Postville Herald from Postville, Iowa • Page 1

egislature Is 'alfway Thru his Session iowa legislature is halfway 100 day session, "oth the ho" se and senate will ough tomorrow for the custom Clngvaoation" of one week. ts the period when the legjsla- home to take care of their personal business and at the etbne endeavor to obtain some ef from the pressure of politics. often than not, however, don't shape up that way. nn ents take advantage of ftefk to let the senators and rescntativcs know just exactly It they think of the activities so the biennial legislative ses- This week of spring vacation uently shapes up as more of a ure period than the work in Moines. For the folks back at grass roots level really get in ir say, and personally, legislature will convene in on March 9th and the final Its will be more hectic than those in the first half, top importance now will be state appropriations bills which be acted upon by both houses.

appropriations measures authorize funds for the oper- of all state government in- ding not only the departments ted in Dcs Moines but all insti- colleges and universities ide of the capitol city, ith all departments asking in- ased funds, and with the general per for holding the line on ex- ses. the legislature has a real re ahead. On Another Field, battle over "beer," settled at st temporarily in the Iowa sen- was slated for action once 'in on another the Iowa se of representatives, 's on that locale that the mat- of Class beer permits for eery and drug stores again will in review from the 108 mem- senate passed, and sent to house, a measure that would 1 permit the sale of beer by eery and drug stores in the te. But the beer, under the bill, uld be warm beer. No cold r.

if the act finally becomes law, be cold by groceries, drug es or taverns for consumption the premises. In addition, the asure strengthens the enforce- nt requirements, gives more ngth to the state beer permit rd, and increases the Class mit licenses from $25 to $50. lass permits are those which an establishment to sell beer for consumption off the? prem- dditional house amendments Id return the bill to the senate, ivever, if the house acts on the ate approved measure, it would to the governor for signature. Civil Defense, Iowa senate'may soon act on ivil defense bill that would ap- priate $150,000 of state funds ing cities and counties the power ivy taxes up to one-half mill for ense purposes. The measure has reported out to the senate, a recommendation for passage, the senate military affairs com- ttee.

The bill must obtain a arance from the appropriations imittee, however, before it can tested on the floor, ne bill would pay the expenses a defense organization staff and uld be used in. matching federal ds. ounties and cities above 25,000 illation would have power to up to one-half mill against perty for defense. Trailer Home License, motor vehicles committee of Iowa house has recommended sage of a measure that would "nse trailer homes and trailer "rts in the state. The committee provides that trailer houses of to 30 ft.

in length pay a license S2 per month, those of 30 to 35 $2.50 a month and $3 a month those over 35 feet long, hen the trailer court is in a ,50 per cent of the revenue ula go to school there, 25 per cent the municipality, and 25 per cent county, if the court is out- the city, half of the money "id go the school district and the half to the county. Trailer would be assessed $25 yearly pection fee and licensed annual- S3 with the funds going to the te health department. School Permits, egislators are looking at the school driving permits in House motor vehicle commit- nas reported, as a committee nlTV biH that woul prohibit vV- I 1 from operating mo. on school driving per- outside the normal school u-' nly exce Ption to that rul- be those instances where -students are driving with the wal of the school officials. ho n' ew Medl Dean.

ne University of Iowa has a NT 1 on its medical man Bartram Nelson, 40, as- ant dean of the college of medial A University of California -em, Dr. Nelson will scnool in July, medical deanship at the uni- thin been vacant since the ltv 9 i 9 cf Dr Mav Soley. A has been conducting fey 's death' SinCC Dr nfe is rese on leave the i nd is serving as dean of medicine, Ameri- ZZ Sity ot Beirut Lebanon. cie nee interest is in logy of This is tud the cause, Official Newspaper for Allamakee County and the Town of Postville POSTVILLE HERALD A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A LIVE TOWN Sixty-First Year. POSTVILLE, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953.

