Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 10

1, IMS CMjr City. STRAWS I. JL N. Showing Which Way the Wind Blows Bright Future In the past months followers of quotations have noticed a marked appreciation in the price of Northwestern States Portland the Outstanding Honor An outstanding honor came to a former Mason Cityan last week. Milton F.

Beecher, who was born and reared in this community, was given the Worchester Engineering Society A a for Scientific Achievement at the society' annual banquet at Worchester, March 23. Beecher, who was the son of the late A. H. Beecher, mayor of Mason City in the early 192fl's, had recently retired as director of research and development of Norton Company. Beecher is a graduate in ceramics of Iowa State College at Ames, which institution conferred the honorary degree of doctor of engineering upon him in 1945.

The alumni association presented a merit award for his work "in the field of physical improvement of hu- Cement Company shares on over the counter market. This no doubt reflected a general upward movement of the market, particularly of cement company shares. But we are sure it also reflected something the discovery of a giant rock deposit for cement making and the bearing this will have on the long term future of the company. In the last issue of Run of the Mill, Northwestern States publication, Gen. Hanford MacNider.

who discusses the company's problems frankly with his employes, touched on the dwindling rock supply before the discovery of the new deposit. While supplies of limestone are abundant in this area the problem is to find a rock with the proper ingredients. When the quarry east of the North Federal viaduct proved disappointing, the company began systematic prospecting and testing the surrounding area. The early results were not too promising. "The fates seemed to be against us and our prospects looked dim indeed," wrote the general.

"It was of little consolation to remem- March Ends in Spring Weather Is Ideal for '55 Crop, Soys Franklin March went out like a harmless lamb in the midst of sunshine and mild temperatures. Across the fields of North Iowa came the feel of spring as farmers noted the frost was disappearing rapidly. A few farmers, whose fields had dried sufficiently, oiled up their disks and tried them out in the still wet ground. As the new month began the soil was ideal as it could be for the beginning of another crop year, according to Dick Franklin, Cerro Gordo County extension agent. 'If conditions continue as they man surroundings and facilities seems almost too good through ceramics and its associated industries." A pioneer in ceramic engineering, Beecher is the author of nine significant publications in the field of ceramics and shares ownership in 21 patents.

Orville Abel, 314 9th N. playing with three other friends, Tuesday held perfect cribbage hand of points. The only way ber that built-up Mason City rested get such a hand is to hold three an a deposit of almost perfect rock, the use of which was denied us." The story of how the company came into the possession of its new quarry land on the banks of the Winnebago northwest of Mason City is one for the book. A realtor urged the general to 5s and a jack of four different suits and to cut the fourth 5. The odds are 1 in 649,740.

The "Tom Tom" Journalism has become one of the popular subjects in Mason City buy it for sentimental reasons. It High School. Not only does it take had once been in the possession of Mrs. MacNider's family and it was there she spent part of her girlhood. While this didn't seem sufficient reason for acquiring the land at the price offered, MacNider decided to do some drilling to learn the character of the rock deposits.

The first hole was promising. The next was better. The third was well nigh perfect and the cement company officials started to get excited. "It soon became apparent," said the company head, "that we had discovered a first class rock deposit of almost identical size and character of our original quarries which had carried us through nearly a half century. "Next year this company will celebrate its 50th birthday and we now have something to celebrate besides a long and constructive record.

We have every reason to believe that we shall have everything it takes to give us a full century of profitable and worthwhile operation." The wife of Benton County's "Outstanding Young Farmer" is a former Mason Cityan. Allan D. King, 28, Vinton, received the honor from the Vinton Junior Chamber of Commerce. His wife Barbara, is the daughter of Mrs Milton llth N.E. Annual Report A number of Mason Cityans who owned stock in the M.

and St. were alarmed when Lucien Sprague was ousted from the presl dency of the railroad a year ago These had an opportunity this week to see the result of the past year's operations under new management as the 1954 annual reports arrived. The report he full time of the instructor, Sfeil Puhl; it also has required a new publication in addition to the Gazette. With four junior English classes taking journalism, their writing ef- 'orts required a new "The Tom Tom" is the result. The first of eight pages is printed and has one or more pictures.

The pages are mimeographed and are illustrated with cartoons ay the students. From "The Tom Tom:" Now I lay me down to sleep; the teacher's dull, the subjecl deep. If he should quit before I wake, give me a for goodness sake. Toastmaster Speech A speech given by Andrew P. Frelund at the Mason City masters Club was reproduced in the April issue of the Toastmaster, official publication of Toastmasters International.

"I have been giving talks since a very tender age," said Frelund. 'It all started back in grade school when the Globe-Gazette had a contest and offered a prize of SI for the best essay on Frelund won the prize and since then, he said, he has been interested in making speeches whenever and wherever the opportunity presented itself. All of us are tax conscious this time of the year. The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, which be will be seed ing by the middle or the latter part of next week," he said. March Cold, Dry March went down into the records as cooler and drier than normal.

