The Independent from Hawarden, Iowa • Page 5

100 A Line (5 Average Words to Line) Minimum Charge 300 FOR SALE HARDWARE HANK Sez: I challenge the world to make a better paint, Swanson Bros. Hardware, Hawarden. 9-tf FOR Hoover vacuum cleaner. All attachments like new. Mrs, Tom King, Irelon, la.

33-1 For SALE or RENT Ruttan's Refrigerated Locker Plant Write W. J. Ruttan 3349 Eye St. Apt. 5 Sacramento, 16, Calif.

FOR SALE FOR Ladies black suit, 12-14. Also boy's blue tweec size FOR RENT FOR RENT Modern apartment over Woman's Shop. Call 82 or 462J. 12-tf. BIG SPRINGS sports jacket, size 16, Mrs, Floyd Strong.

Phone 480. 32-2! FOR 200 acre farm, 50- HURRY! Big pre-moving sale is 50 basis. J. W. Speh.

1405 Ave. nearly over. Soon we'll be in our i Hawarden, Iowa. 32-1 new, large quarters. Furniture I Mart.

334 Diazinon Malathion FLY BAIT At Northwest Iowa Seed Co. FOR House at 1125 Avenue M. Mrs. Goo. Niehaus.

Phone 286. 32-tf: FOR Apartment. Utilities furnished. Call Vera Cain at 749J after 4 p. m.

31-tf FOR 5 room apartment Big Springs Baptist Church Sunday 10:00 Morning worship. 11:00 Sunday school. Wednesday 8:00 Mid-week prayer service and business meeting. Thursday. Sept.

5. 2:00 Women's Missionary Society. Hostesses. Mrs. David Johnson, Mrs.

Archie Dahlin, Mrs. Lawrence Leafstedt and Mrs, Dick Merrick. Devotional chairman, Mrs. Herbert Johnson. labor Day above Lee store.

Call 207 or Sept 12 15 Dakota conference 26 tf i at Lake Xorden. ELECTROLUX Vncuron cleaner sales and service. John H. Ver Meer. Orange City.

Phone 207. 28-tf FOR RENT ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT of Big Sale at the Furniture Mart. 33-1 FOR 5 room furnished apartment downtown. Call 211 or 471 after 6 p. m.

10-tf FOR Modern apartment on Gladstone Hill. Phone 672. 33-tf We GLAZE WINDOWS GOOD Used Refrigerators at very good prices. Schwiesow Appliance, Hawarden. 27-tf A Floor Sanders Floor Polishers Hand Sanders By the hour, day or week Also Sandpaper Steel Wool All kinds Types of Polishes Waxes CHOENEMAN BROS.

Lumber Companq FOR Rye seed. Bill Me Carthy, Chatsworth, Phone 47833-2 FOR Garage at 1019 Ave. I. Mrs. Everett Hamilton.

Phone 352J. 33-tf FOR 4 room apartment. 1521 Central. Phone 233 or 598. 33-2 For Extra Meat Eggs Feed Milligan's MilI-0-Vita All purpose concentrate The easy and economical way to balance farm rations.

Lundgren Produce Phone 450 Hawarden FOR Registered Poland China boars, blood tested and vaccinated. Phone Hudson 4096, Phil Schiefen and Son. 33-6 GIANT Closing Out Sale nearly over. Come in this week end. Furniture Mart, Hawarden.

334 WESTERGARD WELL CO. FOR AUGERED WELLS 308 Sixth SU Le Mars Home and Office Phone 350 FOR RENT: Electric vacuum and floor polisher. We buy, sell and trade used furniture. Dowdey's Furniture Center. Phone 515.

17-tf FOR Fivt Guernsey milk cows; 16 sheep; 200 bales of straw; 4 tons of hay, second cutting. Don Heumphreus. Phone 58W. 31-tf FOR 1948 Chevrolet, 5 new tires, good radio. Phone 256J.

33-2 Special Deal On Permanent Anti-Frecze Can't spend much on vertising, so see us Northwest Iowa Seed Co. Hawarden HAWARDEN Ready Mix CONSTRUCTION CO. We would be pleased to serve the entire territory 0 Fast Courteous Service 0 Free Estimate Mixed To Your Specifications Phone 596W1, 596W2 or 174 FOR RENT: 5-room apartment with bath over store. See John Dalton. 30-tf FOR Former Dr.

Peterson apartment over Central cafe. For office or living quarters. Ralph Doty. 26-tf FOR 1956 Chwoltt, 10, 000 miles. Locally owned.

