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JUJt INSThe LflURjTa ur e n $1M «MS! imuVOL. 73LAURENS, IOWA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1957Tornado, Hail Cause Heavy Damage North of Town• . . , . , . A. A, Or * -A- 'A- + ^ ★ A tornado cut a path of dc----—---___———--— 0tr,t/.tinn north of Laurens225 Entries in Flower Show; Class Award Winners GivenThere were a total of 225 entries in 44 classes of four divisions of the first annual flower show in Laurens, held last Wednesday under the auspices of the Laurens Garden Club at the Masonic Temple.A total of 185 persons registered at the show. Guests attended from Pomeroy, Mallard, Ayrshire, Spencer, Gilmore City, Albert City, Pocahontas, Havelock, Rolfe, Emmetsburg, IowaClasses Tonight For Adults at Pool; Registration OpenSwimming lessons for adults at the Earl Mackie Pool will be held tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock with registration for those who have not yet signed up.Don B. Larsen, pool manager, said that no additional registrations can be accepted for children’s classes.The adult lessons, Scheduled for Thursday last week, were postponed until Friday night due to bad weather. Larsen said that while all adult classes are scheduled for Thursday night, they will be held on Friday evening If the weather prevents their being held on schedule.Larsen also said that there will be no charge for lessons or the ufee of the pool.Hearing on Sanitary Sewer ContinuedA hearing on a resolution of necessity calling for the construction of sanitary sewers to serve the northeast part of Laurens was held Monday night by the town council.Several persons were present to object to the proposed improvement, and to request further information. The hearing was continued one week, and will be resumed at 8 p.m. Monday, June 24.The proposed sewer would extend from the intersection of Sadie and Main Streets to East View Addition.Ridotto Ballroom Sets Laurens WightSaturday will be Laurens night at the Ridotto Ballroom, it was announced this week by Max Cisna, manager. Jimmy Smith’s orchestra will play, and residents of the Laurens community will be admitted free if they clip out the Ridotto ad from today's Sun and present it at the door.Last dance of the season at the Ridotto will be Saturday, June 29, with music by Frank Jonas.Falls, Marathon, Curlew, Fonda, Sutherland, Sioux Rapids, Conrad, Plover, Hopkins, Minn.; and California. Mrs. Lloyd Ferguson, chairman of the registration committee, said that there were many mote that did not register,Mrs. G. J. Jensvold of Ring-sted was judge and main speaker at the show. Mrs. T. G. Herrick of Gilmore City assisted in judging some classes. Mrs. Jensvold is the sixth district director of the Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa. In her talk during the afternoon tea and program, she spoke on flower judging and demonstrated flower arranging.Also included in the program was a song, “April Showers, by Mrs. James Gannon, and the reading of some poems, “Life’s Garden, “In the Fields”, “Friendship and “Garden prayer by Mte. Louis Looka-baugh. Iced tea, coffee and cookies were served at the tea, Mrs. R- E. Fullerton presided at the tea bowl and Mrs. Clarence Anderson and Mrs. Lloyd Ferguson served coffee.Winners in each of the four divisions are as follows:Horticultural DivisionClass one (double red Peonies)—Mrts. Andrew Petersen, first; Thea Blomgren, second; Mrs. Orville Nelson, third.Class two (double white Peonies)—Mrs. Frank Beneke of Pocahontas, first; Mrs. Otto Tjbbben, second; Mrs. Lilly Gibson of Havelock, third,Class three (double pink Peonies)—Mrs. R E. Fullerton, first; Mte. Theo Davis of Albert City, second; Mrs. Thomas Thomsen, third.Class four (single red Pe-onies)—Mrs. Lilly Gibson of Havelock, first; Mrs. Olin Young, second; Mrs. R, E. Fullerton, third.Clabs five (single pink Peonies)—Mrs. Floyd Clark, first; Mrs. R. E. Fullerton, second; no third place given.Class six (single white Peonies)—Mrs. R. E. Fullerton, second; no first or third place given.Class seven (Hybrid Tea, one bloom, red)—Mrs. Weston Moor, first; Mrs. T- G. Herrick of Gilmore City, Second; Mrs. Theo Davis of Albert City, third.Class eight (Hybrid Tea, pink)—Mrs. Clarence Anderson, first; Mrs. Glen Mill ward, second; Mrs. Theo Davis of Albert City, third.Class nine (Hybrid Tea, yellow)—Mrs. Theo Davis of Albert City, first; Mrs. Lowell Hakes, third; no second place given. Class 10 (Hybrid Tea, whiteor cream)—Mte. Dick Ludwig, first; Mrs. Elmer Larson, third; no second place given.Claks 11 (Hybrid Tea, bi-color)—Mrs. Theo Davis of Al-(Tum to back page, please)Rainfall for Week 1.72 Inches in LaurensLaurens has had 1.72 inches of rain during the last week, according to records kept by Henry Ries.Included in the total were .40 on Thursday, .65 Saturday, .19 Sunday and .48 Monday. Previous precipitation for the month was only .54 of an Inch, making a total of 2.26 inches since June 1.Rainfall north of town Sunday was considerably heavier than it was here, with some areas receiving up to 1% inches following the storm that_ morning.