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Slippery roads and frosty morn ings were contributing factors in several accidents in this vicinity the past week or 10 days. No serious injuries were reported. The most serious in point of fin ancial damage was a smash Mon day morning between an empty school bus driven by Marvin Dietz, and a Mercury driven by Victor Johnson, a barber who got “clip ped”, you might say. It occurred in the school intersection as Dietz was preparing to move out on his route, and Johnson was just driv ing in to start his route. The bus was not badly damag ed, but the Johnson car was esti mated at from $900 upward. EARL EAST, 54, received facial bruises and a lacerated lip in a two car accident Sunday about 8:15 mr. m., when the car he was driv ing collided head-on with a car driven by Thomas Edward Pross, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Pross, Father High, 16, riding with Pross, received a left knee injury. She was treated at her physician's of fice and released. Mr. Bast was treated by his doctor and also re leased. The accident occurred on the north end of the Main street bridge as the Basts were return ing to their home in the Brooklyn addition and had just turned east on Highway 346, when they collid ed with the Pross car owned by Mrs. Leo Pross and driven by her CO. Estimated damages to the Pross car were set at $175, mainly to the front end, and damages to the East car were estimated at $100, also to the front end. NO ONE WAS injured but a row of mail boxes were torn down near the Eli Eberling residence Wednesday evening Feb. 4, at about 5:00 p. m. when a car driven by Mrs. Ralph Holmes turned east on that street and a Rath packing truck, driven by Dale Smith Blitch, following the car which unexpectedly slowed causing the semi truck to jack knife as heap. The six-week season of Lent was ushered in Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, with services in some churches, and with special obser vation scheduled during the com ing season on both individual church and union plans. Friday this week will see the World Day of Prayer services at 2 p. m..at the , Congregational ehuren, As writers to Bae. By public, Little eg Meth st and Congregational churches are uniting, Nashua Community high school children are being released early to attend a special World Day of Prayer at the First Congregational church starting at 12:30 p. m. Fri day Feb. 13. Chairmen of the pro gram are Mrs. George Pimlott and Mrs. Leonard Root. Thursday morning, Feb. 19, will see inauguration of a unique Len ten observance. It will be the first in a series of Thursday morning breakfast meetings for Laymen. These will be held at the Activ ity Bidg., beginning promptly at 7:14 and terminating just as promptly at 8:10. The breakfast will be served by men, and the cost will be nix, as though a plate will be set out to receive donations to mee ex penses. Purpose of these breakfasts is to promote a sense of togetherness among laymen of all churches. It is planned to have one layman speak briefly at each meeting on the role of his church in commun ity and religious life. Another innovation locally will be at series of Thursday night meetings centering around religious emphasis in family life. These begin Thursday, Feb. 19. These will be held at the Metho dist church, one-hour meetings beginning at 8 o'clock. The participating ministers will alternate in bringing short medita tions at each service, and singing will be conducted by Paul and Kenneth Roberts, pianist and song leader, respectively, of Cedar Falls.
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Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 12, 1959
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