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LeMars Sentinel
February 2, 1940

DEATH CLAIMS WILL H. PFAFFLE
Well Known Farmer Of Remsen Vicinity

Death claimed Will H. Pfaffle, well known farmer of Marcus vicinity, at the
Sacred Heart Hospital in this city Monday night after a brief illness from
heart trouble.

Will H. Pfaffle was born May 29, 1876, in Benton County and with his parents
came as a child to Northwestern Iowa.

Member of the Pfaffle family were early settlers in Henry township this
county and across the line in Tilden township, Cherokee County.

Will Pfaffle was the youngest brother of the late E. C. Pfaffle, popular
clerk of the courts in Plymouth County for several years and later in the
banking business in LeMars.

Will Pfaffle followed the occupation of farming all his life. He was well
known and esteemed in the community.

Mr. Pfaffle was married twice, his first wife being Martha Treptow, member
of another pioneer family in this section. He subsequently married Mabel
Woodall, who survives him.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Vera Roberts, of Bucyrus, Kansas, who before her
marriage was employed in the office of the county superintendent, Miss
Christine Petersen, and a son, William Wayne, living at home. He also
leaves three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mathilda Bates of Los Angeles,
Calif. One daughter, Lottie, preceded him in death.

The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Mauer chapel, Rev.
A. Noack of Remsen officiating, and interment made in the city cemetery.

LESTER KOVARNA TAKES A BRIDE

Miss Dwilda Montagne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Montagne, Sioux City,
and Lester Kovarna, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kovarna of Hinton, will be
married at a nuptial mass 9 o’clock Monday morning in Blessed Sacrament
Catholic church in Sioux City by Rev. Newman Flanagan, pastor.

Miss Eileen Montagne, sister of the bride, and Donald Kovarna, brother of
the bridegroom, will attend them. The bride’s gown will be of white
marquisette over taffeta to the floor and of princess style with squared
décolletage and puffed sleeves. Her tulle veil will fall from a headdress of
the material. The bridesmaid will wear pink taffeta and a floral bandeaux.

The wedding breakfast will be served in the Montagne home to immediate
relatives. The bride is a Sioux City high school graduate and Mr. Kovarna
attended school at Hinton, where they will reside after a sojourn of several
days to Sioux Falls.
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A party of hunters went over on the Sioux river Sunday look for game and
Herman Luksan, a LeMars trapshooter, killed a wolf.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen and children, of Elk Point, South Dakota, were
guests in the home of Mrs. Petersen’s mother, Mrs. John Dobbert, Sunday.

Le Mars Globe Post
Monday, February 05, 1940
Le Mars, Iowa

Mrs. Amanda Hummel

(Westfield Correspondent)
Death came suddenly to Mrs.
Amanda Hummel in her home here
Friday afternoon, Feb. 2, 1940.
"Grandma Hummel" as she was
familiarly known, had been in
failing health for the past several
years, but has always held her suffering
with Christian fortitude.

Amanda Ellen McWilliams was
born in Allamakee county, Iowa,
Jan. 25, 1855. She was united
in marriage with Eden Hummel
Sept. 18, 1870. To this union
were born 10 children, nine of
whom are living, five sons and,
four daughters; John W. and
Charles A., of Sioux City; Thomas
M., of Jefferson ; George and Fred
of Westfield; Mrs. Emma Tuttle:
and Mrs. Margaret Johnson, of
Swatara, Minn.; Mrs. Lena Camp-
bell of Westfield and Mrs. Ida
Morehead of Hawarden, Iowa.

Her husband preceded her in
death a number of years, ago. She
also leaves 48 grandchildren and
60 great-grandchildren. Grandma
recently celebrated her 85th birthday
and at this time all her children
were present for the occasion.

Her greatest interest was
in her home and family where she
was a devoted wife and mother.

Funeral services were held from
the Congregational church here
Sunday' afternoon and interment
was in the cemetery east of town.
The pallbearers were six grand-
sons, Albert, Gordon, Lynn and
Lyle Hummel, Robert Morehead
and Donald Campbell.

