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The Eldora Herald-Ledger from Eldora, Iowa • Page 8

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PAGE BIGHT THE ELDORA HERALD-LEDGER, ELDORA, IOWA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1950 Scout Conference At Training School About 36 members of the executive board of the Tallcorn area Boy Scouts attended a conference at the training school Wednesday evening. In the afternoon the group was taken for a tour of the school grounds and buildings. Supper was served at 6:30 followed by the business session in the boys' dining hall. A short program was given, conducted by Mrs. Thomas Irwin, including numbers by the boys' chorus and solos by Mrs.

Irwm and Miss Pat Irwin. DEFAULT JUDGMENT In a district court case heard last week, George Potgeter, doing business as the George Potgeter Co. of Steamboat Rock, was granted a $111 default judgment against Roy Walton of Hubbard, the amount allegedly owing as the balance on an account. Several minor civil cades were argued bsfore Judge H. E.

Fry but the will not be- returned unt-1 later. SCS MEETING A meeting of the Hardin Soil Conservation commissioners is scheduled to be held at the office in the postoffice building Friday evening. i I i a i Engraved or Printed HERALD-INDEX PUBLISHING CO. ELDORA, IOWA Phone 26 or 51 Union News SC By Mrs. Grellet Dillon (Political Advertisement) (Political Advertisement) i I VOTE FOR Mrs.

Agnes Packer and Kussel Cobb were honored Wednesday evening at a birthday dinner at the Edward Packer home. Other guests were Mrs. Russel Cobb, Ben and Don, Kathryn Packer and Judy Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Graves.

Mr. and Mrs Robert Shaver are visiting relatives in Missouri. KEBEKAH CIRCLE Mrs. Pearl Cobb was hostess Thursday afternoon to the Rebekah Circle at the home of her mother, Mrs. Agnes Packer.

The assisting hostesses were Mrs. Elaine Graves, Mrs. Nell Ellis, Mrs. Esther O'Neill and Mrs. Reva Cobb There were 16 present.

Mrs. Rosella Woolen presided The afternoon was spent piecing quilt blocks. When fmisHed the quilts will be given to the Odd Fellows home at Mason City. The committee served refreshments. UNION HUSTLERS The October Union Hustlers 4-H meeting was held Wednesday evening in the social room of the Community church with a 7 o'clock potluck supper.

Officers for the coming year were installed and the leaders for 1950 appointed were Harry Haywood and Bradford Smitherman. Entertainment was provided by Shirley Beecher, David Smitherman and Allyn Schafer. There were 35 present including members and their parents and two new members. Mr. and Mrs.

Wendell Caster are parents of a daughter born Wednesday night at the Eldora hospital. The Casters have another daughter, Kathy. H. D. Edick underwent an emergency operation for hernia about midnight Wednesday night.

His condition is satisfactory. INJURED BY FALL While painting at the Paul Walters farm Jessie Grosser fell to the ground when his ladder slipped. The fall injured his hip. GIFFORD By Mrs. Ralph Gunderson CROSS Steamboat Rock FOR RECORDER Democratic Candidate Tuesday, Nov.

7 ilil F'TTilTTtl i Hi I il Delmar Gildersleeve spent last weekend in the Rex Hackney home as a guest of Norman. His home is in Grinnell. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Barker of Colfax were recent guests of the Hackneys.

Thursday guests of Mrs. Adrian Dickenson and family were Mrs. Garald Ralston and daughter, Betty Rose, of Des Momes. Henry Nosback from Ames visited Sunday at the Erickson hotel, the Lewis Erickson home and the Otto Seim home. Eric Seim spent the weekend with Carrol Dickenson.

Recent guests of the Basil Dickenson family were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Roberts from Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fuller of Alden, and Mrs.

Paul Fuller of Owasa. Mrs. John Sheldon and daughter, Jean, ar spending the week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.

D. Vigars. Mrs. Wayne Kinney attended the meeting of the County Council of Education at Iowa Falls Thursday evening. The Gifford church supper was very well attended Thursday evening.

