billiard Hall the new youth Center and the new chamber of Commerce location the addition at the Iris restaurant the Walnut Grove products build no the Watkins feed May 12�?homer Angstead 18. Fairfield drowned while swimming in the Skunk River at Oakland Mills. May 22�?d. J. Zerbe publisher of the Winfield Beacon for tile last 19 years announced the Sale of the paper to Gordon d. Glenn of Oskaloosa. Zerbe purchased an interest in the daily Gazette at Augusta. Kau. June 3�?Dean Jack Early of Iowa i Wesleyan resigned to accept t h e i presidency of Dakota Wesleyan University. June 8�?j. C. Penney famous de Pai uncut store figure gave the baccalaureate address at Iowa Wesley an. June a or Norman v i be c n i peal distinguished new York Clergyman and author was the commencement speaker at i 0 w a Wesleyan. Pleasant was named Queen of the it. Madison Rodeo. She and Ralphene Ward received numerous honors at horse shows during the year. Sept. 12�?county superintendent Joseph s. Davis was named As Legal advisor to the state department of Public instruction of Iowa. Oct. 14�?j. H. Mcgrath was named As the new county superintendent by the Henry county Board of education. Oct. 25�?the pleasantries local women s Barbershop quartet won second place in the Sweet Adeline International Competition at Peoria ii nov. In mrs. William Hunt the Oskaloosa was killed instantly in a three car Accident at the intersection of highways 228 and 78 North first baby of year to receive gifts the first baby of the new year born at Henry county memorial Hospital will be the recipient of a dozen valuable awards. A group of it. Pleasant merchants have arranged to present special gifts to the new baby. The gifts Range from baby food to shoes. Last year the first arrival of the new veal turned out to be double. Twin daughters were born to or of Olds. Mrs. T. L. Russell. Winfield i and mrs. Harold Jannings of new later died of injuries received in the Accident. A Plant Monson s Auto Salvage Kus june 19�?donald e. Scott 22, of Sells Barbershop the vanity Beau j near Rome and Roy Barrow 28. To Salon. Fleenor garage addition j jew London died of injuries re and undoubtedly others Whit h were Cei Ved m an explosion at the Iowa not noted in the search of the file ordnance Plant on june 18. Two another major project which extended beyond the City limits was the Road improvement program. Resurfacing widening the new pavement Extension on 34 West and the county Black Topping and surfacing program were important construction projects. Jan. In the Henry county new years babies were twin daughters of or. And mrs. Harold Jan nags of new London. It. Madison persons were killed outright in the blast. Dwaine n. Hoffman was named As superintendent of the it. Union school. A a o july log the four year old Sheet Metal elevator at it. Union was destroyed in a spectacular fire. Loss was estimated at $100,000 most of which was covered by insurance the elevator was owned by the i. Nov. A All Republican candidate1 were elected m Henry county Charles Garretson the incumbent won Over Robert Hansen co n e w London for county attorney John b. Rockwell Defeated e. N. Smith. Of new London in the race tor state representative. John Metcalf was re elected to the Board of supervisors Over Ralph h. Meade. Nov. 12�?John Duggins. 49, Raymond Willey 31 and John Patterson 20. All of it. Pleasant Wen killed in a two car collision i Miles West of new London on Highway 34 nov. 21�?mt. Pleasant s new High school gym was opined with i pleasant defeating Dubuque 57-50 nov. 38�?seven men est a tied injury what ii the Frame machine hopi at the Valley industries West on j Highway 34 was shattered by an explosion of propane Gas. Dee. 8�?williard Jensen a a named president of the chamber 0 Commerce succeeding Frank de Lucia. Dee. 21�?injuries suffered in a j one car Accident four mib s West of l it pleasant on Highway 34 Dee 111 proved fatal to Harry Avery 63. J new London. Snowstorm ushering in new year Nev Mexico weather came to of beast Iowa in the night and Contin led through wednesday forecasters were saying that tile snowstorm might even continue through wednesday night and usher in the new year with some throw to six inches of Snow on the ground. The storm had moved across Horn Hie Southwest after causing Rose bowl bound iowans trouble in the southwestern states by Early morning an Inch or so covered the ground in the Henry county area but by mid afternoon the amount was up to around three inches and the White stuff was still falling. Visibility was poor and traffic was moving slowly. Highways were Snow packed and Snow lows were in action. However they were falling behind in the Effort to Clear the Snow. New years eve celebrants were being advised to slay off the highways. Lure. I sewers the report conies after the first j to. Considerable improvement has year in office of the members of the Bern map m electric lines posting i Council. It will be recalled that an 1 approximately $25,000 for poles i entirely new Council took office just i t a Psi onnors and other Sui trials a year ago. Including wire Stop lights have Hie report follows