LeMars Globe-Post
February 8, 1940

RUBLE: (By Special Correspondent)

Lester and Warren Nitzschke of Remsen, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Klemme and Albert
Bubbs were Sunday visitors at the Walter Klemme home.

Lambert Jeffers had the misfortune of losing one of his horses on Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Klemme were LeMars goers on Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Al Thomas of LeMars was a Tuesday visitor at the Roy Stephens home.

Victor Taylor hauled corn for Harry Klemme on Friday.

A number from here attended the Howes Sale on Tuesday.

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)

Mrs. Stella Criswell and son, Lee, of LeMars, were visitors in the home of
her son, Glen Hinde and family.

Mrs. Ole Olson returned home Friday from Champaign, Ill., where she was
called by the death of her father two weeks ago.

Jerry Becker, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Becker, is convalescing in
his home from an attack of measles.

Mr. and Mrs. A. McArthur and son, Roy, visited relatives in the St.
Vincent’s hospital in Sioux City Monday.

Johnny Daugherty is laid up with a lame back received in a fall recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Reeves and family of Lead, S. Dak., visited in the
home of Mr. Reeve’s sister, Mrs. Ronald Parks, a few days last week. They
also attended his father’s sale held on his farm south of Seney Friday.

Mrs. John Madison and children accompanied Dr. Madison of Sioux City here
for services Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan McArthur, Mr. and Mrs. Miles McArthur of Sheldon, Ia., were
callers in the A. M. McArthur home here Sunday en-route to Sioux City where
they went to see relatives who are patients in the hospital. Mr. McArthur’s
brother, Will, is still in a very serious condition; little hope being held
for his recovery. Lloyd McArthur, who is also a patient in the same
hospital suffering from injuries received in an auto accident is progressing
favorably.

Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lancaster visited Charles Carwell, who is a patient in
the Zimmerman home in LeMars Sunday.

Mrs. C. L. Britton and daughter, Erlynne, spent Monday afternoon in the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Mohler.

Lawrence Olson, Norman Berkenpas, Ethel Ewin, pupils of the Seney school
took the 8th grade examinations in the high school auditorium in LeMars
Thursday and Friday of last week.

Bethel Grant was a guest of Miss Nina Forbes Saturday night and Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Rees and Hollis Wills were Sioux City visitors Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Donlin, daughters, Esther, Elaine of Westfield were dinner
guests at the home of Mrs. Donlin’s mother, Mrs. Martha Cook, Friday and in
the afternoon attended the Bert Reeves sale.

Mr. and Mrs. John Resink of Sheldon called in the Alex McDougall home
Tuesday evening on their way home from Sioux City, where they went to see
Will and Lloyd McArthur who are sick.

Mrs. Mary Daugherty entertained relatives from Sioux City in her home
Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Cook and son, Mrs. Martha Cook motored to Westfield
Sunday where they spent the afternoon in the Jay Donlin home. Mrs. Donlin
returned with them after a short visit.

Rev. and Mrs. Richard Mohler and daughter, Delores, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Hawkins, Richard Blanche and David Hawkins were supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. George Osborne Monday evening. Later in the evening a large group of
young folks gathered at the home and pleasantly surprised Rev. Mohler whose
birthday appeared on that day. The evening was spent in playing games and
social conversation. A delicious luncheon which was carried out according to
the Valentine season was served by the hostess in closing. Rev. Mohler was
presented with a beautiful birthday cake decorated with the proper number of
candles.

Clarence Reeves Jr., who has been sick at his home the past two weeks, was
taken to the Sacred Heart Hospital in LeMars Tuesday afternoon where he will
receive medical treatment.

Mrs. John Cronin and Mrs. Will Wurth of Neptune were visitors in the
Clarence Albert home Thursday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wells, daughters Shirley and Katherine and son Merle of
Ireton spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Nanninga.

Several from here attended the farm sale on the Bert Reeves farm Friday P.
M.

The Sunday School Rally held here last Sunday was a grand success, the
church and school services were attended by an unusually large crowd. Dr.
John Madison, Dist. Supt. of Sioux City preached a very interesting sermon.
At 12 o’clock a community dinner was served in the hall to about 65 persons.
At 2 o’clock Dr. Madison gave a talk on different church events to take
place in Sioux City this year. In closing he showed slides showing how the
Benson family became interested in church affairs.

