Kossuth County Advance from Algona, Iowa • Page 1

State Historical Society Iowa Gity, Iowa nUIIMIwNr WiOCHNOMUWMT A. Braun, Algona, Elinor Currier, LaCrosae, Wis. SiiiCTiVi Sinvici Rodney Priebe, Lone Rock, Army; James E. Oberwetter, Algona, Air Force. AlOONA MARKETS Corn New Soy Beans $2.36 Oats 60c PERMITS Earl Aldrich, driveway.

Viola Crowley, remodeling; National Food Stores, erect sign; Clarence Hunt, demolish house. NEW COURT CASES Rain reportedly up to eight inches in some parts of the county drenched Kos- stith Monday night after heavy showers early the same morning. The rains fell in about a two-hour period from shortly ts at Burt, Bancroft, after p.m. until a little before 10 p.m. An 8-inch fall was reported at Burt, where most house basements in town were reported flooded.

Water stood from six to 10 inches deep in some basements there. The Burt school Methodist church rvice office were surfMfiMNB by water early in the morning At Bancroft the fire department MiMJtered calls from 11 p.m. thftWKhout most of the night UKpump out flooded basements. Vern Austin of the electric plant there reported more than 20 calls for the pumping equipment. Rainfall there was reported at 5Vz inches.

Rainfall in Algona was reported officially at 2.57 but many homeowners said their gauges registered four and. five inches. At Fehton, the fire siren sounded at 8 p.m. to summon firemen to man water pumps and evacuate Mr and Mrs Franklin Mueller, their four sons and household from their basement Reports of Water ill Feflldrt basements ranged from a few inches to several feet. the DOS Moines river Mirth of Algona was out of its banks today.

"You get mere PIC TUftil mere NEWS, more ADVERTISING every week In the Advance" Entered ns second closs matter, Dec. 1908, of Algono, Iowa, postofflee under Act of Congrass Morch 8, 1879 VOL. 36 THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1964 ALGONA, IOWA PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS Joyce Dornbier vs. Richard Dornbier, divorce; Bronson Building Service Inc.

vs. Sylvester V. and Anna K. Scobba, foreclosure mechanics lien, 33. ALOONA WEATHER High Lew Rairf Sept.

2 79 86 .08 Sept. 3 78 71 trace Sept. 4 72 50 .33 SepL 78 45 Sept. 8 80 77 .28 Sept 7 88 65 .87 Sept. 8 81 63 2.57 Sept.

9 68 ST. ANN BIRTHS Bedsheet Hot for election Shriners 2 Mr and Mrs Merle Teeter, Algona, boy, 7 Ib. 8 oz. Sept. 4 Mr and Mrs Robert Kollasch, Algona, boy, 7 Ib.

7 oz. Sept. Mr and Mrs Mark Bernhard, Fenton, boy, 7 Ib. 3 oz." Sept. 6 Mr and Mrs Silas Metzger, West Bend, girl, 7 Ib.

2 oz. Sept. 9 Mr and Mrs Conrad Kunkel, Livermore, girl, 7 Ib. 12 oz. MAYOR'S COURT City Ceses School stop sign violations.

All fined $5.00 and costs, Gary Culbertson, Ringsted; Janet Perkins, Algona; and Dennis E. Leigh, Algona. State Cases Michael Douglass, Emmetsburg, letting unau-, thorized minor drive, $10; Linda D.vKern, no operators, license, fS; Swea proper passing, $20; Lauretta I. Waltman, Burt, no operators license, and Clayton Charles Schrader, Bancroft, selling beer without a permit and to a minor, 15 days in jail. ST.

ANN HOSPITAL Sept. 2 Marenius Hanson, Algona, medical. Sept. 3 Mrs Sue Carmody, Whittemore (expired); Mrs Lena Balgeman. West Bend, medical.

Sept. 4 Jessie Smith, Algona, medical; Mrs Mildred Winkel, Algona, medical. Sept. 4 William Fandcl, Whittemore, medical; Sharon Shilling, Whittemore, medical; Pat McQuiston, Algona, fracture. Sept.

