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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 20, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 83, no. 11 it. Pleasant Iowa sat i Koay evening May 20, him i fatal Accident near City Complete plans for dedication la i Haim Blind hitch hiker with no complaints another word for courage Ted Hart wha Are your troubles. To was walking Down Tho Street state a Little f aet or than must people hikes. Walk but. La was Haling ins Way and so on with a White Cane and was carry j afternoon with ing a suit Case. A dog barked and he stopped a moment As though wondering win the the dog w mid do Nuie than bark at the Shalier-1. It Corner on East Maple he had to feel around with his Cane to Orient himself again. Where the Cement widens and the walk jogs slightly he went on finally coming to the end of the walk at the Don Elon Motel there he sat Down to rest for a moment when a newsman caught up with him his i Tim to d Hart. And ii. Home it pleasant Iowa. He is 21, and la years ago he was kicked by a horse. An optic visiting friends he int Cli Sepal was severed and a Cornea ated. He Hasni to seen since. Ted graduated from the s ult school for the Blind at Vinton after that he took ape.a1 in tool and d e work. Then lie landed a Job at the John Deere Plant in Waterloo operating four spindle Drill press. Recently he was caught in layoffs the of he want a Beautiful Spring the Sun glinting on his Reddish blonde hair he smiled and told a newsman that a a it a just j the Breaks of the there is no Hope for an operation that might restore his sight. The newsman wished that he i had hic Power that another Man j once had could restore sight to j the Blind. Hitch hiking is bad enough when you can see to flu Man with the White Cane it laude in far it took Ted three hours yesterday to get out of the City of Des Moines. Often he is More than too Miles from Home. His funds Are limited he can to even see whether a nerve j storm is coming up or not. Wor Deal act Lka i is have virtually completed preparation for it a. Day in local m thud is t Church ids tory on sunday much of the Interior has Bren painted and a her j improvements have to n Mac indication of the Church built seven years ago of lowing a f to will take place at two services and will 1 be followed by a Basket dinner at noon. Or. James Marlin of Jefferson pastor we Hon the former Church burned will speak at the 8 15 j service and Bishop f Gerald Zensky at the 10 45 service. Burning of mortgage copies will take place at j the services and there will b sin Cia music and participation by in it Cal Layman and ministers. At the 12 30 dinner or. Georgc it Hunt pastor of the Burlington methodist Church and former pastor Here will speak. Youths hit try Buckshot blast at a haunted House eight persons injured in Quot Chain Quot pile up Man doing Good turn fatally injured in six Gar Accident i Hie Man w fatally injured Aud right person Luuie an unusual. O a id it w in h in Rry a Oil Highway 31 at hip we t dec a1 of plea ant at la pin Friday. Alva me 51, Herd Boro Penna died in the University Hospital at Iowa Chat ii 15 am saturday of injuries received when Iii was run Over by a car while trying to Flag Down traffic. He sutured a Skull fracture. Of Verc brain damage rushed Chest and a punctured lung Ile was taken to memorial Hospital til ii to Iowa concert to lose Fine arts festival Munday at 3 30 w injured Iii tin Accident Hysi Tea which was Given in parents in Lier Honor recently third around mrs. Id a i in me As stir was presented a gift by the class is shown watching from left to right. Tim Rankin. Kristy i Rish Wendy protest Nan Jeanette Mcdowell w Endy alter Brian Peterson mean Kyle Patty met lure Dorothy Rawlings. Kay Newman and Bois Chase. Sealed on the floor Are David Cornell and Dennis Young. Mrs. Runic is retiring i rom teaching. Ii at i k honoured a before the Grade students at l Lincoln school gathered Jane sheets on behalf of the class. Part of to jut sit at Home so to has been out Over the in it no feel sorry for himself no Hale the Fate that hit him below the Belt no. In the warm Sun he displayed training the attributes of courage cheer fullness and Modoni liability. Jug a Guy who refuses to sit in a Rock in if chair and Brood a Blind hitch hiker