Kossuth County Advance from Algona, Iowa • Page 19

Historical City, Society One Of These Girls Will Be Crowned Charity Ball Queen At High School Next Tuesday Karen Downey Kay Brayion Jean Balgeman Beverly Si- John Joan Fain Beverly Ann Harvey Shirley Willey Mexlene Cade Carol Schilmoeller Barbara Zweilel Sandra Hudson The Peopte Depend Upon VOLUME 55 momr Dee. I. IMS. er Alpine. Act at Algona, Iowa.

Tuesday. April Three Sections 21 NTMUEK 1 1 ALGONA MAN KILLED NEAR LEDYARD Youth Group at Presbvterian Church GOOD PROGRAM PUNNED FOR CHARITY BALL I Harrison's Plan Double Front -t Eleven girls were nominated week for queen of the Algo- na Charity Ball, it was announced by Queen Chairman M. J. Mowers. A tie in nomination bal- lots for the tenth nomination re.

suited in an extra entry this year. Voting will take place the night of the Charitv Ball and the winner will be introduced during the latter part of the evening. I All II of the girls are pictured elsewhere in today's paper. The girls nominated and short sketches of each are as follows: Jean Balgeman daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

H. W. Balgeman. of West Bend: 22 years old; employed at Dr. Julius Winkel's office since October.

Sandra Jean Hudson daugh- activily last Wednesday night at the church and begin each session bv working on handicraft: fol- fo this picture shows most cf the bovs and girls sing- low with Bible study; sing hymns; and Ihen eat aY teleo'hone offiL if? ing hymns as part of the regular program each supper at Ihe church. Mothers take turns in pre- tele none ouice since last Ju- The R. M. Harrison which has had a variety store in Algona for the past six years, will occupy a double-front building to be constructed in the former location of Finn's Bakery and Hood's Grocery, it was announced this week by owner Edward Hough. At the same time, it was revealed that Wm.

Finn will occupy the vacated Harrison Building the first door east of the proposed construction. It is also owned by Hough. Finn is currently operating his bakery in temporary quarters east of the post office. Construction of the new. brick building-which will be one of the largest in Algona--will begin next week, according to Contractor H.

J. Cowan. He said it would be completed in the middle of the summer, possibly by August 1. According to Charles Hinken. manager of the Harrison Variety here since it bought out the interests of Hawcott Ogg in 1949.

wiU lake about 30 days to move his stock and organize the new store for an opening after construction is completed. The firm's headquarters is at Hampton and the company now has ten stores in Iowa. This will be the newest and probably best equipped of any. The new building will be 44 feet wide and 132 feet long. It will have a fireproof roof and giass doors in front.

It will be entirely a one- RALPH SHIPLER DIES SUNDAY IN CAR CRASH Ralph B. Shioler. 65-year-old Algona man. became Kossuth county's fourth hiehwav fatahtv jof 1955 about 6:00 p. nu Sunday floor building, with no balconv and probably no i when he instaRlI basement.

Final details are exoected lo be com-j an automobile accident. pleted later this week. mile south of Ledyard on the For the past several weeks, a clean-up crew o1 to road has been tearing down the remains of the two Sh JP. ler a passenger a buildings, which were destroyed by fire late in; ca en by Dean Hungate. 32.

January. According to Mr. number of BurU 1 1 Lco other firms and companies in this area were 6 3l Bancroft. Arend lerested in locating here. wa thir el in the car.

Meanwhile. Wm. Hood said Monday he was continuing plans to begin construction of a super market on a lot purchased from Del Leaneagh six weeks ago on East State Street. However, tie did not know when actual construction begin. A UNIQUE YOUTH CLUB in the Algona Presby- tending each week.

Under the direction of Rev. terian church closed out its second year of M. H. Brower and the mothers of the youths, they Wednesday afternoon. The has been meet- paring Ihe dinners.

A chicken dinner was served i ing from 4:15 until 7 pjn. once a week since Sep- ''last week to "end the activities for tember. There are about 50 to 70 members at- Ann TO LET BIDS ON CURBING APRIL 22ND Whittemore Man Dies After Being Struck By Car Eleven County Residents Die In Past Seven Days Eleven residents of Kossuth county passed away during the past seven days. They were John Farrell. vVnillemore: Mrs.

Lottie Graham. Burt: Merrilt Burtis. Algona: Frank ler, Bend: Sidney Algona: John Ruhnkc. Whitlemore: John Meine. and Lewis A.

Boleneus. Algona. Obituaries on of those longtime Kossuth residents can be found in the accompanying story ar.d in today's Aa- vancc. Photo by Nels Isaacson. ter ot Mr and Mrs Charles vey: 23- years old; employed at A.

