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ose In SERVICE Official Newspaper for Allamakee County and the Town of Postville POSTVILLE HERALD A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A LIVE TOWN ed Ci (y Master Ser- J. Swenson, son of wenson of Postville, raduatcd from the ing course for C-141 crs at Tinker AFB, wenson, who studied stems, instruments es. is being assigned FB, Georgia as the Military Airlift hich operates glo- for U. S. forces ore than 1,000 mod ant served in the cater of Operations War II.

He also the Korean War. iiduate of Postville he is married to the D. Hinman, daugh- inniiin of Monona. ises Alaska Balist Fourth Class flsen, 21, son of Mrs. ielsen, Luann, par- cold weather oxer- Assault" with other Alaskan Command the Royal Canadian bruary 1-10.

He is the U. S. Army, of soldiers took part designed to evalu elop procedures for and control of joint and to provide actics during severe itions. vy SS Pollux (AKS-4) achine Accountant A. Bilden, nd Mrs.

Millard C. ille, is helping the Fleet Service Force elebrate its 25th an- month, while serve stores issue ship cbruary of 1842, the 45.000 men strong, 117 ships of 21 dif- as well as 13 shore Western Pacific, nits supply Naval nd ashore within an to nearly half the ce, with food, fuel, and other essential to the Force's sup- offers salvage as- ship repair services, rs for the U. S. Pacific Fleet, is at Hawaii. urger has been pro- rivate first class to "th class.

His new James P. Burg- 01, 5th U. S. Army chment, APO New Seventy-Fiffh Year. POSTVILLE, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1967.

Number 16. Two Top Teams To Tangle In Sectional Opener The Postville Pirates will open Class sectional play next Monday evening with their opponent being Cresco, Notre Dame. The two teams, each with only one loss on their records, will play at Waukon on Monday, February 20, at 7:00 p. m. Notre Dame of Cresco is leading the conference in their area.

They do not field a big team but they are fast and accurate in their shooting. Beyer is their high scorer shooting mostly inside; Conway shoots with good accuracy from the corners. The second game of the evening at Waukon will pit Waukon St. Pat's against Eastern Allamakee of Lansing at 8:30. The semi-final round of the tournament will be played Wed nesday night.

The winner of the Postville-Cresco N. D. name will play Lansing, St. George, at 7:00 p. m.

The second round of the semi-finals will be at 8:30. The finals will be played Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Late Paper Next Week, Post Office Closed Wednesday While the Postville Herald for February 22 will be printed at the regular time, delivery to patrons in Postville will not be made until Thursday morning. Wednesday, the regular delivery day, is a holiday, Washington's Birthday, and the post of- fice will not be open.

The papers for the March term, according to will be delivered to the post of- Clerk of Courts, Lloyd R. fice for distribution in town on rud. Jurors will report on no- Thursday morning. Papers on tification only. Postville routes will bo delivered Leonard Althouse Trial Jurors Are Named For March Term Of Court The March term of court fori Allamakee county convenes Monday, March 0, with Judge E.

B. Shaw of Oelwein presiding. Thej following jurors were selected! Gavel Delivered In Unique Way at the same time as usual, Thurs day morning. Sale Dates Sales Advertised. Monday, February 20 Farm sale of Eugene Rose and Harold Groth.

Lorenz Willman Ken Erickson, auctioneers; zens State Bank, Postville, clerk Shirley Arneson Waukon Joe Carlsborg Waukon Leo Carter Waukon Florence Cronin Waukon Beverly Dresselhaus New Albin Clara Ebner Lansing Floyd Ehler Postville Wayne Engelhardt Waukon and I Margaret Ferring Lansing Norma Fruechte New Albin Ralph Hammel Dorchester Firemen To Hold Annual Card Stag The annual Firemen's card stag will be held in the basement of Memorial Hall on Saturday, February 18, from 8:00 to 1:00. All men of the area are invited. Teacher's Salaries By Postville Board ation s. John Rothmeyer ollowing letter con- Bursell; the outstanding hich James Bursell ut his duties in the dge Commissary, he cted as Mess Cook This award is efficiency with carried out assigned excellent attitude ob and fellow mess ded in the award gnition of his pride arance and his lead ial. tion of this honor, awarded a 72-hour rty, a free movie onth and three free owling alley.

