Garden club tour to Earl Ferris Nurseries and picnic
Providence June meeting toured Earl Ferris Nurseries at Hampton with a guided walk by a landscape architect. Fifteen members rode in cars provided by local residents and enjoyed a park lunch and ice cream after the visit. Other items note visits from relatives, birthdays, and a death in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Earl Ferris Nurseries
Hampton
Ferris
Wain Hinshaw
Fannie Beach
Maurice Cook
Viola Morris
Gifford News Notes and Visits
Mr and Mrs Harry Pearce of Leesburg Florida are visiting friends in the community Frances Holthuis stayed with Ruth Wirth in Garwin Edward Weepley injured his ankle last week when thrown from a horse Roger Mortenson spent last week with his uncle in Ellsworth Mr and Mrs George Svee of Fort Dodge were guests of Mr and Mrs Guy Campbell Mr and Mrs Lyle Callaway of Whitten visited Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Wayne Kinney Mrs E F Steelman and Mr E Haverstein joined Mrs Wayne Kinney to Des Moines to buy paint for the church basement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pearce
Leesburg, Fla
Frances Holthuis
Ruth Wirth
Garwin
Edward Weepley
Roger Mortenson
Ellsworth
George Svee
Fort Dodge
Guy Campbell
Lyle Callaway
Whitten
Wayne Kinney
E. F. Steelman
E. Haverstein
Des Moines
Ronald McWherter
A. I. Kruetzmann
H. R. Granner
Alice Thomas
Kearney
Nebr
D. J. Baskerville
Stanley Granner
Linda
Ervin Kuhlman
Kuhlman
George Hallet
George Hallet, Jr
Allen
Gifford
John McDonald
Mary Lou
Lawn Hill
H. K. Kuhlman
Bern Kuhlman
Mary Ann
Leon Trarks
Fred Bunte
Carroll Miller
Sharon
W. C. Hoelscher
Mitchell
S. C
E. J. White
Carl Arnold
Sidney
Dr. Isenberg
Lohrville
Bill Deardorff
San Francisco
Calif
Dale Webster
Los Angeles
F. W. Deardorff
Alice. Thomas
Kerney
H. A. Granner
Dan Nehring
Carson
Provo
Utah
Fred Trarks
Joan Mathis
Charles Erwin
Blessed Event At Chicago Fair 1950 Big Top Circus
Roberta, creator of Roberta's Circus, bows beside prize dogs featured in the six act Big Top circus. The show runs four times daily in an arena near four thousand spectators at the Chicago fair.
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Chicago
Roberta
Helen Tieken Geraghty
Farm accident injures Hubbard Ricks hip in fall
Hubbard Earl Ricks fell while lifting baled hay into a barn on Thursday and fractured his hip. He was first taken to Iowa Falls hospital, then transferred to a Des Moines hospital for bone specialist care. The report also notes community visits and local social events including a vacation from duties at Thomas department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ricks
Iowa Falls
Des Moines
Hannah Brunemeier
Thomas Department Store
Ochevedan
Wendal Dultscher
Clarion
J. B. Henning and Sons
Scranton
Marie Farris
Joliet, Il
Fressia Summy
Pfarr
Texas
Arthur Duitscher
W. H. Dreier
Robert Dreier
Hubbard Park
Family notices from Marshalltown and Mason City region
First Presbyterian church in Marshalltown hosts Friday evening service. Mr and Mrs Russell Perry welcome a baby boy born June 28 in Mason City hospital. Frank Voll of Lewiston North Dakota visits friends. Margaret Hartwig fractures hip in a fall and is hospitalized in Eldora. Des Moines couple Mr and Mrs C W Williams visit Clyde Hough home. Mrs A B Zugmeier and Zola join Rev and Mrs Miriam Madden and children to Garden City Kansas. Vern Cowell family vacationing in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Marshalltown
Perrys
Russell Perry
Mason City
Frank Voll
Lewiston
N. D
Hubbard Friends
Margaret Hartwig
Eldora Hospital
C. W. Williams
Des Moines
Clyde Hough
A. B. Zugmeier
Zola
Rev
Miriam Madden
Garden City
Kan
Vern Cowell
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Zion Study Group To Meet Thursday
The Zion Women s Guild study group will meet in the church basement Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Basil Bachman as devotional leader and several members in charge of the topic. Rural Women Meet in Grant township Farm Bureau group met with 12 present as Mrs. Karroll Vinsel spoke on Australia and Mrs. Herbertsmeier on Georgia. tray lunch served. Birthday Club Party hosted in Miss Boeke s home for June birthdays. cards sent to ill Mrs. Henry Bunte and former member Rozelle Edick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Women’s Guild
Basil Bachman
D. K. Justice
Russell Boeke
Herb Blome
Frederick Brinkmeyer
A. I. Kruetzmann
Will Keilsmeier
Freddie Klemme
Bern Kuhlman
Grant Township Farm Bureau
Adolph
Minnie Boeke
John Hansen
W. C. Boeke
Miss Boeke
Henry Bunte
Rozelle Edick
Riverside
Calif
Congressmen Clash Over Coffee Market and Aid Programs
Washington notes a Senate subcommittee report accusing export brokers and Administration programs of inflating coffee prices. It cites large profits from a leveraged $151000 investment turning into over $3.3 million, plus a swap of cotton for soybeans. The piece questions ECA authorizations and urges denying further coffee purchases while highlighting broader food aid misdirections.
