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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
2
Official Saturday receipts forecast 200 cattle 100 hogs 100 sheep while Friday hogs close 25 to 50 cents lower and sows ease up to 25. Cattle volume small with few tests. hogs 17,000 grade weak to 25 cents lower with 250 lb to 225 price range noted. lambs and sheep mixed with light demand and select offerings.
Receipts Friday 45 000 down from week ago 53 000 and year ago 30 000. Butchers steady to 40 cents lower with most declines 10 to 25 cents. Barrows and gilts by weight with top at 20.00 and 160 to 180 Ibs at 16.50 to 18.85. Sows across ranges 14 to 18.65 for 450 to 550 Ibs. continuous price shifts reflect a active market.
New York stocks closed Friday with mixed results as gains and losses balanced. Overall volume reached 2,380,000 shares with more issues declining than advancing.
Market notices show corn No 2 at 118, soybeans at 182.16, western wool and grain items listed. Egg prices quoted: A eggs 20 to 21 cents, B medium 18, C and D 15 to 16 cents, dirties 11 to 15 cents, with small eggs at 13 cents, peewees 12 cents.
Receipts 400 calves with few fed steers tested. Slaughter cows steady to weak after a recent decline. about half the cow supply carried over to next week. Bulls and dealers show little change, stockers and feeders scarce. Utility and commercial cows bring 14.00 to 16.00, canners and cutters 12.00 to 13.75.
Sioux City cattle market receipts show 600 head with no sales reported. Test market limited by insufficient steers and heifers to test demand.
Iowa Supreme Court Friday upheld Des Moines City annexation of Bloomfield township area. Rehearing denied. Nine residents opposed, while most supported the move. City provided fire protection during proceedings. police protection remained with Polk County sheriff. Court had held city need show it could provide advantages to the annexed area.
Partial OCR item lists feed prices and crop names with currency signs and inconsistent formatting. It mentions Timothy hay, Red Lops, Alsike, Sweet Clover yellow and white, Alfalfa Central, Northern regions, and various price figures, suggesting a market or agricultural commodity notice.
Red Foley returns as emcee of the Ozark Jubilee airing Saturday at 8:00 on Channel 9. The program features country music stars and lively variety acts from the Ozarks.
Export demand and aid deal signing with Poland spurred a wheat rally in Chicago Friday as old and new style wheat rose. Profit taking pulled some futures back, with July soybeans and corn mixed and oats steady. Prices showed varied moves across commodities including lard, soybeans, and corn.
Chicago prices show soybeans at 1154 per ton and soybean meal at 45.00. Wheat and corn are listed as unavailable and barley is priced around 1.30 to 1.40.
Live poultry steady at 48 000 lbs while butter holds at 1 312 000 lbs with high grade scores. Cheese shows mixed quotes for Swiss styles and processed loat. Eggs remain fully steady across 13 900 cases with standard sizes. Potatoes report light demand, track arrivals and prices. California lone whites and round reds cited with market a touch firmer.
New York reports steady butter markets with 317 000 receipts and prices unchanged, cheese also steady with 224 000 receipts, and FGGS steady to firm with 16 200 receipts. Mixed colors and extras show various weights and price ranges, including large and medium lots, with reference to checks.
George Vicko, 31, of 910 Seventh Avenue SE, drew a 25 day jail term and a 60 day suspension of his driver's license after pleading guilty to reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident in municipal court. Police said he struck a car on Glass Road NE and fled, later being arrested after his car bogged in mud.
About 350 delegates are expected to attend the eighth annual Iowa convention of the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic. The gathering opens Friday at the Sheraton Montrose hotel with four orders in sessions through Sunday and the Woman's Relief Corps meeting Sunday to Tuesday. A joint memorial service for all five orders is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Special to The Gazette reports Carl Henderson sustained several cracked ribs after a tractor overturned this week in Central City.
Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross announced a water safety aid program to be held at the Ellis pool the week of June 17. Open to capable boys and girls ages 14 to 17 with a Red Cross swimmer certificate and a junior or senior lifesaving certificate. Program trains water safety aides to assist instructors during the learn to swim program from June 24 through Aug 3. Registration at the Red Cross office 327 Granby building. EM 38-2673.
Senator Jack Miller urged Governor Herschel Loveless to add reapportionment to any special session agenda. Miller spoke during the Iowa Bar Association convention, saying the issue should be addressed as Loveless prepares to convene a session to re-enact capital improvement bills. He cited Hawkeye Boys State’s approval of a reapportionment resolution.
Abraham Pilicer president of the American Yeast Company in Cedar Rapids was elected a fellow of the Iowa Academy of Science. The honor recognizes his bacteriology work on cattle and sheep feed supplements. The Academy, founded in 1887, counts over 1 300 members eligible scientists.
Mrs. Victor Meier was injured at her farm six miles northeast of Manchester when kicked by a cow, suffering a fractured right ankle this week.
City of Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment holds a public meeting at City Hall to review multiple docketed applications including Rush Construction Co. 2625 Buchanan Drive BSE for a reversed front dwelling with attached garage, Paul R. Finger 3239 Mansfield Ave SE for a detached garage and rear porch, Truman McDowell 2248 Coldstream Ave NE for an eight teen foot wide attached garage, and Norman Strain 932 2st Avenue SW for a dwelling set closer to the front line than neighboring homes and extending in front of the foundation.
Notice reports amendment at a March 20 1957 joint stockholders and directors meeting. It lets a board of 3 6 or 9 directors govern with a quorum majority, allows cumulative voting, and permits dissolution by one third or more voting for it with a four month delay. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa June 1957. HY Max Padzensky president and Ben Padzensky secretary.
The Articles of Incorporation of F. 5. 8. Company, Inc. were amended at a special stockholders and directors meeting on March 29, 1957. The board will have three or six directors with cumulative voting. Dissolution requires one third or more of outstanding voting stock, not effective for four months. Iowa, June 7, 1957. Frieda Padzensky, President.
Fire damages the Norman Swearingen home at 555 Nineteenth Street with all family away. Insurance covers loss but no estimate yet. Piano recitals feature Edna Roberts pupils Chris Smaby to Treva Fellendorf in two sessions. Civil defense siren tests planned at city hall with take cover and evacuation signals. Marion High School band to perform on WOI radio. Various local notices include visits, moves, travel, medical, and sales ads.
The District Court of Linn County Iowa will hear the instrument claimed as the last will and testament of George Washington Moore June 13 1957 at 9 o clock am at the Cedar Rapids Court House for proof and admission to probate. Arthur Axmear Clerk with Jordan Jordan and Pence the attorneys.
On June 6 1957 Ola G Rasplicka was appointed administratrix of Mamie Mentzer estate Linn County Iowa, with Kenneth L Moon as attorney. Creditors urged to file their claims in the Clerk of Linn County District Court with proper authentication.
Notice states that on November 21 1956 Carl Wendrickson attorney confirms that BL HM THOMAS is appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the Walter F. E. Thomas estate in Linn County Iowa Those owing debts should pay immediately and all claims must be filed with the Linn County Clerk in due form
On June 6 1957 E W Brashaw was appointed and qualified as executor of Katherine L Zachar estate Linn County Iowa Those having claims must file them duly authenticated in the office of the Linn County District Court Monticello State Bank Monticello Iowa acts as executor attorney is E W Brashaw
An advertisement page promotes personal liability coverage from Stark’s Insurance Agency with contact numbers NSS 3 Stark EM 4-4385 Becker EM 4-8366. It lists services for home repairs and rentals including carpentry and painting, and features numerous local business offerings and job notices.
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