Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 26

26 April II, 19M Globe-Gazette, Mason City, la. the first time in everal years, Joice will have a chool band to enter in the fcs- vities of the North Iowa Band "estival at Mason City in June, will also have a queen candidate. As soon as the new elemen- MRS. FRANK THOMSEN Here and there About your North Iowa neighbors Little and Mrs Albert Johnson have left foi Fullerton, N.D., where they wil visit in the home of Mrs. John son's daughter and husband Mr.

and Mrs. Marvin Elliott anc with other friends. They wil also attend Lhe wedding of Miss Elinore Waite. Curtis G. Nel son has arrived from Fort Dev ons, where he has been stationed for the past 15 months He will spend a 30-day leavt with his mother, Mrs.

AHa Nel son, here, and then will leav for Korea where he will be sta tioned 11 months before re ceiving his discharge. and Mrs. Henrj Qua me have arrived home from their 6,000 mile trip by train to the West Coast. They visited' relatives in Washington, Montana and Oregon, stopped in San Francisco, Los Angefes, Hollywood and other points in California. At Mesa, they visited the Francis McGuan family at the Chauncey Lund home.

and Mrs. Norman Risius and Tara went to Minneapolis where they will make their home. Risius, who was recently discharged from the Navy Air Force, will be employed at the Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis. JOICE SCHOOL HAND Joice has new band to send to festival tary school was completed here, "ebruary, 1959, work began on nstrumental instruction for students from 4th grade through 12th. Plans had been in the making for some time, but the school lad been crowded for space the new building was completed.

There had been no instrumental instruction or band work for several years. MRS. FRANK THOMSEN, Clear Lake, was the instructor. She is the former Mildred Kopecky, daughter of John Kopecky, who served as -band director at the Clear Lake Schools more than 25 years. She played for several years with both the Mason City and Clear Lake Municipal bands.

Mrs. Thomsen has been directing music since 1946, serving at one time for six years as both band and vocal music director at Ventura. She has served as instrumental instructor and band Damage suit filed in man's death FOREST CITY A $50,000 damage suit has been filed in Winnebago County District Court here by Mrs. Gencvieve H. Soesbe, Mason City, admin- istratrix in the estate of Daniel Wood Soesbe, against Mrs.

Ruby BatUeson, Leland, executrix in the estate of Lous T. Ballleson. Husbands of the two women director for the Garner-Hayfield DOROTHY SCHOTT were killed in an accident west of Duncan on Highway 18 March 20, 1959. The suit charges that the Leland man was negligent. Widow of a third man killed in the crash, Guy T.

Swenson, also of Mason City, has a damage suit pending in court against the Battleson estate. Forest City PTA plans meeting FOREST CITY Final meeting the Forest City-Leland Parent Teacher Assn. for this school year will be held Thursday in the lunch room of the grade school according to Merle Hall, president of the group. Don Potter, Algona, psychologist for the special education service of Winnebago, Hancock and Kossuth Counties, will discuss the need for special edti cation classes in the Forest City- Leland district. Election of officers will be held.

LeRoy, Minn. Mrs. Avery Hall, daughter and son, Minneapolis, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.

B. Moe. Granddaughters of the Moes, Nancy and Sandra Rohne, St. Paul, are also visiting them. of 30 twirlers at Joice.

MORE THAN 60 students from Joice including 6 to 8 twirlers, vill take part in the Band Fes- ival at Mason City. The band will wear novel Beachcomber outfits brightly printed shirts, matching hats; contrasting pedal pushers and tennis shoes. The School Parents Association Miss Iowa will be at Forest City FOREST CITY Miss Iowa of 1959, Jacqueline Jean Baker, now a student at the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, will be a special guest at the Miss Forest City Beauty Pageant Saturday, it was announced by Russell Tokhcim and Don Rci- selter, co chairmen for the event sponsored by the Jaycees; She is also instructing a class shc wil1 attend the contestants and Joice schools, spending some time each week at each school. She has found the enthusiasm of the students and the support and interest of the parents outstanding at Joice. Work vith the students and band has progressed at a rapid pace.

