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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 13, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The . Pleasant news vol. A no. Name. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening Mav 13, i of i these Days by forge e. Sokolsky a lost Friend in the of Semi idleness and leather bedding loyalty and self-1 Les Ness Are hardly to be expected but does occur and makes a tremendous diff Rente. Nearly to years ago a Young lady i Helen putt. Walked into my office and said that she would like to work for me. I did not know Why. Bile had always wanted to work As Secretary to a writ a she said. Very doubtfully j employed her. She stayed nearly no years until she died. Always my closest Friend always Loyal always understanding. She grew from a Young lady into a woman so developed a personality so that Many preferred to speak to her on the Telephone. I Oil n wondered about these Telephone Friendship yet when she was in in r terminal illness these Telephone friends came to see her sent her encouraging letters and flow trs. Perhaps is a characteristic oui civilization that we become pals without seeing each other. any rate she knew in her last weeks that these voices she had heard on the Telephone for nearly in years were real p sons and real friends. Isms Mast showers i cease death takes mrs. Rogers drum majorettes and twirlers i Are selected High school youth killed alter prom or. Chark 8 Rogers no. Did Friday evening . 6 30 heir county or mortal in pita a Volt he had been a to rut following a critical Dine la october i site was a partner with Ivr in band in the owner lip of the my pleasant news their record of la following Peop were select-1 cd in or drum majorette and twirler amp Tiu m held the High Ltd Quot of on May la Junior High school 0si in majorette Marlene Marlton a. Taut drum majorette Debbi Dickson twirlers Belk Seager sgt meet behind rebel lines in luos ownership and a publish dating j twirler Debbie Dickson Karen or Rukgaber and Sheila honoured by Rotar a these Are the top ten per cent of tin i. Pleasant High school graduating class scholastically who by the rotary a dinner meeting monday. Front Row i. To a Janet my Ulley Waunita Kerr Mary Ann Miller Margie w Ilson fat Rosy in. Shirley rude Linda Biggs Larry w ilke Karin Reiner. Back Row a Jon Trueblood Rita Russell Steve Young Sharon Eye and Jack Pugh. Hall Mother of Patsy was one called a Quot girl ii Day Quot or an a assistant Quot or anything you like. Actually she was the in-1 editable developing of our society or a a t��7/r1 a woman devoted to her Boss who y Iii i al i i gave everything in this life not lit i for a Job but for her Bosk career. J the re Are such women w to watch i their men get married try to keep still time to enter feed Drain program throws big rocks nearly mile High Nancy Robinson Miller and i Jack to the Early 1890 s is senior in i the state of Iowa. 1 in her Active years he was a member and a Leader in Many organizations. She had a particular interest in i Beta Phi of which she became a member while no Iowa Wesleyan in the Early Groft Kliing major the of the Mph band. After year. Of the fraternity in her candidates led the band in a chinch work and during her More a Serles of drills the ms8 Choso Active years in the ramble. Ami Jan or amp is tor majorette with Kiln Linda Schroeder. Judges were Virginia Dold Martha so Darrell Goddard. Tryouts were held on wednesday and thursday of this week for drum Marsha la Down Iowa a Gila night no Tun for a group of state Canter High Chon youths turned into tragedy rally tin. Morning on curve on a Road near Here. Two ears one of them Aid to Trover the Center line of the Road. Smashed together killing Steven Goecke of state Center Throe other teenagers in i. Car were injured one critically. The youths were in route Horn a Mon i Las. Ufi a laotian Royal govern Mer. Pro comm Nuj and neutralise allegations met behind rebel lines Here today and signed in agreement ordering an effective cease fire. Tin i Iii be actions in the laotian crisis also agreed to open joint political and military talks sunday morning in a move that could Lead to a political set hem in this from tile state Center Junior senior i strife torn nation prom hold the Elmwood Conn try a communique signed by All three club Herr. Rho teenagers were i groups who me in the presence of the daughters of revolution among other american who mrs Fred Hall. We n Lincoln j Farmers of Henry county have not yet signed to Particio. A a Pate in the government s 1961 feed things going smoothly remind their . Is Iowa we. Ley ans m the to. Men when their marriage Annivera the year. She w ill to honoured by sary to another woman occurs per j