Ecology Day for Hardin County Sixth Graders
Second annual Hardin County Youth Natural Resource Day focuses on ecology for sixth graders Friday April 28 with May 5 rain date. Events at Pine Lake Wildlife Club Eldora and sites near Towa Falls New Providence Hubbard and Radcliffe include air land water plants and animals with pollution discussion. Transportation arranged by schools. students bring lunch notebooks and pencils. outdoor dress required.
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Hardin County
Kermith Hudin
Hardin County District
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hardin County Conservation Board
Pine Lake
Landfill Road Work Begun by Hardin County Crew
Hardin County road crews started work on the landfill access road Wednesday. About a quarter mile to the first trench will get an all weather surface, with completion expected in a week to 10 days if weather allows. The Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission hopes the landfill operates by mid May or early June.
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Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission
Funeral set for Dewey Estes 75 in Gifford
Dewey George Estes 75 of rural Gifford died Saturday at Eldora Community Hospital. Funeral Tuesday April 25 at 10 a.m. from the Methodist Church in Gifford with Rev. Preston Hinderks officiating and military rites at Shepard Cemetery. Biersborg Funeral Home Union handling arrangements. Estes was born July 12, 1896 in Keokuk County and served in World War I. He lived near Gifford for 36 years and married Zora Lepley in 1992. Survived by wife, five children, two sisters and 17 grandchildren. Memorials to Gifford Church.
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Methodist
Gifford
Dewey George Estes
Eldora Community Hospital
Preston Hinderks
Sheppard
Biersborn Funeral Home of
Union
Mr. Estes
Keokuk County
Paul
Betty) Decatur
Grinnell
Kenneth
Avonne) Sapp
Lakeville
Minn
Darrell
Peggy Mitchell
Sam Estes
Brian (Billie) Barber
Clarence Whistler
Cedar Rapids
Bessie Clark
Eugene
Oregon
Gifford Church
Hospital Notes and Birth Report Highlights
Hospital notes list multiple patients across towns including Eldora New Providence Union Hubbard Steamboat Rock Iowa Falls Albion and more. Birth notice records Hubbard Mrs Doug Dubberke a girl born April 21.
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Eldora
John Tomb
John Cobb
Flossie Willcox
Benjamin Hook
Clara Myers
Jennie Haase
Leslie Pieters
William Broer
John Stewart
New Providence
Delia Martin
Union
Frank Humphreys
Hubbard
Ann Ziemke
Stanley Granner
Paul Cook
Steamboat Rock
William Rose
Ben Geerdes
Iowa Falls
John Wehrman
Albion
Francis Meir Sommerlot
Doug Dubberke
Clean-Up Week Runs Through April 29 in Eldora
Clean-Up Week activities continue in Eldora through Saturday April 29 sponsored by the Eldora Chamber of Commerce and the City of Eldora. The city wide project aims to beautify the city promote public health prevent fires and stop neglect of property. Mayor Dr. C G Gould urged residents to join by cleaning yards removing hazards painting repairing homes cleaning vacant lots and planting flowers and shrubs.
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Eldora
Eldora Men Head County Campaign For Gov Ray
Two Eldora men Roger Jensen and Eugene Setchell are named chairman and vice chairman of a Hardin County Republican committee to back Iowa Governor Robert D Ray. Subchairmen and many local residents from Eldora and surrounding towns are listed as part of the campaign organization.
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Eldora Men Head County
Ray
Eldora
Roger Jensen
Eugene Setchell
Hardin County Republicans
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
David R. Hansen
Iowa Falls
Maurice Gast
Carroll Hobson
Dave Brown
Tim Stonebrook
Donna Jensen
Bob Barr
John Butler
Henry Claassen
Jeanne Davis
William Dunn
Judy Forney
Jack Hall
Kermith Huehn
David Jones
Carl Letz
Rita Joving
Lee Lundy
Lyman Lundy
Judy McCarville
Georgia Rogers
R. C. Rogers
Helen Schumacher
Tom Stonebrook
Keith van Potter
Steamboat Rock
Jim Potgeter
Jerry Higgason
New Providence
Harold Marsh
J. C. Whitehead
Alden
Clark McNeal
Ackley
Stan Squires
Whitten
A. A. Peterson
Town Falls
Carl Lettow
Allan Oppen
Hubbard
Ruth Boeke
Buck Night Drive Planned by Hardin County GOP
Hardin County Republican chairman Bruce Clampitt of New Providence announced Buck Night a two week door to door drive by volunteers. The campaign will distribute green and white cave hipes bearing the signature of state chairman John McDonald and lists Robert R. Brown of Eldora as treasurer.
