Blue Cross Drive boosts contracts and county drive
Health Improvement Association reports 136 new Blue Cross contracts covering 406 people. Township health chairman and workers active in most townships. top contributors Mrs. Bert Lyddon and Mr. Lyddon led with 26 and 17 contracts respectively. November 19 meeting at Holt Center School House featured games, songs, and a lunch. A Christmas box and pie supper December 17 at Holt Center aims to raise funds for 44H boys and girls. G S Johnson to present a picture and short program. Supper details given for venue location north of Gravity station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Health Improvement Association
Bert Lyddon
Clearfield
Lyddon
Robert Malcom
New Market
Jolace
Holt Center
G. S. Johnson
Holt Center School House
Gravity
Guss
Polk Sunshine Pals Hold November Meeting and Fundraiser
The Polk Sunshine Pals gathered Saturday at Joan Sleep’s home with 12 members and 2 visitors. Plans for a 1947 box supper were made and a special Nov 24 meeting with Siam 4-H club was scheduled. Members gave birthday gifts, elections and a Christmas menu roll call were noted, and the Mason North Starletts 4-H club presented a program at the Siam Community Hall to raise funds for a girl to attend 4-H camp next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Sunshine Pals
Darlene Stewart
Mason North Starletts
Qub
xSiam
Rmight
Evelyn Lucas
Deloris Clayton
Evelyn Johe
Alice Blue
Boehm
Marian Waldruff
Virginia Thomson
Jeanette Farlow
Helen Shields
Evelyn Jobe
Ruth A. John
Elvin Wells
Eldon Baker
Evelyn
Turkey
Che Lee Clarton
Guss 4 H Club gathers at Anderson home for 1947 project report
The Guss 4-H Club met at Art Anderson's on November 25 with 13 members. They reported 1947 projects including two market litters two purebred litters six baby beeves one purebred heifer two market sheep and one chicken project. Games included boxing and a general good time. Next meeting set for Earl Curtis's on December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guss
Art Anderson
Earl Curtis
Fertilizer meeting planned for Red Oak and Crestom
Taylor County extension director G Johnson announced district fertilizer meetings at Red Oak City Library on December 5 and at the Towana Hotel Crestom on December 17. H B Cheney of Iowa State College will lead discussions on fertilizer recommendations soil testing and experiment results. Colored slides illustrating fertilizer use will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Red Oak
Towana
Crestom
G . Johnson
Johnson
H. B. Cheney
Iowa State College Extension Agronom's
4-H Leaders Attend Tractor Training Course at ISU
Several 4-H leaders and G. S. Johnson will attend a tractor training course at Iowa State College December 12 13. Emphasis will be on maintenance of tractors. Taylor County 4-H'ers will study tractor maintenance this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Johnson
Iowa State College
Taylor County
Wool Advisory Committee Meeting in Corning December 13
The county Wool Advisory Committee will meet in Corning on Friday afternoon December 13. Curt Severson of Brookings South Dakota will bring U S Government equipment to demonstrate core boring of wool to determine shrink. Wool marketing problems will be discussed. Members include Guy Henderson Dewey Hensley and Wendall Davidse. County wool raisers are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Curt Severson
Brookings
S. Dakota
U.S
Guy Henderson
Dewey Hensley
Wendall Davidse
Lenox Nuptials Span Three Marriages This Month
Three Lenox area weddings unfold in late November with local families featured. Sutherland Cain unite in Yuma. Golay White wed in Troy Kansas with Army discharge noted. Kabel Collings pair wed at Lenox home with family ceremony and musical readings.
Daughters and Mrs Mary Page of Lenox Mentioned
A brief note references daughters and Mrs Mary Anti Page of Lenox in a local item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary ‘Anti’ Page
Lenox
Lenox Area Man Floyd Kirkman Dies at 54
Floyd Kirkman 54 a bachelor farmer died at his home five miles southwest of Lenox on Wednesday. Survived by three sisters and five brothers. Three brothers Sam Dewey Bill and two sisters Mrs J W Hance and Miss Gwenmie Kirkman lived in Lenox. Funeral rites held at Arnold Funeral Home Saturday afternoon with services by Parkinson Post No 250 American Legion. A World War I veteran he was buried in Fairview cemetery.
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Floyd Kirkman
Lenox
Sam
Dewey
Bill
J W Hance
Gwenmie Kirkman
Arnold Funeral Home
Parkinson Post
American Legion
Kirkman
Fairview Cemetery
Mrs Wilson 68 Died At Home Southeast Of Lenox
Mrs Robert W Wilson died Friday at her Lenox area home aged 68. Born in New Holland Illinois she had lived near Lenox since childhood. Funeral at Barber Funeral Home conducted by Rev Earl Moneymaker. Burial in Fairview cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters two sons four sisters and two granddaughters.
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Robert W Wilson
Lenox
Bor
New Holland
Ilinois
Barber Funeral Home
Earl Moneymaker
Fairview Cemetery
Gladys Garver
Corydon
Mildred Wilson
Maurine Wilson
Cecil Wilson
Marvin Wilson
Mrs Recknor Succumbs at 81 in Lenox Home
Mrs Ida Recknor aged 81 died Sunday at her Lenox home. Survived by one son Fraast Recknor of New Richland Minnesota three daughters Ella Black Mary Ferguson of Lenox and Cora Buxton of Madera California and one brother Silas.