Home Show planned at Hampton HAMPTON The second an nual Building and Home Show will be held in Hampton April 22, 23 and 24 at the National Guard Armory, There will be no admission. The doors will open at 6 p.m. Friday until 9 p.m.; Saturday from 1 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m.; Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The Hampton Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Home Show. One of the special attractions of this year's show will be the Parade of Industries.

This special display is being set.up by' the Hampton Black and White Camera Club in conjunction with the Hampton Junior Chamber of Commerce." The Jaycees have arranged to have a door prize. All visitors at the Home Show will be given free transportation to and from the model home showing. Morrell Shear will show two of his new homes which are located in his new addition just north of Hampton, Terrace Hill. The new homes feature all the latest in ideas and design. North Iowa deaths Fred W.

Frost dies at 80; Rites Monday CHA.RLES CITY Funeral held Monday at the Hauser Funeral Home for Fred W. Frost, 80, who died Friday night at the Cedar Valley Hospital where he had been a patient the past week. Burial Forest Cif to let contracts for power line construction FOREST CITY Forest'City City Council has set May 19 as letting date for contracts on power interconnection facilities at the municipal power plant. Letting will be at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall.

Work involved is part of the over-all project of an interconnection with Dairy and Power Co-Operative, LaCrosse, for purchase of extra power when needed. STANLEY ENGINEERING Muscatine, has prepared the specifications which call for completion of a-new outdoor sub station. It includes a 69 kv term nal structure, two power trans- ormers, metalclad switchgear. Associated plant work includes new control panels, modifica- ions to existing switchgear and panels, provision of station bat- ery and other miscellaneous work. DAIRYLAND to construct he interconnecting line from a point 2Vi miles north of Forest 'ity to the power plant.

As part of the program, the city distribution system will be converted from 2,400 to 4,160 volts. North Central Line Service, Storm Lake, has been contracted to do this work with the Mrs. O'Dowd dies at 75; Rites Tuesday materials bid. to be purchased on CHARLES CITY Funeral services will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church, Tuesday at 10 a.m., for Mrs. Frank O'Dowd, 75.

She died Saturday at her home from a heart ailment. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, near Charles City, with the Hauser Funeral Home in charge. A life-long resident of Charle: City, she was the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murphy.

She was married to Frank O'Dowd Sept. 12, 1903, in Charles City Surviving are two children Mrs. Gwendolyn Nilles, South Bend, and Stanley O'Dowd Charles City; six grandchildren a brother, Mike Murphy, Los Angeles, and a sister Mrs. Agnes Clement, Cedar Rap ids. was in Riverside Cemetery.

Before his retirement, he was a mechanic with the Charles City Western member Railway. He of the First was a Congre- at Joice voted to furnish the "unds for the hats. The Joice Band Queen is Dorothy Schott, honor roll student. She is adaughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Leland Schott, secre- of the senior class; editor of the School Chatterbox; assistant editor of the annual staff; active speech and vocal events; was a member of the first-string' girls' basketball team at Joice; and was winner this year of the American Legion Auxiliary Americanism Essay contest in the Joice High School. Last year she was a winner in the REA essay contest and won a trip to Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Frank Tracy have returned to their Nashua home from West Palm Beach, where they spent the winter. and Mrs.

M. B. Norman, who have spent the past several weeks in Lakeland, returned to their home in Nashua. While there they visited some time with Mrs. Eva Dex-i ter, a former Nashua resident.

and Mrs. Alf Studer and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Huber are spending a week fishing at Hollister, Mo. Nora Fingalsen, A arrived home Tuesday from the Air Force Base at Amarillo, Tex.

He is spending a 30-day leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fingalsen, after which he will be sent to Okinawa. A graduate of the local high school, he enlisted in the U. S.

Air Force last November. and Mrs. Theron Hansen have returned from Seattle, where they spent several weeks with their son Theodore, his wife and nev daughter, Debra Kay. Olsen, Lovington, N. is spendin Work begun on four new Algona building projects tea in the afternoon, the banquet and the pageant program which gets under way at Civic Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

Ken Kew, Mason City KGLO- TV, will be master of ceremonies. Kew has served as master of ceremonies at the Miss Iowa Pageant in Clear LaTce for five years. Ralph Height Mason City television and restaurant organist, will be pageant organist. Brother of Joice woman dies in Oklahoma mishap services for Richard Kamas, 45, Knowles. brother of Mrs.