preferring to move about than to sit still now what were your troubles store and picture Courtesy Centerville Low leg in. Ottumwa. Iowa up a two teenagers were hospitalized her Friday night when nine youths about to enter a a haunted Quot House i Wen gritted by a Buckshot blast through the front window. Listed in Good condition at ot-1 turn a Hospital were Larry Bank 11 son. 17. And Craig Hall both of Ottumwa. Four other youths were int by tiie Buckshot but were not bos j pit Ali cd. Stanley steel 50, Ottumwa whose Mother owns the Home told 1 to cities it had been broken into several tits is. The House has to n unoccupied although fully furnished for the past six months. Steel was waiting inside the House when the youths arrived and he Cut i Loose with a 16 gauge blast As they were approaching the front porch. Or. Copley a Organ music compositions Hank first word has been received that Organ music composed by or. R Evan Copl it y has ranked fir. T in the Competition sponsored by urn Fellowship of methodist musician or. Copley a Partin tit is head of of Iowa the music Wesleyan Hirl admits shooting parents of conference of Hie or Gam at it Hie National meeting Iii Eon Diego Calif i ii summer. J he Organ composition Winch or Copley submitted which was ranked first was a Tempe. U Burg Quot it a i is i on a a mighty fortress l our god Quot tax rules of the Competition specifying that an old choral tune must be used. The other two compositions Organ on the list of five were a St. Annex and Quot of sacred head Quot this is or. Copley a third year at Iowa Wesleyan. He was graduated Edna Barquist taken by death Edna Barquist 56, died at Mere Hospital in Davenport about 5 40 a a. Saturday May �?~20. College and organist and direct of music at first methodist Church. The announce meet was made by or. Bless Wiant director of the ministry of music of the methodist Church general Boa re if education of the methodist Church. . Tenn. I five Organ compositions were i selected and three of these were j by or. Topisy also i. Choral composition a Gloria in exec us a was one of the six select d. There was not a ranking Given any of the phony have performed choral numbers. Filial decision on Ley works during the the awards will be made at the years. I acc it life a. It us i a brow a Haard farm Gill admitted la. T Nigist that to in idiot her parents to death Early Friday because they would not jct her have Date. And made her baby sit with six other children in the family. 1 Sharon Dahl in pleasant look j for i ing High school Sophomore admit Ted m a lengthy signed statement j to officers that she shot father Victor Dahl 45, and her Mother Rose 43, with Lier lathers double from the University of Denver with j a Jarry cd 16-gauge Shotgun their the b m. Degree and from Michigan farm Home Ilfe a Coleridge neb. State College with the m m and. A a us Oak a a Waro so a 30 a in pad fierce. I Friday found both parents al cup at Iowa Wesleyan faculty. To dont. And the Southeast Iowa sym by ambulance and City. Thew w cd. Mrs Ilia n in Sims j Iii id. Cut Lei knee Burn on the rigid Side of ii r face. Hock. She was not taken to the Hospital Here but went to Fairfield for treatment by a doctor. Mrs Gladys it Fairfield multiple Large lacerations Scalp injury two fractured ribs Shock. Slie was a n to memorial Hospital Here after the Accident and then transferred to Jefferson county Hospital at Fairfield. 51 is. Clarence it. Davis i pleasant possible fractured Pelvis fractured rib contusion to tile head abrasions Bot ii Knees in memorial Hospital. Condition reported As Good. Airs Laverne Klesner Donnellson. Contusion to head. Large lacerations of her Cli in and Shock in memorial Hospital. Condition. Reported As Good. Benjamin shul five months old son of or. Had mrs. Ellis Shull of. Pleasant lacerated left Eye brow treat d at memorial Hospital and released. Deborah shall 5, daughter of Hie Shulls abrasions of the forehead treated Here and released. Vernon Aldwell. I pleasant 1 neck injury not hospitalized. Clarence r. Davis it. Pleasant nose injury not hospitalized. The Iowa wed Van College it Fine Ains will close sunday a1n noon w Ith a concert at 3 30 in the College Chape the Public is United to attend free of charge. Prof Burton Mahle will conduct Hie College Community chorus in the Brahms Maynard cuppy student from Burlington will b the accompanist they will and the concert with Bruckner a Quot Gloria from mass no. 2.