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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 30, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days i a a -80-no-230mt. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening sept. Jio 1958 by Carrier 30# per week by mall $7-50 per year by George e. Sokolsky a confused Era much depends upon the next election for it is a forerunner of 1960 when a new president is to be elected. The democrats believe that there is a trend toward them and that they will carry both new York state and California which in practical terms could eliminate both Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller As Republican possibilities. It is now generally taken for granted that Nixon will be nominated on the Republican Side but it is also assumed that if Nelson Rockefeller is elected governor of new York in 1958, he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1960. Republicans Are anxious to elect1 William know land As governor of j California because that will arrest the trend in that state toward the democrats. The conservative re publicans Are anxious to have Knowland elected because he repro j sents constructive thinking in the United states. Also if Knowland is elected governor of California there can be no question As to Nixon s nomination by the 1960 Republican convention. The republicans Are also anxious that senators Barry Coldwater and George Malone should be reelected to the United states Senate because they represent the kind of republicanism which regards new York As a Warren of confusion. Too enormous sums of Money Are being poured into Arizona and Nevada to defeat these republicans. Much of that Money comes from new York and some from Washington it is labor Money and Liberal Money often contributed by Bankers who have not yet discovered that they cannot control the United states through their enemies any More than through their friends. Although occasionally they can effect a fix the smart politician stays away from them because Wall Street is like a Sieve where everybody knows what everybody else is doing. Anyhow the combination of labor Racket Money and Wall Street Money often hurts a Good Man. It did senator Pat Mccarran. The Campaign in most parts is too costly and too Dull. The reason is television party workers Are not too excited about television because they like to be seen by a candidate to shake his hand to Hope that he will remember each one a school closed signs go Call use of u. S. Missiles grave matter state May get Frost by Ipi rile first t of wintry air hit. Iowa during the night and con Moscow up a tile soviet i tinted 0v 1�?~ the state today press said today that nationalist a Rai y this morning ranged chinese use of american a Side Winder air to air missiles was an a a exceptionally grave a matter that would bring a Tass from piping distributed today reported the nationalist had made 142 sorties in american supplied planes using the deadly missiles i for the first time in action. Quot the chinese Peoples liberation army will deliver a counter blow against Chiang Kai Shekus air Force in connection with this criminal action a the Tass dispatch said quoting the chinese communist defense ministry. From 41 at Mason City and Spencer to 50 at Dubuque. It a Windy and cold Over tin state today with highs ranging news Agency report nud s ,0 by of 50s. Tonight will be generally fair and colder with Frost and freezing temperatures lows will Vairy from the mid 20�?Ts in the North to the mid 30 s in the South. Wednesday will be generally fair and continued Cool with highs in the 508 county school teachers attend one Day Institute to go by bus to . Should make reservations by Friday local woman Heads group mrs Jack Wilson state president a of the Iowa Council of Republican j women headed the Iowa delegation i when More than 1000 women from All Over the United states began their Parley thursday in Boston Massachusetts. Major Campaign addresses by Meade Alcorn Ezra i Taft Benson highlighted the pro Gram of the 10th biennial for re at Little Rock obituary read for private school plan arrangements have been made to have two buses take persons to Kansas City next tuesday Ort. 7, in connection with the agricultural publican women. Hall of Fame proposal. Twenty five Iowa women Char persons who desire to go should a tired 8 bus for the trip and Iii an notify the chamber of Commerce j interview with mrs. Wilson of m office not later than Friday noon. Little Rock Ark Tupi a or. T. J. Raney read the obituary of gov. Orval e. Faubush private school plan in a driving rain Iii front of Central High school today. A Little later a truck pulled up and to o men put up a 4-by-6 foot this week. Derrell Goddard chairman of this transportation project Lias announced. Women