Roth Bart of Champaign, Ill., arrived here Tuesday for a visit with his
sister, Mrs. Ole Olson.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thielen, Mrs. Frank Scholer, of LeMars, visited in the
Alex Nanninga home Wednesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Pete Westra and son returned home Saturday afternoon spending
several days visiting relatives in Sioux Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lancaster of LeMars spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mary
Daugherty.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Becker and Mrs. Albert Penning motored to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Woodhouse near Hudson, S.D., Wednesday. Mrs. Becker and
Mrs. Penning remained there to assist the Woodhouse family in moving to
another farm. Mrs. Woodhouse is the daughter of Mrs. Becker.

Mrs. Martha Cook and grandson, Irvin Criswell, attended the funeral of Mr.
Workhoven in Rock Valley Sunday. Mrs. Workhoven is a cousin of the Reeves
family.

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Forbes of Pierson, Ia., visited Miss Nina Forbes, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Nanninga accompanied by Mrs. A. E. Null of LeMars motored
to Hawarden Saturday to attend the funeral of Guy Millard, a resident of
that place. Mr. Millard at one time carried mail in this locality having a
route out of LeMars. Friends extend sympathy to the bereaved family.

Sergeant Fred Osborne, who is in the coast artillery at Ft. Wardan, Wash.,
arrived here Tuesday for a visit in the home of his mother, Mrs. Ole Olson.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Nanninga and family spent Sunday in the Andrew Juhl home
in LeMars.

Miss Martha Bunge of Grant Twp. was an overnight guest in the home of Martha
Janssen Wednesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Albert entertained Mr. and Mrs. Charles Noble and
family of Fairmont, Minn., in their home Sunday.

Mrs. Lizzie Buss entertained her division of the Ladies Aid in her home
Friday afternoon. The ladies spent the afternoon quilting and visiting.
The hostess served tea in closing.

Marilyn and Donna Rees are the latest victims of a measles epidemic, which
has been prevalent here lately.

ELKHORN: (By Special Correspondent)

Verle Kehrberg was taken to the Methodist hospital in Sioux City last
Tuesday night suffering from an attack of appendicitis. On Wednesday his
condition was very much improved and physicians decided an operation was
unnecessary at present. He returned home Wednesday evening.

Akron Register-Tribune
February 15, 1940
 
LOCAL NEWS NOTES
 
Vesper Club will meet with Mrs. W. J. Davidson, Friday, February 23.
 
Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Markus, went to Sioux City for a week end visit with her grandmother.
 
The Sioux Valley Red Cross chapter will hold a meeting in the Township Hall on Monday, February 19, at 8 p.m. All 1940 members are eligible to vote.  ~Alfred Sommervold, Chairman.
 
Mount Hope school, northwest of town, will give a program on Friday evening, February 23, at 8 o’clock. Admission, 10c, free lunch. The public invited to attend. ~Shirley Adams, Teacher.
 
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Moore drove to Ames, Tuesday, and were accompanied by their daughter, Harriet, a student at State College, who is receiving treatment for eye trouble this week.
 
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cross received the welcome word that a fine son of regulation weight and had been born to their son, Dr. Donald L. Cross, and wife at Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday, February 9, 1940. He was named Donald Lawson.
 
Come to see “Safety First,” a three-act farce comedy, at the Pleasant Valley school, Friday, February 23, at 8 p.m. Jack, a misplaced husband, has his troubles. Come and watch him solve them. Admission, 25cents. Lunch free.
 
The state commissioner of public lands in South Dakota has given notice that all unleased land in Union county will be offered for lease at public auction between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the court house in Elk Point on Saturday, March 9.
 
Someone broke into and ransacked the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brown Monday evening while they were absent in Des Moines.  A small amount of money was stolen, but it is not believed much else of value is missing.  It had the earmarks of a local “job,” but officials have as yet found not tangible clews.
 
Miss Mildred Malmstrom, daughter of Chas. Malmstrom, northwest of town, came from Sioux City to attend the funeral of her cousin, Miss Ruth Erickson, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Erickson, of Sioux Falls, S.D., who passed away there Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Alcester.
 
