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The Alton Democrat from Alton, Iowa • Page 5

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THURSDAY, 3VIAY 22,1952 THE ALTON. IOWA DEMOCRAT PAGE JTVB Produce Markets (Courtesy Floyd Hatchery) EGGS Graded MARKKTS No. 1 Eggs 29c No. Eggs -25c Straight 26o Doult take chances. Insure with Mildred Gibbs Allen, lltl Mr.

and Mrs. Edw. Ruisch, of Sioux City, were dinner guests at the Gerrit Beltman SERVICE good place to come for repairs and repairing. Phone Garage 3541; House 3221. 37-U Mr.

and Mrs, Mark Bolluyt and family of Sioux City were week end guests at the Edw. Bolluyt home. Dr. and Mrs. C.

Murphy and family drove to Adrian, Sunday and spent the day with the Dr, W. Murphy family, home evening. Mr. Martin Dykstra was discharged from the Orange City Hospital Saturday and is recuperating at his liome here. Tlie Sewing Club met at the ihome of Mrs, C.

B. Murphy fWedntMay, with Oscar Henrich and Nina Kass assisting hostesses. Headquarters for greose and wash jobs, tires, butteries, accessories, and that famous oco Super Motor Oil fnO -iles no wear. For (hat extra service go to the Conoco Dr, and Mrs. G.

Wissink of Mankato, Minn, and Mr. Carl Wissink, of Orange City, wore afternoon and supper guests last Wednesday at the Kicliard Cambier home. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church were in- to be guests of the Helpers Presbyterian Ladies Aid on Tuesday and of the P.oul- lina Society on Thursday of this week. Be sure. Be safe.

Be thrlftyi Feed Nutrena. Smlt Produce. Mr, and Mrs, Peter Frantzen returned home Thursday from their trip to Eastern Iowa. Harold De Jong, of Paullina was a caller Sunday at the Henry Van Boxtel home. Mrs.

Gerrit Van der Wilt bf City was a caller at the John Boer home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Louis Croatt, of Hospers. called on Mrs. Nic Croatt and the Van Boxtel family Sunday.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Dave Crockett and family callers at the Glen Brinkhuis home in Sioux Center Sunday evening. Mr. Van Roekel and son Walter, of Maurice were dinner guests at the Peter Van der Stoep home Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eulbcrg, daughter, Marie and Miss Antonia Eulfaerg called on Sister Thomas at Grnnville Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Hansen and Mr.

and Mrs. Cliff Owens and family drove to Sioux Falls Sunday to visit at the Wm. Hansen home. Week end guests at the David Crockett home were Mrs. Crockett's mother, Mrs.

Wm, Heesch nnd her daughter, of Brookings, D. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van der Stoep drove to Chandler, Leota and Slayton, last Tuesday to Visit members of the Eernisse family. Mary Sauer her sister.

Mrs. John Seheckel, of Van Nuy.s. were luncheon Euests at the Theo. Wagner home last Wednesday. Mrs.

Virgil Albers (nee Elsie Schnoes) underwent a major operation Friday at Sacred Heart Hospital In Le Mars. Mr. and Mrs. Urban Dykstra called her Sunday evening, and a veib' satisfactory recovery. Mr.

and Mrs. Peter Eulber'i drove to LeMars Tuesday to call on Math. Eulberg, son of the late Karl Eulberg. of Dell Rapids. S.

Math. Eulberg had a severp heart att.ick while attending the Even-Schnepf wedding and was rushed to Sacred Heart Hospital in Le Mars. Rev. and Mrs, Harold Van den Berg and two children from Indiana were guests for coffee at the Herman Riedeman home Sund.iy afternoon. Rev, Van den Berg was the speaker at the Reformed Church in the after- noo 'i.

Other guests were Air. IVTi-s. R-nv Riedeman and i Carl Wissink, of Orange City, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van den Bergof Newkirk, Mr.

and Mrs, Jos, Rexwinkel. Mrs, Richard Cambier and Mrs, Floyd Templeton. )ie Gleaners Society of the Presbyterian Church met r.t tlie home of T.Irs. Geo. Eason Wednesday evening.

Mrs. Hilda Van Zyl. of Orange City the guest speaker. Mrs. M.

D. Gibbs is expected home from Chicago next week. She -m join Mr. and Jlrs. J.

W. Allen in Des IMoines and attend graduation exercises at Drake University, whore her grandson, Dunkelberg, will from law She wll return to Alton wnth the Aliens, Mr. and Mrs. Jake U. Dykstra and children and Mrs.

Henry Miller drove to Sioux Falls to bring home for a couple days. They took him bnck to tlie Veterans' Hosoital Sunday. His address there is Henry Miller: Veterans' Administration Hncnital; Sioux Falls. S. D.