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Hardin County
Republican
Bruce Clampitt
New Providence
Clampitt
John McDonald
Robert R. Brown
Eldora
Eldora Rites For Mrs. Emma Wasson
Final rites were held for Mrs. Emma Wasson at Andrle and Creps Funeral Home Eldora. The former Eldora resident died Wednesday at Hillside Nursing Home Yorkville. She was 83. Burial in Eldora Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Norma Peterson of Aurora and two grandchildren. two sisters live in California.
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Andrle and Creps
Eldora
Emma Wasson
Hillside
Yorkville
C. Raymond Reed
United Methodist Church
Eldora Cemetery
Wm. Dobbronz
John Wasson
Harry Wasson
Jon Welch
Harold Dubberke
Gene Dubberke
Walter Guenther
Wasson
Hubbard
Ernest
Caroline Hilker
Matt Wasson
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Orville
Norma) Peterson
Aurora
Ill
David
Pamela
Rose Weber
Long Beach
Calif
Elsie Kingsbury
Fontana
Changes at Eldora ITS Reflect National Correction Trends
Superintendent Carle O Neil reports corrections shifts at Eldora Iowa Training School for Boys. Two cottages closed for funding and population decline, a new north side cottage opened near the Health Center, with total inmates down from about 300 to 225. Dr. Richard Jenkins joins for child psychiatry, and a family rehabilitation program links ITS with Mitchellville and Des Moines schools. A remedial reading program is added, and about 200 trees have been removed or replaced on campus.
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Iside
Iowa
O'Neil
Richard Jenkins
Iowa City
Jenkins
University of Iowa Medical School
O’ne
Grace Feaker
Maggie Glenn
Ann Portz
Bridge Repair Near Whitten Underway By Munson Co
Construction crews, led by Munson Construction Company of Boone, repair a bridge south of Whitten near the Nardin Grundy county line. Project cost is 47854.50 dollars with half funded by Mardin County. Assistant Hardin County engineer John Stonebraker estimates completion in two to three weeks.
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Whitten
Nardin-Geundy County
Munson Construction Company
Boone
John Stonebraker
Hardin County
Mardin County
Stonebraker
Council protests raise in phone rates and three-way race
Harold Bus Shephard of Eldora seeks Hardin County Board of Supervisors seat as GOP primary rivalry grows with Carl Lettow and Ray Sievert. Lettow has served since 1970. term starts January 1, 1973. Shephard, 68, longtime Wood Auto salesman and Eldora City Council member, trails a personal history in Ellis Township, Owasa High, and farming. Their family includes wife Mary, daughter Sharon Kay married to Richard Gaulke, son Raymond in Burlington, and daughter Linda, who died in a December highway crash near Iowa Falls.
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Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Harold “Bus” Shephard
Eldora
Carl Lettow
Iowa Falls
Ray Sievert
Hubbard
Lettow
Hardin County
Shephard
Ellis ‘Township
Owasa
Wood Auto Co
Eldara
United Methodist Church
Methodist Men’s Organization
Mary Montgomery
Ellis Township
Iowa Falls High School
Sharon Kay
Richard Gaulke
Ellsworth Community College
Iowa’ Falls
Raymond
Burlington
Publisher Al Schafer Addresses Marshalltown Class
Eldora Newspapers publisher Al Schafer spoke to Marshalltown Community College journalism class Thursday afternoon in Marshalltown, sharing insights on local news and media.
