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Altoona Herald Of History Historical 'Bldg, (IS) Dog Homes, Iowa '50310 ALTOONA, IOWA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1972 Ajtour-Town Paper Altoona, Bondurant, Mitcheilvflte, Runnells Proclamation WHEREAS, more than 14,000 servicemen and women will complete their military service in the Armed Forces and return to civilian life in the next twelve months; and WHEREAS, these returning servicemen and women deserve' every opportunity that a grateful state and Nation can provide; and "i WHEREAS, these veterans must be given opportunities for employment, training and education that will prepare them for their future roles of responsibility and leadership in their communities; and WHEREAS, the Governor joins the President of the United States in calling upon all federal, state and local governmental agencies and departments and private employers to cooperate in creating employment opportunities; and WHEREAS, on October 8, 1971 the Governor created a Task Force for jobs for Veterans in Iowa to assist in carrying out these goals: NOW, THEREFORE, I. Robert D. Ray, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby proclaim the month of May, 1972, as A Veteran Month in Iowa, and call upon state and 16cal government officials, employers and citizens in.this State to render every assistance and cooperation in developing job opportunities for our veterans. The State of Iowa must make full use of the talents and ambitions of these fine young people. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and cause the Great Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed.

Robert D. Ray, Governor ak Wed VOL. 83, NO. 43 Polk County Charity Horse Show May 18 thru 21 The fourteenth animal Charity Horse Show sponsored by the! Junior League of Des Moines, 1 will be held at the Iowa' Mate fairgrounds on May 18, 19, and 21. Performaoces will be at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday and and 1:00 7:00 p.m. Saturday and Siiadly. Adults, $1.50, children. SOc, reserved $3.50 and $8.00. Free performances daily on Hunt field at Ulp6 uote6 Prom the Editor tVin Del bllV JLSVO Symphony Guild will be held at the fairgrounds Featured event, day and Sunday, I be Rick Wanamaker, Satur- Women's Club, Monthly Luncheon The Des Moines Christian Women's Club will hold its monthly luncheon on Tuesday, May Oth at 12:30 p.m.

at the Savery Hotel. Art Perri, former TV and Night Club performer an outstanding soloist and speaker, will be the guest speaker. A style show of Men's Fashions will be presented by Kucharo's. An invitation is extended to all women and men to attend. Your reservations are to be called into Mrs.

Roger Van Gorp, 262-3005. will not only save US time, but will assure YOU proper credit al1 you falthf readers of this column who were two hours late for church last apologies. I stated in the column that everyone should her to set their clocks i "i 10 hour bef retiring last Saturday night and I should have said Hopefully everyone is acclimated to Day- Hght Savings Time by now and all clocks and watches have been synchronized. U. S.

News and World Report says that a "leisure boom" that has grown to phenomenal proportions will push $105 billion dollars into the U. S. economy this year. It goes on to say that the noney Americans are now spend- ng on spareJtime activities WITli ceetfs national defense costs, is her new bra and the other items more tnan the outlay for new she had written down, she wonder-i nome construction, surpasses the 'total of corporate profits, is larger than the aggregate income that tnat I NCE A YEAR we send out subscription notices to our reminding them to renew their ..6 find that these (which are printed on colored cards) serve a dual purpose in "Iheln lneln Mto Ito le hen oh to us lneln OI Which Ito wnt and reminders to them sue JIHU wniien aown, sne wonaer-i ed in the world happened to her shopping list. And I hope that the man, for whom it was intended, saw the note written in big, black, bold letters telling him to "SHUT UP We are happy that these people ENCLOSE their cards, how- i Pattie Jane Suggett and Ken- Meets jneth Carter Maki were united in The maid of honor was Miss i yi mum 01 nonor was MISS a.m.

on Tuesday, May 9, 1972, at Hoyt Sherman. Hostess Club will be the Des Moines Women's Mrs. Kathleen Klucas, Milwau- ville, Minn. Rev. William Carron, response by Mrs.

Lydia Halnes. The Ankeny High swing choir, under the direction of Kurt Svalstad, will give our program. This will be followed by the election of officers. The afternoon program will be provided by Karen Bowermaster, Georgene Raver, Margaret Noble, Hazel Heifner, Mrs. Leroy Peterson and Faye Good.

Program committee for the afternoon are Mesdames Susan B. Eddy, Jerry Wheeler, John Abild, Charlene Simbro and Floyd Albaugh. For reservations, call Mrs. I. E.

Sexauer, Ankeny, Mrs. J. D. Voshell, Des Moines, or Mrs. Jack Tingley, Altoona by noon Monday.

You must have a reservation. Easter Seal Car Wash Southeast Polk V1CA Chapter is having a car wash at Altoona Phillips "66" in Altoona, May 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cost is $1.50 per car. All proceeds will go to Easter Seal.

