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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 27, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. S i no. 22mt. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening i Ain 21, 1%i these Days by George a Sokolsky tiie Hundred Days ours is a continuing government. Ii never goes Oul of existence As some other governments do when there is a change. In tins continuous government controlled by a written Constitution there have been 35 presidential terms some lasting four years some eight Only one longer than eight. The president of the United states is a powerful official but he is neither a potentate nor a dictator he holds of lice by the will of the people who have several ways of showing their satisfaction and dissatisfaction. And they the american people do not limit their judgment to polities and economics but they Are very jealous of a presidents conduct in office his habits his manners his courtesies. a Good As the phrase goes. The position of the presidents lonely. If his nature is . He is forced by the character of ins office to curb his tastes. Herbert Hoover who is a Quaker and a modest Man was shocked when his most intimate friends referred to him As Quot or president Quot j instead of Herbert but he. Like All others soon enough realized that part of the Job is maintaining the dignity of the office. It is like wearing the proper clothes on the proper occasion. The re is an old saying Quot the Captain eats a which is True in All navies although on passenger ships tile Captain docs a Public relations Job and eats with customers. The question is what barriers a president can let Down without let the Alloi them Down. Theo Doore Roosevelt and Franklin d. Roosevelt were like minded in their interest in people whose Nanus appeared in tire news. Franklin i Roosevelt was interested m Hollywood folks and had them to the White House. Ever after some of the mummers regarded themselves As outstanding students of politics and Many end d in difficulties with committees of Congress. Welcome . Airmen to sell Pontiac Olds and Cadillac Hodson Mckim announce new local car Dealership former local resident serving Plainfield Church. T. M put bumpers on Seaway workmen install special wooden bumpers on sidewalls of the St. Lawrenc Seaway at Montreal to give ships an easier bump when they bump the Concrete. The Seaway is closed for the Winter. Completion of plan to of n a new car dealer hip and service department in the flee nor building on East Washington was announced Friday by Jack Hodson and Rob it Mckim. Tinned firm to be known a Hod it on and m Kim motors inc. the Agency for Pont tacs Olds mobiles and Cadillac. These Are the it pit Rist iut Auto Salt local <1 on Hospital ave it p Ai d have enlarged and expand d there. Buy v ill continue that it or ration for talk i r Arnt they said. In the i jew local inn Hod i w 1 i a Dev Ting to t of i i time to a. Anti it Kiin to it Lite Pirl and service. Quot i it \ will have a Complete eight Yeats ago tin., month that official Board of the first methodist Church to my peasant m a for a. Local or a Lur. Lie i a it Quot. Or or Youtzy mod to it i a am n february of 1940, Kennedy present joyous reunion at air base Telephone co. Elects directors and officers parts and scr View d part in a the lines formerly sold at the same location at the cast Edge of it. Plasant by the to Flecnor firm. Believes Kennedy would be bad to meet Khrushchev go deeper at Sheldon in the sales depart ment w ill be Elmer , vrho has had longtime experience in the Poi Diac the new firm has been in the 0d ant Cadillac liar. Process of moving and completing the Flecnor building has been details for the new Dealership Over vacant the last Fefer Mort after the last few weeks. J or. I nor to i continue the formal opening will be held business on Friday feb. 3. This is one of three Ai Noune i Hodson and Mckim Are not new went of business n and in the automobile business. They changes that will in forthcoming have been associated together in soon United nations it up ambassador Adlai e. Stevenson said today he believed president Kennedy would be glad to met t soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev if the russian Leader returns for the resumption of the u. N. General Assembly session in March oldest of season officers of Republican women to meet feb. 1st Rev George i. Yout a if the car did to Mart Friday morning you can blame it on thu coldest weather of the season. The Mercury skidded to ten degrees Bo-1 Low Zero on the Federal weather Bureau the Cromiter in it. Pleasant i the cold wave held a tight grip purchasing the property at 310 e. Wash n ton where they resided for 4 y am he was a a f Man for the c denial puking company. They w arc Active m the methodist Church and Many Community groups. In february of 1953 they moved Vernon to attend Cornell receiving their degrees in june of 1955. Having decide d to Soffio is committee enter tar Lull time methodist min numbers and club , or. Youtzy was