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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 2, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news fair vol. 92, no. 232mt. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening october 2, 1970price to cents facts of particular interest during fund drive what w Esley an Means to this Community by Mil Baxter now in its 128th year Iowa Wesleyan College the Community a oldest and biggest a president a continues As an economic cultural and social a Feather in the Cape of the people of it. Pleasant and the area. According to l. W. Van Winkle vice president for business affairs Iowa Wesleyan pours an estimated 1% million dollars into the Economy of it. Pleasant each year. Out of a 1970-71 operating budget of $2,434,000 a scaled Down one compared to past years$1,675,000 goes for salaries at the College. The bulk of that amount feeds into the Banks offices shops and Utility services of the City boo in addition to the 70 full and part time faculty members and the Many administrative staff members brought in from outside the Community Wesleyan hires about 70 area people for maintenance and clerical staffs. Saga food service and the colleges Bookstore operating independently from the College provide additional jobs and salaries. Saga spends about $25,000 a month in it. Pleasant for groceries. Last year Iowa Wesleyan paid $78,367 in water electric and steam Bills to the City 9.3% of the total income of the local Utility company. The colleges three fraternities and three sororities owning and operating houses also pay Utility Bills and taxes. Too even though two properties owned by the College in it. Pleasant a the Emerson electric Plant and j. C. Penny store buildings a Are exempt by Law from county real essences on the Community Board. Chest local churches often feel the Benefit of being in a College town. Or. Haselmayer an ordained Episcopalian priest assists with services in the it. Pleasant episcopal Church while prof. Burton Mahle chairman of the faculty and head of the music department serves As choir director at the presbyterian Church and music prof. Carl Moehlman is organist and choir director and his wife children a choir director for the United methodist Church. Several students Are members of various Church choirs in town. Too service organizations in it. Pleasant have used a variety of faculty and staff members and students As speakers Over the years and Many College faculty and staff Are members of local civic clubs. Pres. Haselmayer or. Renwick Dan Ruble Jack Kinton Larry Cullison Paul Ernsberger or. Clint Rila Dean Don Ziegler and or. John Crane Are rotarians while or. Van Winkle Ray Kratzer Charles Cushman Tom Harney Joe Mauck and Jim Burnham Are local kiwanis members. Van Winkle and Renwick Are past presidents of their organizations. Too several Wesleyan people have played major roles in old Thresher activities Over the years. Prof. Mauck head of teacher education assisted with presenting the popular Thresher pageants for to straight years directing the show since 1937. Or. George Lamore head of the religion philosophy department wrote the lyrics and one representative from each school participating gathered a round pit no. I in the soil judging contest at the Williams farm South of new London. Bill Finke of the winning Winfield it. Union vocational agriculture team is shown in the foreground with his Back to the camera. Paul Corbin of the it. Pleasant team was in the group. A my ten in first in soil judging first place in the annual Southeast Iowa soil judging contest was awarded to the team from the Winfield it. Union vocational agriculture department after they Wayne and Stephen Williams farm South of new London. The following schools were represented by judging teams of four students each Winfield it. Union Mediapolis nosed out the Mediapolis team by Wapello Columbus Junction Cen a scant three and one half Points. I trial of Argyle Harmony and it. The Winfield it. Union team is pleasant. Those representing the made up of Richard Beard Bill Finke Dallas Davis and Jerry Carlson. With Wayne Corriell As their vocational agriculture instructor. Richard Beard and Jerry Carlson were second and third place winners respectively in the individual it. Pleasant vocational agriculture department in the contest were Richard Taylor Curt Sparrow Kevin Wagler and Paul Corbin. Assisting with administrative details were Kevin Piatt and Tim Millard. Arrangements for the contest scoring. David Wagenback of were made by Leo Turley District Mediapolis was the Winner of the conservationist for Henry county individual contest Over a Field of Roger Garnjobst vocational Agri Cut highways leading to phenom penh phenom penh up a communist troops who have Cut every major Highway leading to phenom penh pushed 16 Miles northward along Highway 4 today to