Salk Vaccine Triumph Over Polio Crisis
The essay contrasts ancient remedies with the modern polio vaccine. It argues Salk’s vaccine is safe, effective, inexpensive, and rapidly administered, urging widespread vaccination to prevent crippling disease and end public fear. It references the 1916 New York polio epidemic and the dramatic decline in cases after vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Sevne
New York City
Fragments reflect church life and rose lore of 1958
The piece blends memories of old roses and fragrance with notes on a 1958 church merger forming United Presbyterian Church of North America and a 72nd annual meeting of 200 women aiding global missions. It closes with a meditation on love as divine power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Inez Davis Boyd
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Presbyterian Church USA
Pittsburgh
Cynthia Gray
Wilk
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian
C.G
Pakistan
Eldora area notes and 1928 news highlights
Recent items include B D Robb Sons expanding in the Wintermute building and golf champ L F Wolcott winning at Des Moines. Road graveling by J R Perkins, 4 H health champs, and travels of local residents are noted. Also mentions oddities from 1948 era and social commentary on politics and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.D. Robb & Son
Wintermute
L. F. Wolcott
Iowa
Des Moines
J. R. Perkins
Hughes
C. J. Warthow
Dean
E. O. Keeneman
P. S. Davis
Eldora
Opal Rodgers
Hubbard
University of Iowa Hospital
Mason City
Henry E. Wheeler
John J. Frisbie
U. S. Postal Service
Post Office
Postoffice
Hampton and Alden
VFW
Hampton Nine
Rex Bateson
Bateson
Bill Longenecker
Edgington Avenue
12Th Street
Washington Street
Hardin County
Floyd Beasley
Ernest Crosser
Theodore Crosser
Fred Crosser
Herb Ziebell
Ziebell
Jessie Balcom
Fred
Guy, Clatterbuck
Adrian Bachman
Jessie Harran
Richard Blair
Charles Svendsen
Shirley
Mamie Harrah
E. E. Reece
Pleasant Township Farm Bureau
Rough Woods Hall
Calvin Moore Scs
Lawrence Struck
Ord Ridout
Ted Ridout
Clarence
Lange
Glen Sheldon
Dale Kasischke
Pas Reece
Guy Clatterbuck
Herb Pale
Grandson
Don Perkins
LaDonna
Linda
Marie Kennedy
Mrs
Frank Ross
Mrs. Kennedy
Mrs. Ross
Large Hubbard area social round in mid June
A lengthy social notice lists Sunday calls and visits across Hubbard Eldora Union and surrounding towns. Families including Yantis Drury Dickenson Gibbs and numerous relatives shared dinners, picnics, weddings, hospital visits, and travel from Denver to Ames Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Marshalltown with many hosting and guest roles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Yantis
Hubbard
Yantis
Bessie Edick
Colorado
Denver
Bessie Young
Wallace Drury
Norman Dickenson
Carrol Dickenson
Clinton Gibbs
Larry Arnold
Marilyn Cole
Eldora
Elmer Risting
Lula North and
Dale
Marwin Baker
Randy
Avery Norman
Kathlene
Union
Elva Steelman
Iran
Norman
Risting
Don Risting
Osage
Clarence Thompson
Ellsworth
Keith Newby and
Oakdale
Arvin Haywood
Emil Landt
Ross Hackett
H. R. Hager
Levittown
Linnie Adams
Maquon
Ivester Church Calendar June July Schedule
Ivester Church Cal lists events from June 29 to July 15. Activities include Church School at 9:30, Morning Worship at 10:30, Evening Worship at 8, Interest Groups at 7:30, a Council Meeting July 1, a July 4th Church Community Picnic, and a July 9 and July 15 events such as W. O. and Friendly Helpers Party.