Also ill appear in the along ersonal history. An cture will be dis Galley showing his award won, pt my sincere con James' commen- ance. K. J. Novak, Officer." ning to Fort Hood, uary 2, David completed several T.

(Advanced lift ng) and has been Private First Class; oing several weeks training at present, wife reside at 211 Avenue, Killeen, Board In Regular Meet The regular meeting of the board of directors of the Northeast Area One Vocational Technical School District was held February 8. The advisory committee for the practical nurse program was appointed as follows: Mrs. Dorothy Hastings, Dccorah, public health nurse; Jerry Scott, Do- corah, hospital administrator; Darwin Jack, Oelwein, medical doctor; Mrs. Gertrude Larick, West Union, lab. technician; Mrs.

John Caulfield, New Hampton, hospital auxiliary; Mrs. Carol Mauss, Waukon, L. P. N. The following courses were taught as follows: Auto Mo chanics Oelwein, Ralph Kephart instructor, 2 sections, 22 en rolled; Auto Keith Mason instructor, 2 sec-1 lions, 27 enrolled; Hampton, Ernest Larkin instructor, 4 sections, 49 enrolled; Private Pilot Ground Roger Christians instructor, 1 section, 31 enrolled; Starmont, Marlene Anderson instructor, 1 section, 10 enrolled; Marlene Anderson instructor, 1 section, 21 enrolled.

Seeking Business Director. The school officials are receiving and interviewing candidates for the position of. Director of Business Manager for the district. cout pack meeting day, February 21 Memorial Hall. Wednesday, February Catherine Heiderscheit sale of Oliver Schram, Hawkeye.

New Albin E. L. Dean and Mayhew Eaton, Henry Hemesath Monona auctioneers; Hawkeye Savings Thelma Kelly Waukon Bank, clerk. Lorna Kittleson Postville Still Being Studied Friday. February 24 Farm Berna'rd Knudtson Waukon sale of Terry Hogan and Burk- Roland Koehring Postville hart Estate, McGregor.

E. L. Eldon Kregel Luana Dean and Mayhew Eaton, auc- Willard Kruger Waukon The Portville Board of Educa tioneers; Union State Bank, Mo- Floyd Larson Waukon tion met Mondo mght to review clerk Barbara Leathers Waukon salarv requests of Postville tench- Harold Manning Lansing and to make a proposal by Dates Claimed. Hilda Martins Postville the board to tne teachers Saturday. March sale Maurice Mathis Waukon No final action was taken by of Linus Bonfig, Ossian E.

L. Vernon Melcher Waukon the board at this meeting. They Arthur Nesheim Waukon have called another special ses- Hjalmer Olson Waterville sion for Tuesday night next week Mildred Osterholz Waukon at which time they will come up Jean Phipps Waukon with a counter proposal to pre- Dewey Roberts Waterville sent to the faculty committee of Willard Roe Waukon the Postville Education Associa Eldo RofTman Waukon tion Aria Sandbeck Waukon Members of the Lansing Kiwanis Club brought the Kiwanis traveling gavel to Postville last week in a unique way. Pictured above is the way in which the gavel was fish pole, long line, big bobber, with a large carp at the end of the line. The gavel was frozen inside the fish.

Looking over the unusual display are, left to right: John Kittleson club president; Stan Schroeder and Ed W. Kozelka, club members. Dean and Mayhew Eaton, auctioneers; Ossian State Bank, clerk. Wednesday, March 8 Farm sale of Mvron Johnson, Ossian Lorenz Willman and Ken Erickson, auctioneers; Ossian State Bank, clerk. Tuesday, March salelNick Schauls Lansing of Lyle Olson, Gunder; Lorenz Florence Schlake Postville Willman tioneers; clerk.

and Ken Erickson, Postville State Bank, Rosabell Schmit Waukon Eunice Schlee Postville LeRoy Schmidt Waukon Bessie Schorg Monona Willard Schroeder Postville Bernice Sebastian Postville Betty Smerud New Albin Leighton, Smith Postville Max R. Clark, Superintendent Donald Steiber Lansing Farmers Cooperative Society was of the Northeast Area One Voca- Howard Stumme Postville neld Tuesday starting with a Norma Thorson Waterville nam dinner at 11:00. Area I School To Offer GED Test Large Crowd At Farmers Store Annual Meeting At The Theatre Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February Steve McQueen, Karl Maiden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette. star in "Nevada Smith." Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, February Kirk Douglass and Senta Berger, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and John Wayne star in "Cast a Giant Shadow." Heart Fund Drive To Be Held Here Thursday Night The 1967 Heart Fund Campaign will open in Postville with a house-to-house canvass on Thursday evening, February 16, it was announced by members of Arthur F. Brandt Post, American Legion, who will be conducting: the campaign.

