The Independent from Hawarden, Iowa • Page 1

-HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOX 49? ZO.VA CITY, TO A'A Side lUimfers One time that I wish I had a couple more hands is in wrapping large packages. They slip and skit ter away from you, someone has moved the scotch tape to the other end of the table. Ah, just own a trained octopus on the day before Christmas. With one hand it could wrap those last packages With another it might send ofJ the three Christmas cards thai were overlooked on the reverse side of last year's list With yet another handy extra arm; a batch of cookies could be stirred up to replace a layer or two in the cookie jar. Sometimes you wonder if those cookie jars have holes in the bottom as well as the top.

If our octopus had one more free arm he might be able to grab ax least a lukewarm cup of coffee as the lists were thumbed one more time to make sure that nothing that could be done has been forgotten. Lacking all of these, just make the easy kind of cookies, vow to write an early New Year's letter rather than a late Christmas card, chuck the lists and reflect that Christmas is love, not details. Did you see the grade school Christmas musical program? If you weren't there, you must have been the only person in the area who wasn't wedged in to enjoy the music provided from the kindergarten through the fifth graders. These self assured groups, feeling no doubt that there was safety in numbers, sang clearly and with obvious enjoyment. They were pleased with their part of the program and showed it.

A large Christmas bouquet to all of those who gave the parents of the community a treat with the really fine musicals presented by both the high school and grade school. Have been happy to note that this year has produced fewer and fewer imprinted Christmas cards, without even one hand written word to make it a bit personal. More of the cards this year have long letters winding around the inside, down the back and even onto an extra page. Surely it would make lots more sense if one kept up on a correspondence the year around and did not depend upon a two week December flurry to catch up with all of the friends that time and distance have removed from our daily lives. But being human, who is sensible? I sometimes wonder if those who send the cards in an orderly fashion, signing all of them at once, then addressing all of the envelopes have as much fun as we dig around in the box until we find one that seems to match the person we are thinking of, scratch a few lines, then a few more and a few more.

Whatever your choice, here on the day before the day, a Merry, Merry Christmas. With Which Is Consolidated The Hawardon Chronicle VOLUME II OFFICIAL PAPER R.turn HAW Alt DEN, SIOUX COUNTY, IOWA. Thursday, 24, 1959 TEN PAGES No. 50 100 Thousand Soil Now Mapped Total Soil Conservation service (SCS) soil mapping in Sioux county passed the 100,000 acre mark this fall. This milepost was reached on October 6 when Elmer Harvey mapped the Dick Fedders farm north of Hawarden.

Harvey is one of scientists assigned to the area office at Sioux City. Harvey reports that additional soil mapping later in the fall brought the total since the Sioux county Soil Conservation district was organized in 1949 to over "101, OOQ acres. More.than 5,000 acres were mapped this year. John Barinsky, northeast of Ireton, John Grevengoed of Capel and Arlene Morse, northeast of Boyden, are among those whose farms were mapped this fall. Floyd Koster, who heads the SCS office at Orange City, arranges for soil maps to be made on farms whose owners or operators are cooperating with the Sioux county'Soil Conservation district The soil maps provide important details about the capabilities of the soils and are used ta assist the farmer to develop a complete soil and water conservation program on his farm.

The soil map is made by one if the SCS soil scientists. He walks iver the farm and uses a soil auger and hand level to determine type of soil, depth of topsoil and degree of slope. This and other information about the land is dotted on an aerial photograph. When the farmer works out his plan, he is furnished copy of the map. According to Koster, he was for soil maps on 33 farms this year.

He has been working with Ralph Gregg of Eagle Leroy Altena of Center town- ihip and Gerrit Dennis Raak of Henter tonship recently to develop soil and-water conservation plans their farms. Le Mars Public Beats Falcons The Falcons of West Sioux high school, who still have played but one Siouxland conference basketball game, will travel to Canton Saturday, January 2, and will meet Rock Valley at Ireton January 5 before they re-enter competition against Gehlen at Le Mars January 8. The Falcons were victorious in their first conference game December 4 against Akron Last Friday night West Sioux was defeated at Le Mars, 57 to 29, after trailing at the half time 27 to 14. Hugh Knowlton was high ooint man for with 11 tallies. D.