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al Schafer
Eldora
Marshalltown Community College
Marshalltown
Miss Belle Lytle Dies in Kansas Visit at 92
Miss Belle Lytle 92 longtime Chapel resident died Monday while visiting a cousin in Pittsburg Kansas Services will be held Wednesday in Eldora with Dr C Raymond Reed Longenecker Funeral Home handling arrangements Eldora adds new officer Curt Anderson 36 to police force and pool manager post at Thursday city council meeting Anderson brings eight years on Pocahontas force including six as chief starting pay 515 monthly with two week training at Des Moines academy Dennis Bachman was
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Belle Lytle
Chapel
Pittsburg
Kans
Eldora
C. Raymond Reed
Longenecker Funeral Home
City Hall
Curt Anderson
Anderson
Lohrville
Pocahontas
One Town Police Academy
Des Moines
Dennis Bachman
Everett Caster 69 Funeral Served in Union
Everett Wayne Caster 69 of Union died Sunday afternoon at home. Funeral Wednesday April 26 at 2 p.m. from Union Church of Christ with Rev. Russell Casey and Rev. Maurice Hinds officiating. interment Eldora Cemetery. Biersborn Funeral Home of Union in charge. Survived by wife Orpha and seven children, 26 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two half sisters. Past and present farm life near Union and Eldora. lifelong IOOF member.
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Union Church of Christ In Union
Everett Wayne Caster
Union
Russell Casey
Marshalltown
Maurice Hinds
Eldora
Biersborn
Mr. Caster
Wayne
Florence Perkins Caster
Orpha Carter
Grundy Center
Union Church of Christ
Ioof Lodge
Liscomb
Everett
Velma) Dotson
Dickens
Judging Conducted At Conservation Art Show
The fourth annual Art Show judged Saturday at the Hubbard Recreation Club featured Arthur Benoit from Marshalltown and others evaluating student posters on natural resources and conservation. Selected works will travel to Eldora courthouses in May.
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Hubbard Recreation Club
Hubbard
Arthur Benoit
Marshalltown
Ray McDanvell
Wm Eldora
Asi Emerson Caulkins
Mardin County
Eldora
New Owners Sale At Coast-To-Coast Store
Glerm and Majiel Gatenby announce a grand opening sale at the Coast To Coast Store El Dora on Friday and Saturday April 28 29. Free coffee and cookies and door prizes will be offered to customers.
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Glerm
Majiel Gatenby
Eldora
Postponed chicken supper at Gifford Church
The church supper in Gifford scheduled for Thursday April 27 is postponed to Thursday May 4 due to the death of Dewey Estes. The event location remains Gifford Church and organizers urge attendees to note the rescheduled date.
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Gifford
Dewey Estes
Two Herald-Index Staff Members Win 9 State Awards
Miss Virginia Stiles and Mrs Del Whitmer of the Herald-Index Publishing Co Eldora won nine Iowa Press Women Inc awards in Burlington The editors earned multiple first second and third place honors Whitmer took state first for her Hardin County Index column and Stiles earned two firsts two seconds and four thirds for her column and feature story including Lots of Changes at ITS about Mrs Slack a Town Training School teacher six years ago
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Virginia Stiles
del Whitmer
Herald-Index Publishing Co
Eldora
Iowa Press Women, Inc
Burlington
Whitmer
Hardin County Index
National Federation of Press Women
Stiles
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Ellsworth College
Homer Calkins
County Conservation Board
Emerson Calkins
Irwin Burns
Helen Gethman
Hardin County Extension Service
Izaac Walton League
North
South Hardin County Red Cross
Rural Development Commission
Ackley World-Journal
Herald Index Publishing Co
Hubbard Review
Radcliffe Signal
Marshalltown Times - Republican
Waterloo Daily. Courier
Pine, Lake Wildlife Club
University of Northern Town of
Cedar Falls
KWWL
Waterloo
KIFG
KFJB
Gop “Buck
Iowa Training School
Chrysler
Don Rhoads
Steamboat
Rock
Eldora's
Black Hawk County
Mitchellville
Ili
Janary
Harold Snephard
Everett Caster
Eldora Law Enforcement
G. Gou
Loren Goodknight
Sher
Dan Wiechmann
Eldora Municipal
van Stewart
Robin Rooks
Cathy Riggins
Mauren Hobson
Steve Nance
Jurgen Tjaden
General Telephone Company
Midwest
Iowa Electrict Light. and Power Company
Ford
Dave’ McClellan
Walt Buser
Richard Ritter
C. Rubow
Wayne Bartholomew
Fred Leonard
Eldora Public Library
Robert Dornsbach
Sam Volk
Eldora City Park
Noah Clay
Melrose
Grundy County
Vogt Plumbing of
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John Jaspers
10Th Street
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