Democratic County Convention Set For Eldora Courthouse
Hardin County Democrats planned a county convention at Eldora courthouse on Monday evening April 21 at 8:00 p.m. Delegates and alternates named at precinct caucuses will be seated, with Henry J. Janssen to open the meeting and readings of the call. Main business includes naming 16 delegates and 16 alternates to Des Moines for the May 28 state convention and adopting resolutions. Third District caucuses will precede the state convention to select additional delegates and alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Eldora
Henry J. Janssen
Des Moines
Alden
Gaylord Thayer
Lydia Thayer
Harold Burton
Clyde Knowles
Gladys Hayward
Maebelle Klien
W. V. Winters
Walter Klien
Chas
Inks
Grace Kemp
Maurice Orpin
Harold Knowles
Fern Knowles
June Orpin
Paul Klien
Irvin Klien
Alitg Brotherton
Buckeye
G. C. Kinney
Anna
Littschwager
Helen Hoffman
Debra Schwantz
Vernon O. Jensen
Earnest Raska
L. P. Winter
Otto Winter
Robt. Hoffman
Marge Kellogg
Arlene Kinney
Dale Kellogg
Anna B. Littschwager
Clay
Claus Primus
Art Tempel
Merle Johns
Mike Finger
Ed Frericks
Marie Eilers
Ruth Eilers
Leo Knight
Helen Johns
Concord
E. W. Engelson
Joe Male
Clarence Severseike
O. E. Seglem
Amos Friest
C. M. Tysdahl
Charles A. Sampson
Eldora Twp
John Graham
Martin Skillen
Jerald Lawier
Eldora City
J. L. Davis
Thelma Foster
Ralph Ibach
L. R. Soli
George E. Janssen
Ed.Stebe
Harry ‘Kerkhoff
Norman “Kunath
Kathryn Wiltz
Ellen Hauser
Ann J. Griffel
Bess Oldenberg
J. H. Clary
Grant
W. C. Reinert
Comitteemen
Hardin
Clyde Brooks
Chas. H. Gilert
Iowa Falls
Ed Wirds
Pap Thines
Bap Thines
Herman Dreier
James Ashman
Rose Kreamer
O. K. Dick
A. R. Mulford
Richard Mulford
W. T. Johnson
I. G. Furman
Lester Thorp
M.D. Gilbert
Arthur Schmacker
Loran Parker
F. N. Cole
F. Ny. Cole
Cris Lee
Ted Kreamer
Irma Frederick
I. C. Jensen
Ivadel Otterbein
Arthur Keough
John Schweitzer
Mathew Greensweig
Lorna Reid
Max Johnson
Jackson
Dewey Lamprecht
Edward Bear
Edward Bere
Michael J. Leis
Mabel Leis
Pleasant
Harry Clary
Dorothy Schwebke
Fred Panthern
Dorothy Schwebbe
Providence
Everett
Everett Lawler
Marion Shore
Wilson Hadley
W. R. Reese
C.W. Barnes
Albert Lawler
Sherman
Will Topp
Mabel Hake
Ben Topp
Louise Powers
Adolph Stothecamp
Robi
Osmundson
Son of Ivester Pastor Honored in Photo Salon
Rev. Walter J. Helsey of Ivester Church of the Brethren announces that his son Dr. Lowell V. Helsey had photographs of wild flower research accepted by the Annual International Photography-in-Science Salon sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and Scientific Monthly. Dr. Helsey, associate professor of chemistry at Bridgewater College, has developed bacteria-destroying drugs from wild plants and flowers. his photo of the drugs’ effects was selected for its usefulness. His wife is Hazel Snavely of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Helsey
Ivester
Dr. Heisey
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Virginia
Heisey
Hazel Snavely
Waterloo
36 Hardin County firemen attend school in Eldora
The first session of Hardin County Firemen's School of Instruction was held at the Eldora fire house with 36 county firemen present from Iowa Falls Whitten Steamboat Rock Union Ackley Hubbard and Owasa. Charles Locke of Iowa State College led discussions on nozzles extinguishers and gasoline oil fire handling. A second session will be held tomorrow with pumpers demonstrated. Final classes are scheduled for April 23 and 30. Fire Chief Orville Lamb says the program will boost county fire protection and reduce losses through public cooperation in cleanup campaigns and hazard reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Firemen's School of
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Whitten
Steamboat Rock
Union
Ackley
Hubbard
Owasa
Charles Locke
Iowa State College
School of Instrucon
Lamb
Hardin County
T. A. Roberts
William Stock
Jim Hartman
Betty Deane Luiken
Don Finger
Marlene Snapp
Ronald Fisher
Shirley DeVries
Don Luiken
Margaret Zimmerman
Don Miller
Gordon Daleske
Kathryn
Hospital Notes and Births Across Towns
Hospital notes list patients in Eldora Steamboat Rock Ackley and Hubbard including Mrs Effie Shives W O Chaney Jr Mrs Lena Ames Raymond Blackmun Mrs Max Klatt Mrs Sin old Levenson Alden Mrs George Gehrke Ackley Mrs Bertha Kannegieter Hubbard Mrs Fred Bunte Births reported for La Union Mrs Ed Schoberg a boy April 12 Hubbard Mrs Wayne Hagedorn a girl April 10 Steamboat Rock Mrs Jack Smith a girl April 11 Ackley Mrs Fred Feikes a girl April 12
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Eldora