Measureable precipitation tell on only seven days. The heaviest precipitation was for the 24 hour period ending at 8 a.m. on the 21st with .4 of an inch. Total precipitation for the month was .88 of an inch compared with 2.05 inches for the corresponding month in March and a normal of 3.33 inches. Twelve days were recorded as clear, 10 partly cloudy and nine cloudy.

Following is the precipitation chart: PRECIPITATION 1955 1954 1953 Nor. January 22 .48 .79 .91 February 68 .45 1.16 .94 March 88 1.12 2.13 1.48 1.78 2.05 4.08 3.33 The mean temperature for the month was 28.54 degrees, which was almost the same as last year's 28.96 degrees in March, while considerably below the normal of degrees. The warmest temperature reached during the month was 61 degrees, recorded on March 30, while the low was 5 degrees below zero, registered the early morning of the 7th. The greatest daily range was 31 degrees from 53 TOO Stratton cleans his disc after trying it out Friday in a field of cornstalks. It's too early and wet for field work, says Stratton; he'll try again next week.

His farm is a mile south and three miles west of Manly. on the 19th to morning. Following is chart: Tanuary February March serves a large Iowa, including section of North Belmond, Garner and Britt, distributed cards showing its 1954 taxes payable in 1955 totaled 55,077,473, an amount showed earnings down some, but not as much as the average for railroads. Dividends were raised a little. Mason City and North Iowa were given special publicity in pictures of a cement plant and of Janice Hullinger of Manly, whose "Shorty" won the grand championship at the International Live Stock exposition.

Also mentioned was Barbara Clausen, Spencer, reserve championship winner at the big exposition. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.

Nicholas have wondered what is the cost of their world encircling tour. The folder for the main part of the journey with the Campbells gives the price for 58 days of travel for each person at $2,895. Due to additional days of travel and side- 22 the following the temperature TEMPERATURE 1955 1954 1953 17.48 17.21 28.54 12.78 33.37 28.96 17.98 21.60 33.06 Nor. 15.7 18.8 32.2 Following is the chart of read ings taken daily at 8 a. m.

at the KGLO transmitter for the previous 24 hour period and must be read with that in mind: MARCH, 1955 Date Max. Min. Prec. Mason City CALENDAR OU lU-KIL Cltj LMI. N.

APKIL Women's Club! City Llkrifjr. II a.m. HERE IN MASON CITY Get your Travelers checks at the United Home Bank Trust Co. Pattee's Ice Cream Shop open for business. 546 E.

State. Get Spred Satin Payne's Karthan Upholstery, Ph. 1S12. William Otttrman, physical ther apist at Hoover School, will show a film, "Brighter Tomorrow," Tues day at 8 p.m. at Portland Hall for the Farmers Happy Hustlers Club.

Enjoy Bob Considine on MBS radio, brought to you Sunday a 5:30 p.m. by Mutual of J. J. Wolsfcld, local manager. Odd Fellow dance, Sat.

night 9 p.m. at 100F Hall. Adm. by dona lion. Families and friends of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs welcome Lunch served.

The Troika serves specials tonite Furn. sm. pri. bath, entr O'Neill, 1112 Main Ave. Rotary Club will meet Monday for its annual Lenten service a noon at the First Congregations Church.

Luncheon will be served at 12:45 p.m. at the Hotel Han ford. Democratic Women's Club rum mage sale, Tues. and 222 Fed. African Violets in bloom 51 and up; leaves of double pinks, 3 vari eties.

Amy Alcorn, 210 S. Rhode Is Get your Easter Permanent a' Midland Hgts. Beauty Salon. Ph ONE COLLISION A collision was reported Fridaj ictween a car driven by Ernest Katz, Route 1, and a truck oper ated by Jerold A. Eide, 921 lOtr N.E., in the first block on 3rd N.W BOYS WIN Mason City Globe-Gazette newspaper boys load up for the trip to Minneapolis.

They won the trip by procuring the most new subscriptions. The boys are (left to right) Mike Davis, Bill Decklever, Dan Crockett, Douglas Jacobson, Dan Robson, Scotty Pollock and David Crockett. Carrier supervisors Joe Calember (left) and Bob Hentges help them get started. During the two-clay trip the boys will see the Ice Follies and make sight-seeing trips around the town. 10 11 12 equivalent- to $423,123 a $97,644 a week, $13,911 a day, $580 14 an hour and $9.66 a minute.

