Union News Items From Christmas Season and Club Meetings
Union updates note families traveling to Hot Springs Arkansas for holidays and visits, plus a 50th wedding anniversary in late December. Kum Bac Class reports 13 members meeting with plans to pack baby quilts for Mothers and Babies Home in St Louis and send Valentines to children in Davenport. Progressive Club membership groups formed and talks on hob bies and family reading. Ladies Aid Society met with treasury gains and Polio Fund contribution. Local residents share funeral and hospital related notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kum Bac
Christian Sunday School
Howard Vernon
W. S. Donaldson
Cecil Williams
Davis Brown
Russel Cobb
John Hanson
Martin Chrisman
Arlene Westcott
Marjorie Packer
Ladies Aid Society
Community Church
Ralph Beecher
Edward Packer
LaMont Moore
Agnes Packer
K. S. Wooten
Fred Cummins
Treasury
M. W. Dickenson
Fred Wyatt
Marshalltown
Wyatt
Paul Walter
Hartley
Walters
Ortis Walter
Community drive boosts March of Dimes effort
A local fundraising drive solicits support for the March of Dimes led by a committee including Rita Vaux Emma Lawrence Ethel Hammer Nina Carol Weatherly Ruth Hammer Doris Stull and Dorothy Miller Refreshments were provided to donors and volunteers assisting the campaign.
Gifford News Briefs and Family Updates
Birth announced for Danny Lee to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Clark Jan i the Clarke's second son. Many social notes from Gifford Methodist W S C meeting chaired by Mrs. Oren Chrisman with officer elections planned for March. Various local visits and dinners noted. Iowa State College economists expect more lambs on winter and spring markets than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lepley
Dewey Estes
Lyle Clark
Jan i
Danny Lee
Clarke
Clark
Deloras Stewart
Gifford Methodist Church
Ralph Gunderson
Oren Chrisman
Blanche Cox
Chrisman
Jane Dickenson
Iowa State College
Ill and ill in Webster City couple return home
Osmund Knutson, formerly ill and hospitalized, was brought to Webster City to stay with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knouse, after weeks of convalescence. Several local residents visited, and others traveled to Alden and Dubuque for duties and visits. A farewell party at Our Savior's Lutheran Church marked Rev. and Mrs. P. L. Mark’s departure for Clark Field Minnesota, with a large program, gifts, and officer installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmund Knutson
Orris Knutson
Webster City
Charles Knouse
Ben Hake
Near Sherman
I. E. Cammack
Arthur Knutson
Beverly Knouse
Ames
Beverly
Allan Bnutson
Karen
Alden
Harold Klug
Frank Kalouse
H. A. Mason
Joe
Great Lakes
Chicago
Hyla Harmis
Nels Severson
Ladies Aid and Gleaners Mission Societies of
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
P. L. Mark
Clarkfield
Minn
Mork
New Slate Installed For Masonic Lodge
The annual joint installation of officers of the Eastern Star and Masonic lodge was held Monday evening January 7 at 8 o'clock in the Masonic hall. Mrs Zelpha Prescott served as installing officer with Mrs Dorothy Anders installing marshal and Mrs Jannette Vernum assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Reed
Diane
Kathryn
Varnum
Rachael Drake
Iowa Grubb
Joel Grubb
Wayne Stukenberg
Bonnie Lou Thompson
Ruth Reed
Winifred Cornell
Marshall
Virginia Smith
Lula Varnum
Lula Jones
Adah
Nancy Stewart
Ruth
Bernice Olson
Esther
Darlene Rorem
Martha
Jannette Varnum
Electa
Melva Olson
Dorothy Anders
Sentinel
Wayne W. Stukenberg
Truman Thompson
Eastern Star and
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Zelpha Prescott
Jannette Vernum
Community social notes and local births in Radcliffe area
The Radcliffe column records a Married Ladies Harmony club gathering with five guests and a report on the Tama Indians, plus basket weaving and solo performances. A post nuptial kitchen shower for Mrs Elston Imsland is noted, with 25 guests and lunch. Other items include attendance at officer installation, a nurses training return, an oyster supper by the Radcliffe male chorus, newlyweds relocating to Iowa City, travel from Radcliffe for funerals, and births in Ames and Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm, Schwebke
Burt Larson
Married Ladies Harmony Club
Wayne Varneem
Elston Imsland
Swen Imsland
Thea Tow
Atlee Reisetter
O. K. Hartman
Hubbard
Radcliffe
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Dianne Thorsheim
Minneapolis
Iver Thorsheim