Inquire at Independent office. GLASS CHOENEMAN BROS. a I orders for Montana lambs and good young ewes. 2 and 3 years old. Write Jack Do-, Service.

Inquire of Clarence An- FOR 5 apartment with bath over Anderson Shoe herty, Rock Valley. 333iderson, 1007 13th or Ander- SEVERAL FARMS For Salt in Union, Clay and Lincoln counties, South Dakota. We make long term farm loans. Feight Land Company. 327 Insurance Exch.

Sioux City, Iowa. 324f son Shoe Service. 12-tf FOR 2 room furnished apartment Also, a sleeping room and a light housekeeping room, Ray Robertson, Phone 472J. 32-1 And REPAIR SCREENS A Lumber Company Hawarden FOR Sleeping modern house. Phone 482.

room, 19-tf FOR Modern 2 bedroom furnished apartment, Harry Lankhorst. Phone 165. 30-tf SPECIAL NOTICES De Laval Milker Service and Sales. Heinz Wilms, Le Mars, Iowa. Phone 1158.

19-30 SCHWIESOW APPLIANCE: Your Phil-Gas Dealer. Telephone 599. 49-tf SPECIAL, NOTICE. repairing. 1 year guarantee.

Jerry's Jewelry, Vj block north of Hawarden post office. 24-tf HOMELITE CHAIN SAWS Sales Service Schmitz Ireton, Iowa At 1227 9th St. Re- freshments, contests, prizes. Con-1 tests, 2c ea. Saturday, Aug.

31.1 eryone welcome. 33-1 $20.00 TRADE IN On Your old mattress at Dowdey's Furniture Center, Hawarden. 334 Rev. Koland Andrews of Algona was iiaiest speaker in the Big Springs Baptist church at the Sunday morning and evening services. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Stenstrom and girls of Verrniilion, Mr. Mrs. Melvin Hitzemann and family and Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Bergdale were Sunday supper guests in the Harlan Bergdale home in honor of Donna's 4th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Johnson were Sunday afternoon visitors in the Chris Olson home at Beresford.

Rev. and Mrs. Roland Andrews and three children of Algona, Ia. Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Bergdale and Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Johnson were Sunday dinner guests in the Robert E. Johnsos home. Mrs.

Larry Johnson and Loren and Mrs. Charlene Colbalm of Sioux City were supper guests. Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Hilda and Fred Johnson home.

Mr. and Airs. Andy Johnson of Hawarden were afternoon callers. Mr. and Mrs.

Merton Henry and Glenda were Wednesday dinner guests in the Paul Newberg home at Wausa, in observance of Mr. and Mrs. Henry's 23rd wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Bergdale and Diane Mudder were Thursday supper guests in the Harold Bergdale home in Sioux Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Merrick and Dawn and Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Johnson were supper guests in the Andy Johnson home at Hawarden Monday.

A number of friends and neighbors charivaried Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Anderson in the Merton Henry home Friday evening. Those in attendance were invited to the Big Springs Baptist church basement for refreshments. Mrs.

Robert E. Johnson enter- tained the Big Springs birthday club in honor of Mrs. Russell Johnson Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Lou Hover was a guest.

I Mr. and Mrs. Theron Beck went 2 for No. 303 310 BEEF Chuck Roast Ib. 390 GRADE A TURKEYS FRESH FROZEN-- READY FOR THE PAN 10 to 12 Pounds STRAWBERRY 10 oz.

4 for $1.00 SUN SPUN Tomatoes RED WHITE Preserves RED WHITE No. PEACHES 2 for 690 MANCHESTER COCONUT CREME Cookies Ib. 490 49c GIFT Gold Metal Flour 25 Ibs. $1.99 POUND WORRELLS Franks 2 Ib. bag 830 SNOW CROP PEAS 2 for SNOW CROP 10 oz.

396 10 oz. Cut Green Beans 2 for 390 FENNS SUPERIOR One Half Gallon FRUITS AND VEGETABLES No. 1 Red Potatoes 10 Ibs. 390 Lettuce (large, Crisp) 210 YELLOW ONIONS 2 Ibs. for 150 LANKHORST SPECIALS Friday, Saturday August 30,31 Plus Gift bond Stamps RED WHITE S.

FOPD STORES Old Timers Remember Disastrous Grasshopper Invasion of 1874 Pictured in Sunday's Sioux City Journal is the elderly aunt of Lawrence Dagle of Hawarden. Mrs. Sara La Fleur, with another son, S. resident. They met at GOOD CREDIT SERVICE is our business.

