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POSTVILLE HERALD A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A LIVE TOWN. FQgyiCTORY WAR Fifty-First Year. POSTVILLE, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1942. Number 3. Soybean Experts Coming To Next Men's Night Class Ladies Continue Study Of Foods Problems; Other News At School (By School Reporters) The men of the night school will have two great speakers at their meeting on November 18.

Mr. Arthur W. Large, general agriculture agent of the Rock Island lines will be one, and Mr. Howard L. Roach, farmer and feeder of Plainfield will be the other.

Both these men have been outstanding in their work on soybeans. Mr. Large in his work is very close to the processors and knows needs. Mr. Roach, as a farmer and feeder, is considered an authority on raising and feeding of soybeans.

Through the cooperation of "The Soybean Digest" we will have a box of exhibit material, containing 68 articles made from the plant. In addition there will be a sound film showing the latest developments on the culture of soybeans. Every person of the community is cordially invited to be at the school house the night of November 18, as there will be something to interest everyone. Ladies' Evening School. The topic for Wednesday, November 18, is "It Tastes Best the Third Day After." There will be no meeting on Novem- ber 25, the night before Thanksgiving, but lessons will be resumed on Wednesday, December 2.

Declamatory Work. The following people are going out i for declamatory work this year: Douglass, Rose Marie s- Meyer, Corrine Shirley Mc; Nally, Bob Pearson, Francis Kneeland, Lois Tindell, Marilyn Tague, Lula Harris and Gerald Schroeder. Drama. Opsnnd, Jean Finnegan, Dorothy Waters and Elaine Tague. Schutle, Anne Williams, LeRoy Foels and Earl Haefncr.

F.F.A. Parent-Son Meeting. The Fostville Chapter of the Future Farmers of America are going to have a parent-son meeting on Friday, November 13. The meeting will consist of a program, followed by light re(Continued On Page Eight) Scotch Pioneered Here, Hugh Shepherd Writes After receiving my last week's Herald which always brings me the news from memory drifted back to the early years in the Postville community when the Scotch settlers, came there to make their home and helped build up our flourishing community. The last two Heralds brought the sad news of the passing on of some of these Scotch settlers about which I would like to write today.

That will include the different Scotch families who came from the region of Scotland where my people came from. I will begin with Mrs. Swenson's family, as they came from the same village in Scotland where we lived. There were two towns, one called Old Pitsligo and New Pitsligo, some distance apart. It was from this latter town where the Shepherds and the McWilliamses lived before coming to the United States.

Nathaneal McWilliams was above the average in intelligence and was a laboring man. He kept a horse and did trucking and as we had no railroads in those horse and buggy days it took some work to drive the 36 miles to Aberdeen over the turnpjke roads. The roundtrip was a tedious one. There were no eight hour work days thought of then, neither would they have accomplished much in the way of living by the methods then employed to earn a livlihood. McWilliams had heard George L.

Henderson lecture on the better living conditions for the poor man in this "land of the free and the of (Continued on page eight) Now To Strike A Balance Service Flag for Alumni Was Dedicated Today Today, Armistice Day, the honor roll and service flag of Postville high school was dedicated at a program in the high school auditorium. The program was in charge of the Auxiliary to Arthur F. Brandt Post, No. 518, American Legion and was open to the public. Ray R.

Douglass, Past Commander of the local Legion Post, gave the dedicatory address of the flag which contained 77 stars for that number of alumni of Postville high school who have entered the armed forces or who have enlisted up to this time. Several additions have been made to the roll by the Auxiliary committee in charge of the service flag since last week's publication, and three names have been removed because they appeared through error. The corrected roll of high school alumni service men is now as follows: Oliver Schultz Walter Kluss Robert Kelleher Milton F. Kiesau Tillie Swenson Son Announce First Farm Sale Milo S. Meier Howard Bulman Dick Peterson Lloyd Clark Daniel Kobriger Clarence Brandt Karleton Kenney Duane Peterson Harlan Wagner Neil Bulman George Kelleher Shafer Cole Howard Humphrey Lawrence Koevenig Robert Kenney Leslie Poesch Stanley Schroeder Eugene Baltz DuWayne Bulman Lyle Gunderson Virgil Hammel Paul Harris Orlando Loftsgard Lloyd Luhman Thomas Crawford Leo Sebastian Chester Evans Don Galloway Merlin Schroeder Everett Schultz Charles Sonnkalb Kenneth Evans Loyle Baltz Leo Foels Guy Waters Elver Anderson Cleone Crawford Murray Ellis William Kenney Robert Bachtell Joe Cahalan Louis Hill Robert Harrington Charles Letchf ord Emil Schultz Lyle Schroeder Lloyd Ellis Robert French Carlyle Anderson Earl Chamberlain Don Davenport Wayne Hilmer Curtis Abernethy Robert Burling William Cole Earl Gray Dean Hammel Eldo Hilmer Donald Humphrey Cy.Harris James Kneeskern Dale Sugkow Willard Thoma Robert Myers John Bush Ray Brainard Edward Burdick E.

