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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1958
Page
4
The Town State Swineesting Association will hold its first sale Tuesday July 22 at Nevada at 8 p.m. Ralph Durham extension animal husbandman notes 70 boars from nearly all purebred breeds will be offered. Information on rate of gain feeding efficiency fat depth and carcass cutouts will be available for each animal.
A dated listing shows Steamboat Rock semi pro baseball and multiple July to August basketball games. Key matchups include Eldora Tutheran vs St Marys and Eldora Baptist vs Congregational with dates from July 22 through August 12, plus Steamboat baseball games at Le Grand Garwin Clemons Whitten.
The schedule lists games with Whitten facing Newton on July 27 at Whitten, Laurel at Whitten on August 3, Clemons at Whitten on August 10, and Whitten hosting Garwin on August 17.
Mrs Helen Curtis Avanelle North of Marshalltown and Nellie Thackrey of Eldora visited Thursday in the Kinney home. Meta Raska visited Alden and Karen Ulrich joined her, while a party at Eldora hosted by Mrs Harold Platts. Fire department met Wednesday night and emergency squad aided the Ed Lackey farm after two youths trapped in a corn bin. Softball games are planned at the Owasa diamond July 22 and 25 with Bethany Lutheran and Steeffield teams in later matchups.
The State 4-H camp runs July 21 to 25 with events including July 22’s Pleasant Peppy Teens 4-H Achievement Day Show at Rough Woods community building and July 23 to 25 Homemakers activities.
The Eldora FHF R A T ledger for Tuesday July 22 1958 lists a leadership conference at Iowa State College and a sequence of 4 H achievement shows and officers meetings from July 23 to July 30 across multiple Iowa communities including Jackson Steamboat New Providence Union Eldora and Providence.
The County Farm Bureau board of directors and their families held a potluck picnic in the Lodge at Pine Lake on Monday. Board members held their business meeting after the picnic. The secretary's and treasurer's reports were accepted. A revised budget was submitted to the board for approval. It was decided to hold the August board meeting on Aug 4 instead of Aug. 11 due to the county fair. A donation was sent to the American Soybean Association to assist them in foreign sales of soybeans. The nominating committee for the election of county officers was appointed. Paul Glenney of Union will serve as chairman. Other committee members are Raymond Andrews of Hubbard and George Mark of Iowa Falls. The County Activities Committee will plan this year's county annual meeting. Committee members are Mr. and Mrs. Foster Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Knutson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Furman, Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Haywood, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jeske, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pettenger, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hindman and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Heitland. A citizenship committee was also appointed consisting of John Jaspers, Mrs. E. L. Pettenger, Lyle Doty, Leonard W. Johnson, Mrs. Maurice Cook and Howard Sisam. The meeting closed after reports were given by county officers and personnel.
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