Scout Conference At Training School
About 36 members of the executive board of the Tallcorn area Boy Scouts attended a conference at the training school Wednesday evening. In the afternoon the group toured the school grounds and buildings. Supper was served at 6 30 followed by the business session in the boys dining hall. A short program conducted by Mrs. Thomas Irwin included numbers by the boys chorus and solos by Mrs. Irwin and Miss Pat Irwin.
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Tallcorn
Thomas Irwin
Irwin
Pat Irwin
Default Judgment Granted In Civil Case
George Pargeter doing business as George Patt Getter Co of Steamboat Rock was awarded a $111 default judgment against Roy Walton of Hubbard for balance on an account. Several minor cases were argued before Judge H. Fry with decision to follow. SCS meeting of Hardin Soil Conservation commissioners set for Friday evening at the post office building office.
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George Pargeter
George Pattgeter Co
Steamboat Rock
Roy Walton
Hubbard
SCS
The
Hardin Soil Conservation Commissioners
Union News Highlights Local Birthday Dinner and Activities
Agnes Packer and Russel Cobb were honored at a birthday dinner at the Edward Packer home with guests including Mrs Russel Cobb and other relatives. Rebekah Circle met with 16 at the home of Mrs Agnes Packer to quilt blocks for the Odd Fellows home. Union Hustlers 4-H held its October meeting at the Community Church with a potluck and new officers for 1950. A daughter was born to Wendell and wife, Kathy, and H D Edick underwent ahernia operation. Jessie Crosser injured a hip in a fall while painting at the Paul Walters farm.
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Agnes Packer
Russel Cobb
Edward Packer
Ben and
Don
Kathryn Packer
Judy Gordon
Neil Graves
Robert Shaver
Missouri
Rebekah Circle
Pearl Cobb
Agnes. Packer
Elaine Graves
Nell Ellis
Esther O'Neill
Reva Cobb
Rosella Wooten
Odd Fellows Home
Mason City
UNION
Harry Haywood
Bradford Smitherman
Shirley Beecher
David Smitherman
Allyn Schafer
Wendell Caster
Eldora Hospital
Kathy
H. D. Edick
Paul Walters Farm
Jessie Crosser
Gifford Community News and Social Guests
Gifford reports weekend visits by Delmar Gildersleeve, Norman guests at Rex Hackney home, and various regional social events. Des Moines and Ames visitors are noted along with church suppers, county education meeting, Canasta party, and local medical and fire events.
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Delmar Gildersleeve
Rex Hackney
Norman
Grinnell
Lester Barker
Colfax
Hackneys
Adrian Dickenson
Garald Ralston
Betty Rose
Des Moines
Henry ‘Nosback
Ames
Erickson
Lewis Erickson
Otto Seim
Eric Seim
Carral Dickenson
Harold Willams
Gail Hackney
Jody Steelman
John Reece
Joe Lepley
Iowa City
Allen Hudspeth
East Bend woman dies after auto crash in Winston-Salem
Rev Ellis Norman 66 of East Bend North Carolina died Tuesday at a Winston-Salem hospital after an auto accident near East Bend. His widow two sons and a daughter survive. The report notes Mrs Cecil Shore of East Bend as a survivor and lists other local visitors and church council activities.
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Ellis Norman
East Bend
N. C
Winston-Salem
Norman
Neldon
Whitten and
Co. W. Hollingsworth
W. W. Wilson
Fort Dodge
Ralph Day
Marshalltown
Mary Beth
Jack Day
Grinnell
Chas Miller
Oskaloosa
Profit Guides of Cattle Feeders in Hardin County
Hardin county cattle feeders show profitability over years by combining direct and indirect gains from feeding. The Extension Office notes hog profits also rise with good cattle management, manure use, and rotation. A pamphlet by Carl C. Malone analyzes Iowa Illinois operations, finding typical 50 head steers yield about 1343 dollars, with 1 to 1.40 dollars return per dollar of feed and pasture.
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Hardin County
Dick Pulse
Carl C. Malone
Tawa State College Extension
Iowa
Illinois
Feeding plan charts aid profitable cattle pricing
The pamphlet from the extension office helps readers estimate profitable selling prices for cattle. It analyzes original feeder costs, cattle type, and feed costs. Charts let users compute margins and plan feeding strategies for better gains.
County Builds Shed For Maintainers At Fairgrounds
The county plans a 20 by 40 foot shed at the northwest fairgrounds corner to house maintainers and snow plows. Heated to melt night frost, the project also adds space at Iowa Falls and the county home to keep plows with maintainers. Depot painted the Steamboat Rock depot with a new green exterior coat.
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Fairgrounds
Iowa Falls
Steamboat Rock
Seaman Duane Babcock Completes U S Navy Recruit Training
Duane Babcock son of Mr. and Mrs. M M Babcock of Hidera completed recruit training at the U S Naval Training Center in San Diego California. He entered service on July 27.
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Duane Babcock
USN
M. M. Babcock
Hidera
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Babcock
New Bins Received For Corn Storage
The county PMA office reports a total of 107 grain bins received in recent weeks and distributed to various parts of the county with some ready for use and others in the process of erection for storing sealed corn turned over to the Commodity Credit Corp. Laying Pipe central Iowa Telephone company has laid a new water pipe from Harold's grocery corner to its plant to replace a defective line.
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PMA
Commondity Credit Corp
Central Iowa Telephone Company
Harold's Grocery
4-H Banquet Set for New Providence November 13
The annual county wide 4-H banquet for boys and girls will be held November 13 at the New Providence school gymnasium. Dean Barnes, county extension youth assistant, says dinner starts at 6:30 followed by a program. The piece notes the condor’s wingspan as nine feet and mentions a figure: one quintillion written as 1,000 400,000,000,000,000.
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New Providence School
Dean Barnes
County Extension
Body's Value In Elements Estimated At 98 Cents
A light scientific note states that if a human body were sold for the value of its chemical elements, it would be worth about 98 cents. The playful calculation emphasizes the strange economics of matter and matter’s intrinsic value.
Cooperation With County Town and School Agencies Hillis Wilson
Ellis Township notes lack of representation for 12 years in the northwest Hardin County area on the board and discusses cooperation with county town and school agencies led by H R Hillis Wilson, highlighting ongoing efforts to address governance gaps.
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Hillis
H. R
Wilson Ellis Township
Hardin County
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