the inc alumni a. Elation same Hap watch the Boss go through a Day night. Jun 3, tile annual i rain program still have file an application even have land seeded to Oats. Time to if they a announced this week by Glenn p Campbell chairman of the county ask committee. He that Farmers have oat seeded al actually favourable position because wha in a Oats divorce and marry another who is alumni Banc ult no better than the other. J close to the College All her life. is perhaps a lonely life for mrs. Hall is tin daughter wife. Many of these remarkable women Mother and grandmother of p a. Ans but they find a Joy in the growth who attended Iowa Wesley an her and development of the Man they Mother. Laura Comstock claim serve. Often there Are deep Digap i attended in i860 in 1899 mrs Hall ointments. I knew such a Secretary then Nellie Clarke received the whose Boss died and she never Bachelor of music degree and mar Toul i Laid another Ilia who gave nod a College mate pied Hall in her employment she found too i%2 smell too Picayune. I know another girl who. When her Bass died found Tell of hot so children h i a herself pushed aside his successor now mrs Milton Visovatti 1622 had a girl of his own. There was june Way Terrace Cha ago. 111. In no place for her. J ter cd Wesleyan in 1922. The last of when a Man Lases such a girl he that a Ball children Richard now of faces difficulties beyond imagine cd Oak. Iowa. Left or tion. He has permitted himself to 1941 the beginning of the War. Become Dep a Dent regarding the in Between were Louis or minutiae of his life and he no Long 1 Thomas claim who teaches Boger knows where to look for a Pencil bsh in i plea. Ant High school or a pad of paper where to buy a Edna or. Hollis Moseley Hud theater tick. Or where to order son Joseph. Tacoma. Wadi., anti \ Don costs and possible income sunflowers. He does not remember Betty mrs. Willard Hatfield in Der Normal crop conditions will birthdays he has a problem of re j dependent 1 in addition three of construction which seems to him to the six hell children married we be insuperable but somehow one a Leyan Coll Glt mate Lou. By manages i these matters As Lam band was the late the n Clark Hies do when there is a great loss of Daw Niort. Brow s husband. Wil life goes on and the errors of link lard has a Field was her la mat Sion and commission Are soon and Richard s wife i the former enough corrected. J Betty Wright a m plea. Int in the fall of 1958 Marilyn Clark mrs Kent Hills granddaughter enrolled in Wesleyan and this fall Granddad a can i Anta Sicily a mount Etna blasted locks As big As trucks to 6.000 Fet into the air Early 1 today then subsided from violent j eruption to Low key rumbling Martha Anderson the alternate. Twirling tryouts were also held on thursday after school and the coming to plea. Ani i rom 1 follow ing were Choen Carol Alice Knoxville in 1886 to enter Iowa sergeant twirler Karen Wilson Wesley an she had the i auction j Martha Anderson and Linda Roth. Of receiving four degree from the College. Her interest was in Muic i and in 1890 the was granted a i Bachelor of music degree in 1893 j As she continue d her study while teaching the College so a Bachelor of. De Nee Der o Ann i in 1896 she received h master of a Small River of lava oozed Down a is a no degree As was possible that time. Later she served the College for several years As a devoted trustee and near the clo e of her period of service she was award car a will qualify As diverted acres under the program and the Oal May to left standing and unharvested on the diverted land to meet conservation use requirements he added that where there is More Oats acreage than required for diverted acres the Oats on the i acres May be harvested in the usual manner a total of 560 farms Iii Henry county have already signed . Chairman Campbell declared that most Corn and Grain sorghum producers who sit Down with Pap r and Pencil and figure out their produces f Lope towards the inhabited lowlands and the volcanoes fiery glow j could be. Ren Lor hundreds of Miles i i ii Catania volcanology inst i tote said eruptions which began a Friday night shortly before Miri a night sent molten rocks soaring High into the air. J expels til Institute said the j violent activity lasted until the Early morning hours. During the height of the cd an honorary degree of doctor of wind fed fire destroys Fine Homes heading for an All night party planned by parents state Center. Tile party w As called off when word of the tragedy was received Highway patrolmen said a car registered to or. Grimm 53, Des Moines was Over the Center line of Iowa 330, about 3 Miles Here. Patrolman Jam a Lueders Aid Quot thereto doubt about . The car was Over the Center the patrol and other