Page 1 of Sep 8 1970 Issue of Mount Pleasant News in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Mount Pleasant News September 8, 1970 Page 1 old newspaper archives

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Read an issue on 8 Sep 1970 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and find what was happening, who was there, and other important and exciting news from the times. You can also check out other issues in The Mount Pleasant News.

Browse Mount Pleasant News

How to Find What You Are Looking for on This Page

We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to make the text on a newspaper image searchable. Below is the OCR data for 8 Sep 1970 Mount Pleasant News in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Because of the nature of the OCR technology, sometimes the language can appear to be nonsensical. The best way to see what’s on the page is to view the newspaper page.

Show OCR

Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 8, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news Section one 2 sections vol 92, to. Ai i reunion notes rain does More than Cut Atten fringed top Surrey and then finish it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening september 8, 1970 Price to cents dance at the Midwest old settlers and threshers reunion. It makes a Friendly crowd More Friendly. It makes considerate people More considerate. But most of at it makes an even deeper feeling among reunion ers of belonging. And if you were six years old it was a wonderful place to sit Down to make mud pies and that is what two Small girls did in the midst of the Busy traffic Rushing to and from the handicraft building. Too perhaps they did not get carried away and give the shirts off their backs but Bill Bankston did relinquish his rubbers and umbrella to congressman Fred Schwengel whom Bankston was hosting on his visit to the reunion that Rainy sunday. Too what teacher remember o place forever where a woman with two dirty pairs of shoes gave one pair of them to her so that she would not have to slip around in the mud while taking a group of school children on tour. Too Harrison Moore and Jim Miller kept the Headquarters running smoothly in spite of the added problems caused by the continued rain. For those parking campers directing traffic and Fielding communications the problems became stupendous. Cars trailers and trucks had to be pushed pulled and coaxed in and out of mud holes. Sawdust by the truckloads had to be put on pathways Muddy floors of buildings and every spot where walking was hazardous. No one realized when they were savings pieces of the old Ampi theatre that they would be used for walkways so people could see the crafts and Bridge mud puddles. Sunday night found the traffic and communications Crew the most tired of a tired a lot on the reunion grounds. Mud from head to foot they remained cheerful and Contin wed their rounds. O o Bon meth and Derrell Goddard had the responsibility of keeping traffic under control and that is not easy when Many areas become impassible to use with the heavy rainfall. Visitors were surprised to find it was the chamber of Commerce executive that was connecting the Chain to pull them out of the Sodden Grassy spot. Probably they took this Home As a Challenge to their City a counterpart. Too Over and above the area of neighbourliness was the hospitality of Joe Williams of it. 4. Watching the Stream of trailers that could not find a spot to Camp in the state Park Joe flagged them Down with his flashlight and offered his extra acres including his Well groomed Yard for their use free of charge. Its a thing you remember about a Community. Too tents have a Way of dripping when a heavy downpour continues. But the people having their meal under these conditions stayed Happy. One visitor refused to relinquish his tray saying that his paper plate might disintegrate and he did no to want to Loro that Good food. Too reunion ers were optimistic since the Headquarters retained a growing list of abandoned umbrellas. Perhaps these were the ones who improvised rain hats out of paper sacks of pieces of veneer and kept on looking at the show. Too rain was a common denominator and people just laughed and took it in their stride. After they got so Muddy they just gave up and forgot it. In fact one lonely pair of Muddy shoes was found monday morning in a mud puddle where the owner had simply walked away. Perhaps she Felt they were not Worth cleaning. F. O. Greenshields of Salem mo., observed. A we re carrying Home a lot of that Rich Iowa Loam on our too Maurice Balinger treasurer of the state of Iowa had Only been in the old settlers Village for five minutes when the sheriff threw him in the his staff took his picture for the Quot wanted list and this put him in Good standing meaning Quot they want Balinger to come Back Quot. They put him out on parole to his daughter. Debora i who accompanied her father to the reunion. Or. Baringer or Quot As most of iowans Call him Rode in the Cal facade of Power had dinner on the grounds with friends took a tour in Hamilton Williams i�l3 Ford and tried out Leonard Olson sed his tour on the Midwest Central Railroad. His hosts for the Day were Arnold Lindeen rep. Charles