Iowa Old Press

1928 Feb 7, LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, LeMars, Iowa

Death Takes Old Resident
L. D. Redmon Came to Plymouth County Sixty Years Ago
Was Veteran Barber
Had Been in Failing Health of Late Years

Death claimed L. D. Redmon, a resident of Plymouth county since boyhood, at
the Community hospital, Saturday afternoon. Mr. Redmon suffered a stroke of
paralysis early Friday morning, and was conveyed to the hospital, where he
never rallied, passing away without regaining consciousness. Mr. Redmon was
widely known through his long residence in the county, his father, Neville
Redmon, being one of the first settlers in America township and one of the
first justices of the peace elected in the county.

Lafayette Dennis Redmon was born at Boxleytown, Indiana, July 14, 1853, and
was 74 years, 6 months and 2 days old at the time of his death. He was a
son of Neville and Nancy Redmon. In 1868 the family came to Le Mars to make
their home. Lafe, as he was familiarly called, was stricken with paralysis
when he was a small lad. The attack left him with a crippled leg, which
necessitated the use of a crutch the rest of his life.

Was Game Fighter
Handicap by physical disability proved no deterrent to his disposition and
ambition. He struggled gamely against odds and was always cheerful and
hopeful, and in spite of his physical infirmities took part in games and
sports, and his activity was remarkable. He obtained a fair education in
the country schools and when a youth taught school in the rural districts.
He learned the barber trade and followed that occupation for more than
forty-five years, the greater part of the time in LeMars and Merrill, and at
one time conducted shops in Pipestone, Minn., and Bonesteel, S.D.

Sickness overtook him about four years ago and he suffered a stroke which
affected his use of his right arm, and prevented further work at his
calling. Old settlers in the county recall “Lafe” when he was in great
demand as announcer at country dances, and joined in community gatherings,
enjoying life with a wholesome zest. Many of the pioneers will pay a
tribute to one who figured picturesquely in the early settlement days.

L. D. Redmon leaves to mourn his death his brother, Alfred Redmon, of Omaha,
Neb.; three half brothers, George Redmon, of Pipestone, Minn.; W. N. Redmon
of Redondo Beach, Calif.; D. D. Redmon, of LeMars, and five sisters, Mrs.
Mary Liesenger[sic], Mrs. May Demaray, Mrs. Maud Tucker, of LeMars, Mrs.
Etta Corkins, of Casonovia [sic, Cazenovia], N.Y. and Mrs. Bertha Fowler, of
Sioux City, Iowa.

The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Beely undertaking
rooms and the services conducted by Rev. J. J. DePree, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, and the interment made in the city cemetery.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
February 17, 1928

YOUTH FACING GRAVE CHARGE
YOUNG WOMAN ALLEGES RAPHAEL STOOS
IS AUTHOR OF HER UNDOING

Raphael Stoos, a young farmer of Remsen vicinity, was arrested Wednesday
by Deputy Sheriff T.C. Parkers and brought to LeMars and lodged in the
county jail.

Stoos was indicted by the grand jury at this term of court and is held
to answer in bastardy proceedings.

The complainant in the case is a young woman of Remsen, who according to
her own statement "loved not wisely but too well."  She states she is on
the way to become a mother, and that Stoos is the author of her undoing.

The facts in the case were laid before the authorities by relatives of
the girl.  Young Stoos was arraigned in court yesterday afternoon before
Judge Butler and his bonds placed at $1,000 for appearance later and he
was released from jail.

CHIMES RING GOLDEN NOTE
Miss Louise Trafford Becomes the Bride of Adolph Haack, of Remsen
PLEDGE NUPTIAL VOWS
Oswald Wurth and Elma Raether United in Marriage

The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Trafford, 400 Sixth street, SW., was
the scene of a pretty home wedding Tuesday, when their daughter, Louise,
was united in marriage with Adolph Haack, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C.J.
Haack, of Meadow township.

Relatives and two or three intimate friends were present on the happy
occasion.  The ceremony took place at high noon.  The service was
conducted by Rev. Paul V. Dyck, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church.