+ ****★■**■*Strobels Injured in Car Accident FridayMr. and Mrs. E. J, Strobel were injured in a car accident near Pauliina Friday afternoon.Strobel suffered a fractured vertebra while Mrs. Strobel received bruises.Thb accident took place as the Strobelb rounded a curve outside of Pauliina. The rear wheels of the car slipped off the pavement onto the shoulder of the road which had been softened by rains. Strobel held the car for some distance before it rolled over into the ditch, landing on its wheels, Strobel received the injury when he was partially thrown from the car.According to Mrs. Strobel, hht husband is improving steadily in the Buena Vista County Hospital in Stor.m Lake.Ludwig, Thumma Receive DegreesTwo students from Laurens were among the 988 to receive degtees and certificates at commencement exercises Saturday at Iowa State College in Ames.Annetta Ludwig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ludwig of Laurens, was awarded a bachelor of science degree in home economics education. Harry R. Thumma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thumma of Laurens, was awarded a master of science degree in soil management.Other students from this area to be awarded degrees Saturday at Ames were Kenneth S. Kordik, son of Mr. and Mrs, Stanley J. Kordik of Poea-hontas; Byrl Lehnus, Son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Lehnus of Rolfe; Charles Reckard, son of Mrs. Agnes Reckard of Rolfe; Donald L. Stevenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stevenson of Fonda; Richard Fondroy, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Fondroy of Albert City; James Forstrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fotetmm of Albert City; Kendell Olin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Olin of Albert City; Harlan Ritchie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ritchie of Albert City; ' and James Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts of Albert City.WRECKAGE OF THE BARN on the Joseph Wuebker iarm north of Rush Lake was scattered over a wide area after Sunday's storm. Visitors to the farm are shown picking their way through the debris.Cejka to Head County REA Board For Twentieth YearRobert R. Cejka of Laurens was re-named president of .the Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative board of directors at a recent reorganization meeting in Pocahontas.Cejka has served as president of the county organization since 1937. Also renamed to former offices were Oley Gunderson of Rodman, vicfe-presi-dent; and E. O. Wolkenhaurer of Havelock, secretary. Alvin T. Johnson of Pocahontas was named treasurer, replacing Earl Kerns of Mallard.Annual MeetingFour members of the board were reelected to the board of directors at the annual meeting of the members of the Pocahontas County Cooperative, also held recently. They included James E. DeWoIf, Gilmore City; Alvin T. Johnson, Pocahontas; Earl Kerns, Mallard; and Claude Wilson, Havelock. Members of the board not up for reelectlon at the annual meeting are Robert R. Cejka of Laurens, E. O, Wolkenhauer of Havelock, Oley Gundeibon of Rodman, Ed Youngwirth of Whittemore, John Swanson of Ayrshire, Carl Jensen of Ruth-ven, G. A. Behrens of Palmer and Charles Olson of Pocahontas.THREE COWS DIED when this barn on the Forest Carpenter place was folded up by the tornado. Four others pinned under the wreckage were later freed.20 4-H'ers Attend District Meeting At Lake OkobojiTwenty 4-H boys from Pocahontas county attended the northwest Iowa district 4-H camp held at Okoboji June 11 to 13.The boys spent three days in classes on wildlife conservation, crafts, tree identification, firearms, fishing, camp crafts, boating and water safety, and archery.Cam pete from Pocahontas county and .the clubs they represented were Gerald Schmitz and Ralph Renert, Cedar; Dale Moore and George Theesfeld, Colfax; David Martens and Robert Schulz, Cummins; Benny Lehnus, Des Moines; Stephen Hodoway, Garfield; Dennis and Dale Wagner, Lake Busy Beavers; Tom Me-Cartan and Jay Freck, Lincoln; Dennis Johnson and Larry Gustafson, Marshall; Darwin Sin-dergard and Dwight Sellers, Powhatan; Roger Ryon and Keith Hoffman, Swan Lake.E. I. Rosenbergbr, county extension director, and Roger Waggie, extension youth assistant, acted as counsellors for the group.Picnic Planned for Young DemocratsMailmen Given Awards For Safe DrivingLaurens rural mail carriers have been named to receive pins for safe driving records by the U. S. Post Office Department in cooperation with the National Safety Council.Elmer H. Convy, carrier for Route 1, was named for his record of eight years of accident free mail delivery, while John p. Fagan, Route 2 carrier, was cited for his teeord of 14 yeais of .mail delivery without an accident.Others from this area awarded safe driving pints are Elmer Hough and Russell Steil of Mallard and Albert Seagren of Curlew.THREE OF THE EIGHT tegular members of the staff of The Laurens Sun are shown here with the new C4 Intertype linecastlng machine being used for the first time this week in production of the newspaper. Installation of the modern four-magazine machine was completed Monday by a factory representa-tiee from Chicago. The three men pictured, all Intertype operators, are Ellis King at the keyboard. Bertram “Dutch” Robbins and Ken Ryan.Two Promoted in Army ROTC Unit at Iowa StateAMES—Two Laurens students at Iowa State College at Ames were recently promoted to 'the rank of private first class in the Army ROTC Signal