7 David Pratt, Algona, Maria Hansen, Algona, surgical; James Allen, Algona, medical. Sept. Dale Mains, Algona, medical; Sarah Kropf, Algona, fracture. NiW VEHICLES Roger L. Lemmon, Algona, Letrailer; Harold Inglett, Ledyard, EX Camp.

Edwin Schumacher, Algona, Riverside; Mrs Lucille Schiltz, Bancroft, Alum Craft; Verle or Velma Nelson, Titonka, Chev. Burt Coop. Burt, Everett Watham, Bancroft, Chev. Robinson Produce Feed, Wesley, Elbert Whittemore, Chev. Kilmer G.

Hanson, Lakota, Mary J. McDonald, Titonka, Harold Edward or Francis Marie Weber, Wesley, Ford; Wm, A. Hannover, WhU- temore, Ford; Robert McCullough, Olds. Raymond Poeppe, Algona, Ford; LeRoy Davis, Burt, Gehard Ne rem, Bancroft, Robert Doris A. Barber, Corwith, Buick; Joseph M.

Mergen, Algona, Olds; Algona Reminder, Al gona, Rambler; Daniel E. Froeh lich, LuVerne, Chev. TIM art Mvisf Two were fined in district court over the weekend. Ray Oliver was fined $300 and costs on a charge of driving while in toxicated. He was arrested on Aug.

29 four miles north of Lone Rock. Richard J. Schiltz was also fined 1300 on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested Aug. 30 north of Bancroft.

THIS IS JUST ONE of the many clowns who will appear with the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple parade in Algona Sept. 19. The parade will include the famed White Horse Patrol, several motorized units, drill teams, a "wrecking crew" and bands. Travel shows are dated by Kiwanis club i "3 Ticket sales are now id progress for the annual Klwanb series. The campaign is being conducted by members the The first program is Sunday, Oct.

4, and is by Nicol Smith on the down under continent'Aus- The land includes unex- deserts, snowy 1 "mountains, aborigines, cattle stations that cover millions of acres, and the Platypus, the "missing link" tetwcen tiie reptiles and the mammals. Other shows Nov. 2, a oimberjack in Alaska; Jan. 14, On the. Trail of Cortez; Feb 23, Germany; and Marh 31, Egypt and the Nile.

Adult season tickets are $4 and student tickets are $3. mere are no sales after, the campaign conducted by the club Vs completed. Tickets can: be purchased at Foster furniture otore. H.E. Lampright, 64 of Algona, dies Sunday area girls in "teen" contest Algona sales tax up, but county drops State retail sains tax annual returns for the year ending June 30, 1964 showed Algona making a gain over the year ending in 1963.

Similar gains were made by most northern Iowa towns, with Garner and Britt showing slight decreases. The 1963 and 1964 returns for various towns follow. (The tax is based on 2 per cent of the sales total) Annual Sales Tax June 30 1963 Algona 279,127.61 Humboldt 224,580.28 Emmetsburg 167,638.17 Esthfirville 284,565.88 Spencer 495,952.89 Storm Lake 38L213.76 Eagle Grove 132,734.72 Clarion 144,478.90 Hampton 247.618.68 Forest City 112,403.50 Garner 105,635.84 Britt 85,745.88 Spirit Lake 122,454.75 Pocahontas 118,142.28 Iowa Falls 314,557.09 The' total for Kossuth county was $522,641.97 during the fiscal year. This was a drop from the preceding year which showed a total of $524,353.15. The drop came in the sales tax returns from outside Algona which declined $17,439.56.

