The Jefferson Herald from Jefferson, Iowa • Page 42

Churdan Unit Na. Leffian-Awtfliuy VM Feb. im. Mrs. Pff 1 dt Pt ison.

county pratidntt i were helpful in or- Temporary officers IfOfMa and Store Bishop Shoes 49 Years In 1886, Mr. W. C- Perfcins. businessman of Churdaa, with his wile, established a on a farm VKO miles north "Lol Churdan, Iowa. They moved to Iowa with their four --Children in March of 1393 and es-' Xtablished a boot and shoe immediately, they added goods and by 1895, had be- rcome a genera! merciiandise store.

I tM. the World War I in 1920. the i management of the Perkins! was assumed 'ay two Y- Perkins and L. Corliss Per- i with W. C.

Perkins assisting he wag able to. Mr. W. C. Per- died in August, of 1930.

and the was sold in 1932. Mrs. Carrie Mattlson, daughter of Mr. Mrs. W.

C. Perkins, became 2owner and manager and continued Perkins store until 1946, a time the Perkins store was after a period of more fifty years. A group of Jefferson's men of the 189Os in Chicago with Dr. Grimmell for this Top row. from S.

John Wagner. O. G. Wvnkoop. Fred McCarthy, will Grisitr.

Me-j A Bishop ws born February Bottom row: Chas. Marquis. I at North Liberty, Ohio. Dr. Grimrceil and Ed He vas married to Elizabeth Thom- 1 as January 24, 1886 at Scranton, through train of five cars Iowa.

moved to churdan From Rockwell City to Des Moines he palled his train at a speed of a January 1897 He went little better man a mue a minute, Harness repairing busineai Upon arrival at wasj on side'Ttbe street two minutes benina tune. Gee. was determined however, to make the run at the given time, so he pulled out the throitle vide open and pulled in at the union depot at Des Moines three minutes ahead of the scheduled time. The fast run was made to land five car load of implements at Des Moines in time for the Implement i where the produce station is now. His shop building and some of the merchandise was destroyed by fire in 1903.

He later moved to the north side and in 1918 all of his goods arere damaged by fire, smoke and water. He then remodeled, moving' his machines to the upstairs part. He sold the building to Place and Ion ball. OB ttat each and during On MM SA meeting was batf. officers president, president; retary: Allie Hunter.

At the praaent $XiO, while and tta owetino rMMia tlw Mrs. Louiat Bownv Is 1 dent for the year 11M-M Viola Button ia precident. Praaent unit SI- Weit. MB are 9t I prasl- afrs. Convention.

Churdan Jan. 11. 1901. Reporter. Hadden Brevity Club Started In '32 ifasi Train Run Churdan Man Geo.

Gathany, an engineer on the ZciA. St. R'y. and a former president of Churdan. is receiving praise from the railroad of-1 and his friends along the i George made the fastest run! night of last week that made on this road.

He had a of 3 hours and 40 minutes pull a freight train from Spencer to Des Moines. He pulled a local freight from to Rockwell City, and from! on to Des Monies he had The Churdan Brevity club was organized in December, 1932, when Mrs Yvonne Toliver asked five of iher friends to spend the afternoon with her. They ware three members of her High School class of "29. Mrs Pauline Barnes, MrS Verba Harriott, and Mrs Velina SUbaugh and two members of the class of 1930, Mrs Laura Tarbill and Mrs Ruth Hoskins. They discussed starting a club, and they all agreed to invite a friend and meet at Ruth Hoskins' i in 1928 to be used as a Two Churdan Clubs Disband garage and took his eouipmnt to YiveU dab Of his home where be fixed a double orcanUed on Opt, IS, ItM.

At garage into a work shop. 1 joint meeting of His bobby was piecing quilts and Chibs it weaving rugs. He made and sold; bine tbe two many rugs and made 17 quilts, i name, giving one to each of his children, The following officers wtre elect- He built a trailer house doing all AYO fits, prasideni, the work himself. Electric lights, "Westenrelt. secretary lavatory, radio, stove, bed.

cup- Perkins, treasurer. boards, and all the conveniences of Meetings cpcnt SVWtng home were built into the little tying quilts. Social (rente tbt Mrs Bishop passed awav in 1941 were bob sled and coastr and Mr. Bishop in 1948. They were I ing parties.