Corps.The two are Richard Stock, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sid-dall, and Frank Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Peterson. Both had been enrolled in Army ROTC for the past three quarters at Iowa State College.Southwick Hired As Speech Teacher; Three Posts OpenWilliam L. Southwick, native of Guthrie Center, has been hired as high school speech and social studies teacher, according to Don Henderson, superintendent of the Laurens school,Southwick is a graduate of Buena Vista College. He received his degree in 1955 and Since that time has served in the Army library service in Korea. Prior to graduation and entry into the Army he worked as a veterinary assistant, surveyor and furniture salesman while attending Buena Vista College.McmiedSouthwick is married and has one ■ child. He will replace Bruce McQuigg, who tesigned the post recently to accept a job as principal of Aplington High School.Three vacancies remain on the Laurens teaching staff. They are a remedial teading teacher, a new department planned for next fall; a fitet grade teacher and a junior high coach and mathematics teach-Young Democrats of Pocahontas county will hold a pienc at the Pocahontas park at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Officers will be elected and the 1958 program will be planned.State Senator Joe Coleman of Clare will be the guest speaker and Don Koeble, Buena Vista County Young Democrats'chairman, will teport on that county’s activities.All food will be furnished by the Pocahontas County central committee. In case of rain the program will be held in the 4-H building.A tornado cut a path of destruction north of Laurens early Sunday, causing greatest damage to farm buildings in the Ayrshire-Curlew vicinity.It was accompanied in some areas by heavy rain and hail.No one was injured, although some farmers lost livestock and poultry.The samP stram .apparently struck earlier near Rembrandt, wrecking smaller buildings and uprooting trees as It moved toward Pickerel Lake in the northeast corner of Buena Vista County. There was heavier damage after it reached Booth Township in Palo Alto County.It was 6.53 a.m. when the twister left Pickerel Lake, as an electric clock at the Loren Wrider home stopped at that time after power lines were broken. By 7 o’clock it had moved at least 11 miles and was tearing up buildings in the extreme northeast corner of Booth township.Saw Funnel Several persons, including two or three in Ayrshire, said they saw a black funnel-shaped cloud. Most of those who were actually in it reported it became too dark to see anything during the short time it took for the storm to pass.Crops in the entire area were ravaged, with soybeans and oats most severly hit. Ditches and fields were filled with water and debris, and telephone and power lines were down over a wide area. Farmyards were strewn with toppled trees.Heaviest, damage was apparently caused on the Joseph Wuebker, Forest Carpenter and Emmett and Dick Kibbie farms.Wuebker • ■ ■ ■At the Wuebker farm, one mile north of the east edge of Rush Lake, the twister completely destroyed a large barn, cattle shed and hog house and damaged a brooder house and feed house. Parts of the frame buildings were scattered over the yard and adjoining fields. Cows and calves in the barn were not Injured, and only three pigs out of about 200 in the area were killed.Two steers, weighing at least 800 pounds, were lifted from a feedlot on the Wuebker farm and carried some 30 feet over two fences and across a road. They were not hurt.Mr. and Mr. Wuebker had gone to Ayrshire, six miles away, for 7 a.m. mass. Their daughter, Florine, and sons Bill and Jim were in the house. The boys were a little late getting out to milk, and thus escaped being in the barn when it was demolished.CarpenterAt the Forrest Carpenter place on the Laurens-Ayrshire road, one mile northeast of Wuebker’s, a large barn was moved off Its foundation and collapsed, killing three milk cows. Four other cows were pinned in the wreckage but were later removed, and may have suffered some injury, A small shed was aso demolished and a chicken house moved off its foundation.Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and their five children were in the house at the time. Windows on the south and west sides were blown out, but no one was injured.A barn, machine shed and hog house were among the buildings taken on the Kibbie farm about two miles northeast of the Carpenter place. The buildings were scattered over a half-mile area. There was no one there at the time, since the Kibbie brothers live at another set of buildings on the Ayrshire road, arcoss the section.Right PlaceAt the Russell Bohn farm nearby, Harvey Arrowsmith was doing chores and happened to be in one of the three hog houses. He sat down to wait out the storm. The wind demolished the other two buildings, but only ripped off the door in the one where he was sitting.Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Rouse said dishes were knocked off the shelf in their home and broken when something was blown against the side of the house. Several families reported they could feel their homes shake about the time they heard the “swoosh” of-the(Turn to Back Page, please)
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