Land Bank loans are safe, sure, secure. See Q. B- Evenson, 210 Tenth Street, Sheldon. Iowa. Orange City office open every Thursday.

334 to Manilla. Friday to spend the Montagne cross, one of three crosses erected in the Jefferson the week end visiting with Mrs. Beck's brother and family. Sunday Mr. and Mrs.

Rockley Beck of Sioux City came for a visit with the family and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Thoreson of Beresford, Mr. and Mrs.

Jack I Merrick and Steven. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Newberg and Mr. and and family were ARE YOU Breeding tc the best bulls possible? If not Join Your; Breeders Co-op today! Sioux Val- Thurs7a7Ve7inV7uests'ln ley Breeders Co-op.

Telephone 6H.j Dick Merrick homc in obscrvancc Hawarden. 32-3 of Dick birlhdav Rev. and Mrs. Roland Andrews WANTED Baby sitter in home and family of Algona, Mr. and Mrs.

Algot Carlson and Mr. and Mrs. Merton Henry and Glenda vicinity following the grasshopper disaster 81 years ago. Also in the scourge that year were Mr. Dagle's parents who had come with a group of French Canadian settlers to erect the town of Jefferson.

In 1874 the worst grasshopper plague ever known turned the prosperous farmers of that community into bankrupts in one hour. A cloud of grasshoppers blew in from the north on a Sunday morning as the churchgoers were re- HAWARDEN LOCALS HOSPITAL NEWS Medical patients at the hospital the past week include Martin she wi jj resume her teaching po Moeller and Catherine Westergard siUon after spen ding the summer Mrs. W. J. Kelley, Mrs.

Connie O'Connor and daughters visited their uncle. Lawrence Gibbons, who is in the hospital at Akron on Friday. Miss Marian Stoltenberg left Tucsday for Ontario, where after Sept. 1, 7 to 3:30 five days were unc ucsls hc Lloyd C. a week.

Mrs. Bill Finch. 31-tf Day waitresses. Seal's 433 or 167. Johnson home service Sundav turning home.

The sky became dark, blotting out the sun. Hoppers besan falling on the roof and after the church i ndows timers evening. The A 1 rccall it sounc ied like a continuous hailstorm. In one hour thc fields had been stripped, as well as the gardens, The hoppers began at thc top and ate everything but the stem. They even tackled the roots, leaving holes in thc ground.

They ale ev- ov Fl iv crything in sight including a jack- Hummel at Schoeneman Lumber. 7." SlOUX Falls uerc ct someone had left hanging on the cook and two Tavern Phone drews faimly rcmain overnight. 32-2J Mr and Mrs Rocklc Beck of Sioux City. Mrs, Robert E. Johnson, Mrs.

Martin E. Johnson and Lloyd C- Johnson wore Fri- Local and Long Distance Hauling. Bob Collins. Gall 367J day or Mrs night. 20-tfjday afternoon lunch eucsts in the Thcron Beck home.

Man for yard work, 15 to Dec, 1. See Harlan MlSR Sharon TM Merle Sept. 33 I day visitors in the Kalph Johnson I home. WANTED TO Pour bunk Mr and Mrs A nd-rsfn mattresses. 30 in.

wide. Phone re Sunday dinner guests in 19W1- 2 1 Morton Henry home. Afternoon We still iron for 52,00 bu. bav i Mr and Mrs. Robert kct.

You bring it dry. we make it Hinton. We're Moving To Larger Quarters Giant Sale In Final 3 Days Furniture Mart measure it out unfolded Bring your own hangers and give a try. Mrs. Bcrreth and Dolly.

Phone 559. 33-1 Ally. Harvey L. Smith of Waukegan. 131., came last weefc to visit his sisters.

Mrs. Carrye Hamilton, Mrs. Lura Cole. Mrs. Florence Smith and Mrs.

Margaret Goddard. They also plan to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ira Petersen and of Klk Point. Mr.

and Mrs. ImnianucJ Hoy of Butterfield. and Mrs Kdith Sappingfield were Saturday overnight and Sunday dinner in thc F. R. Sappingfield homo.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kichlcr and daughters of Spokane, Wash arrived Thursday to makr ihcir Mrs. Frederick Smith of South- home here. Virlenc Williams, who ampton.

