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'GENTLE MARE'. choked to death by vandals. Sheriff Gearhart and Glen Hansen at scene of cruel prank in fairgrounds barn. Story below. Deliberately cruel act -Vandals strangle saddle mare A remarkably cruel act of vandalism is being investigated by Sheriff Orrell Gearhart.

A person or persons unknown slipped into a horse barn at the Shelby County grounds sometime Thursday evening and strangled a 10-year-old saddle mare to death, the sheriff reported. The animal was found dead in her stall about 7:30 a.m Friday by owner Dale French and Glen Hansen who aUso stables horses at the fairgrounds. Hansen described the horse as "one of the gentlest mares I've ever There was evidence that a rope had been wrapped around the horse's neck, then lashed to a stable post with pressure applied until the mare died, the sheriff said. The rope was then removed. Gearhart said it also appeared the animal had been whipped and apparently had put up quite a fight because several boards fit her stall were kicked loose.

The sheriff ruled out any possibility of an accident "It was a deliberate act," said Gdarhart, 1 don't think whoever did this had any intention of stealing the horse, they just wanted (to torture'or kill it." TRACTOR PULLS SET FOR COUNTY FAIR Two days of tractor pulling contests are scheduled in conjunction with this year's Shelby County Fair. There will be competition in four weight classes with a $150 purse in each class plus a split of the entry fees on a percentage basis. All tractors in the competition will be weighed in at the fairgrounds. In the past (they have been weighed at Farm Service Coop and then driven ito the contest. Entries may be made with Merle Greer of Kirkman, contest chairman.

Tuesday in district court First jury trial rf the May term of Shelby county district court begins 10 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday), at the courthouise, At troal is -a suit for damages on a personal iniury brought by Ernest Petersen of Harlan against the Nishnabotna Valley R.E.C. of Harlam. Jurors for the eaise will be notified by the sheriff to report. LEGION AUXILIARY POPPY SALES TOTALED $315 IN HARLAN American Legion Auxiliary poppy sales in Harlan totaled $314.74 May 26-27, the organization reports.

This was a new record. In 1966, sales were $311. Members of the Hairlan Auxiliary sold the paper flowers in the business district May26; Harlan Girl Scouts sold in residential district May 27. Cheerfulness in human relations: is like oil in steel bearings--it reduces the friction. --Armstrong Journal.

Girls 4-H Jamboree is June 14 at Avoca The one-day Jamboree for all Shelby county 4-H girls will be fct the Edgingtan Mtem- onaal Park in Avoca, Wednesday, June 14. Registration will begin 10 a.m. with the day's activities starting iat 10:30. The program will consist of singing, outdoor games, crafts, and swimming. County officers and newly-elected county officers will be in charge of the activities during the day, Present officers Becky Hansen, Becky Lewis, Emily Ohlinger, Barbara Lytle and Peggy Hemliksen.

Ml 4-H members are urged to contact their leaders about transportation and supplies they will (need to take, Mothers and guests of members are vuted to 'attend the Jamboree with the 1'ilv: 1-3 Of i 0 3 0 i Of 2240 -m Tf' i Of NEWS -ADVERTISER PHONE 755-1191 tvtry Monday morning at 1114 et, Harlan, Mcond data ptoitaga paid at lewa. Harlem, Shelby County, la. Monday Morning, June 5, 1967 12 Pages, 2 Sections No. 23 Looking for good time? Go to Kimballton today! KIMBALLTON A two-day celebration it ki full swing today. Monday's activities include a parade which begins at 10 this ing, followed by a smorgasbord served by Kimballton church women from 11 to 2.

'Prank Milter, Des Moines Register toonist, will speak at 3 p.m. today. There's fire department water fight at 4 p.m., a talent show at 7:30 and a dance at 9. Shelby township fire vote Tuesday Shelby township voters Tuesday will decade a proposed rural fire protection levy not to exceed 1.5 mills. Voting is 8 a.m.

to 8 p.m. at the town halls in Shelby and Tennant, said Clinton Bothwell, towiflship clerk. A 60 percent majority is needed for the meatsure to carry. This is 1he second tame the levy has been proposed in the township; -a 1964 balot endied in a tie vote, thus it failed to carry. The levy would become effective with 19et taxes if approved.