R. Livingood, 84, Passes On Wednesday After Short Illness Was Myron Postmaster And Storekeeper in '90; Funeral Was Saturday Livingood, a lifelong resident of this county who two weeks ago with Mrs. Livingood celebrated his 59th wedding day. passed away last Wednesday night following a short illness at the Waukon The funeral services 1 were held Saturday afternoon at Schutte Funeral Home in this city with the Rev. L.

H. Newhouse of the Community Presbyterian church officiating and interment was made in Smith cemetery in Post township. Mr. Livingood was born at Forest Mills on December 11, 1858, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

G. J. Livingood. He acquired his education in the schools in Franklin township and later attended Elkader high school. On October 21, 1883, he Was married to Miss Mathilda Pechia, a native of Post township, and the couple immediately went to housekeeping on the farm near Myron which has been their home throughout their married life, with the exception of one year spent on a farm in Emmet County.

He was appointed postmaster of Myron in 1890, then a flourishing community, and he conducted a general store in connection with the post office at that place for four years. To Mr. and Mrs. Livingood ten children were born, nine of whom are still living. The eldest, Mrs.

Maud Eleanor Miller, passed away November 24, 1917. Those living are Willard S. Livingood, Postville; Charles B. Livingood, Detroit Lakes, Mrs. Stella Moose, Harpers Ferry; Earl R.

Livingood of Postville; Mrs. Abbie Winter, Waterville; Cecil Livingood, Castalia; Mrs. Caroline Lawson, Waukon; Mrs. Nellie Winter, Postville, and Lynn M. Livingood, Postville.

He leaves' to mourn his passing his wife and children, 52 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, and two nephews, E. R. Smith of Seattle, and Burton Livingood of Waukon. In spite of his years, Mr. Livingood displayed the stern pioneer stock from which he sprang in having been active on the farm until the final month of his life.

The first of the season's farm auctions in this section was announced this week by Mrs. Tillie Swenson and son, Alois, to be held at their farm, 2Vi miles west of Postville, on Wednesday, November 25, starting at ten o'clock. Mrs. Swenson has purchased a home in Clermont and Alois has enlisted in the air corps, while the farm has been rented to Merle Lange for next year. Offered at the sale are 45 head of cattle, of which 44 are Shorthorn cows and heifers, and one Hereford bull.

Four horses, 300 chickens, ,15 tons hay, 10 feet of silage, 300 bushels oats, household furniture and a full line of farm machinery, including a tractor and tractor machines, are also offered at the sale. Waters Thompson are the auctioneers and the Postville State Bank will clerk it. A lunch wagon will be on the grounds to supply food for the hungry at noon. The advertising for the sale is being handled through the Postville Herald farm sales service and an advertisement listing all the items offered will appear iivnext week's Herald. Marshal Finds Car Here Wycoff, Minn Eldo Gericke last Thursday found a Hudson car in the alley near the Hangartner filling station that had been abandoned by some unknown person or persons and on investigation and a call to Sheriff Leonard Bulman's office at Waukon, it was learned that the car belonged to Leo Dunn of Wycoff, A front tire had blown out but otherwise the car was found to be O.

K. Mr. Dunn came and drove the car home Saturday and it was learned since that upon his arrival home he found that his barn had burned to the ground during his absence. Mrs. William Schutta, 74, Passes Away on Sunday Mrs.

Willia'm-'H. Schutta, 74, a resident of this community throughout her lifetime, passed away at her home in this city Sunday afternoon following a lingering Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Schutte Funeral Home in this city and at the Salem Reformed church in Ludlow township, the Rev. Edwin DeBuhr officiating, assisted by the Rev. F. R.

Ludwig. Interment was made in Postville cemetery. As Martha Depping, Mrs. Schutta was born August 5, 1870, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Frederick Depping in Ludlow township, where she attended school and grew to womanhood. On October 13, 1910, she was married to William H. Schutta and the couple lived at Frankville until ten years ago, when they moved to Postville. Besides her husband she is survived by three brothers, Simon, Ben and Albert Depping, and one sister, Christina, all living in the Ludlow and Frankville community. Gasoline Rationing Books Are Available at Schools The following communication was received this morning just before going to press from the Allamakee Rationing Board at Waukon: Registration of all passenger automobiles under the mileage rationing program will be held throughout the county on November 12, 13 and 14.