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Washington
Senate
United States
United States Treasury
ECA
Commission
Department of Agriculture
New York
Justice Department
Outrage Prevention, Crime, and Postwar Scandals Highlight 1947
The piece cites census data showing sharp rises in violent crime, female incarceration, drunkenness arrests, alcohol related hospital admissions, alcohol consumption, and dependent families from 1934 to 1947. It criticizes wartime contracts as fraudulent, notes Comptroller General Warren’s findings, and questions postwar foreign aid schemes and broker profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
U.S
Warren
Army
Navy
Italy
U. S
New York
Ohio
ECA
Williams boys aged 11 and 7 lost during fishing trip
Jimmy and Ronald Williams slipped away on a fishing excursion unseen by their parents. They wandered seven miles, faced cold and fear, and spent the night in a ditch before a dawn search found them asleep at 4 a.m. near the ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Ronald Williams
Notice of Expiration of Right of Redemption Ti-dora Iowa
Notice to Charlotte Smith that her right of redemption for Lot Five Sixth? Block Five in Greer Add Eldora Iowa will expire ninety days after service. Eva Collins obtained the property for taxes on January 6, 1947. dated June 8, 1960. Attorneys Lundy Butler Lundy, Eldora Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Smith
Greer
Tidora
Towa
Eva Collins
Eldora
A. D
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Providence
Mrs. Ross Reece
Ferris Nurseries
Leonard Church
Carol Lea
Waterloo
Mr. Church
A. B. Church
Gilbert Martin
Newark
New Jersey
Mr. Martin
John Martin
Willard
Neil
Walter Johnson
Nevada
Mr. Johnson
Ray Tillotson
Leota Walton
Ralph Walton
Nadine
Phoenix
Arizona
Sara Lee
Phillip
Alden
Glen Walton
Clyde Walton
Roy Clampitt
Lawrence
Boston
Massachusettes
Felt
Michigan
Duluth
Minn
Phillip Clampitt
American Friends Service Committee
J. Paul Hadley
Claralee
Mari#lenn
Hadley
Johnson
Earlham
Meader Johnson
Wichita
Kansas
Merlin
Jeannette Hadley
Washington, D. C
Rogers
Ames
Lisle
Providence Producers
Walter Cook
Carroll
Lawrence Tatum
Oskaloosa
Walter Tatum
Miriam Branson
West Branch
Branson
Ross Reece
Oliver E. Reece
San Deigo
North America
North American van Lines, Inc
Rinehart Moving & Storage Service
S. 8Th Ave
Marshalltown, Iowa
Willis E. Bramwell
Eastman Nuckolls
Clark D. Bramwell
Robert Brown
D. Dana Bramwell
Howard Caffee
Frank Jackson
Keith Strother
Cashler
Willis K, Bramwell
Einsurs
Hardin County Savings Bank
Eldora, Iowa
Fred Tjarks
Rick
Sew and So
Harley Faust
Edwin Engel
Dwain King
Martin Faust
Raymond Faust
Wayne Meier
Roger Stefan McWherter
Capitol Firing Line
H. R. Gross
Austra
Hampshire
Ames Incross
Evergreen Hatchery
Dysart, Iowa
United Nations
Iowa
Lundy, Butler & Lundy
Kildora, Towa
H-L—Djwly
Culligan
Good Housekeeping
Culligan Soft Water
Guy Jones
Quay
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