The W. S. C. S. wishes to thank all the women who are not members who so faithfully helped with the cooking and sjrving of the meal Harold Williams took Gail Hackney, Jody Steelman, John Reece and Joe Lepley to Iowa City Friday to visit AW en Hudspeth at the hospital there.

Whitten Mrs. Clifford Hanser Rev. Ellis Norman, 66 of East Bend, N. died Tuesday at a hospital in Winston-Salem, N. following an auto accident near East Bend.

Mrs. Norman is hos- pitalized, but is not thought to 11 be in serious condition. Two sons, Neldon of Whitten and Clark of Eldora, left Tuesday night for East Bend. Rev. Mr.

Norman is survived by the widow, two sons and one daughter, Mrs. Cecil Shore, of East Bend. Hobson of Eldora is a brother-in-law. C. Hollingsworth returned Monday from a few days visit in the home of his daughter, Mrs.

W. W. Wilson, in Fort Dodge. Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph Day of Marshalltown and Mary Beth and Jack Day of Grinnell were guests Sunday ha the M. E. Day home here. Mr. and Mrs.

Chas Miller of Os'-caloosa are visiting with Mrs. Miller's mother, Mrs. L. S. Ingham Members of the Women's Council of the Church of Christ met for an all day cleaning session at the church Thursday.

Covered-dish dinner at nxm wss i charge of Kate Long and i Elsie Brehmer. I Mr. and Mrs. C. R.

Long visited Thursday afternnon in I Hampton with their son, Thomas, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wiley of Gladbrook were -ecent guests in thhe R. E.

Prim home. Mrs. J. F. Thompson tamed six ladies at a Canasta I party in her home Tuesday in honor of Mrs.

Elmer i birthday. Refreshments were 'served by the hostess. IJean combining is nearing completion in this vicinity, and although the quality is good the yeild is below average. The Whitten fire department was called out Wednesday by a grass fire near the Roy Eggleston home, endangering the barn on the Eggleston place. No damage was done to the building.

Mrs. Bernard Reents underwent an appendectomy at the Eldora hospital Thursday. feed supply, watching the outlook and the cost of gains and checking the profit prospects in making up the feeding plan. Charts which allow the reader to figure profitable selling prices for cattle based on orgin- al cost of feeders, type of cattle and cost of feed also are featured in the pamphlet available through the extension office. County Builds Shed For Maintainers The county is building a shed 20x40 at the northwest corner of the fairgrounds here to house county mamtainers and snow plows.

The shed will be heated in order to melt during the nights frozen snow that has become attached to the machine during the day. The county is also building additions to sheds at Iowa Falls and at the county home hi order to house maintainers without removing snow plows. DEPOT PAINTED The Steamboa; Rock depot has been given a new exterior coat of green paint. FINISHES RECRUIT TBG. Duane Babcock, seaman re- jcruit, USN, son of Mr.

and Mrs. I M. M. Babcock of has completed recruit training at I the U. S.

Naval training center, ISan Diego, Calif. Babcock entered the service July 27. New Bins Received For Corn Storage The county PMA office reports receipt of a total of 107 grain bins in recent weeks, these bins having been distributed to various parts of county. Some are ready for use while others are in process of erection. These are being used to store sealed corn that is turned over to the Commodity Credit Corp.

LAYING PIPE Central Iowa Telephone company has been laying a new water pipe from Harold's grocery corner to its plant to replace a defective line. 4-H Banquet to Be Held at N. P. Nov. 13 Monday, Nov.

13, is the date chosen for the annual county! wide 4-H boys' and girls' banquet to be held at the New Providence school gymnasium, ac' cording to Dean Barnes, county extension youth assistant. The 6.30 dinner will be followed by a program. Its nine-feet wing-spread makes the condor the largest bird that i flies. i One quintillion is written 1,000,000,000,000,000,000. would about 98 cents.

