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fifes gaS' I I NORTH IOWA DEATHS Lerch Funeral to Be Monday at Iowa Falls IOWA FALLS Funeral services for Ralph E. Lerch, 68, who died at Ellsworth. Municipal Hos pital Friday afternoon, will be a 2 p.m. Monday at the First Meth odist Church with the Rev. Bartz officiating.

Burial will be a Union Cemetery. He suffered severe heart attack at his horn -last Sunday and had been hospitalized since that time. He was born at Freeport, 111., May 28, 1889, a son of William H. and Amanda Lerch. He came to Iowa Falls about 1912.

On Aug. 24, 1921, he was married to Ber- mce Thornburg at Osage. He was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, two brothers, Howard, Seattle, Wash, and Clarence, Rockford, 111. now a lieutenant colonel in he U.S.

Air Force and serving Okinawa; the Rev. Robert Darell, a missionary in the Philippine Island, and Gerald Edwin, Fort Tex. 'Survivors, in addition to her husband and children, include eight grandchildren, four brothers and a sister, Mrs. William D. Elder, Belmond.

Banning Rites Are Conducted at Belmond BELMOND Funeral service were held Friday at the Bethan Reformed Church for Mrs. Robe B. Banning, 65, who died Monday ville, Md. afternoon at Belmond Community hosiptal. A second service was held Saturday at Rock Rapids.

The Rev. Philip Halvorson, Holmes, assisted by the Rev. Bernard Rust of Britt, will officiate over the rites and Fulton Funeral Home will be in charge. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery at Rock Rapids. Flora Edith Jefferies was born Aug.

20, 1891, at daugther of Mr. and Mrs. Roberl Jefferis. She was graduated from Rock Rapids High school in 1910 and after attending Drake university, Des Moines, she taugh in the Rock Rapids area for a number of yearsr- On June 4, 1919, she was married to Robert B. Banning.

They moved to Belmond in 1936. Three sons were born to them; Richard Parents of Algona Woman Die in Crash ALGONA The of Mrs. jloyd Pratt of Algona, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGahey, Vicory, were killed when their car vent out of control on Highway 92-CO, eight miles west of Knox- 'ille.

Sheriff Loren Jarman said the "vestfxmnd car apparently went out of control on a curve, slammed into a bank and then swerved back into a utility pole. The door flew open and the couple was pinned between the door and the pole. They were going to Indianola to visit two daughters, Mrs. Robert DISPLAY HOBBIES Mr. and Mrs.

Martin C. Olson, Rake, display their hobbies, quilt making and woodworking. Olson and his wife, now.retired, say that they enjoy their leisure time since they have been working on these'projects. Couple at Rake Enjoys Edelen and Mrs. Dean Iverson.

Also surviving is an other daughter, Mrs. James Adkins, Hyetes- Hobbies $8,000 Suit Filed After Auto-Crash Native of Poland to Be on Staff of Belmond Clinic uly 6, 1957 1 Muott CUT, BELMOND--Dr. Ocho: a native of but for IB past four years a he United States, has member of the medical staff of ieele Memorial Clinic. He is a pecialist in the treatment of rthritis and allergies. He has btained his first papers' for be- oming an American citizen and vill be eligible for citizenship in December of this year.

Born in the Free City of Danig on May 2, 1922, Dr. Ochota attended high school and junior college at Grudziadz, Poland, and. during World War joined a student brigade that fought with the 'Free Polish Army against Germans and later against the Russians. His a was brought to an unit was cornered and forced across the Swiss border. He was interned in Switzerland for the duration of the war.

He attended OK Contract for Clinic at Swea City SWEA CITY Lundquist Co struction Company, LeMars, wa jawarded the general contract fort the medical clinic by Swea City Building, Inc. Amount of Lund quist's bid was $19,750, which includes plumbing and heating by George K. Nelson, Swea City, subcontractor. Architects plans submitted by IN LOUISIANA Army Pvt. Charles F.

Rutkowski, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt' Loftis, Thornton, is receiving eight DR. LESZEK OCHOTA --at Belmond Clinic By MRS. TRYG HAUGEN Globe-Gazette Correspondent CHARLES CITY Another then continued his studies at the action has been filed in school of medicine at the Umver- district court here by Quentin sity of Zurick, graduating in 1948.

Meyer, New Haven, against Leon Springer, Charles City, which Graduate Study While still residing in Switzer- RAKE Hobbies have helped asks more than $8,000. The actionh an Dr. Ochota had one year of Mr and Mrs Martin Olson is the aftermath of an accident rotating internship in a hospital Regina Triska Funeral Held at Spillville SPILLVILLE Funeral services for Regina Triska, 76, were conducted at St. Wenceslaus Church herewith-burial-in the adjoining cemetery. She died in the Bertwhistle Rest Home.

