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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
7
An unclear meeting record lists several individuals including George Clap and Art assisting hortess Trocees and Catherine Martoe Ferns. The text references prayers and a bookstore setting, with scattered fragments implying a church gathering and planned activities.
Fragmentary OCR text reflects garbled holiday scene references with scattered names and items. The piece mentions walls, tracks, Roser, and oars, with unclear actions and participants. No clear event or outcome emerges from the jumbled lines.
Dale Hauser sales feature and Joe Funk's Hybrid Corn are shown promoting a seed at Union. Glen H Fa gan is referenced with a certificate in the field trial display.
The schedule lists January hours at Eldora hospital and Vernon S Meyer District Manager Fersens notes. People may call the Waterloo district office at 525 West Street for details.
The 1968 seven-site Iowa State University soybean trial report notes that full season varieties generally yield more than short season types in central Iowa. Amsey and Hark led yields. Amsey and Wayne excelled for normal southern planting dates. Calland, a new variety, will be available to certified growers for planting in Iowa and general farm use in 1970. The study details location, soil type, frost-free period, and years tested, with maturity dates, plant heights, lodging scores, and yields per acre.
Midtown Hereford breeders sold 37 calves for 5,610 dollars at the annual fall 4-H calf sale in the Marshalltown Livestock barn. Bud Mason sold the calves, with most staying in Midtown member counties. Marshall took 21, Hardin and Tama four each, Grundy and Iowa two, and Benton one. The six heifers averaged 136 dollars, and the top and third top consignments came from Harold J. Petersen of Liscomb.
Radcliffe native Charles H. E. Cammack of the Kenseth Cammack family celebrates Christmas in Vietnam while serving with the First Marine Division. He is a private stationed overseas.
The Hardin Christmas Seal campaign is underway in Hardin County. The Mardin County Tuberculosis and Health Association funds health education, research, X rays and rehabilitation to fight tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. Proceeds support case finding, nursing education, chest X ray programs, contact tracing, ex TB patient rehabilitation, and education on disease detection.
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