who desire pleasant Tho Boston Herald quotes s in m the Center of the school Quot airman of Tho bus trip Yard to uld. This a Choli closed a we re having a wonderful time. The group visited Chicago Detroit to go will be Welcome he pointed i Montreal. Toronto and Quebec. Former it. Pleasant men together a Florida and California were brought together when Frank Lane deft of Florida visited or. Vav a Sternberg in los Angeles calif., recently but the chances Are that die conversation was not about either California or Florida but rather about Henry county where they were residents for Many years. And there was conversation too about die wooden Cigar store a a indians that used to stand in it. Pleasant before the Grau and Waibel places of business because one of the Quot indians was in evidence on or. Sternbergs porch nearby. Inc Parsons half time to feature n. L. Band four iowans Are killed television is cold Light in a smoke filled club room. The voter might listen to a politician on television but that depends somewhat on what else is on. Nevertheless television is now the fashion and it is very expensive and politicians find it troublesome to raise All the Money they need for it. This not Only affects the great men who Are running for governorships or for the United states Senate but also the local candidates who in the growing cities Laid it difficult to ring door Belis and kiss babies but who nevertheless Hope that they can reach the eyes and ears of their constituents. As there Are few issues to discuss All candidates resort either to i and Homine arguments or to dodging the Issue. For instance tile Bankers and the big industrialists generally favor peace at any Price because they fear that they will be eliminated in the next War by j the ferocity of government Conte new London High school band will be the feature of half a time entertainment at the Iowa Wesleyan Parsons football game thursday evening oct. 2, at Mcmillan Field. Under the direction of Franklin Kriegr the band will perform the j same numbers they will give in the state marching band contest. The routines to be seen thursday evening will be the same As they will do Ort. 4 at Burlington band Day and oct. La at the contest in Fairfield. Primghar Iowa up a Garrett Wilmateen 61, Grandville was killed monday when his car i collided with another vehicle at a i Rural Corner Southwest of Here i authorities said tall Corn of i soured the visibility of both Drivers. Des Moines up a Richard Anthony Olati 2l, Des Moines was killed monday when run Over by a milk truck backing out of his driveway Here his parents Are or. And mrs. Richard Olati. Farley. Iowa up a Michael the band has 42 players six Liebold. 65, a Rural Farley farm t Willers and two drum majors. I he or was a did Date monday when latter Are Davie Linder and Ronnie j e was knocked from a tractor Lenz. J during a collision with a car near in addition to new London High Sierp schools marching band. Iowa Wesleyan and Parsons will have bands which will play during the evening. Game time is 7 30 ., with a capacity crowd expected to attend. The Henry county teachers met september 29 for their first one county Institute in the auditorium of the it. Pleasant High school. Or Millard Roberts president of Parsons College in the opening address. Told the teachers that the problems of human personality were Many and Complex that teachers conduct in the Community was also a part of the teaching profession that Talent and intelligence was a difficult thing to measure and not necessarily measured by tests that juvenile conduct was influenced by parental example and that doctor of philosophy degrees were not necessarily the answer to our country a problems. In the afternoon summary. Or Millard Pond Burlington superintendent of schools instructed the Henry county teachers that in his opinion it was a mistake to Label talented children As a gifted that cooperative Well mannered youngsters capable of wrote memorization were not necessarily gifted that one method of assisting talented children was an additional course during tile summer that talented youngsters did not necessarily have special gifts in All Fields that intelligence tests could be mis leading due to illness and Lockridge boy accidentally shot Lockridge a Stephen smythe 12-year-old son of or. And mrs. Horace smythe route i Lockridge was rushed to the University Hospital at Iowa City Lute monday morning suffering from an accidental gunshot wound. Reports said an older brother was i out. The c of c Telephone number j is 432. Two 41-passenger buses will make i the trip leaving Early the morning of oct. 7 and returning that evening. This is one phase of the Many that Are now being carried out or organized in the Quot count Down to the Day of the Kansas City presentation. The