Effie Shives
Lena Ames
Raymond Blackmun
Steamboat Rock
Max Klatt
Sinold Levenson
Alden
George Gehrke
Jack Smith
Ackley
Fred Feikes
Eldora Firemen Launch Spring Clean-Up Campaign
Eldora firemen begin a community clean-up drive running through April to inspect all local businesses for fire hazards. Owners will be contacted to arrange convenient inspection times, with residents urged to volunteer homes for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Eldora Handcar Accident Injures Local Man
Floyd Williams of Eldora was hurt when a handcar on the M and St. L tracks struck an obstruction near Eldora. He suffered a cracked shoulder blade and cuts, was treated at Eldora Memorial Hospital, and released Sunday. Darrell W. Jenson escaped injury as the other rider. Sheriff deputies seek those who placed bricks and spikes on the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Williams
Eldora
St. L
Williams
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Darrell W. Jenson
Last Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Imes
Mrs W C Imes step mother of Rev Ralph Imes dies after years of illness. Funeral at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Iowa Falls with Rev Figg of the Christian Church in charge. Burial in Hampton Cemetery. Survivors include husband three children and one step son Rev Ralph Imes. The family lived on farms near Owasa Eldora and in Iowa Falls before moving west of Eldora in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Imes
Ralph Imes
Imes
Eldora
Longenecker Funeral Home
Iowa Falls
Figg
The
Christian Church
Gerald Drier
R. A. Pinske
Rosto Cain
Glen Crippen
Wm. Cesford
Harry Chapin
Hampton Cemetery
Jos Edith Stevens
Violet Schumacher
Cabina
California
Iva Lick
Omaha
Nebr
Claude Schultz
Stanley
Hampton
Owasa
Sports Night to Feature Legion Boxing Program
Legion members plan Sports Night after their meeting at the post club rooms tomorrow. A group of boys from the training school will stage three boxing matches under David George. Commander Bob Brown notes discussion on a proposed community building with up to 25 000 dollars previously approved. A report on lighting the fair ground and summer races will be presented, with further consideration at the meeting. Committee members include Ted Swasand J A Wood Guy Jones and Dick Leverin. Refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Post Club
David George
Bob Brown
Ted Swasand
J. A. Wood
Guy Jones
Dick Leverin
Lawn Hill Theft Still Unsolved
Sheriff reports the Lawn Hill Cooperative Company burglary remains unsolved as of Monday. Thieves entered the office last Thursday night, pried open the safe with an iron bar, and stole over 2000 dollars in cash. About 8000 dollars in checks were left behind. the gate and a window were manipulated. a poison gas feature in the safe deterred tampering. the cash register yielded only a dollar in change. The prior break-in five years ago also involved cash and checks, though the checks then were not cashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Hill Company
Easter dinner guests and Cedar Rapids visit
Mr and Mrs R A Scott and Mr and Mrs Max VanDerveer were Easter Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Rosco Hunt. Dick Landis of Cedar Rapids returned home Saturday after several days with his grandmother Mrs J A Landis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Scott
Max VanDerveer
Rosco Hunt
Dick Landis
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Landis
Former Eldora Evacuated From Flooded Area
A former Eldora girl Janet Putnam and her two young daughters Karen age 3 and Kay 8 months were evacuated from the Missouri river flood as the crest neared the area. Bert Leitzinger remained to help with dikes. Gene Foster and husband drove to Lanyon to bring her sister home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Missouri River
Bicucoe
Bert Leitzinger
Janet Putnam
Karen
Kay
Lanyon
Seitzinger
Diles
Gene Foster
Seltzinger
Easter Egg Coloring Contest Awards Draw Wide Interest
The Herald-Index third annual Easter Egg coloring contest drew over 150 entries with cash prizes for three top full-page entries going to Donna Taylor Steamboat Rock Jane Luiken Eldora and Karla Wiechmann Hubbard. Runners-up received well filled Easter baskets from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald- Index
Donna Taylor
Steamboat Rock
Jane Luiken
Eldora
Karla Wiechmann
Hubbard
Donna
Janet
Karla
Gary Taylor
Riggert
Linda Luick
Cleveland
Tom Warren
Ward
Gast Signs Contract as Keystone School Superintendent
