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Rock Valley Bee

Location

Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1977

Page

3

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.

Owen Manning Dax Farmers Elevator Company Rock Valley Doon Qwen Manning Felco Land O'Lakes Omaha Bank For Cooperatives Cenex Regional Cooperative John Kersbergen Friends of the Mannings Manning Robert Gayer Rock Valley and Iowa Farmers Elevator Lucille Felco Land O’lakes Valley State Bank Mannings Kersbergen

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.

Dan Alens Hospers Aléns Dan

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