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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
7
July church activities are listed with services, picnics, and meetings. The Ivester community notes that the pastor and family returned from Grand Rapids, while Wesley Albin traveled to Pennsylvania. Reports from conferences, a post nuptial shower for Mrs. Galen Slifer, and various local visits, gatherings, and family events are described along with illness updates and social teas.
Union Rev Paul Enabait Edith God frey and Ruth Bryant spent last week at Camp Wildwood at Dat liver State Park near Lehigh. Mrs Bryant won second place in the scripture quoting contest and reported the weeks meetings Sunday evening at the Church of Christ. Mr and Mrs P H Hamm hosted Sunday dinner with Mrs H Co Hamm of State Center. Mr and Mrs Harold Gerke and Diane of State Center were guests. Mrs Jennie Beecher of Conrad spent the weekend at the home.
Antibiotics such as penicillin streptomycin polymyxin and bacitracin are increasingly used to extend shelf life preserve leather speed silk and honey production and reduce mildew on coatings. Trials by the U S Department of Agriculture show antibiotics cut crop losses and improve growth in poultry and hogs making production cheaper. Tetramycin on fish cut spoilage and researchers foresee non medical uses becoming as valuable as infection fighting.
Rev and Mrs Richard Miller and Judith arrived Friday to assume duties as pastor of Evergreen Evangelical United Brethren church. Also noted were visits by Mr and Mrs Jacobson of Hubbard and Mrs Dora Plekeng of Taft California. The church held a picnic in Hubbard park. Willard McCartney and spouse returned Friday from their wedding trip to the Black Hills and beyond. The Miller family were dinner guests Friday at the Dewey Eller home.
Hardin County Index reports a July 1 1955 gathering at the Earnest Eggland home in Rolland where members sewed for a Korea orphanage. Several Eller relatives and friends hosted and visited in nearby Dewey and Rudolph Eller homes as weddings and moves are noted plus a Norma Topp wedding at Radcliffe Methodist Church.
Mr and Mrs Weir will spend several months in Syracuse New York where Mr Weir will attend summer school Mrs Maud Whinery of Eldora visited Mrs L A Atterberry and daughter Mrs L A Whinery Danny and Sandra of Muscatine accompanied by their mother visited relatives Mr and Mrs Wendell Caster and family were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Posusta in Toledo Dickie Rapp stays with his aunt Mrs Floyd Speas while his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Rapp of Nevada are away on vacation
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