Library Offers Story Hour For Children Beginning on Tuesday, May 9, each Tuesday morning from 9:009:30 the library will open for a children's story hour. Mrs. Gordon Atzen of 6589 S.E. 6th Des Moines, will be in charge of, this program. Mrs.

Atzen is a. former Altoona resident, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. E.

Newell. The story hour is designed for four- and five-year-old pre-school- ers. Mrs. Atzen has requested that parents please arrive at 8:45 a.m. on May 9 to register their children.

If the number of children attending warrants it, she has graciously consented to offer two sessions. During the story hour the library facilities upstairs will be open for parents who bring their children. PeeWee Baseball News Results of games played May 1 are as follows: No. 6 team (Latchem) defeated No. 1 team (Kepley), 14 to 8.

No. 7 CPhiUips) over No, 1 OGtehellville), 19 to 3. No. I (Wallace) over No. 4 (Willson), 20 to 12.

African Violet Show Saturday, May 6 The Das Moines African Violet Clubs present their African Violet show Satvday May 6 from held idiot. Water Works ItadF to Des 1 6 I ow was trimmed i The music by Lynn Willlard, nSf an i i ban erpianist and Mrs. Darcey King lm )or i ea soloist and guitarist, was "More" was completely bordered in "The Wedding Song" and "For lace ba over pink satin All We ribbon which was fashioned into After a reception at the Holla flat bow at the center form- day Inn South, Bloomington, head dress. the newlyweds left for a foVrJi! 11 810 bill we to a chapel- honeymoon "hi 'Zurich," "Switzer- lengin 10 rorm ner train. land and Innsbruck, Austria.

bouquet was pink and The bride and groom are now Awara (UYWJ 8 th 1 11 ste hanotis making their home in Blooming-'ing before our Order of Rainbow The Altoona Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls will hold initiation Monday, May 8. It will be held at the Altoona Masonic Temple at 7 p.m. Eastern Star and Masonic members are welcome. Initiation practice will be Saturday, May 6, at 3 p.m. All Rainbow girls are urged to attend.

Monday evening the Rainbow Girls enjoyed visiting residents at Valley View Village. Cindy Anderson, Reporter Altoona Jaycee Bte News Our April 27 general meeting proved to be a fun and interesting meeting as we listened to ten Southeast Polk senior selves. One lady had UC i shopping list oni the back of one of the cards. I'll bet when she got ready to go to town to buy er cars, ow- ever, when they mailed in their! ing subscription While we would like to know all of our readers personally, it is not possible and many, many times ft is difficult to know just whose subscription should be credited. Quite often a person will mail in just ihe check with no card, name or address, so we do what comes of the U.

S. farmers and topsi the over-all value of this country's exports. Estimates are that the dollar value of leisurd time expenditures will more rthan double dur- We pay a tremendous crime bill each year, but we do get a lot of crime for our money. On Dean's List Richard McGhee, son of Mr. tfi th renew the Sub 6th and Mrs.

George McGhee of 505 PL Altoona, has oa, as i yn I Ji Wh 9 nt! rec nl on the wfn- ta rec on on wn- the check only to find put later ter quarter Dean's List at Cedarw MM rsh Wa new i ngAuntvillc College with a grade point Matildafe subscription for her. average of 3.31 McGhee Is a Not sending in the card can cause freshman gars; major Senior Citiiens Day At Southeast Polk girls speak in competition for and babies breath. ton, Minn. Local Boy Scouts Aid Ecology On Saturday, April 29th, 30 boys from Troop 63 picked up trash out of the ditches in and around Altoona with the supervision of five adult leaders. They covered about miles of ditches and picked up enough litter to fill up the truck Swift Co.

let them use. (About 2 tons of litter). Altoona Hy-Vee arranged a lunch for the boys. Local Bank Completes Improvements Stone Front at Local Bank recent- cj.up were Cher- Brashear, Brenda Coppick, iBecky Davenport, Janet Deal, Susan Fleming, Cheryl Mclntosh, (April Mitchell, Sandy Mott, San- Perry and Linda Pearson. KJaque Butcher was unable to attend due to illness).

After a ifive minute oration from each girl on the topic of "If you could be someone else, whom would you choose and why?" with a question and answer period following, the Jaycee Ette membership voted their choices by secret ballot. The winner will not be revealed until the award is presented at the school's awards assembly on May 19. The eleven girls chosen to speak before our club were selected by a Jaycee Ette committee who went to the hjgh school and interviewed 19 girls recommended by the school. The Southeast Polk communities have much to be proud of in the quality and capabilities of their senior girls this year. It was a very difficult decision to select one from so many who are so well-qualified and outstanding in every way.

Our thanks to all these gals for their participation toward this award. The following Jaycee Ette club officers for the 1972-73 year were elected: Mrs. Doug (Donna) Vollers, president; Mrs. Loren (Paula) Constable, vice president; Mrs. Bob (Lynn) Wdser, recording secretary; Mrs.