The house decorations were in orchid and peach, and the colors scheme
was tastefully carried out in the parlor and dining rooms.  Miss
Katherine Gross played the Lohengrin wedding chorus from Wagner's opera
as the bridal party took their places before a floral altar, and Miss
Lena Gross sang, "Oh! Perfect Love."

The attendants were Miss Edith Trafford, a sister of the bride, and
Elmer Haack, a brother of the bridegroom.  The bride looked charming in
her wedding gown of peach colored georgette, and carried a bridal
bouquet of sweet peas.  The bridesmaid wore a pretty dress of orchid
georgette and carried a bouquet of roses.

Following the marriage service, a four-course wedding dinner was served.

The bride was born and grew up in LeMars and is popular young woman with
many friends.  She is a graduate of the LeMars high school of the class
of 1924.  Since leaving school she has been a valued employee of the K.
and L. Gross store.

The young people left for the South on a brief wedding trip. They will
be at home to their friends on a farm near Remsen, after March 1.

PRETTY CHURCH WEDDING

The marriage of Oswald Wurth, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wurth, of
Fredonia township, and Elma Raether, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Raether, of LeMars was celebrated at St. Joseph's church in this city,
Tuesday morning.  The ceremony took place at 8 o'clock, Mgr. W. A. Pape
officiating at the nuptial mass.

The bride was charmingly attired in a wedding gown of white satin,
ornamented with beautiful lace trimming, and wore a veil fastened in her
hair with coronet effect.  She carried an arm bouquet of roses and sweet
peas.  She was attended by her sister, Miss Cora Raether.

The bridesmaid was gowned in a pretty dress of pink taffeta, with
accessories to match and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.  Fidelis
Wurth, a brother of the bridegroom acted as best man.

Following the ceremony the bridal party drove to the home of the bride's
parents, where a wedding breakfast was served in three courses.  Later
in the day a sumptuous wedding dinner was served in their hone at the
home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wurth, in Fredonia
township, ...[the copy runs out here]

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Glen Simons, of Marcus, and Miss Rose R. Lochner, of Meriden, were united in marriage Thursday, February 16, at the First Methodist church parsonage, the pastor, Rev. F. Earl Burgess, officiating.

Calvin E. Andersen, of Akron, and Miss Freda Hope King, of Merrill, were united in marriage on St. Valentine’s day, Rev. S. A. Jones performing the ceremony at Merrill.  The attendants were Clarence Andersen and Miss Iva Morehead.

John J. Binneboese, of Hinton, and Anna M. Ahrendt, of Grant township, were united in marriage February 12, in Grant township, Rev. J. D. Meyher officiating.  The attendants were Ida Ahrendt and Clarence Lang.

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FERN CHAPMAN NOW A BRIDE
POPULAR YOUNG WOMAN OF SENEY, IS WEDDED TO ORVILLE COOPER

A pretty home wedding was celebrated on Wednesday, at high noon, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Elam Chapman, when their daughter, Fern Ruth, was
united in marriage to Mr. Orville Cooper.  The home was beautifully
decorated in pink and white, the bride's chosen colors.  To the strains
of the Lohengrin wedding chorus, played by Mrs. Earl Chapman, the bridal
couple took their places beneath a pink and white arch, under a large
white wedding bell, where Rev. M.L. Metcalf read the service making them
man and wife.

The bride was becomingly dressed in a coral pink georgette dress and
carried a bouquet of pink and white roses and carnations.  The groom
wore a suit of tan mixture.  After the ceremony a sumptuous three-course
dinner was served to about forty guests, by four young ladies, Mesdames
Albert Hawkins, J.M. Kunath, Ethel Moir and Ina Lancaster, who were
dressed in the bride's colors, pink and white.

Mrs. D.F. McArthur and Mrs. R.H. Zimmerman assisted the young ladies in
the honors of serving.

Many valuable and beautiful presents were received by the couple.

The bride's going away dress was rose colored silk, with accessories to
match.  They left the same evening for different points in Nebraska.  On
their return they will reside on the R.A. Hawkins farm, north of Seney.