�?� the a Cappella choir directed by prof m Hie. Will sing Quot academic the drum Quot written by or. R. Evau Copley head of the Iowa Wesleyan ceile.�?T. Music department. Words to the work Are by or. Louis a. Hart in layer chairman of the division of humanities Iowa Wesleyan and lie id of the English department. Prof a Hie will direct the Madrigal singers in three numbers Quot Matona Lively Maiden by Orlando i Lasso Quot in Winter and Quot Orchard by Paul Hindemith. A Lim Iowa Wesleyan concert band will have a part in the program playing Grieg s a solemn procession. A reception will be held at the Art building immediately after the conc it. Hits will give the Public another Opportunity to see the exhibition of paintings by Edward i Betta faculty member of the University cd Illinois. His one Man Sim has been on exhibition during i the week of the Fine arts festival. Main past cop three Junior Hiiro awards presented she had been in poor health for several months. Fen in. Judy Megorden Carolyn tile daughter of John and Anna it pad�?T., Connie Mcclure and Schry i Stevens Barquist site was born of a i. Tor april 20. 13u5 at Woodhull 111. Eighth Grade Trio Charlotte she came to Iowa with her Par Smith Dot a Moure and Pat me a mils in 1906 and she was a confirmed mull Rev. Member of Tho Swedesburg Luther-1 eighth Grade quartet Carolis a Church and a graduate of Olds to air. Nancy Deal jams d vol High school. M. I. Noble 77, Dies al Winfield open House on tuesday i she said die Friday found both Ling and loaded the Shotgun slip entered the bedroom and fired one shot at a i fathers head Shea id and immediately followed it by firing tile other barrel a1 tier Kotlier. Both died Nat Antly of head wounds. The girl then Calico a neighbor and so Bingly told him Quot scr things happened to mom and according to sheriff Russell Van Tuyl who along with City police and i Highway patrol investigated the Accident tills is what. Happened. Mis Sims and mrs. Coop both nurses at the state mental health i Institute or re on their Way Home to Fairfield after getting off work. They were headed West in a 1958 suggested one news censor Washington a up a the White House confirmed Friday night that president Kennedy had a raised the possibility that u s. Editors and publishers might want Chevrolet convertible driven by mrs. Select one of their number to Simi a ear driven by Davis was dear dispatches affecting nation approaching from hic West a. Security m a program for self Davis and or ,. Mio i turn a Winfield. Tie ass Iii by v a. Junior High award in id w dec slav a. 17, Dun to aft noon a co ii. A hard pres i the i m in or t i Icli i i us in i riled tile follow ii. A w a i to in the w re with a re Mish i two by vex to pins la girl Nancy i a1, , Dot Klop fens in. Year Chiu men Bel ii Ell ii a. By. T sir in Frazer. J a v nth Grade double quartet j Marlene Martin Mary Mccabe i Linda. Lewis l Inda Rukgaber i j an for i s ook it in i Janet Cooper Tanya bail and Jean Mccord. Ins i al i in nil i sir a tile following eighth Grad Junior band members passed re quit agents and received Gold pins i for the past nine years she has had charge of a cottage for girls at Hie Annie Witick Meyer Home in Davenport. She is survived by three Brothers and two is Tern. Albert Walter and Lawrence Barquist All of old. Mrs Leslie Hullo ii isl of swed Surg and mrs. E m. Willit of Davenport. Several nieces and Mph we also survive. Her parents and three Broth is m d. Noble 77. A cd morning at his Horn in after a Bing ilium. Meredith David Noble was bom june 12, 1883 in a w to. Ton. Ill the in of be Rev and Rachel Honing wort Noble in january id 1008 of Joy ii. Poppy keeps program of legion auxiliary alive of n Hon it will ire or d at the i Highway maintenance Paras Bere j on tuesday May 23 As part of the a Highway commissions Public in the american legion auxiliary formation Day Iii the. Tax Vul Morin Popy i. The lore giving some of the machinery v a i be it. An0 Humph to the jiving i a n sengers were j Klesner i mrs Sims told authorities that Tim Davis ear a 1358 Buick crossed Over into her Lune and that she pull d Over but the cars still collided nearly head on. The ears were i totally wrecked the collision ocl tuned nem the Iris City stadium. Of a program the press in Sensi i opera in lie was married to be Kildoo. J Hook d in will be Snow plow a commission pet Onul p., will be on duty. Homer no Rurup i i their the Henry county Foreman Well j mis de vol a Goddard Nancv la lid ii. On. Mary i us Mair Mcclure bait Ira Means Meg Ord n. Rosalie Mill r a Moore Cynthia Pobanz l for lumber. I from Milo Sorden. Died previously. A 11 director of the band Ellen Ashy funeral services will j u d y Irviv n Burroughs Nancy Deal. Silvan j Ruth Dilucia jan.