I I Stutionery, circulars, ruled Our printing will plea.e you. We'll fladly ettimate your next job no or obligation. HERALD-INDEX PUBLISHING CO. Phone 26 or 51 Crosley G.E. I I List Profit Guides Of Cattle Feeders I save your time, eliminate Our printing will please.

You'll get quick service and; a good price HERALD-INDEX Printers (Political Advertisement) iiri-i-ri l-l ITT 1 Hardin county cattle feeders who do well over a period of years ore making the most of both direct and indirect profits from their feeding enterprise. Indirect profits include higher crop yields through manure applications and more legumes in the rotation, say County Extension Director Dick Pulse. Cattle eediilg and hogs also go well together and most Hardin county farmers are able to make money on hogs over a period of years. While profits may not be large for the average feeder every time, some years are good years i to feed and some farmers are! better managers that others. The I extension office has recently re- ceived copies of an illustrated i I pamphlet, "Guides to Profit for! Cattle Feeders'' published as a result of a study by Carl C.

Malone, Iowa State college ex- I tension economist i I According to the pamphlet, which covers a study of Iowa jand Illinois cattle feeding opera- jtions, the average profit from feeding 50 head of steers in a typical situation is $1,343. This means the average feeder gets back from SI to S1.40 for every $1 worth of feed and pasture he puts into cattle. Better managers get anywhere from Sl.20 to S1.70 for each SI worth of feed and pasture. Besides reviewing the typical Iowa cattle feeding enterprise, the pamphlet outlines points, successful cattle feeders use in i planning their feeding operations. These points include knowing where to look for profits, how to fit the cattle to the i Elect Hillis (H.

WILSON Ellis Township For Supervisor Hardin County 1951 Term Republican Ticket 12-16-17 and 19 Inch Immediate Delivery FREE HOME DEMONSTRATION NO OBLIGATION FAMOUS I SURE-GRIP A I NOW ONLY Plus Tax 11-38 4 Ply 1 I HAMPSHIRE AUCnON CENTRAL IOWA FAIR GROUNDS Marsnantown, Iowa 7:30 P. M. Friday, OcL 27 60 BOARS 35 OPEN GILTS A Very Good Bunch of Hogs--390 Pounds and Owr HOWARD SOORHOLTZ SON Melbourne, loira RAYMOND E. DAGGETT Conrad, Iowa i 2 BARGAINS IN 2 Used Combines One Massey-Harris 6-Ft. Only $550 One Oliver 5-Ft Only $325 One I 24 Mounted Picker to Fit or M.

One Mounted 2-Row 25 i. D. 1942 I. HL Dump Track KS5 With Hoist and Dump Box. Extra Special Clean-up CASE BALE IIS Bale It Wfll Be 'Short Again Next Tear KELLY CALLAHAN OLIVER SALES AND SERVICE WEST EDGINGTON AVE.

PHONE 317 ELDORA QUALIFICATIONS Progressive Farmer. Born and Raised in lovra. Charter Member Iowa Fann Bureau. Active Member Ellis Church Member of Kiwanis Club. I STAND FOR 1.

Equal Representation for all Areas of County. 2. Economy and Competitive Buying in County Busi- 3. Cooperation With County, Town and School Agencies. HDLLtS (H.

WILSON Ellis Township (The northwest part of Hardin County has not been represented on the board for 12 Years.) Here's your chance to make a real buy --to equip your tractor with America's leading farm tire AT A BARGAIN FIGURE! Sure-Grip has led the field year after year in ability to do, more work faster. Come in and let us prove to you how this famous tire Witt save you time--save you Terms Available 30, 60-90 Day-6 Mo. or 1 Year to Pay We Carry All Our Own Finance Paper IOWA BUSINESS FORMS DELIVERIES OF MODERN DESIGNED BUSINESS FORMS of stock INMSMSS tains avodabto for immediate delivccy. "THE RIGHT BUSINESS FORM FOR EVERY FORM OF BUSINESS" Inquire Herald-Index Office Eldora, Iowa.

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1,698
Years Available:
1891-1959