Those from a distance attending the wedding were:  Mr. James Alderson
and daughter, Miss Myrtle, of Elgin, Neb.; Albert Muxlow and Mrs. R.H.
Zimmerman, of LeMars, and Rev. and Mrs. M.L. Metcalf, of Sioux City.
[This couple was married February 15, 1928.]

OLD LANDMARK BEING REMOVED
MODERN BUILDING IS TO REPLACE OLD RICHARDS HOUSE
HOTEL ANNEX

A force of men are at work tearing down the old buildings on Second
street, NW, in which is located the office of Dr. F.W. Knoop.

The veterinarian has plans complete for the erection of a new office and
adjuncts, and will replace the old structure with a modern building,
suitable for his work.  The building being wrecked is one of the oldest
landmarks in that part of town, and was formerly an annex of the
Richards House hotel, which stood on the corner of Central avenue and
Second street, NW.  The building was later converted into a laundry,
which was operated by the Wasmers.

The Richards House was built in the early eighties, and the old frame
building used as an annex predated the hotel by more than a decade.

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)

Leonard Winters had hogs on the Sioux City market Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Becker, son Floyd, were dinner guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Reeves.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schemmel drove to Heron Lake, Minn., on Sunday and
spent eh day with relatives and friends there.

A. S. Knowlton, who is spending the winter in the Wallace Winslow home
in LeMars, was visiting with friends here on Wednesday.

Pauline Riter and Jimmie Dealy, of Sioux City, spent Sunday at the W. E.
Hennrich home, having come up with Rev. M. L. Metcalf.

The young people gave a shower for Orville Cooper at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. T.K. Chapman on Thursday evening and report a good time.

Emerson Kennedy and Adrian Holster, of Vermillion, S.D., spent a few
hours at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Holster, and Mrs.
Jessie Kennedy, on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Osterday, of Darlington, Wis., started Saturday on
their return trip home, visiting on the way at Sioux City, Dows and
Oelwein.  M.J. and Ira Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buss went as far as
Sioux City with them.

The roads in this vicinity have been bad owing to recent snow and warm
days.  As it is hard for cars to get through our young men have taken to
going on horse back or in buggies and while they may be somewhat a back
number they are more sure to get through the mud.

IS SOLE SURVIVOR

Mrs. Laura Walker, of Cedar Falls, Helped Give LeMars Name

The current number of the Illinois Central Magazine under the caption "An
Iowa Pioneer Woman" carries a story about Mrs. W.W. Walker, of Cedar Falls,
the sole survivor of the group of women that gave LeMars her name. The
article says:

"She is a most delightful hostess, possessing the gentleness of spirit and
kindness of manner that causes all who come within the charmed circle of her
acquaintance to feel that she lives for them along; a lady of brilliant
attainments, a gifted conversationalist, with an eye that sparkles, and a
face that beams like the glory of an autumn sunset when she smiles. She
remains as active a member of the younger set."

These are the words that Sanford Kerr, Illinois Central agent at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, used to describe Mrs. Laura Walker, widow of the late W.W.
Walker, one of Iowa's prominent civil engineers and road builders, when he
sent her picture to the magazine. Mr. Kerr's statement was the result of the
publication in the November number of the story "Iowa and the Illinois
Central," which aroused more than ordinary interest among the pioneers of
that state. The article included a story of the naming of the town of LeMars
by a group of Iowa women, of which Mrs. Walker is now the sole survivor. In
his letter, Mr. Kerr said:

"Mr. Walker was vice-president of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad in
1870, general superintendent and chief engineer of the B.C.R. and M. in 1875
and president of the St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk in 1884. He was one of
those who achieved success, because he worked, read, and thought more than
was absolutely necessary.

Mrs. Walker says in those days she was the almost constant companion of her
husband that in the days of their youth they practically traveled on foot
the entire distance from Cedar Rapids to Cheyenne, Wyo. Recently I visited
at her beautiful home, which in the language of the popular song, 'is just
around the corner from me.'