Number 17. Clermont And Postville Win Sectional Games Pirates Down Calmar 50 To 48; Clermont Takes Luana 59 To 49 tmued on Page Eight) The Postville Pirates captured the Class A crown and Clermont won the Class title in sectional tournament play here last Friday evening. Postville defeated a scrappy and determined Calmar team which had only had two previous defeats on their record this year, 50 to 48, in the only Class A game in the tournament. The Pirates led throughout the game maintaining a five to eight point advantage. With only 10 seconds to go and the score standing 50 to 44 in Postville's favor, Calmar's Hillman made a layup shot and was fouled.

He missed the free throw but Griffin tipped in the rebound to bring the score to 50 to 48. The game was ragged throughout. Deering led the scoring for Postville with 17 points followed by Jarms with 12 and Rima and Jarmes with nine each. Hillman scored 14 for Calmar with Griffin accounting for 12 and Iverson 11. The win was the 15th for Postville this season against six losses.

The loss was Calmars third in 20 games. Box Score. Postville FG FT Rima 4 14 Brainard 1 0 2 Jarms, 5 2 2 Jarmes, Jim 3 3 2 Deering 7 3 3 Harris 0 10 Totals 20 10 12 Calmar Huinker 2 1 3 Griffin 6 0 2 Hillman 7 0 1 Russett 2 2 5 Iverson 4 3 5 Brueckner 0 0 0 Huinker, 0 0 1 Totals 21 6 17 Clermont Trips Luana. Clermont rolled to victory over Luana behind the 31 point scoring of Knudsen to win a berth in district play. The score was 59 to 49.

Clermont opened with a 21 point burst in the first quarter to lead 21 to 9 at the end of the first period. Luana came back with 18 points in the second quarter while holding Clermont to 11 to make the halftime score, 32 to 27 in favor of Clermont. Clermont pulled awny again in the third period with 12 points while Luana gathered only 6. Both teams played the final quarter even with Clermont getting 15 and Luana 16. Victory went to Cler- raon with a 10 point advanage, 59 to 49.

Knudsen scored 31 points to bring his three-game sectional scoring to 96 points. He scored 38 against Ossian, 27 against Elgin and 31 against Luana. Radloff was high for Luana with 19 points followed by Mohs with 11 and Johanningmeier with 9. Box Score. Clermont FG FT Johnson 3 3 3 Kittleson 1 1 0 Knudsen 14 3 3 Swenson 4 3 4 Larson 0 2 4 Barnhouse 112 Totals 23 13 16 Luana Radloff 8 3 4 Johanningmeier 4 10 Mohs 3 5 5 Land 3 0 5 Kamin 0 13 Luepker 110 Gordon 0 0 0 Totals 19 11 17 Semi-Final Games.

In the Class semi-finals. Luana defeated Elgin, 54 to 39 with Keith Mqhs scoring 23 for Luana and Don Sutter scoring 13 for Elgin. Clermont downed Ft. Atkinson 58 to 42 in the semi-finals with Knudsen scoring 28 for Clermont and Sabelka getting 12 for Ft. Atkinson.

$200 Collected In Post March Of Dimes A total of $200.00 was collected in Post township in the annual March of Dimes Drive, according to Mrs. Roger Harris, township chairman. This is an increase of $64.00 over last year and an increase of $113.00 over the amount collected two years ago. Solicitors who made the collections were: Carl Walter, Empire; Sarah Nelson, Woodland; Harry Davis, South Grove; Arthur Price, Myron; Mrs. Clinton Meyer, Lybrand; George Brainard, Evergreen and Walter Bugenhagen, Minert.

Mrs. Harris wishes to extend a thank you to all those who assisted her in making this a successful drive and to all persons who contributed. Contract Is Awarded For Road Building On, Creamery Route Fort Dodge Limestone Company has been awarded the road construction contract on the three and one-half mile stretch of secondary road from Postville Creamery north, it was announced this week. Their bid of $37,434.08 was the -lowest of eight presented to the calls for construction of three and one-half miles of road north of Postville Creamery. The new road will eliminate four or five curves as well as improve the road surface.

The three and onehalf mile strip is all that remains to be completed on the original road building contract. The work is to start April 13 and be completed June 20. Included in the contract will be surfacing with crushed rock and installing two culverts. Den Two Cub Scouts Elect New Officers Den 2 of the Cub Scouts met at the home of Den Mother, Mrs. M.

