By Ronald Ahrens

Six years after building a 102,000-bushel single-leg concrete elevator for the Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. of Churdan, Iowa, Tillotson Construction Co. returned to that village in 1955 for a storage annex.

That meant another 198,960 bushels of capacity in six tanks. Each one measured 20 feet in diameter and reached 105 feet in height. The run was 16 x 62.5 x 8.

The project started on July 11, and the the continuous pour was expected to last about two weeks.

To have space for the annex, the co-op purchased a house that sat just to the west of the elevator. The Jefferson Bee reported on March 22 that the house was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stream. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. John Lundy and Barbara, had but short notice about moving. Work on the annex was to start around April 1.

It seems the Lundys relocated elsewhere in Churdan and continued with life as normal. The Jefferson Herald reported Aug. 4 that Mr. and Mrs. Lundy and Barbara were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stream, who evidently wanted to make up for uprooting their former tenants.

And the Lundys continued to live the good life. On Sept. 1, it was reported they had visited the Iowa State Fair.