Miss Triska was born near Spillville, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Triska. Survivors include two brothers, Albert and Frank, Spillville, and two sisters, Mary Buchtel, Olivia, and Mrs. Will Hu.mpal, Spillville. Four sisters and three brothers preceded her in death. Rake to enjoy their later years.

Dec. 11, 1956, one-half mile east there and tables and she ieces of New Haven, which claimed the i 3V4 years of residen- medicine and psychiatry. life of Meyer's daughter, Joyce He also had a year of graduate quilts Mr." and Mrs. Olson are the Meyer, 8. study in medicine at the TJniver oldest married couple in Rake.

Meyer in the latest action is sity of Oslo in 1951. They celebrated their 61st wed- asking $300.44 for funeral and After coming to this country in ding anniversary last March, burial expenses; $5,000 for loss 1953 he was for two months an They are both 83 years old. They of probable earnings, and $3,593 assistant resident in medicine at have lived in Rake since 1929. for medical and hospital expense St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, in medicine and senior fellow in allergy at Duke University Hospital, Durham, N.C.

While fulfilling his medical duties he found lime to take a course in basic sciences at the University of Maryland during 1953-54 and in 1954 obtained a license to practice medicine in this country by passing the state examination in Maryland. One Child Following, his emigration to th United States, he arranged for his European fiancee to join him and they were wed shortly after her arrival. She is a professional Gail Kcsler, Minneapolis, pro- weeks 0 basic training with the vide five rooms for office, lab First Amored i i i on at Ft. and examination for the physician's suite; the dentist's quarters include office, lab and two operating rooms. There will be a oint waiting room for patients of )oth doctor and dentist.

The building will be one-story brick construction, with utilih room and hot water heat. Con struclion will begin this mont on the site east of the Method ist Church. Both the contractor and arch tect are former Swea Cityans Lundquist is the son of Dr. C. Lundquist, and Kesler's father Charles Kesler.

The Lundqui firm built the Swea City an Armstrong school additions in th past two years and is current working on the Emmet Coun Olson is a carpenter by trade and for injuries suffered by his then for a year following and has built several houses and son, Marlin, who was a passenger wa a resident in medicine there, other buildings in Rake and com- in the car at the time of the a c- From" Baltimore he went to Charleston, W. for a year as amount of the suit is chief resident in medicine at munity. Last summer he built an cident. addition to a home here and Total large machine shed in the coun- $8,893.44. Cars driven by Springer Charleston General Hospital.

The try. He is a cabinet maker. an Meyer's father, William J. following year he served as a fel- Much of his spare time is spent Meyer, also of New Haven, col- low in allergy-arthritis at the in his work shop by his home hided at a county road intersec- University of Virginia Hospital, where he works on smaller pro- tion in Mitchell County. Charlottesville, Va.

Polk, La. He is a 1957 graduate of Meservey High School. jects as.a hobby. He makes fold- A Mal was dema nded by For the year prior to his coming from sevwalJunds Meyer in his recent petition. i to Belmond, Dr.

Ochota was Scott, Plymouth Voc Ag in the medical fields as a registered technician in radiology and is fuUy trained in allergy technique. They have one child, a daughter born in February. The new Steele Clinic associate holds the distinctions of being a Fellow of the International Association of Aellergology, a Fellow in the American College of Allergists and a member of the American Academy of Allergy. Courthouse. wood to form a pattern on the He has made these Springer has filed an action in County against the Mey- Instructor, Has Resigned PLYMOUTH John A.

Scott, vocational agriculture instructor and advisor for the Plymouth Chapter, Future Farmers of America, for the past two years, has resigned his position in the Plymouth School to accept the position at Sumner. He will as sume his duties there Aug. 1. Scott came to Plymouth from the University of A a a where he is a post graduate stu dent working toward his doctorate. He taught one year each at Coon Rapids and Elk Horn prior to going back to Arkansas, his native state.

During the past two years, he has been active in promoting and conducting the Junior Livestock Show at the North Iowa Fair He also has worked with the Mitchell and Worth county fairs During the past year, he served as chairman of the Northeast Sub-District, North Central District, Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association, and as a member of the committee on pro fessional ethics for that organization. Sumner Community School is reported to have one of the mos modern buildings and equipment for vocational agriculture within the state. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and daugh fcers, Carol and Karen, will move to Sumner during the last week of July.

mcon. althmioh her health! is failing and much of the time is unable to pursue her hobbies, has spent many hours with her crocheting and piece quilting. She has won blue ribbons at fairs on her quilts. Like her husband, she has given many beautiful quilt tops to her-ehildren and has made quilts and crochet edged sheets and pillow cases for each of the grandchlidren. This is an example of how one can prepare for by becoming interested in hobbies Work Begun on Grading Project in Worth County Budget Approved by Board of Belmond School District Bangs Disease Eradicating Fund Doubled The in excess of the budget financial report of Chickasaw that was set for the district's County shows that the bangs dis- fi sc al year that ended July 1.