acre of land gift program is creating its own momentum. Organizations and individuals Are sending in their pledges. At various playing with the gun in an upstairs j meetings Over the county it the pro on arrival in Boston the group j hired a guide and took their own bus and toured the historic City. The Iowa delegation attended a Tea at the Gardner museum and were treated to a new England Clam bake at Nan tasket. At the birthday luncheon honouring the 20th anniversary of the founding of Republican women a councils. Marion Martin commissioner of labor and Industry for Maine was the featured speaker. By order of the Federal Raney is president of the Little Rock private school corp. I it planned to reopen Little rocks four High schools closed since sept. 2 in the integration controversy at 8 a m. Today. But the 8th u. S. Circuit court of appeals intervened and ordered the school Board not to Transfer the buildings to the corporation. Raney did not finally announce for the corporation until today that the schools would not open As planned. The enjoined Little Rock other v i pcs to address the school Board announced it monday room at the smythe farm Home pointed it out the window to make believe he was firing it. He did no tolds monday realize the gun was loaded and he did t see his younger brother playing in the Yard. The Bullet hit his brother at the Jet is being such As at the legion meeting at evening and at a group meeting at Wayland late last week. Enthusiasm at these meetings is remarkable those attending report Bridge of tile nose passed through am Volunteer pledges Are coming the Back of his facial Bones and j As a rps l lodged in the Throat near the spine the smythe family resides on a j in the meantime the workers farm about a mile West of lock j named by w a. Russell and c. A Ridge and North a Short distance i Cottrell chairmen of the acre of land gifts project Are making personal Calls and adding to the pledges. At least 200 acres of land Are needed for the site of the Hall of Fame. Convention Are Bertha s. Adkins under Secretary of health education and welfare sen. Andrew explained in detail. J Schoeppel of Kansas Richard m. Simpson of Pennsylvania mrs. Clare Williams of Florida and John Ashbrook National chairman of Young republicans of Ohio. Salem car involved in Accident on 218 a it. Madison couple suffered cuts and bruises when they were thrown from their careening car in an Accident saturday morning while they were Enro Ute to Iowa City to attend the football game. According o the Highway patrolman who investigated the mishap the car driven by Donald Dale Stevens of it. Madison hooked the rear fender of a car driven by Edward j. Box of route two Salem. Box was attempting to pass a Semi truck four and a half Miles South of the Riverside Junction with apathy that students should be Highway 218. The patrolman re encouraged in the areas of their j ported Stevens pulled out at the interest. J same time hooking his front Fen evaluative cards submitted by Der on the rear fender of the Box the teachers indicated that 85 car rep. Katherine St. George of new York was the principal speaker for the Friday luncheon and i. Lee Potter Republican chairman of Virginia addressed the group for their breakfast meeting. Also appearing for the Quot Massachusett s night banquet was minority Leader Joseph w. Martin or. As Well As the gubernatorial and senatorial candidates from Massachusetts. The pictures needed for the presentation have been taken or were being completed in order to have them ready for this phase of the1 presentation. The general committee and com-0 Mittee chairmen Are meeting daily to coordinate the various activities i in the major All county project. Do Witt Iowa up a Bill teachers considered the one county g to Vert about 21. De Witt was i Institute stood or highly satisfy killed mend a when the ditch he tory. 45 considered it fair and to Angus breeders attend banquet the Southeast Iowa Aberdeen Angus breeders banquet and annual business meeting was held Mon gives figures on proposed school reorganization c a Cottrell superintendent of it. Pleasant schools gave a talk on school reorganization at the monday night meeting of the rotary club. Superintendent Cottrell told the group that the present area of the it. Pleasant District covers about 210 Square Miles and that the new proposed District would cover about 240 Square Miles with an assessed valuation of 13million dollars night. Quot through the concerted efforts of the government of the United states and the a act the Little Rock private school corp., has now i been enjoined and prohibited from j operating Central High Hall High i technical High and Horace Mann i High a he read from a prepared statement. Quot. The closing of our senior High schools is now the full