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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1950
Page
7
A long list of Union area families visited the Mrs. Imogene Chamness home for Lavonne Chamness 10th birthday and Verlee Chamness 4th birthday. Basket dinner marked the celebration as relatives from multiple towns attended, with gifts for the honorees.
Peppy Pals met October 13 at Betty Wirths home with officers elected: Helen Risting president, Mary Terry vice president, Betty Wirth secretary and treasurer, Rosemary Lyon reporter, Myrna Westcatt historian, Jo Ann Sawtell and Ruth Bowen flag bearers. A committee was appointed to prepare calendars for the coming year. Refreshments were served. Various local residents and guests visited or dined with families, attending weddings, birthdays, and weekend gatherings across Union, Wellsburg, Eldora, Marshalltown, Des Moines, and nearby towns. several attendees traveled to Chicago and Hastings for visits and family occasions.
Point Pleasant residents T. O. Mossman and Sam Mossman of Eldora spent the weekend at Lake Park visiting their sister Edith McFarland and niece Carry Lynn who has been seriously ill. Several local families including the Messmans, Ziesmans, and Meekers hosted and visited each other over the weekend, with celebrations for Mrs. John Mitterer’s birthday and various social visits surrounding neighbors and relatives in Eldora, Iowa Falls, and surrounding areas. Ralph Wrick was noted as being inducted into the service soon after a farm helper period.
A safety warning describes a man cleaning a running corn picker and risking severe injury. It recalls 434 Iowa farm accidents in 1948 and 261 the prior year. The Iowa Safety Congress urges farmers to stop the rolls before cleaning.
Visitors and supper guests gather across Marshalltown Iowa Falls Eldora Grundy Center and surrounding areas. Names include the Clark Millerer Hazelwood Mossman Swasand Eggleston Burdick Hinton and Walters with celebrations at birthday gatherings and picnics at Pine Lake.
In a sequence of Sunday and weekend calls, families from Hubbard, Dallas Center, Waterloo, Ackley, Radcliffe and Owasa visited relatives in Bettendorf and nearby, including the Clarks, Brightwells, Bleekers, Wykle family, and Stielows, with multiple households hosting gatherings and showing local ties.
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