Postville Herald from Postville, Iowa • Page 1

(he Postville Com" District will open on 5 25, for a full day (acuity of more teachers than ee ly because of the district for seventh and ludents Is being con- principal's office on I 15. Students in ill be registered jjt-16 and This office will be 0 these days from n( to All! des 7 through 12 are 'cr on one of these will meet on August 21 and122, Jjl workshop. This start at 9:00 on the gust 21. MissBrUck- consultant for Ginn with the achers on the im- ading during.most of the workshop. "and Frankville perate this year for fts'-part of the new District.

1 All iehth grade students -will come to Post-, talia and Frankville erate only for grades 1 serve the portions that they have served schools, students formerly Frankville No." 4' transported to Frank- MacMUlan'Will -3 at Castalia as in Mrs. Amanda Meyer as teacher of the sixth grades. Mrs." er will teach grades 'lie as she has for st 10 years. will teach grades 4, rs teaching in the entary School, this ude the following: oth will rejoin the ink of Harrisburg, will teach a first iss Dora Ann Inger-, ly and Miss Jean ayette will teach sec- ups. Miss Fink is a owa State Teachers ught in Sioux Falls, last year.

Miss In- ted from Wartburg ing. Miss Holtzmann Upper Iowa and has garten at Arlington ee years. Mrs. Clin- of "Postville will also grade group. de teachers will be ockhaus of Frederika I Van Houweling of iss Bockhaus gradu- a State Teachers col- ng while Miss Van had three years of ntral and Penn col- onna Camp of Pres- nt graduate of Wart- will teach a fourth Overmiro of Ayr- nt graduate of Emor college will teach oup.

Henry Knoplof 1 be teaching in the the first time. He is a per Iowa iverson of St. Paul; 1 be vocal music in-: elementary school graduated from St. st spring with a vor. i be only three new junior-senior high old Burshtan will be year as high school has been high school Max for the past sev- iss Karen Barton of ill teach vocational ics.

She is a spring 'a State college. Mac of Hampton will grade English and 1957-1958 faculty teach in Postville de: Miss Helen Forde, Miss Shirley Lange Ice Weidemann Miss Thelma Jean Miss Elizabeth Ma'e: Miss Judith Paul- Miss Hazel Ziegler Kennon Doerring. 'Mrs. LaVonne Bru- English and Social Ruth IlifT. Mathematics "and Hoth.

Science and Wres- Harty. English: Mrs. A n. Donald 'alMusic: Eldean Miss Carolyn Eg- i Mathematics: Mrs'! lv training: Mel- Mrs. Joy Schwab 'Srtculture: William' Official Newspaper for Allamakee County and the Town of Postville POSTVILLE HERALD Sixty-Sixth Year.

Big-Four Fair Plans Entering Final Stages Baseball Games, Dances, Complete Array Of Free Acts Are On The Schedule for the thirty-ninth annual Big-Four Fair are nearing completion with the opening day set for Saturday, August 30, and continuing through Monday, September 1. Friday has been designated as entry day at.the fair this year- there will be no gate nor attractions this day. AV midway of attractions will set up to run Saturday through Mondays with Saturday afternoon being designated: as "Kid's Day" with nine rides The special is for afternoon only. Tickets will be "on sale for Kid's Day in stores in Postville and adjoining area. Peg Leg Bates will be the master of.

ceremonies for the free attractions on Saturday and Sunday, afternoon: and evening. There will be complete of shows each day. On Monday the Venita Rich Talent Revue contest will be held, afternoon and evening, Thirty numbers previously selected in a special audition, will be presented with the winning number to be given a trip to New York to audition for the Ted Mack Original Amateur Show. Baseball games have been scheduled for Saturday, Sunday and Monday afternoons. West Union Will play Postville Saturday afternoon, game time 1:00 p.

m. An old timers game will be played Sunday between Postville and Castalia. On'Monday, 1:00 Postville will play Festina. Two dances have been scheduled for 1 Saturday and Monday nights. Leo Greco and his Orchestra will provide music for dancing on Saturday night at the Big 4 Pavilion.