responsibility of the Federal government and the a act. It is quite evident that they Are ready to sacrifice the educational opportunities for 4,000 students to satisfy their consuming desire to mix the races in our schools Public or about a dozen students listened As Raney read the statement in front of Central High Vernon Livix taken by death the Stevens car went into the j Day evening in the dining room of and a total of about 2100 children Western Illinois Telephone co. Buys Sherrard Exchange was working in caved in on top of him burying him to his neck. Gravert was taken from Hie ditch and to a Hospital Here but was dead on arrival. Doctors said he apparently died of a broken neck. Unsatisfactory. To demonstrate at Waterloo a. Vav Sanders vice president and general manager of the West tools. However the course of events j Ern Illinois Telephone company is so rapid and decisions have to be with general offices in new Lon made so quickly that no one has Don. Today announced the Purchase the time or inclination to bother j by his company of the Sherrard to ask their opinions. Perhaps one j Farmers Mutual Telephone Assoc reason that John Foster Dulles i station of Sherrard 111., serving a not too popular among the Wall proximately 284 subscribers. The Street Bankers and the cafe society Purchase is effective october i. Repeaters of Quot Well informed source i or. Sanders stated that the is Quot is that he who for decades engineering will begin immediately professionally advised these men j towards the conversion of this sex Lias no time or inclination to change to dial operation listen to their advice. The Wall a Street mind no longer plays a great role in american politics. Would urge troop withdrawal Lois Erwin and Jane Wickham second place Blue ribbon 4-h ditch rolled Over and threw both a the first methodist Church in it. I or. And mrs. Stevens out onto the j pleasant. About 135 were served a ground. The car was demolished j very Fine dinner by women of the Stevens was charged with attempt Church. to pass without a proper signal j entertainment was Given by the Saboski twins of Brighton and by the Danville Corn cobblers whose music was much enjoyed. Russell Pilger of Morrelly served As master of ceremonies and Lyle identify body found in River he said that the new District would probably have three elementary schools outside of it. Pleasant with All of the High school students coming into it. Pleasant. At the present time there Are 200 High school and 275 elementary students from the Rural area attending it. Pleasant schools. 1 Vernon Wesley Livix 70, died at rest Haven nursing Home around 10 30 am. Tuesday following a lingering illness. The son of John and Cora hawn Livix he was born nov 17, 1887 near Brighton. He was married to Myrtle Ewart 48 years ago and they resided on a farm about seven Miles Southwest of it. Pleasant. Surviving him axe his father who is 95 years old. And two Brothers Lee and z. M., All of it. Pleasant. He is predeceased by his Mother the body is at the Crane funeral Home. Services will be held at 2 Thursday at the Crane funeral Home. The Rev. James Troxel will officiate. Interment will be at Forest Home cemetery. Ai herring spoke at length regarding Dubuque Iowa up girls demonstration team at the body found in the Mississippi riverine cattle Outlook. He showed a 1958 Henry county fair will com j Here monday was identified As that i Al m which was most interesting. Pete Friday oct. 3. In the state of Carl Ender 51. Dubuque. 4-h demonstration team contest Ender whose wife was reportedly held in conjunction with the suing him for divorce was Ridenti indicated today the United states would urge withdrawal of Large fied from his clothing. In the peculiarity Campaign these Are of the 1958 factors that need to be considered issues have j been eliminated. Of course the. South has segregation but it also i has a one part system. It is j difficult to distinguish Between a j so called Liberal and a so called conservative in either party sex j cent that when a candidate s lib Era i ism conforms to a certain Pat j Tern he is Likely to be endorsed by the and a. Americans for demo a Era tic action a social democratic group that infiltrates both major j parties. No great foreign issues have Arisen among the parties sex j cent that the democrats say that the republicans do everything All wrong and the republicans still believe that the democrats Are re a no risible for soviet Russia stealing the atom bomb. So what is there to talk about Washington a up it a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles Waterloo Dairy cattle Congress their demonstration entitled a furniture factory worker it a have a Ball with your Walls Quot disappeared five Days ago. Thi chinese nationalist forces from will be Given at 11 00 