Postmaster Urges Early Mailing of Christmas Parcels
Postmaster J R Bahne urges early Christmas mailings to avoid parcel post congestion. Cites October peak, wrap and address securely, return addresses inside, 2c for unsealed cards, 3c for smaller or oversized, 8c for first class. Rewrapping dept in Chicago handles 4560 packages daily, stamps should be bought in advance.
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Bidora
J. R. Bahne
United States News
Parcel Post
Chicago
Christmas Seal Design Features Dove and Holly
The 1949 Christmas Seal design by Herbert Meyers, a Leonia, New Jersey resident, won a $1,000 prize in a national contest. Meyers, a Pratt Institute graduate who served with American forces in World War II, drew a dove in flight with holly. The nationwide sale runs Nov 21 to Christmas, supporting tuberculosis efforts and new programs with the Iowa Heart Association integrated into the drive.
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Dove
Holly
Society of Ilustrators
Herbert Meyers
Meyers
Leonia
N. J
United States
National Association
Iowa Heart Association
The
Heart Association
Bowling trio yields identical 163 scores for Delperdang
Merlin Delperdang of Remsen completed three bowling games with identical scores of 163 in each. Each game featured exactly one blow and one split.
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Merlin Delperdang
Remsen
Monona Grower Produces Remarkable Giant Carrot
E Lestina of Monona recently unearthed a giant carrot measuring 1134 inches long with 17% inch top girth and 8% inch bottom girth, weighing just under five pounds.
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Lestina
Monona
Eldora Junior High elects class officers
Eldora junior high named class officers for the second nine week period after pupil vote. Officers include Grade 6A President Marjorie Norris and others. Grade 6B President Larry LaVelle. Grade 7A Franklin Lyman. Grade 7B Don Bekemeier. Grade 9 President Lynn Jondahl with a full slate of vice presidents, treasurers, secretaries, and student council members.
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Eldora Junior High
Marjorie Norris
Betty Hobson
Mary Butler
Norman Hickman
Janet Balvant
Larry LaVelle
Louis Ziesman
Larry Harris
Kay Griffel
Pat McNertney
Franklin Lyman
Richard Walde
Karen Wright
Kathleen Campbell
Gary Walters
Coun
Don Bekemeier
Ruth Harrington
Art Berg
Nancy Heslop
Kelvin Huehn
Lynn Jondahl
Bill Wolf
Phil Bauer
Bill Cleveland
Jean van Tiger
Tom Irwin
Polio Epidemic in Hardin County See Deaths and Cases
Hardin County reports 26 polio cases with 5 deaths in 1949. Outbreak peaked in July with 13 cases, declined through October, and is considered subsiding. Of cases, 17 were in towns, 9 in rural areas. ages range from preschool to 40s, with several in the 20–25 and 30–35 brackets. Evelyn Olson, county nurse, released the statistics this week.
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Hardin County
Evelyn Olson
Life in a Greyhound Bus Becomes Home for Kessler Family
The Harold Kessler family of Center Paint now lives in a Greyhound bus once used for service and later owned by an orchestra leader. The bus, wired for electricity and cooking with bottled gas, was bought last spring. County seat news from Eldora Herald Ledger.
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Harold Kessler
Greyhound
Kesslers
198 County Residents Earn Social Security Benefits
Hardin county reports 198 residents receive monthly old age and survivors benefits totaling 3229 dollars. Of these, 92 are retired wage earners. 26 have wives eligible for 282 dollars in wife benefits. Other beneficiaries include 24 aged widows, 10 widows under 65 with minor children, and 45 children. Nationwide, monthly benefits total over 51 million dollars. Benefits are also payable to fully insured retirees 65 or older earning up to 14.99 dollars monthly.
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Hardim County
Earl T. Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Johnson
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