Kossuth County Advance from Algona, Iowa • Page 1

A A A A A A Don't miss a copy. 47 your paper roads Papers expiros are the stopped first Hossuth County Advance of Iowa--Member l0wa'n Beat Weekly Newspaper 1938 by Btate Named Casey's AI1-American Newspaper Eleven, 1907 ALGONA, IOWA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1947 14 Pages Two Sections University Number 30 HOT KILLS A NORTH END YOUTH ohn Fraser Stricken, Dies of Heart Attack cunty Supervisor The Name Mayor, Victim In Wart attacks in Wolfe. for nine years Dist. No. 1, died very unexpectedly Saturday at his verdale township.

of Mr. Fraser dot been in the best some time. He had out tine suddendeath was a shock 1 to knew him. today Mr. FraFort Dodge hospital but remained there of days.

Friends with him on the Fraser ad supper Friday, evening sister Mrs. An" who lives just 8. Algona. bias on Couch. morning Mr.

Fraser fast. with 'the family; then was out in the yard with They returned to the Mrs. Fraser became household tasks. Mr. had lain down on a couch, stricken there and a doctor could reach Fraser was first elected to of supervisors in 1936, office Jan.

1, 1937. He ved A consecutively since He was last elected in Nov. and his present term would 31, 1948. ides that when a office becomes is to be filled The county audand court to name a unexpired appointment is nade: ers of the board arry on Funeral Today. The funeral services was held his morning: 0:30 at 'St.

Cealla's church. with Father MalInger tin' Burial was in Calvary cemetery bearers vera Sheriff A. J. Cogley, Leo Immerfall, County Engineer H. M.

Smith, Supervisor Mi Donald" Peter Heinken, City, and L. E. Linnan. Fraser, who was the son of Fraser and Caroline Rancy was born on farm in Rivtownship May 1882, and 05 at death. He grew in the same vicinity an aducation proschools of his day, Mary E.

Gormann, took place Feb. 16, entire married life farm. Children, Fraser were pachildren, Kenneth, at Arlene Ernery, Solo. Mrs. Fraser ten survive, as do Ten John and Mary Troy, Fraser.

Algona, is an. only and sisters are ater; Algona; Mrs. Sherburn, Moore. Ames. All grandchildren, waters were here for THER High Low 20 16 22 -44 25 23 V.

45 35 LAING HEADS TEACHERS OF 16 COUNTIES Chosen President of the North Central Association. O. B. Laing, Algona's. schools superintendent, elected president: of the north: central district.

of the Iowa Educational Association Friday, when the group, met at Fort Dodge for a one-day! conference and some. 1,000 teachers from 16 counties attended. This was the 25th annual district convention. The first was at Fort Dodge, and at that time the late J. F.

Algona ture. Speaker Gives Warning. schools superintendent, WaS president. Mr. Laing.

came, to schools in. September, 1933, after 11 years of experience in various schools: He' had served consecutively as classroom elementary and high school principal, and superintendent. He began as Mr. Overmyer, whom he A. and A.

at the state Mr. Laing received both this B. University. of: Iowa. 'He, has also done post-graduate work at Michigan's university and the University of.

Chicago. Last summer Mr. Laing served the North Central district as delegate to a national education association convention at Buffalo, Y. Last year he was chairman of the district's executive committee. Lauritzen Urges Resolutions.

County Supt: A. E. Lauritzen attended Friday's convention and presented regolutions urging the attention of the general assembly now in session to educational bills already introduced. Mr. Lauritzen was.

chairman of the, convention resolutions mittee. side The of convention business, outroutine matters, consisted mainly of discussion and study of legislative measures now before the legislature. A telegram was sent to Governor Blue asking him to support the educational program, and immediate attention was asked for the $8,000.000 general aid bill. Lay delegations from the 16 counties in the north central district are to be at Des Moines this week to present the need for nancial. assistance to the legisla- At the convention headline speakers all directed their thinking, at least in part, toward problems of international' import.

Mr. Laing' reported that one might characterize the talks with the thought, "the nations of. the world have to realize: that thev must live together in peace if they want to live at all." An uncomfortable note was struck Stanley High, roving editor of the Reader's Digest, who believes that Russia's communistic expansion must be stopped now unless we want to fight another war, and that not too far in the fuutre, Injured in An Eye as Glasses Broken Whittemore, Mar. 31 Fred Heinrich, local contractor, received a very painful eye injury Friday. He was working with a sheet of wall board, and the section slipped and struck Mr.

