Iowa Old Press

LeMars Globe-Post
October 19, 1936

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)

Mr. and Mrs. George Osborne and daughters, Lois and Georgene, and son,
Billie, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Eilers, at Leeds, on
Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Munsey and son, Gene, of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kunath, and daughters, Shirley and Ruth, of LeMars, and Charley Kunath, were
supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kunath on Saturday.

John Alderson, Sadie Alderson, Ethel and Vernon Ewin, drove to Yankton,
S.D., on Friday to eat pancakes and syrup at the eighth annual festival of
the Gurnsey company.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Albert and three children, of Struble, attended church
here on Sunday and visited the rest of the day in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Null.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mitchell are the proud parents of a baby girl, born Oct.
10, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lancaster. [Transcriber
note: Mrs. Joe Mitchell was the former Lois Lancaster.]

Mr. and Mrs. Dan McArthur and granddaughter, Ethel McArthur, and Arthur
Douma, of Sheldon, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Chapman on
Sunday evening. They were on their way home from Vermillion, where they had
spent the day.

Some of the ladies of the country were cleaning the parsonage on Monday,
expecting the minister's family to move in Tuesday.

Vincent Lancaster drove to Sioux City on Saturday to take some poultry to
market.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tschampel, of near Struble, gave a party on Friday night
in honor of their son, Harold's birthday. A large crowd gathered and played
games and danced till late and the ladies served lunch later; a bunch of
people attended.

Mr. and Mrs. Lige Mars home was prettily decorated on Friday evening when
their daughter, Jacoba Mars, was married to Adrian John Pennings of Orange
City, by Rev. J. G. VandeLune. A number of friends and neighbors gathered
to witness the ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hawkins, Richard and Blanche Hawkins, and their house
guest, Miss Vesta Johnson, were Sioux City visitors on Friday.

Rev. and Mrs. Blatho and little son, our new minister, moved in Wednesday
and will be nicely settled in a few days. We are glad to welcome them here
for the coming year.

The Volunteer Sunday School class had a party and business meeting on Monday
night. The annual election of officers resulted as follows: Marian Null,
president; Vincent Buss, secretary and treasurer; and Rev. Batho was elected
teacher of the class. They played games and had lunch and all had a nice
time.

Rev. Batho was a dinner guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Becker on
Sunday.

Mrs. C. W. Reeves gave a miscellaneous shower for her niece, Miss Mabel
Reeves, who was married to Donald Parks of Kingsley at Spencer in September.
She was presented with a nice lot of useful presents. There was 25 present.
Later Mrs. Reeves served a dainty lunch.

Mr. and Mrs. Omar Topf and sons, Francis, Billy and Philip, of Salix, were
Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Chapman and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ludwig and daughter, Nancy, of southeast of LeMars and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Deegan and daughter, Joan, spent the afternoon there also.

NORTH WASHINGTON: (By Special Correspondent)

Ed Johnson of Holstein and Jkarks of Oelwein were callers in Brunsville on
Friday evening.

Mrs. Jack Reese returned home Sunday evening after spending a few days at
the John Luken home of Westfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Oltmanns and Maxine and Philip and Herman Eilks of
Carroll, Iowa, were visitors in Brunsville on Saturday and Sunday.

John Johnson and Marin Buhman of near Brunsville were callers in Brunsville
on Tuesday.

Mrs. John Mammen and son, John, were visitors at the Herman Popken home last
Tuesday evening.

Mrs. Minnie Harms and Tillie Siebens of near Brunsville were LeMars callers
on Tuesday.

Tom Peterson of near Brunsville had stock on the market on Monday.

Mrs. Dick Harms of near Brunsville is visiting at the Maurice Vernon home of
Carroll, Iowa, the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Marienau and children and Mr. and Mrs. George Wilkens and
children were weekend callers at Yankton, on Sunday.

UNION TWP:

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wheeler, a daughter. They have named the little
girl, Joan Kathleen.

The Woman's Missionary Society held a meeting on Wednesday in the home of
Mrs. Roy Wright with Mrs. C. Singer and Mrs. James Goudie as assistant
hostess. Mrs. John Manson and Mrs. W. G. Anderson were program leaders.