In most of the rural schools one day has been set aside for this work. Consult the authorities as to which day you can Each applicant must have the blank filled out when he goes to the school to register and must also have the certificate of registration issued to him by the county treasurer, and the number of his federal use tax stamp. Only the registered owner of the passenger automobile may sign the application. You do not have to have your car inspected before registering. This will have to be done sometime between December 1 and January 31.

Application blanks will be available throughout the county by the end of this week for those who think they are entitled to more mileage than is contained in the basic book. THE HAROLD SEBASTIANS MOURN LOSS OF INFANT SON Boyd Turner Opens Office In Louis Schutte Building 6yd B. Turner has rented the store Building by the Carlton Schroeder clothing store of Louis Schutte and has opened an insurance agency there. Mr. Turner, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Turner of route one, Postville, is a graduate of Postville high school and has for the past several years specialized in all lines of insurance and this place will make an ideal location for the transacting of his business. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sebastian of Luana.

are mourning the loss of their infant son, Roger William, who was born at Postville hospital Tuesday, November 3. The child weighed 10 Vi pounds and died at birth. Burial was made at. Postville cemetery, with the Rev. F.

R. Ludwig conducting the services. Gas Ration Books Issued This Week At School House Set Three Afternoons For Registration Work; Ask Rules Observance Allamakee Residents Again Exceed Quota With Bond Purchases Sales During October Amount To $111,338.70, Latest Report Shows Maintaining a steady purchasing pace of U. S. War Bonds, Allamakee county residents again surpassed their quota in October when BUY UNITED STATES BONDS A.1B STAMPS they bought $111,338.70 of the securities during the month to bring the year's total to $1,082.604,87.

The quota set for 1942 as announced earlier is or approximately $100,000 a according to W. A. Kneeland, THANKSGIVING DINNER PLANNED AT FOREST MILLS Kathryn McGuire Paul G. Spaugy Arbe, Bareis William Livingood Robert. Kenney Frank W.

Hangartner If omissions have been made in the list, please contact a member of the committee, Mrs. Victor Williams, Mrs, Ed F. Schroeder or Mrs. Harley Hills, The Ladies' Aid of Forest Mills will serve their usual bountiful dinner at the church on Thanksgiving day, November 26. Bazaar following the dinner.

Everyone welcome. Government Wheat Bins Erected Here Last Week The AAA committee of Allamakee county last week leased the ground of W. E. Durno south of the Big-Four fair buildings and has erected 16 huge steel bins in which will be stored surplus government wheat and perhaps other grains. Each of the bins holds 3,000 bushels of grain.

A like number of these bins were also erected at Waukon last week. C. J. Hinrlchs of Waukon was here to supervise the erection of the bins. County Has Sent 589 Into Services Clayton Ranks Highest In Four-County'Group JpriErTthe war is taking many of the young men of Iowa is plainly indicated by a report made Saturday by the state Selective Service Board in Des Moines which shows that Allamakee county thus far has supplied 589 men to the variousbrancb.es of the nation's armed forcesTT This-nUmb5r includes 321 men who volunteered their services in all the branches and 268 who have gone via selective service inductions.

On a per capita basis this means that 34.2 men per 1,000 population in'the county have gone into the armed forces. For the state as a whole 108,380 men have been inducted. Of these 59,535 are volunteers and 48,845 are selectees for an average of 42.6 men per 1,000 of population, so Allamakee county is below the average figure of the state. Fayette has sent the fewest men in the state on the basis of population. There 739 men have gone to service; 296 as volunteers arid 443 in draft calls, or 25.3 men per 1,000 population.

Clayton county ranks closest to the state average in this section with 37.7 men per 1,000 population. Clayton has sent 918 men, of which 391 were volunteers and 527 were selectees. Winneshiek county has sent 788 men, or 35.7 per 1,000 population. Of these 357 men were volunteers to the various branches of service and 431 answered draft calls. These figures will be completely nullified within the next week when these four counties will send the largest groups of selectees they have ever been Called'upon to furnish.