Having served under seven presidents, I am naturally interested in anything
pertaining to the history and development of the 'Old Reliable and Ever
Progressive.' When, figuratively speaking, this company first bathed its
limbs in the placid waters of the Gulf of Mexico I entered their employ and
forty years ago I witnessed their entrance into the Jasper fields of Dakota.

I was a playmate of General Geo. W. Jones, one of Iowa's first senators,
'though not in the generally accepted sense of the term.' But I have a
distinct recollection of being caressed and fondled by him when I was a
child. I was named after one of the founders, H.W. Sanford. I carried papers
to Jesse P. Farley, ran errands for Dr. Asa Horr and drew my breath in
Langworthy's bank. In fact, I was indirectly connected with this company
even as a child, as my father was a member of the Illinois Central family
for many years.

But all of this has nothing to do with what I had in mind to say when I
started out to write to you. Your article makes reference to Mrs. Laura
Walker who is believed to be the only survivor of that group of remarkable
women from whom LeMars obtained its name. As Alta and Aurelia reflect the
beauty of John I. Blair's lovely daughters, so in part, does LeMars that of
Mrs. Laura Walker, one of Cedar Rapids' most honored, respected and beloved
citizens."

LeMars Globe-Post, February 20, 1928
Page two
NEPTUNE.

POPULAR PAIR ARE WEDDED.
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ahrendt Scene of Pretty Wedding.
A very pretty wedding was solemnized Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ahrendt, in Grant township, when their daughter, Mary, was united in marriage to John Binneboese, son of Mrs. August Binneboese, of Lincoln township.

The bride looked charming in a gown of rose beige georgette and lace embroidered in rhinestones.  Her veil was held in place with a wreath of orange blossoms.  She carried an arm bouquet of bridal roses.  Her sister, Ida, acted as bridesmaid.  She wore a dress of the new salmon shade georgette.  Clarence Lang, a nephew of the groom, attended him.  They both wore the conventional blue.  Ushers were Misses Clara Westhoff and Louise Plueger.

At 4 o’clock the bridal party entered the room to the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march, played on the piano by a sisgter of the bride, Bertha Arendt.  The bridal party took their places under an arch, decorated with wedding bells and streamers, in the bridal colors, where Rev. J. D. Meyers pastor of Grant Lutheran Church, performed the double ring ceremony.

At 6 o’clock a four-course dinner was served to immediate relatives of the couple.  Six [sic] relatives of the bride and groom served.  They were:  Misses Bertha Rieke, Emma Ahrendt, Ella and Lillian Lang, and Dora Westhoff.

The bride is well known in this community, and the groom is a prosperous farmer of Lincoln township, where they will make their home on the groom’s farm.

Their many friends wish them a happy wedded life.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
February 21, 1928

WILL LIVE IN AKRON
Freda King, of Merrill, Becomes the Bride of Calvin Andersen

A very pretty wedding took place in the home of Warren J. King, when his
youngest daughter, Miss Freda, of Merrill, Iowa, was united in marriage to
Calvin E. Andersen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Andersen, southeast of Akron,
Iowa, a high noon on Tuesday, February 14, 1928. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. S. A. Jones, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Lucas, S.D., who
is a brother-in-law of the bride. The ring ceremony was used. The bride
and groom were accompanied by Clarence Andersen, a brother of the groom, and
Miss Iva Morehead, a friend of the bride. The bride was attired in a
beautiful dark blue georgette, with red and gold trimmings.

A bountiful three-course dinner was served at the close of the ceremony.

Those present were: Warren J. King and Mrs. Olive King, of Merrill, Iowa;
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Andersen, of Akron, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hawkins and
children, Duane, Royal and Norris, of Westfield, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Roggow and son, Calvin, of Burke, S.D.; Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Jones and
daughter, Irene, of Lucas, S.D.; Stanley W. King, of Merrill, Iowa; Clarence
Andersen, of Akron, Iowa; Mrs. Walter Prestage and son, Burdette, of Sioux
City; Mrs. C. C. Montagne, of Merrill; and Miss Iva Morehead, of Akron.