-. D vol Don j Connie j Asa John Gray Donna Goddard j u Grace Oater Susan Gibson Sara Hunting Judy Klopfenstein Ritchie it a Jovle i ii Magnuson Mary do to i. 1 Aly or is. C harlot e Smith. It or u i Lier. Judy Meg or Maui i i Aioli tilt i it. And. John Moure an dec Moore Sheryl a i n Tim my Betti Kay Mcce Carolyn a were Ai a Given for i Quot pad Ley Linda Roth. Clark Reed. It years membership in mix i Mardell Smith. Charlotte Smith Chol u. Quot i us Awa ids. W re or -1 Robert s Ager to sessions Judy seated 111 til following Ellen , Carol Traut. Darn la tur Marilyn burrough.-, a k Cowen Ner Randy Van Brussel Tom Wehr. Nancy i a1. Linda Dicker jams Wayburn a. In. Warren woes a vol. A on fog a Susan Gib on. King. Bill Wilson and Bill wik l Donna Goddard Judy Klopfenstein seventh Grade Junior band mein Nancy Laird Judy lamp s rep i hers who passed requirements were Lawrence Tun Mcbeth Connie awardees certificates. Iou Marr. Barbarath fourteen Pep band members be monday it 2 m. at the Swedesburg lutheran Church tile Rev. Arnold v. Thoro pastor of the Church will officiate and interment will be in Swedesburg cemetery. Tile r. K Crane full ral Home is in charge of arrangements Rusk Enro Ute Back to Washington who. Irviv in y to gun keeping at it Scott. Ram moving to Larned resided for ten in of Toter of 1318 they moved Toj Wui have open House Joy i and in the Spring of 1313 in Chr the Winner to Iowa to a Tarn info a a Quot Slowa o of Road. Clit of Grove township where tie. A hied Highway. Man to my will Hon later were i tin off ice District paint at Fairfield and the. Hop at i Airfield also Iza tion i inc funds realized from r on poppy Day keep a Ive u it rehabilitation and child a oguun.-. The important to hers every Day of lower a a added auxiliary mein the j a the significance in of the May Quot wha f i let Ive �?�1 when h i offered to the Gen Public on poppy Days m by 26 Geneva up Secretary of stated an Husk left for Washington today to prepare the groundwork for president Kennedy a coining meetings with the leaders of Russia Britain and franc. Found dead in his wrecked car Mcclure Mary mean Judy m Gorden Rosalie received Maroon and Gold emblems. Mill de Moor Carolyn pad in the v were As follows Carol Traut. Cynthia pol or. Z. Clark in. Cd Larry director Tom Wehr assistant . Judy Scarff Charlotte Rector Carolyn Pedley Ruth de Smith f k Swirs. Carol Traut. , jams d vol Wayburn was Chelsea. Iowa uple Wilfred Sheryl Walston. Wayburn Wasson son. L. On Foster Tim Mcbeth Points 71. Belle Plaine was found Tom Wehr Bra Wilson Warren Sara Hunting Marilyn Burroughs dead in his wrecked automobile in Woepke g Bill Nihon Judy Megorden Judy a Creek about three Miles East of Small ii up members received Klup Benstem. And Bill Wikel. Here Friday. t Wert As follows the Junior band majorette and Points car left Iowa 212 and eighth Grade tripe Trio Donna twirlers received both certificates crashed into the opposite Bank of Goddard. Cynthia Pobanz Judy and pins. They were Donna god j the Creek demolishing the vehicle s Arf f so in Gib or Judy Klop continued on Page fix authorised a gtd until november 1.956, or. Nobles failing moved to thir pre win id. 1 or Noble was a member o Tish mar us Ria Riel j Church at pleasant Grove bid his wife he is survived i i by thic Cli Ildron. Richard Noble of St Petersburg f�?Ta., to Root a by of Davenport and or. Wayne stuck a i of Winfield and eight grandchildren. I he pal us a laughter the a Sisters and a brother deceased him. File nets May Call at the Mcka. On funeral Home. Ute funeral services will nouns d later when due. Iola $25 Bond and Hie school with the Quot ii Aith tiny i larger number of parents attending it Home in Ozien hone on a percentage basis will receive a $25 bund. Run my r fold i a a.