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Eldora Herald Ledger

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1950

Page

5

Japan Receives CROP Shipments from American Relief

Farm commodities donated through the CROP program reach Japan and about 35 other nations. The Emperor and Empress inspect samples as campaigns run in the 35 top states. Deadline for farm-to-farm solicitations is Jan 8. Principal gifts include grains beans meat milk and cotton. Distributions go via church agencies to refugees orphans widows hospital and youth center residents.

America Istian Japan Catholic Rural Life Church World Service Lutheran World Reliefs Ean

Classic Used Cars for Sale in Local Auto Row

Several vintage autos listed with year models from 1919 to 1949. Includes Mercury 1949 six passenger, 1940 Ford Tudor and Panel, 1938 Ford, 1936 Ford Convertible, and a 1919 Ford truck with newer 2 speeds axle. Listings emphasize low mileage, heater, radio, paint, and extra clean condition.

Ford Panel

For Sale and Wanted Ads From Wood Auto Co Iowa Falls

Audit of classified items includes a 1946 14 ton Dodge panel with radio and heater in near new finish, new tires, 322 River St Iowa Falls. 1947 Ford Tudor very clean low mileage extras Leslie Wood Uni. 1948 21 foot aluminum trailer house $1150 see at Cities Service Hubbard. studio couch oak dinette set sewing machine. 40 or 75 English Leghorn pullets laying 6042 Harry Hutnel 9 miles S of Iowa Falls. WANTED TO RENT house or 2 or 3 room apartment phone 1978. Also notice of annual meeting for Masonic Temple Association Montague lodge 117 Evergreen Chapter 55 Ascension Chapter 158 January 9 1950 8 PM. elections of Board of Directors and business.

River St Iowa Falls Towa Harry Hutnel Masonic Temple Association Montague Lodge Evergreen Ascension Masonic Temples Association Masonic Building Hele D. W. Dickinson

Confused Papa Mistakenly Compliments Wrong Newborn

Jim Potter of Algona took his mother-in-law to the hospital to see the newly born infant. While admiring the baby behind a glass enclosure, a nurse informed them they were admiring the wrong infant, leaving them nonplused.

Jim Potter Algona

Health Dept Cold Weather Advice From Iowa Health Dept

Health officials urge warm clothing and active movement to prevent frostbite on cold days. They warn of three frostbite degrees and advise loosening footwear, wearing mittens, and seeking medical help for serious cases.

Health Dept Iowa State Department of Health Health Department

Divorce Granted in District Court for Zimmerman Case

Betty Zimmerman of Iowa Falls is granted a divorce from Robert Zimmerman. Custody of two minor children ages 2 and 1 years is awarded to the mother with support payments. Parial index subscribers may subscribe to the Herald Ledger for $1.58 per year.

Betty Zimmerman Iowa Falls Robert Zimmerman Paria

I S E Representative Changes Hours Here

Walter W. Hazen, itinerant interviewer for the Iowa State Employment Commission, will be in Eldora every other Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon starting Jan. 4, per the Marshalltown area manager. He will handle unemployment insurance claims at the Hardin county social welfare office and will not do job placements. Starting Jan. 5, he will also appear every other week in Town Falls from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to receive claims in that area.

Walter W. Hazen Iowa State Employment Commission Eldora Harry A. Wilson Marshalltown Commission Iiae Hardin County Hazen Hardin

Gain Contest Added to Baby Beef Program

A new Rate of Gain contest in Hardin County 4-H baby beef program measures daily weight gains from day 1 to next summer’s fair. Calves must be 650 pounds or less to enter. Recommended by 4-H leaders and county committee at a December 21 meeting to recognize top feeding efforts.

Hardin County

Whitehead to Palestine as Friends relief worker

Kermit Whitehead of Iowa plans to leave early next year to join the American Friends Service Committee reef program for Arab refugees in Palestine. He will help 60 Quaker workers distribute United Nations relief supplies to about 215000 refugees in Gaza. A D P Latvian family is expected to move into his farm tenant house this month.

Philadelphia Kermit Whitehead New Providence Iowa American Friends Service Committee Palestine Whitehead Honey Creek Society of Friends United Nations Gaza

Refugee Self Help Programs Aid Camp Survival

The Service Committee runs a distribution program and tent schools for 20,000 of 70,000 refugee children. Refugee teachers volunteer while vocational weaving and woodworking train all over nine. Small weaving factories produce textiles for clothing and potential exports. Carpentry shops craft tables and cabinets as households were lost. A medical team of 40 nurses and doctors runs a hospital with ongoing sanitary inspections to prevent epidemics.

Service Committee

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