17 Jan 1950
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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
1
Eldora parking meters collected a December record of 649, surpassing April 1949’s 602. Improved enforcement reduced lax parking, while mild weather and Christmas shopping boosted patrol patronage. Analysts foresee further gains if enforcement tightens, though broader economic fears remain about employment and farm demand.
The 1950 outlook appears hopeful for the first half, with Wallace's Farmer noting improving consumer demand for pork, eggs, beet and milk. City pay rolls and buying are rising while industrial production improves despite strikes, though government spending exceeds revenue.
An open letter to Secretary Charles Brannan Farm Bureau President Allan Kline Grange Master Albert S Goes and Farmers Union President James Patton urges farm leaders to unite in 1950 to avoid harming farm laws. It warns that infighting reduces influence and progress. The piece cites Wallace's Farmer and notes high costs of government and hospitals, framing potential savings from Hoover Commission recommendations.
Yesterday's Ackley Daily notes a large cistern on the public square west of the city well to feed a fire engine by wind mill, a Steamboat Rock auction store start, Delaware county visitor Mr. Udgington, and various local moves and mishaps. It records appointments, firings, a courthouse opening, a rendering plant project, a fire in a billiard hall, a broken rail crisis, business purchases, political candidate announcements, and personnel changes in banks, schools, and clubs.
A hospital visit highlights visitor etiquette, noting that poorly timed visits upset patients and that clubs could discuss rules for patient benefit. A columnist laments family radio overuse at home, jokes about TV and radio obsessions, and ends with plans to drive to Arizona.
Monday dinner guests and overnight visitors at the Ralph Bright home included Rev and Mrs Paul Dapd family and Mrs Purp Davis from Waterloo. Other social visits featured Mr and Mrs Lee Sanders with family, Marion Ifayden and others, plus Rural Youth events and local visits to the Bright and Rankin households.
Vocational notes show parish numbers for Parsonage and First Dartel Church. I. G. Short serves as pastor with daily worship and youth programs scheduled. Phone lines and address cues appear, though many details are garbled.
A fragmented church directory lists services for Lutherans Patios Lutheran Co upach Zimmermann pastor Washington corner With avenue Parsonage phone 731 Sunday school and worship. Teasley pastor Corner Iith Opvenue and Bath Street phone 550 Sunday school 10 am morning worship 11 am evening service. First Methodist choice W OR Ehlert pastor Corner 12th Street and Oth avenue Sunday school morning worship 10 am. St Marys Catholic Prof Vi McBonough pastor 680 blocks North Washington Sunday masses 7 and 9 am Confession Saturday 6 to 7 pm Weekday Mass. Westerguannon Walton WV Welwey Farntor two miles west of Highway 14 four miles south of Kehway 67 Parson age Eldora 820 Church school 10 am Worship 11 am Devotional class 7 pm Evening Service 7 30 pm.
Community notes show alternating Sunday services at Pleasant Community Church with Sunday School at 10 am and 20 am on different Sundays. Mentions Seton Parish, Parsonage, and various meetings including Women’s Missionary and Youth Retreats.
The speaker recalls considering staying longer and maybe working in the hotel coffee shop for meals and tips but jokes about the idea after the sons reacted with laughter. They decide to stay, expressing a preference for the current location.
Alden residents Roy and Mrs Gilmore visited J D Rankin and Sandra while Emma Louise Polley stayed with Mary Jane Ward. The Port Bergeson home hosted Ralph Tright Karen and Lonnie. Sharar and Rankin households hosted visitors. Jackson Twp 4 H Bicotics met at W Polley home. Ladies Aid met in church basement with potluck. Iowa Hereford show and sale notes, Ce gar Rapids Jan 23-24.
Mitchell, a noted central Iowa Hereford breeder, consigns four head to the forthcoming sale, signaling a strategic move in regional cattle trading.
Deeds recorded show Rena Hoffman to Minnie Folketts on 6-28-49 for multiple lots in Steamboat Rock with block 17. Wiarda and wife convey to R M Hansen and wife on 12-30-49 for Estes Place Add lot in Iowa Falls. D A Dougan and wife transfer to M B Mulford and wife on 12-29-49 for Wash Heights Add lot 10 block 10 in Heiwa Falls.
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