Reunions, Conferences Highlight Shellee and Draper Families
Des Moines area reports list numerous Shellee and Draper relatives attending reunions and church conferences across Iowa. Families traveled from California, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, and elsewhere to Des Moines, Eldora, Ames, and surrounding towns for the annual Church of the Brethren gathering, with picnics, meals, and social events noted. The Albright family held a June reunion in Des Moines with elected officers and multiple members from Des Moines and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Hager
Linda
Kitty
Victoria
H. R. Hager
Hager
Loyd Beecher
Beth
Eldora
Beecher
Beechers
George Butler
Steamboat Rock
Billy Moore
Iowa Falls
Pearl Carter
Ruth Reece
Lucille Clemons
John Henry Carter
Waterloo
Dale Carter
Fayette
Everett Caster
Paul Carter
Robert Carter
Allison Westcott
Mary Ann
Jake Westcott
George
Susan Westcott
Roger Sparks
Mr. Sparks
Clemons
Carl Bryant
Walter Lair
Marshalltown
Paul Billingsley
Patty
Ft. Dodge
Billingsley
Lutheran Hospital
Herbert Humeston
Des Moines
Ray Humeson
Shellee
Union Park
Church of the Brethren
Henry Sheller
Northridge
Calif
Price Heckman
Polo, II
Mark Porter
Diane Also
Polo
Harlan Smith
Fort Wayne
Ind
Edward Smith
Decatur
Dwight Smith
North Madchester
Merlin Frantz
McPherson
Kan
Homer McNonough
Grinnell
Glen Sheller
John Sheller
Howard Sheller
Ora Morland
Charles Sheller
Tom Reevler
Ivester
Draper
Riverview Park
Elmer Dadismans
Nickerson
Wilburn Lewallees
Dickson, TL
Marcus Emmons
Clinton
Verne Smiths
Ray Smiths
Penora
Ernest 2. Draper
Eleanor
Harold Hogle
Lawrente Pence
Fred Draper
Albright
Bishop’s Cafatoria
Alfred Kruschwitz
Miles Albright
Dale Kennedy
Sadie Chew
Martha Wise
Blair Helmans
North Manchester
Bob Boylan
Raymond Newell
Clarence Hoyle
Don Price
Ankeny
Homer Dich
Paul McCrea
la Vonne Albin
Chicago
Leon Albert
Orval Wagnetts
McPherson, Kan
Donald Butler
Galen Albright
la Donna
Forrest
Union Ridge
Charles Diehl
Ames
Melrose
Susan Blough
Marvin Blough
Wichita
Grundy Memorial Hospital
Blough
John Murdock
Nampa
Idaho
Fernald
Leon Alberts
Charles Albin
Sandra Powers
Mount Morris
LaDonna &Ruschwitz
J. O. Smith
Richard DeWitt
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Town Press Association
Hardin County Index
Eldora’s Picture Newspaper
Eldora, Lowa Association
Hardin
Herald-Index
Dades
Tewa Press Amt
George RR. Stauffacher
Paul Mason
Mach
Danzver
Church of North America
Harvey Steward
Giffard
Cedar Rapids
Eddie Lockard
Whitten
Lawn Hill
Dr. Morse
Donington
H. P. Chandler
J. S. Hadley
Methodist
Christian
Mason Taylor
Clay Township
David Lawin
John Manny
Honey Creek
Union Township
Will Crist
Gilford
Providence Township
White
County Recorder
Railroad Addition
Rocksylvania
Citizens Savings Bank
Myrna McLean
Charles Polley
Roy Amburn
William Jennings Byron
George Speers
C. C. Warner
The
Congregational Church
Crookston, Minn
Ethel Ryan
Coe College
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Elvin Ryan
Paul Whitney
Ebert Miller
Fort Logan
Colo
Dear Mister
Russia
Wimmen
Senate Investigating Committee
Miami
Wimmin
Mister Editor
Mrs. Grellet Dillon
E. C. Posegate
al Johnson
Eleanor Posegate
Elza Steelman
Yakima
Wash
Austin
Minn
Virgil Mackie
Marlené
Marie
Earl Glenney
Pine Lake
Mrs. Glenney
Glenney
Cecil Claybrook
Charlie Prohaska
May Draper
D. Sny
Speas
Anson Park
Mollie Powers
Salem
Ore
Robert Garr
Eugene
Henry Elliott
Liscomb
Dick Mass
Robin
Iowa City
Henry Hudspeth
Wallace Shore
Stuart
Legion Hall
Albion
Wendell Caster
Maynard Collins
Gail Wilson
University Hospital
Arthur Reece
Wallace Shores
Ethiopia
Clifford Jessup
Kenneth Modlin
Carolyn Veran
Rock Island
Jim Crosby
Edna Norman
Orval
Darrel Veran
Bangor
Robert Johnson
Kim
Pat
Johnson
Johnsons
Jessup
E. F. Froning
Leona Froning
Bill Bar~tine
Edwin and
Allen
Errol Johnson
Lynn
Ross Howard
Bobby
Denny
Dorothy Howard
Mary Campbell
Gifford
Cedar Falls
Dale Campbell
Verlin Hammer
Steve
Basil Dickenson
Frank Cook
Maurice Cook
New Providence
Richard Whitehead
Toledo
Washington
Kenneth Cook
Ethymer Cox
Buffalo
Onno Frerichs
Jesse Crosser
Louis Crosser
Crosser
Jerry
Janice Curry
Orval Curry
Fabian Stanton
Amanda Lepley
Elda Cummins
Fred Cummins
Jean
Ernest Graham
Ackley
Lloyd Henderson
Darby
Mont
Max Wegner
Wegner
Tulare
S. Dak
Dightens
Carrol Benson
Near Marshalltown
Gene Goecke
Eugene Williams
Barnes City
Will Buragerattf
Sheller Reunion
Winterset
Glen Hildreth
Billy Joe Hildreth
Forrest Kruschwitz
Hildreth
McPherson College
Paul Brumbaugh
Charles Sword
North Industry
Ohio
Paul Wagoner
Lee Hoyle
Mary Butler
Ilinois
Kings
Butler
D Butler
Kansas
William P. Albright
Carlton
Nebr
Mae Albright
Bridgewater
Winfield Sink
Minneapolis
Gertrude Hammer
Hansen
Carl Schmudlach
Sebring
Fla
Arthur Treloar
Fredricksburg
Ora Davidson
Tom Reeder
Davidson
Byrd Meyers
the Reeders
Mrs. Floyd Beasley
Otis Waldo
Pete Pinske
Oscar Jeske
Larry Jeske
Marvin J. Jeske
Loren
Melvin
Coral Beth Ahrens
Walter E. Jerke
Robert
Holland
River Street
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