On Monday night, the KOEL record hop will be held. The Baby beef auction will be held Monday at 11:30 a. m. Allamakee Names New County Nurse Beverly Shafer, R. Waukon, assumed her duties as Allamakee county Public Health Nurse on August 1.

She is a graduate of the Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, and received her B. S. degree-at Iowa City, where she worked with the City Visiting Nurse Association for two months' field experience. The Nurse's office is located on the second floor of the Court House, Waukon. Regular office hours for the nurse are from 8:00 a.

m. to 9:00 a. m. Monday through Friday and Friday p. m.

1:00 to 4:00 p. m. Other hours will be arranged as necessary. Mrs. Shafer will receive one months' orientation to the Allamakee County Nursing Service from Mrs.

Burnice Moore, former county nurse. Athletic Roger K- Whitver. "tag: Jerry Spen. wl11 K- T. ontinue as cus- to hl wOl con- ta of the high i ver Schultz J.

Lehman at." the Main be Rath-v Schaer etary ta the 00 Eight) A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A LIVE TOWN POSTVILLE, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958. Threshing Machine Still In Use Here Number 41. A sight familiar to many at this time of year a decade ago, and earlier; was the threshing machine, bnown here is a Minnesota thresher still in action on the Lyle Ruckdaschel farm at the southeast edge ot Postville. Mr. Ruckdaschel still uses the thresher as it is in good working order and has handled the 35 acres of oats this season ing a number of farm users The Kuhse threshing ring south of Postville is still in operation includ- Walton Car Goes Over Embankment A 1958 sedan driven by Arnold N.

Walton, route 2, Postville, went over a 35 foot embankment Sunday night at 8:45 p. m. on the stage road approximately four miles southeast of Decorah, according to the Winneshiek County Sheriff's office. The vehicle received an estimated $900 in damages in the mishap which was caused when the Walton car went off the road and down the embankment to avoid hitting an approaching vehicle which was over the center line of the road. No one was injured in the accident.

Students Are Grouped For Schools Start Harnack Rites To Be Thursday Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:15 p. m. at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in Postvillo for Mrs.

Louie Harnack of Castalia, who passed away Sunday. The Rev. Charles E. Witt, pastor of St. Paul's will be in charge.

Burial will be in Postville cemetery. Born In Germany. Mrs. Louie Harnack, nee Mary C. Schrooder, was born in Lavern Westphalia, Germany on August 20, 1890, the daughter of Ludwig Schroeder and his wife, Wilhelmina Klocke.

She was baptized on September 10, 1890 in Germany, and came to this country at the age of two with her parents. She confirmed in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Postville on March 27, 1904, in Which Church she remained active all of her life. She was married to Louie Harnack on February 10, 1915, and they farmed in the Postville and Cas- union were born four sons, Orville talia area all their lives. To this of Postville, Harlan, Merlin and Milo of Castalia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Henry Schroeder of Postville, Carl Schroeder of Postville, William F. Schroeder 'of Williamsburg, and Louis L. Schroeder of Williamsburg; two sisters, Mrs. Reuben Brainard, of Postville, and Sophia who passed away in infancy; 'fourstep-brothers, Christian Schroeder Marshfield, Wisconsin, William-Schroeder of Postville, Louis H. Schroeder of Postville, and Fred Schroeder of Wellman; and two step-sisters; Mrs; Louise Fisher of Postville and Mrs.

Charlotte Meyer of Postville. vived by her husband; j-UiMroii Grouping for students attending school in the Darling Elementary School this year will be almost exactly the same as last year for teaching purposes. School officials after consulting with experts on this matter decided that it would be to the advantage of the children if teaching groups were kept intact as far as possible. In this way the students will not have nearly as many adjustments to make as if entirely new teaching groups were formed. Both kindergarten rooms will be used for kindergarten this year.

Mrs. Charles Hoth will teach in the room used for kindergarten last year. Miss Forde will teach kindergarten in the room used by Miss Weidemann's first grade last year. Parents will be notified in regards to the composition of the four kindergarten groups by mail. If there are any kindergarten students still unregistered, they should be registered at the superintendent's office as soon as possible.