officials were searching for a Man believed the have run out of Grimm s car after the Accident Grimm was in serious condition evangelical Hospital Here with face cuts and Chest injuries authorities said he denied driving i the car. Ive wind cd fire exploded in the International control commission members in this Jungle Village recalled that military commanders had Given the order for a ceasefire to All units in Laos on May 3. Inf thi communique added that a certain violations of the cease West of fire have occurred in certain made no specific reference to recent attacks on pro go Emmemt Meo tribesmen who control mountaintops far behind the lines of soviet supplied Patchet lao rebels. The three sides pledged to renew orders to their respective military commanders to ensure the ceasefire was being effectively enforced. The formal move in a communique sighed by representatives of the three factions was a big Stop to give the shaky cease fire in Laos a firmer foundation. A., a student of no in she did some composing taught classes and individuals a Church organist erupt and was the inspiration for a Tam Tams. Nearby towns and villages ily orchestra one time. Wen put on the Alert for possible j evacuation As. The wife of a Public. Lier. She the eni Prev. Tadeh began thin wrote frequently for the news. She humane letters by the College. She Hollywood Hills Friday night do a least 29 Home. Include my tilt of author Aldo. Huxley no fatalities. Were reported in was the earliest graduate of Wes a Troy tog Leyan Tai living. That destroyed upwards of 1.400 acres about half of inside famed Griffith Park both the Park Observatory and Zooi were threatened by the fire Beton its Advance was stopped. Assistant fire chief Henry j. Hollywood a ama., witnesses told Marshall county sheriff Asa Landes that they were sure least one other person w As in the car but authorities have not found the person. They Aid several cans of Beer the leaping to. Ital sl5t2,. Info a the deadlock that opened Landes said. Marshall county medical examiner or. A. T. Sauer said Goecke a Junior was killed instantly in the crash. He was pinned behind the Day was compared to Etna s big Ako wrote a history of i Beta Phi j Faw or announced 12 hour after1 j hour and to uthes unfree Hirry most critically injured was Ann Hilleman 17, a Junior the High eruption in 1956 when lava surged in 1938 and was associated in the talc Blaze began apparently due onto the deserted streets of for j compilation of much of the material to fallin electric wires that the Nazzo a Village which had been for the Iowa Wesleyan history Andlen my perimeter of the fire had evacuated a few hours before the blast off. I write of All this because in the midst of great political events of Earth shaking affairs ult each one Susan Hatfield a1 o a of have our own Joys and Sor u.,.t Ali a .t1, i4.n, rows. Oui p Ronal tragedies which yrs seem. tie mome tit enormous a pjs ill a. Initiated into 63 years ago and knew As a nuclear War. We wonder How Jit of the we can accept tie shocks that come to and then we have to think of tractor goes into Flint reek Farmer killed i i Des i mrs so Pard that heroic wife who for months watched her husband prepare or what could be death. must have been like observing the preparations for suicide. If commander so Pard was not killed in his capsule he might have come nut of with his body or his mind shattered. Until the Quot doctors had had time to discover the effects could not be known what that 15 Maul s ride and the preparation for Hail clone to the Man. And the wife had to see herself to observe All and she had to wait Days for him to return to her. She could s e his photograph in the newspapers she could see him i emerge As a National hero. But he had not yet come Home. She is a courageous woman who must have gone through years of agony in that 15 minutes keeping the Faith that the Man she Loc s would not fail. Life is so full of these Small. Private matters which Are too insignificant to write about but they often bring Forth the Quality of sub inv greatness. Patsy who gave two decades to me receiving no great Reward tor what she did. Per j haps not even the thanks that she deserved a d of a cancer. Her last Days were very hard imbed. Nevertheless she w As cheerful about j All and telling me that she would be Back v by soon her Faith was As great As her heart. Alpha Moth ers she is also a member o x. Delta Ramblers and the Odist Church Edward Wright Granville of famous humorist who grew in immediately to prevent a find they will be ahead in cents by participation in the program. A this is so maj Pirlant Quot la said a thai ask Community committeemen have been requested to assisted producers figure out the benefits obtainable