within 40 Miles of the capital. They Cut Highway i leading to Saigon thursday night and opened a new offensive in the Rice Rich North West. Up correspondent Barney Seibert covering the Highway 4 action said North vietnamese troops already holding four Miles of the Road now had Complete or marginal control Over 20 Miles of the Road and that travellers were being stopped at Kampong spec 30 Miles Southwest of phenom penh and advised not to travel any further. Too Highway 4 is vital to phenom penh because it leads to cambodians Only Deepwater port Kampong som where the country a Only Oil refinery is located. Without supplies from Kampong som the capital would run Short of fuel. Government officials said this was part of a communist plan to strangle phenom penh economically they said All or cambodians major highways Are either closed or unsafe. Most of cambodians Rice Supply comes from Batta bang province in the Northwest bordering on Thailand. Military officers said the Viet Cong had attacked Koas Krala 140 Miles Northwest of phenom penh the first major attack in Batta bang in six months. Cultural instructor in the it. Pleasant schools and Wayne Cor Tate taxes inc officials in fairness music for the pageant last year and vhf gtd at sunday morning server it threshers for Many years. P Mahle has directed pageant choirs a Quot a several inc students have worked with sets and lighting during Thresher shows. Mauck is to other property owners and the Community choose to pay the annual $7,000 tax Bill on these holdings. Too business office statistics at the College reveal that students spend also vice president of the National an average of $14.88 each per week society for the preservation of in it. Pleasant. If that average tent Folk and repertoire theater remains constant Wesleyan Stu j which has planned a million Dollar dents Here for 35 weeks this year opera House research Center and will spend about $390,000 locally j museum to be part of the thresh and that figure does no to include next Erst proposed a turn of the Century years 10-week summer session. If town in Mcmillan Park. Inc were a Parent doling out allowances for such spending the weekly average would be close to $11,000. It. Pleasant restaurants motels and shops also Benefit from the Many visitors who come Here each year for special events at the College including Homecoming parents Day various convocations commencement and academic meetings and conferences. Too Wesleyan role in the Community is not limited to economic factors. On the cultural Side the College shares with it. Pleasant and area residents a Fine arts program which in past years has provided Art displays Art classes for All Ages both during the regular school year and summer operas plays wind ensemble concerts numerous student recitals and an impressive lineup of guest speakers from around the world. Such events Are continuing this year and Many Are free to the Public. In addition Wesleyan pays a Large share in support of the Community concert series and provides Many of the instrumentalists As Well As the conductor for the Southeast Iowa symphony orchestra. Most symphony concerts presented in this area Are performed in in cd a Chapel auditorium. Too Many individual faculty and staff members who come to it. Pleasant because of the College take an Active role in Community life. L. W. Van Winkle represents the City a fourth Ward on the City Council and John Stiegman the colleges athletic director and special assistant to Wesleyan president Louis a. Haselmayer is head of the it. Pleasant recreation commission. Coach Dwight Wallace an assistant coach at the College until recently directed the City a summer recreation program for the past several Summers. Bill Baxter inc Public relations director sits on the recreation commission Board while 28 contestants. This annual soil judging contest is sponsored by the Henry Des i Dell vocational agriculture instruct Moines Lee Louisa and Van Buren tor in the Winfield it. Union soil conservation districts and j school. Site preparation consisted of digging three pits in which the soil profiles could be which i passes from county to county on a rotating basis. This years contest was held in seen and judged was done by Ray Henry county this week on the Leitch of new London. Lindsay refuses to meet with prisoners Good examples of the Fine cooperation Between it. Pleasant and the College is seen year after year Between the local school system and the inc teacher education department. Each Spring a Good share of Wesleyan students who plan to teach fulfil their practice teaching requirement by spending eight weeks of supervised teaching in local schools. Last year six students taught in it. Pleasant High and 17 in the i decreased enrolment among smal elementary schools. Several of i private colleges. New York up a mayor prison also said the City will no