F. Kiesau on February 17 to elect officers. The new officers were: J. D. Thoreson, denner; and Dick Falb, assistant denner.

Final preparations were made for the Blue and Gold Banquet held February 23. 89 Nurses Honored In Capping Exercises Eighty-nine nursing students from the State University of Iowa college of nursing were honored Sunday at the college's traditional capping ceremonies. Capping the student nurses were junior students, "big sisters" to the freshmen and sophomore students. Beverly Johnson of Cherokee was chairman of the reception committee. Assisting her were Violet Gordanier, Postville, senior student; Mary Lou Smalley of Conway and Rosemary Hansen of Sac City.

New Kindergarten Pupils Are Asked To Register Now Registration for the spring all day kindergarten session of the Postville school will be held in the kindergarten room during school hours on Thursday and Friday, March 5 and 6. This all day kindergarten session is only for those rural students that have been unable to attend the regular half day sessions. A child to be eligible for this spring kindergarten session must have been five years old by October 1, 1952, according to the policy of the Postville board of education. School officials urge that parents who have children that are to enter the spring kindergarten bring them to visit the kindergarten for a time on March 5 and 6 even though they may feel that they have previously registered them for this kindergarten session. The strain of entering school for the first time for these children will be much less if they have visited kindergarten previous to entering.

It is urged for the good of all that all students who should enter the Postville first grade next year under the present school organization and who have not been able to attend the regular kindergarten, be entered in the spring kindergarten. Registration for the regular kindergarten for next fall will be held at a later date. Registrations for this kindergarten will not be accepted on March 5 and 6. The spring all day kindergarten session will open on Monday, March 23. Awards Made At Scouting Dinner The Cub pack meeting was held Monday at the school house with a blue and gold banquet celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, the Cubs being a part of the Scout family.

There were 15 awards made at the program. The following boys were recipients: Joe Ball, Silver Arrow; Dick Falb, Gold Arrow; Larry Enyart, Gold and Silver Arrow; Allen Tinker, Bear Badge; Landis Gulsvig, Lion Badge; Warren Tyler, Bear Badge. An unusual feat was accomplished by Den 3. There are eight Cubs in the den and all boys were promoted to the rank of Wolf. These boys have only been in Cubbing since the start of the school year.

Mrs. Allard Nyberg is their Den Mother. Those receiving their Wolf Badges were: Luther Larson, Doug Kiesau, Richard Storla. Dick Thoreson, Mark Miene, Jay Thede, Alan Nyberg and Gerald Limkeman. The next pack meeting will be March 24 at 6:30 p.

m. at the school house with a potluck supper. Mardi Gras will be the theme for the month of March. Postville Is Site For Boys' District Basketball Tourney Postville has been chosen for one of the locations for the Boy's District Basketball tournament to be held next week. Tournament days have been set for Monday, March 2, Tuesday, March 3, Thursday, March 5, and Friday, March 6.

There will be four Class teams competing in their division and four Class teams in their classification. Two games, Class and Class will be played both Monday and Tuesday nights with the finals to be held Thursday evening and the on Friday evening. Winners in this tournament will advance to the sub-state. Class Following is the schedule of Class teams: Monday, 8:30 p. vs.

Elkader. Tuesday, 8:30 p. vs. Cresco. Friday, 7:30 p.

m. championship finals. Class Following is the schedule of games for the Class teams: Monday, 7:00 p. vs. Lime Springs.

Tuesday, 7:00 p. vs. Lansing. Thursday, 7:30 p. championship finals.