Edd (Pam) Clem, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Bob (Carole) Wallace, treasurer; Mrs. Gary (Carole) Reeves, state director; Mrs. Terry (Carolyn) Tugel, Mrs. Dennis (Judy) Neff, Mrs.

Dick (Janice) Doran and Mrs. Bill (Sara) Landstrum, directors. These officers will be installed at a joint installation banquet with the Jaycees on May 20. Mrs. Carole Publicity Director Gateway Singers At Woodland May 14 The Gateway Singers will present a musical program at Woodland Hills Church of Christ at the morning worship hour on Sunday, May 14.

Caucus For Tapseott Supporters May 4 A caucus of Tapseott support ers will meet on Thursday. Maj in the Grand Miss Bos Mr. and Mrs. Jayell Bos, 102 5th St. S.W.

Altoona, announce the engagement of their daugh- lam Pictured here are part of the 70 senior citizens of the Southeast Polk school district who attended Senior Citizens Day at Southeast Polk, Friday, April 21. Around 100 free passes to school activities for the 197273 school year were issued to those wishing them. An open house and tour of the school was enjoyed. Any eligible citizen wixhinij a pass should contact the school office. Local Students To Study and Travel In Europe This Summer Several Southeast Polk High, school students are making plans seeing, theater performances, and to visit Europe this summer.

They.other special activities, the pro are going on a five-week study gram features a serioi of multi and travel program which will media presentations conducted by take them to England, staff of American and European uermany, Austria, Italy, Switzer- university professors, American land, and France. The program Embassy personnel, and loca is offered by ALSG (American'civic personalities. This series in Leadership Study Groups of Wor-'vestit'ates the art, history and cester, Massachusetts). Mr. Karl cultural foundations of Western Reynolds, a teacher at Southeast Man.

Students also go to con Polk High school is coordinating certs, museums beaches, and dis- the program locally, and will be cotheques. accompanying the students to There may be a few additional Europe as their teacher-counselor, openings in the Southeast Polk Academic credit is available to High school group, and any area participating students. students who are interested in Local students registered in the joining up should contact Mr program are: Glenda Anderson, Karl Reynolds at Southeast Polk Jerry Corbin and Vicki Miller. school or call him at his In addition to extensive sight home, 255-4297 Elevator Expands Facilities drive-in window has been ret UCIUgl ter, Jacqueline Bos, to Jerry Oi son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ogden, 2722 E. Maple, DCS Moines. Miss Bos will a 1972 graduate of Southeast Polk and is part- time employed at Woodsen-Ten- ent Laboratories. Mr. Ogden is a 1969 graduate of East High school and is employed in the printing division of the Meredith Corp.

in Des Moines. A fall wedding is planned for September 15. SEP ConcGrt Choir and Band In Contest Saturday, May 6 The Southeast Polk High school concert choir and band will perform at the Iowa Class A large group music contest Saturday, May 6. The contest will be held at East High school In Des Moines. The choir will sing in the auditorium at 2:00 p.m.

and the band will perform at 3:00 p.m. in the boys' gym. The program is open to ithe public free of charge. Tuesday evening, May 9. ait p.m., the instrumental mu- deportment will present the '8th.

9th and high school bands in concert. Medals will be awarded junior high students who performed, at Ihe Contra! Iowa Junior High Solo and Ensemble Festival held earlier this year at West DCS Moines. The concert will be held in the court area of the high school. Thursday, May 11 the SEP Marching Band and RhythAM- eltcS journey to Pella for the afternoon and evening Tulip tival parades. An added attraction at this year's festival is a massed band concert preceding the evening parade.

The band will be conducted by Mr. Tom Cook, Central College band director. Musical Programs By Altoona Elementary The elementary schools of Altoona will present a spring program of music on two nights at the elementary school gym Students from Centennial will ive their presentation on Friday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. and Altoona Elementary boys and girls on Monday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. Chamber of Commerce Dinner Meeting The Altoona Chamber of Commerce met for a dinner meeting at the Christian church last week Followng the meal.

Kyle Mc- Gomgle, assistant director of ublic relations, and Jim Glen- tpp, public relations associate rom the Iowa Development Commission, presented the program. Jaycee Ertes To Conduct Cancer Drive The Altoona Jaycee Ettee under the chairmanship of club member. Mrs. Gary Reeves, will be conducting the 1972 AJneri- an Society Crusade for the city Altoona during the first few reeks of May. last year, bur oraraunity set an all time high or contributing ver $700.

which in turn eived special recognition from ie cancer society. Rfc the hope his record can pe topped tHs ear, so please have your ions ready for this very ause when a cancer olunteer calls at your SALf DATES two grain storage 815-000 bushels. tte AJtaswi elevator. Etube how tWlNpSSp and will increase overall -wulie Dabb. owner.

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