W. Amunson's office for Mrs. Burton Thorpe pa 1 TC ars Barbara Zweifel daughter of Injured Sunday 9 Mrs. Burton Thorpe. Algona.

Security State Bank since Feb. 1. suffered a broken left arm and Shirley Willey daughter of a fractured left knee cap Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Chester Willey, Ai- an accident at the intersection gona: 13 years old; employed at of highwav 163 and 33 near Og- teIe hon office since last April.

den Juring a rain wind- f. 0 Fi daughter of Mr. Mrs. M. H.

Fain. Algona: 19 ir years old: employed in Algona Sne is a patient at a Des Moi- hjgh schoo! superintendent's of- lw Mc TM 3 P' tar no Mr s- fice past 2 uerc Thorpe was a a car Karen Downey daughter of and Mrs, Joe Downey. Algo- 18 years old: student at AI- after beirs. up returning home. The acci- Sona high school.

So. Dak. by police a-snt occur: ed about 7 p.m. Marlene Gade daughter of The Dewel car struck "ihe back Mr. and Mrs.

Hugo Gade. Algo- The 13 years old: student at Al- Reiwrn Juvenile Car Thiefs Two Algcna juveniles FraVir Aioona- iu A1 cna J'Jvcniic? xvor'. ThorDe was a a car Frank Dexut. Algona An tone returned lo Rcssuth county and driven by Bill DeweT They had Ki 1 then taken to ihc Humboldt a i taken Sen. D-jane Dewel to Des Mr ter Algona.

Reeves West Mar dav bv Decutv Sheriff Dor. tc -h- na: 'I 1 H-ir-nr A lOrtrt-a tv, iv. Mitchell. there. They are with steal- of a car that was stopped.

a station owr.ec oy Dei Carver. high scho.i car. owned by Mr. Dewel. suf- gona high school.

fered damage. The Beverly St. John mu-ic instruct, r. las! younger returned home on of Mrs. Carrie St.

John. Algona. nnd Ihen abandcnina it ar.d tak- Mondav aitcrnoon after staying 13 vears old: student at Aleona anotr.er machine at Suther- overnight with his father Sun- high school. SIDNEY WALLBURG. ALGONA Sidney 69.

a resident cf Algona for 25 years, died Monday afternoon at the 5'arrsi home cf Mr. and Mrs. Miitor. Wiii. Funeral services for Mr.

burg wilj bt: heid Thursday afternoon ai f.vo o'clock at Ihe Methodist cnurch in AScong Rev. Har-y Whyte officiating. Burial will be in cen'i- elcr. be charge. Mr.

v. a- v. cabin-cafe site cf Aisojia. Hi came son a in j.930 j.ffr farrn.ng neas He :rr.rr;t"i to Dora at B'-n Jur.e If)i! on Oct. :7.

1953. Mr- Tr-'n Rap: Letha. Ha-- A i A i Mr-. Glady-. Mr- Robert Arr.es.

ar.d MRS. LOTTIE GRAHAM-- for Mrs. Graham heid 2. 0.1 2 n-. at the BU'-T church, the Rev.

Mr ar.d Mrs. Raymond Hoppus No Light There, and. Abide Me. Pallbearer? weri- Dale Lockwr-nd. Laurence Chipman.

Bruce Graham. Graham. D.CK Graham and Do i Filch. Bur.ai in the BJ:" cemetery. Mae ire b' in Fayt-tte countj, Iowa.

1C72 She rr.oved to Bancroft her and lived there ur.t:! 13P1 when she was t. J. Graham. They moved to Burl the same year and lived here that time. Mr.

died in 1942. Their children are: F. Gra- lO a -J; Algona Brayton daughter of taken to Humboidt where there is faciiitie- l.i and the other is 17. They look tht station ri cf the Carver bouse, ihcy toid authorities D-arned to co far Cahfo. Cats Seven Years For Bad Checks Charges Dsrr- vsars at th Madj-or.

p' ien'sarv v. pleaded '-r- ur.der h--' Orive-in Theatre To Open Friday The Susn.te Drive-in thealre v. op(-n the -eason this ever.inq at ann to- tneatre Carol Schilmoeller daughte. of Mr. and Mrs.

Ray Schilmoei- Algona: 20 years old: employed at ASC office since last plans are completed for the ball and variety program which will tak place in the Algona high schoo' auditorium and avm next Tues dav evening. April 12. Jess Geoige. chairman of th Pr.iMps said the thea- on patrons pt-n on committee), reports that con ra: or high water tnbutions are coming nicch v. be in 'and should accumulate to a sub of the and a i a total bv Tuesdav iJ- 'v.

r- ro a Orville Wicks, chairman of't'r. a- jonr in 01 on decorations, sa-. will be" let on "Algona's curb and gutter project at 7:30 p.m. Friday. April 22, it was announced at the city council Thursday night.