-. Poppy a. A men rial two flow r Ute and Bis Vifor head cd East in a 1361 Ford pick up with a Sleeper cab saw the Accident happen and turned his vehicle onto Tim South shoulder of tile Highway. Ii a flagged Down h. A Miller of Ottumwa who was approaching from the West and Milter pulled in behind the Hie pick up. Hie and Miller then flagged Down the eastbound 1959 Chevrolet of Caldwell on his Way to work at the Iowa ordnance Plant. Caldwell censorship five areas. Presidential press Secretary Pierre so linger Baid that the president had made the suggestion May 9 to a committee of eight editors and publishers after a dispatch on the subject appeared Friday in the Boston Globe. Salinger said the president Sug or Ted Hie establishment of a Cut quo permanently stationed in Washington which could authenticate nows and Advie other editors whether or not publication of a i a Tell would endanger the National interest. However a in Ger said it was altogether too a Strong it say that the president. Ugat Ted the establishment of a news Czar. And a in ans of applying funds fori slopped on Tho Highway. Shall was he Driver fined after Accident of vet i j in and his family in Tim Barton time of be an will shut off water in area erne i s idler Eldon a. Fined $25 and costs Iii Myor wad Mcbeth s court saturday morning on a oar less driving charge filed by City police after an incident which occurred at 9 40 rn Friday. Sadler was in the Quot Emily of 807 s. Harrison Street want a his car went into a ditch and across three Yards. The front end of Iii 1952 Ford was badly Damag d judgment asked approaching irom the West and an attempt was made to Flag him Down. However Shull did no to get ills 1952 Buick stopped Iii Tim and it j struck the rear of the Caldwell car shoving it in or. Hie knocking him Down and running Over him. I the front of the Shull car and the _ j rear of the Caldwell machine Wen Lynn a Gilky my pleasant was badly damaged. Fined $75 and Ca in District court the hoo<1 of the shu11 r in w in her Friday on a charge of operate i a it mruck the parked Miller car my i motor vehicle while his a was under suspension. Avg a a poppy May 26, May 27 fined in District court drive charge says captured invaders to do negotiating oils y had pleaded guilty to county attorneys information. Glancing Oft and punching two holes in the Back of Ute is per on id pick up. Time schedule the water will be Shu off loin a petition 12 Midnight until 2 . Sunday clerk s offi a May 21, at the following Points the Nelson College a nue from second to against the Orange. Manufacturing corp Lincoln Street from Taft to City j Blent for $1,926. Limits Aud on All of the following the plaintiff claims the amount streets second Baker and Harlan in owed for advertising services has been filed at the in the courthouse by advertising co., inc., curl engine ring amp asking judg 51&Quot, lilt did t Knox limn Dud by her husband was injured. Sin saw a Man being placed in an ambulant but did t recognize him As her husband Dud to the extent of his she later teamed he had been taken to the Hospital Here and 8 13 met Hod is t dedication then on to Iowa qty. Or. And mrs. Service Jerry w los and or. And mrs. De j Way patrol with driving at a 10 45 a methodist dedication Parrott All of it pleasant took too gnat to St Iii the time. Bedouin of local vents sunday nine if the injuries. Havana a up a Premmer Fidel Castro said Early today lie will Quot cd a group of captured invaders to the United states later in the Day to stall negotiations on the h propped or con Quot is for trac tor Deal. Castro speaking shortly after Midnight Aid Hie prisoners would be sent to the United states a a tomorrow a apparently meaning saturday. It was not Clear however Winther he meant the re i Mark to be taken literally or was j speaking in a a nor a i sense. Service 12 30 3 30 -8 00 mis. Inc and the pick up to Iowa distance ahead and Ftp red assumed driving with a method by dinner. College choir at inc. High school baccalaureate. City. Mrs. Wells and mrs. Parrott an it Spires Drivers License Davin stayed with mrs. Ide All night. Shull was charged by the High ways charged with driving on the wrong Side of the Highway

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