Local Happenings Span Visits and Travels Across States
Frances Merritt returns to Benton Harbor after visiting the Harry Hammond home. Dozens of local families noted weekend visitors and trips to Lake Okoboji, Chicago, Denver, the Black Hills, and Yellowstone, with many relatives and friends mentioned by name across Iowa and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Merritt
Benton Harbor
Mich
Harry Hammond
Leo F. Wolcott
Harrison
Kansas
Colorado
Lester Bahr
Stockton
Calif
Chicago
Fred Clark
Nora Springs
Paul Clark
Anna Dornsbach
Marshalltown
T. EB. Montieth
Ray Mohr
Jurgen Tjaden
Lake Okoboji
Gene Cross
E. B. Krominga
M. L. Barnes
Henrik Fauerby
Howard Fauerby
Gladbrook
Verner Soballe
W. H. McDonald
Ronald Hill
Osage
Willis Gaines
Robert M. Becker
Town City
H. J. Gaines
Kay Setchell
Kearney
Neb
H. P. Walter
John McBride
Black Hills
James E. Pritchard
Bartlesville
Okla
B. McVeety
Peggy
Larry McNertney
Boone
Eldon McVeety
L. J. Pritchard
Iowa City
E. B. Johnston
Indianola
Lester Chase
Dean Reece
Dean Miller
Hubbard
Yellowstone Park
Effie Ellsworth
Bristley
California
Winifred Rogan
W. J. Martin
W. B. Schultz
Bloomington
Ill
E. W. Edwards
Redwood Falls
Minn
Edwards
Ruby Pemberton
Aberdeen
S. D
Martin
Joe Kramer
Billy
Robert Kennedy
Patrick
Cedar Falls
Denver
Colo
Robert
University of Denver
A. J. Krause
Mary Ellen
J. A. Page
J. Kuennen
Waukon
Physical Check Up Needed by Children Before School
The Iowa health department urges prompt child check ups before school starts to address physical defects and ensure immunizations are complete. booster vaccines, eye and dental exams are advised, with emphasis on regular meals, sleep, exercise, and healthy habits at home to support overall health before the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Department of Health
Health Department
Dental Division
Department of Health
Ellsworth College Sets Freshman Classes and Improvements
Ellsworth College of Iowa Falls will start regular classes for freshmen on Tuesday September 6 with pre registration through August 29. The campus shows major upgrades including new laboratory furniture for chemistry and physics, expanded art facilities, and spaces for ceramics woodworking air brush drawing and painting. The college offers accredited programs in liberal arts commerce teacher education pre engineering and pre nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth College of
Iowa Falls
Pine Lake Wildlife Club Volunteers Lay Kitchen Floor
Members of Pine Lake Wildlife Club volunteered to lay the concrete basement floor and install casings for the new kitchen addition. The kitchen is nearing completion as tasks were assigned to finalize the floor and casing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
CROP Sets 1949 Goal of 450 Carloads Corn
The Iowa Christian Rural Overseas Program aims for 450 carloads of corn or equivalents during CROP Week, Nov. 6-13, up 57 carloads from last year. Des Moines meeting backs the goal citing overseas need and Iowa’s ample harvest, with Gov. Beardsley endorsing private aid. A refugee luncheon for delegates followed with cabbage soup and other fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Christian Rural Overseas Program
Iowa
Des Moines
S. O. Knudson
Sioux Rapids
J. S. Russell
Farm and Home Register
Clarence Sink
Europe
William S. Beardsley
Warren County
Beardsley
Eldora Library Expands Shelves With New Volumes
Eldora public library adds fiction and non fiction titles including Without Magnolias by Bucklin Moon and Double Muscadine by Frances Gaither. New religious and mystery reads join gifts such as Iowa Interiors and Dawn, reflecting broad taste for local readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Public Library
Eldora
Bucklin Moon
Frances Gaither
Moon
J. E Risse
Iowa
Ruth Suckow
Henry van Dyke
Friendship Village
Iona Gale
Penelope
Kate Douglas Wiggin
S. Fowler Wright
Rebecca
Mr and Mrs Ned Fagg to Lake Okaboji Vacation
Mr and Mrs Ned Fagg plan a Tuesday departure for a vacation at Lake Okaboji. They will travel from their home to the lake resort for a leisure trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Fagg
Lake Okaboji
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. W Langdon
Fort Dodge
Langdon
Gertie Hardin
C. T
Babe) Hardin
Edcomb
Texas
Hardin
Wahlsing Vegetable Company
Elsie Goodwin
Oskaloosa
Anna Roll
Roll
Goodwin
Parker Davis
G. E. Wendle
Miriam
Williamsport
Noel F. Campbell
Kenosha
Wis
Larry Snow
Wayne Hinshaw
New Providence
Edgar Hinshaw
Forrest Hinshaw
Emmetsburg
Wallace Charlie
Nevada
Anthony Darzes
Peoria
Louis Darzes
E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
Ellsworth College
H.L
Herald-Ledger
Haas Bros. Dry Goods
Goodyear
Virginia Haas
Clayt Petty
Maude Phillips
Anna Pelsen
Emma Wright
C. M. Haas
Clayton Haas
Frank Pelsen
Standard Oil
Atandard
Harmon’s
Standard Service
Gaither
Edward Streeter
Gladys Taber
Streeter
Stanley Banks
Father
Frank Gruber
Saul Levinson
Barbara Frost
C. M. Nelson
North of
Santa Fe
Chuck Stanley
Great
Southwest
Fern Shepard
Gerald Warner Brace
Robert Standish
Taylor Caldwell
Fulton J. Sheen
Jack Finegan
Mr. Finegan
Eldora Church of Christ
Alli, “En Iy
Clevelands
Lucien Lelong
Marks
Eldora, Iowa
Cook
Credonto Rapidry
Velvay
Rapidry
Bik
Eo Et Rey
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