Eldora Schools Add Two New Faculty Members for Fall
Eldora Community schools announced two new hires for the coming year. Ruth Lindaman of Ackley will serve as chaperon and girls physical education instructor, replacing Rose Anders. Ruth Eifert of Waverly will teach fifth grade, with a second fifth grade position added to handle enrollment growth.
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Eldora Schools
Eldora Community Schools
Paul J. Simons
Ruth Lindaman
Ackley
Ruth Eifert
Waverly
Eldora
Miss Lindaman
Iowa State Teachers College
Si 7
Rose Anders
Miss Eifert
Pony to Be Won in Eldora Posture Contest Prize
Eldora to host a pony naming contest as part of a spring seminar events. Hibbs and 17 other contestants from Marshalltown and nearby towns compete for the pony prize. Ballots will appear in Eldora newspapers with rules to ensure a youngster wins the pony.
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Pat Hibbs
Eldora High School
Eldora
Pony Daze
Brown Speaks at Kiwanis on Proposed Gym Auditorium
Eldora Kiwanis members heard R. R. Brown, chairman of the Citizens' Committee, outline plans for a proposed gym auditorium during a Thursday night talk. The discussion focused on project scope and community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Kiwanis Club
R. R. Brown
Citizens’ Committee
Area High Schools Set May 11 22 Commencement Dates
Area high schools announced May 11 through May 22 graduation events. Union-Whitten Owasa Steamboat Rock Hubbard Eldora Radcliffe Wellsburg and New Providence will hold commencement exercises with baccalaureate services on May 11 12 19 21 and 24. Notable speakers include Dr Marcus Bach Boyd Henry Miles Zintz Ray Cunningham Dr William Lang Rev Charles Birchmeir and Dr William Dreier.
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Union-Whitten
Steamboat Rock
Owasa
Marcus Bach
State University of Town School of Religion
Boyd Henry
West Des Moines
Miles Zintz
Iowa State Teachers College
Dewey Lamprecht
Hubbard
Ray Cunningham
Iowa State College
Minnesota
Robert McCanon
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Eldora
William C. Lang
Charles Albin
Ivester Church
Oscar Thompson
Wellsburg High School
E. A. Slottag
New Providence
Polls Open At Noon For Eldora School Gym Addition
Voters may cast ballots on a $235000 gym auditorium bond at Eldora court house from noon to 7 pm. Citizens Committee plans get-out-the-vote activities from 4 pm at the vocational agriculture building and seeks passes for transportation and babysitting. The measure needs 60 percent of ballots to pass. past local levies show strong support, with tax impact about 24 mills, bringing the total levy to 294 mills.
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Eldora High School
Court House
Eldora
Citizen Committee
Vocational Agriculture
R. R. Brown
Citizens’ Committee
Burling
Have You Voted Polls Open Today
Voters are reminded polls open at 12 noon and run until 7 PM today. Citizens are urged to participate and cast their ballots in the local election.
Lightning Starts Fire Destroys Barn and Two Cribs
A midnight storm fire on the Windecker farm three miles west of Iowa Falls destroyed a barn and two corn cribs. Hogs, straw, hay, and feed were lost. Farm owner Lee Windecker operates the property owned by his mother Sadie Windecker. Iowa Falls and Alden fire departments could not save the structures.
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Windecker
Iowa Falls
Lee Windecker
Sadie Windecker
Alden
Selective Service Office To Close For Conference
The Hardin County Selective Service office will be closed all day Wednesday May 1 as office personnel attend the spring conference in Des Moines.
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Hardin County Selective Service
Des Moines
Albert P Penelerick Funeral Today at Eldora
Albert Paul Penelerick 82 of Steamboat Rock dies Saturday. Funeral at 2 p m today at Longe necker Funeral Home Eldora, with Rev Kurt Marquardt officiating and Steamboat Rock Cemetery burial. Pallbearers named. vocalists and women in charge of flowers. Born March 4 1875 Eldora, married Edith Callendar Oct 22 1896 Steamboat Rock. Four sons six children, eighteen grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, two sisters Jennie and Grace Penelerick. lifelong carpenter and Methodist member.
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Longenecker
Eldora
Albert Paul Penelerick
Steamboat Rock
Orville Asher
Dennis Holmes
Sophia Rowan
Flowers
Albert Paul Peneerick
Paul Peneerick
Edith Ellen Callendar
Glen
Ruthven
Meryl
Oakville
Harold
Elwin
Everett
Wash
Fred Crosser
Jennie
Grace Peneerick
Methodist Church
Voters Eligible in Eldora School Election Today
Every voter in the school district who has been in the state six months the county 60 days and in the district ten days is eligible to vote at the special school election at Eldora today. The polls open from noon to 7 p.m. with voting in the courthouse at Eldora.
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Eldora
Baptist Bible Camp Work Underway at Pine Lake
Iowa Baptist conference resumes work on a new Bible camp at Pine Lake with two dormitories for 20 campers each. Plans call for eight cabins to house 172 girls, 72 boys, and 16 counselors, plus two washrooms and a five inch well with a pressure system. About 1,000 youths expected each season. Rev. Stanley Peterson chairs the building committee. First campers anticipated in late August or early September. An old lakeshore boathouse has been purchased for temporary use.
