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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
7
A roundup of local life includes anniversaries, farm living plans, and gatherings across Burlington Griswold and Adair. Notable items mention Bert Krueger and family milestones, Zion Women’s Guild meetings, potluck socials, medical practice changes, a marriage at the Evan gelical church, 4-H club activities, Girl Scouts Daffodil group, birthday clubs, and visits between residents of nearby towns.
Film demonstrates reducing choretime on Java farms using machines and routing ideas to streamline year round chores. It explains planned routes, tool placement, gravity powered loads, and field-tested concepts from Iowa farms collected by H. B. Howell at Town State College.
Instruction Service at the college in Ames outlines a service fee of $1.00 for 3 days and $1.50 per week with postage and insurance to be paid by the user.
County engineers report satisfactory progress on the state farm-to-market road plan. For year ending Nov 30 1948 contracts totaled 8.6 million dollars and 1949 totals reached 12.9 million. Iowa compares favorably with Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri. Total miles reach 34,893, under the 35,000 mile limit.
Mrs W J Donaldson hosted the Christian Ladies Aid society meeting with Mrs A J Dale Mrs Everett Caster and M Cady Barnes assisting Rev Mr Childs led prayers and devotional The group elected officers led by Maynard Cobb and voted to donate 4 to the polio fund Several families were noted visiting and returning from trips at Hammond Ind and Waterloo Ia The Workers Council met at the Christian Church with a 6:30 covered dish supper to discuss road and maintenance crews.
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