28 Nov 1950
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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1950
Page
1
A Thanksgiving highway incident shows how not to drive as a fast moving car from a farm lane enters the highway without stopping. The speaker notes a near miss that could have caused multiple fatalities and urges caution for other drivers.
Studying others highway violations can provide practical lessons for safety. Take cues from risky behavior to avoid tragedy and protect lives on the road.
A humorous Thanksgiving note argues adults repeatedly overeat and groan after festive meals. The writer, signing as One of the Groaners, jokes that the cause is lack of good sense as families nationwide savor multiple courses, dessert, and postmeal sleepiness.
The narrator mocks the annual pheasant ritual, detailing the chaotic arrival of a hunter with one bird. The household drops everything to honor him while mud, blood, and feathers stain rooms. The bird is plucked, not skinned, and the teakettle boils as a chaotic procession moves to the basement.
The passage surveys domestic life and social topics, from bird tales and outdoor gear to a futuristic home communications system. It notes the nuisance of gossip in school, privacy concerns, and the beauty of snow, highlighting June Butler and Ruby Rooks who organized a Methodist Christmas program and needed snowfall for Thanksgiving photos.
F. O. Lowden, a highly regarded educator, to teach at New Providence schools with Miss Alice Johnson as assistant. A Methodist Episcopal church in Melrose, Grundy county, to be dedicated next Sunday with Rev. F. C. Wolf delivering the sermon, church to be dedicated free of indebtedness. Includes 60 years of ago notes and local historical items from 1890 to 1940.
A reader muses on why a coffee table is named so while noting the table lacks coffee. The writer’s youngest son has worn through mittens, losing only two pairs, and those only after the first snow.
Mrs E R Eagan hosts Lawn Hill guests with Mr and Mrs Clair Clinger, Dean Clinger, and Ben Clinger attending. Thanksgiving dinners enrich Gif ford, Ames, Eldora, Steamboat Rock, and Des Moines with multiple households hosting. Franklin Hutchens, home from Cedar Falls, joins in, and his cappella choir broadcasts on WHO and WOT during vacation.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at Mrs Mayo Hendricks home on Wednesday November 29 to craft lap robes for veterans at the hospital. Each member should bring a finished robe 40 by 54 inches in washable material. Anyone else wishing to contribute is welcome. Cookies and homemade candy for care boxes should be brought to the town hall by two o'clock.
A long list of Thanksgiving visitors and dinners fills homes across the area. Families from Eldora to Des Moines, Iowa City to Ames, plus many nearby towns, gathered for meals with relatives including the Halfpop, Boeke, Kuhlman, Sage, Tiarks, and Penning families as travel and social routines mark a holiday period.
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