MISS MILLER RESIGNS AS PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
 
Miss Alice Miller, public health nurse for Plymouth county, tendered her resignation at a recent meeting of the board of supervisors at LeMars and will terminate her work in this county, March 1.  She has accepted a position with the state as supervisor of crippled children work in southeastern Iowa district and will live in Iowa City. Miss Miller has done a fine piece of work in Plymouth county schools and her only reason for leaving is that she was offered a better position. The board of supervisors requested the county nursing committee to recommend a new county nurse and there are several applicants for the position.
 
AUGUST KLEMME IS CALLED BY DEATH
Last Rites For Esteemed Akron Pioneer Will Be Held Saturday.
 
August Klemme, a well known and highly esteemed early day resident of northwest Plymouth county, passed away at his home in this city at about 10 o’clock Tuesday evening, February 13, 1940, of ailments incident to advanced age. He was quite well and active until four years ago. Mr. Klemme would have attained his eighty-fourth birthday the 27th of April. In 1886, he came from Illinois and homesteaded in Preston township. Retiring from active farming in 1910, he and his devoted wife have since made their home in Akron. The community extends its sympathy to his wife, children and other near relatives in their bereavement. A suitable obituary will be published next week in these columns.
 
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock from the home of his son, Harry Klemme, and at 2 o’clock in the Preston Lutheran Church, Rev. K. Fenske officiating. Interment will be in the Preston township cemetery.

Akron Register-Tribune
February 22, 1940
 
LAST RITES FOR AKRON PIONEER HELD SATURDAY   
Aug. Klemme Had Been Resident Of This County More Than Fifty Years
 
August Klemme, a resident of northwest Plymouth county for more than fifty years, passed away at his home in Akron, Tuesday, February 13, 1940, at 10 p.m., death being due to advanced age. To him the past five years were of weakness and ailment, but he bore it patiently and with content. He attained the ripe age of 82 years, 9 months and 17 days.
 
Mr. Klemme was born April 27, 1857, thirty-five miles south of Chicago, in Will county, Illinois. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Zion Lutheran Church in Lake county, Illinois. He grew to young manhood in that vicinity.  In 1881 he came to Iowa and bought a farm in Preston township, Plymouth county. He then returned to Chicago and worked at the carpenter trade until 1885. On November 26, 1885, he entered holy matrimony with Minnie Buehre at the Ev. Lutheran Church in Indiana. In 1886 they moved to his farm in Plymouth county and engaged in farming for many years. The couple was blessed with five children, of whom three preceded their father in death, as did one brother and two sisters. In 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Klemme retired from active farming and moved to Akron, which has since remained their home.
 
Mr. Klemme leaves to mourn his departure his beloved wife; two sons, Harry Klemme and Alfred Klemme, both residing east of here, near Ruble; ten grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Emma Boehner, and two brothers, Fred and Charles Klemme, of Crete, Illinois; also many other relatives and a host of friends. A man of upright and honorable character, industrious habits, kindly and sympathetic, a devoted husband and father and a good neighbor, he will be sincerely missed in the community in which he lived for so many years. He was a consistent Christian and was one of the sixteen charter members of the Preston Township Lutheran Church.
 
Funeral services were Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home of his son, Harry Klemme, and at 2 o’clock at the Preston Township Lutheran Church, conducted by Rev. Karl Fenske, the pastor. There was a large attendance. The pallbearers were six grandsons, Walter, Embert, Erwin, Wilmer, Vernon and Gordon Klemme. Interment was in the Preston Township Lutheran Church cemetery.
 
Relatives who came from a distance were:  Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frerichs, of Worthington, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Art Rehborg and family and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rehborg and family, of Harris, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buehre and Mrs. Clarence Lemeke, of Sioux City.

Le Mars Sentinel, February 23, 1940

Nonagenarian Is Taken By Death
Ed Carley, Settler In Floyd Valley

Succumbing to the weight of years, Edward R. Carley, 95, retired farmer,
died at his home, 500 Seventh Avenue SW, Tuesday, February 20 (1940).