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Iowa Baptist Conference
Pine Lake
Stanley Peterson
Stratford
Iowa Baptist Conference Bible Camp
Five County Boys Receive Honors At Convention
Five Hardin county Future Farmers of America members were honored at the state convention in Cedar Rapids as about 2,500 Iowa farm boys and FFA advisors attended. John Rooks of Eldora earned the Iowa Farmer degree for his farm program FFA and school record. Four members won gold medals in speaking events with David Hansen and Jerry Stockdale of Iowa Falls claiming top awards. Art Wall and Wayne Oler of Iowa Falls won the two chapter program medals. About 200 of Iowa’s 299 FFA chapters were represented.
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Hardin County
Future Farmers of America
Iowa Farm Boys
F.F.A
Cedar Rapids
John Rooks
Cecil Rooks
Eldora
Iowa Farmer
David Hansen
Iowa Falls
Jerry Stockdale
Art Wall
Wayne Oler
Music Students Win Almost 2 Dozen Firsts at Osage Contest
Eldora students returned from the state music contest at Osage with nearly twenty Division I ratings. Vocal soloists and groups earning Division I include madrigal mixed quartet girls sextet Jim Irwin Ruth Halasey Loren Doughty girls trio Judy Rogers and more. Division II honors went to Gordon Rei singer Steve Simons boys quartet Rae Griffel and girls quartet. Instrumental solos earning Division I include Jim Shadle cornet Sharon Kusserow clarinet Julie Myers clarinet Jim Irwin French horn Kathy Emmett trombone Dick Scott saxophone Sherry Axtell saxophone Polly Crosley French horn with Division II notes for others. Ensemble Division I winners included clarinet quartet brass quartet French horn quartet mixed clarinet quartet and chamber brass group. Division II ensembles covered saxophone quartet brass sextet woodwind trio woodwind quintet with Celia Perkins Division I piano entry Janice Moore Division II and Barbara O Bryon Division III noted.
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Eldora
Osage
Madrigal
Jim Irwin
Ruth Halasey
Loren Doughty
Judy Rogers
Jim Shadle
Sharon Kusserow
Julie Myers
Kathy Emmett
Dick Scott
Sherry Axtell
Polly Crosley
Betty Whitney
Sunday School Union Meeting at Pleasant Chapel
The Pleasant Chapel church hosts the annual union Sunday schools gathering at 10 am on Sunday May 5. The program is led by attending Sunday schools, with the morning sermon and an afternoon session beginning at 1 30 pm. The Rev Harold Lake delivers the devotional message and Rev George A Wolfe, missionary of the American Sunday School Union, is in charge. A basket dinner occurs at noon.
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Pleasant Chapel
The
Union Sunday Schools
Dewey Lamprecht
Harold Lake
George A. Wolfe
American Sunday School Union
First Ladies Golf Bridge Luncheon Set at Pine Lake
The season opener luncheon gathers at 1 pm Friday at Pine Lake Country Club. Chairmen are Mrs. L. E. Butler, Mrs. Ada Tschirgi of Reinbeck, and Mrs. Paul Barnard. Members may bring guests.
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Pine Lake Country Club
L. E. Butler
Ada Tschirgi
Reinbeck
Paul Barnard
Berrier Opens New Café at Pine Lake Today
Harry Berrier unveils a remodeled cafe at Pine Lake with all new fixtures including tables and chairs as it opens today April 30.
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Harry. Berrier
Pine Lake
County Board of Review Sets Eight Public Meetings
Hardin county plans eight public sessions for reviewing 1957 property assessments. Taxpayers may appear to voice grievances at listed towns from Eldora to Union May 6 through May 15, with notes on records by area and potential second visit. Board members are Henry Stebe Floyd Klippel and Orville D Vigars.
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County Board of Review
W. O. Guenther
Hardin County
Eldora
Ackley
Alden
Wabbard
Radcliffe
Union
Town Falls
Guenther
Henry Stebe
Floyd Klippel
Orville D. Vigars
Sectional Ball Tourneys Underway Across Four Sites
High school baseball sectional tournaments are in progress at Steamboat Rock Union-Whitten Radcliffe and Wellsburg. Play started Monday and runs through Friday with finals at 3 p.m. at Steamboat Rock Union and Wellsburg and 7:30 p.m. at Radcliffe under the lights.
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Steamboat Rock
Union-Whitten
Radcliffe
Wellsburg
Steamboat, Rock
Union and Wellsburg
John Rooks Wins District Star Farmer Award
John Rooks is photographed with fellow award recipients at the state F F A convention in Cedar Rapids Saturday. The group includes Robert Neman, Sidney. Leland Klaus, Colesburg. William Sandquist, Bondurant. Phillip R Benge, Bloomfield. Ronald Patrick, Hawarden.
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John Rooks
Cedar Rapids
Robert Nenneman
Sidney
Southwest
Leland Klaus
Colesburg
Star Iowa Farmer
William Sandquist
Bondurant
South Central District
Star Farmer
Phillip R
Benge
Bloomfield
Ronald Patrick
Hawarden
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Iowa Chiropractic Association
Marshalltown
Penny Voege
Reinbeck High School
Huxley
Roland, Zearing
Newton
Brown
Kiwanis
William Dreier
Pauline Comly
Selective Service Office
A. P. Penelerick
Kurt Marquardt
Charles Ruby
Ed Frerichs
Marcie Smith
Roy Hathaway
Harry Sharpshair
E. L. Ruby, Jr
Baptist Bible Camp
Lower Pine Lake
Troy Studios
Gordon Reisinger
Steve Simons
Rae Griffel
Brasses
Verla Dobbrunz
Doug Pulse
Celia Perkins
Janice Moore
Barbara O’bryon
Berrier
Star District
Iowa Farmer Agri Central
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STAR
Iowa
Tarhle
Star Iowa Farm
Jwatarher
Atau
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