Funds would go to the Shelby Fire Department to offset rural fire) protection Both well said. SheOby township trustees are Leslie Linn, William Mdller iajnd Oliver Twelve of Shelby county's 16 townships now have approved rural fire protection Those without a fire levy, besides Shelby, are Grove, Union and Greeley townships. Townships levying for fire protection in 1967 and amounts, in mills, are as follows: (a mill raises $1 tax for each $1,000 assessed valuation) Fain-view, Cass, 1.5; Jefferson, Washington, 1.5; Westphalia (No. 2), 1.5; Douglas, Polk, Jackson, Center, Lincoln, Monroe, Clay, Theatre Guild tickets on sale; play June 6-7 Tickets are still available Tuesday and Wednesdiay evening ol the Harlan Theatre Guild's premiere production, "Absence of a The three-act comedy will be 8 p.tn, both evenings at the West Ridge School gym. All tickets are $1.50.

They may be purchased at Norgaaord Drug, Pexton Drug and Pauley Furniture or from any member of the Theatre GuiiW, Members of the new organization am hoping far a good community response tx the production, said Richard Pauley. president of Theatre Guild. RESCHEDULE ELK HORN BARBECUE ELK HORN The Elk Horn Memorial Day barbecue has been reset for June 11, Sunday, here after rains forced the cancellation of (the event laist Tuesday. Serving starts at 12.30. Weather Summary Total precipitation in Harlan from May 27 to June 1 was an official 2.36 inches, all coming down las good soaking rain.

Date High Low Precip. 29 55 51 .17 30 55 47 .96 31 55 47 .21 1 67 48 .40 2 .76 42 0 HHS band ready for South Dakota At 4 a.m. Friday, 74 members of the Harlan High School band 'and six chaperons will climb aboard two big charter Grayhounds and roll for Rapid City, The HHS band will be taking part in the Rapid City Band Festival Saturday representing Western Iowa. But the fact they're making a trip is the main thing, according to Band Director Ray Cramer. "This is fl new experience for our band," he said, "and the trip is both, a reward lor an outstanding year and incentive for better things next year." Five high school classes (are represented PROTECTION for your outboard motorboat and motor so you will have smooth sailing all summer long.

Ask about our "All-Risk" policy that gives you the coverages you need protects your boat and motor when they are on the water and when they are being transported on the highway. Don't delay consult Lee Sunderland today, FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION t. D. Sunderland, Sec'y. Harlan among the 74 students.

Spring graduates as well as next fall's freshmen are making the trip. ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT Cramer said the band will arrive in Rapid City Firidiay evening, participate in the festival Saturday, go sightseeing Sunday -and leave for home from Spearfish, S.D., Sunday night after attending the Black Hills Passion Play. Cost of the trip is expected to run about $2,700. Of this amount, $1,600 is from (the city band fund with students making the trip agreeing to not accept payment for performances in the municipal band this summer. The students have raised $800 and the Band Parents organization contributed the other $300.

The band will spend two evenings lift motels in Rapid City the boys staying at Canyon Lake Guest Ranch, the girls ait LIT Audrey's Motel. Cfoaparanes will be Band Directors Cramer and Ijee G. Nelson, Principal Lucille Fuller, School Nurse Marie Mushrush and Mr and Mrs Rex McKedgbaiu QUEEN CANDIDATE The daughter, Brendia, is the ITarlan band's entry in -a band festival queen contest in Rapid City. The festival ds a Chamber of Commerce promotion and bands from all over the have been invited, Cramer noted. There is oo competition involved.

HHS musicians witt march in a parade Saurday morning, give a concert in a park Saturday afternoon and take part in a massed band finale that night, DRESS REHEARSAL Practices have been many and as the band prepares Dor tte big trip. A marcfc- ing "dnes rehearsal" will be 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday when the band wtfll leave the high school, miarch to the iswimming pool park, then present a concert in the Jaycee Band Shell. The public is invited. Band members who wiill be making Jthe trip to South Dakota -are as follows: Craig Nance, Gary HJeinderson, Mike Christensen, Steve Boeck, Craig Struble, Judy Petersen and Jlanet Rezoning and annexation on City Council agenda DR.

DON JACOBI New veterinarian at Harlan Vet Clinic Dr. Don Jacobi has become a partner with Dr. Bruce Havick at the Harlan Veterinary Clinic on Market Street. Dr. Jacobi will replace Dr.