Renken led Le Mars public with 21. In the opening game Le Mars led 23 to 14 at the half and 44 to 26 at the end of the game. Popken was high point man for the Falcons with J2. Jens Olaf Blosmo Dies at Age 85 Funeral services for Jens Olaf Blosmo, 85, who died at the Panska home Monday, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Nilson Funeral home in Alcester. Rev.

Paul Williams of Hawarden officiated with burial in the Nora cemetery, southwest of Alcester. Mr. Blosmo, an implement dealer in Alcester many years, came to Hawarden 14 years ago, having spent the last three years in the Panska Nursing home. He was born August 27, 1874, at Ishtcming, Mich, He is survived by two sisters, Miss Sara Blosmo of Alccsier and Mrs. Bert Strom of Parker, S.

D. He was an uncle of Mrs. George Steeneck. Name Winners At oultry Party More than 500 town and rural eople played free bingo at the ity hall in Hawarden last Wed- esday night at the annual poultry party of the Chamber of Commerce. The 20 winners of turkeys were: Mrs.

Martha Anderson, Herman loltkamp, Bob Holland, La "ada Beerman of Ireton, Glenn larvey, Mrs. Roy Bauder, Mrs. Dreka Kool, Mrs. Blanche Newman, Velda Westergard, Russell Marshall, Mrs. Darlene McPherson, Manann Ludwig 7 Emil D.

Anderson, W. Verros, Mrs Milo Edmunds, Mrs Harold Vander Schoor Mrs. Maxine Hoogestraat, Bernard Goodmanson- and John Donke, The 19 winners of ducks were; Krohse, Mrs. John Blankenship, John Van Wyhe, Arvil Rozell, Mrs. Lane Schelling, Mrs.

John Hartman, Janet Bakker, Jack Bbke, Raymond Bultman, Everett Stinton, Marilyn Haage, Nels Roskeland, Betty Van Graotheest, Mrs. Russell Erickson, Freida Torbeek, Mrs. Donald Vande Pol, Ed Hartman and Mrs. Harvey Boisen. 647 Series Bernard Anderson of the McWUliams Drug bowling team has set a new record for a three-game series in league competition at the Plaza Lanes in Hawarden.

Although have been higher single-game scores, Anderson's series was the best yet reported. He had a total of 647 with individual games of 201, 197 and 249, Union County ASC Selects New Officers Ralph Smith, chairman of the Union county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, has announced results of recent community committee elections in the 11 administrative districts in the county. Following are those elected in the immediate JETawarden territory: Alcester township Wilbur Jaycox, chairman; Donald W. derson, vice chairman; Bernard Jurrens, regular member; Wilhelm Peterson, first alternate; Walter Jensen, second alternate. Big Springs Roy Ludwig, chairman; Clifford Anderton, vice chairman; Melvin Leafstedt, regular member; Ed Heiman, first alternate; Oliver Edsoii, second alternate.

Sioux Valley H. M. Ahrens, chairman; Max Vreugdenhil, vice chairman; Floyd Waterbury, regular member; Orville Welch, first alternate; Eddie Anderson, second alternate. Virginia Conrad Falde, chairman; Derwood Ericson, vice man; J. M.

Miller, regular member; Clarence Bennett, first alternate; Lloyd Lundeen, second Mr. Smith said each of the chairmen will serve as delegates to a county convention to be held December 30, They will elect a county, committee for 1960. Winners Named 4t Booth Drug Winners in a drawing at the Tuesday resulted in Gary De Vries of Ireton winning the bicycle and Mirth Ludwig, the doll. Names were placed in a box by customers during the holiday buying season from which the winners' names were drawn. Hew Siouxland League Formed With Rock Valley Rock is in and Augus- tana Academy of Canton, is out, to form a new Siouxland athletic conference, it was announced this week following a series of meetings held during the eral Augustana Academy is being dropped, among other things, 4o make the Siouxland conference an all-Iowa league, the members of which measure up to state standards.