Fishing And Hunting Licenses Increased The sale of fishing, hunting and trapping licenses in Allamakee county for the year just ended, April 1, 1952 to March 31, 1953, showed an overall increase, according to the records of Allamakee County Recorder Lillian Meier- kord. The license fees produced a total of $5,601.05 in the past year in comparison to $5,211.45 in 1951. Greatest single revenue producer was the sale of combination fishing and hunting licenses which totalled $2,207.50. Good Season. The report shows: 937 resident fishing licenses at $1.50 each for a total of resident fishing, 694, at $1.50, combination fishing and hunting, 883, at $2.50, non-resident fishing, 138, non-resident six-day, 68.

at $1.50, non-resident hunting, 4, resident trapping, 101, at $1.00, $190.55. Luther College Band To Appear At Monona The approaching concert of the Luther College Concert Band, to be held in the Monona high school gymnasium on Friday, February 27, at 8:15 p. m. is being eagerly waited by people of this area. Their appearance is being sponsored by the high school, but specifically the high school band.

Committees have been appointed for the various tasks, notably among them, a food committee, composed of band mothers, whose job it is to feed the Luther band members and their director, chaperones, etc. Mrs. Debner Rites To Be Held Today Fred Debner, 97, one of Allamakee county's oldest residents, passed away Monday atjthe home of Mrs. Lemme at Funeral services will be-heldThis afternoon at 1:15 p. m.

at the Schutte Funeral Home and at 2:00 p. m. at the Ludlow church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. She is survived by six daughters, all of whom live in the vicinity of Waukon.

Tyler Endorsed For Legion Commander Of Fourth District Harry Tyler of Postville was one of two candidates endorsed for the office of Fourth District Commander of the Iowa American Legion at the district caucus held in Des Moines the past weekend. Tyler's nomination was presented to the caucus by Leo Foels, Commander of Arthur F. Brandt Post, and endorsement by the district was immediate. The name of Clarence Gage of Charles City was also presented to the group for the office of commander and was approved by the group. The election to the office will be held at the spring conference of the district.

Four members of the Postville Legion attended the Commanders and Adjutants conference held in Des Moines on Sunday and Monday. They were George Huebner, Harry Tyler, Harold Christofferson and Leo Foels. Rites Are Held For A Former Resident Funeral services were held on Tuesday of last week at Orlando, Florida for Otto F. Rasmusen, 56, former resident of this community, who passed away suddenly February 14 in an Orlando hospital following a heart attack. Born in Postville, Mr.

Rasmusen had been an Orlando resident since 1934 there from Des Moines. "''i A- real -estate salesman, Mr. Rasmusen was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Orlando Lodge No. 69, AM, the Shrine lodge and the Orlando Elks lodge. He had been a member of the American Legion for 35 years and served in both World War I and II.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia W. Rasmusen of Orlando and a sister, Mrs. Bess Stoltz of Dubuque. He was a cousin of Mrs.

Ted Anderson. HOUSEHOLD AUCTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY A public auction of household goods will be held by Mrs. Herman Heins at her residence on Oak Drive in Postville on Saturday, February 28, beginning at 1:00 p. m. The full listing of articles for sale may be found elsewhere in this issue of the Postville Herald.

Corn Loans By PMA Processed In County During the past five months local farmers have received $317,398.37 through loans and sales made through the Allamakee county PMA office, according to Ben W. Kelleher. of the PMA. The loans processed were on corn and 215 farmers took advantage of that program. These loans covered 151.357 bushels of corn and netted the farmers $234,603.35.

which sum must be repaid in corn or cash when the loans mature on July 31 next. Corn loans still are available and this total may be increased somewhat. The balance, $82,795.02, was paid for hay delivered under the recently terminated hay purchase program. While quite a number of people feared that farmers were selling themselves short, PMA officials estimate that not less than 1,000 tons still could be purchased in this locality. Six New Arrivals At Hospital Here Six new arrivals, five boys and a girl, were added to the community during the past week at Postville Hospital.

Following is a list of the births: Boy, Mr. and Mrs. James Overland, Feb. 18, 7 lbs. Boy, Mr.

and Mrs. Milton Oldag, Luana, Feb. 18, 7 10 ozs. Girl, Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Johnson, Elgin, Feb. 19, 7 14 ozs. Boy, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Thompson, Monona, Feb.

19, 6 7 ozs. Boy, Mr. and Mrs. Vernell Walvatne, Fayette, Feb. 23, 9 14 ozs.

Boy, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Gehring, West Union, Feb. 23, 8 5 ozs. Medical Cases.