required to Washington it up it a two american air run hew Homo today to h pm Ronal Welcome from president Kennedy and a joyous reunion with their wives after seven months in a russian prison. An air Force Constellation carrying the rh47 fliers cats. John r m Kone and Freeman Bruce Olmstead. Landed at nearby Andrews air base whore soviet Premier Nikta s. Khrushchev first set Foon on american soil in 1959. Mckone and Olmstead who were shot Down by red jets Over the Barond sea last july 1. Stepped from tie White painted plane into the arms of their wives. They Shook hands with the president who had dramatically announced to a radio television news Confer Nee wednesday night that i the fliers had be n released by the russians. As a Mac my of the stockholders of the it pleasant Telephone company controlling interest of which was acquired a few Days ago by the Iowa us Licis to phone company cars were elected. Thy a a s. Saner is. R r Hanson Gerald Cornwell c k Byers c. F. E cheer officers be cd us Ere a. W. Sanders. President r. R Hansen vice president Gerald , Secretary c. F Fiehs or treat or and Winifred Lenz assistant Secretary treasurer. Truck causes damages to Fole at m. He Washington it Upit the Fri. A Kiz it n agents of the Federal Deposit insurance corp. Odic i and a private auditing finn Are All trying to figure out How $2 million could have been pm by Kat from a Sheldon Iowa Bank. They arc on the scene trying to it in his first news conference As reconstruct the record in Brozzie a. S permanent representative to ment at the Sheldon National the United nations. Stevenson said Bank for which mrs. Burnice his goal would be to achieve Quot nor Geiger daughter of the Bank real relations with All countries president has been arrested. Including a it a Monist China in Washington Odic general through the Day Friday and was re on the questions of both China counsel Royal l. Coburn said the pc Ted to relent Only slightly Fri i presidents. Office committee take 3 . Of Seminary training then embraced his wife for Long and Khrushchev however hot Bank s books Are in Quot a terrific Day night. Chairmen and members. Above the College level this train made it Clear that he was not Quot the embezzling has been most of the Midwest a cities had i this will be held in my. Plea ant in he took partly at Garrett laying Down government policy i or. Of Rothy Campbell. President and of her state officers of the Iowa to it Council of Republican women will colies Quot. Present a school of instruction for first District chairmen and officers a truck had unleaded the Benner store about 3 55 p. Thursday caused about $100 Dani a and the Driver 1-Eft without notifying the Benner manager or City Ponce. The liter., e number of the truck was obtained and police Are trying to locate the truck and Driver. A Cable to a Light pole became entangled in the bump r of the truck and the nolo was broken but not completely off. Wash inc ton �upi1 set arc tars of state Dean Rusk said to going on for the past several frigid temperatures. It was 1g be at student Union on wednes biblical in Izui on the Campus of years Quot Coburn said Quot but the big Low at. Omaha neb 14 below at Ltd a it a a feb 1 Fly a 10 a a until Northc. I m University Evanston came in the last six Minneapolis and Duluth Minn. 12 in a with a 13 30 luncheon at the m Jinp ctn his work at the the president s words As greeted each of the fliers were a How do you do. Captain glad to see you Kennedy smiling shyly immediately backed away to make Way for the officers wives. Mckone was the first from the Blue overcoat. H stood Bare plane which carried them from headed throughout the ceremony Goose Bay Labrador. To Shook carrying a Felt hat hands briefly with the president a o a Kennedy a helicopter was hover moments. Ing overhead As the air Force plane Olmstead then came Down the landed m a swirl of Snow on its ramp and Greet d the president 41 hour flight from Goose Bay and embraced his wife and Mother where the fliers had to spend president Eisenhower liked sue Day that president Kennedy has Coss Lul men those who received big salaries or owned Large businesses. He a rounded himself with such and was usually formed about he nation by them. For Toliese tycoons represent a very Small segment of the proletariat earning not ruled out the possibility of a Summit conference with soviet Prem r Nikita s. Khrushchev if the Quot National interest requires Quot Rusk said Kennedy wants to employ Quot flexible diplomacy. Missing funds were not noticed below at St. Joseph to. Sooner he said. Mrs. Geiger was while Anchorage Alaska record assistant cashier in the Bank. Co Orl a Low of two above Zero and must to. ,.,. The fliers their wives at their thursday night because of a heavy this is probably one reason the below at Dos Moines Iowa and ten Union. Anyone who is inter sted i. University of Dubuque theological Sifers Welcome to attend. Seminary where he received his reservations for the luncheon Bachelor of sacred theology de to mad with mrs. Charles Grov. June