Children must be five by October 1, 1958 to enter kindergarten this fall Parents of first grade children will also be notified by letter which first grade their child will be assigned to. All children attending the Postville Elementary school last year were instructed as to which room they would use and who their teacher would be. First grade students have been divided into three groups largely by following the alphabet as has been done in the past. Miss Fink will teach the group using the room used by Miss Ogle last year. Miss Lange will have the group using the same room as last year.

Miss Weidemann will teach the group in the room used by Miss Kohlmeyer in the past. There will be four second grade rooms this fall. Miss Anderson will teach the group this fall using the room formerly taught by Miss Dickson. This is the group taught by Miss Kohlmeyer last year an addition of Mark Dreier. Miss Holtzman will teach the group that was in Miss Lange's first grade last year using the room used last year by Miss Anderson.

Daniel Flage will join this group as a new stu- The group taught by Miss She is survive j.niJrpn her four sons; three arid'' many other relatives ano away on August 1958 at the Postville Hospital after a very brief iUness, at the age 67 years, 11 months and 21 dent. Ogle in tne first grade -will be taught by Miss Ingersoll. Jeffrey Peterson will join this group. They will use the room used by the tourth grade group under Miss Paulson last year. Mrs.

Lammert will teach the students that were in Miss Weidemann's first grade last year. They will use the room next to the grade library. grade roushe ni have the Bauer last year, group taught the second grade. New that join this group will be Jean Adam, Lynn Folsbm, and Dennis Shafer. The students that were taught by Miss Bauer in the second grade last year will be taught by Miss Mahoney in the same classroom that she used last year.

New students that have been-assigned to this group include Gordon Brainard, David Adam, and Carol Miller. (Continued on Page Eight) Luana School To Open Monday, Aug. 25, For Half Day School will start at Luana on Monday, August 25, for a half day. School will let out at noon on Monday. Hot lunch will be served starting with the second day of school.

All teaching positions have been filled on the staff this year. George W. Wolter and Clarence Schave will again furnish all buses for the transportation of pupils. It is planned to mail cards to all parents in regard to book rent, hot lunch charges and bus routes. An article on school personnel will follow in next week's issue of the Herald.

County Budget Is Approved Friday The budget as proposed by board supervisors of Allamakee county was approved last Friday afternoon after a hearing at which no objectors appeared. A tax study group of the Farm Bureau attended the meeting. The county auditor, director of relief and welfare, steward of the county home and county engineer presented an itemized account of amounts expected to be spent from the various funds. Talle Reports Hospital Approval U. S.

Representative Henry O. Talle of Decorah telegraphed Tuesday to announce official approval of the 31-bed Community Memorial Hospital for Postville costing $585,000.00. The federal share of this construction is $195,000 which has been allotted and officially approved. Plans are being rushed to completion now so that bids can be let later this fall. Limkemann Rites To Be Saturday Funeral services will be held on Saturday, 2:00 p.

at the Schutte Funeral Home for Mrs. William Limkemann of Castalia who died about noon Tuesday. The complete obituary will appear in next weeks issue of the Postville Herald. Postville Loses In Extra Innings The Postville Junior Legion team lost an extra inning contest to Clermont-Elgin Junior on Sunday, 10 to 9. Postville had "the bases filled but failed to score in the last half of-the eighth.

Clermbnt-Elgin only 4 hits off the pitching of Peck but pushed across runs, on 16 walks. Postville collected 15 hits. Box Score. Postville AB Christofferson, ss 4 2 1 Radloff, 3b 5 1 Peck, 5 1 Harris, lb 5 0 Leupker, 4 1 Gruel, 2b 5 1 Trudo, If 4 1 Koenig, cf 5 1 Schara 2 1 Hoth, If 1 Wesley Schultz, 20, Passes Away At Army Hospital Word was received here-Tuesday morning by Mr. and Mrs.

