Owasa News Highlights Local Student and Social Notices
The eighth grade at Owasa school ranked third in the county on state exams with Hub Bard leading the rankings and Eldora second. Des Moines visits include a trip to the International Food Show and time with Earl Duncan. Numerous dinners and socials are noted: Kinney family, Frisbie family, Saint and Carr families, and many others hosted by the Conkin, Ridout, and Gunn households. Activities include a sophomore party at Hi Way rink, and class meetings led by Donald Trickey and Rev Dewey Lamprecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owasa
Hubbard
Eldora
Cecil Kinney
Allan
Linda
Des Moines
Earl Duncan
Kenneth Frisbie
Guy Clingerman
Ray Saint
Charles
Annie Steinfeldt
James Carr
Wayne Rierson
Barbara Jean
Stanley Granner
Linda Kay
Glenn Carr
Dows
Bill McGill
Raymond
Frank Conkin
Floyd Trickey
Fred Ward
Henry Sticlow
Lois Gunn
Ord Ridout
Foon
Dale Petty
R.bc
Rabenold
W. I. Platts
Keith Thompson
Danny
Bill Thompson
Plano
Jessie Ball
Kenneth Curtis
Carl Sandrock
Lana
Douglas
Abner Harlow
Elizabeth
James
Nevada
Iowa
Claude Winters
R. C. Winters
New Providence
Harold Clark
Ray Harless
Iva Ann Campbell
Willing
Donald Trickey
Dewey Lamprecht
Real Estate Transfers and Dairy Facts in Iowa Notes
Real estate transfers listed include Corda Fula and wf to Grace Love on 4 24 50 and Klein to Knowles et al on 6 3 60 with various lots in Cent. Add. Alden and Eldora properties. The article notes Iowa dairy data with 200 lb average butterfat per cow, 336.5 lb for DHIA cows, and 457 sires proved in 1949, the highest yearly total, plus coverage of polio patient Roupe and entertainers Benny and Blaine visiting Des Moines. It closes with a memorial message about the American Legion Auxiliary poppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corda Fula & Wf
Grace Love
Robertson
W. C. Klein & Wk
Iowa
Jack Benny
Vivian Blaine
John Roupe
Eldora
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Benny
KRNT
Roupe
Hopitals
Des Moines Register
Sterile Gauze Pads Handy for Shampoo
A vintage style local note lists numerous social visits and dinners across several households with names like Vern Fuller, Trickey, Akers, Paul Cross, and Huffman. It then shifts to a beauty tip about using a sterile gauze pad moistened with witch hazel as a quick dry shampoo for refreshing hair between washes.
Community Notes From Iowa Falls Area
Reports from Iowa Falls describe Mrs. Fuller improving after Thursday's auto accident while Mrs. Ball remains stable. Local visits include the Harms and Trickey households, Douds at Eldora, and many others stopping by H. V. Eldridge’s. Trips to Waterloo and Atlantic are noted, with rain canceling Webster City auto races. A farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thompson at Owasa Methodist church closed the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Fuller
Betty
Lester Trickey
Paul Cross
Dorothy Akers
Walter Akers
Erastus Akers
Harold Akers
Hampton
Peter Lepley
Union
Don Miller
Conrad
Charles Akers
Harold Shepherd
Hibbard Moore
Paul Carr
Karen
Keith Thompson
Kenneth Curtis
Popejoy
Melvin Oppold
Danny
John Lawless
William O'Neill
Eldora
Leonard Hoffman
Frank Hoffman
Hubbard
John Shilling
Barbara Shilling
Richard Dole
Dale Eldridge
H. V. Eldridge
Susie B. Campbell
Fred Reed
Douglas Granton
Town Falls
Douglas Grantow
Frank Conkin
Dewey Lamprecht
Paul Fuller
A. Ball
Steve Reed
Iowa Falls Hospital
Fuller
Ball
Reed
Will Harms
Ronald
Radcliffe
Ed Doud
Floyd Trickey
Fred Crocker
Ben Wickham
Minnie Kelderhouse
Ernest Reed
Nina Reed
Pearl Siriker
Boone
Eva Reed
Mary McCulloch
Waterloo
Emma Freeman
Iowa Falls
Elvis Freeman
Roy Thayer
Harry Thayer
Lloyd Thayer
Atlantic
Rudolph Fearing
Fenton Tibbs
Webster City
Daryl
Lauren
Robert Tibbs
Owasa Methodist Church
Cow Testing and Keeping Records Pays Dividends
Iowa dairy farmers boost herd test numbers and DHIA enrollments as records show rising milk output and efficiency. The July 1 counts reach 89 036 cows in 1 778 herds across 87 associations with national DHIA totals over 1 million cows. Increased production reflects improved breeding, feeding, and management across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Iowa
DHIA
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Pine
Warner
Agnes Warner
Greenman & Hawes
Lbr. Co
W. B. Miller & Son Co
Chris Harms
J. G. Trapp
Inc
Lib
Park, Add
American Legion Auxiliary
Vic
Pal
Mr. Lamprecht
Mrs. Thompson
Willing Workers
Donald
Berg Ice Cream Co
Star Clothing
SAM Greensweig and Sons
Gabardine
Enro
Cooper
Panamas
Mallory
Star ClotHing & Shoe Co
Eldora, Iowa
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