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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1952
Page
5
Excavation work began Monday morning for the new residence of Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Nyquist on West Edgington avenue. Marshalltown architect Paul Larson leads the building project. The Progressive Club to sponsor a pre-school clinic at Union school gymnasium Thursday, May 1.
Mrs Martha Pool, a former Eldora resident, died of cancer in a Niles Michigan hospital last Wednesday. Services and interment were planned in Berrien Springs. She lived in Eldora until her first marriage to Clarence Lawrence of Union, then returned to Eldora after his death and later married Robert Pool. Surviving are the widower a daughter Mrs Charles Luiken of Iona Falls a son Eugene Lawrence a college student at Ann Arbor a brother Carleton Briel and a sister Mrs Ted Sears of Charles City.
Sheriff Paul Hodgson departed for San Diego to retrieve 18 year old Doris Smith, held for Hardin County officials, for charges of child stealing. Doris, sister of 14 year old Larry Smith, is the third member in the abduction case from the Mitchellville training school. Her companion remains at large. George C. O'Brien and Ronald Smith were arrested in Parsons and turned over to other states. Doris Smith had prior time at Mitchellville Girls' Training School.
Music groups perform at 2 15 PM in the Hampton High School auditorium with a diverse program. Selections include The Sea Gypsy, Roadways, Quintet in B Minor, Dixies, Brass Sextet, and A Major Sextet. Soloists David Wilson Leroy Cakrerice and others perform pieces by Purcell Creston Sousa and more.
Otis Heindal, just released from Mason City jail on April 10, is now at Hardin county jail after Iowa Falls police arrested him last Friday and turned him over to deputy Harold Marshman. Heindal wrote three worthless checks totaling under $20 cashed by Town Falls merchants and was booked on habitual checkwriting charges when unable to post bond. His prior behavior in Mason City led to an enforced vacation there.
Civil defense officials warn Missouri and Mississippi flood disasters show the need for widespread first-aid training in Iowa. Deputy director C. E. Fowler cites Red Cross readiness and urges at least one trained person per family, with 18 hour courses across counties and advanced sessions led by Dr. Shorts.
Former M Sgt Wayne L Allbright son of Mr and Mrs G W Allbright Eldora has been appointed Warrant Officer 1 at Scott Air Base Illinois He is a weather forecaster in the 16th weather squadron and among the first airmen to receive a warrant under the new Air Force quota He graduated MacPherson College Kansas and has served in the Air Force weather service since 1942 He served 26 months in Japan and 5 months as an aerial observer with a weather reconnaissance squadron on Guam
The Shrine Chanters of El Kahir Temple Cedar Rapids will perform at the Iowa State Training School chapel next Monday evening May 5 at 7 30 o clock. The 30 member chorus includes business and professional men bankers farmers mechanics from Cedar Rapids and beyond and performs for the School for the Blind the tuberculosis sanitarium the state juvenile home and other groups. About 50 free seats are available with admission by ticket only with Hardin County Masons and Shriners given preference. Tickets from John Wood Ford Motor Company Ora.
James H. Moore will observe his 90th birthday on Thursday May 1. He has been shut in for two years and is now confined to a wheel chair. Open house will be held Sunday May 4 from 2 30 to 6 o'clock at the Moore home in Whitten.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Longenecker Funeral Home for Mrs Lizzie Furman 75 who died in Des Moines last Saturday after a lingering illness Rev Alva Ragsdale officiated and burial was in Eldora Cemetery She was born January 15 1877 on a farm near Eldora daughter of James and (M?) Walker She married Mark Furman and lived in Eldora until about 15 years ago when they moved to Des Moines Survivors include daughters Margaret Des Moines Gertrude California and son John Des Moines
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