John v. Lindsay today refused to longer accept prisoners in its Over rebellious crowded detention facilities. He said the a courts will have to de cider what will happen to the prisoners. Discussions with the rebelling prisoners had broken off earlier in the morning. Prison officials Sai the meetings had been held a on Friendly attend a meeting with prisoners holding five guards hostage at the Queens House of detention. A noon meeting was scheduled Between the prisoners and prison officials to discuss the convicts demands. The prisoners had demanded that Lindsay and puerto rican leaders attended the session. A the mayor feels he is adequately represented by myself and or. Correction commissioner George Mcgrath a said Lindsay a counsel Michael Dontzin. Dontzin speaking outside the highest number of reached in draft locally is 166 deadline for completion of voter Survey Donald e. Young Henry county chairman for the Republican voter Survey held each election year in Henry county has advised that the deadline for the completion of the Survey is october 15th. Efforts have been made to Contact each voter in the county but with the Large number of Calls to be made and the problem of finding residents at Home there Are some who have not been personally contacted. Voters who have not been contacted at this Date should Call or write Donald e. Young and this cooperation would be greatly appreciated by All the hard working volunteers who Are trying to make this Survey Complete. Or. Young can be contacted after five at his Home at 305 e. Green St., it. Pleasant and his phone number is 385-8143. Spain shows Friendship Madrid up a More than a million spaniards the greatest crowd in his political career welcomed president Nixon today in a tumultuous display of Friendship for America that Nixon called a an indispensable pillar for peace in the Mediterranean. The crowd when Nixon seized a Golden key to the City and held it High like a bullfight hero flaunt \ ing the ears of a vanquished Bull. The Middle East crisis european Security and economic issues were on the Agenda As Nixon and Franco the unchallenged strongman of the president and Generalissimo Spain for 34 years conferred for Francisco Franco stood Side by Side an hour in the late afternoon at the in an open limousine that carried Pardo after Nixon flew in from them through a Canyon of human communist Yugoslavia Ity shouting a Nixon Franco Nix j but the Welcome in the streets of on Franco on their Way to private the Century old capital was easily policy talks. The emotional highlight so far of a Bravo Bravo Bravo a roared Nixon a 12,000 mile european tour which winds up in Ireland on monday. Will Moil concert tickets cars damaged on Highway 34 members of the it. Concert association will be receiving season tickets by mail during the Middle of next week in time for the first program. Featured in this opening concert will be Doc a 1968 Chevrolet driven by mrs. Roger Swailes it. Pleasant and a 1969 Oldsmobile driven by Robert e. Shouse Urbandale collided on Highway 34 about 2% Miles West of pleasant it. Pleasant at to . Friday. There were no injuries. Mrs. Swailes was headed West and started to turn into the Roy Ross drive As Shouse was passing another oar and her car. The left wrecked car Burns later a 1964 Oldsmobile driven by Roy w. Ingwersen sr., 21, it. Pleasant went off a Road Southeast of Oakland Mills 200 feet North of the Faulkner Bridge at 9 30 a in. Thursday rolled Over and went into a ditch. It later caught on fire and was destroyed by the flames. Ingwersen who Wasny to injured reported the Accident at the police department thursday night and was reportedly told to notify the sheriffs office in the morning. Sometime after he left the Accident seen the car caught on fire. The sheriffs office received a report that a wrecked car had burned and Deputy Ron Elmore went to the scene checked to see if anyone was in the car and found it empty. Ingwersen came to the sheriffs office at 8 15 am. Friday to report the Accident and Learnt that Elmore had already been sent out on it and that the car had burned. Ingwersen was charged with failure to have a oar under control and was fined $15 and costs in Justice George Means court. Evans and his Dixieland band. The front of the Swailes car collided program will be presented in the with the right front of the Shouse Iowa Wesleyan Chapel at 8 00 . Car which went backwards into a on sunday oct. La. Clatch on the South Side of the other artists in tile series Are Highway. Stecher and Horowitz duo Pia j Deputy sheriff Charles Droz in lists Anastasse Vrenios Young Vestiga cd and charged mrs. Swai american Tenor and the camera Tai Les with making an illegal left turn. Bari Loche an Argentine chamber damage to the cars amounted to orchestra. Several Hundred dollars. Alfredo san hex Bella Spanish information minister said the