i960, the same month fee Burn said boxes containing Bank Fairbanks a so so two by love. The Strot Liman. New London before was fully ordain d by Bishop f statements of some 400 persons Mercury skidded to 35 below at monday Moi inc. Gerald Eil it y at annual nut at same widely diffused Awner amp hip of corporate wealth. Wire found in the basement a Laramie. Who. And 21 below patently put there by mrs. Geiger Huron and Aberdeen s. D. To hide clearance of checks held a new snowstorm swirled up in the Southwest today and Bone-1 Hutch Rusk said the new adm Nistra Tfirn wages and fringe benefits the tion will seek to make greater Useph the books is a y employees off ambassadors and Normal Diplo this is a typical method of chilling cold held an icy grip on Matic channels but does not want embezzling Coburn said. Even the the nation from the Rockies to new. T0 of t in a a a zen a system most efficient auditing systems England. The test of their capacity is to which would preclude and other. A a a i u u any Omar Are not foolproof Uliey prevent a to Start razing ing of the North Iowa conference Good talking with Kennedy Snow storm Here for several minutes in the 22 degree the Chi f executive s helicopter weather. Landed just to the Side of the con a procession of air Force cars Stellatino was drawn up to take the released he then joined mrs. Mckone and airmen and their families to guest mrs. Olmstead to walk to the Side apartments at Snow Cov Rcd an of the plane and Welcome the re of the methodic Church at mar draws air base turning heroes. Shall town reverend Youtzy is now serving the Plainfield methodist Church. Plainfield. Observe him when they Are forced to retire at a comparatively Early age to twiddle their thumbs because the v have not Divelo Ted intense Lile interest outside their . Of Younse there Are notable exceptions. Kinds of contracts. Mrs. Mary Schadt taken by death rest Deal of potential embezzling. But new methods arc sometimes found to circumvent the safeguards. He said John Kennedy will establish his Man it Mary Schadt 71. Died late reputation As a president during thursday night at the Home of her his first the e or four months Daught a mrs Ernest m Ossif near after that things Are liable to be Wayland. She Hari been n poof routine. It is the first Impact health for several months with thu country that is important1 daughter of John and Weinma to him and to the people. It is a a a a a a it a mini Rio. A not what he does and says but a any deals with soviet Ridinger she was born feb. A heft in Henry county. She was mar How he docs tilings How he pro 0,1 1913 to will Schadt scots his problems to the nation. In a preceded her in death several How he comports himself that matters. It can Nedy has will of be said of mrs. Ken already won the Good he country. Television helped her. Her natural Beauty her composure her dignity is what americans like. The fact that she went to bed at a reasonable hour leaving the inaugural festivities when her part in them was properly Over made a very Good impression. The Torch As the president said hits passed to youth and the Maun of a nation Are set by Ltd top h appeals that mrs. Kennedy May set a new tone in Mam it is it looks however As though with youth will come no beatniks. Years ago. She is survived by eight sons and daughters. Joe Schadt. James Schadt mrs. Kathrryn Whit e and i mrs. Maxine fan of it. Pleasant John Shadt. Mrs. Ernest my and mrs. Ralph Gholson of Wayland Community and Walter Shadt of orb an. Ind., and by Sci ral grandchildren. Two Sisters and Washington up a a Lead ing Republican senator a. Demand they have been called to pastor de to know whether there was Quot any Church Deal Quot Between president Kennedy the Rev and soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on release of the two u. S. Rb47 fliers. Razing of the former fir t Baptist Church to Mak it Way for a new Telephone building i exp Cocci to get under Way a v w Days probably Metis f., a w Sander president of the it pleasant Telephone company a id the bid of Donald e Whah it for the razing of the building and re _ moving of the Salvage and debris then will b a Spe Ial dedication ha-4�?T been accepted Ai d barring service at the pleasant View men some Unck Pound Leehr Cullity. 11. Noil str Church on sunday morning i. Mantling with Quot Ruc tui i 1 but at 11 00. For the Marvin Semart tart a immedi Tusly family. They will be leaving in feb-1 the Church reeled m 19ti7 a for Saginaw mich., where used b it the Baptist engr gallon i until about two year ago when the dedication and ordination at pleasant View mrs. Strothman county heart fund chairman after seven minutes of the Hap a crowd of several Hundred per by Homecoming ceremony Kennedy sons gathered behind a Barrier at strode across the Field about 50 the Edge of the told to witness the Yards to his Marine helicopter for Homecoming ceremony. The journey Back to the White in the welcoming group with House. Kennedy were air Force Secretary meanwhile the fliers and their Eugene Zuckert and