It is also possible, according to O. H. Scranton, superintendent of schools at Akron and president of the conference, that the league may be enlarged to include speech and music. Eight High Schools? There also is under consideration the possibility of enlarging the conference to eight high schools, instead of the present six, according to Roger Blake of Hawarden, superintendent of West Sioux high school Members of the new conference, other than Rock Valley and West Sioux, wll be Akron, Rock Rapids, Maurice-Orange City and Gehlen of Le Mars. Rock Valley, the new member of the conference, instituted football this year, a requirement whicfc has kept Sioux Center out of consideration up to this date.

Four Major Sports The conference, by adopting a new track and baseball schedule, now will have four major sports with all members participating. Beginning next May, a new Siouxland conference baseball league will be organized at the end of the track season but continuing throughout the summer. Another regulation adopted by the new conference will be playing of two basketball games with each other member of the league, beginning with the 196162 season. At the present time, teams only once for the conference record. HEELS OVER HEAD-- By standing on his head, Tony De Haas demonstrates the exuberance of thousands of people who jammed Hawarden's main street Tuesday night when the Rambler pictured above was given away.

The car was won by Herb Anderson, sr. Other prizes, valued at $400, also were given away Tuesday night as a grand climax to the Chamber of Commerce's annual winter program. Shown in the picture with De Haas, from left to right are Dar Lewis, Henry Peterson and Roland Steinkamp. Winners of prizes given away by the Hawarden Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night were as follows: Automobile, Herb Anderson, table lamp, Melvin Johnson; step table, Ben Boyer, set of eight glasses, Guy L. Venard; blanket, James Squier; hassock, Carol Filzenry; tea kettle, Roy Swanson.

Cannister set, Mrs Lucian Cornish; dresser lamps, Keith Waterman; blanket, Kenneth Janssen; dishpan, Vince Fcaulo; mixing bowls, Eunice Howard; blanket, Herman Holtkamp; radio, Wilbur Bos, basket baking dish, George Busch. Pole lamp, John Vantler Helm; mail box, Otto Krausc; hasock Mrs. Glenn De Wail; coffee pot, Mrs Vcrnon March; hammer, Glenn Hodgson; blanket, John Bultman, sauce pan, Gerrit Schoutcn; chair, Hylda Schoenfcl- der; electric clock, Ida Koch Electric wall clock, Robert De Boom; blanket, Warren Wasser, Photo by Vogelzang welcome mat, Vcrnon Pageler; woman's billfold, Peter Daale, card table, Mrs. Gene Davenport; blanket, Clarence Eilers; hatchet, John Diercksen. Utility table, Mrs Helen Wakeman; man's billfold, Ledru Boyer; cocktail glasses, E.

Ferguson; floor lamp, George Moehlman; blanket, Morris Sommervokl; ironing board, Dallas Jones; blanket, Mrs Martin Moellcr; Elgin watch, Mrs Sam R. Cooper; plumber's friend, John McCarthy. Hawarden to Have lew City Attorney New Basketball Team Organized A recently organized independent basketball team in Hawarden will travel to Akron for its first contest Saturday night of this week. On Monday night the squad will compete against college students home on vacation at the West Sioux high school, according to Glenn Gregg, manager of the squad. Members of the team include R.

Ahmann, R. Williams, Scroggs, J. Scroggs, K. Waterman, N. Dcg- en, Wasser, B.

Dimmick, J. Johnson, McMams and F. Beck, Nebbens Elected By Eastern Star Doris Nebben was elected worthy matron and Loren Nebben, worthy patron at a meeting of the Order of Eastern Star Monday night. Other officers elected for the ensuing year are Lois Jean Dawson, associate matron, Art Bartlett, associate patron, Bernicc Schiefen, secretary, Hazel Gerdcs, treasurer, Bonnie Dowdey, conductress, and Marie Burton, associate conductress, At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by a committee. Vande Kamp To Hold Farm Sale Hubert Vande Kamp will hold an auction of livestock, farm machinery and other items at 1 o' clock Monday afternoon at tht place located about 10 miles south east of Hawarden.

Other details of the sale arc in eluded in an advertisement on another page of today's Independent, V. Slife, who has been Hawarden's city attorney for four two-year has asked the city council not to consider him for reappaintment to that position. The action was taken at what probably will be the last meeting of the present council Monday night. The new city council, which will include three of the present five members, wiJI meet early in January to organize for the new term. Members of the new council will be Harlan Hummel, who will succeed Louis Wegner, Hellmuth Schwiesow, who will succeed John HarmelLak; Dick VogeJzang, Glenn Waggoner and Verne Mallcttc.