by participating. Tile chairman emphasized Ilia the grazing restriction on diverted i i becomes feet Ive in Iowa on june i of the Date in which the agreements Are entered he Aid there had but n report., that some banners were delaying the filing of participation applications because of an erroneous belief that the grazing re tried j i1m his Field Ion tie came effective lined Iab \ i Walker and his Uncle Clarence i hese Farmers should. Ign j Walker working in the Field nearby heard a Noire. They found alumni record published in 1942. Ton sur to under by the 500 fire Iowa Wesleyan Centennial year. J men who fought nigh Long. Mrs. Rogers Lillian Kendig was damage estimates ranged a born Atlantic june 14, 1870, the million. Injuries Anion daughter of Oliver James and he hundreds of residents forced to i Nannie Henderson Kendig. She i was graduated from Knoxville High school after which she chore to s. Play to be flee luxury Canyon Homes were few and minor school. She was hospitalized mercy Hospital Des Moines with severe head injuries. Ako injured was Beverly daters. 19. A senior listed in satisfactory arrival town and Kenneth Westphal 17. Also a senior. He was in Good condition with face cuts. Authorities said they were investigating to determine if criminal charges would be filed Oats support rate is 63c new i Ion Abou 3 pm thur "�?of1f�?o�?�p a r a. Am a a a a a Sun saturday evening l r j la Plato e c Rogers urn ret 8 . In the auditorium. 77ie Price support rate for 1961 fifi one into the Field of i a hiil8um�?T d c and mrs m e f a titled a Mthr rivals 11 a a roof in Henry county Lias a neigh in vol. W like to help Park of Elisabeth exc cd tor minn18th Century comedy featuring the j been set 63 cents per Bushel surviving Alo arc n grandchildren i a Nious mrs. Malaprop whose Odd for Grade no. 3 Oats. Glenn p. Geneva a Secretary of state Dean Rusk me with soviet foreign minis or Andrei Gromyko for 70 minutes today in a vain has stalled the Start of the peace conference on Laos. A no Progress yet a a grim faced Rusk said after the meeting Gromyko s Villa. Court ruling applied Only to two defendants Glenn Lewis Brown monies county Fanner was killed in a tractor Ink Hup on the farm of a neighbor 7 Miles Northeast of presented tonight come to Iowa Wesleyan College where she in or Rogers. They were married april 13, 1894, . Knoxville and observed their 67th wedding anniversary la month their five children Are Warren k. Rogers in a Patterson the i pleasant High school yen Margaret and or. D b Carper or play will be presented for Josephm. All of lit plea ant the second time saturday evening Captain e c. Rogers. Us of to 8 i Quot Quot in the auditorium. Washington d c. And mrs m entitled a the rivals Quot is an no w Lemdon Iowa will Gilt a Jiro Radii of his tin v ill be i Rush in the county offices. Glenn p Campbell stat d a Utla i Here or. Hall honoured. I i i a i 1 j f f j r i can craze hic and to be divert d gave Way. Plummeting to and including june i regardless traitor into the Creek of their sign Date but of . The re can be no grazing wha o on diverted acres after june i a named Lambda Crescent girl i brow ii 11 id driven ins tractor near i the Hank of Flint Creek which Brown and bed. On top of a tided Elizabeth Freyenberger of Way 1 land was named Crescent girl 1 the Lambda Chi Alpha formal held Friday evening the student 1 Union. Will Honor commitments Manila vie Dent Lyndon a Johnson told the Phllip Pine Congress today that the 1 United states will a Honor Lier com a i Tirums to Liberty everywhere. was Dennis Schroeder in is Schroeder son of or. And mrs. Georg Schroeder. Received minor injuries when his bicycle was hit by a car thursday afternoon. His name was inadvertently Given As Benni Anderson. Speed Mark maj. Elmer e. Murphy Waves from a Usak k-58 Edwards air fore base calif., after winning the Louis Bleriot spelt a trophy by holding a Speed of 1,302 Mph. For 30 minutes and 45 seconds Over a 669.4-nu la distance. The trophy was offered to the first flyer to average 1,243 Mph. For half an hour. Named executive Dean for student services j Tim Lac to i brow n j Assisi aul medical examiner w. In. Zabloudil said Brown died of a broken Nock and a crushed Chest. I tile son of Laura Marshall Aud. J David Brown Glenn Lewis Brown i was born on nov. 29, 1898, i Wapello. He married the former j Ruth amines of new London al Kahoka. To on april 27. 