Gen. Thomas wives happily obliged photograph i. Whit Quot air p orce chief of staff ers who wanted pictures repeating the president who flew to it it an the embraces and kisses that marked draws by helicopter was Clad in a a their arrival. S n. Styles Bridges n. Ii. Chairman of the Senate gop pol Irv or thursday Kennedy 1 should give a full accounting of negotiations that led up to release Nelson Kauffman of main. A few months ago Goshen. Ind., will be Here to take property 1 cat a at North m. In and charge of this s vice. Madison was purchased by the it on Sut Day evening at 7 30 the pleasant Telephone co. Rev. Vernon Gerig of Wayland will engineers have already a Tai quoted have charge of an ordination Surv work on Survey and a study of the ire. This is for the Rev. Glen Rich prop Oyve of the m tech Ard who has Bern pastor of the phone company Reci Nutly acquired pleasant View mennonite Clui Reh. By the . I serving with a License. He will be company preliminary to that re new a Hurch a. Erected on South the Church that of Bruaw a Campaign in the Rural mrs. Chas. Strothman will serve a. Thu 19g1 h Eart fund chairman for Henry county according to an Antu my Quot ment mad by Maynard Hall of Oskaloosa executive Dir Ector of be j 1�?~ Art Council. Mrs. Strothman an out c. Co chairman who will be in charge of Des an a at m Harold s by of win virtual Field by i. Dai Quot Watts. Salon. Iowa by mess and prof Hancher s address causes sir rep. Rockwell kicks off controversy in House Moines up ii a ultimatum handed to the legislature by or. Virgil m ional women Hance or backfire d today on the i l 1 is months in soviet Captivity. Smith mrs or maj Bra dept suld Ina a of cats. P of Man Brm a a Olmstead officially ordained to this ministry building and conversion to an a and John it. Mckone after seven on sunday evening. Somatic dial system will Agam sponsor the mail Olid University of Iowa pres Dent and tation of lid s and organizations possibly the states three Trump in and of built i it Pica an ported institution1 of higher Cauca i. M l. Rukgaber a it tion. Pleasant Bank amp Truit. Will be treasurer for thu entire county. Quot a Hojo to assure everyone an i i Sharp verbal Epport Siuty to support thu i Ait fund and Usu engage in the fight and Dwight r Dinger Allol it. Pleasant also survive. Funeral services will be sunday at 1 30 p.m., at the Green Mound Church West of Trenton. Interment will b in Green Mound cemetery. The Zehr funeral Home in Way land is in charge of arrangements. I lie Hundred Days a As they Are called Are any president s grand Opportunity to create the at too sphere for himself to establish leadership. Franklin d. Roosevelt took full advantage of this period. He came out of it a very Strong A vol a m a collision with a 11t>3 Man Ltd strength which he never i _ lost. This was not True of president Eisenhower who was More popular Sefc re ins Lection than at any time during his first term. Station Wagon is damaged a 1959 chevre let station Wagon drive n by Lii n Hunsaker was damaged an estimated $200 when it was thud Kennedy Quot did t make it Char i whether there was anything offered Russia or promised in return Quot he said a the secrecy should a Quot torn in a statement biter Bridges described the soviet action As Quot a Typ i ical communist propaganda a i Cuver Quot and said Quot All the world school coached knows the soviet always tries to Traut returned extract an exorbitant top ratings for All speech students and one act Flay the my declamation students of thu Fashant Community Higi by mrs. Evelyn Home thursday night from the preliminary speech the gop senator asked Kennedy contest at Mediapolis with a per these questions feet score. There were 17 Cutrie a were there any concessions to and each one received a i rating Ford nation Wagon owned by Iowa Wesleyan and driven by Jack at 2 45 p m. Thursday at the intersection of Jefferson and he it d much better during his say pc isl it it uni it no r u u the russians and if so what a was there any connection Between Kennedy s Uno Useem it that u2 flights Over Russia would remain banned and release of the fliers second term. Presidents sometimes suffer from 1 greatness others suffer from a desire to be exactly As they were before they were elected to this High Ellice. Harding never changed Woodrow Wilson became overweening and jealous of his High estate in the world. High office can bring out unexpected characteristic in a Man s nature. On the other hand there Are those Viu it i that when it n All which is a Superior rating and tiv highest attainable. In humorous declamation Wen Carole Dawson Pat Keefe and Becky Rommel. The prose Oral interpretation does the manner of the fliers contestants were Linda kith. Sue release presage a new Era of a see Jackson and Sara Stanley ret diplomacy a Viking for honors in poetry Oral does the administration plan to interpretation w re Linda Biggs continue efforts to Char up the Loretta Ross and Linda Kitch mystery of what happened to 11 in radio these students wrote Horvik r was