Mr Slife is president of the West Sioux Community School board and said that that and other activities were the reasons he did not wish to be rcappointed as city attorney. He first was appointed McWilliams Event Will End Today -All votes for children 'in the McWilliams Drug prize contest must be in by 12 o'clock noon today (Thursday), Votes will be counled and prizes, 16 in all, will be awarded at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Placements as of noon Wednesday were as boys Terry Muth, John Dykstra, Dean White, James Gunnarc, Jerry Liston, Jerry Daale, Bill Jammer and Dwght Hulleman; girls Kristi Bultman, Nadine Bultman, Shcri Heuer, Carol Vande Water, Sandra Cain, Betty DC Smet, Janice Heeren and Julie Newman city attorney in 1952, the spring of Three Hospitalized By Car Accident School Groups To Meet Monday Two committees from the cast half and the west half of the Wcsl Sioux Community School district will meet at 8 o'clock Monday night at ireton to further discuss the building situation. Members of the committee from the west half arc JJarlan Hummel, Jim Dawson, Loren Nebben, Joe Rcindcrs, Henry Visscr, Bernard Goodmanson, Mrs. C.

IL Adult Farmers To Meet Monday The vocational agriculture department of West Sioux high school in Hawarden will offer three different classes for the ter season, according to Instructor Elwood Ivcrson. They arc: Advanced welding and project building for individuals who have had electric and oxy-acetylene welding. Electric and oxy-acetylene welding for beginners. Course on beef and swine nutrition-feeding principles. A preliminary meeting will he held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, Dec 28, at the vocational agriculture building in order that the enrollment may be deter, mined All interested parties ate urged to attend Tentative plans are to hold the meetings in the afternoon in order to eliminate conflicts with the vancd evening activities in the community Services Held For Mrs.

Brennea Funeral scrvces for Mrs. Ruth Mrs. Ralph Gregg, jr Pete nen, 63, who died of a heart ISauer, Jerry Wood, John Kernel i altack Sunday at tho iou Val- Three Hudson residents were and Bill Rush. cy hospital in Sioux Falls, hospitalised here Sunday follow- Members of the committee from afternoon at the ing a two-car collision at an inter- the east half are Mrs. Henry Ham- cnz Funeral home in Sioux Falls.

section five miles east and five horst, Emery Vlolho, G. Juffer, Mrs. Brennen came to Hav.arden north of Hawarden. Mrs. Emil Miller sustained a Dr Donald Wert, Bud Vrecman, as a small girl her parcnlSj Last Tournament In Sioux County To Be This Year The last Sioux county ball tournament always considered one of the hottest in Iowa will be held at Sioux Center January 20 and 23, it was decided at a meeting of the Sioux County School Masters association last Thursday School attending the meeting voted to discontinue the tournament after the current school year for a variety of reasons.

For one thing, according to Supt. Roger Blake of Hawarden, president of the group, reorganization of school districts has reducecT the number of high schools in the county to six, which would necessitate two byes in tournament competition and would be unfair to the other four teams. The School Masters also voted to eliminate the annual tournament because most administrators wish to cut down the number of total games in a season, particularly those on school nights, and to provide more elasticity in working out of regularly scheduled games. Only a few years ago there were 11 public high schools in Sioux county and the competition wag exceptionally strong. The competition has diminished not at all, but the number of schools now is so small as to make it impossible for a fair drawing in the tournament, Mr.

Blake explained. Sioux Center is heavily favored to win the tournament. Truesdell Named To Ford Dealers Advertising Group Rex Truesdell of Hawarden is" one of 10 men from the Des Moines district named to the Des Des Moines district of the Ford Dealer's which held a meeting Tuesday of last week in Des Moines. The group is responsible for the advertising money of the 300 dealers in this area is spent. W.