Emil Schultz of the death of their son, Wesley, 20, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C. Death following an illness of several months. services are pending at the' present time. The Schutte Funeral Service, Postville, is in charge.

Campbell Farm Sale Saturday A public auction of. the farm equipment of. Roy who lives four miles west of Postville or. two miles east of Castalia on Highway will Saturday, August 16, starting at 1:00 p. m.

The complete sale listing- appears elsewhere in this issue of the Herald. Eaton Waters and E. L. Dean are the auctioneers; Citizens State Bank, Postville is the clerk. News Those In THE SERVICE In Training Pacific Fleet (FHTNC) a lookout watch aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge, is Midshipman Fritz R.

Palas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Palas of Postville. Midshipman Palas is a at the University of Min- 3 jnesota.

He is aboard the carrier a seven-week training cruise off 3Jthe southern.coast of California. 1 0 2 O'er Totals 40 27 9 10 Clayton Named As Soils Winner Clayton County Soil Conservation District has been selected as second place winner for the northern one-half of Iowa in the Goodyear annual soil conservation contest, according to information received by the district commissioners. This awards contest is sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company on a national basis. Districts are selected in this annual program for excellence in the categories of organization, education, planning, promotion and accomplishment in the fields of soil and water conservation. In connection with this awards program, the district commissioners select an outstanding conservation farmer each year.

In the contest just concluded, Aimer Amundson of Postville was picked-as the Clayton District representative. He will receive a certificate of merit from the Goodyear Company at State Convention of the Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners to be held in Cedar Rapids, September 7-8 and 9. F. F. A.

Banquet On Tuesday For Commercial Club Country Fried Chicken To Head Menu Of The Farmers For Businessmen Half Inch Rain Here Past Week Warm, humid weather continued for the second straight week i-i northeast Iowa with readings rising to the high eighties and low nineties. A total of .49 of an inch of rain was recorded during the past week coming as showers Thursday and Sunday mornings. Thursday's rainfall amounted to .21 of an inch; an additional .28 of an inch was recorded Sunday night. Handicap Golf Tourney Sunday The first tournament of the season, a handicap event will be Sunday at Tri-City Golf Club for members. Members will be paired with players in their own classes.

Drivers Examiners To Be Here Monday The state driver examiner team will be in Postville next Monday to renew drivers permits and to issue new according to an. nouncement made by county sheriff, William Huffman. Principal Before returning to San Diego, August 15, he will have received practical "at sea" training in seamanship, navigation, engineering, gunnery, and air operations, to help prepare him for a commission in the Naval Service upon graduation from college. A New Recruit It was announced by Joseph L. Magner CSI, the local Navy Recruiter from Decorah that Thomas Waters of Postville passed his physical and mental test for enlistment in the U.

S. Navy. Waters was enlisted in Des Moines on August 6. Waters graduated from Postville high school in May of this year. He was enlisted at the rate of High School Seaman Recruit which makes him eligible for one of the Navy trade schools after completing his recruit training.

is now taking his recruit training at the U. S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. Plans are nearing completion for the eighth annual FFA-Commercial Club fried chicken picnic to be held Tuesday, August 19, at the fair grounds. The picnic is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.

All farmers on the FFA mailing list have, or soon will, receive card? inviting them to take part in providing food for the occasion, andf while many farmers do not receive? invitaions, it is hoped that any interested farmer will feel welcome to come. All farmers are being 1 asked, to bring one fried chicken, a dish to pass, eating equipment and sandwiches. Businessmen will need to bring their appetites and eating' equipment. All Commercial Club members and male employees are invited to attend as guests. Food will be' served potluck style.

The FFA will provide coffee and ice Started in 1951 under the leadership of the Postville FFA Chapter, this event has well illustrated, over the years, the desire of farmers and businessmen to trade off on certain courtesies. Stimulating a recognition of the interdependence of rural and urban groups is one of the objectives of FFA members. No program is planned, but it is hoped that those persons attending will want to stay and visit socially. Field Day To Be On Monday Final plans are being made for the FFA-sponsored Soil Conserva-J tion Field Day on Monday, August 18, at the Leigh Rekow farm. signments for work areas, and equipment, and other work are complete and the day's work is planned to the last detail.