Heinrich's glasses, which broke, and a piece of the broken glass pierced one eye. It is not known just how serious the injury may be. Mr. Heinrich has been taker to the FLutieran hospital in Fort Dodge. Algona's School Nurse Caught On Typical Job NTOINETTE BONNSTETTER, Algona school nurse, is shown here at one of her routine tasks, and pictured, with her are Virginia Dale and David Hutchins.

Perhars Miss Bonnetetter lied pert formed similar service for the parents of these children. She has been Algona's school nurse since 1923. When World War I- broke out Miss Bonnstetter enlisted as an army nurse, and left from the Mayo clinic, where she was employed. was. overseas two years, and, returning to the the war's end, took work in public health nursing at She worked at Pocahontas three years, then for, 11 years was joint school nurse for Algona and Humboldt.

Since 1935 she has been employed full time by the Algona schools. She' checks 1300 children each year in the city's public and parochial schools, and she' doesn't know how many calls and consultations she has from levey September till the next If a child is sick and needs to go home, he is sent; if a' doctor is noeded, the parents are notified; if there's a cut finger, it's: and, finally even "hurt feelings" are skilfully soothed, thing youngsters to fix say that whatever the trouble can do someit! Fifteen years ago a hot lunch program was started here, and Miss Bonnstetter plans the menus and supervises preparation of the food. Serving starts last of November or in early December, and. carries through, usually, till mid-March, BOY SCOUTS TO HAVE A A CHURCH INSTALLATION Boy. Scout installation will be theld next Monday at 7:30 p.

m. at the Baptist church for a church sponsored troop of which Jesse Lashbrook is chairman. The program will open with an orchestra number and scout processional the color bearers leading. The audience will stand and sing the Star Spangled Banner. Dr.

R. A. Evans will offer prayer following which the Rev. R. F.

Kittrell' will present A. E. Kresensky district boy scout chairman. Mr. Kresensky will introduce troop committeemen John Wheelock, Dr.

R. A. Evans and Ronald Jenkins, Mr. Wheelock will present the troop charter to Mr. Lashbrook, and the membershiip cards scouts.

Ray: Barton will sing a solo. New candidates will be presented and they will be inducted in troop No. 72 in a candlelight ceremony. Presentation of badges and membership cards will be made by Mr. Kresensky to: Donald Hiserodt, James Sparks, Wendell Soppeland, Gary Rowe, Gerald Schimmel, McDanel, and Albert Richardson.

Old members of the troop are; Dwight Cook, Junior Snyder, Cecil Ditsworth, Robert Saap, Warren Godden, Jerry Keuchenreuther, Richard Webster and Billy Clawson. The ceremony will be concluded with the Scoutmaster's. benediction following which there will be a social, hour and refreshments served by circle four of the church. LIFE IN JAPAN HAS COMFORTS Wesley, March 24-Mrs. George Burnett, nee Betty Riggs, daughter of the Rev.

and Mrs, Riggs here, who joined her husband in Japan last December, is living in a luxurious resort hotel taken over by the Americans for officers and families. It is near Karuizawa and 90 miles from Tokyo. On a recent visit to. the war trials in Tokyo Mrs. Burnett and her husband looked up: Private Burrell Lease at general headquarters and had a brief visit with him.

Private Lease is a member of the 293rd band, and is stationed in a finance building, once the government treasury. Two Divorces Are Asked As Court Begins Melvin Attig, Wesley, filed a petition Saturday for a divorce from his wife Christene. Plaintif is a soldier and he and the defendant were married Sept. 11, 1944, 81 Hopkirsville, Ky. Mrs.

Attig claimed, legal residence in that state. In early 1946 the couple parted. They had a son, of whom plaintiff has had custody for some time and asks permanent custody, claiming that his wife is not a fit person to have the child. Another divorce case, this one entitled Gertrude N. Meacham versus Truman G.

Meacham, hails from Lotts Creek and was filed last Thursday. Plaintiff says that the defendant is a reside dent of Yakima, Wash. The plaintiff and defendant were married at Yakima Feb. 16, 1946, by a justice of the They lived three months at Eugene, then came to Iowa and lived three months in Kossuth county, after which they returned to Yakima, where, plaintiff claims, she was forced LO desert defendant after four or five months. Plaintitt claims that shortly after their marriage the defendant began cruel and inhuman treatment, including She says he broke her nose three times, blacked her eyes five or six times, and violently beat her on other occasions: Plaintiff is asking.

that she. be divorced and that her maiden name Gertrude N. Leininger be restored. LUVERNE PLANS BASEBALL TEAM at the F. hall.