am. In the death was called a suicide. Quemoy and Matsu if a depend j women a and children s building a Able cease fire agreement can be a 0n the Dairy cattle Congress worked out with the communists. A grounds. J Lois is Yie daughter of or. And mrs. Sam Erwin r. 2, it. Pleasant and Jane is the daughter of or. And mrs. Lester Wickham Keith Nau of it. Pleasant is Secretary of the association. I want the agricultural Hall of Fame in Henry county in the event that Henry county is selected As the site for the agricultural Hall of Fame. I wish to pledge the Cash value of acre s. Of land for the site. Signature address mail to Henry county agricultural and Industrial Board it. Pleasant Iowa continue improvement at Broadway crossing tryouts tonight for play cast an Opportunity for townspeople to take part in a dramatic production will to offered tonight when mrs. E a. Hayes holds tryouts for Given suspended or. Cottrell also distributed information tables showing the pres a i j Ai firt ent millage levies and the probable Ufa Ivl v i levies after the area is reorganized assessed valuations acreages values of school properties and number of pupils in each present District. Traffic was being routed around i Charm shop. A he Broadway crossing Over the i tryouts for the three act r 5. It. Pleasant. They Are Mem Burlington tracks again this week romantic costume drama will be bees of the Waynette girls 4-h while further repairs were being j held at. 30 in club and their local leaders Are made. New Concrete pavement had j Parish House 202 e mrs. Los Mcgohan and mrs. Go been placed Between the switch rehearsals will begin oct. 15 for Bert Bergstrom track and the main line last week j the nov. 20 and 21 production. Henry county folks attending the and the crossing opened Over the the play takes place in new Dairy cattle Congress oct. 3rd, at weekend. Dade Chismore of the state department of Public instruction professor Paul Clark of Iowa Wesleyan College or. Wesley Krai of the it. Pleasant mental health Hospital and Charles Winters of the Fine arts booking Agency were Frank h Hunter Winfield was Given a suspended two year sentence at the state Penitentiary in it. Madison in District court monday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while he was intoxicated third offence. Hunter was paroled to the state Board of parole for two years. His Iowa Drivers License was revoked and he is not to be issued a England in 1831 and Twenty years 11 00 am. Should plan to attend the demonstration contest. Good record Brattleboro. It the Holstein friesian association of a West on 34 Merica has announced the completion of an outstand my official production record by a registered Way Holstein cow owned by the mental health Institute it. Pleasant. Milked 2 times daily for 331 Days. Other improvements Art now be-1 later elaborate sets using a e ing made to smooth the crossing j Antiques Are being assembled by i the committee on stage sets. The director. Mrs. Hayes invites car overturns All who Are interested in taking part in the play to come tonight j the Brown Lynch Scott for to Youts. Winfield was broken guests at the meeting. Richard Throckmorton was in liquor Book produced As a new member to the i the Winfield Man was arrested St. Michaels rotary club and John Tilgner of 5 but a the Highway patrol. Washington Hawarden was a visiting rotarian. To planning publicity for inc Homecoming the publicity committee for Homecoming at Iowa Wesleyan has announced plans for window Stencilling similar to that used for old threshers on store w windows four pistols stolen at Winfield it was discovered monday that a Volkswagen car went off High 34. Two Miles West of it i petition filed pleasant about i p in. Tuesday. Afternoon and overturned a w Reck j or from Fairfield towed the car to a petition has been filed at the it pleasant Alice Thorn 3411707 that City produced a total of 16.423 lbs. Of the Driver whose identify was t four pistols were also taken when this is one of several phases of store in the publicity planned for Home was broken into last coming. Barry cans chairman thursday night. Thirty five dollars said. In change was taken from the Cash a Register. Goal line notice Deputy Robert Nicholson was in j _ formed that when a clerk went to the goal line club will meet at clerks office in the courthouse in St 1 one of the pistols monday it the Rea building tonight tues which Herman e. Elgar asks that was discovered that four boxes Day following the Junior High milk and 581 lbs of butterfat As a Learned. Was t believed to have the court appoint a guardian for j which had contained the guns were game. The meeting will Start about a a a cd cd in can j Chipty. 8 15 do. I6-year old Peen injured Carl f Swanson 8 15

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