Diseases of the heart and circulation will in 1967 take more lives here than all other diseases combined, it was forecast today by heart fund officials. They based their prediction on the fact that the cardiovascular disease toll in the area in the last year for which statistics are available, was running ahead of all other diseases. Members of the Legion will make a house-to-house canvass on Thursday evening. If the drive has to be postponed because of bad weather, it will be held February 18. The drive in the rural area was held Tuesday and Wednesday.

Heart fund volunteers serve a twofold purpose. They serve as educational ambassadors, leaving at each home a leaflet containing helpful information on how to reduce the risk of heart attack and what to do in the event of a heart attack. They also receive heart contributions. Fritz To Join Citizens State Darwin Fritz, Sumner, has been elected as assistant cashier of the Citizens State Bank of Postville and will begin his employment here on February 27, it was announced this week. The 63rd annual meeting of the tional-Technical scnooi at (jai- I Lansing people were present at the meet i Vvplvn Dorchester ing, more than attended last year, has been designated a test center I Evelyn i moras uorcnesier School at Cal Over 700 mar, announced that the school has been designated a test center I for the Educational Development Sophie Wacker Waukon a perfect February day which 1 Clarence Wahls Postville saw temperatures rise to the mid Helen Watson Waukon fifties under sunny skies.

Ervin Wiemerslage Dorchester Reports at the meeting indi Shirley Willman Postville cated that the cooperative had Herbert Zimmerman Lansing completed another successful year in 1966. The meeting was Postville Woman (conducted by Cloy Schultz, Test (GED). Adults who do not have a high school diploma, may upon successful completion of the GED test, receive a High School Equivalency Certificate from the Iowa Department of Public In struction. The Northeast Area One School plans to schedule the GED Tests as the need arises. Due to the ten hour length of the tests, the testing will be done in two ses sions.

First Test Saturday. The first GED Test date is scheduled for the Saturdays of Charged With Theft president. Directors Elected At the election of directors, the Mrs. Vernas Meyer, Postville, following were elected: Edwin has been charged with larceny in Kirkestue to fill the unexpired connection with the theft Friday, term 0 Clarence Green, deceased, February 3, of $625 in silver cer- for a two year Gilbert Liv- tificates from the Charles' Hoth ingood was re-elected for a three farm home near Frankville. year term; Keith Smith and Wm Mrs.

Meyer, according to Win- Huinker were elected as new di Vihruirv the South neshiek County Sheriff's office, rectors for three years. Holdover hiPh "school in Cal- has confessed that she entered directors are: Eldo Sander, Paul Winneshiek Keith mar. Test session will be from 8:00 a. to 2:30 p. m.

The second ses' will be from 8:00 a. m. to m. Saturday, February I through a cellar door which she son, and Cloy Schultz, Jr. sion said was unlocked.

12:00 p. the 25. (Continued on Page 12) Sen. Elvers At Senate Desk Scout Exec. To Speak At Kiwanis The directors held a reorganization meeting immediately after the election and named the fol lowing officers: Cloy Schultz, president; Keith Carlson, vice president; and Ewald Brandt, secretary-treasurer.

Reports Given. Reports given by Manager Roy showed total receipts Wayne Harbough, representative of the Northeast Iowa Coun- Knight cil of Boy Scouts, Dubuque, will from merchandise sales amount be the speaker at the next meet- ing to $880,742.42, livestock puling of the Postville Kiwanis chases amounting to $866,501.77 Club to be held Monday night, and cooperative sales barn sales 6:30 p. at The Koffee Shop. 0 $713,799.19, a combined total Mr: Harbough will show slides 0 $2,461,043.38. There was an of Scout activities at Camp Klaus, increase in sales of store general Kiwanis members will take the of $210,000.

Members were no traveling gavel to the Dubuque titled they will receive 6 per cent Kiwanis Club on Monday noon, on store general, .01 cent per February 20. bushel on corn and soy beans, and Scout Court Of Honor. 5 er cent on preferred stock. A Boy Scout Court of Honor Turner Speaks was held at Memorial Hall Mon- Wm. Turner, advertising and day evening with Postville Ki- public relations director of the wanians" as guests.

