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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
6
A church gathering at the Geach fellowship hosted a Christmas dimmer on Wednesday evening. Seven members attended with couples delivering a program and sharing a Christmas story.
A fragmented entry records a visit by steamboat operators and related parties to a location in Me Hestien. It mentions Mrs Jeo Thies and the event title hints at families or guardians alongside rack and grotsiparents, with unclear roles and dates.
Fragmentary notes describe numerous school repair items and safety concerns. The text mentions repairs, equipment, and potential hazards but the readable portions are disjointed and unclear. Key names or places are not identifiable in the readable fragments.
The Radcliffe News notes the death of Mrs. Garnet Larson with relatives including Mr and Mrs Wade Topp mentioned in the brief obituary.
Steamboat Rock High School French Club held a Christmas party at sponsor Mrs Robert Koelsema’s home. Girls wore Christmas hats with a winner chosen by the bows, Lara Folkerts foregrounded as winner. King Randy Eckel and Queen Jean Taylor named after cake bean, cake shared, log cake finale. Guests included Mrs Lucille Vekre and hostesses Mrs Wendell Wykie Mrs Leo Wile Mrs Carrell Wykie. Other local families joined for a season of celebration and dinners in the community.
Fed cattle prices for 1968 averaged about $100 per hundred higher than 1967 despite beef production up around three percent and imports up nearly a percent. Chicago steer prices averaged higher. Iowa direct sales ranged from 35 to 40 dollars per head. Futrell of Iowa State cites strong consumer demand and feeding practices as key drivers. Projections for 1969 expect prices to stay profitable, with early 1969 gains of five to seven percent but softer prices into spring due to competition from pork and broilers.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Flanagan attended the Clemons School Christmas program Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Teske attended funeral services for ater Balyant at Hubbard Fri ay. visited in the Cecil Swaim home Sunday. Mrs. Caroll Eide and children visited in the Donald Nehring home Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Carl Haven and family of Des Moines were December visitors at the home of Mrs Hatcher s parents, Mr and Mrs Vern Bates. Mr and Mrs Leland King of Eldora were visitors of Mrs Ben King and Mrs Laurel Messman. Carl King was a Thursday visitor of his mother, Mrs Ben King, and his sister, Mrs Laurel Massman.
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