Broadway Melody 1940 stars Astaire and Powell at New Grand
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell head a big musical lineup at the New Grand theatre with Broadway Melody 1940 promising top dance routines. Also on bill are Charlie McCarthy Detective and other features with Bergen and Cummings, plus Westerns Knights of the Range and Son of the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Astaire
Eleanor Powell
New Grand Theatre Sundy
George Furphy
Frank Organ
Florence Rice
Ian Hunter
Lynn Carver
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Charlie
Mortimer Snerd
Robert Cummings
Constance Moore
Edgar Kennedy
Zane Grey
Joan Davis
Mary Beth Hughes
Nestly Rides
James Stewart
Marlene Dietrich
Mischa Auer
WHITTEN P T A PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY NOTES
The Whitten P T A sponsored a Monday program at the school with music by seventh and eighth graders and a 10 20 cent admission to cover contestant expenses to Webster City. Seniors from Whitten were guests of Marshalltown Junior College for conferences and a one act play. Delegates C L Mabie C R Long H E Lonct Hopkins and Mrs EB Montz attended the county Republican convention at Eldora. Seventeen members met for the Monday Study Club with Alfred Nobel as the topic. The day also featured a birthday dinner for Mrs Ralph Beecher and multiple club activities including Needlework, Bridge, Royal Neighbors, Methodist Aid, and Winners class entertainments. A large social calendar follows with numerous visits, dinners, and gatherings at Whitten and Union homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitten P. T. A
Ebster City
Whitten
Marshalltown Junior College
Eldora
L. Mabie
C. R. Long
H. E. Lon c. T. Hopkins
EB. . Montz
Lloyd Hauser
Rs. C. T. Hopkins
Alfred Nobel
Amanda Calloway
Harold Moore
Walter Hauser
L. L. Long
A. R. Coover
George Pederson
Kenneth St. Clair
Elmer Lamer
Mia
Donald Weaver
George Blaha
Kenneth Lyon
Union
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Methodist Aid
Methodist Indies Aid
Ralph Beecher
Christian Church
M. E. Day
Byron Schryver
AID
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Kate Long
Claude Spurlin
Charles Dunn
Harry Ratzlaff
Warren Ammer
Beecher
Herschel Greenwood
Bud Cripps
Helen Wilcox
John Wilcox
Iowa Falls
Vera Cutler
New Providence
Brown
Liscomb
Clyde Mitchem
Marshalltown
John Cooper
Conrad
Eloise Thompson
Suzanne Mabee
Beverly June Arnold
Wilma Greenwood
Lorraine Upton
Joseph Doud
H. H E. Long
Peggee Ann Long
Wilbur Barnard
Leona Barkley
Allen Barnard
Glen Shockey
Mabel Holm
Paton
del Sweet
Omer Mitchell
Fay Mclintyre
Morrison
C. A. Mackie
Pauline Larson
Ruth Bahr
Cedar Falls
Victor
Town Falls
Herschell Greenwood
Warren Thatcher
Jasper Mabie
C. L. Mabie
Donald Freers
Harold Freers
E. G. Steinman
Beaman
Cecil Murrow
Lewis Crosser
Hazel Beck
Clara Lou
A. G. Philiph
Molly
Jimmy
Barbara
Waterloo
Frank Barnes
Junior
George Hauser
Ivester church group helps with play and bake sale
Gladys Moats visited Eldora relatives Sunday afternoon. Ivesterites attended Iowa River church east of Marshalltown that evening with choir, music, and a play. Mr. and Mrs. Abbes of Iowa Falls visited Jansen home. 4-H club girls met at Robert Freed’s home with speeches and lunch. Mrs. Leonard Gross returned to Cedar Falls. Jansen family from Parkersburg visited M L Jansen. Meyer couple from near Conract returned home. 4-H boys met at Dan Turner’s. John Dinnes had a birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Moats
Carl Piper
Eldora
Arents
Moats
Ivesterites
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Abbes
Iowa Falls
M. L. Jansen
Twester
Robert Freed
Leonard Gross
Geo. Platt
Cedar Falls
Geo. Jansen
Parkersburg
D. I. Meyer
Guy Stover
Conract
Dan Turner
Turner
John Dinnes
John
Sunday Guests At Erickson Hotel And Nearby Homes
Miss Blanchh Cox and Eric Erickson hosted relatives from LeGrand Del John son of Cherokee L A Campbell family and Arthur Krull of Wellsburg at the Erickson hotel. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Sam Lepley at Os Kaloosa with Sid Rowen ill there, and Tom Rose who spent the weekend at What Cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Erickson
LeGrand
Erickson Hotel
Guy Campbell
Will Phelps
Dell Johnson
Cherokee
L. A
Residents and visitors share weekend gatherings in area homes
A string of weekend visits and relocations across several towns includes Lofgreen family moving to Union Saturday, Kinney purchasing Lofgreen property, and guests from Eldora to Waterloo, Marshalltown and Whitten, with Coe College students joining the social visits at the Bowers and Adams homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carl Lofgreen
Union Saturay
Wayne Kinney
Lofgreen
H.C. Moore
O. E. Hall
Eldora
Sam Lepley
M. Stansberry
Sons
Waterloo
Whitten
Dick Young
Gene O'Brien
Sid Vedder
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
W. M. Bowers
Chas. Adams