The high school students were entertained at a skating party in Sioux City
by the faculty Thursday evening.

Mrs. Wesley Eyres spent the weekend in the home of her son and
daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Eyres, of Shenandoah.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Sioux City are guests in the home of their
daughter, Mrs. John Hamilton.

The monthly church social will be held Friday evening in the church parlors.
The men have charge of the program.

PRESTON: (By Special Correspondent)

Mr. and Mrs. Louie Frerichs left on Thursday for Harris, Ia., where they
have obtained employment.

Mrs. Elizabeth Nannen was hostess to the Preston township Lutheran ladies
aid on Thursday afternoon at her home.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bohlken and children and Mr. and Mrs. Conkin, parents of
Mrs. Bohlken, drove to Coleridge, Neb., on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Conkin have
been visiting their daughter for several weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Gert Jacobs and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gert Wilkens were
visitors at Yankton, S.D., on Sunday.

Gert Saathoff, John Borchers, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Reemts and John Reemts
drove to Muscatine, Iowa, recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schroeder were Yankton, S.D., visitors on Sunday.

Merton Gabel had stock on the Sioux City market last week.

Donavan Dietz of Sioux City visited with Ben Bohlken on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freiberg and Mr. and Mrs. Kewell were visitors in Yankton
on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hillerichs were Akron shoppers on Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens visited with relatives at Aurora, S.D., over
Sunday.

Mrs. Victor Taylor and Mrs. Annie Taylor were hostesses to the Plymouth
ladies' aid on Thursday afternoon at the Taylor home.

STRUBLE:

Mrs. Orpha Noble motored to Akron Monday where she spent several days in the
Lloyd Port home.

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Edwards and daughter, Jacqueline, of Sioux City were
weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Nellie Edwards.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peterson and daughter, Clara Joan, of Sioux City, visited in
the Otto Oltmann home Saturday.

Mrs. Chas. Noble attended the Happy Hour Club in the home of Mrs. Hemphill
in LeMars on Thursday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Werth of LeMars spent Friday in the John J. McDougall
home.

Miss Alice Mandelkow, of Sioux City, spent the weekend in the home of her
mother, Mrs. Lena Mandelkow.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sampson, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Peebles and Mr. and Mrs. Alec
McDougall attended the first meeting of their card club, Tuesday night, in
the Vernon Morey home at Craig.

N. R. Schlesser and daughter, Elizabeth, drove to Peterson, Ia., on
Wednesday on business and to visit friends enroute.

Miss Vivien Schlessser spent the weekend in the home of her friend, Miss
Beatrice Swain, at Soldier, Iowa.

J. A. Pins, of Chicago, Ill., has been spending a few days in the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Henry Schlesser; before coming here he spent several
weeks visiting in the home of his brothers at Dubuque, Iowa.

PERRY CENTER: (By Special Correspondent)

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rodwig and children attended the fall festival in
Yankton, S.D., Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clemensen visited Vance Hunter and son, Billy, near
Westfield, Sunday.

Perry township schools were closed Friday while the teachers attended the
Northwest Teacher's Convention in Sioux City.

Mr. and Mrs. Clem Ohlsen visited Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hoyer in Battle Creek,
Iowa, Sunday. They also stopped in Ida Grove for a short visit with Mr.
Ohlsen's mother.

Adolph Kovarna accompanied several representatives of the Hinton Oil Co. to
Omaha, Monday morning.

LeMars Globe-Post
October 29, 1936

LITTLE BOY IS PROVED A HERO
Arm Broken, Former Struble Lad Saves Brother From Drowning

(By Special Correspondent)

Mr. and Mrs. Verne Keough and family of LeMars, Misses Jean and Joyce
Bertram, of Ireton, and Mrs. Jennie Becker and family were dinner guests in
the Chester McDougall home last Sunday.

Friends here read with interest an item in a recent daily of Stanley
Southwick, 4, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, although his arm was in a sling from an
injury received when an empty washing machine fell onto him. He rescued his
brother, Richard, 2, from drowning in a lily pool. Richard fell in when he
tried to get a stick. Stanley used his good arm, fishing his brother out
and took him home while playmates were calling for help. The boys are sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Southwick, who resided here several years ago, when he
was road patrolman, later living in Craig, where he owned the blacksmith
shop.