At the same time, a final resolution was read on the project, with several changes made from the original planned program. milled: South Wooster frcm Pine to Oak streets: Sample street (all that was included in the earlier plan: and South Phillips street (all that was in earlier These were dropped after objections at a hearing on the project several weeks ago. Hire New Policeman. Mayor Linda Clapsaddle announced the hiring of a new policeman, will replace James Egh on the police force. Ke is Ernest Hutchmson.

of Man- on. Ihe fourth person from that town hired in the past several years. He began duty April 1. Egli will take over management of the new sewage disposal plant when it is ready for operation. G.

A. Wittkopf. owner of the- Dairy Queen, appeared at the council meeting and requested a stop smn be placed street from the r.ear of business He also asked the council to take down another su'n near and both le- quests were granted. Three building penr.it.- f-re The to the Bot-ford Lun.faer Co fo: a i i at the corner of T.ati-d co-i wa $45.000 The building will be on a lot 110" 202" and will be about 2.000 square feel. Completion dale was set as October 1.

Other permits were aiven lo Geo- John FarreJI. 84-year old Whittemore resident; became Kossuth south of Algona again, to inves 'e at a three-car crackup. A car driven by Maynard Kramer had stopped as he prepared to turn Neither Arend nor Hungale were seriously injured although they were being X-rayed Monday. It is believed both suffered would- onlv cuts and bruises. Car Rolls Over.

The trio was going south in Arend's 1950 Ford at the time of the accident. Hungate, who is a I son-in-law of Shipler. lost trol of the car and the machine rolled over completely without leax'ing the highway. It ended right side up on its i wheels. Shipler was thrown machine-and -isr-bcliewed to 1955 early Thursday morning when he died at a Fort Dodge hospital after being struck by a almost instantly- of a fracture.

The other two by ambulance to St. where they art accident occurred one- quarter mile north of Whittemore on highway 44. just a few feet from the fioni door of Farfell's farm home. According lo local authorities, the accident happened in this manner: Gave Farrell a Lift. Earl Elbert.

Whittemore farm- approaching from 01 traffic LIULIIL the opposite Thc car was a lolai Shipler had lately been enri- white ployed at the Herman Plathe ed to turn in a car driven by farm between Algona and Irv- mgton. Deputy Sheriff Don Wood investigated. Funeral services for Mr. Shipler have been planned for Thurs- Holger Peterson approached from the rear. Peterson slopped his car in lime but a third machine, driven by Russell Cole, was unable to stop and crashed into the back 3 of Peterson's car.

His car. in turn, slammed into Kramer's car 8 at ten clock cr was drivin Farrell home at after the jolt. No one was injured about six o'clock Wednesday night. He stopped his truck in front of the Farrell farm and the c-lderly man alighted and walked around to the back of Ine truck. At about tms time.

William Degan. a tnird Whitlemoi-c party, was approaching in his tar. He told Deputy Sheriff Don Wood investigated, that he- saw Farrcii and that Fairell ap peared to see him. Bui Degan apptuached ihe truck. Farrc-H attempted to run the road to home.

Degan applied his brakes but was unable lo keep from i i Farreii Tne man wa- takvn lo St. Ann hospital anci la'er a i erred to the Fort where h- died shoi lly aflc. n.idnight Trar.idav. Mr. FarreK was iKTO at iS34 he and b.

an damage to the three cars was estimated at S300. came to purcha-f-d 'A a i rr Jar--, a-- sty art' 1 w-: L- 'J CK-t 12 a. and in be ci- WORK TO BEGIN ON NEW BUILDING Ground work for the new $4..000 Bolsford Lumber Co. building began Monday on South Phillips street. The location 13 cf the Algona Flour Feed Co.

The i i will be 62: 200 feft. a square of- to Jim Pool. -r here- fur 25 The be tf block ti sn1 will have arance. Septemb-jr been '--r complelifin. Mi 1 the proem panv v.

i be torn th-it the lot be Mjld. i- "center- i h'-fn in in 1925. T' Poppy Poster Winners Named Jeff Chandler in t.xore.-.-." candv O-'v OMVI. Sexton Man Breaks Leg Alex i he sr. Will Manage Clarion Store rrv Mi SfvtO'l.

Sunday tnat there b- several nov- twists this vear with the Group. Observer Corp, theme being ir, corpora ted ir. the detoralions Tiic- hour Ions variety progra-- in the auditorium "rx-cmninj; r' 13 p.n. will include the Bertc metric gu.tar trio, selected from tit- higr. schoo! icaderrcv.