Merchandise Mart Representatives of numerous: 19 Mason City mercantile 15 16 17 18 ments make regular visits to Merchandise Mart in Chicago know something about the magni- 23 tude of the structure. 24 To these as well as others know little about this famous 26 building, Speed Wallace's article 27 on the Merchandise Mart in March issue of "Think" will be interest. 30 As pointed out by Wallace thisjSl mammoth building was conceived' and built by one of the great names in merchandising, Marshall Field Company. When it was opened in 1930 to tenants and the public it was the largest structure in the world. Today only the huge Pentagon build; in Washington, D.

is larger. The structure covers two entire city blocks, having a gross area of 31 44 39 40 40 15 23 30 56 54 58 52 42 51 46 36 26 32 40 53 33 20 36 32 22 13 25 30 43 56 61 14 18 29 31 12 5 -5 17 33 35 28 35 18 31 25 16 16 10 31 22 16 6 21 9 5 -1 9 26 34 33 .03 .02 Trace .36 .02 .40 .01 .04 5.00 Tracej INSPECT ANCIENT Mason City members of the State University of Iowa concert band take time out from their playing chores to look at some Trace ancient musical instruments on display in a local music store. They are (left to right) Richard Staebler, 19. with an old English hunting horn; Sharon Hill, 19, with a cornet- like instrument that is the forerunner to the present-day saxophone, and Gary Behm, 19, with the first trombone. The SUI band played a concert Friday in Music Hall for all music students in the Mason City schools.

Old Musical Instruments on Display Here I least, that's what Al's book says.jsent an interesting contrast with! It more closely from a box of small bamboo instrument aboutjwith the things. Personally, we 11 take tennis. BIKE STOLEN ly resembles a prize' present-day horns, even if it is dif-j Louis 13 Tavlor Fri Crackcrjacks. It's ajficult to see how they make mu S1 dav rcportcd thcft his son bj 10 instrument the things. nine inches long.

The razhok is an early flute that could be thc forerunner to almost! anything, especially a shoe horn.i Rumor has it that the razhok was! PLAN CAREER DAY Ie from in front of his house hc bicyc lc. valued nt $10. was do jscribed as a red Schwinn with li cense 3037-B. trips not included in the trip the cost to the Nicholases will lng ln vvasnin lon ldls nV f-fofA Rumor lias it that "the razhok wasj TITONKA The second annual be considerably more. Jhe cnU UlSpl HGFG uscd to iy no for.Koss.Un County city blocks, having a gross area of Early Egyptian jazz bands would I Shepherds Guitar bc hd(J Apri) jn TiUmka Water in SCUD 4,023.400 square feet, equivalent to have difficulty cutting our modern! Other early instruments in Bishop of State Teachers 93 acres.

Iday musical arrangements. collection include the first trom-j Co cr JH vc the keynote ad- At a meeting of the Winnebago "Literally, the Mart is thc larg-i jno fl of ancien that has the bell to thc rcar: rcs and lhcrc wi bc 61 separate County Federated Woman Clubs cst showcase on earth." says Wa ro iij king around thef' nst (1 of forward and a Chinese con fcrencc.s with 42 consultants. ot Leland recently. Clarence Ka-ijacc. "No single structure has trv (Q Oo bopshc-i canp flutc ding, assistant attorney general of.

amazing example of mcrchan-i am on tn raz hoks. zoumarahs! Thcrc is nlsn hamlmado, bam- WE DO ALL KINDS OF MACHINE WORK ALL WORK GUARANTEED THOMAS MACHINE CO. PHONE 230S 303 Zni S. W. Mason Cltj CHRIST'S LAST WEEK-END "Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house ot Simon the leper." Matt.

Re-read today that simple story Of His last week-end and its glory To Bethany He went to rest And on that Saturday was guest Of Sirnon whom He once had cured Of leprosy and was assured By Mary 1 and His closest friends Of their regard and He commends Her for the costly ointment deed That gave Him strength in hour of need. JULIEN C. HYEft Text of International Sunday School Lesson for tomorrow. W. F.

Wahrer Service Held Funeral services for William F. Wahrer, 63, secretary-treasurer of the North Central National Farm Loan Association in Mason City, were held Friday afternoon at the Major Memorial Chapel. Doctor Lloyd A. Gustafson, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated. A quartet, consisting of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Ross, Mrs. Hubert Marshall and Charles Goodell, sang. Mrs. Earl Ehlers was the organist.

Attending the services from out of the city were Mr. and Mrs. John H. (Marcia) Holm, Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs.

Maurice Wahrer and Mr. and Mrs. Truman Wahrer, Charleston; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Horton, DCS Moines, and Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Wahrer and family, Omaha. Members of the Matinee Musical attended the services in a group. Honorary pallbearers were R. M.

Hall, R. J. Brown, W. A. Alitz, E.