Bern installed on the Northeast and i he yearly deficit in operating j Northwest Corners of the Square we the City for the past two years have had no major breakdowns or <1956 and 1957. Except for water j other trouble this Yeai in addition and electricity was $64,386 which is j to the above expense stocks of Ait average and approximate figure 1 parti wire and other materials have one Mill tax at present evaluationsprp11 increased by seven Hundred i j produces $4,290 in Revenue. There dollars and an adequate storeroom i fore if the City had to increase j established in the room formerly property taxes to take care of the j a Sec As the ice Plant. City s expense instead of using re n in addition to the regular seipts from the Sale of electricity 1 maintenance program of Hie City Aud wan., la Lair of. 34 Mills j Elmo water system has been improved cargo of radios. The truck developed presently levied would have to be by hiring 800 feet of 6-uh pipe. To a Mech meal defect in its steering increased by 12.66 Nills or a total fret of 4-Inch pipe and 400 Lee of a Stem causing it to crash into a of 35 Mills. However the state has 2-Ineh pipe. During the year at a limited the City s rate to 30 Mills Cost of about $2800. The tax rate has been increased to i j2. In order to dispose of garbage 24 00 Mills for the year 1959 which ant trash at a better advantage a Man has been stationed at the City dump to supervise the unloading and burning. Tho results of this caution when approaching an a a so curve in Hie Road. This particular Section of 218 has been dubbed by local residents a dead Many a curves Quot due to the extreme number of accidents which have occurred Here Accident re i ports kept by the Highway commission indicate 14 mishaps have occurred on this a a so curve since 1949. While All of these accidents were not fatal to persons involved the known property damage in nine out of the 14 totalled $420,775. Four Hundred thousand dollars was tallied in one Accident involving a Semi trailer truck with a than it was new Extension director at work London. The gifts which will be Given this year and Hie donor five dollars Cash Henry county Mutual and Wilson insurance. Five Dollar savings account Richard l. Thuma new Extension Henry county savings Bank. Director in Henry county succeeding thirty quarts of milk Kennedy j Philip ban d. Has begin his new Dairy. I Case of baby food Benner store is Only .59 Mills More in 1953. It is the purpose of the City government to avoid As far As possible increasing further the tax Levy by savings and by Billing services to those receiving them. It appears advisable also to attempt the reduce Mon of the debt of $615,000 As quickly As possible since the interest charges represents some $18 -000 annually. These figures Are however approximate. While it is realized that under present conditions some Money received from the Sale of electricity must be used for purposes other than debt reductions or reserves for depreciation on Plant every Effort will be made to reduce transfers from this account to a minimum. We have divided this statement into two parts As follows. One accomplishments during 1958 two problems of major importance facing the City. Accomplishments 1958 i by reducing Overall manpower not actually required and at the Bridge. The Highway commission erected tile giant sized warning signs Early in december hoping that motorists would heed the message when approaching the curves. Previously erected signs with advisory Speed operation have been very Satis fac limits evidently were not Large dozen diapers Harrison store. Dacron comforter John Green store. Five dollars in dry cleaning sanity s dry cleaners. Dozen Nursery bottles Panthe Rexach Teeter babe r k. Crane co. Store. Five dollars in dry Denning and work. He and mrs Thuma two daughters. Jane 41tory. In not too Distant future the dump grounds will become inadequate problems facing the try 1, garbage few cities if any Lay for garbage pickup from funds from general taxes or from Money received from other accounts. The collection of garbage is a service for which the recipient is charged and in most cities is handled by a private concern. This is not the cases in it. Pleasant during 1955 through 1957 the annual Cost to the City tor this service was $8,363 subsidized annually by transfers from the Utility funds. Of suitable arrangements cannot be made for some private concern to handle this project the City will reconsider Billing the recipients to cover the costs. 