Individual FFA members will operate regular farmer-owned equip-, ment to demonstrate soil conserving practices in filling in a large gully on the Rekow farm. Farmers feel that they do not have the equipment to do this type of work. Here is an opportunity to see young men do the work, and to put the gully in Condition to prevent future erosion and to make the field more workable. Jerry Spencer, local GI Farm Training instructor is providing stolons of Reed's canarygrass for the vegetative protection of the gully, and members of his class are doing the work in planting them. The public is cordially invited to see the work, which will start at 9:00 a.

m. and will likely be finished shortly after noon. The contour line contest, which consists of staking out a contour line, and placing stakes properly will get underway at 9:30 a. with Harvey Daniels of Elkader and his men doing the judging firsrround oif'the tournament will At The Theatre Thursday, and Saturday, August 14, IS and double feature program. Shirley Temple and Randolph Scott in of the and a' full-length color cartoon feature "Gulliver's Sunday, Monday and; Tuesday, August 17, 18 and Long, Hot starring Woodward and Paul Newman.

Harold Burshtan '--'V Harold Burshtan of Santa Monica, California is the new principal of the Postville high For the past two Mr. Burshtan has been principal: of the Colfax high school. Mr. 1 undergraduate work was at Iowa State Teachers college: He received his masters degree at Colo. New Address The new address of Wesley J.

Kohrs is as follows: Wesley J. Kohrs, 9737737, USS Philippine Sea (CVS-47) FPO 3rd Division, San Francisco, California. te New Address i The address of Thomas P. Waters i recently inducted into the Navy is: (Thomas P. Waters, SR, 973-85-39, Co.

474, TJ. S. Naval Training Center, San Francisco, California. Promoted i Douglas Ruckdaschel, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Elrie Ruckdaschel, was i recently from to i His address is as follows: Douglas Ruckdaschel, 17461588,, 2nd Battle Group, 123rd Fort Benning, HS -'te Oh Leave 1 S-fSwtewaKRi Arvin G. Koopman is spending a ten day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt I Koopman. He is being transferred to Pearl Harbor from San Diego and will be stationed on a destroyer for six months.

While at the Recruit Training Command, U. S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, he received a commendation for outstanding performance of whilei undergoing training. Koopman was selected from his company as one of the outstanding recruits, the reading in part, "Displayed qualities of initiative, per- rado'State, college, and is working toward his: Ph, L. A.

I severance and devotion to duty." friends, Town Budget Is Approved Monday The Postville town council met in session Monday evening to consider the budget estimate. There being no objectors to the budget, the estimate was approved and filed with the county auditor. Application for six additional street lamps of 20,000 lumen capacity mounted on 12 foot mastarms to replace old lights on the new four- lane highway controlled-access facility was presented by Charlei Fishback, local Interstate Power Company manager. The council approved the application. Rites Held For Clinton Smith Funeral- services were held Sun-; day, 2:00 p.

at the Schutte Funeral Home for Clinton M. Smith; 83, who passed away at Manchester on August 7. The Rev. E. Wayne Hilmer, of the Methodist Church in Luana, was in charge of the rites.

Burial was in the Hardin cemetery. Clinton M. Smith, son of William W. and Alvina DeGraw Smith, was born near Luana on October 22V 1874, and died at Manchester on August 7 at the age of 83 years, nine months and 16 days. He was a railway station agent years before retiring to: an acreage at Hardin where he lived until health failed to the point where he needed care.

He was married to Bertha Schultz and to this union six children were born. He was preceded in death by his? parents; two children; two grand-: children; two brothers and one sister. Surviving are his three L. Bernard of Charles City, Calvin W. of Colwell, and Walter W.

of; Roselle Park, New Jersey; one; daughter, "11a (Mrs. Frank Mensch) of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; 15 25 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; one sister, Alda, of Waukon; many more distant relatives and.