Stroth Man and wife Donald Young Ruth Ogg mrs. Joanne Decker and Helen Virden. Or. Baringer Rode on the Milo Mathews engine run by Engineer will Young in the Parade. Too the reunion attracted Many state officials. Among them was state auditor Lloyd Smith who without fanfare took in Many of the displays on Friday. He greatly enjoyed the event he said. Too perhaps the group affected most by the rain was the soap makers. In addition to not being Able to keep a fire going and making soap they were rained out of customers by the Large puddles near their Craft exhibit. There were cheerful about the whole thing and hoped to sell a thousand bars before the reunion ended monday night. Too while everyone of the 1.500 volunteers who make Quot old threshers go put in Long hard hours of work they cannot hold a Candle to the Iris City c. B. Club who Are the communications and Security groups for the reunion. They started night policing two weeks a head of the show and went on a 24 hour basis on wednesday night september 2nd. With All of them having a full Job otherwise this made a lot of moonlighting and one Man who carries on two jobs said he was a Moon lighter who was moonlighting to do his share. Too sue Kropa local elementary Art teacher found her fun at the reunion sketching for her own pleasure. The delightful character studies steam engines and other reunion Memorabilia were so interestingly accomplished friends Are encouraging her to execute the sketches in other Media than charcoal and put them on display at a later Date. Too Harry Oster and Art Rosenbaum representing the University of Iowa were reunion visitors saturday collecting information and pictures for the school. Too four members of the new York steam engine association enjoyed four Days attending the reunion for the first time. Three Are directors and one is treasurer of the organization. They had High Praise for the local steam show and Hope to come again. They were Phillip Rowley treasurer Hobcomb n. Walter Malloy director Dundee n. Y., James Erdle director Canadaigua n. And Robert Marshall director East Bloomfield n. A in i i we $ i was pm id i Kiter in Wisconsin u. Bombing these four Young men who slipped into the underground after being questioned by police probing Theau which killed one and injured four other persons on the University of Wisconsin Campus in Madison Are being sought on Federal charges. They Are fro Frederick Burt 22 Harleton Lewis Armstrong 22 his brother Dwight Allen 19, and David Sylvan Fine 18, All of Madison. One reunion ends looking ahead to 1971 take registrations for housing units the it. Pleasant league of women voters is working actively during the month of september to secure preliminary registration forms from All Henry county residents interested in occupying the Low income housing unit for the elderly. The rent for each unit will Range from approximately $35 to $55 per month depending on whether the renter has a Kitchenette one or two bedroom unit. In no Case however will a person pay More than the attractive knotty Pine souvenir stand and the Little red barn both induce customers to come and select merchandise. The visitors seem to like the kind of goods they and other souvenir stands offer year after year. Among the popular items for Sale Are Small red lanterns friction powered cars bean pots old Thresher mugs packets of reunion slides the old Thresher Book. The ladies auxiliary have a longtime experience behind their Choice selections of merchandise they offer to reunion goers. Small old Thresher plates steam engine charms and a wide variety of Beautiful needlework make this a popular place. Proof of their selections was the fact that they were almost sold out by nine of clock monday too approximately 1,800 camper units found their Way to old threshers reunion grounds. Many of them stayed for the whole reunion while others were there Only for one or two nights. They expressed pleasure with the additional facilities and were Gratful for the folks who worked Long hours to see they got parked and unmarked in the deluge of rain throughout much of the show. A note from one of the campers found its Way to Headquarters saying Quot this is the friendliest Camp grounds in too along with Selling the wares they made the craftsmen offered moments of diversion in clowning humorous chatter and friendliness. Visitors had a difficult time discerning which Type they were observing when the people from Iowa Wesleyan College at the potters wheel put on a special exhibition that Drew As Good a crowd As a vaudeville act. Professor Dennis heckled the Potter Bill Ball until the Potter continued on Page i Young Man drowns in Lee county Quarry West Point a a Lee county Young Man drowned late monday afternoon while swimming in a Quarry two Miles East of Franklin. He was identified As Darrel l. Kramer 20. Lee county sheriff Doh Arnold said the youth must have suffered a cramp in the cold water where he was swimming with several companions. The Lee county sheriff was called1 at 5 . And the body was recovered by dragging from a boat. Tile Denmark Rescue squad was at the scene. The boat used in dragging operations was brought by Jim Ball an off duty Highway patrolman. Kramer was bom june 30, 1950, at Franklin and was a life resident. He was employed at e. I. Dupont co., it. Madison. He was a member of St. Mary a Catholic Church West Point. Survivors Are ills parents or. And mrs. Alfred Kramer of Franklin and eight Brothers David with the . Air Force Gida Bend ariz., Daniel . Navy Lemoore calif., and Delbert Diane Dale Dion Darren and Denis All at Home and five Sisters All at Home Diane Doris Donna Dinette and Darla. A grandmother survives mrs. Fred Kramer of Franklin. The body is at link funeral Home West Point. 