2. Cemetery the average Cost to the City three years for operating the enough to impress upon the Public that danger lurks in the so called dead Many a the new signs past a Speed limit of 40 Miles per hour with an Arrow indicating direction of the curve. The message appears in Black on a yellow i aluminized background outlined by red and yellow strips. Highway commission officials stated that the new markers Are Only a temporary measure. Call for special election published in this Issue the mayor s proclamation calling the special election to vote on the four year terms for councilmen is published in this Issue. As announced tuesday the elec and their j and Susan 2lu, have moved from Creston to a downstairs apartment in the Conrad property at 600 East Washington. Mrs. Thuma is the former Nancy Redfern of Donnellson j Thuma served a it Extension Rii i Rector in Union county the bust five and one half years. A native of i Kansas where he grew up on a i farm near Hiawatha he received i his bachelors degree from Kansas $10 in Green Stamps cleaners. Five dollars gift i Spahn and Rose. Ruby dry i certificate pair of store. Shoes la i in shoe state. He received his masters de give from Iowa state. Slightly injured in car Accident same time adjusting wages upward cemetery was $12,988. The average Tion has been set for feb. To where justified the City will Rea-1 income from the Sexton Sellec Lize an annual saving of Approxi-1 tons. Sale of lots and interest on mutely $14,000 per annul. Securities was $7,400. Leaving $5,488 2. The increase in receipts from i to be obtained from other sources water softener service is making either from property taxes or the project self supporting saving j transfers from the Light Plant funds. I the other three will be elected for it is believed that the $5,488 now j w0 year terms then two years lat required can be obtained irom other j or these three positions will be up sources by. Increasing service i Jor election to four year terms. It regardless of whether the vote is favourable All six councilmen will be elected thus fall. If the vote us favourable three of the councilmen will be elected for four year terms. Death takes Helen Knell i Nick g , Faribault. Mum., suffered bruises and Shock when his car skidded off Highway 218 just South of Crawfordsville at several thousand dollars annually. 3. The City has been replacing fuses and correcting other minor conditions in Homes and shops involving electrical service at no charge to the customer. Much of this work was done after working hours resulting in overtime payments costing several Hundred Dollar annually a service charge of $2.50 was authorized for each such Call. 4 it was necessary to increase the water Supply by replacing the pump Assembly in Saunders Park at a Cost of $4,468. The change has resulted in increasing the amount of water pumped by 21,000 Gallons per hour. Will thus follow that three will be elected each two years. This is according to tile provisions of the code the code also provides that. The trims in the even number wards. 2 and 4. Will by for charges and prices of the lots. It May be advisable to consider creating a Board of control to operate the cemetery. Many cities now Pillow a similar practice. 3. Mcmillan Park a separate Ledger account should four years also for one of the noun be established to which All income oilmen at Large a the one receiving and expense should be posted in it the highest number of votes Stead of maintaining a single act the terms tor the other two count for All Parks. The purpose of j wards. I and 3. And the other coun Tius arrangement would be to make. Oilman at Large will Start Oft with the Mcmillan Park self supporting the two year term. Til mayor and and use the funds received by the the City treasurer would be elected Park for improvement. By adjust to four year terms. Is a possibility of it j my fees there 5 Cooling facilities at the Power transferring some Small amounts at i m�\/y5 not to be Plant will be increased to permit the end of the year to other Actu cuban army w goes through rebel lines Jan 2�?mayor Wade Mcbeth. Be Union Coop. Ginning his third term and the new july 22�?cecil Mcdowell 15, it. City Council Derrell Goddard. Pliny pleasant High school Sophomore Walter Dean Cordes John Elgar took top honors in the Junior Fitzpatrick and Everett i Stock Sale with an Angus calf. Wilcox were sworn in. Quot shorty a at the Henry county fail Jan 3�?donald Horn of Lowell aug. 5�?miss Dorothy Kay wat was one of two bandits captured by son Stockport was named a miss Anna Marie Helen Koch. 82, died at 4 35 . Wednesday at memorial Hospital. She was born april 13. Is ii i daughter of John and Kathrine i Schmidt Koch in i plea Ai miss Koch is survived by twits. Kathryn Koch of m pleasant i and mrs. Emma Ernst of Wayland Lone brother George Koch Olmi j pleasant four nieces and one rep operating All generators if and lies. When required at maximum of 4. Parking meters lie Uney. It will also eliminate the further consideration will be give need for using raw water for Cool j Enas to whether parking meters 5 .30 a in. Wednesday. He was ing during extremely hot and humid i will be installed to eliminate pres treated at memorial Hospital Here weather. The Cost will approximate ent parking troubles and at the published thursday a i he news will not be published on new years Day. Townspeople in the Merschman furniture store in St. Paul after rifling the Safe and Cash Register. Horn and Rural electrification Quot at the Southeast i o or a Rural electrification Assn meeting and picnic. She later Havana up ii a the a announced at midday that it had hew. Rammed an armoured column of she was preceded in death by to reinforcement.