The tax returns from Algona gained $15,728.38 leaving a net loss for the county as a whole of $1,711.18. June 30 1964 294,855.99 232,877.20 169,915.79 297,924.82 508,975.29 382,483.85 135,098.35 147,860.96 252,353.70 124,242.42 98,885.66 83,031.85 128,774.28 119,701.20 320,738.20 Population 5702 4031 3887 7927 8864 7728 4381 3232 4501 2930 1990 2042 2685 2011 5565 Harold Lampright, 64. a postal employee for 38 years, died Sunday at his home of a heart ailment. He apparently was in qood health in recent months although he had suffered heart trouble in previous years. Funeral services were held at the Hamilton funeral home Wed nesday afternoon with Father James McAlpin officiating.

Bur ial was in the Riverview ceme- lery. Serving as pallbearers were Howard Hoenk, Kyle Beari James Skilling, Henry Becker Grady Phillips and E. E. Robin son. He retired from the post of fice late in the year 1957 after serving there for 38 years.

He returned to Algona after ser ving in World War 1 and been with the post office ever since. Seven parties to be in November Kossiith voters will need an extra pair of hands to of the ballots they will receive when they go to vote November 3. The regular office ballot will be of bed-sheet size for the first time in recent yean with seven columns of candidates. The 1962 ballot only had three republican, democrat, and independent. i this will have seven "parties" democrat, socialist labor, socialist worker, prohibition, conservative, end independent; There are candidates for president, and vice-president on the republican, democrat, labor, socialist-worker, and hibition "parties' 1 On the "coil servative" ticket there are can? didates for TWO AREA GIRLS are shown above among eight Iowa finalists in the "Miss Teen" contest held a week ago Saturday at the new Teen Town of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Miss Beth Ann Berkland, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Berkland of Corwith, was one of the finalists and she is shown kneeling at extreme left. Another area girl in the finals was Linda Kildal, daughter of the Rev William Kildals of Titonka. She is pictured fourth from the left in a white bathing suit. Cut courtesy Ft. Dodge Messenger.

Gars collide at Stale ft Phillips Charges of following too closely were filed against Rosemary Laing, Algona, after the car she was driving struck the back end of a car driven by Joyce Lud- He was born June 8, 1900 in wig, also of Algona, at the in- The returns by towns from Kossuth for the fiscal year are: Algona 294,855.90 Bancroft Burt LuVerne Something new was added to the report this year when sources of revenue in the various counties was revealed. Previously this had been listed only for the state as a whole. In Kossuth, as in the state, food was the big item with general merchandise a close second. The sources follow: Food 144,723.14 Apparel 15,193.58 Gen. Merchandise 138,843.96 Swea City Furniture 7,367.49 Gas, Garage, etc.

Motor Vehicle 64,247.78 Luinber 63,592.15 32,452.73 Titonka Wesley Whittemore 1271998 Under 500 Non Permit Rural Wl RRl Pnone 22,290.61 i Lt wer 32,124.16 50,214.361 Misc. 43,829.73 2,921.44 12,685.30 The 1963 total sales tax income for the state was $72,267, 168.74 and the total for 1964 522,641.97 was $73,186,220.63. Algona, the son of Charles and Mary Lampright. He was married to Mary Carney in 1931 at Freemont, Nebr. Surviving are 2 sons: William E.

Lampright of Algona and Robert A. Lampright of Denver, Colo. Mr Lampright had been an active member of the Hagg-Turner post of the American Le? jion for many years and mitt' tary rites were conducted at the graveside. He was also inter- jsted in sports, both as a spec, tator and as an active participant in fishing and hunting. Kossulh 4-H ttani places at fair The Kossuth 4-H judging team placed 21st in the 4-H contest out of 81 teams entered at the state fair.

The team is John and Rodney Scuffham, Algona; Paul Thoreson, Swea City; Reuben Skow, Wesley, and Jim Blain, Titonka. The Kossuth team is entered in the contest at the Clay September 17. STATE CHAMPION W. J. Stewart, Burt, showed the champion Duroc barrow at the State Fair which took champion over all breeds in the heavy weight class.

tersection of State Phillips streets Tuesday afternoon about 3:45 p.m. The Ludwig car, which had $200 in damage to the rear end, was stopped at the stop sign. The Laing machine sustained $500 in damage. Police chief Al Boekelman investigated. ASKS DIVORCE A divorce petition was filed in district court by Joyce Dora- bier against Richard Dornbier, both Algona.