Garden City Social and Neighbor News Highlights
In Garden City and nearby towns, families and friends gathered for visits and social events. Mrs Otis Fossee and Mrs Howard Swanson were thanked at a play cast party hosted by Orlo Galbreath with attendees Lenora Waldee Avis Olson Ora Olson Arlene Galbreath Jeanette Musland Leah Pearson and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Espe
Robert
Marjorie
Fort Dodge
George Dubberke
Iowa Falls
Arnold Skartvedt
Nels
Jesse Torgeson
Albert Seglum
Will Dubberke
Story City
George See
Marshalltown
Orva Lee
Avis
Ora Olson
Arlene Galbreath
James Lee
Des Moines
Orlo Galbreath
Otis Fossee
Howard Swanson
Lenora Waldee
Jeanette Musland
Leah Pearson
Minutes From Eldora Board Proceedings March 19 1940
The Eldora Iowa Board of Supervisors met March 19 1940 with all members present. Minutes from March 6 approved. Pension for Mrs Georgia Cronk granted. Various tax settlements and property purchases authorizations approved including Buckeye lots and Ackley parcels. Beer and cigarette permits approved. Road and centerline changes discussed and a Hardin County Medical Society contract approved. General claims list itemized and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Towa
Georgia Cronk
Hadley
Bevan
Albert
Nei
Henry Luttschwager
Buckeye
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
E. Reynolds
Block 4
A.A. Carstens
Burns and Fosters
Ackley
Gayle Harken
H. J. Schmitz
Outlet 6
Vidora
Caroline J. Ellison
Josie Dubberke
L. E. Kasischke
Rke
Harold A. Campbell
Hardin County Medical Society
General Claims
Scott
R.A
Fowler
Arnold
Burgess
Bryson
B. F
Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Gerlach
R. C
Board of Review
Getchell
E. P
Hankemeier
Ernest
Board of Teviaw
Kings
Loose Leaf Co
Schumacher
Stenberg
Oscar
American Book Co
A. & G. Drug Co
Houghton-Mifflin Co
School Scott, Foresman Co
Rural county records and payrolls from 1940 Hardin County
A compilation of county financials and public notices from Hardin Iowa includes numerous expense items for groceries fuel medical care and services at county homes and hospitals. It lists road construction payrolls with many names and amounts, a public executor appointment for the estate of H V Perisho, and adjournment notice for a county board meeting to April 1 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Hardin County
Hmmn Vv
Perisho
the District Court
Clyde Bailey
Prisen & Soper
Aftarnava
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Astaire and
Powell
Bergen
McCarthy
FAGG
Fage
Lovell-Denniston Co
Fullers
Gifford
Black
Earl’sadio Service
North Side
Guernsey
Andrle and Creps
Eel Produce Co
Ss. A. Hardy
Pipers News
Adam's Studio
F. J. Kingdon
Berg's
Berg Ice Cream Co
Herald-Ledger
Lovell Denniston Lbr. Co
Pine Lake
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Rock of Ages
Sanders and Sietsema
Vinton Produce Company
Floyd Gaede
Eldora Grain Co
Ilong
Short’s Shoe Shop
Tony
Iowa Falls Federal Savings and Loan Association
Jay S. Newcomer
Carl E. ‘WeHemeon
D. T. McDonald
Co. W. Conway, Hubbard
J. H. Kramer
Wisconsin
C. L. Brindle & Son
George Potgeter
Steamboat Rock
John Deere
C. W. Conway
Hubbard
Geo. A. Starr
Hardy
C. BH. Greef
Timothy
Harold Hayden
Ivester
Isabella Sheller
Miss Blanchh Cox
Garden City
Miss Marjorie Sph
van Patter
Grace J
Assig
Woodley, Glen
A, P, Ten Co
Petel Broer
Berfield Grocery
Buland
Crosley Farm
Coordes
Dubberike
Vern
Aged Corn County
Dillon
Diamond Bros
Foo
Bidora Memorial Hos Hospital
East Side Grocery
Park
Farmers Brev, Co. I Wel
Goettel & Son, Zod
Paca Ec
Hixson, A. IL
Hunt
Comneny
Harken
Hocum Coalton
Hess
Audrey
Care
Hough’s Market
Haugland St
Huffman’s
Town Falls Chamber Commerce
Idge
Johnston Oil Co
Jackson
Lawn Hill Lumber Co
Platts
Potgeter Co
Pries
Bob
Peters
Amye
Pritchard
E. B
Pieters
Clarence
Quaker Oats Co
Wmc
Skrovig
A. O
Sandal
Starr
Shugar
Hari
Steinberg
Tull & Probasco
Winter's Store
Wwitnox
Ae Transportaiat Wickham
Mary “Ilien
Yount's Mimary
Griffel, R. RB
Fees—County Home
Lynk
Mrg. Albert
Pbuh Wae
Marion Shore
Ernest Winter
Joe Kramer, JR
Eldora Iowa
J. W. Jansonius
Hardin Co. National Bank
Ofc
Black Eldora
North Warthow Market
Carl G. Bishop, M.D
H. W. Stonebrook
Chris Reed
Ray Hansen
W. _O._Mason
Cc. T. Pearson
Hans Mussend
Alfred Fosse
Cc. B. Warman
Lloyd Larson
Marion Schwar
Hoy Hathaway
I. Lamp
G. Heslop
H. Harwood
Walter Wehrman
R. A. Juhl
A. HE. Sopher
A. B. Church
Charles Shore
Luther _Creson
H. B. Hutzel
Tronehrey of
Gagalina Wake
Ata Veid Oyacsateo
Geansexi
Nazett H. H
Dodge Truck
Drugs’ Co
Atuc Tie Cessed Co
A. M. R. A. Scott
Frank Jackson
Fred L. Miller
Purcell Optical Shop
Jowa Falls
EAGLE
Owasa
International Supply
Minnesota
Waukon
Ivenetia
Hotpoint
Amy Enit
Beavily
Central States Electric Co
M. H. Smith
Norman Kunath
C. W. Haase
Pythian
Hardin County Abstract CO
Elecora
Citizens Savings Bank
J. F. Hardin
J. L. Cameron
J. D. Leonard
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