25% of his income toward rent. If an occupant has a monthly income of $100, for example he will be charged Only $25 per month rent. This amount includes utilities. The balance will be paid in the form of supplementary payments by the Federal government. The units will be specially equipped to Deal with problems older people sometimes encounter. There will be no Steps in the building. Ramps with handrails will be used where one would usually find Steps. The bathroom area will have hand bars to help an older person Man Euver As Well As Quot sit Down showers. There will be a Cord in each unit which will trigger an alarm system so that in an emergency an occupant can pull the Cord to summon help. These cords will be within reach of the floor. Some prospective tenants have expressed hesitance to pre Register for this housing project because they were under the impression they would not be Previt ted to have visitor s in the i apartments this is erroneous. Visitors will be allowed in any tenants apartment. The Community room will be for Large gatherings meetings and social functions. Preliminary registration forms must be filled1 out during the month of september. Persons interested in obtaining a form or further information May Call chairman Ray Elefson mrs. Jack Huff Ord at 385-2514 or the Rev. Gerald Roseberry at 385 8516. Members of the league of women voters will help All interested persons with registration. School facts six accidents Are reported girl injured six accidents were reported to police Here Over the labor Day weekend and a four year old girl was slightly Hurt in one of them. Denise Parker daughter of mrs. Carol Parker it. Pleasant got out of her mothers car which was parked on the South Side of the South Side of the Square at 8 56 . Saturday and started to run a Cross the Street to a phone Booth where her Mother was. The Little girl ran into the Side of a 1963 Mercury being driven West by Jean g. Pritchett White Hall 111. She got up and started to run again but collapsed. She was taken to memorial Hospital treated for bruises and released. At 2 58 . Saturday a 1960 Chevrolet driven by Norma l. Riley it. Pleasant collided with the parked 1966 Plymouth of Charles Bontrager Wayland at the Coin operated laundry on West Washington Street. Some damage resulted. At 1 50 . Sunday a 1964 Plymouth driven by James Strubles Monmouth 111. Rural collided with a car driven by Larry Phillips Plymouth 111. In the parking lot of the National guard armory. Both cars were damaged. At 10 40 . Monday a 1962 Ford driven by Janel Corey it. Pleasant collided with the parked 1967 Plymouth of Miles Nesbitt it. Pleasant in the too Block of North main. The Corey car was damaged an estimated $200 and the Nesbitt car about $150. At 2 10 . Monday a 1966 rambler with a trailer driven by Ira Wymore Oskaloosa came off South Walnut Street onto Washington and collided with a car driven by John e. Muth Rockford Iowa. Both cars were damaged. Wymore was charged with failure to yield the right of Way. The final Salute of whistles takes on a special nostalgia on the last night of the reunion. Reluctant engineers find it difficult to take their hands off the whistle Cord and one Small additional toot brings on another Complete blast. For Many it was a tearful time. The Crawford eagles theatre personalities from California came to Headquarters tent to thank the old threshers for a wonderful week shed a few tears for new found friends. Goodbyes were difficult by Many at the Schaffner show As friends parted. The steam Engineer kept the Carousel running and a few Young Folk took their goodbye by Riding again and again. The Many people who had put on such a Good show at the Medicine Wagon each Day and night regretted the last production. Too Only a few of the approximately 1,800 campers remained on the grounds and Warren Coonrod a engine was loaded and ready to leave. The ground trains were the last activity to end in the Village. From 13 states the farthest away food tents were being quickly being from California Louisiana dismantled and pop dispensers Ohio and Colorado. Fifty two a were being gathered up. The Winfield Lions club Folk who do their bit for ecology had labelled themselves a Garbo leers and they were still making the rounds. The emphasis on not littering seemed to have made an impression on the general Public if Rived saturday and 35 sunday. Or. And mrs. Robert Scarff welcomed those coming in on other Days and they reported late monday a total of 142 planes Landing at the Airport during the five Days of the reunion. Others from Distant Points were from Boston mass., the reunion was an example. The. Maryland and Washington state. A Camp area was left spic and Span i in was the largest number and