driving South and i turning cast it nto Saunders and Darland was h add North on Jurf j Ferson when the Accident occurred. The right rear fender of the Chev a. D. J u. S airmen who plane was shot their own scripts Linda Biggs Jean i Down Over soviet Armenia in 1948? Olson and Janice Patterson. Bridges and other members of there were two contestants in i Congress rejoiced at the release of dramatic declamation sue Cor i Olmstrad and Mckone but they Nick and Linda Scarff. Over some May even remember emphasized that americans should writing her own script for orig them on their birthday. J not forget that the russians Ruth j Inal oratory was Elizabeth Crile. Copyright 1961. King features Lessly shot Down the plane in the Rande Mcallister wrote his speech 4&r\ presented Mora of Sal declamation. It will be noted hut two Stu Icilus Linda Biggs and Linda Kitch of acted in two Fields apiece and von in each thereby bringing a Atal of 17 super r ratings. Against our of. I enemy h Art a and blood pc a so 1 to it a. Pm is rot Ham n Dot a Cla i <1 the l a Bru i by Rau pig Wal reach a Climax by heart sunday l 26, at which turn the traditional to it do tial solicitation Wal be v Mph eted. Injured in fall from tree to suffer any defeat Quot but democratic lawmaker Liam Uniman Des Moines count r d in defense of Hancher that Are a fre people and we must know the Rockwell who had risen on a Point of personal privilege Aid he one leg i. La tor. Rep. Eugene so a a Ith reluctance Quot but Felt hailing a Orient Aid during a a 1 is about time somebody spoke clash in the House up on chamber Hanchur Quot talked himself out of about $3 the it. Pleasant Republican a second term member of the House railing did not elaborate but he t done to think it is Wise to run referred to handler s warning that Down the very the present legislature must provide and Quito fund to launch a proposed $103 million. 10-year building program at the University of Iowa Iowa state University and Iowa state teachers College. Government from which one expects to receive Hue he said he was getting a tir a of hearing leaders in various places and Levels run Down the state and the .&Quot handier Hirauk his remarks Here Denman replied that he respected thursday night at a banquet for Rockwell s right to be heard but James Learnan. Springfield these student will All Romp Quot m an Quot Opl a Quot of la Wright in e trimming sir Vicc of Des Moines suffered injuries to his Back and ooh one leg when lie f 11 from a tree in Alt. In Las and High school to Dent sul m us Ltd 1 pm. Friday. Iso received a i rating f or tie one thu try was Slick and no tribe of the general a eth by us alumni associations of the by i., three Sta c collegiate institutions or District speech con St at my Engo tin week of fib. 14. Strangely it was net Hae her s virtual demand for huge appropriations that i Roburd ome of the i a ski atom rather it was his com ments on the status of the United dipped and fell la fed to the fro n states As a world Power or m d h was brought to or. Handier linked the i cd Morial to Pituch re by ambulance rapid expansion of facilities tie i ident happened South of higher education with what he cannot make decisions unless the role was damaged. The Ford was not damaged. The Accident reported to City police. And play a Maria do Capo Quot by Edna St. Vincent Millay which they presented in the preliminary contest in Mediapolis thursday in Diirr dramatic instructor Rogov Mek the Lumb i Yard in Salem or and student director Mary Klodnycky directed the production. The cast of Cha act i i Pierrot str Columbine Washington or at sue Comick Coth runs Sura Ger. Rhett i Kennedy announced Stanley Corydon torn Van Tuyl Todas the arrest of Herman f and Thyrsis Ron Miller. Marks a native of Milwaukee who act it people of this country Are adult and mature a Oan and the the Des Moines Democrat said a Cdr. Hanchur told the truth. . P Ich was an Eye of Ner and certainly Wes nothing that should not l ave been said or has not been said in the Denman also said that president for John Kennedy should a Tell the for pm Opte the truth because the people called the decline of u. S. Power truth is known Maiks arrested p Stige and influence in the last Hancher told the banquet Aud -15 years. Knee that the request by the braid a of regents which operates the rep. Jiuhui b. Rockwell a it. State educational institutions for of a Atit. Kic Lud off the controversy a $13 million annual in its when he said or was not Rady to operating budget and the $103 Mil or Hanchera a this that lion Long Range capital improve the play will be presented again reportedly was responsible for the the United states a is a second ment program was essential to at a contest in Marengo in about execution of More than 200 anti rate Power or has det Rio rated t it meet the anticipated Foo tide of Syndicate first place. Tor the or id of Public speaking and three weeks Castro cubans in Havana. The Point at which we Are about students i a. L

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