M. Torblaa, Edward M. Folkerts and Clarence A. Johnson. Committal services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.

at the National Cemetery, Keokuk. SELF-PUNISHMENT SAN FRANCISCO Rudy Lin denau was told he had parked hisi car improperly, so he gave himself ticket and paid a fine. He's a police sergeant. Travelers Cheques GET YOURS AT THI First National Bank MASON CITY, IOWA This Advertisement Sponsored by the Mason City Council No. 1006, Knights of Columbus Why The Catholic Church Says "INVESTIGATE!" Probably not more than a handful of people hate the Catholic Church as it really is.

But many have heard anti-Catholic calumnies from sources they have been taught to respect, and have come to fear and suspect the invites you to inquire into its teaching and practices find out for yourself if what you believe about the Church is true or false. Learn for yourself, fof instance, if it is true that Catholics give divine worship to Mary, the Mother of Church as it has been falsely rep- if this is not just an- resented to them. It is hardly reasonable to believe that 25 millions of Americans would remain in the Catholic Church if the rumors circulated against the Church are true. Nor freedom granted all by would thousands of others become our Bill of Rights, then you have other calumny. If you have beea led to believe that Catholics worship idols and buy and sell the divine worship of the Mass opposed to the religious lowa, Des Moines, who was booked sc display methods.

and zinkes to the rhythm bon "P'P rs of Pan reportedly the principal speaker, calledj --More buyers and more storesj panimcnt of Abdul £, aling on a the "shepherd's and said he would be unable more wholesale merchandise come. He suggested County Attorney Harry Slife of Forest City. Slife made a tentative promise but said he would be late. Francis Dunbar of Leland then called on Miss Jessie Parker, Lake Mills, former state superintendent of public instruction, to give the talk. Miss Parker began by saying, "When unexpected company comes we always add more water to the When Atty.

Slife finally arrived, commented, "This is enough water in our isoup." from firms located in the Mart than from any other market in thc world." couple of hollow camels hoofs! Razhoks, zoumarahs and zinkes are actual instruments played in 1 ins hey 1 umtly More the. usu.lDumber North Iowa quoted on the "From the Editor's Desk" broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, over the State Music Co. in Mason City. They arc part of thc Conn collection from Elkhart, Ind.

even before the days of cowboys. The English hunting horn eould serve a duel purpose. When Junior refused to play the thing over the u'a- doors and used as a basket- University of Iowa Station WSUI. They include Chub Elling, Garner Leader; Earl Hall, Globe-Gazette; Paul Charles City; Duane Dewel, Algona Advance; Tom Kelly, Emmetsburg Reporter, and Dale Ahirn, Decorah Public Opinion. Answers Questions Al Crowder, who runs around Mason a couple of history books in pocket to answer questions about the early instruments, came up with these facts: The zoomarah is the Rranrlpappy ot our present-day bassoon.

At hall hoop. But thc old instruments do pro- The Legal Reporter Brings The Court House Records To Your Desk Every Morning, PHONE 630 Credit Bureau of Mason City What Is an OPTOMETRIST? YOU It OPTOMETRIST spccialirrs in the examination of the eyes, in the conservation and improvement of VISION'. He is trained to delect and recognize disease in Ihe eye, ami when present, he refers the patient for other professional care. He makes a complete visual analyMS, administering a series of tests to determine the visual deficiency at distance and near. When visual inefficiencies are found, he prescribes and provides any lenses or visual training needed for comfortable and efficient DR.

BERNARD SILBY OPTOMETRIST Open Saturdays Until 3 P. M. 302 1st National Bank Building Phone 437 EYES TESTED GLASSES FITTED Catholics ever)- year if they believed such inquiring into the facts. That is why the Catholic Church says again and again to people everywhere: "Investigate! Investigate!" The Church makes this appeal not merely to settle an argument, nor primarily to win the good-will of the non-Catholic people, although this is a hoped-for result. Its more important aim is to invite people toinquircintoChrist's truth as taught and preserved by the Catholic Church down through the centuries.

For no man, seeking the salvation of his own soul, can been deceived and misled If you have harbored these of any other false beliefs about Catholic Church and its teachings and if, above all, such misunderstanding has kept you from amining the Catholic claim to the Church established by Christ you owe it to yourself in good conscience to jeek the truth, 'We shall be glad to send you free on request, a booklet dealing with thc points mentioned here and many including tha attitude of the Church toward Birth secret tht conscientiously discount the Githo- salvation of why lie claim to be Christ's Church on ihc basis of mere rumor and slander when the truth is so readily Catholic priests are called "Father" the Inquisition and the alleged goings-on behind convent walls. Write for youi copy at h.ind. Thc Catholic Church therefore of Pamphlet No. SUPREME COUNCIL KNIGHTS OP COLUMBUS Religious Information Bureau 4422 L1NDELL BLVD. ST.

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