The groom is a progressive young barber in Akron. The bride is a graduate
of the Liberty Consolidated High School of Plymouth county, Iowa, of the
class of 1926. They are deservedly popular young people and will be at home
to their many friends in Akron after March 1. Their friends extend to them
their best wishes and hearty congratulations.

The newly married couple left on their honeymoon Thursday to visit relatives
at Lucas, S.D.

PERRY CENTER: (Special Correspondence)

Many of the farmers from here attended the auction sale at the Clarence
Persinger home east of Sioux City Wednesday.

Cecelia Anderson, who is attending N.B.T. school in Sioux City, came home
Friday, the day of the sale at the home of her parents.

A number of the school children at the school in district No. 6 have been
absent from school on account of mumps.

Pearl and Minnie Bonnes were absent from school the past week on account of
illness. Pearl attends Central High and Minnie West Junior in Sioux City.

Ezra Broulette will hold a closing out sale at his home seven and one-half
miles east of Sioux City on the Correctionville paving Thursday, February
23. Mr. and Mrs. Broulette were residents in this township a few years ago.

R. J. Barkley was in LeMars several days the past week to serve on the jury.

John Kovarna is able to be up and around again after a week's illness with
the grip.

EIGHT MARRY AT OLD HOME
ROOF TREE OF TORVAL KLOSTER, PROMINENT CITIZEN, SCENE OF MANY WEDDINGS

A pretty home wedding was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Kloster
in Fredonia township Wednesday, February 15, at 2 o'clock when Emma Smeenk,
of Orange City, became the bride of Nis Nelson Kloster. The home was
beautifully decorated in Iris glow and salmon, the bride's chosen colors.
The bridal couple took their places under the arch while Miss Boline
Mortensen played the Lohengrin wedding chorus and Rev. A. Hansen, from
Marcus, made them man and wife. They were unattended. The bride was
becomingly dressed in an iris glow silk dress and carried a bouquet of pink
roses and pink and white carnations. The groom wore a suit of dark blue.
After the ceremohny supper was served to a hundred guests by Mrs. Hans
Miller, Mrs. Niels Petersen and Mrs. Tina Miller and waiters were Nellie
Smeenk, Boline Mortensen, Elsie Larsen, Eva Andersen, Herlig and Edith
Kloster.

Miss Emma Smeenk is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smeenk, of Orange City,
and has been teaching the Center school in Fredonia township for the past
three years. Nis Kloster is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Kloster and makes
the eighth child of Mr. and Mrs. T. Kloster to be married at their home
place.

Mr. and Mrs. Kloster will live on a farm near LeMars after March 1. They
received many beautiful presents.

TWO ROOF FIRES
SPARKS FROM CHIMNEYS CAUSE BLAZES WHICH ARE QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED

The fire department was called out about 3:30 Friday afternoon, when a fire
was discovered on the roof of the M. Miller Shop, 113 Plymouth Street, NW.
The blaze was extinguished with the loss of a few dollars.

Sparks from a chimney set fire to the roof on the residence of Mrs. Kate
McDougall, 521 Central Avenue, SW, Monday morning, about 8:30. The firemen
extinguished the flames in a few minutes. The loss is about 10 dollars.

Iona, Minn., Journal: Thomas Trautt and Mrs. J. H. Lieb left Sunday
afternoon for LeMars, Iowa, where they were called by the serious illness of
Mrs. Kemp.

Mr. and Mrs. James Green and daughter, Lorene, of Rockwell City, Iowa, are
visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry May, of Kingsley.

LeMars Globe-Post
February 27, 1928

Oxen In An Awful Hurry For Water
Used No Lines To Guide Them

Willms Golden Wedding Calls To Mind Straw Covered Onions

At the top of the social events taking place in LeMars this week, is the
golden wedding anniversary, celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Dirck J. Willms,
which was celebrated at their home in LeMars on Sunday. Many relatives,
neighbors and friends attended the gathering.