Elmer C. Gast of Steamboat Rock has signed a contract to be superintendent of Keystone Iowa's schools for the 1952 53 year. He earned an MA from the University of Chicago last summer and has taught at Dysart High and Junior High. Keystone a 600 resident Benton County town west of Cedar Rapids runs a 160 pupil high school and 205 in elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Gast
Alfred Gast
Steamboat Rock
Keystone
Iowa
Gast
University of Chicago
Dysart
Benton County
Cedar Rapids
Cmdr Verner J. Soballe Returns Home From Korea Duty
Cmdr Verner J. Soballe USN husband of Mrs Vivian G Soballe Eldora arrived San Diego California on April 8 aboard the radar picket destroyer Higbee from duty in Korean waters. The Higbee has been in the Far East twice since hostilities began and helped in the Po Hang Dong and Inchon Seoul actions as part of Formosa Strait patrol and later shelling in the Korean zone. Soballe reached Kidora Sunday and the family will move to San Diego to make their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verner J. Soballe
USN
Vivian G. Soballe
Eldora
San Diego
Calif
Formosa
Soballe
Kidora
New City Fathers Assume Duties At Hubbard Monday
Hubbard city officials began new terms at a reorganizational meeting last Monday evening. Retiring mayor D. K. Justice administered the oath to Walter Balvant as mayor with council members E. C. Pries, BE, J. Sievert, G. F. Mannetter and Carl Engelking sworn in. Dr. Frank Blohn remains as councilman. Fred Tjarks begins his 17th term as chief of police and water commissioner. Dr. R. A. Eckberg named health officer and Jay A. Dougan city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard City Council
D. K. Justice
Walter Balvant
Pyenring
E. C. Pries
J. Sievert
G.F. Mannetter
Carl Engelking
Frank Blohn
Fred Tjarks
Police
Water
Ptrseteron Ean
R. A. Eckberg
Jay A. Dougan
Cash Award Plan Bings Eldora Stores to Give Prizes
Bright red signs in Eldora store windows announce a cash award plan run by about 50 Chamber of Commerce members. A weekly $100 prize will be announced by a 3:00 p.m fire siren each Wednesday, increasing to $300 if unclaimed. To enter, register at a participating store and not twice. The winner must be inside a participating store when the siren blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Chamber of Commerce
Former Union Pastor Dies At LaMont Iowa
Rev. Harvey E. Moon of LaMont died last Thursday night after a stroke earlier in the week. He preached Sunday at the LaMont Methodist Church and funeral services were held in LaMont with burial at Hudson where he had long served as Federated Church pastor. Survived by his wife two sons Myrlen and Milton one daughter Mrs Russell Shaw and six grandchildren. Moon previously led the Federated Church in Union from 1936 to 1941 and also served Friends Churches in Marshall and Hardin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Harvey E. Moon
LaMont
Manchester
Moon
Methodist
Hudson
Federated Church
Myrlen
Waterloo
Milton
Maryland
Russell
Wildlife Club to Host Family Fish Fry Next Friday
The Wildlife Club announces a Family Night fish fry at the club house Friday from 5 to 8 PM with wall eyed pike on the menu at $1.25 per plate. Committee heads C A VanPatter and Howard Dempsey list organizers including Carl Clemons and others. The club meets Thursday April 24 to discuss trap shoot kiddies fishing day and Wildlife area plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildlife Club
C. A. VanPatter
Howard Dempsey
Carl Clemons
B. W. Dickinson
E. J. Matheson
R. A. Scott
Farmers Urged To Attend Record Analysis Session
Extension director Richard Pulse invites farmers and interested residents to a record analysis session at the Eldora extension office on Wednesday April 23 at 8:00 p.m. Chuck Donohone of the Central Iowa Farm Business Association will summarize farm records from 12 counties, with Iowa State College cooperation to help farmers improve records and identify weak spots in their farm business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pulse
Eldora
Chuck Donohone
Central Iowa Farm Business Association
Iowa State College
Three Inductees Leave Monday for Des Moines
Three Hardin County men were included in the April call for induction leaving Monday morning by bus for Des Moines where they will enter the armed forces. The inductees are Gene Hoover Ruby Eldora Stanley Elwin Granner Eldora and Rodney Harry Bamford Iowa Falls. Selective Service also reports enlistees from the county Duane B. Siedschlag Navy Franklin B. Ites Air Force Walter Omelik Air Force Paul D. Omelik Air Force both of Iowa Falls and Walter D Nelson Air Force Alden.