Mrs. N. R. Schlesser spent Saturday in the home of her mother, Mrs. Rose
Flaherty, at West LeMars.

Quite a number of ladies from here attended St. John's Lutheran aid with
Mrs. Paul Kading as hostess on Thursday afternoon.

Banns for the approaching marriage of Miss Mary Louise Nolan of this place
and Joseph Bennier of Granville, were announced last Sunday.

The Fred Plueger, John Brabander, John Lubben, John Hauschild, Herman
Renken, Henry Beitelspacher, Dick Frerichs, John Aahlfs, Frank Freiberg,
Will Johnson families, and Matt Barnsack of this vicinity and Mr. and Mrs.
Folkert Frerichs and son of Hawarden were guests in the H. J. Siebels home
last Sunday evening. Pinochle was the evening's amusement. High score went
to John Lubben and Mrs. Hauschild, low going to Fred Pluegers and Mrs. H.
Renken. A fine lunch was served at midnight, the occasion commemorated Mr.
Siebel's birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Siebels and Miss Sylvia, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Frerichs and
son, George, Mr. and Mrs. E. Dirks and Mrs. Bruns, spent Thursday evening in
the Jack Dirks' home.

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baack, Harold and Delores, drove to Luverne, Minn.,
Sunday, to visit in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kasch.

Miss Elizabeth Schlesser took Miss Martha Kuebler, normal training class, to
visit schools in this vicinity, Thursday.

Miss Margaret McDonald, Miss Linnan, Mrs. Wm. Doherty and Mrs. Nic
Schlesser, attended a social meeting and supper given in the K. C. Hall by
the Catholic Daughters of America, Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Waterbury of Akron, spent Sunday in the Otto Oltmann
home.

Miss Josephine Henry, R.N. of LeMars, and her mother, Mrs. Henry, of Lemmon,
S.D., were guests in the N. R. Schlesser home, Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosbury and family of Hinton, spent Sunday with
relatives here.

Mrs. Nic Schlesser and daughters, Vivien and Elizabeth, motored to Hawarden
Sunday afternoon for a visit with the Franciscan sisters at that place.

Mr. and Mrs. George Frerichs of LeMars and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Plueger of
Akron were visitors in the Dick Frerichs home, Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Wm. Nicholson is on the sick list.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Frerichs and Mr. and Mrs. George Frerichs of LeMars and
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bruns and Mrs. Bruns were visitors Sunday in the Henry
Siebels home.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beitelspacher, entertained a group of friends on Tuesday
evening, the occasion being Mrs. Beitelspacher's birthday.

Miss Lavonne Frerichs attended a junior party at the LeMars high school
Friday evening. Games and dancing were enjoyed followed by light
refreshments.

A large company of friends were entertained at a birthday party in the
Herman Renken home Saturday evening.

OYENS: (By Special Correspondent)

Miss Catherine Goetzinger spent several days last week visiting in the
Walter Meacham home at Sioux City. She returned Sunday with the Meacham
family who were guests in the Kuster home, and Miss Carlyn Doud, who attends
a school of beauty culture in Sioux City, and who visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Doud.

A St. Catherine's parish meeting was held Sunday after low mass to decide on
a bazaar or chicken dinner to be held in the near future to defray necessary
church expenses, and the decision reached was that no such event will take
place this year, but that a collection will be taken up in it's stead.

The northeast corner of the Kuster Lumber company building has been
partitioned off, painted and otherwise prepared for an office for Mr. Kuster
and his daughter, Della, members of the Kuster firm. It is now ready for
inspection by all customers and friends, and will add greatly to everyone's
convenience.

S. F. X. Meis of LeMars was a business visitor in Oyens, on Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peebles and daughter, formerly of Sioux City, have
rented upstairs rooms in the John Cronin residence and are living there.
John Hentges and Mr. Cronin built an outdoor entrance to the Peebles'
apartment, an outside stairway on the west side of the house, which adds to
the general convenience. Mr. Peebles is our new barber, situated below
Columbus Hall, adjoining Harry Kemp's beer parlor, and not far from his new
home.


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