O. M. Juhler, who will join the staff of Squealer Feed Co. at the end of this month. Jacobi, a native of Atkins, has practiced in Tipton the last year.

He's a graduate of Iowa State University, Ames. He and wife Mayme are living at 1509 Victoria. They have three children, David 8, Susan 7, and Kathleen 5. The new veterinarian is a member of the Lions Club and the Knights of Columbus. Nursing School to go from 16 to 24 students The State Board of Nursing has granted approval to the Marian Practical Nursing School for expansion from 16-student capacity to 24 students for the 1967-68 school year.

The school, started last August by (the Harlan Community Schools, was recently sold to the new Iowa Western Community College. Freda Samuelson is coordinator and Mrs Kay Zimmerman is an instructor. A third instructor will be hired for the coming school year, Iowa Western Superintendent Robert Looft said. The Harlan school offers an 11-month course in practical nursing. First class of 16 will graduate in August.

A west Harlan lady, on a weight-cutting regimen, is taking daily rides on a fancy gold "stingray" biccle, complete with a gold ''banana'' scat Apparently our heroine learned to ride as a girl. Her bike is equipped with a set of training heels contributed) Residents out near the Congregational Church were surprised last week to see a deer trot down through the church yard, jump fences into itwo gardens, browse around while, then bound back into the country. (con-' tnbuted). Carey files appeal on beating conviction James S. Carey, a Perry union official, has appealed a district court conviction on the beating last Oct 29 of a Hartan man during the Pork Plant strike.

Shelby County Attorney Jerry Larson said Carey's attorney filed notice of appeal last week. The defendant was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary lor aggravated burglary by Judge Robert Frederick on April 3 following a jury trial held in Guthrie Center. At the time of sentencing, Carey was given 60 days in which to appeal. The county attorney said a hearing on the appeal would probably reach the Iowa Supreme Court sometime this fall. Meantime, Carey is free on $5,000 bond.

Denison youth charged in car-stripping case Charges of larceny have been filed against Bill R. Segbrant, 19, Denison, in connection with the theft of tires and other items from a car in Harlan May 15. Segbrant was arrested in Crawford county by authorities there and sentenced last week to 30 days at Denison on a charge of ing with a motor vehicle. He was interviewed last Tuesday by Harlan Police Chief Al Gangler, then the larcency charge was filed against him in Shelby county. Gangler said the stolen property, taken from a car owned by Larry Baker of Harlan, has been recovered.

Cullison: Decision on contempt case soon A decision on a contempt of court hearing arising out of the recent labor troubles at Western Iowa Pork is expected soon, according to District Court Judge Bennett Cullison of Harlan. It has been four and a half months since the hearing was concluded on an action brought by Western Iowa Pork against the then-striking union and its members. The company was seeking to have the union cited for contempt of court because of alleged violations of a permanent injunction ordered by Judge Cullison in September, 1966, shortly after the strike began. Judge Cullison said his decision is in the process of being prepared now and that it could be filed this week. He said there was a delay in receiving information he requested from federal district court in connection with the strike and this was what was holding up his ruling.

Rezoning and annexation were among the items on the agenda of a special Harlan City Council session last Wednesday afternoon at city hall. The council set 4 a.m., June 21, for a public hearing on proposals to rezone two properties, then referred back to the planning commission a petition from Ray Tredway of Harian to annex 11.9 acres to the city. Tredway's property, part of a 40-acre plot at the west edge of the present city limits, adjacent to the new West Ridge addition in the city limits, rims from a north-houth county road west 400 feet and from Highway 64 north 1,300 feet. If Tredway's annexation proposal is approved by the Planning Commission, then Councilmen indicated they would annex the land. The 11.9 acres being considered an dition to Harlan will be developed commercially, Tredway said, starting with the construction in July of a new building to house Tredway implements, the Jehn Deere) machinery The two properties which the council is being asked to rezone are: --Three lots on the south side Dodge Street, between 5th and 6th Street, which the owner, Tony Madsen, wishes to have rezoned from residential to commercial.