BELMOND--A budget totaling has been approved by the board education of Belmond Community School District for the 1957-58 school year. This expected minimum of 1,080 for the coming year. ease eradication fund for 1956 almost doubled from that of 1955. Total drawn for the fund in 1956 was $6,082.50, as compared to in 1955 for an actual of The expense incurred has risen Isteadly since 1951, when the amount was to higher in 1953 and from there on almost doubling each successive year. JOHN SCOTT --To Sumner Legion Women Elect Officers at St.

Ansgar ST. ANSGAR--Mrs. Don Hendrickson was elected president of the local American Legion. Auxiliary unit. Other officers to serve with Mrs.

Hendrickson include Delia Larson, first vice president; Fannie Mueller, second vice president; Mrs. Richard Chancellor, secretary; Mrs. Ern- est-Klecknor, treasurer, and Mrs. Stanley Ask, historian. Executive committee consists of Mrs.

Stanley Ask, Mrs. William Duenow, Council Okays Recoating Street SWEA CITY--The town council approved recoating several blocks of blacktop streets which are sub ject to heavy traffic. The work will be done this summer, ac cording to Mayor E. L. Hanson Two new streets have been laic out this summer and the prelim inary grading has been done.

I will be necessary touring in som fill. One street is located a bloc south of Reynolds Park, on block in length. The other run east and west along the sout corporate limits, three blocks i length. Both new- streets ente NORTHWOOD--Work has be- The total amount for the past gun on nearly 15 miles of grading six years is $13,534.02. in the 1957 farm-to-market road program in Worth County! The Boyett Construction Comp- i i Qt any is doing the work.

Contracts were let by the Iowa Highway Commission at Ames ce Cream i i They were approved by the ooaraj of supervisors later. The amount toward the new budget that will have to be raised by taxation will be 203, which is $24,153 more than ast year. Salary increases granted members of the faculty and increments earned by teachers on the basis of experience account for more than half of $20,537 added to the budget. Twenty teachers with bachelors or masters degrees each received raises of $250, 10 with at least three years of college training got $200 pay boosts and 14 with Lwo or more years of college Install Officers of Swea City Legion Women SWEA CITY--Kossuth County Legion Auxiliary chairman Fern eterson was installing officer in er unit's installation of officers the Legion Hall. Serving for the coming year are Irs.

Kenneth Kollasch, president; Mrs. Jean Tague and Mrs. lichard O'Green, vice presidents; Mrs. Curtis Kluger, secretary; Mrs. J.

A. Sanftner, treasurer; Mrs. 0. R. Person, chaplain; Mrs.

M. Kollasch, lu'storian; Mrs 22nd Annual Picnic Held at Swea City SWEA CITY--The 22nd annual picnic of Den Smalandska was held at Hand's Park. This group represent the descendants of five families from the Smaland vicin ity of Sweden who settled in Swea Township around 1880. They were the Swen Swensen, the Lars Sam uelson, Fredin Anderson the Mag nusson and the Halberg families At last year's Smalandska, ther-e vere 163 registered from nine tates. Total membership is estimated at about 250.

This gather- ng included a religious service, jusiness meeting, program anc picnic dinner. Roy Pehrson is president of the group and Mrs Carl Anderson, secretary. Park at Greene Has $1,900 GREENE --The park project, according to the latest report from the Woman's Club, has received for the skating rink and combination tennis courts. Solicitation of the business district and residential sections is nearly complete. The City Council will what funds it has available to' augment--live.

donations rural drive is planned which may bring in enough funds to finish the project. Present plans call for elevation of the ground at the southeast end of Perrin Park and an. all- cement skating area laid with two doubles courts placed inside the cemented area. The courts and skating area are to be illuminated. The entire facilities will be open to the public.

If funds permit, a heated shelter may be built for the convenience of ice skaters. AT CONVENTION GARNER--Dr. E. H. Pbillipt and his wife will attend the conventions and postgraduate programs conducted by" the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians from July 11-14 and ths IOWA FALLS--Beer and White Torvik and Sons Constructionjside, plumbing and heating firm ompany, Decorah, has the con- has purchased the Borden Ice ract for the 1957 bridge program.