George Abraham, formerly of Joice were held Sunday at Knowles. A pipe or rod from an oil well fell and hit him on the head. He was hospitalized at Wichita, where he underwent surgery. He died Tuesday evening. Wadiea Abraham, Joice, and Mike Kamas, Albert Lea, left Saturday to attend the rites.

Kamas is survived by his wife, two sons, Sam and James, gational Church, and had been a resident of Charles City, 49 years. He was married to Mabel M. Wall, Aug. 17, 1905, at Osage. He is survived by his wife.

His parents, three brothers, and four sisters, preceded him in death. Peter Christensen dies following STUDENT NURSE CAPPED CHARLES CITY Miss Toni Ann Van Deest, daughter of Mrs. Kenneth Horn of Charles City was capped in ceremonies at St. Mary's School of Nursing, Rochester, April 3. Miss Van Deest is a 1959 graduate of the Charles City Community High School.

Aluminum was not discovered as a separate metal until 1824. Still, scientists say there is more aluminum yielded by the earth than any other metal. long illness Hospitalized girl receives heart's desire IOWA Kelsey, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kelsey, who farm near Iowa Falls, has been a patient at Blank Memorial Hospital, Des Moines, since November except a few very brief periods at iome.

Her illness has been diagnosed as aplastic anemia. While spending Easter at home, she received two gifts, a five-week-old French poodle and $105. She has wanted a French poodle for some time. Early this month, Kathy Cess'ford, one of her classmates, started a fund with some of her own savings and asked for help in raising $75 to $100 to buy a dog for Sandra. Don Thorson, owner of the Ellsworth Turkey Hatchery, Ellsworth, gave the dog and asked that the money raised, also be given to Sandra.

Sandra will probably have to return to the hospital about the middle of the week. Bids opened for church at Algona ALGONA Bids have been opened for the construction of a new educational unit for the First Congregational Church here. The total contracts involved run more than the pledged sum for construction, and no specific contracts have been let pending development of alternates that will bring costs within the pledged funds. The bids for the general contract were Berding Construe-- tion Sheffield, Forest City Improvement 540; H. J.

Cowan, Algona, Roth and Associates, Storm Lake, $89,488. Plumbing and heating bids were, E. L. Secory and Son, Clear Lake, C-. C.

Garner, Laurens, Fleming Hardware, Whittemore, $23,693. Electrical contract bids ran Pratt Electric Construction, Algona, Algona Electric $7,123 and Beretron Electric $9,300. The Algona Floor FAREWELL PARTY CHARLES farewell parly for Mrs. George Wright, who is moving to Phoenix, Service bid the floor coverings. Algona radio station sold radio-TV brokerage firm of Hamilton-Landis and Associates announced Saturday that station KLGA, Algona, has been sold to Harry Snyder and Robert W.

Behling for $80,. 000. Snyder and Behling own. KHUB, Freemont, Neb. The sale is subject to FCC approval.

FUTURE HOMEMAKERS BELMOND Diane Tetrow will head the Future Homemakers of America for next school year. She succeeds Kate Mc- Laughlih. Other officers are Nadyne Johnson, vice president; Barbara Musselman, parliamentarian; Nancy Halfwassen, historian; Sharon Christenson, was given at-a meeting of the Degree of Honor Lodge the past week at the Odd Fellows Hall. She received a gift from the lodge. district representative.

I a Swensen, Lennox, S.D., was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Brandmeyer. has begun, or will begin in the near future, on $354,411 worth of construction in four Algona building projects. They are an addition and swimming pool at the Algona Country Club, the new First Presbyterian Church building, a remodeled building for the McMahon and Cassel law offices and the rebuilding after a fire of the Trinity Lutheran Church plus a new educational unit.