Mrs. Julia Bilden, Clermont, Feb. 18. Warren Hurlbert, Calmar, Feb. 18.

Joe Baker, Elgin, Feb. 19. Mrs. Mary Heins, Postville, Feb. 20.

Mrs. Wm. Nelson, Clermont, Feb. 21. Jovce Erickson, Farmersburg, Feb.

22. A Bradley Butikofer, Volga, Feb. 23; Surgical Cases. i Clara Lea Tapper, Monona, Fdb 18. Mrs.

Arbie Rose, Postville, Feb. 24. Car And Pickup In Crash Here Chevrolet coach driven by Andrew L. Novak of Calmar crashed into the side of a 1951 Ford pickup driven by Keith Palmer of Charles City about 12:25 Saturday morning at the Duwe bridge curve one mile south of Postville on Highway 52 causing an estimated $700 the vehicles. No one was ever.

The pickup, which was approaching Postville, hit a patch of ice on the curve and turned sideways in the road. The Novak car, which was approaching the corner from Postville, hit a partly frozen puddle of water on the highway which trjrew the freezing mist over the windshield, and caused the driver to miss seeing the pickup in the road. Blowing snow at the time also had cut visibility to just a few feet. The car crashed into the side of the pickup caving in the left door, fender and running board of the truck. The entire front end -of the Chevrolet was caved in.

Damage to each vehicle was estimated at $350 by Highway Patrolmen, who investigated the accident. No injuries resulted to the driver of the car nor to driver of the pickup and the two passengers he had with Deering In Accident. Charles Deering, driving a 1948 Ford, skidded on the ice on the curve just at the southeast edge of Postville last Wednesday morning at 1:30 and crashed into a tree near head-on. Damage to the car was set at $650 by highway patrolmen, investigated. Hearing Date Set On School Consolidation In Postville Area 60 Per Cent Of Voters Sign For New School District -Sixty per cent of the voters of the proposed Consolidated Independent School District of Postville signed petitions asking for the consolidation, according to John A.

Schroeder, chairman of the Citizens Committee in charge of the consolidation move. There-are estimated 1,872 persons of voting age residing in the four-county area affected and petitions were signed by 1,111 persons, a fraction under 60 per cent. The certified number of signers dropped 10 per cent, however, as the lists were checked by Allamakee County Superintendent of Schools M. H. Goede.

Signers who had failed to place their address or the date behind their signatures were deleted from the list. This left the number of petitioners at slightly over 50 per cent, far in excess of the required one third. The certified number of signers was placed at 952. The estimated number of voters in the Allamakee county area comprising all of Post township and portions of Franklin and Ludlow townships was there were 789 signers. In Winneshiek county, which includes a part of Bloomfield township, an estimate of 130 voters were made and 64 signed the petition.

In Fayette county, which includes only a small corner of Clermont township, there are 20 voters and 11 signed the petition. In Clayton county, which includes portions of Wagner, Marion, Grand Meadow and Monona townships, an estimate of 391 voters was made and a total of 247 signed the petition. Published on page 8 of this issue of the Herald is a map of the proposed area and the complete legal definition of the boundaries. A preliminary survey indicates a tax base of at least six million dollars. Records are now being compiled on an accurate levy basis and should be available for publication next week.

News Those In The SERVICE to Address Given The address of Roland E. Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Meyer of Postville. is: Pvt.

Roland E. Meyer, US-55310980, Co. 34th M. T. B.

Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. to Address Given Robert Henning was recently called to duty in the army. His address is: Pvt. Robert E. Henning, US-55310793, Co.

2nd 85th Inf. Regt, 10th Fort Riley, Kansas. to Change Of Address The new address of Frederick H. Reincke is as follows: Sgt. Frederick H.

Reincke, 87th A. B. Box 764, Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington. to Change Of Address The new address of Jack Schultz, who is serving as a cook now, is as follows: Pvt. John G.