Thursday LuVerne, Apr." 1-A meeting evening to organize an inde-: pendent baseball club was largely attended by fans of the community. The local V. F. W. post has purchased suits for a baseball team.

An election of officers took place for the proposed project: President, Henry Loerwald, secretary, Louis Black, and Albert Boechner was chosen as man-; ager. Mr. Boechner is a veteran league baseball player. Twenty candidates signed up at the meeting for a try out, and anyone else interested and not at the meeting are asked to contact the manager and sign up. This will be the first organized baseball club for LuVerne in many years and with the new lighted ball park LuVerne will have one of the strongest ball clubs in northern Iowa.

Union Wedding Party CHOWN HERE ARE Mr. and Mrs. James Dodds inimediately following their marriage Sunday, Mar. 16. and their attendants, Rachel Weisbrod, the bride's sister, and Duane Wallukait.

Mr. and Mrs. Dodds are -now living in one of the houses on the W. I. Dodda farm in Union township.

and Mrs. Dodds is completing the rural school term she contracted to toach lest fall. (Photo by Chick's GUN HELD BY BROTHER IS DISCHARGED Pick Two New Councilmen Frank Kohlhaas, Monday, was elected mayor, for the third consecutive term, at Algona's city election. He first came to the office, by appointment June 15, to fill the unexpired term of J. F.

Overmyer. In 1919 Mr. Kohlhaas was elected to the city council and he has served continuously as an official, except for four years, since then. Monday was a damp, cold day. and there was ballots a light vote.

Only about 300 were' cast in the four wards. For coucilman in the first ward Joel M. Herbst was reelected with no opposition: H. M. Harris incumbent was opposed by Ralph Dieckman in second ward; vote Harris 55; Dieckman 37.

Alwin Huenhold incumbent third opposed ward. by Rex Taylor 'Huenhold in the Vote 44; Taylor 65. Loren Brown in the: fourth ward had no L. Bohannon Eugene oppositions Hutchins councilmen at-large were opposed in a three way race by Earl Sprague, a candidate for both posts. Vote Bohannon 135; Hutchins 226; Sprague.

152. LUVERNE DEATH. Saturday night, The will Pauline Baessler, LuVerne, died be tomorrow, Wednesday, at 230 at the Lutheran church, LuVerne. The Rev. L.

Wittenberg will have the service. McCullough's are in charge of arrangements. Swan Monson, Wesley Has Started 91st Year Pictured here is Swan Monson, friends and neighbors. Wesley's oldest resident, who celebrated his 90th birthday Tuesday, March 18. He received many birthday cards, and two big birthday cakes.

A daughter-in-law Mrs. Albert Monson had a supper party for him. Mrs. Emil Wester, a grandson Alan Jordan, Muriel Widdel, Fenton, also Mr. and Mrs.

Martin Monson, Wesley, were guests, For 25 consecutive years the Westers have been birthday guests at the Monsons, but this year Mr. Wester was sick and couldn't be present. Mr. Monson was bora in Swed-: en, March 18, 1857. He came to.

the United States in 1883 and to Wesley on May 25 of that year. His first job was with the Milwaukee railroad which was being put through this part of Iowa: After seven years with the railroad: he started a hay press business but later gave that up and took a job as public school janitor in which he continued 37 years. Mrs. Monson died in 1930 and since then Mr. Monson has lived in the homes of his children, At present he is with Albert, in Wesley.

Other children, are Oscar, Mason City, Mrs. William Dow, Sioux Falls, S. D. There are 12 grandchildren. Two grandsons Martin and Julius, served in the South Pacific: during World War: Il, and three grandsons now in service enlisted after the war was over, Mr.

Monson has "reasonably good health. On nice days he is able to be out walks uptown occasionally, and last fall chopped wood in the yard. For the past two years he has been unable to work for other people, which for many years he didI faithfully and willingly to assist Coroner Jury Holds Brother's Act is Accidental. KIDS, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A STRANGE PLANE Youngsters interested in the kite -flying and model air-. plane contest April 13 better their eyes peeled skyward every day this week, for on one of those days, along about 4 o'clock, when everyone is sure to be.out of school, a real flyer, in his own airplane, is going to cruise around overhead and drop leaflets telling all about the contest and rules, The plane will fly over town this week, but the day can't be named, for it, as it will depend' on weather and flying conditions.