They were married at St. Joe Aug. 3, 1960, and separated April 1. She asks custody of a daughter. DIVORCE GRANTED A four-hour "Moonlight Madness" city-wide promotion has been dated for Algona on Saturday, Sept.

12. Committee for the event includes Erv Wiltgen, Brail Wright! and Joe Pemplun. The event wiii be held from 7 until 11 p.m. on Sept. 19 with the stores closing from 5 until 7 p.m.

that night to prepare for the event. Outstanding bargains will be offered, similar to Ridiculous Day, and clerks and owners will be dressed in a variety of sleepwear. Full details of the event will be found in.next week's Advance. Carcass winners at fair named Hormel paid $102 total Kossuth goes to state queen contest Petrea Thoreson, 17, daughter of the Orville Thoresons, Swea City, was named Regional of Monlay night at Graettinger. She will represent the region the state contest when the 1964 "Queen of Conservation" The "conservative" candidates are the ones who have brought a court action to keep the names of the democrat nominees Johnson and Humphrey, off the ballot because the filing date was too late.

However the official instructions received rem tary of Stete Synhorst by Merc Moore, county auditor, show the names of Johnson end Humphrey to be printed. The result of the is net es yet known, but it is possible, but net probable, the names could be entered off ballot. In addition to the "bed-sheet" Kossuth voters will also receive a constitutional amendment ballot to vote "yes" or "no" on a proposed apportionment of the state legislature by constitutional amendment. This is a wasted effort for the apportionment plan adopted as "permanent" by the legislature in its special session this spring is certain to be over-turned by the federal courts as unconstitutional. However, under the state law, the proposal must be presented to the voters, win, lose or draw, If the plan, is adopted bj (he voters it is a cinch it will be immediately challenged in the federal court, and under the ruling recently by the U.

S. supreme court would be declared unconstitutional. It provides for an area senate in Iowa. A divorce was granted Delbtrt Prize money to the following Harrison, Algona, from Edith Kossuth fair carcass show win- Harrison, in lorida, in district ners First, Richard Berte, Lu- court recently. They were married in Florida and separated in 1959.

STATE STREET COLLISION Cars driven by Verna Wellendorf and Marie O. Penton, both Algona. collided on State street in front of Gambles last Thursday with total damage of $200, mostly to the Wellendorf car. City police investigated. I Verne, $30 prize.

Carcass weight i vas 568 yield 63.4%, grade No. 1. Second went to Gary Laabs, Lone Rock; third, Tor Iowa will be officially crown- Carl Bormann, Bancroft; fourth- sd at the Plowman's banquet in Doug Weber, Whittemore; fifth, Adel Wednesday. Steven Berte, Livermore; sixth, Petrea Thoreson is 5' 7Vz" Daryl Bormann, Bancroft; seventh Michael Berte, LuVerne and eighth, Dennis Berte, Livermore. Tom Henry, Algona had the calf with the highest yield in the carcass contest, 67.8%.

tall, has blue eyes, and brown hair. Upon graduation from Swea City Community School, she plans to enroll iij veterinary And that is not ell the vetar will else be presented with another ballet te mark. This contains the names ef the supreme court and the judfes ef the district court in this district' TKe voter marks en in a square to indicate he wants the "judga retained in a sort of left-handed vtte. Also district judges are listed including Judge Q. W.

SUUman, Richard Cooper, Joseph and Fred Also if there are local pro? jects to be voted on the yotfii in these areas will get a ballot with the local issujj it. There is some possible na voters may be asked to on a cable TV proportion requires 4 fourth itt, townships wbjre there on fire districts or town issues, there will other bajjot. this faJJ will bjve medicine at Ames. Her parents in just bidding farm 680 acres. will be fjce4 with..