Ward 4 South Room 407, Mrs, J. De Munck was a Sioux City caller Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Fishman, of Cherokee, were callers Sunday at the E.

S. Kieman home. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Homan of 1 Rlnaia'v- Pi ill- Sioux City spent the week! 10 raUl- end her with their brother Francis Homan, and family.

Miss Mary Ann Kass of Sioux City, spent the day with her mother. Mrs. Mina Kass Monday, Mr. S. Lincoln flew to the Black Hills Sunday on a business trip and returned Wednesday.

Mrs. M. Hyink of Watertown S. spent a few days visiting relatives at Alton and attended the Tulip festival. Mr.

and Mrs. Mark Rodman and family, of Gaza, were visitors at the E. S. Kieman home Sunday. Mrs, Wm, Gebauer has been quite ill with a case of mumps, unusual at her age, but is convalescing nicel.y and able to be about.

Mrs, J. Dolan S. is spending a few days with her father, Mr, Mrs, John Koppenol, of Gand Rapids, spent an afternoon with Mrs. Gerrit Hoeven jlast week. Mr.

Carl Harriman left Friday on a trip to Chicago. He is combining a business trip with a visit to his brother there. Carl Hentges and Bon Goct- tsch spent the week end at Alexandria. and brought homo 11 nice catch of fish. Mr, and Mrs, Bernard Ron- sink of Sheldon, were Sunday evening callers iit the home of" Mr, and Mrs.

Simon Scholten, Mr, and Mrs. Ira P. Even, of St, Paul, were visitors Saturday at the Mrs. Mary Even and Mrs. P.

-7. Hansen homes. Mrs. Anna Konz has returned to Alton to make her home and is occupying an apartment at the home of Miss Amelia Schroeder. Mr.

and Mrs, Max Kiernan and family, and Mr, and Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Darling, of Winterset, spent the week end the Martin Dykstra home. Miss Mildred Hansen left Tuesday for the R. E. bookkeepers' convention at Des Moines, where she is eliairman of the entertiiinment committee.

Mrs. Martin Hyink, of Watertown. S. D. spent a few days with her sisters, Mesdames De Graaf and Jennie Stronks and attended the Tulip Festival.

Mrs. Clinton Cambier entertained 23 mothers and children on Monday May 12th in honor of her son Roger's first birthday. Dinner guests Sunday at the Clinton Cambier home were Mr. and Mrs. John'Ahrendsen, of Le Mars, Mrs.

Leland Cambier and baby, and Mrs. J. C. Cambier. Mrs, John Horan, Jr.

and daughter were visitors this week at thp home of her sister, Mrs. Clarence Mousel, and other brothers and sisters at Gr.nnville and Marcus. IVfrs. Schnefer. of Monroe S.

a sister of Mrs, John Van Pelr. Florence Her- of Marion Mrs. Jake Porter and D. Kiioch of wore guests pt fiio John Van Poh r.onie nnd attt'iidod the Tulip Festival Mr. and Mrs.

Koersehnan, of Sioux Falls. S. were week end guests also to get their son R.nnd.v who sptMit the week with EAiY SPINDRIiR Year 's Supply of Wierda Electric Phone Alton, Mrs. Marie, Klein and Mr. and IMrs.

Wm. Klein and family, of Sioux Falls, S. were at the Simon Scholten home Friday after attending the Tulip Festival at Orange City and Mrs. John Verschoor (noe INIary Miller, were sponsors at the christening of Willian Pfaffle. son of Mr.

and Mrs. City. Wm. Pfaffle, at Sioux Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Van Auken of Sioux Cit.v were callers Sunday at the home of their sister. Miss Carrie Van Auken. The Better Business Bureau held a short meeting Tuesday night, when bills were allowed and other routine business transacted. Attendance light. was Mrs.

Oscar Klein (nee Florence Schnee) and two children of Westfield. N. arrived Wednesday for a visit at the home of Mrs, Klein's motlier, Mrs. Schnee, Mr. and Mrs, John Dru.yvos- ticn of Ocheyedan attended the Reformed churcli Diamond Jubilee program Tuesday evening and were callers at the home of Mrs.

Jane Slothouber, Mr, and Mrs, Klein of Dell Rapids, Mr. Mike Klein of Sioux Falls visited with Alton and Granville relatives Sunday and attended the defeat "at'the iVand 's of PaulYina lina Friday In Dist. Tourney (Bv J. W. Jupe Gaul kept his undefeated string intact as the Meriden High baseball team bit the dust for the Bluejax, 3 to 2 in the first round of the district tournament at Paullina Tliurs- day afternoon.

