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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1950
Page
2
The Pine Lake Ladies Invitational will be held Wednesday with luncheon reservations due today. Mrs. Robert Carson, president, saysBridge and Canasta will be offered for members not participating in golf.
Mrs Raleigh King Jr was installed as president of the American Legion Auxiliary with officers named for the first and second vice presidencies secretary sergeant at arms and chaplain. Absent were the treasurer and historian. The group planned a joint meeting with men and Boy Scouts as guest speakers with Boys State report by Edwin Anderson. Convention delegates were elected for the Des Moines gathering August 2 3 and 4.
Donald Martin age 23 of Iowa Falls and Lillian Jutting age 21 of Cleves obtained a marriage license. Emmett Charles Kearney and Lulu Stremnick, both listed as legal residents in Williams and Eldora, respectively, also recorded for a license on July 10.
Miss Mary Campbell of Santa Ana arrives after a global airplane tour visiting India, Jerusalem, and Palestine. A former WCTU organizer in those regions, she will speak Wednesday afternoon at a joint Baptist Women's Circle and WCTU meeting in the church parlors.
Recent bride before her marriage was Marjorie Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brown of Eldora. Mr. Adams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oral Adams of Gifford. The couple are making their home in Waterloo where both are employed at Rath's.
Hospital notes list patients including Mrs. Harry Saint Whitten and Mrs. Vernon Brown among others from New Providence and Eldora with several named, followed by births: July 6 a boy to Mrs Harold Wehrman of Eldora, July 8 a girl to Mrs Lawrence Balvant of Eldora, and July 9 a girl to Mrs Henry G Vanderzyden of Wellsburg.
Bride elect Hazel Kosanke of Eldora will marry Eugene Kulow son of Carl and Mrs Kulow of Hubbard. Engagement notice notes the families and locations, signaling a forthcoming wedding.
In a double ring ceremony at the First Methodist church in New Carlisle Indiana at 3 pm Monday July 3 Rev H Myron Braun of Akron and Miss Nancy Ney of Eldora united in marriage. The Rev Henry M Braun father of the groom read the service with assistance from Dr H Hughes Dill. The altar held white lilies and the bride wore a white sharkskin and organdy gown carrying a white Bible with red roses. Attendants were Miss Cora Ruth Shiffer and Rev Russell Nakata. A reception followed in the church parlors. The bride is daughter of Otto Ney and a Luther college graduate and Eldora city librarian. The groom holds degrees from DePauw and Iliff School of Theology and will serve as pastor at Akron Ohio.
A long list of visitors and guests filled Eldora this past week. Mr. and Mrs. G W Kurtz returned from Frazer Michigan with grandchildren. H B Cheney and Junior visited Crawfordsville after a month in the D R Witter home. Walter L Johnson of Waco Tex and Lily Juncker's family visited Ed Juncker's home.
Practical advice covers pest control using 0.5 to 0.75 percent totenone dust for cabbage worms, tractor maintenance tips, alfalfa quality for poultry feed, egg gathering and cooling, weather related roof care, and notes on summer garden vegetables and recent social visits near Lawnville Ackley Newton and Howard Dempsey homes.
Kenneth Cakerice suffered a broken left elbow Thursday while milking after a cow kicked. This marks the second arm injury in the family as his son Howard, 15, fractured an arm while playing baseball the prior Saturday.
Mrs Raleigh King and three other women attended the Legion Auxiliary carnival at the Soldiers Home in Marshall town on Monday. Several couples including Bekemeier Scott Bateson Lettow Oldenburg and Foster traveled to Des Moines early Sunday to greet sons returning from the Boy Scout encampment at Valley Forge.
If you aim for high quality eggs, profits come from selling to outlets that recognize quality via a grade buying system, says L Z Eggleton, extension poultry specialist at Iowa State College.
An Oregon Holstein cow recently set a new breed record by producing 1,141 pounds of butter fat in a year under twice-daily milking. Barley production in Iowa is mainly confined to the northwest counties.
The Whitten Town Council in Hardin County Iowa will meet on July 1 1959 at 7 30 P M in the council room. Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures for the year starting April 1 1961. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available at the meeting. M E Day Town Clerk. Topads show figures for budget items and totals.
Ellis Go Getters 4 H club held their project tour last Thursday afternoon visiting all club and project sites. After the tour the group enjoyed lunch at the Emil Rabe home as Dean Barnes praised the boys projects likely to win blue ribbons at the county fair.
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