More people evidently had Renaill parked at the Airport found finding the easily accessible garbage cans. Overnight. Guests marked their hometowns on the map in All 50 states including Jackson and Fairbanks Alaska. Foreign countries registered were Panama Ontario and British colouring the afternoon monday directors were already turning ther thoughts to plans for next years reunion and1 no sooner will the curtain be Down. On toe 1970 Belgium. Iran. Show until the wheels will be set in i of Romny Egypt. Costa rack a motion for the 1971 gathering. Gentina and India. Too and All this marked the close of throughout the five Days 142 a successful reunion that far sex planes came in and out of it. Plasant a municipal Airport. District i of the Iowa flying needed attendance of Early years even though this one was plagued by rain showers on Days when a panners hosted those coming into Tendance otherwise might Well the Airport saturday and sunday i have set new All time records for to Stop As they waited for the last during which time 87 planes came j any Given years. Public school meeting set for thursday a Public meeting will be held thursday evening sept. To at eight of clock at the it. Pleasant High school auditorium to discuss the upcoming school election. The four candidates for the school Board expect to be present to join in the discussions and to answer questions. Also or. Robert Wettach Charman of the school Board reorganization committee will be present to explain the proposal to be voted on. This is relative to the enlargement of the Board to seven members. The Public meeting is sponsored by the it. Pleasant Jaycees i wands club rotary club Parent teachers association and the league of woman voters. Persons interested in the it. Pleasant schools and the planning for the future As Well As the Gen guerrillas up their demands by up International red Cross officials in Geneva said today the palestinian guerrillas had upped their Ransom demands for release of 300 hijacked airline passengers to include the release of 3,000 Arab prisoners held by Israel. In a first ultimate Una the palestinian guerrillas threatened to blow damage Harmony school building in break in Bonaparte a break in was discovered this tuesday morning at Harmony comm. High school. Entry gained by breaking a window in the a shop. A 400 Pound Safe was wheeled from the vault just off the superintendents office to the a building where an acetylene Torch was used to open it. A Small amount of change was taken from the Safe. Supt. Donald Walton said eight Interior windows were broken to gain Access to the office and doors were damaged. A pop machine was ruined. Break in discovered by a janitor Merle Wilson. Bonaparte supt. Walton said that not More than $10 in Silver was taken. He said that Money is banked daily and very Little is kept in the building. School superintendent at it. Ayr Dies mount Ayr up a funeral services will be held wednesday in the Mont Ayr High school auditorium far superintendent of schools o. C. Walker. Walker 49, died Over the weekend of a heart attack. He had been in charge of the mount Ayr schools for the past six years. The it. Pleasant Community school District was formed on july i 1959. The Board of directors for the school District consists of five members. The directors Are chosen by ballot by the qualified electors of the entire District on the second monday in september. At the present time one director is elected from each of the following districts District i a the Northeast portion bounded by old Highway 218, Highway 34. And the City limits of it. Pleasant. District ii a the Northwest portion bounded by old Highway 218, Highway 34, and the City limits of it. Pleasant. District Iii a the Southwest portion bounded by Highway 34. Old Highway 218, and the City limits of it. Pleasant. District in a the Southeast portion bounded by Highway 34, old Highway 218, and the City limits of it. Pleasant. District v a All land within the incorporated limits of it. Pleasant As of july i 1959. The school elections which will be held in september will elect directors for districts one and four. The term of office will be for three years. The present directors who will continue to serve Are District ii a Elmer Wagler term expires september 1972. District Iii a Ken Rogers term expires september 1972. District v a Miles Nesbitt term expires september 1971. R. R. Strike near agree to negotiate Washington up a with More than 600,000 Railroad workers prob pm Are Especio Sef to go on strike at Midnight ally invited to attend. Truck goes into Cornfield a Semi trailer truck driven by Phillip e. Coyle 23, Matson Wise. Went off Highway 218 four Miles North of it. Pleasant at 6 30 Arn. Tuesday through a Fence and into a Cornfield. Coyle was not Hurt. Total of 587 die on nations highways up a total of 587 persons died in traffic accidents Over the Long labor Day weekend a final tabulation showed today. The total passed the National safety councils Low estimate of 570, was driving in the deaths during the 78-hour period Dakota express a Sioux palls s. Between 6 pm. Friday and Midnight Dak Semi when he met a car which wednesday Union and Industry negotiators agreed today to a government request to resume their stalled