The opening Farmers Regional remarks were given by Elmer Ft. Dodge, was the speaker on the Sander; explanation of rank was program, given by Eagle Scout Doug Couto. Second class awards were giv- Annual TVInnhnnA en by Carl Meade to: Frank Annual leiepMme Roedi, Daniel Elliott, Clifford Meet On Saturday Marlow, Jimmy Meade, and Terry Meyer. Tenderfoot awards were The annual meeting of the given by Jack Whitehead to: Fred stockholders of the Postville Green, James Whitehead, and Farmers Telephone Company will Elvers Elkaoer William Kruse. Merit badges be held Saturday, February 18 ih rpne'ral Assembly and has served in one spe- were presented by Lester Marlow 1:00 p.

at the Memorial Hall tneuenei A nmnkfiQ an( Clayton coun- to: Peter Schutte in Agriculture; The meeting is called for the Senator Adolpt.Elvers and of office, and the trans- tie, He is now charmarStation and Recreation Aid, and Home Repair, The Life of such other business as was presented by of the Committees on as the I Award and Judiciary. Mrs. Elvers, uu. to Jeff Handke Senator's committee clerk. Leo may regularly come before the meeting.

Dr. E. W. Green Serving In Vietnam Dr. Edward W.

Green of Iowa City, is among 17 American physicians who are in South Nietnam caring for Vietnamese civilians. The doctors will spend two months working in provincial hospitals for $10 a day under a program sponsored by the Agency for International Development and the American Medical Association. Dr. Green, 35, is an assistant professor of general surgery at University Hospitals in Iowa City and specializes in accident cases. Dr.

Green is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Green.

He is a 1957 graduate of S. U. I. medical school, is married and has three children. BANKS, COURT HOUSE TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY Both Postville banks and the Allamakee county court house will be closed Wednesday, February 22, in observance of Washington's Birthday, it was announced this week.

Postville retail stores will be open throughout the day for business as usual. Darwin Fritz Fritz is a graduate of Sumner Community high school in 1955 and a graduate of Wartburg college, Waverly in 1959. He taught school in Parkersburg from 1959 to 1961 in commercial subjects and coached football and track. He has been an employee of the First National Bank, Sumner, since June, 1961. Mr.

Fritz and his wife, Becky, are the parents of three children, two boys, 5 and 1, and a girl 3 They plan to move to Postville on February 24 and have rented Marvin Berg's house on Highway 51 north. Heavy Fire Loss At Preuss Farm Postville volunteer firemen were called to assist the Castalia volunteer Fire Department about 12:30 this morning (Wednesday) at a fire call at the Harold Preuss farm in the Junction vicinity, southwest of Postville. A large barn was completely destroyed in the fire along 53 head of cattle and 5,000 bales of hay. Castalia firemen were again summoned to the farm early this morning when a hog house quite a distance from the burned barn was reported on fire. A call for assistance from the Postville department was cancelled when it was reported that the flames were too far advanced to save anything.

The hog house burned to the ground. Rites Held For Richard Steffans Funeral services were held Monday, February 13, at the Schutte Funeral Home for Richard Steffans, who passed away at Community Memorial Hospital, Postville, on February 10. The Eev. Richard B. Housman, associate pastor of St.

Paul Lutheran Church, was in charge of the rites; burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery, Castalia. Richard Steffans, son of Henry Steffans and Ann Koester Steffans, was born December 5, 1875 at Eldorado. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Mr. Steffans passed away at Community Memorial Hospital, Postville, on February 10 at the age of 92 years, two months, and five days.

He had been in failing health for several years. He was united in marriage to Mary Ann Teepe on October 12, 1899. To this union six children were born, four sons and two daughters. Two sons and one daughter passed away in infancy. His wife passed away in March, 1911.

Survivors include two sons, Wm. and Philip of Clermont; one daughter, Mrs. Ashley LaVelle of Frankville; five grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; one brother, Phil of Clermont; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Martin of Maynard. and Mrs.

Martha McCane of Dubuque. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Andrew, Henry, Clause and Fred; and two sisters, Mrs. Margaretha Walker and Mrs. Edith Shepard. DOLLARDAYS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.