The game had been postponed from Wednesday on account of wet grounds, Jax took the lead in the initial inning when the Meriden right-fielder dropped fl.v, allowing lead-off man Jupe Gaul to reach first. With two away he scored on brother Doug's triple, St. Mary's left two men slr.inded on base that inning and five more in later innings, Meriden made it a deadlock in the fifth when Skaags. the Meriden first-baseman, wont all the way home from first on an overthrow from ri.i^ht field. The Bluejax wore blanked in the sixth, but in the openinu half of the seventh Jupe Gaul again scored with Bobby Plaage lending the way as Doug Gaul came through willi a nros- trinle.

Tn the Min-iden half of that innin-; tin-ee men occupied bases and one scored, but no damage was done as Andersen was cauglit off base to end the game. Jupe Gaul was winning nitcli- er. Sechlor loser. St. Mary's 1.

Paullina 2 St. Mary's received its first umpire on the validity of the play. The Bluejax held that the runner should have been allowed to go only as far as third base on an overthrow to first. However the umpires agreed with the Paullina coach and the Bluejax lost the lead, never to regain it when Hatfield stole home. Paullina pitcher Melles up only one hit, Jim Plagge's single in the last inning.

Losing pitcher Doug Gaul. Continues Cool After Good Rains Weather this week is more settled after over an inch of ruin last week, mostly the first of the wok. with .37 ncli recorded at Alton Wednesday the 14th. For the three days of the Tulip Festival the weather was more favorable than last year. Thursday was cloudy and cool, witli traces oC rain during tlie street events wore carried out witliout interference by rain all three days.

Sunny skies Sat- ordav brought a huge crowd to the county seat for the fest- tvities. Farmers aret finishing up corn planting, with ground in fine condition after the rain.s. Temperatures for tiie past seven days were mainly cool, and furnace fires are still needed. During the night Tuesday there was a light shower, with 06 inch of rainfall recorded. High and low tor the week ending Tuesday.

(IS recorded by the official government thermometer at Alton. May 14 May 13 May 16 May 17 May-18 May 19 May 76 60 67 63 68 70 62 .54 4S) 49 47 42 48 51 C. P. Van Maasdam camp homo from tlie LeMars hospital but the" parade and other on Sunday. oral of Mrs.

Didier at Gx'anville Monday. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Sorgdrager were Mrs, Wayne Boston and daughter, Cheryl Lee, accompanied by the former's mother in law, Mrs.

Roy Boston and her granddaughter, all of Sioux City. Miss Beth Pitts was honored at a post-birthday dinner and bridge foursome Friday at the home of Mrs, M. C. Muilenburg. Other hostesses were Mesdames C.

J. De Munck and E. S. Kiernan. in the finals of the district at Paullina Friday nite, 2 to 1.

The Bluejax scored an im- carned run in the second inning when Mike Pohlen walked and scored on tlie Paullina short- stoD 's error. But it couldn't last and the first man batting for Paullina in the fourth frame hit safely. The next man bunted and the runner was able to journey home on the overthrow to first. At this Doint the game was halted as the St. Mary's coach and team dis.sented with the A party of six fishermen, Frank, Clarence and Arnold Mousel, Van Gronigon, Al Arens and H.

Vortherms drove to Oltertail Lake, Friday, returning Tuesday night with a good catch. Mrs, Molly Biever was pleasantly surprised b.y a group of eight couples who came to her new-home last Wednesday evening for a "house-warming" party. In conclusion a bounteous lunch was served by the self-invited guests. Mrs. Ma.y Kuiper, Misses Pearl Lake and Anna Weiland oD Le Mars visited here Thursday with Mrs.

Gerrit Hoeven. Miss Weiland visited with her sister, Mrs. Hoeven, while the other lladies went to the Tulip Festival. Mr. and Mrs.

Mike Hansen drove to Whittemore Sunday to attend the graduation of tlieir niece, daughter of Ben Hansen, The same evening tliey witnessed the graduation of their nephew, Peter Lauters, from Holy Name high school in Marcus. and Mrs. John Klein and daugliter. Priscilla of Dell Rapids. and Mrs.

Margaret Klein, of Sioux Falls, S. D. were supper guests at the Mrs I P. Hansen home Monday ev- ening, IMr, and Mrs, Ben Meylink of Hull and Mrs. Johanna Lammers.

of Orange City were guests at tlie Peter Van der Eioop home Sunday and attended the Reformed Church anniversary service in the afternoon, Pvt INIike Even and his bride arrived in Alton last Thursday alter a short honeymoon trip 10 Minn. The.y left Saturday morning for Manhat- Kansas, where they will establish a home while thsi at Fort Riley, Kansas. INIrs. J. T.