1942. J j Brown had Farmed new London i for i he past 17 years j survivors include ins wife three j daughters Johan Sandra and i Barbara All Home one sister mrs Henry Pearl Wykert col a in by Junction two Brothers Are dead services my be sunday 3 pm. T the Hilmar Cumberland presbyterian Church pleasant Grove with the Rev. Paul e. Nichols of the Yarmouth Baptist Church Chiti burial will by m pleasant Grove cemetery. Crop meeting next wednesday and la gnat grandchildren. Private services will be or id a the r. K Crane funeral haute monday afternoon four o clock thase who will to Call the funeral Home May do of sunday i afternoon or evening. Interment will be in Forest Home cemetery. Those % Iio desire May contribute 50 a memorial fund of the first method1.1 Church of which she was i a member. Way of patting words together gave Campbell Chaum an Henry county the term a Malaprop isms Quot. Agricultural stabilization and con tickets Are available panthers Servati on committee has Anontine drug store and the High school Box cd. The rate represents an increase j of 13 cents Over the support for 1960-crop Oats. A Hie Art exhibit is also open saturday evening in the Cottrell Ovin in v As reported to the news Friday that judge l. R. Carson had made a ruling in the Waco school Case to the effect that the motion to dismiss filed by the Henry county Board of education had been sustained. has now been reported that the ruling issued in Washington county District court Friday was Only a ruling As to the state department of Public instruction and the state superintendent of Public instruction who were also made defendants in that Case. Early saturday judge Carson had made no ruling As to the Henry county Board of education. Done by local students Ait. Work from the High schools is on exhibition to to be eligible for Price support Oats must Grade no. 3 or better or no. 4 on the Factor of test weight , Junior High and Only As undo a the196 program Olds boy to boys state named i a j there will be a meeting of those i interested in the Christian Rural i Ames Iowa tid Mccarr program. C to Pat the Dean of admissions and registrar j first methodist Church of . to a4 the state University of Iowa was pleasant wednesday May i named executive Dean for Stu a o clock. Anyone in Henry county Deir services set in action is Welcome to this group which will j miss Louden w ill be among the Cam Counselor tor the Henry Des taken by the state Board of be led by the Rev. Richard Staple. Regents Friday state c airman of crop. ,. Premiums Are i cent per Bushel Gether with winning photographs i for no 2 or from the Amman Kodak Conte. I for a heavy weight 2 for extra heavy test weight. Discounts Are i cent per Bushel for Grade no. 4 on the basis of test weight Only and 3 cents per Bushel for Garlicky Oats. Corn and Grain sorghum producers will not be eligible for Price support on their 1961-crop of Oats unless they participate in the 1961 feed Era in program. However. Producers of Oats who did not produce Corn or Grain sorghum in 1959 and 1980 and who do not produce these crops in 1981 will be eligible for support on their 1961-crop Oats without regard to the feed Grain program 1961 acc loan interest tile interest rate to be charged producers and others on commodity credit corporation Price i support Loans on 1981 crops will not be changed from the current rate the department of agriculture i has announced. Tile rate is 3 4 i percent per year. According to Glenn p Campbell. Chairman county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee this action continues in effect uie interest rate which has Olds a Dennis Anderson son of or. And mrs. Paul Anderson has been chosen by the american legion Post of Olds to attend Hawkeye boy s state this summer. Dennis is a Junior in the Olds consolidate d school Active in athletics and music. Boone youth Accident victim county delegates to the state 4-h camping workshop Arr brewing a can of Coffee on a Tible fir. Thus is part of the outdoor living training the group received the workshop held May 2-4 the state 4-h camping Center near Madrid. Pictured Here Are mrs. Katie Stroud Knoxville mrs. Grace Mathews Danville and Linda Louden . Pleasant. Mrs. Mathews and Boone Iowa a a a George Parker 18, Boone was killed late Friday night when the car he was driving went out of control throwing him out and then rolled or on top of him ledges state Park four other persons Riding in the car were injured but none seriously. Parker son of or. And mrs. George Parker apparently Loc control of the car on a curve the Bottom of a Steep Hill which leads from Hie state game farm into tile Pat k. Parked car hit Virgil Riley route one reported to City police 7 15 pm Friday that his car parked in the City i parking lot was struck by an been charged by acc on its non other motor , the Driver of Moines by county 4-h Camp july 5 to 8 the state 4-h camping recourse commodity Loans since the j which did report the Accident. Center near Madrid. I 1954 crops. I Dania was estimated $50

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