Cream Company Building, which is located at the east end of Washington Avenue. The Borden Company closed plant operations here recently and stores are supplied by truck from other plants in the Pncf rOSlS at CHARLES CITY--Faye Dugan.larea study each got more. In addition, 37 faculty mem bers will benefit by experience increments totaling Seven teachers have reached the top their pay brackets and are elig ible for no further increments. In announcing the 1957-5 budget, the school board pointec out that instructional costs sine community district wa formed in 1954 have gone from to $188,100. In th same period of time, enrollmen COMMERCIAL CLUB BRITT--The Commercial Club will meet at the Hotel Allison Tuesday at 6:30 p.

m. for their regular dinner and meeting. A report on the Britt Industrial Development Co. will be given and a special program on mental health will be presented by two visiting doctors. American Osteopathic As5cla- tion from July 15-19.

Following the sessions Dr. Phillips aiiij wife will vacation for several- before returning to his practice here. Maurice Kollasch, sergeant-at arms and Mrs. Robert Morteusen assistant sergeant-at-arms. Delegates nominated to the SCOUTS TO HIKE PLYMOUTH The Girl Scouts will take a hike Wednesday at 10:30 a.

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IE your work Is ready for publication, send for booklet NP-97--it's free. Press, 120 W. 31st New York 1. Charles City, posted a ap- Elmer Beer aind Marvin White- has increased from 1,008 to an )earance bond and was released side formed the plumbing and 'ollowing his arrest at a tavern heating firm about three. years lere on charges of disorderly coa- ago.

Their business is now lo- duct and intoxication. Policejcated in a building at the corner Chief Kermit R. Binger said Dugan woidd appear in Mayor Mike Micich's court early next week. Binger said Dugan was causing a disturbance at Enright's Tavern: state convention in Des Moines this month were Mrs. Kenneth' Kollasch, Mrs.

Curtis Kluger and Mrs. Maurice Kollasch. Sharon Patterson, the unit's delegate to Girls State, reported on her trip. Discussing the Federalist and Nationalist election campaigns at Girls State, Sharon commented, "I had never realized that politics could be so interest- JULY SPECIAL! DELUXE ALUMINUM COMBINATION DOORS STANDARD SIZE Jit Complete S44.95 Value WAGNER COAL CO. Phone GA -5-2414 of Railroad and River streets.

Mrs. Delmar Kostcr Howard Bless. Sfephenson Will Replace Stephenson at Algona School ALGONA Howie Stephenson has been hired to teach junior high science, social studies, drivers training and to coach junior high athletics. Stephenson will replace Robert Stephenson who resigned this spring after 12 years in the school system here, Howie Stephenson, a native of Algona, was educated He was graduated from Iowa'State Teachers College, Cedar Falls. Since that time he has bean varsity football and basketball coach at Mallard.

Road on the east. Other business at the counci meeting concerned the efforts of the council to keep the dump ground from being a nuisance to neighboring farms, "principally due to papers blowing over the countryside. An attendant has been hired to supervise unloading at certain hours. Considerable work has been done at the dump. The accumulat- ed junk has been bulldozed into and Mrs.ja U-shaped ridge eight to ten feet high.

The top of the ridge! has been leveled, packed andi graveled, and serves as a one-way road for vehicles to unload. WSCS TO MEET ROCKFORD The monthly meeting of the WSCS of the Methodist Church will be held Thursday in the parlors of the church. Mrs. Ivan Achenbach will lead the devotions and Mrs. Art Baker has the lesson.

Mabel Circle will serve refreshments. Frank Heflin Opens Office at Iowa Falls IOWA FALLS--Frank E. Heflin is opening an insurance business here. He has been appointed an' agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wis. He is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, and has taught at Alden for the past three years.

LOOK SUMMER HEAT AND DEPRESSING HUMIDITY ALL SUMMER WITH A Philco AIR CONDITIONER Greene Jaycees Name Officers GREENE --Newly-elected officers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the coming year are O'Brien, Keith Kingery, vice president; president; Daniel Downing, secretary-treasurer. The new board of directors includes George (Sam) Sneed, Al Rogness Jr. and Roger Schafer. Don McGee was elected to the state director's post. Installation will be held at tha City Hall on July 11.

v. THANKS! We wish to thank sincerely the Thriftway Food Center for their generosity in providing a Room for the Salvation Army Red Shield Club in the basement of their store building at 219 First Street S. W. We also want the public to know that Thriftway provides all of the utilities. Red Shield Club is well attended and appreciated by all.

A SPECIAL THANKS to the store manager, Mr. Robert Yuhouse, who has given very valuable assistance to the project. OFFICER IN CHARGE: CAPT. R. STIGLEMAN Allowance On Any FAN IN RUNNING CONDITION! No Need fo Change Your Wiring For Some Models All the New Improvements Dehumidified NOTHING DOWN TO A CREDIT i TON TO TON CAPACITY Comfortimer Autgrnalic Temperalura Control ASK US FOR FREE ESTIMATES HOME APPLIANCE STORE 32--1st Street S.

E. (Across From City Hall) GA 3-6853.