Pa. spent several weeks with hrr sis- Mrs. Vida Rice of West i cr in Spokane returned with is spending this week in them. They are staying with Mrs. the homo of her sister-in-law.

Mrs. vircil Williams for" the Julia Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Dibbem and family of Sioux Falls spent Friday evening in the home of his sister.

Mrs. Verne Mallette and familv. of Ireton, Dean Olaffs of Craig, Carol Campbell and Ed Heiman of Alcester. Mrs. George Niehaus, Duane Dirks and Bernard Anderson, who is an accident patient.

Surgical patients include Mrs, Edwin Erdahl and Dennis Anderson. Mrs. Tillie De Haan of Ireton had a tonsillcctomy. Dismissals include Mrs. Loren Okcrblad and baby.

Mrs. Alys Holmberg. Dean Olaffs. Duane Dirks, Mrs. George Niehaus and Catherine Westergard.

Those who remain patients at the hospital are Mrs. Carl Hollquist of Hudson and Chris Bushby of Strublc. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoltenberg.

Miss Stoltenberg returned Thursday from a three week tour of Florida and Cuba. INDEPENDENT, Hawarden, Iowa Thursday, August 29, 1957 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Yates and Rosalie and Carol Feikema spent Saturday at Wayne. where Rosalie will attend school this fail.

Mr. and Mrs. Loren Swanson and daughters are vacationing this week. They planned to visit Mr. Swanson's sister.

Mrs. Lowell Smith at Huron. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doty moved to Sioux City Wednesday.

Mr. Doty will attend National Business Training school and Mrs. Doty will attend Central. BIRTHS Born to SP3 and Mrs. James Burkhart at Munich.

Germany, a boy weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces on August 16- Grandparents are Mrs. Erma Burkhart of Hawarden and Mr, and Mrs. Jack Jones of Hartley, who formerly resided st Chatsworth. Mr. and Mrs.

Lylc Earll became thc parents of a boy weighing 7 pounds. 13 ounces on August 25. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Hoewc of Laurcns arc the parents of a son. Dale Henry, born August 14.

There are three other children in the family, two daughters and a son. Mrs. Rocwe is thc former Lois Field. HELP WANTED For Light Factory Work Mr and Mrs. Willis Fran); and family visited last wj-ek in the Kdwin Estenzard hmr.o a1 Storm Lake.

Mr, Mrs. Verne Mallettc and Mrs. Mary Jane Dibbem visited in ihe MallctJe homo at Rock Sunday at which time they celebrated Sheri's birthday. CARD OF THANKS Wo wish to express our lhar.ks to the many friends helped make our 50th anniversary a happy occasion, Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Carlson, Thc insects gathered on the trees to the extent that limbs were broken and they massed on thc ground six inches deep. Another old timer Mrs. Connors, said they couldnH keep them out of the house.

They would get in, eat the lace curtains. They would cat the shoes right off their feet. When there was nothing left the hoppers became cannibals and ate each i other. Hogs, turkeys and chickens feasted on the insects but thc meal later tasted like grasshoppers. Cattle stampeded, having been driven wild by the devouring horde.

The hoppers remained about three days, suddenly rose with the wind and were gone. i In May of 1876 Fr. Boucher or- Prepared ganized a pilgrimage. Three crosses were erected at three roughly bounding the parish. A religious denominations from far will be sung at the Montagne cross and wide participated in the pil- by Kcv, Father John M.

Brady, pas- grimagc and mile-Ions procession. tor of St. Peter's church in Jcffer- From that day to this there has son. never been any major damage by grasshoppers in thc area bounded by the crosses. Now looming over thc horizon is We had some response from our advertisement in The Independent August 8, but even so we still need more help.

If you are eligible, you will find working at Otis Radio in Hawarden more than satisfactory. hopper invasion. Thc Nebraska department of agriculture has issued a warning lo farmers to be for another possible plague. At 7 o'clock this evening a solemn high mass Staring Wage $1.00 Ai Hoir Time and one-half for overtime 0 Two Paid Rest Periods Daily Now Taking Applfeiims From Young Men and Women to operate coil winding machines and other production work Mast Be Nimble Fingered and Have Good Eyesight If you can't call in person. Write for Application Blank parents of another Hawar- resident, Mrs.

Paulino Doohen. are also old time residents of Jefferson where for many years he thc threat of another great grass-i held the position as postmaster. Earliest Applications Will Receive First Consideration Otis Radio Manufacturers of Radio and TV Coils Phone 550 Hawarden. Iowa.