Chatterbox
Lowell Luhman
Iowa City
S. A
Cedar Rapids
Joan Luhman
Coe College
Elmer Wiemer
Mary Lael
Boone
G. R. Thorson
Thorson
Everette Price
Josie Frankenberger
Haynes
Richard Dean
Dean Erbes
Ames
Dean
Farmers expect higher prices for feed and land in Iowa
Farmers with enough feed to sustain livestock through spring anticipate higher prices, says William Zmolek, former extension animal husbandman at Iowa State College. A 1951 Iowa land price survey by the Iowa State College Department of Economics and Sociology reports average farm land sales at $212 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zmolek
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa State College Department of Economics and Sociology
Steamboat Rock News Briefs Highlight Church Changes
Mrs. Wm. Frerichs reports Rev. Louis Johnson leaves Steamboat for Central Baptist in Waco after four months as interim pastor. Local Ladies' Aid groups meet January 9 with devotions, lessons on Latin American countries, and host lunches. Various residents visit relatives and travel for family and business reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Johnson
Waco
Texas
Johnson
Central Baptist Church
Steamboat Church
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Bessie Jaspers
Christine Ennenga
Fanny Potgeter
Ben Johnson
Bill Eckel
Stevie
Dows
Leena Grieves
Henry Janssen
T. J. Eilers
Verna Luiken
Des Moines
Whitten Club Activities Highlight Hair Lesson and Local News
The Hearthstone Club in Whitten met at Mrs. Bernard Reints home with 17 members and 3 guests as Meta Balvanz from Eldora presented a hair styling and care lesson assisted by Laura Willig. Mr. L. L. Hauser returns from Deb Conness Hospital after observation. Charivari honors Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hathaway married December 24 in Arkansas. Whitten Band Boosters met for monthly gathering at the Schoolhouse. Benson Cemetery Society held an all day meeting with 16 members and a noon covered dish. quilt finishing reported. next meeting February 5 at Mrs. Walter Arnold’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearthstone Club
Whitten
Bernard Reints
Meta Balvanz
Eldora
Laura Willig
L. L. Hauser
Deaconess Hospital
Charivari
Robert Hathaway
Arkansas
Hathaway
Blanche Schryver
Mildred Lott
Dan Yordy
Benson Cemetery Society
Lyle Olmstead
Walter Arnold
Lumber value from small logs and casein glue coverage
The report notes logs under a foot in diameter rarely justify milling. It cites Richard Campbell extension forester advising that one pound of powdered casein plus two pounds of water covers about 45 square feet of glued joints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Campbell
Iowa State College
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Forest Barnes
Hot Springs
Ark
Walter Trapp
Nettie Cobb
Vern Owens
Union
Robert George
Progressive Club
E. H. Biresborn
Legion Auxiliary
Ruth Hammer
Ethel Bachman
American Legion Hall
Ethel Hammer
Effie Drake
Emma Lawrence
Parke
Davis @ Company
Detroit
Michigan
Marks
Peliable
Eres
Jack Long
Baby
Waterloo
Merle Adams
Lyle Adams
Oral Adams
Charlie Adams
Waud Bowers
Everette March
Pricilla
Ann
Conrad
Mary Campbell
Dean Howard
Dale Campbell
Leland
Henry Holthuis
Neil Wehrman
Leon Ramundt
Reinbeck
E. F. Steelman
Jody
Steelman
Anna Hall
New Providence
Jody Steelman
Harley Copeland
Merle Copeland
Earl Giles
Wayne Smith
Clare Rash
Frederick Rash
Howard Rash
Glen Fagen
Mason City
J. V. Hauser
Eldora Bakery
Albert Kennedy
C. L. Brindle
Farrow
Poland
John Deere
St. Massey Harris
King Hamilton
Leo Yantis
Eldora Auction Co., Allets
Union-Whitten State Savings Bank
Wilson Hadley
Hardin County March of Dimes
Mac Greene
Noah Waide
Hadley Grain Company
Staley Feea
Will
Austin Buerckley
W. N
S. W
J. W
W. H. Cornell
C. BE
Warman
H. D. Stewart
S. D
J. D
Malmin Olson
Ss. S
A. W. Kessler
J. S
Virgil Erickson
Tyler
Mervin Hyland
Iowa Falls Hospital
Hyland
Tidelle Olson
John Olson
America
Pontiac
Pine Lake Motor CO
Pontiac Sales & Service
Eldora, Iowa
Steamboat Rock News
Wm. Frerichs
Baptist Ladies Aid
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Mike Finger
Lena Ruppelt
Fred Lower
Hie H. Folkerts
Otto Filbrandt
Douglas
Leo Knight
A. M. Knight
Tom
Harold Luiken
Roy Hathaway
Oliver Hathaway
Old Soldiers Home
Austin Gilbert
Lydia Potgeter
Dorothy Cretin
Ads Herald-Index Pub. Co
the Pennies Insurance
Young
Brown Insurance Agency
Hardin County Savings Bank
Owa
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