Deb Hall will pilot the plane, and he will be accom-: panied by members of the Lions club, sponsors of the contest. Wants Ouster Of Couple On Seneca Farm Alfred Jensen is plaintiff in a case against Mr. and Mrs. Hans C. Thompson, Seneca township, in which plaintiff endeavors to secure possession of a farm whose ownership he claims.

It appears that Jensen foreclosed the mortgage on the place. a year ago and the land was ordered sold to pay the mortgage. Sale was held and a sheriff's certificate was' issued to' the I plaintiff. Later, on March 4, this year, the sheriff executed the deed to Jensen, and on March 18, Jensen caused a notice to quit to' be served on the Thompsons. claims that notwithstanding his ownership and the notices to yield possession, the defendants have remained on the farm.

Today was set as the time for passing on a request Jensen for an order for ouster. Brooder. House and 75 Chickens Burned Lone Rock, March 31-Fire Saturday night at the R. T. Angus farm destroyed a brooder house and size.

75 The chickens farm, of miles almost north broiler of here, is tenanted by Gerald Angus. The Lone Rock firemen were called, but the brooder house was beyond saving when the fire truck got there. More than 100 chickens in the brooder were saved. Michael Flynn, 17, was shot. at the farm home of his widowed mother, Mrs.

Josephine Flynn, near Elmore, early Sunday morning, and died soon after the bullet entered the right side of: his chest. The youths brother Eugene, 20, was held in the county jail at Algona without charge pending a coroner's inquest Monday at Lakota. On the jury were Otto Engstrom, foreman, Thomas Johnson, and Joseph Martin. They found: "Michael Flynn came to his death in Springfield township, Kossuth county, on the morning of Sunday, March 30, 1947, because of. a shot fired from an and Sportsman Double action .22 calibre pistol in the hands of his brother Eugene Flynn, who was handling the same in a careless and negligent manner.

We expressly find that no felonious intent was involved." Circumstances Told. From officers' investigations and facts brought out at the inquest the accident happened about. midnight Saturday. Eugene had been working for a farmer near. Elmore, and Satily urday at he homie asked to come some to of the town female get him after supper His sister Claire, 16, a brother Clement, 13, the hired man George Steinman and Eugene's brother Michael went to town for They got Horne about midnight.

The hired man went to bed, as did Claire, the latter: first had talked. to her mother, who had retired. It seemed not to be out of the orcunary to have guns in the Flynn, house. Michael got a .22 calibre pistol to show Eugene. He also had bullets for it, and Eugene loaded the gun with nine shells, it is reported.

The Gun Goes Off, Eugene then started twirling the gun on a finger. Clement, the younger. brother, testified: "I was always afraid when Gene twirled a gun." Clement knew there was an unloaded .38 calibre pistol in the house so he went for it, thinking to get Eugene to twirl it instead: of the loaded weapon. But before Clement got back the pistol in Eugene's hand had discharged. The bullet struck Michael In the right chest, and he died in a matter of minutes.

There had been no argument between the brothers, Michael was shot as he was standing in the kitchen opening a box of breakfast food. Eugene Goes Wild. Mrs. Flynn did not hear 'the shot, but did hear voices. Michael had told Eugene to go to bed.

When the mother got downstairs she found Eugene trying to call the telephone operator and get a doctor. Then he wanted to take Michael to Elmore to the doctor, but the mother knew it was too late. Claire helped her mother put Michael's body on 4. couch. Eugene ran out of the bouse and drove to Elmore to call a doctor.

Business places were closed, but he rapped on the Merle Crowell cafe and was admitted. Mr. Crowell called: Dr. Arno W. Sommer, and put Eu-: gene at the phone, but he wasn't coherent, so Mr.

Crowell talked to the doctor. Bring Eugene to Algona, Doctor Sommer drove to the Flynn home, but Michael WAS dead. The doctor returned to Eli more and notified Dr. R. A.

Evans, Kossuth coroner, Sheriff A. Cogley and Doctor Evans drove 10 the farm, and when they returned they brought Eugene 10 Algona with them. He had become hystercial, and done many things. threatened suicide, climbed to the windmill and threatened to jump, but came down when he got cold. Eugene ran into the yard and fired remaining shots from the 'accident' gun, got in the autospeed, mobile and started out at high but went into the ditch when he turned from the farra lane into the road.

The car went (Continued un page 8).