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Hardin County
Des Moines
Gene Hoover Ruby
Eldora
Stanley Elwin Granner
Rodney Harry Bamford
Iowa Falls
Selective Service Board
Duane B. Siedschlag
Navy
Franklin B. Ites
Air Force
Walter Omelik
Paul D. Omelik
Air
Mrs Mary Smith Dies Sunday at Home of Daughter
Mrs Mary Margaret Smith died Sunday noon at her daughter's home in Jasonville Ind Funeral services were held at Ivester Church of the Brethren at 2 pm Tuesday with casketbearers LeRoy Cakerice Maurice Cakerice Harry Prosser Howard Cakerice Dwayne Cakerice and Phillip Prosser great grandsons. Music by Judson Freed Norma Messer Galen Albright and Charles Sheller with piano by Milo Schwarck Final resting place Beach Cemetery Danville Beach Cemetery. Born June 18 1867 in Denmark Ind she was 84 She married Amos Smith March 9 1887 at Denmark Ind He died December 22 1912 She moved to the county 27 years ago and lived in the community Nine living children survive plus 23 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and one great great grandson
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Mary Margaret Smith
Martin Schwarck
Ivester Church of the Brethren
LeRoy Cakerice
Maurice Cakerice
Harry Prosser
Howard Cakerice
Dwayne Cakerice
Phillip Prosser
Judson Freed
Norma Messer
Galen Albright
Charles Sheller
Milo Schwarck
Frances Button
Clara Moats
Beach Cemetery
Jasonville
Ind
Smith
Denmark
Amos Smith
Graveling Bids Open May 8 for 80,000 Tons of Gravel
County plans an early May 8 bid opening at 10:00 a.m. to place 80,000 tons of gravel on Har din County roads as part of a 3-year program. Proposals switch to ton basis, with work to start soon on the poorest roads and 20 miles of new work targeted, including El dora to Lone Tree and areas near Iowa Falls and Etna Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Bob Johnson
Board of Supervisors
Eldora
Lone Tree
Iowa Falls
Etna Township
Ghost of Roaring Twenties Returns to Owasa Steam Car
Horace Nichols showcases a 1921 20 horsepower Stanily Steam car in Owasa. The steam mechanism powers pumps and generator while the boiler and radiator condense water. He moved the vehicle from Spirit Lake in 1950 and has gathered parts across Iowa and Minnesota to restore it. The steamer, rare as a collector’s item, will soon gain restored bodywork and improved electricals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owasa
Horace Nichols
Nichols
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Minnesota
Stanley
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Courthouse
Smithsonian Institute
Scientific Monthly Magazine
Hardin Fire Fighters
Orville Lamb
Red Cross
Eldora Man
Lawn Hill
Lawn Hill Cooperative Company
Clarence Reece
Steamboat
Eldoran
New City
LaMont, Iowa
Mary Smith
Amanda Fox
Viola Lewis
Pearl Schwarck
Marie Moats
Dora Button
Ezra Smith
Orville Perry
Brisben Smith
South Bend
Floyd Smith
Brazil
Johnson
George E. Morrison
Lucille Morrison
19Th
Ave. Eldora
J. L. Mahon
HMG-361
Santa Ana
Reinbeck High School
Morrison
Marine Corps
Pacific
Marine Corps Air Facility
U.S. Marine Corps
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