Owen Manning Honored for Fifty Years as Elevator Manager
On August 17 the Farmers Elevator Company of Rock Valley and Doon, Iowa, celebrated Owen Manning Day with about 1,000 attendees. Manning, who joined the firm in 1927, received multiple plaques and a Bulova watch for fifty years of service, while dignitaries from Felco Land O’Lakes, Cenex, and local officials praised his work building the cooperative’s success.
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John Kersbergen
Friends of the Mannings
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Robert Gayer
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Valley State Bank
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Massive Farmstead Cake Bakes To Scale Of Local Elevators
Mrs. Dan Alens of Hospers built a 8 by 2 percent tall scale cake using 18 boxes of cake flour and 200 eggs to mirror Farmers Elevator buildings. Dan calculated sizes, baked two days, frosting took two more, with help from daughter Chevy and Lena Boscaljon noting nearly a thousand servings.
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