Construction on the country club project began April 14 and includes the construction of a 20x80 foot addition to the south side of the club house, exterior and interior painting, a 20 60 foot pear-shaped swimming pool and a 10 20 foot wading pool. ABOUT 25,000 SQUARE FEETj patio space will surround i pools and there will be a bath-S house for youngsters. Improve-1 menls of two golf holes arc also! planned with a parking area in the rear. The major work will cost about $10,000. It is expected to be ready for occupancy by September.

taken out. A new back will is 12 and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kamas, Knowles; two brothers, and two George sisters. and Albert; Wanda and A settlement has been reached with the insurance company on the Trinity Lutheran Church fire.

The east end of the building will have (o be rebuilt on inside and the nave completely; redone. An educational unit is in! the planning stage and will bej constructed south of the church, It will be two-story with 14 rooms. Costs of the repairs new unit is expected to be 000 and to take most of the summer for completion. i Mrs. George (Evalenc) Abraham, all well known in this area.

Kamas was engaged in cattle ranching and raising wheat with his father at Knowles, Okla. CHARLES CITY Funeral services will be held at the Hauser Funeral Home Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. for Peter Christensen, 69. He died at the Cedar Valley Hospital Sunday morning where he had been a patient for a month. He had been an Oliver employe, working in the foundry since 1916 until 10 years ago.

Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Dagmar; and two daughters, Mrs. Leo Lidd Charles and Mrs. Paul Christopherson, Chicago, 111. L.

G. Bushbaum rites Tuesday at Iowa Falls IOWA services for Louis G. Bushbaum. 74, who died Saturday at the State Sanitorium at Oakclale, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Anderson Home for Funerals.

Buria will be at Union cemetery. Survivors include a step-daughter Mrs. Paul Mittelstadt, Williams There are about 180 species of holly, the Christmas shrub. week's vacation in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

E. M. Olsen. He will be employed in Council Bluffs. LeR Floyd Bistodan has returned to her home in Dayton, after visit-' ing her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Jesse Havens. Greene and Mrs. J. M.

Macintosh and Miss Laura Hehn, Saute Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, have been visiting in the home of Dr: and Mrs. H. G. MacLeod.

They are on the way home from California where they visited Mrs. Macintosh's brother, Dr. Warren Clark. Mr. and Mrs.

E. C. Elling left recently on a vacation in Florida. Elling was a-warded the Irip through life insurance sales. They plan to gone about three weeks.

included in the $44,411 project, It is expected that the swimming! pool will be ready for use somei time in July and the addition by! August 1. Robert Ditzenberger, Fort Dodge is architect for the project. H. J. Cowan will construct the pool and addition.

The Everds Bros. Contractors, Al- and the J. T. McGuire contractor, Algona, will handle the golf course improvements. The $200,000" Presbyterian Church building is under construction with workers tearing down the pop factory building on the site this week.

THE McMAHON AND CAS- sel law firm has purchased a building on Thoringion Street here and will remodel 5t for offices'. The project includes a new front, new floors and ceilings, and the skylights will be HOME of the Can Fit Your Needs By Analyzing Your Needs THE E. CARL WHITE REALTORS hive inaugurated a consultation department to assist home buyers. A form you fill out to fit your situation in the future and now This Service Free Jisl Phone or Stop in and rick Up This Your Home Needs THE COW PALACE LIVESTOCK AUCTION TOREST CITY, IOWA April P. M.

Good receipts and a dependable market was the gist of last week's two sales. We will have a number of good consignments of stocker and feeder cattle in this Wednesday's auction. WE EXPECT: 35 mixed heifer calves, wt. 425 to 475 Ibs. 60 Whiteface steer calves, wt.

375 to 475 Ibs. 26 choice Whiteface cows (close up springers, tested and these are coming with 1st and 2nd calves). 45 mixed steers, wt. 600 to 800 Ibs. 30 feeding heiferertes, wt.

700 to 800 Ifas. Also many small lots of all classes of catte, feeding pigs and bred sows. MR. LIVESTOCK MAN: If you have stock to sell (cattle, hogs or sheep) make plans to send them to the COW PALACE. We receive all kinds of stock and we have the buyers for whatever you care to consign.

A really dependable home market in the best selling facilities in North Iowa. DELIC1OUSJOWA BEEF AND PORK Our BULL PEN INN is open every day except Sunday for your convenience. Complete dinners and lunches. FOREST CITY AUCTION CO. CHARLES N.

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