Mr. Carley was born in Switzerland, Europe, April 5, 1844, and came to
America when a lad of twelve years with his parents.

He was married in Sioux City in 1872 to Ursula Jenney, who preceded him in
death several years.

The Carley family were early settlers in the Floyd valley.

He is survived by his sons, Edward Carley, of Atwater, Minn., Philip Carley
of Phillips, S.D., and Frank Carley of Marcus and his daughter, Mrs. John
Banford of Le Mars; his brothers William Carley, of Merrill, Julius Carley,
of Marysville, California, and sisters, Mrs. Mary Madder and Mrs. Louise
Johnson of Lamoni, Iowa. There are 16 grandchildren.

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Luken funeral
home and interment made in the city cemetery.

Rev. R. R. Hunger, past of St. John's Evangelical Reformed church, will
conduct the service.

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Marriage licenses were issued Wednesday at the office of the county clerk to
Gerald Carter of Dakota City, Neb., and Effie Wolston of South Sioux City,
Neb.; E. C. Thompson of The Dalles, Oregon, and Opal M. Gruenefeldt of
Kingsley.

Judge Suspend Part of Penalty

Cherokee Times: Al Tentinger, 38, was sentenced to three months in the
Cherokee county jail Tuesday when arraigned in district court on a county
attorney's information charging him with operating a motor vehicle while
intoxicated.

Judge R. G. Rodman suspended two months of the sentence on condition of good
behavior of the defendant.

Tentinger, a Cleghorn farmer whom the court found had never heretofore been
convicted of a felony, waived arraignment, the right to counsel and time for
sentence, asking that sentence be pronounced immediately.

His appeal bond was set at $1,000.

Tentinger was arrested early Sunday morning on Cedar street. He was given
preliminary hearing Monday in the court of Justice of the Peace George L.
Farr and he was bound to the grand jury. However, he elected later to be
tried at once rather than wait for a grand jury investigation.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, February 29, 1940
Akron, Iowa

ALFRED A. WITT IS FATALLY INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Last Rites For Prominent Farmer of Portland Township Tuesday

Alfred Witt, prominent farmer of Portland township, living east of town, was fatally injured last Friday afternoon in an auto accident while attending the Tom Heath auction sale, northeast of town.

A large number of autos were parked along both sides of the road adjacent to the farm yard, Mr. Witt's among them. He had gone out to place in his car some articles he had bought at the sale. Just then Kenneth Johnson, who lived northwest of town, drove over the crest of a hill from the south, and as he swerved his car to avoid another that was starting to back out, his auto skidded on the slippery road, brushed against two or three other parked cars, and then crashed in Mr. Witt's car, catching him between them. He sustained a fractured skull and severe body injuries. Mr. Witt, unconscious, was rushed to the Akron Hospital, where everything possible was done for him, but to no avail, and he passed away at 6:45 o'clock Saturday morning.

Sheriff Frank Scholer, of Le Mars, was notified of the accident, and he, with Deputy Sheriff Leo Hentges and highway patrolmen, came to investigate circumstances surrounding it.

Alfred Arthur Witt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Witt, was born February 18, 1900, near Akron, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran church here. On September 7, 1927, he was joined in holy wedlock with Miss Maidie Schmidt. This union was blessed with two daughters. Mr. Witt has engaged in farming here all his life. He was honest and upright in all his dealings, industrious and highly esteemed by all who knew him. His sad and untimely death brings sorrow and sadness to the entire community, with an outpouring of deep sympathy to those near and dear to him.

Besides his wife and two daughters, Dorothy Mae and Marlys Lavon; his mother, Mrs. Mary Witt, of Akron; three brothers, Henry, Albert, and Reinhold Witt, of Akron, and three sisters, Mrs. Herman Reemts, and Mrs. Jesse Kallsen, of Akron, and Mrs. John Harms, of Le Mars.

He was preceded in death by his father, Albert Witt, a few years ago.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o'clock in Trinity Lutheran church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Fred A. Meske. There was a large attendance.

Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased: Wesley Witt, Lloyd Witt, Clarence Kallsen, Embert Klemme, Marvin Klemme, and Kenneth Klemme. Interment was in Riverside cemetery.