Dick Palmer a hun i orous parody on the waltz, ar. other talent. Crowning of the new Chai.t i Ball Queen will be one of olt of the evening of tj -siderable ac- bv a tnf p-t f. -Aitr, fa v. her nianaserr.er.

there The io: he -A ill of a rv Peter's Texaco Plans Opening Fr.d.iv Oper.in^ day Xo tickets are sold for the Sranr. and ball; and proceeds 0 Charities Inc. provides needc-d medical. and surgical attention for ch. cren in the community who not otherwise receiving heip a- necessary attention.

chairman of the Charity Bail th uro i i- the and i bv a Boue.i. ho oth'T Tli'- A i i to i at The Peer'- Texaco Service 8re draw rwn lhe a i Rf on S( -treet with a a and number of pi and boiP 4 The tation. ON MAY CALL newii two months Four men have been reqiift- hcinc; operated bv Harold ed in the May draft call for'Ko-- Pt-teis a ha- he-en uth county. They will repot: i Pctfrs i the opera-, on May 16. An equal m.n.n i Ful! page leave on thi- month's r' r.

i fl-ow, here in to- A i 20. arcordme to Clerk Id rge miller lor minor remodeling and Elead Wegner. for a SI 2.000 home at the corner of Chubb and Harriet streets. A rtcf: th r- by qu, i a So a froj-n Cr- b- hlac A rd to Mr. ar.r: r.o i i a D.a^ona; Gro.

Change Dog Ordinance. Ir. other tfd r. the council a rr.rtc in o. 'iTjCl ic i Lumber Co of for Crro Oh-erver ro--n- I ion r.

tt -i i her of tee for A.eor.^ no i v. a narr.t-d Matnes a of i a for on r-omm: tt'-e pa-t -exeral GOOD FRIDAY CLOSING Aisona i lo-( i 1230 i i)0 i a in anfc- of Good T'I' i ivm-vn on-n a.s u.siia! i i i. M. -u P-) a. Har', "i I)- r----r.

"ii-d Trucks Collide Earlv. a- 'V j- A on No v. d- to Sh-i L.r.'idor-t i i r.O'T IX v. a- a i t' 1 a -'-co: c. Joi.V, A -In i I.T-.-I.C: iir.ri i 2 tn i Pet': -or.

re i and Mr -o i i A I fo: Ri onto f.f i to an a i idcnt Damai; A a- S'. to hi- Three-Car Crash. .1 isi l.i'ff I i i sent a mile 01 two rsIS ft Firsl i Second Third i 1 i. C' .1 1 (. or, MAYOR'S a El West i A i i I A eight axlt- Am'-ritan uc- i -poppv Poster" la-t Wednesday njJi were fo: A a high ack.

hich ninth ore. hich M'-ttj 1 nmtr. Y. i Gftdf. i by the M- Juiian Mr-.

Dwaynt a rind the competition a i ourt wa- i-t week. In a cat a f.m-fi So and i-o-l- ny bt. or. a p.ibi... dc Ed.mn^ton.

fined S25 foi truck above S29.70 for an over jThe rites will be at the McCul- lough chapel with the Rev. Paul Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Rivervievv cemetery. Six brothers will serve as pall- i bearers. In another accident, damage to a car driven bv John H.

Pink of Buffalo Center was estimated at $600 when it collided with a truck nine miles northeast of Ti- lonka early Saturday morning. The truck, owned by the Buffalo Center Lumber virai driven by Herman Bruns of Buffalo Center. According to Sheriff Ralph Lindhorst, who investigated, tbr- truck attempted to pass the Pink car and went off on a soft der. When it came back on the highway, it struck the Pink car and the machine rolled over Ihe ditch The accident occurerf i.n a county road. Lindhorst said 1 the truck had.

no damage. Woman Injured at Seneca Farm Home SEXECA Mrs. August BK-r-tedt fell at her Fr.day afternoon and broke her She was taKen to Family Elherv.i!c. uhcre remain for several S'-e has not beer, in a'n i hea.th for some t.me Rollie Williams Banquet Speaker Rollie Williams, former University of I a basketball coach and now associated -with Ihe University in an administrative capacity, will be featured speaker at the annual Jay-Cess AH-Sporls banquet at Ihe high school Annex, Wednesday evening. April 20.

According to Chairman Dick Norton, the state championship Goldfield girls have also been invited to attend but no word has been received from them as yet. Originally. Bob Flora of the SUI football staff had been obtained, but the night conflicted with spring football practice and he lined up Williams for the event. Williams coached several of Iowa's best cage teams in the 1940s and is expected to give an interesting talk. Members of all athletic learns from St.

Cecelia's Academy and the Algona high school will attend. 'SPAPERf.