Even and Mrs, Mina Kass drove to Sioux City Monday to spend the afternoon at the G. A. Liob They wore accomvianied by Mrs, Mary Sauor and lier sister. Mrs, John Solieckol. of Van Nuys remained in Sioux City to at the G.

Lieb and Robert homes until Thursday, wiieu Mrs. Seheckel leaves for Clucago to visit her sister, Knuna Mulvanv and other relatives. Fi'om Chicago she will return to California, Commissioner George Schut of Paw Paw, Co. Comm. of Education for Van Buren is spending this week vAth his mother.

Mrs. Dick Schut in Sioux Center and with other relatives in Sioux County. He was in Alton Tuesday at the home of his sister, Mrs. John Smith and family, and will snend Friday with his sister, Mrs. Dick W.

Mulder and family. Cpl. Rod Scholten is expeccted home Wednesday on a short leave. He has finished his course in electi'onics at the Marine isehool on Treasure Island and is being transferred to San Diego for further schooling. Mrs.

Scholten (nee Colleen who has finishi'd her year's work at Westmar College, will join her husband here and drive to San Diego, where they will establish a home for the duration ofhis 16 weeks course there. Garden plants for Gebauer Sr. sale. Mr .9 8-1 Mr. and Mrs.

Scli- olten, Sally and Larry of Orange Cit.y were dinner guests Wednesday at the John Fennema home, prior to their departure Saturday for California, where tliey plan to locate. Mrs. Alden Knapper (nee Hilda Kuiper) and baby of Slayton, came Frida.y for a visit at the home of her mother, Mrs. Helen Kuiper and to attend the Tulip Festival and tlxe Diamond Jubilee of tJie First Reformed church, Tuesday, evening her husband arrived and the family returned to Slayton Wednesday. THURSDAY, FRIDAY SATURDAY Velveeia Chccso, 2 lb.

box 9Hc Franco-Aincrifan Spajfhctti, ViV, oz- can, 2 for No. 2 can, per can 1i)c Cut Spear Green Asparagus, oz, can 27c Baker's Chocolate, 1 lb. box 150 Horshey's Chocolate Syrup, 1 lb can 19c Cedney's Sweet Pickles, pint 35c Heinz fresh Cucumber Pickles, pint jar 29c Lipton's Noodle Soup, 3 pkgs 35c Vel, Rinso, Super Suds Soap Flakes, regular box. 27c Fresh Yellow Bantam Sweet Corn, (5 cars 39c Florida juice Oranges, large size, per doz- 25c Florida Seedless Grapefruit, 96 size, 10 for 53c Long green sheer Cucumbers, 2 f6r 15c Extra fancy Winesap Apples, nice size 2 lbs 39c Homan's Dept. Store Dial 3501 We deliver Twice Daily Slayton Smith, Bill Bowers and John Schnoes marched in the Armed Foi-ces Day parade in Sioux City Saturday evening, as members of the Sioux City Naval Reserve unit.

Among Altonites who witnessed the parade were Mr. and Mrs. John Smith and Ames, Mr, and Mrs, George Bowers and Frank, Esther and Magdalene Schnoes, who accomnanied Mr. and Mrs. John Schnoes to Sioux City.

Rep. Chas B. Hoeven was in the reviewing stand and rode with Gen, Wedemeyer, speaker of the day, Mr, and Mrs, Andrew Graaf 1 drove to Sioux Falls Monday, accompanied by Mrs, Hyink, who left by bus from there and returned to her home in Wafcer- The De Graffs called on their nephew, Andy De Gaaf, at the Veterans hospital where he has been a patient for many year after being severely woun- Mrs. Koppenol. of Grand Rapids is visiting her sister.

Mrs. Hilda Van Zvl of Orange City and other brothers and sisters In this vicinity, and will attend the graduation of tier niece and namesake. Emily Zyl. from Orange City H. She spent the week end with Oscar Eason family first'World War.

His drove to Cherokee with them Sunday to visit their daughter, Mildred and Thursday evening she will be a dinnM- gxtest at the Fred Eitsoit homo. wife and four children, now grown, live at Lake Park. Ho has had many operations, to little avail, but is not entir- helpless and is able to do some handcraft work. FOR HEALTH Milk is nature's wonder food with its and minerals so essential J'or good health! HELP YOURSELR TO DELICIOUS DAIRY MILK FOR ENONOMY Milk gives your family vital food elements and abundant nourishment at a low. low cost! No Other Food Insures You Such Tip- Top Health and Energy Just try drinking your daily quota of our vitamin-enriched milk and see how much better you feel! You'll approach life with more have more look better! No other food gives you such an abundance of natural vitamins and minerals, such added, nourishment as milk.

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