Dirck J. Willms came to this country in the year 1872 and made his first
stop in Jones county, Iowa at Monticello, where he worked for farmers. In
1876 Mr. Willms came to LeMars and has lived here ever since.

Mr. Willms started farming in Preston township with a yoke of oxen, and he
said on a cool day he could do just as much work as a team of horses. On one
warm day, Mr. Willms tells of an experience that is will worth mentioning.
He and his old friend, Bert Post, went to Elkspoint (sic Elk Point) where
they got a load of timber and on their way home, the oxen would not go by
"ge" or "haw" and went straight for a pond of water, where they made a short
turn and upset the whole load of timber in the water. In those days no lines
were used in horses or a team of oxen, using only the above expressions to
guide the animals.

Hoppers Like Onions

On February 26, 1878, Mr. Willms was united in marriage in Grant township,
Rev. Cramer, a mission minister, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. made their first
home on a farm in the same township and in those days went through many
hardships. The grasshoppers took the crops and every plant in sight. Mrs.
Willms had a little patch of onions and she tried to save them by covering
with straw. Even this failed to stop the grasshoppers. During this same
period, fuel was scarce and about all the pioneers had to burn was hay and
dry weeds. After that year, things commenced to get better and Mr. and Mrs.
Willms bought more land and kept on selling and buying and still own a large
tract.

For the last 23 years they have made their home in LeMars. Mr Willms is 76
years old and Mrs. Willms 80, and both are very active and doing all their
home work alone.

They have three children: a son, John Willms, of LeMars; Mrs. Geo. T.
Frerichs, of this city and Mrs. H. C. Popken of Craig. They also have 11
grandchildren and six great grandchildren, all living in this county, except
one daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frerichs, Mrs. Sophia Rasmussen, who is farming
at Howard, S. D., and one daughter of H. C. Popken, Mrs. Sophia Deppelding,
who lives in Sioux City. All the children and grandchildren were present,
except Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen, of Howard, S. D., who could not come because
of bad roads. Old neighbors of fifty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Albers of this
city, Mrs. Popken of Craig, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Frerichs of Brunsville, John
Willters of this city, Mrs. Siebels of LeMars, Mr. and Mrs. Saleburg
(Salberg), Mr. Bohlken, a brother-in-law and Mrs. Smith, were present, and
all had a nice talk of the old grasshopper times 50 years ago.

Rev. J. J. Vollmar delivered a very interesting talk and complimented Mr.
and Mrs. Willms on their splendid success made through life.

A four course supper was the feature of the affair.

DRAGGED TO DEATH BY SCARED HORSES
Harold Eggebrecht Is Found In Field
FOOT CAUGHT IN STIRRUP STRAP—BODY BADLY MAULED

Harold Eggebrecht, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Eggebrecht, well known Craig farmers, was killed Friday noon when he attempted to bring home a bunch of horses that had been pastured in a picked-over corn field.

The young man had left the Eggebrecht home about 11 o’clock in the forenoon, and his death must have occurred a very short time afterward, as the body when found was quite cold, and the arms were frozen nearly to the shoulders.  No one knows exactly what happened. Apparently he dismounted in order to open the gate of the field so that he could drive out the other horses.  Then, when mounted again, he must have been thrown in such a way that his foot slipped through a leather which was used as one of the stirrups.  The saddle did not have regular stirrups. With the leather strap around his ankle, he was dragged around the field by the frightened horse until finally the strap broke.  The loop of the strap was still around the young man’s ankle when the body was found.

The body was badly bruised and mauled, and there was a hole in the back of his head where he was thrown against something or kicked by one of the horses.

The others horses in the enclosure were feeding quietly, and none of them had left the field when a searching party came about four o’clock.  The body was discovered by Alvin Winterfield, young Eggebrecht’s friend, who joined members of the family when they became alarmed by Harold’s continued absence.

Members of the family said they did not become alarmed at first when Harold did not come back, as they thought that he had gone to the Westergaard sale.  It was not until late in the afternoon, by the time the sale was over, that they began to worry about something having happened to him. 

The funeral was held today at Craig.