Schultz, US-55217298, Btry 12th Tng. Fort Bliss, Texas. March 10 Is Date For Hearing Issue At Memorial Hall M. H. Goede, Allamakee County Superintendent of Schools, has set Tuesday, March 10, as the date for hearing on the proposed formation of the "Consolidated Independent School District of according to an official notice published in today's Postville Herald.

The notice of limiting of time to- file objections and notice of time for hearing on objections to formation of the district which includes portions of Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette and Winneshiek counties, is printed in full on page 8 of this issue of the Herald. All objections to the establishment of the proposed district must be made in writing in the form of an affidavit and filed in the office of the County Superintendent of Schools of Allamakee county, at the court house in Waukon, on or before noon of the 10th day of March. Mr. Goede has set the hearing on the proposed consolidation for Tuesday, March 10, at 2:00 p. m.

in Memorial Hall in Postville. Initial Hearing. This is the initial hearing on the proposal and the first time for objectors to be heard. Following this- first meeting before Mr. Goede and the Allamakee County Board of Education, a second hearing date will be set in which the county- superintendents and boards of education members of the four-county area affected will sit in judgment on the proposal.

The election on the matter will follow at a specified time after the joint meeting of the four-county boards. Ewald Brandt Family Featured In Bulletin The Ewald Brandt family of Postville were recently featured in an article in the National Brown Swiss bulletin for February. 1953. The title of the article, "A Club Boy and His Project Grow Up points out how Ewald Brandt was a 4-H club member in 1929 and acquired a purebred Brown Swiss heifer calf for his project. From the inspiration and the work with his first purebred heifer, he purchased other Brown.

Swiss baby heifer calves until today he has one of the outstanding: Brown in Iowa and is known nationally. Good Family. Mr. Brandt was able to secure a good family and by continuous testing in the Dairy Herd Improvement association, he has been able to weed out the poorer producers so that today he as a herd average of 438.9 pounds of butterfat. The herd is now on herd improvement registry test.

to In Japan Charles Kerr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kerr, sailed for Japan on February 13. His address is: Pvt. Charles K.

Kerr, US-55217387, P'rov. Co. S. E. 535, APO 613, PM, San Francisco, California.

to Promoted Dwayne Suckow of Gilo Bend, Arizona was promoted from an Airman Third Class to an Airman Second Class. to Visits Here Lester L. Friederich, who was stationed at Sheppard AFB, Texas, spent the weekend visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schultz and family, and other relatives and friends.

He reported to his new assignment at Chanute Field, Illinois. At The Theatre February 26, 27. and Abbott and Lou Costello star in "Meet Captain Kidd" and co-starring" Charles Laughton, with super-salty songs and super-saucy sirens. March 1 and Crosby. Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour star in "Road to Bali" in technicolor.

March 3 and Dangerous Ground" stars Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan with Ward Bond and Charles Kemper. Plus Dennis Morgan starring in "Cattle Town." DAVID SCHUTTE PLANS TO ATTEND JAMBOREE David Schutte, Explorer Scout, is making plans to attend the third National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America to be held at the Irvine Ranch in California from July 10 to 16. David will make the trip with a group of Scouts from the Northeast Iowa Council. Kiwanians Plan Ladies' Night The Postville Kiwanis Club will hold a ladies night program at their regular meeting next Monday evening with the dinner to be held in the dining room of the Community Presbyterian Church beginning at 6:30. Speaker for the evening will be Dr.

Eugene Garbee, president of Upper Iowa University, of Fayette. This will be Dr. Garbee's first appearance in Postville since taking over the duties as president of the college last fall. Toastmasters Here. The Waukon and Decorah Toastmasters Club members were guests of the Kiwanis Club Monday and presented the program.

Earl Miller was toastmaster for the evening and talks were given by James Empting of Waukon, Everett Grass and R. Belknap of Decorah, with the other members of the visiting group entering into the program. Those present from Waukon were: James Bristol, J. TidbalL William Sevatson, Ed Helbing, Earl Miller, J. Deeney, Rolland Hangartner, Robert Olson, Robert Smalley, Lester Nevermann, R.

Spangler and James Empting. Those from Decorah were: Henry Montgomery, Everett Gross, Gay Lutz and R. Belknap..