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Title: 1953 Iowa Corn Picking Contest Winners
Description: Jack Waterbeck, fourth from the left holding plaque, after winning the 1953 two-row division Iowa corn picking contest. The contest was held in a field north of Blairstown and was sponsored by WMT Radio. Mr. Waterbeck had a new International Harvester corn picker on an International Harvester Super MTA tractor. Mr. Waterbeck, from Hartwick, Iowa, went on to take third place nationally.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:27221

Title: Baling Hay
Description: Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:29796

Title: Better Farm Accounting 1953, 1953 Farm Record
Description: Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1953, contains records for the Raymond S. Pilgrim farm which was located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Contains tables for records of livestock production, dairy sales, egg sales, livestock sales of animals raised and bought, purchases of livestock, crop sales, miscellaneous receipts, machinery bought and sold, farm expenses, net income statement, inventories of feed and seed, inventories of livestock, net worth, and crop record and map. Summaries can be used as the basis for filing income tax returns.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:30016

Title: Chester Royal Grange Christmas Party
Description: Photos of the December 1953 Chester Royal Grange Christmas party. PDF files identify names of those in the pictures.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:6058

Title: Ewart Bible School
Description: The Daily Vacation Bible School class at the United Presbyterian Church in Ewart, Iowa, poses in June 1953. Rev. W.J. Stewart was the pastor. Row 1, left to right: Pauline Bacon, Terry Sparks, Lauren James, Danny Grandstaff, Bobby Boyd, Bruce Ryan, Bonita Englebardt, Darrell Hull, Beverly Arrnaman, Timmy Stanley, Susan Braley, Craig Van Arkel, Allen Van Arkel, Junior Van Dusseldorp. Row 2: Diane Grandstaff, Dennis Hull, Cindy Gregory, Doris Boyd, Louise Thompson, Kathy Braley, Sara Jean Johnson, Patty Hughes, Marjorie Berry, Richard Phillips, Charlotte Tone. Row 3: Charlotte Foster, Barbara Tone, Rhea Mae Wells, Carolyn Phillips, Linda Stemsrud, Kathleen Little, Mary Beth Peterson, Ray Pargeon, Daryl Snider, Larry Reams, Richard Ryan, Joyce Lemke, Phyllis Phillips, Carolyn Stanley. Row 4: Judy Stemsrud, Nancy Johnson, Darlene Thompson, Patty Stanley, Virginia Tindle, Carolyn Thompson, Sammy Ingram, Nancy Allely, Sue Foster, Becky Morrison, Sandra Hughes, Glen McKeag, Danny Peters, Gary Davis, Billy Peterson, Dick Braley, Ronnie Foster. Row 5: Mrs. Van Dusseldorp, Donna Pargeon, Sandra Snider, Thelma Tish, Louise Latcham, Billie Jean Stemsrud, Linda Whisenand, Beverly Hughes, Katherine Tish, Janice Peters, Paul Pargeon, Jack Peterson, Billy Reams, Roger Close, Larry Van Dusseldorp, Wayne Tindle, Mrs. Edward Wells, Virginia Johnson. Row 6: Mrs. Bennie Foster, Mrs. Donald Hull, Mrs. James Van Arkel, Mrs. Fred Stone, Mrs. Craig Stanley, Mrs. Warren James, Mrs. Paul Latcham, Robert Haworth, Gary Braley, Ronnie Reams, Phyllis Whisenand, Carolyn Van Dusseldorp, Donna Worthy, Laurene Jeffrey, Carmen Haworth. Row 7: Rev. W. J. Stewart, Mrs. Jean A. McCormick, and Mrs. W. J. Stewart.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:12458

Title: Letter from Frank Thomas to Raymond S. Pilgrim
Description: Letter to Raymond S. Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from Frank Thomas of the A.W. Thomas Commission Co. at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, Illinois, concerning the sale of cattle in October 1953. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:30058

Title: Montezuma Boy Scout Troop No. 330
Description: Montezuma Boy Scout Troop No. 330 poses with Scoutmaster Ben Purdum in 1953. Front row, left to right: Bob Jordan, Larry Crider, Gary McKinley, Denny Van Tommee, Jim Arndt, Keith Walsh, Carl Watson, Ronnie Brown, Charles Rowell. Middle row, left to right: Larry Bryan, Bob Johannas, Jerry Cowan, Larry Cook, Leon Rowell, Jerry Tarvin, Johnny Jordan, Garry Schultz, Richard Miller. Back row, left to right: Bob Tarvin, Virgil Roarda, Bob Gorsuch, Robert Voith, Denny Van Cleave, Bill Tarvin, Jerry Davis, Bill Gregory, Jim Bear, Al Stanley.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:27233

Title: School boys playing
Description: School boys playing outside of Sheridan School #2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:11416

Title: School children at Sheridan #2
Description: School children at Sheridan School #2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the 1950s.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:11417

Title: Scout Circus at Brooklyn
Description: Boy Scout Troop 330 at Scout Circus in Brooklyn about 1953. From left to right: Bill Tarvin, Denny VanCleave, Merle Davis, Ben Purdum (scoutmaster), Johny Jordan (standing), Leon Rowell (seated).
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:27247