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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
4
Mr and Mrs E R Eagan and Franklin visited Mrs Frank Nehring Jr in Eldora Sunday. Mrs Nehring is much improved from injuries suffered in a fall the day before Thanksgiving. Edith Alexander of Rhodes spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs Alice Cross.
Eldora Livestock Sales reports ongoing strong cattle runs with more good to choice consignments sold recently than in the history of the organization. The auction offers complete service, proper sorting, a strong market, and a 2 percent commission, inviting consignors to participate in upcoming sales.
Farm Bureau and 4 H RP announce a series of meetings and programs. Dates include December 16 to 27 across Eldora Concord Providence Hardin Pleasant and a county-wide program planning meeting plus a membership kickoff dinner in Eldora.
Services at the Longenecker funeral home Monday for Mrs. Anna Cable Nazor, 83, who died in Eldora Friday, were largely attended. The Rev. W. R. Ehlert of Eldora Methodist church led the service. Mrs. D. W. Dickinson sang with Mrs. C. R. Johnson at the piano. Flowers were arranged by Mrs H. W. Kennedy and Mrs Ed Doud. Casket bearers were Cable, Harold Platts, Hard Cable, James Heard, Rex Heard and Ted Heard. Burial followed in Eldora cemetery.
Pine Lake Wildlife Club announces its annual meeting at the club house on Thursday December 22 at 7 30 p m. Officers for 1930 will be elected and committee reports heard as plans for next year are laid out. Secretary C Rubow issues cards stressing the meeting’s importance.
Crosley and Miles Ab right spent Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the Dr Salisbou ry laboratories in Charles City studying poultry diseases in the diagnosis department with attention to nutritional deficiencies. This study prepared for poultry service work and living discussions of poultry activities.
The article notes a female carrier starting her mail route in 1919 after World War I, when a shortage of male workers limited staffing. She began her service during a period of transitioning labor needs for the mail system.
Five year old Larry Johnson failed to reach home after kindergarten and prompted a Lone Falls police search. He wandered back about six p m and explained he had joined a friend on Oak Street before returning home.
Ventura patrons honored Mrs. Clavrtan Lau for completing 30 years of service as a rural mail carrier in a community ceremony. The event highlighted her steady tenure and dedication to local postal service.
Iowa State College agricultural economist Francis Kutish cautions that heavy next spring demand for soybean seed makes now an apt time to secure a season's supply of oilmeal. He notes market signals and feed needs as drivers.
Miles Albright discusses poultry health and nutrition after a three day study in Charles City at Dr Salsbury Laboratories. The store promotes Ace-Hi baby chicks for January spring delivery along with Nedlar New Hamps Holtzapple White Box and Honnegger White Leghorns famed for egg production and growth. They offer sexing for pallet, cockerel or straight run and advise on grain mixing and distinguishing hens from cockerels.
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