The club was disbanded the parents of fourteen children, the late 1940fe. I Churdan Business Club was organized in 1935. The purpose u. toe fact that the number of chj- dren sometimes doubled or tripled i in attendance at the club meeting i compared to the mothers. The day! of the meeting First officers drew, president; Melba to who wor tod.

Velma An- of baby sitters was not known to i ident; tlrLVf I In January, 1933. At this meeting Verba Harriott was elected president. One of the interesting facts of the Brevity club's early history was days. In 1935 the Brevity Club Federated, The Brevity club maintains a membership of 20 active members and two associate members. a Tredia fitephenson, treasurer and Bather Boyle, report- The Club joined the Iowa Federation of Wamens dobs in and was inactivated in 1KB.

Ever Changing Fashion Never Changing Courtesy OUR STORE OPENED in 1922 we have seen styles and fashions come and go. Each year the old has given way to the new. We have tried to keep up with these changes and to give our customers the newest and best. One thing has stayed the same simple old fashioned COURTESY the only trade mark we have or expect to have. We hope it will continue to be the most distinctive feature of our shop.

BESS E. HARDING WINNIFRED HARDING The Harding Shop On Lincolnway Toy frier. A zvptee fintFmelich tractor vox "gtanddaddr" of of DM cmeh ad oM-eyliadar naaiag gaar of a This aaa4angar, tia I soon moved of lotra to hned pUaas of tha That fall it kalped OMT njOOO boahab of small grain. from that knsiUa beyiooing bas coata the graat lina ailatoDsara tractors that today offer ad- ategw of lost a few years ago. Time has 1 loha Deete Ttacteis "come a long And irouglt yaart, at Ilia Tofcn Daaia Dea te community, wa'ra a part of piogw in bactois, in equipment, in fai ing in iaras.

Wa'ra mada aavr binds to charishad old friands tha yaars passed by. we'ra come a long way iogeihar in this ee Kunily you, our customers, Jotn Deere, and a winning combinaJiaa thai faca tha future with confidence. As Ye Two-man corn planter about 1860. A lever was pulled to drop corn on sled marks permitting cross cultivation." UNLIKE GRAIN DRILLS AND SEEDERS, the corn planter is strictly an American development, just as corn is a native American crop. Although planting with a hoe was the prevalent" method until about 1850, there was some progress toward mechanization.

One of the real milestones came in 1860 with the appearance of a two-row corn planter which was tripped by hand for cross-checking. The field was cross-marked first and a man or boy pulled a trip lever each time the planter runners crossed a mark. This machine required two operators, one to drive and one to trip, but it was an important step forward because farmers felt they needed to cross cultivate in order to control weeds with the equipment they had at that time. That on the planter was an immediate challenge to inventors and in 1875 an automatic checkrower appeared which caught on. It used knotted cord at first to trip the planting mechanism, but planter wire took over later.

Thus, the corn planter became a one-man machine. It was another 50 years before tractor-powered planters began to appear. First they were horse-type Automatic fc planter. The corn plan becomes a one-man chine, spacing equally two directions. planters pulled behind the tractor, time, tractor-mounted equipment app truly significant trends of this mode farming.

The speed and accuracy of moder --such as the famous high-speed JQH PLANTER--in the rush of spring working hour counts have had muc record yields of recent years. The oldest John Deere dealer in Greene county is the proud claim of Dunlop Implement Co. In the fall of 1935 Roger and Charles Dunlop acquired a John Deere dealership and opened business at the spot now occupied by the In the winter of 1946 they mov constructed building a block east, I sales and service for John Deere qui ment. The Oldest John Deere Dealer In Greene IMPLEMEI iNEWSPA'FERr NEWSPAPER!.