contract talks. Labor Secretary James d. Hodgson called the presidents of four unions involved to his office and persuaded them to attend a negotiating session with the carriers this afternoon�?34 hours before the deadline for a strike that could shut Down the nations entire rail system. Up a Twa 707 and a Swissair dc8 with the passengers aboard unless seven Arab guerrillas commandos were released by West Germany Switzerland and Britain. Too a second ultimatum then called for release of the political prisoners held in Israel although Israel 1ms indicated it wants no part of tile Exchange on this basis the bed Cross officials said. They said the new demands were complicating the negotiations. The 300 or More passengers and crewmen were aboard three id bes hijacked1 monday by the popular front for the liberation of Palestine pulp. The pulp triad to Hijack an Al Al Israel airline Over England but the one Arab was shot a girl Hijacker captured and the attempt was foiled. Britain the United states Israel West Germany and Switzerland were consulting with. Red Cross officials on How to negotiate with Tho guerrillas. Monday. However it fell far below the councils High estimate of 670 deaths. Big push bogs Down phenom penh up a a Force of 4,000 cambodian troops pushing toward Kampong Thom in the biggest operation of the cambodian Campaign bogged Down today after an eight mile Advance when it encountered a blown Bridge near the Village of Skourn. Fire at tent firemen were called to the old threshers grounds at 11 13 . Monday where the Crawfordsville methodist Church tent caught on fire. A Small Hole was burned in the tent. Call for one Man in october mrs. Darline Taylor draft Board clerk tuesday received an october draft Call from Henry county for one Man to leave for induction oct. 19. Two men will leave from Here sept. 14 for induction. Was Over the Enterline he told Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore who investigated. He took the shoulder went into a ditch through the Fence and into the Cornfield several Hundred feet. The truck did no to upset and Coyle was Able to drive it Back onto the Highway and continue on his Way. The Cornfield is on the Everett Young farm. The headlights on the cab were knocked out and the Grill damaged. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon Many men discharge a debt with Joy unbound you can hear the full report for Miles around. Bruce Wright missing in in relatives have been informed that pvt. Bruce Wright son of or. And mrs. Bill Wright of Des Moines is missing in action in Vietnam. He is a grandson of mrs. Merton. Wright tile word received Friday night stated that pvt. Wright was last seen in combat with the enemy. A colonel went to the Wright Home in Des Moines Friday night to inform the parents and a Telegram was received by them saturday. Pvt. Wright had expected to con Che rider suffers injuries the motorcycle rider who was injured when his 1970 Honda Cycle and a car collided on Highway 218 about two Miles South of it. Pleas ant saturday at la . Is William b. Walden 71, Shelbyville 111. He suffered a broken leg bruises lacerations and is in fair condition at memorial Hospital. According to the Highway patrol Walden was Riding South when his Cycle started weaving and it was struck by a car driven by Robert w. Bruegge 40, Ainsworth route 2, which was also going South and started to pass Walden. There were six passengers in the car which was damaged an estimated $500. The Cycle was totally damaged. Walden had been to old threshers. Fulton would make some major changes Des Moines up a democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Fulton surrounded by the members of his Campaign team today revealed a far reaching set of recommendations that would revolutionize the functions of the Iowa executive Branch. Fulton a Waterloo attorney proposed changes ranging from revising the specific duties of each of the elected officers to the method of selecting the Secretary of agriculture. Auditor attorney general treasurer and Secretary of state. Windstorm strikes at Hartley farm a windstorm struck in the Vicinity of the Edgar Hartley farm Between Salem and Hillsboro sunday afternoon about 1 30 damaging a shed and blowing out some win Dows at the Hartley premises. Corn Eta Toto of a Toto Vietnam Fields were damaged also in the to december tots year. Wind rata and Hail storm. Car stolen Here found police Here were notified at 16 35 . Saturday that a car stolen Here Friday night had been located in Claremore okla., and two patients from the mental health Institute were in custody there. The car was parked at the Iris lanes Friday night by mrs get Hendricks Salem. The patients who had left the Mhz and were taken into custody in Claremore Are Richard c. Wheeler 23, and Debbie u Wilson 18. They Are in the county jail and will be returned Here

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Search All Newspapers in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Advanced Search

Search the Mount Pleasant News Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Start for Free

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Mount Pleasant News?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Advanced Search