Commercial Club To Meet Thursday Speaker's Topic To Be: America's Coming of Age "America's Coming of Age," will be the subject of the address to be given by the Rev. Frederick R. Ludwig before the Postville Commercial Club at that group's November meeting tomor- month, Allamakee county chairman. Here are the figures on sales in the various towns of the county as released by Mr. Kneeland Monday: Waukon $544,611.55 Postville 256,050.50 Lansing 149,640.25 New Albin 70,155.56 Waterville 57.386.60 Harpers Ferry 4.170.30 Dorchester 268.44 Church 202.37 Waukon Jet 81.80 WHO (radio station) 37.50 ,082,604.87 The county organization was of the opinion early in the year that sales in the last three months of the year would be the highest, as these were the months of heavy marketing of live stock and the period of large receipts of all farm products, and this prediction has now proven accurate.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank report on crops in this seventh district the figures show that the corn crop is 31 'o higher than the ten year average; oats more than the ten year average, and soy beans the largest on record. With these crops and the present prices of live stock as they are, the money available for investment in bonds is much larger than anyone could estimate when the pledges were signed for bonds last spring, and a larger investment is warranted at the present time. The state War Bond office has now instructed county organizations to put forth the most intense effort possible to get full compliance on the pledges in November and December in order that the state of Iowa will go over the top on its quota. row night. The meeting is to start off with a 6:30 o'clock dinner, served by Mrs.

Elsie Meyer and her assistants, after which the speaking program is to be heard. President John Falb of the club announces that several important matters are to be brought up for discussion at the business meeting. Plans for Christmas events in the community are to be arranged by the club at this time. All members are urged to attend. Friday and Saturday afternoons of this week have been fixed as the time for applying for gasoline or mileage rationing books at the Postville public school for all residents of Postville.

In outlying school districts the rationing books will be available in the same school houses where sugar rationing books were obtained. The work will be in charge of the teachers. Here in Postville the schedule for rationing books is as follows: to 5:00 p. m. to 5:00 p.

m. to 6:00 p. m. The place will be in the new auditorium or gymnasium. It is urgent that as many as can possibly do so apply for registration on either Thursday or Friday to avoid a last minute rush on Saturday.

If absolutely necessary, there will be one registrar to help fill out application blanks for the books, but these should be filled out before reporting at the school house. Rules To Follow: Rationing board advises all motorists to apply early for gasoline ration books. The dates for getting your gasoline rationing books are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. November 12, 13 and 14, when you are expected to go to your school house with your APPLICATION ALREADY FILLED OUT. You must get the application blanks in advance from an oil station, rationing board or at the registration place.

The first applications will be for an A Rationing book, which will give you the minimum gasoline allowance. Then you must later make another application for a possible additional allowance. To get a rationing book an applicant must have: License card from steering: post. Serial numbers of motor, automobile, and each tire. Federal Automobile Use Tax Stamp number.

The government calls it a program of mileage rationing and seeks to have every car used. The A book is designed to permit driving of 55 miles a week, 240 miles a month or 2,880 miles a year on an A book. However, there are some bright spots: or recaps will be available to keep motorists going- on a more liberal basis than in the past. for farmers to permit farm-to-market and farm-to- shopping- driving is assured. 3.

Gasoline is available for tractors and farm machinery. Other allowances for occupations will be given according to necessity and allowance will be made where a person is moving from one place to another. For driving more than 35 miles an hour the Ration board may revoke a ration book permit and opportunity to get tire replacements. For falsification in an application, a $10,000 fine or ten years in prison is the penalty provided. Every driver is entitled to about 4 gallons of gasoline a week.

If entitled to more gasoline, applicants should seek additional information from the rationing board on which to base their claims. Motorists asking for more mileage than the basic ration must furnish the specific, detailed information about their driving requirements on forms issued by OPA and available from November 12 to 14. at school houses designated as registration sites. If the applicant's essential mileage is more than 150 miles a month, but less than 470, he.will be issued a book. Mileage of more than 470 miles will warrant a book.

Holders of books must display stickers on their windshields indicating why they were allowed the extra gasoline. The Henry Heusmans Buy Tim Foley Farm Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heusman this week purchased the 27 acre Tim Foley place south of town, known as the old Conrad Welzel farm, and their son, Elliot Heusman and family, will move onto it December 15. The purchase price was $5,600.

Mr. Foley expects to have a public sale soon of his personal property and rumor has it that the Foleys will go to California to live. Mr. and Mrs. Ed.

F. Schroeder got word this morning that their son, Lyle, U. S. Marine at San Diego, suffered a shoulder separation Saturday. INCONSISTENT The Cohoes, N.

War Office and Ration Board has just received two new rulings from the OPA which" provide, first, that ice cream is a confection, the transportation of which is non-essential and therefore no tire certificates can be issued to ice cream trucks, and second, that beer is food and therefore tire certificates will be made available for beer salesmen's cars. We are dairy farmers. We are also prohibitionists but fortunately with a sense of humor. As such, what we want to know is we put spigots on our cows? M. K.

and Family. Saratoga County, N. Y. a letter to Rural New Yorker..