crowd numbered Between 13 million and 1.5 million. The u. S. Embassy said the crowd easily passed one million exceeding the 800,000 who turned out for president Dwight d. Eisenhower in 1959. A it was the largest crowd in be seen a Nixon remarked to aides. A it was a very exciting time and it was a very exciting flanked by too Silver helmeted horsemen in uniforms of the time of Christopher Columbus Abd carrying a Flag tipped lances Nikon and Franco Rode triumphantly for 90 minutes past surging throngs that strained against the locked arms of troops and police. Resplendent in the uniform of Captain general of Hie army Franco skilled indulgently As Nixon waved and plunged in spite of tight Security into the crowd at one Point to clasp outstretched hands along the 16-mile route. Years and Wesleyan has been caught in the National trend of a the regular teachers in it. Pleasant Are Wesleyan graduates and others Are wives of faculty and staff members. Each year several teachers of the area take advantage of Wesleyan adult education program to earn extra credit hours and work on teacher certificates. Some 135 area residents Are enrolled this fall in the night adult program. Too student service projects required under the colleges Wesleyan plan Benefit the Community while teaching Wesleyan a Young men and women the importance of Community service. Projects include work at the mental health Institute and in the City a recreation and scouting programs with additional projects in other areas planned for this year. Too Iowa Wesleyan students have Long been members of it. Pleasant a labor Market for the usual jobs in Industry supermarkets and shops. This summer Ray Morris a freshman from Chicago served As City dog Catcher and recent graduate Mike Wilson and student Buck Tanis worked in the police department. In the past years several inc students and graduates have worked in the police and fire departments and student Lou Ker Tesz served As Henry county assistant Deputy sheriff during the summer of �?T68. Too the Cost of running a College has Harold Renwick inc registrar risen sharply in the past several the budget has been shaved considerably Over past years several faculty and administrative positions have been either dissolved or absorbed by existing personnel and Steps have been taken in every department and office to Cut costs. Even with the paring Down procedure in Many areas Wesleyan a essential and unique programs Are expanding to keep Pace with today a educational needs and cultural and social activities planned for the �?T70-�?T71 school year Are More interesting and exciting than Ever. Too the drama department is once a gain in full swing under David Ferrell a Tutelage and several productions Are planned for the College and Community beginning with a the fire bugs by Max Frisch nov. 19-21. The exciting cultural theological encounter series is featuring 13 programs and concerts this fall with the townspeople cordially invited to enjoy them with the College Community. In cd a athletic teams As usual have a full slate of games on tap and the music departments list of concerts and programs for �?T70 �?T71 includes delightful presentations favouring both the College and Community. With such programs Iowa Wesleyan College will continue to be a vital part of the Community a economic social and cultural life As Well As one of it. Pleasant a biggest the Henry county selective service local Board no. 13-44 executive Secretary Darline Taylor announced today that random selection number 166 is the highest lottery selection number reached by the Board in 1970. She added however it May be necessary to go to a higher random selection number in order to satisfy the remaining 1970 draft Calls. She said that in compliance with the White House executive order announced recently All registrants of local Board no. 13-44 who hold the highest reached number or numbers below the highest reached number in 1970 and who have not been issued orders for induction due to any circumstance will be considered for carryover into the extended priority selection group if they Are classified i a As of 31 december 1970. The local Board spokesman said that the executive order states that registrants who held numbers above the highest reached number of Board no. 13-4 and Are classified i a on 31 december will be placed in a lower draft priority group on i january. Those Young men of the 1970 lottery year who leave the Calendar year on december 31 in a deferred classification will return to exposure to the lottery in the year their deferment expires. Each registrant will retain his random sequence number As Long As he is exposed to the draft. Items stolen from Cabin a Cabin at Oakland Mills owned by Darrell Ellis was reported As broken into Friday morning and Deputy Charles Droz was called to investigate. Entrance was gained by cutting a screen and breaking a window. Missing were a Shotgun a .22 automatic Rifle two by guns a saw and a crash helmet. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon before you borrow Money from a Friend in store ifs Wise to Stop and figure which you need the More. Stolen tractor found on farm Jess Miller it. Pleasant route 4, reported to the sheriffs office thursday that a John Deere diesel tractor had been sitting on his farm for a week and a Check revealed it had been stolen from the John Deere dealer at Kalona. The fenders Hydraulic hoist and Side bars had been taken from the tractor. The Kalona dealer came Here to identify the tractor and take it Back to Kalona. Iowan to give Tanda program Robert q. Ostland a native of Webster City will bring the kiwanis sponsored travel and adventure entertainment at the Iowa Wesleyan Chapel monday evening at 7 30. Operator of a ready to Wear business in Webster City Ostlund has taken time off to return to Europe where he served in we ii to make two picture stories a one of them a hosteling and bicycling in Germany which he will show monday evening. Filmed in Brilliant color in the most popular areas of Germany it would be in every sense a travel and adventure film but with three teen age american boys in Many scenes and with a bit of typical youth Hostel living thrown in it becomes a truly a Romance in wheels a states Advance publicity relative to the entertainment. Almost everyone at some time has wished to toe a a Rover boy Quot 6 film will most certainly Appeal to this inherent desire in the heart of most every viewer. Says agreement May help with pm i Detroit up a Leonard Woodcock president of the United Auto workers said today an unlimited Cost of living agreement with Caterpillar tractor corp. In Peoria 111., was a Victory which he Hopes will help Speed settlement of the a awl a 18-Day-old strike against general motors. Interior View of new Faith lutheran Church at the opening service in the new building in March this year. Open House at new Faith lutheran Church sunday Faith lutheran of it. Pleasant will offer the Community an Opportunity to visit its new Church this sunday afternoon in an open House that will be held at the Church. The open House will be held from 3 to 5 . In the afternoon and some of the members of the congregation will be present to serve As guides to Lead individuals through the Church and to answer questions for the visitors. Visitors will be free to come and go As they choose in visiting and looking at the new Church. The first service of Faith lutheran was held in it. Pleasant on july 23, 1939 with eighteen present. The sunday school was organized on the following sunday with an enrolment of 14, with the services and sunday school being held in the City Hall until 1942. From dec. 13, 1942 to october 30, 1949 the chasing dog Little boy killed St. Ansgar up a Anthony Ciavarela 2%, of Rural St. Ansgar was killed thursday when he a struck by a car in front of his farm Home just West of Here. Authorities said the Boyd was chasing his dog when he darted across the Road into the path of a car driven by Randy Navratil 17, of Rural Grafton. Both the dog and the boy son of the Dennis Cia Vax Ellis were killed in the Accident. Its new Church on Broadway where services were held until March 8, 1970 at which time the congregation dedicated and moved into its new Church located on Maple Leaf drive. Many improvements and additions have been made since the dedication Many of them with the help of donated labor from the members. The present new Church has a Chapel that will seat 250. With an overflow of 200 More that can be seated in the a social room if needed. The educational unit has ten classrooms a pastors study a cloak room and a Kitchen. The entire building is heated electrically. The sunday school will soon reach an enrolment of 150 and the congregation numbers 320 baptized members. The Rev. Alton Koch who conducted the first service has served the congregation continuous burglar alarm accidentally tripped the burglar alarm at the insurance plan savings so loan was accidentally tripped when an employee bumped it at 2 20 . Friday. City and county authorities converged on the firm with their guns drawn. Services were held in the Home on j by since. Broadway which served both As a j the Public is cordially invited to parsonage and Chapel. In october attend the open House this Sunol 1949 the congregation moved into s Day from 3 to 5 . Truck car crash fatal to two Lamoni up a a head of truck car collision on us. 69 just South of Here thursday night claimed the lives of two women one iowan and one missourian. The victims were identified As Mary Jane Harrell 78, of Winterset and Wathena Fulton 71, Independence to. The drivel of the truck James Loran Hoopingarner 49, of ci�4. Ton mich., was uninjured

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