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BOlTNTIFlTL MEAL — This was part of the scene at the Frank Berg farm Tuesday after neighbors and friends had gathered 30 acres of corn for Berg who recently underwent surgery. Part ofthose enjoying the meal include Isom llufford. at the head of the table, to the right are Floyd Shafer, host Frank Berg and Clarence McC ormick. Mrs. Berg is filling up the coffee cups.21 Neighbors Harvest (lorn On Berg FarmWhen a group of men work, they must also eat.That is exactly what took place on the Frank Berg farm 2'* miles east of Fairfield. Berg recently underwent surgery andis unable to get in his crops.Twenty-one neighbors a n d friends, along with eight women, converged on the Berg farm Tuesday and harvested 30 acres of corn. With plenty of manpower and a vast amount ofmachinery, the corn was taken from the field in near-record time.And then came the pay-off. The women provided a bountiful meal for the men. It included several types of meat including chicken and all the trimmings.Those who took part in the good neighbor deed include Irwin Bonar, Mervin Hollander, Raymond and Floyd Berg, Clifford Messer, Darrel Whitaker, Douglas Johnson. Glen Buckingham, Clarence McCormick.Harley Smutz, Vincent Men-ke, Ralph Leathers, Edward Liblin. Donald DuBois, Carl Messer. Dale Lyons, Isom Huf-ford, Ted Liggett. Carrol Goehr-ing, Eugene Kaska and Floyd Shafer.Ladies who helped prepare and serve the noon meal include Mrs. I. K. Bonar, Mrs. Eugene Kaska. Mrs. Dale Lyons. Mrs. Clifford Messer, Mrs. Glen Buckingham, Phyllis Menke, and Mrs. Merwin Hollander.In addition, a number of other neighbors sent in food lo help feed the hungry workers.Work in harvesting the 30 acres of corn began about 8 a.m. and the crop was put cut of the field by noon.Panel Airs Community Fund, A MCA ProblemsThe immediate goal of the Fairfield Community Fund, Inc., is to provide a new outdoor swimming pool, Dick Opie, president. told members of the local Y’s Men s club at a dinner meeting Tuesday night.But the project faces some obstacles, Opie pointed out, and it s highly unlikely that a new pool will be ready for use lie-fore the summer of 1967.Opie, Ronald Blough and Lewis Cooley took part in an open forum discussion at the invitation of the Y’s Men’s club. Purpose of the program was to “clear the air” and define the relationship of the Fairfield Community Fund and the Fairfield YMCA. Dale Miller served as moderator.Status ExplainedOpie, who is also president of the YMCA board of directors, explained the present status of both organizations.The Fairfield YMCA was organized in 1963 after the former district program was dissolved. Financial difficulties, however, forced the “Y” to release its full-time secretary and curtail its program.Opie said all YMCA debts have been paid and the organization now has a balance of about $1,200. He also estimated the “V” owns more than $3,000 worth of equipment which is available for future use. The YMCA is now inactive and has no program in operation.Blough. who is secretary of the Fairfield Community Fund, said that organization came into being two years ago to provide a YMCA community center, lietheir emphasis from a YMCA Community center to an outdoor swimming pool since it was agreed that the most pressing need is for the latter project.Opie said a four-year fundraising campaign conducted by the Fairfield Community Fund resulted in pledges totaling$402,000. Pledge money is l)eing received regularly, he said, but many persons have moved away and the directors are aware that the amount finally collected will be a much lower figure.According to Opie, the Community Fund has now collected approximately $100,000. Of that amount, $30,000 went for the purchase of 16 acres of land at—Continued on 1'age Seven—Guilty Plea In Omaha RobberyOMAHA IF) — Gregory Albert White, 52, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing Omaha's First National Bank.Police recovered $5,000 but $13,000 is still sought. Nothing was said about it during White’sfederal court appearance.White told the judge he had served about six years for armed robbery in Illinois and 12 years on a similar charge in Louisiana.He said his home is Chicago and he considered iKiiler room maintenance” his regular employment.Judge Robinson withheld sentencing pending an investigation of White’s background.Worst Rain In 80 Years Hits Coastal AreaBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe worst rains in 80 years— now in their fourth straight day—continued to drench a 200-mile-long California coasial area today.Many Southern Californians were stranded by floods as heavy rain swept from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Ixw ureas were flooded and mud and rock slides fell across mountain highways.The downpour — which began Saturday night as a gentle rainfall — soaked the Los Angeles area with 3.83 inches. This morning, Burbank, a Los Angeles suburb, measured 1.32 inches in six hours and Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert recorded one-half inch.A half-hour cloudburst in the San Fernando Valley north of 1/is Angeles sent creeks out of their banks and water filled many main intersections. Many streets were closed for a time, sealing off hundreds of residents, but there were no reports of major evacuations.To the East, gales over the Great Lakes moved toward the Atlantic seaboard and gale warnings were up from New England to the Carolinas. Winds up to 52 miles an hour buffeted the Syracuse, N.Y., area.BULLETINCHICAGO ifi — William D.Eckert, a retired lieutenant general of the U. S. Air Force, was named commissioner of baseball today, succeeding the retired Ford Frick.
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Wed, Nov 17, 1965
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