Steamboat Rock Family News and Gatherings
Steamboat Rock residents report visits and travel from Asaph Tobert to Canada, Joe Abbas and others visiting Ed Frerichs, anniversary celebrations for Bill Eckel Jr, Baptist and Presbyterian Ladies Aid meetings, relatives visiting Des Moines and Fremont, travel to Davenport and Bartlesville, and numerous family gatherings and July 4th supper hosts across local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Eckel
Stevie
Randy
William Eckel
Eldora
Baptist Ladies Aid
Vern Tholen
Hie H. Folkerts
L. G. Johnson
Max Klatt
Carl DeVries
Hie G. Folkerts
Fremont
Atd
Russell Holmes
Harry Williams
Ray Allison
Harry Blosch
Clara Harms
Carl Frendhs
Jacqueline
Bob Uphaw
Davenport
J. QO. Uphaw
Mountain Grove
Jim Kelley
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Carl Frerichs
Kenneth Huffman
Waterloo
O. A. Huffman
Dean Folkerts
Ben Johnson
Andrew Martin
Brian
Fonda
H. M. Schwitters
Louis Johnson
Waco
Texas
Rena Frerichs
Ed Frerichs
Halland
Dick Werkman
Rena Frerichs Visted
Harold Folkerts
Ekdlora
David
Steamboat Rock
Bill Trampe
Carroll Walters
Gail Bachman
Janet
Kathy Blair
Little Falls
Mina
Bruce
Douglas Johnson
Harold Johnson
Manson
Diane
Sandra DeVries
Kenneth Schelling
John Schelling
Lincoln
John Rogers Gon
Ross Pemberton
San Gabriel
Calif
Jess Broer
Des Moines
Farm Chemicals Hazards On Iowa Farms
Iowa State College men from a Farm Safety Council subcommittee study agricultural chemical use. They propose safeguards to help farmers gain benefits while protecting themselves. A suggestion urges checking pesticide labels and replacing unreadable ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State
Picnic Time With Cook-Out Spaghetti Fun
A playful piece describes families including the Browns the Smiths and the Thompsons packing baskets for an outdoor meal. It shares a simple Cook-Out Spaghetti recipe with ground beef green pepper onion and tomato sauce and offers tips for outdoor cooking and serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiths
Thompsons
Cooke
Spighett
Pesticide Safety Warnings From Local Advisory
A community notice stresses proper pesticide handling from labeling to disposal. It warns securely tagging containers, transferring contents to sound labeled vessels, avoiding unlabelled or rusted containers, burying or authorized landfill disposal, and never leaving spray equipment unattended during filling due to backflow risk.
Instructions for handling chemical spills and fertilizer disposal
The text advises avoiding pesticide or fertilizer spills and outlines steps after a spill: cover with six inches of black soil, disk in, allow bacterial action to break down chemicals, burn empty fertilizer bags, and keep concentrated fertilizers away from livestock. It ends with a suggestion to sell via a want ad.
Union MNS Grellet Dillon and Local Visitors
A lengthy Union area social column details visits among residents. Jim Jelsma and Linda Jelsma traveled to Denver to see relatives including the Cart ers and Groeley family, with others from Union hosting and visiting extended kin in Carlton Kansas and Des Moines. Additional notes cover hospital stays, attending centennial events, family picnics, and travel to Fontene l for a centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Jelsma
Linda
Paul
Denver
Colo
Milton Carter
Altus
Okla
Jelsma
Stanley Jelsma
Union
Dallas
Groeley
Jelsmas
Wayne Sawtell
Ralph Beecher
J. P. Johnson
Grinnell
James Long
Hugh Ghormly
McClean
Los Angeles
Calif
Clarence McClean
C. G. Mason
Marshalltown
C. W. Cummins
Fontenel
Charlie Cummins
Fontenell
Cummins
Local families share dinner and visits across towns
Owasa residents Mrs Don Arends and sons from Ackley join Mr and Mrs Dale Petty and families for Tuesday dinner with Mrs Lois Gunn. Florence Northrup of Edora calls on Mrs Gunn while she visits Marshalltown later in the week. Donna Neubauer of Alden stays with Leila Susie Nichols in the Horace Nichols home as the Horace Nichols family hosts visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neubauer
Alden
Denno Neubauer
Horace Nichols
Andy Miller
Jewell
Story City
Timothy
Todd Nichols
Geraldine Draper
Sherry Curtis
Dean Swaim
W. H. Platts
Harold Platts
Eldora
Don Arends
Ackley
Dale Petty
Lois Gunn
Florence Northrup
Edora
Marshalltown
Donna Neubauer
Leila Susie Nichols
Weekend and 4th of July Socials in Marshalltown Area
Families from South Bend Iowa Falls Belle Plaine Eldora and Muscatine shared July 4 gatherings, dinners, and visits at various homes including Bogue Runyan Mathews Hoffman and Blair households. Local clubs planned Lawn Hill Ladies Aid meeting July 13 at the Lawn Hill church basement with hostesses Cecil Rogers and Don Dickerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Runyan
Gene Runyan
South Bend
Ind
John Bogue
Marshalltown
Don Dickerson
Andy Eirp
Belle Plaine
Bob Christiansen
Bobby
Iowa Falls
Leonard Blair
Lawn Hill Ladies Aid
Lawn Hill Church
Cecil Rogers
Pat Mathews
Donald
Mrs. Charlier
Lowell Fennell
Don Roelot Muscatine
John Charlier
Harry Ruddick
Lyle
Delphia Stewart
Elzie Eskridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Asaph Tobert
Canada
Toberts
Joe G. Abbas
Nedra
Judy
Albert Timer Jr
Albert
Paul Schwitters
HM. Schwitters
Ine
Aper
MNS Grellet
Dillon
Lewie Broer Jr
Dean Kaslschke
Wellsburg
Alva Flanagan
Familly
Richard 1 Dole
Ervin Lepper
Ed Nassen
Deaconess Hospital
Owasa
Bymes, Helen Curtis
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Lawn Hill
Mrs. Floyd Beasley
Clinton
Dickson Hardware
Lot
Children’s
Harrison
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