Henaman of Estherville was elected as the new chairman of the board. Gerald Juffer, If. SchmiU, How-' a broken arm, her daughter. Rose- ard Van Oort, Elmer Franke, I braska She married Ellsworth mary, driver of the car, had a Clarence Schmidt, Charles Jioull-1 Dawson to which union three FUN FOR ORPHANS--Pictured above are three young men from Hawarden and three youngsters at the beginning: of festivities at the' 12th annual Lambda Chi Christmas party for orphans at the State University of South Dakota in Vermillion. The Hawarden youths, from left to right, are Bob Larson, Bud Brown and Warren Waterman.

concussion and another daughter. on, Ervm Johnson and Elenore, suffered slight shock, Brov.n In collision with the Miller car a 1956 Chevrolet, was a 3958 Olds- mobile driven by John Dekkers -f A of rural Hawarden, who was umn- StUCientS Appear jured. Hiding with Mr. Dekkers Over Television was his wife, wno sustained a Ralph children born, two sons, Harold and Howard, who a grar.d- daughter are the sole survivors, the daughter having preceded her in death. While in Hawarden she 1 attended the Baptist church.

Several years ago Tvlr. Dawbon Sioux Falls. son, Warren, 18, also somewhat Rites Held For Bert Ter Wee Funeral services for Bert Ter Wee, 77, who died Friday night at the Panska Nursing home where he had lived nine years, were held at 1:30 Monday at the Barnard Funeral home, Rev. A. E.

At wood officiating. Burial was at Grace Hill cemetery. Soloist at the services was Howard Johnson, accompanied at the organ by Mrs Johnson. Casket bearers included Gerrit Kilstra, Kenneth Kilstra, John Ter Wee, Eugene Kooistra, Jaraes Ter Wee and Junior Zimmerman. Mr Ter Wee was born February 19, 1882, in The Netherlands, He came to the United States as a oung man, living in the Inwood area for many ears.

Survivors include three brothers. Gerrit of Chicago, and Paul and Peter, both in The lands; two sisters, Mrs. Hermina Richi and Mrs. Gertrude Kuperus, both living in The Netherlands, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Johanna Ter Wee of Fairview.

was investigated by the Iowa highway patrol: Both cars were badly damaged Capacity Crowd Attends Program By Youngsters i A capacity crowd attended the West Sioux Christmas program presented by grades from kindergarten through five under the direction of Miss Alma Rexwinkcl, 1 music instructor, in Hawarden. Presentations of Christmas in America, Germany, Holland, France and England were accompanied with a narrative by Peggy Ashland. Grade school rooms remained open until 9:30 for the public to visit and view the art work prepared by the of the mixed chorus, traveled to Soux City to sing Christmas songs in a half hour program over television from 5 to 5 30 Tuesday afternoon. Each day over channel 4 choral groups from high schools in the area have presented a half hour of vocal music in tune with the i Yuletide season. Directing the West Sioux group was B.

Brown, vocal instructor, with Janet Hcuer at the piano. who died about five years ago. Those from here attending the were Mr. and Blrs. Fred Mr and Mrs.

Harry Dawson. Mr. and Mrs John Jurgenson, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller, Mrs.

Margaret Miller, Charles and Edith Dance Slated Monday Night The Tremcrs will furnish live music at a holiday dance to be at the Legion hall Monday night. Bob Larson, student at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, is one of the band members. Drawings Made For Tournament West Sioux will meet Boyden- Hull in the first round of the Sioux county basketball tournament which will be held January 20 to 23 at Sioux Center. Also in the same bracket are Maurice-Orange City and Rock Valley. In the other bracket Floyd Valley and Sioux Center each drew byes into the second round.

Date Set For Weighing Calves F. A. and 4-H beef calves for the Sioux county Youth Fair uili be weighed at Hav.arden Deceni- ber 28 and at three other places in Sioux county. Glenn S. Sioux county extension associate, announced today.

The weighing in Hawarden will be between 8 and 11 o'clock Menday morning, Other places of weighing will be in Sheldon, Orange City and Sioux Center. "All baby beef and junior cattle feeders projects," Mr. Lyons said, "must be weighed at one of these places on the dates designated and the maximum weight the first time over the scale is 650 pounds per calf. "No calves will be On the junior feeder pen there has been a change on the ruling of three head to a limit of three to eight head and these as a pen must not average over 650 "The boys are also reminded to bring along a halter to hold calf, since they will also be tagged at this lime,".