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Ida Recknor
Lenox
Fraast Recknor
New Richland
Mian
Ella Black
Mary Ferguson
Cora Buxton
Madera
California
Silas
Recknor Rites Noted At Lenox In 28 Years
Mrs Recknor nee Henry County Illinois long resident of Lenox dies at fyl first Methodist service held in Lenox with Rev Clarence W Richardson officiating Interment Fairview cemetery at Lenox Her husband J P Recknor and one daughter preceded her in death Also Sister Mrs Jessie Patterson Nevada Missouri. Second Lenox Little Theatre play draws large crowds The Whole Towns Talking with new town wide public address system debuted in Lenox School auditorium Cast includes Mrs Orie Shum Mrs W H Cash Mrs Drexel Hunt Mrs Gordon Beard and others Directed by WE Morgan a veteran actor now Lenox resident.
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Recknor
Henry County
Illinois
Lenox
First Methodist Church
Harmony Reading Circle
Clarence W Richardson
Fairview Cemetery
Lenox Little Theatre
Lenox School
Orie Shum
W H Cash
Drexel Hunt
Franchise to Erect and Maintain Transmission Lines in Taylor County
Iowa Power and Light Company files for a franchise to construct operate and maintain electric transmission lines across public lands highways streams and private lands in Taylor County Iowa Docket E 7797 hearing set for December 17 1946 at 10 am in Des Moines Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days prior to hearing and must be represented by an authorized agent Iowa State Commerce Commission Carl W Reed B M Richardson and David B Long sign the notice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Iowa Power and Light Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Towa State Commerce Commission
Carl W. Reed
B. M Richardson
Notice of Administrator Appointment for Brown Estate
Odis Mi Barown is appointed administrator of the estate of Margaret Jane Brown of Taylor County Iowa. He requests immediate payment of debts and presentation of claims to the undersigned or the Clerk of the District Court for allowance. Attorney A Elton Jensen. Clerk C E Paul. Des Moines Iowa November 21 1946.
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State of
Iowa
Taylor County
Margaret Jane Brown
Odis Mi
Barown
A. Elton Jensen
C. E. Paul
Bedford Board Proceedings Accept Resignation in Special Session
Bedford Iowa board of supervisors met in a called session on November 29 1946 to accept the resignation of R D Goforth. The action ends Goforths tenure as a county official and signals the start of vacancy procedures. Local government records reflect the formal acceptance and any interim steps outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
R. D. Goforth
Charles O. Tomlinson
W. W. Walker
County Board Minutes Reflect Administrative Actions and Local Notices
Excerpts recount county board actions including filling vacancies and adjournment dates. Family notices follow with names and relations tied to Hopkins, Conway, and nearby towns. Local visits are noted, mentioning heart ailment and kinship ties among residents.
Cuppers Hold Grand Reunion Across States
Last week the Cuppers gathered for a long awaited family reunion uniting members from Nebraska to Vermont. They filled Dee and Jane's home and barns with kin and friends, sharing supper, songs, and memories. Despite varied tastes and politics, the family remained close and harmonious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuppers
Nebraska
Vermont
Dee
Jane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Bureau Briefs
Blue Cross Drive
HOUT
Holt
Officers Traedning School
Wool Advisory Committee
Sutherland ~ Cain
Marjorie Sutherland
R E Sutherland
Joe Cain
Rose Cain
Yuma
Arizona
Marine Corps
Okinawa
Patricia Frederickson
Extra
Miss Crawford
Ed Owens
Crocket
Mix
Por
Phillips
Phillips 66
Mrs Wilson
Shreck
Jessie Patterson
Nevada
J P Recknor
Fe de Suez
The
David B. Long
Chicago
Detect
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Washington
Pikdidyite
New York
Burlington Trailways Bus Depot
BOX
LWT
Pope
Pone
Washington Township
Edna MacArthur
Wells Bros., Audts
G. A. Marquart
Geo. L. McCaughan
Athelstan
Mary Sunday
Leonard Rusco
Hopkins
Turner Rusco
Conway
Victor Chandler
Toby. Durfee
C R Sickels
A Cordell
Nancy Bainum
Sheridan
Cordell
Grace Balch
Cleo Houchin
Donald Johnson
Clara Freemyer
Glenn Sickels
Home Office
Newark, N. J
Elmer T. Brice
Bedford, Iowa
Prudential Insurance Company OF America
Joe Marsh
Alabama
United States
Foundatio
James R. Locke
Luther M. Reading
LOCKE
Reading
OOF Estates
Locke Building
First S
Dr. J. B. Martial
Optometrist
Cramer's Jewelry Store
Clarinda
Filson
Larry Filson
M. A. Brant
Laws
Wayland H. Maloy, M. D
Shenandosh, Iowa
J. M. Haddock
Court Street
Mfket
Law
C. W. Steward
X-Rey
Offtes
Iewe
Shrena Dows
M~ A
H. L. Rarves
Ae Gall
Hanama
Fowsa
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