Steamboat Socials and Outings Highlight Week
Community tidbits recount visits and travel among Steamboat residents. Families, neighbors, and relatives attend dinners, picnics, church events, and road trips to St Louis, Marshalltown, Eldora, and other locales. Mentions include the Frerichs, Luiken, Folkerts, Havens, and Asher families with assorted extended relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Luken
Royce
Rollie Heard
St. Louis
Roy Luiken
Glen Hudson
Westveld
N.Y
Genevieve Hudson
Mt. Pleasant
Tenn
Blanche Hudson
Eldora
Hots Havens
James Riggens
Hay Karsyens
Harry Folkerts
Ruth Ejlers
Marshalltown
Betty Asher
Waterloo
Will Frerichs
Arthur Frerichs
Douglas
Clear Lake
State's credit use helps Iowa standard of living
A CIT Financial study notes Iowa families own heavy durable goods and rely on consumer instalment credit. It cites 808,200 families with 883,300 cars, 668,206 refrigerators, 763,300 radios, 382,200 TVs and 572,500 vacuums. 98 of 100 Iowans are excellent credit risks. The study links mass financing to mass production and distribution, supporting the economy and employment in related sectors. It also mentions a 1952 consumer credit total of about 50 billion dollars and total goods and services valued at 216 billion. An Armed Forces show will be hosted at the fairgrounds by state and national guards to display new war equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Arthur O. Dietz
CIT. Financial Corporation
Dietz
Financial Institution
Visits and visits and a fishing trip in Eldora area
Mrs Helen Curtis and family and Kenneth Van Patter visited Kenneth Van Patter in Iowa City hospital. Kenneth Curtis joined a fishing trip with Art Daleske and Ed Steinfeldt in Minnesota. Barbara Jo Whigham stayed near Eldora. S W Mullany and family from St Louis visited Floyd Trickey. W H Platts family visited Eldora. Harold Platts ill at home. Linda Kinney traveled to Marshalltown to visit grandparents Duncan. Mrs Kinney and Russell joined later. Barbara Jean Rierson and Mrs Radcliffe visited Carrs. Owasa Jackson Twp Fire Dept attended county meeting at Alden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nehring
Gale
Kenneth van Patter
Hubbard
Iowa City
Kenneth Curtis
Art Daleske
Eldora
Ed Steinfeldt
Iowa Falls
Minnesota
Barbara Jo Whigham
Martin Schwarck
S. W. Mullany
St. Louis
Farmers Plan To Reseal 25 Percent Of Corn
Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead report a July poll of farmers showing about 25 percent of 1952 corn under government loan or purchase programs will need resealing on Iowa farms. PMA notes storage space for about 75 percent, with remaining corn needing on farm reseal. Some counties may require half the corn to be resealed. government offers 13 cents per bushel to encourage storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wallaces
Iowa Homestead
Des la Moines
Iowa Pma (Production and Marketing Administration
Farm Magazine
PMA
Can Now File For Prior Service Benefits Iowa workers can file for prior service under House File 140
The Iowa Employment Security Commission announced that public employees with 30 years or more of service prior to Jan 1 1947 may file claims for prior service benefits of 25 to 37 50 per month under the new supplemental pension system. About 1 100 eligible individuals are identified. The Commission ruled that retirees under the repealed Old Age and Survivor Insurance System are not included in the new program. The decision aligns with its legal department and the Iowa Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Fifty-fifth General Assembly
Iowa State Employment Service
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Iowa
Employment Security Commission
Property transfers dated July to July in Eldora and nearby areas
A series of recorded property deeds shows transactions from July 11 to July 21, 1953 in Eldora and Steamboat Rock. Grants include R Brown to H R Blosch and Nellie Meyer to Dale Staley, with several other deeds to Phil Baker, R W Burns, Agnes Warner, and related lots and blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Brown & Wi
H. R. Blosch
Bik
Steamboat Rock
Nellie Meyer & Hs
Dale Staley &Wf
Swne
E. W. Nuckolls
Phil Baker
Nuckolls
Eldora
W. Burns
R. W. Burns
Out Lot
H. W. Bell
Agnes Warner
Talbott
Add
I. F
Government bins shortage may hinder farmers corn delivery
Corn and livestock notes suggest a potential shortage of government bins in some areas. This could prevent farmers from delivering all their corn to the government, affecting planned allocations.
Five Picnic Aids For A Simple Outdoor Meal
The Conservation Commission offers practical picnic planning tips. Choose near home sites, keep menus simple, prepare food at home, use disposable wares and foil wrapped meats, improvise roasting tools, and bring basic fire starters, insect repellent, a lantern, soap and towels for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Conservation Commission
Hardin County Qualifies for Dairy Foods Demonstrations
Thirty four Iowa counties including Hardin have qualified to compete in the state dairy foods demonstration contest at the 1953 National Dairy Cattle Congress, announced by W J Campbell, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hardin
W. J. Campbell
A Boy's Interest in Girls and Clothes
Ten year old Tom in a small town enjoys barefoot summers. He resists dressing for Helen's party, protesting shoes and preferring his usual barefoot stance. The scene captures a boy's reluctance to wear formal attire at a mixed party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Helen
Dad
Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress To Be Held In Waterloo
The national Dairy Cattle Congress is set for October 3 through 10 in Waterloo with dairy foods demonstrations October 5 and 6. Entries are due by September 10. Teams compete for cash prizes in blue red and white ribbon groups. Carnation Milk Company will award wristwatches to champion team members. Judging will be by Mrs Harry Brown and leadership by Esther Whetstone and Elizabeth Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Dairy Asso
Eldoea Herald Ledgee
Waterloo
Carnation Mik. Company
Extension Service
Iowa State College
National Club Committee
Harry Brown
Route 2
Esther Whetstone
Elizabeth Smith
Ames
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Jeanne Crain
Dale Rovert
Nevada
Son
New Grand Theatre
Carson City
Presbyterian Church
W. J. Sayre
John Grubbs
Gary
June Sayre
Dorothy Johnson
Cedar Falls
Bill Sayre
Cedar Rapids
Hollis Havens
Sayre
Addie Burgess
Orville Asher
Clarence Price
Beaman
Tony Luiken
Carona
S. Dak
Folkerts
Eldora Park
Will Harms
John
Earl Thoms
Norman
Wiard Aukes
Ben Havens
Hie H. Folkerts
W. H. Folkerts
Don Folkerts
Bob Folkerts
Melvin Kosanke
Harm Folkerts
Marie Folkerts
Nason
Norris Folkerts
Johns
Henry Buthman
Lydia
Buthman
Ed Bohstedt
Grinnell
Ray Karstens
Ervin Cakerice
Frank Fredrickson
Arel Brown
Black Hills
Yellow Stone Park
Glacier National Park
WaTad Pepharhives
Radcliffe
Dorit Ncceon
Ward
Radio & TV
Pan
Dickson Hardware
Iowa State Fair Board
Iowa National Guard
Air National Guard
Mrs
Helen Curtis
Herald - Index
Eldora NO
Eldora No. 1 School Board
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Hardin County Index
Eldora Herald-Ledger
America
Atx P
Marks
Ewe Hima
Willis K. Bramwell
Howard Calfee
Clare Bramwell
K. Bramwell, Jr
Robert Brown
Consumer Loan and Insurance
Keith Strother
Frank Jackson
Clarence Cockerham
Guy W. Jones
V-Pres
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hardin County Savings Bank
Spa
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