-. Fro in Havana. Parents two Sisters and one so through rebel lines into Belee or. Gered Santa Clara in Central miss Koch was a member of tin Cuba today. J first methodist Church tic and released Kau Tabas lost control of his Cai on the Snow packed Highway audion the it went into a ditch. The front end 1 regular of tile machine was damaged. The car was towed to a garage Here. Burlington firm destroyed by fire $25,000. 6. This year the City paid $14,000 6. Sewers storm water is presently emptied into the sanitary sewers which re title other Bandit Donald Madden placed High in the state contest. Granger. Mo., were sentenced to 25 a. 9�?dr. Paul r Pix Jer a years in the it. Madison Penner named As the new Dean of Low a diary for robbery with aggravation Wesleyan College charges. Sept. 2�?it was announced thai Jan. 16�?donald Dunn memorial the executive offices of the peo administrator announced sisterhood Wall be moved from i. Ids resignation. I pleasant to Des Moines Jan. 22�?judge Paul Mucoid Dis-1 Coo tract judge in Southeast Iowa for 19sept. 6�?lyn Robertson of tile rebel radio at Cruces i played a report from another rebel station at 1 30 p. In. To insurgent i i commander Ernesto Guevara at i Santa Clara saying that the army forces from Matanzas Quot a r e advancing and it is impossible for us to hold them tins apparently confirmed tin army claim and contradicted in earlier rebel claim that they had blocked t h e reinforcements o n their Way to Santa Clara helpers sunday school class Ai u Eastern Star. She received hoi cd a cation in the it. Pleasant Public schools and Howe s Academy services will be held Friday at 2 on the Ston Pun at the Weir cookes Fuller morning Home re Gilbert Stout and Rev Raymond Reed will be in Charm interment will be in Forest h in cemetery. Relatives will receive friends at the Weir cookes funeral Horn on thursday evening from 7 to 9. Same time collect a minimum of $8,000 annually to be used in Pav debt Over and above the ing the East and North sides of the a suits in overflows As happened last required payments saving1 Square with Black top and tor in Spring when sewage a. Emptied. $455 per year in interest charges. In i proving streets in general. The into the Saunders p it re addition the City paid the state Council has been informed of that should be started at once to Ui-$6,771 due on the storm sewers re Only five cities with a population of a crease the size of tie main sewer quire in connection with the Pav More than 6000 inhabitants do not line running through Saunders my of Washington Street. J now have parking meters. J Park. Plans will also be made to 7. The chamber of Commerce some streets will need major re eliminate a much As possible All recommended enforcement of the pairs soon while others will event surface water trom the sanitary parking ordinance which limits rally have to by widened the Rev-1sewers without completely rebuild parking in certain areas to two Educ from meters could Supply the j ing the sewer system. The City will hours. The results have been Only necessary funds. I need within the next few years Ltd partially a tis factory. Also parking 5. Water 1 Clit tonal disposal facilities and a a the Overall cos1 of insurance Bai study should be made now Consul 24 hours after the Brothers made number of streets to reduce danger been increased to the property own a ring a sewer stabilization Pond is the last loan payment on the store to school children to reduce Bot or partially Bee aus the water a used so successfully by Many other the four Brothers who also farm he necks and to expedite traffic climes Are Inari equal the City cities the study should also include nearby had made he last payment conditions in the too Bleck of North May need larger Mains in some As an alternative the Cost of adding tuesday Jefferson have been greatly in places and the possibility of in an additional conventional Plant to at Midnight a passing proved Many of these change were creasing storage capacity. An end the present Plant Motorist noticed the fire but it recommended by the City planning Ginger May be employed to make a All dead Wood will be removed coup lately destroyed the store be Board. Study of present conditions and f us t i of pal k Lees and some inc the d fore firemen could put it out. 1 8 the cite also paid approx Tun needs considering growth Etc of fertilization tried to preserve the damage to the store and the mutely $3100 for paving the West a plan of operation should be Trees. Some May have to tie restock was estimated at about $50. Ide of the Square and Jefferson started by the City As soon As pos moved where damage by lightning too. The loss was partially covered St rec not included in the state sick to Correct and improve Dis and winds make such action Nee by insurance the Brothers said. Highway specifications and con Trunnion facilities. Ussary. Burlington. Iowa. It up the Leffler Brothers meat Market and clothing store burned to the Kings ground Here tuesday night less than limitations have been made for Taftt. Pleasant stolid these often titty of to amp to Octal too

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