--Four lots on the west side of 5th Street, between Elm and Walnut which the owner, Mrs Mary Stephany, wants changed from residential to class (heavy industry) commercial. Both areas are being studied as possible building sites by a private business firm, CUy Clerk Cliff HaskeU said. OTHER ACTION In other action last Wednesday, the City Council: --Approved a claim from Sta Bflt Construction for $5,292 for oiling 62 blocks of unpaved streets --Authorized payment of a claim of $40 made by Franklin Rasmussen of Harlan for damages in his basement Tuesday evening when a sewer main backed up and flooded his basement. --Granted permission to the Shelby County Garden Club to go ahead with planting- beautification project on city-ontoed lots across from Otto C. Hansen Implement on Seventh Street, now being hy the implement firm for storage.

Area Deaths Dr. Paul A. DeOgny, 89, Harlan, June 2 at Baptist Memorial Home. Carol Nance, Lynne Dodd, Kathy Norgaard, Margaret Lee, Anita Petexsea, Ver- iumi Hanson, Jim Zimmerman, Bruce Anderson, Brenda McKeighjan and Becky Lewis. John Piash, Linda Jensen, Judy Schroeder, Kathy Latiti, Richard Early, Ric Hatnsen, Ron Sondergaard, Curt Klein, Jeff Lewis, Roger Larsin, Dam Nelson, Dana Johnson, John Scott and Ted Reynolds.

Cindy Klein, Linda Brooks, Sandra Brouhard, Susan Smith, Tom Oiunen, Robert Kersten, Jim Christensen, Randy Towne, Jerry Koppold, Sandy Fischer, Sue Vanderlinden, Lynn Petersen, Valli Bacon, Gayl Grabdll and Julie Boeck. Linda Hamnsen, Miary Callahan, Romooa Radley, Lori Petersien, Roxanne Beidcrman, Ruth Sondergatard, Mary Bohart, Nicki Klein, Quist, Jane Rhiner, Patti Jensen and Nancy Bofeck. Shirley PeteHsen, Doug Paulk, Kathy Nelson, Debbie Gnansdey, Beth Baurle, Jim Bar1 Koppold, Fred Norgaard, Lois Knudsen, Stove KMtgaard and Steve Knight. Dave Pauley, Tom Findlay, Karen Kruse Gettys and Vicki Henry. Remodeling at Central School This is how balcony section which overlooks the Harlan High gymnasium on two sides looked last week as remodeling began at Central School.

Bleachers in the balcony are removed and the area will be closed in to make a new library to handle giant increase in enrollment next term. Estimated cost of the project is $6,300, expected to provide about 2,100 square feet of floor space in en room. Library is now in back of the school study hall, and moving this will make more room for desks in the study hell. The central gym will be used only for physical education. Basketball femes end wrestling meets will be at the Veterans Building.

Postal expansion hinges on sale of library land Expansion of the Harlan Post Office appears to hinge on whether or not the city of Harlan can or will tsell a 20-foot strip of land along the south edge tf the public library grounds to the U.S. government. The City Council heard of the Postal Department's offer to buy the property at a session last week. City Engineer Roy Lantern has been mstructed to check the city's deed to the library property, which was given to the community for a library site by the late H. H.

Paup, to see lif there tare any restrictions of sale, POST OFFICE MIGHT MOVE Postmaster Wayne Bauerte said if the U.S. government caji't negotiate a land purchase with the city council, then eventually the post efface in Harlai would be moved to another location where more land is available-probably five or more blocks west, in a residential area. Bauerle said Postal Department inspectors from Des Moines made a survey of the Harlan post orffice space requirements about three weeks ago iand "we need lalmost double the space we mow have." 40-BY-40 ADDITION Plans call for a 40 by 40 ground-level addition to the north side of the present post office, which would probably cost about $50,000. "But the first step is to dietermifle if it's best to keep the post office in the same location or move farther west," said Bauarte. "In my opinion, wnd I believe that of the city council, the location is best, if we can find the additional space.

We'll need about 20 ifeet of the library ground in order to put am addition on the present the postmaser said. HOW SOON? Providing the library land is made Available for sale, how soon would the enlargement of the post office start? Apparently not right away, according to "Enlargement has been under Bideration, about four he said, "it til depends upon when Congress makes the appropriations. Perhaps as long as five maybe less than two 9 WESTPHALIA CELEBRATION SLATED FOR JULY 4 AND 5 WESTPHALIA Annual Weftphalit batten is July 4 sod 5 acoortinc an nouncement from Dm Enfel, pmktoot of Holy Name Society which.